PROXIM CORP - 10-Q Quarterly Report

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 is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes þ No o

The number of shares outstanding of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $.01 per share, as of November 5, 2003, was 122,700,096. No shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $.01 per share, are outstanding.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Proxim Corporation (the “Company”) is the company created by the merger of Proxim, Inc. and Western Multiplex Corporation, or Western Multiplex. On March 26, 2002, Western Multiplex merged with Proxim, Inc. located in Sunnyvale, California which designs, manufactures and markets high performance wireless local area networking, or WLAN, and building-to-building network products based on radio frequency, or RF, technology and changed its name to Proxim Corporation. On August 5, 2002, the Company completed the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere Systems, Inc., or Agere, including its ORiNOCO product line. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the results of operations for the periods presented include the results of the merged or acquired businesses beginning from the respective dates of completion of the business combinations.

Western Multiplex was founded in 1979 in Sunnyvale, California, as a vendor of radio components and related services. In 1992, Western Multiplex became a designer and manufacturer of broadband wireless systems and launched its Lynx broadband wireless systems. These point-to-point systems are primarily used by wireless operators to connect their base stations to other base stations and to existing wire line networks. In 1999, Western Multiplex introduced its Tsunami point-to-point broadband wireless systems, which primarily enable service providers, businesses and other enterprises to expand or establish private networks by bridging data and voice network traffic among multiple facilities. Based on Western Multiplex’s core technologies and the technology acquired through its purchase of WirelessHome Corporation, or WirelessHome, in March 2001, Western Multiplex developed Tsunami point-to-multipoint systems designed to enable service providers, businesses and other enterprises to connect multiple facilities within a geographic area to a central hub. Western Multiplex began shipping its first generation of these products at the end of the fourth quarter of 2001.

Agreement to Sell Property. On September 12, 2003, the Company completed its purchase of a property it had previously been leasing in Sunnyvale, California and terminated the lease (see Note 14). Subsequent to the purchase, the Company placed the property on the market for sale. On October 22, 2003, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the property for approximately $3.5 million, which sale is scheduled to close on or before December 30, 2003. The purchaser’s obligation to purchase the property is conditioned upon its approval of the condition of the property, title, survey and zoning and purchaser’s satisfaction of its ability to finance the property. As of September 26, 2003, the property was recorded as an asset held for sale of $3.0 million, representing its estimated net realizable value.

Amended Exchangeable Promissory Notes. On July 22, 2003, the Company announced that Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners L.P. and affiliates (collectively, the “Investors”) had agreed to collectively invest $30 million, and potentially up to $40 million, in the Company. On July 30, 2003, these Investors collectively invested $30 million, and the Company issued short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes bearing interest at 25% per annum pursuant to that certain securities purchase agreement dated July 22, 2003. On October 21, 2003, the Company amended and restated its securities purchase agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with the Investors and its $30 million short-term secured promissory notes issued to these Investors on July 30, 2003. The amended and restated secured exchangeable promissory notes (the “Amended Notes”) will continue to bear interest at 25% per annum, subject to increase on an event of default or if the Company calls an additional borrowing of $5 million from the Investors prior to its special meeting of stockholders. The Amended Notes are due upon the earliest of:


	•	the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the Amended Notes, subject to election by the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount outstanding, except in the case of an event of default relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or similar proceedings;


	•	any date upon which a holder of an Amended Note demands payment upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined; and

	•	September 30, 2004.

An event of default triggered by a material adverse change, as defined in the Amended Agreement, includes (i) any additional adverse ruling or judgment in the Company’s pending patent infringement litigation with Symbol Technologies, Inc. (“Symbol”) that requires the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million (whether or not such payment has been made or bond posted as of such date) and (ii) any other additional adverse rulings or judgments made against the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries in the patent infringement litigation with Symbol or any other litigations, the effects of which rulings or judgments are material and adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

The terms previously providing for automatic exchange of the secured promissory notes, upon stockholder approval, for shares of Series B mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) were modified to provide for exchange at the Investors’ sole discretion following stockholder approval. The Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon exchange of the Amended Notes, if any, will be convertible into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.15 per share, as previously agreed. In accordance with the Amended Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock will have rights to a liquidation preference that accretes at 14% per annum compounding quarterly for seven years, with acceleration upon a change of control, as defined, or a material asset sale, as defined. The Series B Preferred Stock, if issued, also will be entitled to weighted average conversion price adjustments for dilutive issuances and subscription rights in certain equity financings. The Company will have the right to require conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock after five years if the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeds 300% of the conversion price for ninety consecutive trading days.

Upon receipt of stockholder approval, the Company will issue to the Investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of 18 million shares of Class A common stock with an exercise price of $1.46, as previously agreed, and warrants to purchase 6 million shares of Class A common stock having an exercise price equal to $1.53 per share (collectively, the “Warrants”). Assuming exchange of $30 million in aggregate principal amount of the Amended Notes, together with accrued interest, on September 30, 2004, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued upon exchange of the Amended Notes and the Warrants would be expected to represent approximately 14.3% and 10.1%, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding outstanding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Prior to this transaction and excluding the effects of the Investors’ initial $30 million financing on July 30, 2003, the Company’s Series A mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) and warrants currently held by the Investors (the “Existing Warrants”) represented approximately 16.7% and 7.6%, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Assuming the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock upon exchange of the Amended Notes on September 30, 2004 and the issuance of the Warrants, the Series A Preferred Stock and the Existing Warrants would be expected to represent an aggregate of approximately 17.1% and 7.2%, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants, and as adjusted to account for anti-dilution adjustments in connection with the issuance of the Amended Notes.

The Investors have also agreed to make available to the Company an additional $10 million, issuable in exchange for senior secured exchangeable promissory notes (the “New Notes”) with the same terms as, but senior to, the Amended Notes. Of this amount, the Investors have agreed to permit the Company to call an investment of $5 million prior to stockholder approval and the balance for up to 90 days following stockholder

approval at the special meeting, provided in each case that no event of default has occurred. If the Company calls an investment of $5 million prior to stockholder approval, the interest rate on all outstanding indebtedness to the Investors will increase by 5% until such time as stockholder approval is obtained. The interest rate on all outstanding indebtedness also increases by 5% upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Amended Notes or New Notes, or otherwise from and after the maturity date. Additional information regarding the Amended Agreement, the Amended Notes, Series B Preferred Stock and the Warrants is set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits thereto, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2003.

The Company will hold a special meeting of stockholders to approve the Investors’ right to exchange the Amended Notes for Series B Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Warrants on December 12, 2003. In the event that the Company’s stockholders do not approve the exchange of the Amended Notes and the issuance of the Warrants, an event of default or change of control occurs, or the Investors decide not to exchange the Amended Notes for Series B Preferred Stock, the Company may be required to repay the Amended Notes upon the earlier of demand by the Investors or the September 30, 2004 maturity date. If the Company were required to repay the Amended Notes, the Company would be required to obtain immediate alternative sources of financing. If the Company were not able to obtain an alternative source of financing, the Company would most likely have insufficient cash to repay the Amended Notes, be unable to meet its ongoing operating obligations as they come due in the ordinary course of business, and may have to seek protection under applicable bankruptcy laws.

Amended Credit Facility. The Company amended and restated its secured financing agreements with Silicon Valley Bank in June and July 2003 and then further amended these agreements in October 2003. The financial covenant requiring the Company to maintain cash and cash equivalents of an amount not less than $8 million, as amended, was reduced to $4 million. As amended, the events of default also include any judgment, restraining order, injunction, any material adverse development in connection with the Company’s litigation with Symbol, or failure of the Company to advise Silicon Valley Bank of all material developments in this litigation. See Note 14 for further description of the amended credit facility.

Litigation with Symbol. On September 15, 2003, Company announced that a jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol. The jury found that certain of the Company’s products infringe two of Symbol’s patents and assessed a 6% royalty on the Company’s sales of these products from January 1, 1995. Accordingly, the Company recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million and $2.9 million for interest during the third quarter of 2003. Proceedings will continue with the court to conduct a bench trial on the Company’s remaining equitable defenses not addressed by the jury. The Company has not been enjoined from continued sales of these products and royalty payments, if any, on these sales have not been determined by the court. The Company will continue to evaluate and review its estimate of the royalties and interest payable from time to time for any indications that could require it to change its assumptions related to the amount already recorded.

With respect to the jury verdict in the Company’s litigation with Symbol, as described above, the Company does not incur any immediate financial obligation to Symbol as a result of this verdict, pending completion of related proceedings. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in Symbol’s suit against the Company and the Company’s suit and related counterclaims against Symbol and to consider all available options after the conclusion of all matters before the court.

If the proceedings before the court in the Company’s litigation with Symbol are not decided in the Company’s favor, the Company would likely be required to make significant payments to Symbol, including payments for royalties related to past sales of products found to infringe and additional royalties in connection with future sales of these products, or the Company would be required to post a bond in order to appeal the

court’s decision. Any additional adverse ruling or judgment in this litigation that requires the Company to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million, and any other ruling or judgment in this or any other litigation that is material and adverse to the Company, triggers an event of default under the Amended Notes. Upon such occurrence, the Investors would have the ability to require the Company to repay the Amended Notes and to prevent the Company from calling an additional $10 million investment. In addition, any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in this litigation triggers an event of default under the Silicon Valley Bank credit facility. Upon such occurrence, Silicon Valley Bank would have the ability to require us to repay any outstanding amounts under the credit facility and to prohibit us from borrowing any additional amounts.

The Company has incurred substantial losses and negative cash flows from operations during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, and has an accumulated deficit of $361.7 million as of September 26, 2003. If the Company were required to make payments to Symbol, post a bond to the court, and/or repay the Amended Notes and amounts, if any, owed to Silicon Valley Bank, either due to an event of default or otherwise, it would be required to obtain immediate alternative sources of financing. If the Company were not able to obtain an alternative source of financing, it would most likely have insufficient cash to pay these obligations, be unable to meet its ongoing operating obligations as they come due in the ordinary course of business, and may have to seek protection under applicable bankruptcy laws. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from this uncertainty.

The Company depends on single or limited source suppliers for several key components used in the Company’s WLAN products. The Company depends on single sources for proprietary application specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, and assembled circuit boards for these products. Any disruptions in the supply of these components or assemblies could delay or decrease our revenues. In addition, even for components with multiple sources, there have been, and may continue to be, shortages due to capacity constraints caused by high demand. In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business, the Company entered into a three-year strategic supply agreement with Agere, pursuant to which Agere will provide the Company with 802.11 chips, modules and cards. Other than this agreement, the Company does not have any long-term arrangements with any other suppliers.

The Company relies on contract and subcontract manufacturers for turnkey manufacturing and circuit board assemblies which subjects the Company to additional risks, including a potential inability to obtain an adequate supply of finished assemblies and assembled circuit boards and reduced control over the price, timely delivery and quality of such finished assemblies and assembled circuit boards. If the Company’s Sunnyvale facility were to become incapable of operating, even temporarily, or were unable to operate at or near the Company’s current or full capacity for an extended period, the Company’s business and operating results could be materially adversely affected.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 26, 2003, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002, are unaudited, but include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material to the financial statements.

The balance sheet at December 31, 2002 has been derived from Proxim Corporation’s audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. Certain information and footnote information normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for any future interim period or for the entire year. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Proxim Corporation and all of its subsidiaries. The financial condition and results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 include the results of acquired subsidiaries from their effective dates. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.

In July 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.” SFAS No. 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity.” The principal difference between SFAS No. 146 and EITF Issue No. 94-3 relates to SFAS No. 146’s timing for recognition of a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity. SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under EITF Issue No. 94-3 a liability for an exit cost as generally defined in EITF Issue No. 94-3 was recognized at the date of an entity’s commitment to an exit plan. SFAS No. 146 is effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. The Company adopted SFAS No. 146 beginning on January 1, 2003. SFAS No. 146 is applied prospectively upon adoption.

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45 (“FIN 45”), “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” FIN 45 requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee and further requires a guarantor to provide additional disclosures regarding guarantees. The Interpretation’s provisions for initial recognition and measurement should be applied on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The disclosure requirements are effective for financial statements of periods that end after December 15, 2002. The Company adopted FIN 45 in the quarter ended December 31, 2002 and the adoption of the disclosure provisions within this Interpretation did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. FIN 46 is effective immediately for all new variable interest entities created or acquired after January 31, 2003. For variable interest entities created or acquired prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 must be applied for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company believes that the adoption of this Interpretation will have no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.” This Statement establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). Many of those instruments were previously classified as equity. This Statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. In October 2003, the FASB decided to defer certain provisions of SFAS No. 150 as they apply to mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests. It is to be implemented by reporting the cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle for financial instruments created before the issuance date of the Statement and still existing at the beginning of the interim period of adoption. Restatement is not permitted. The adoption of this Statement is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On August 5, 2002, the Company completed its acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere, including its ORiNOCO product line, for $65.0 million in cash. To finance the acquisition, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P. and affiliated entities agreed to collectively invest $75.0 million in the Company. These investors received 1,640,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (Note 11) in the amount of $41.0 million, with a conversion price of approximately $3.06 per share, and warrants to purchase approximately 6.7 million shares of Common Stock valued at $12.3 million. The value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the Series A Preferred Stock carrying value and recorded as additional paid-in capital. During the quarter ended September 27, 2002, a deemed Preferred Stock dividend representing the beneficial conversion feature of the Series A Preferred Stock of $2.7 million was reflected in the determination of the loss attributable to Common stockholders. The remaining $34.0 million was in the form of convertible notes. Upon the receipt of approval of the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting held on October 8, 2002, the notes issued to these investors were converted into 1,360,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase approximately 5.6 million shares of Common Stock valued at approximately $1.7 million. The value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the Series A Preferred Stock carrying value and recorded as additional paid-in capital in the quarter ended December 31, 2002. In total, the investors were granted warrants to acquire 12,271,345 shares of Common Stock for approximately $3.06 per share, valued at approximately $14.0 million. The Series A Preferred Stock and warrants issued to the investors represented approximately 24% of Proxim’s outstanding common stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis including dividends as of October 22, 2003. In addition, in connection with the transaction, the Company entered into a patent cross-license agreement and settled all outstanding patent-related litigation with Agere, and entered into a three-year strategic supply agreement, pursuant to which Agere will provide 802.11 chips, modules and cards to the Company at specified prices. Total consideration of $70.0 million for the acquisition comprised of $65.0 million in cash and transaction costs of approximately $5.0 million.

The purpose of the acquisition was to gain key technology and establish a leadership position in the broadband wireless access systems market.

The total purchase price was allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets, goodwill acquired and liabilities assumed on the basis of their relative fair values as follows (in thousands):

The liabilities assumed consisted principally of restructuring charges related to severance pay totaling $2.3 million for 55 employees, warranty expense and other current liabilities.

The core and developed technology acquired include Enterprise Access Points, Radio Backbone Systems, Broadband Gateways and Network Management products. These products have already achieved technological feasibility in the marketplace. The fair value assigned to the core technology and developed technology totaled $8.5 million and $17.0 million respectively, and is being amortized over the expected life of its cash flows.

As of the valuation date, it was assumed that there was some value attributable to the ORiNOCO customer base. In valuing the ORiNOCO customer base, the Company employed an income approach similar to that used in valuing the technology. The customer base includes original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) such as Avaya, Dell Computer, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard. The fair value assigned to the ORiNOCO customer base totaled $9.0 million and is being amortized over the expected life of its cash flows.

As of the valuation date, it was assumed that there was some value attributable to the ORiNOCO tradename. In valuing the tradename, the Company utilized the relief from royalty methodology, which assumes that the value of the asset equals the amount a third party would pay to use the asset and capitalize on the related benefits of the asset. Therefore, a revenue stream for the asset was estimated based on the revenue from the technology over the next five years, which represents the developed, core and in-process revenue stream. The Company then applied a 2.0% royalty rate to the forecasted revenue to estimate the pre-tax income associated with the asset. The fair value assigned to the tradename totaled $5.9 million and because the Company will continue to use the ORiNOCO tradename the intangible asset will not be amortized.

Purchased in-process research and development, or IPR&D, consisted of next generation Enterprise Access Points, Radio Backbone Systems, Broadband Gateways and Network Management products, which had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use as of the date of acquisition. As of the valuation date, the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere was developing next generation Enterprise Access Points, Radio Backbone Systems, Broadband Gateways and Network Management products. These products are under development and require additional hardware and software development. The value of the IPR&D was determined by estimating the net cash flows from potential sales of the products resulting from completion of this project, reduced by the portion of net cash flows from the revenue attributable to core and developed technology. The resulting cash flows were then discounted back to their present value using a discount rate of 50%. The fair value assigned to the IPR&D totaled $10.4 million and was expensed at the time of the acquisition.

Core technology, developed technology and customer relationships are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the following estimated periods of benefit:

On March 26, 2002, the merger between Western Multiplex Corporation and Proxim, Inc. was completed, resulting in Proxim Corporation as the combined company. The combined company provides broadband, or high speed, wireless access products to service providers, businesses and other enterprises as well as high performance WLAN products based on RF technology. The merger was accounted for as a purchase transaction with Proxim, Inc. as the purchased entity. Total consideration of $172.6 million for the merger was adjusted to $175.3 million in the third quarter of 2002 and comprised of the following:


	•	59,506,503 shares of Class A common stock valued at approximately $133.3 million;

	•	options and warrants having an assumed value of approximately $25.3 million; and

	•	transaction costs originally estimated at $14.0 million that were adjusted in the third quarter of 2002 to $16.7 million.

The liabilities assumed consist principally of accounts payable, accrued compensation and benefits and other current liabilities.

The core and developed technology acquired include 900MHz, RangeLAN, Harmony, 802.11a and Skyline products for the enterprise/commercial markets; Symphony HomeRF, HomeRF 2.0 and Netline products for the home/ SOHO markets; and Stratum and Stratum MP products for the building-to-building markets. These products have already achieved technological feasibility in the marketplace. The fair value assigned to the core technology and developed technology totaled $18.0 million and $12.0 million respectively, and is being amortized over the expected life of its cash flows.

As of the valuation date, it was assumed that there was some value attributable to patents and patent applications of Proxim, Inc. The Company assumed that the patents and patent applications will continue to be used but will be phased out over time as new technology is developed. To value the patents and patent applications, we utilized the relief from royalty methodology. The relief from royalty methodology assumes that the value of the asset equals the amount a third party would pay to use the asset and capitalize on the related benefits of the asset. Therefore, a revenue stream for the asset is estimated, and then an estimated royalty rate is applied to the forecasted revenue to estimate the pre-tax income associated with the asset. The pre-tax income is then tax-affected to estimate the after-tax net income associated with the asset. Finally, the after tax net income is discounted to the present value using an appropriate rate of return that considers both the risk of the asset and the associated cash flow estimates. The resulting cash flows were then discounted back to their present value using a discount rate of 25%. The fair value assigned to the patents totaled $3.2 million and is being amortized over the expected life of its cash flows.

Purchased IPR&D consisted of 802.11a and HomeRF 2.0 wireless networking products under development, which had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use as of the date of acquisition. As of the valuation date, Proxim, Inc. was developing 802.11a WLAN adapters in PCI and Mini PCI form factors and a connectorized access point as well as a HomeRF 2.0 voice data module, voice data gateway and voice data gateway and answer machine. The value of the IPR&D was determined by estimating the net cash flows from potential sales of the products resulting from completion of this project, reduced by the portion of net cash flows from the revenue attributable to core and developed technology. The resulting cash flows were then discounted back to their present value using a discount rate of 30%. The fair value assigned to the IPR&D totaled $4.5 million and was expensed at the time of the acquisition.

Core technology, developed technology and patents are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the following estimated periods of benefit:

The following table represents unaudited pro forma financial information for the nine months ended September 27, 2002 had Proxim Corporation, Proxim, Inc., nBand and the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere been combined as of January 1, 2002. The pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the combined financial position or results of operations of future periods or the results that actually would have resulted had Proxim Corporation, Proxim, Inc., nBand and the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere been a combined company during the specified period. The pro forma results include the effects of the amortization of identifiable intangible assets and adjustments to the income tax provision or benefits and accretion of Preferred Stock redemption obligations. The pro forma combined results exclude the $4.5 million, $1.2 million and $10.4 million charges for acquired in-process technology from Proxim, Inc., nBand, and the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere (in thousands except per share data):

The Company paid cash of $50,577,000 in connection with its business combinations with Proxim, Inc., nBand and the 802.11 wireless LAN systems business of Agere in the nine months ended September 27, 2002, described below (in thousands):

In December 2002, due to the recent significant decline in forecasted revenue and the cash flows therefrom, the Company made a complete assessment of the carrying value of all long-lived assets, goodwill, and other intangible assets in accordance with SFAS No. 142. The Company first determined the fair value of its equity to be less than the carrying value of goodwill. As such, an impairment charge was recognizable in accordance with SFAS No. 142 as of December 31, 2002. The Company then quantified the goodwill impairment as the amount by which the carrying amount of goodwill exceeded the estimated fair value of goodwill. The carrying value of goodwill determined by the discounted cash flow method, totaling $138.8 million as of December 31, 2002, exceeded the estimated fair value of $9.7 million, resulting in a charge for the impairment of goodwill of $129.1 million, which was recorded in December 2002.

Goodwill, net of impairment charge and accumulated amortization, consist of the following as of September 26, 2003 and December 31, 2002 (in thousands):

Acquired intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, consist of the following (in thousands):

Acquired intangible assets by categories as of September 26, 2003 consist of the following (in thousands):

Purchased in-process research and development consisted primarily of technology acquired in the business combinations that has not reached technological feasibility.

The amount expensed to purchased in-process research and development in the third quarter of 2002 related to next generation Enterprise Access Points, Radio Backbone Systems, Broadband Gateways and Network Management products acquired in the acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business. The amount expensed to purchased in-process research and development in the second quarter of 2002 related to technology for next generation ASICs acquired in the nBand acquisition. The amount expensed to purchased in-process research and development in the first quarter of 2002 related to 802.11a and HomeRF 2.0 wireless networking products acquired in the Proxim, Inc. merger. The following table summarizes the key assumptions underlying the valuation for the Company’s purchase transactions completed in 2002 (in thousands):

The discount rates reflect the risk of the respective technology and are representative of the implied transaction rates.

The Company does not expect to achieve a material amount of expense reductions or synergies as a result of integrating the acquired in-process technology. Therefore, the valuation assumptions do not include any anticipated synergies or cost saving associated with the transactions. The Company expects that products incorporating the acquired technology will be completed and begin to generate cash flows in 2003. Actual

results have been consistent in all material respects, with its assumptions at the effective time of the transactions.

Development of this technology remains a significant risk due to the remaining effort to achieve technological feasibility, rapidly changing customer markets, uncertain standards for new products, and significant competitive threats. The nature of the efforts to develop the acquired technology into commercially viable products consists principally of developing a new operating system, developing a new processor and interface, planning and testing activities necessary to determine that the product can meet market expectations, including functionality and technical requirements. Failure to bring these products to market in a timely manner could result in a loss of market share, or a lost opportunity to capitalize on emerging markets, and could have a material adverse impact on the value of assets acquired.

The following is a summary of the movements in allowance for bad debt, sales returns and price protection and product warranty costs during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 (in thousands):

The Company’s products are grouped into two product lines: WWAN and WLAN product lines. The WWAN product line includes point-to-point Lynx and Tsunami products and point-to-multipoint Tsunami products. The WLAN product line includes 802.11a and ORiNOCO products and license revenue. Prior to the March 26, 2002 merger with Proxim, Inc., the Company did not have a WLAN product line. Historical WLAN revenue prior to March 26, 2002 of the former Proxim, Inc., and prior to August 5, 2002, for the ORiNOCO products acquired from Agere, are not reported in the table below. Revenue information by product line is as follows (in thousands):

The Company sells its products worldwide through a direct sales force, independent distributors, and value-added resellers. It currently operates in two geographic regions: North America and International. Revenue outside of the North America are primarily export sales denominated in United States dollars. Disaggregated financial information regarding the Company’s revenue by geographic region is as follows (in thousands):

On March 17, 2003 the Company announced a settlement with Intersil Corporation to resolve all pending patent-related litigation between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company and Intersil have agreed to dismiss all claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware and Massachusetts Federal Courts. As part of the confidential settlement agreement, the two companies have entered into a patent cross-license agreement for their respective patent portfolios and Intersil agreed to make a one-time payment of $6.0 million to the Company. The Company included the license revenue of $6.0 million in the WLAN product line and the North America geographic region in the above analysis. The Company recognizes license revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and the collection of the related

receivable is reasonable assured. Additionally, the Company recorded a charge of $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2003 for legal fees and other litigation-related expenses associated with this settlement and the defense of the Company’s intellectual property.

Two customers accounted for 16.6% and 13.2% of total revenue for the three months ended September 26, 2003, and one customer accounted for 14.9% of total revenue for the three months September 27, 2002. One customer accounted for 13.9% and 21.2% of total revenue for the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002, respectively.

During the quarter ended June 27, 2003, the Company recorded a $22.5 million provision for excess and obsolete inventory as part of the Company’s restructuring activities. To mitigate the component supply constraints that have existed in the past, the Company had built inventory levels for certain components with long lead times and had entered into longer-term commitments for certain components. The excess inventory charges were due to the following factors:


	•	A sudden and significant decrease in demand for certain Lynx and Tsunami license-exempt point-to-point, 802.11a and Harmony products;

	•	Notification from customers that they would not be ordering as much as they had previously indicated;

	•	Continued decline in the demand for fixed wireless solutions due to the worldwide slowdown in the telecom industry;

	•	Continued increase in competition for wireless networking products, particularly related to home networking and enterprise LANs; and

	•	Management’s strategy to discontinue products, and in certain cases replace those products with newer or redesigned products.

Due to these factors, inventory levels exceeded the Company’s requirements based on current 12-month sales forecasts. The additional excess and obsolete inventory charge was calculated based on the inventory levels in excess of the estimated 12-month demand for each specific product family. The Company does not currently anticipate that the excess inventory subject to this reserve will be used at a later date based on our current 12-month demand forecast. The Company uses a 12-month demand forecast because the wireless communications industry is characterized by rapid technological changes such that if the Company has not sold a product after a 12-month period it is unlikely that the product will be sold. The following is a summary of the movements in the reserve for excess and obsolete inventory during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 (in thousands):

Prior to the Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 146 on January 1, 2003, the Company accounted for restructuring charges under the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 94-3 “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)” and Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 100 regarding the

accounting for and disclosure of certain expenses commonly reported in connection with exit activities and business combinations.

During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company recorded $43.2 million of restructuring charges, including $35.4 million, $3.6 million, $2.3 million and $1.9 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2002, respectively, related to the closure of certain facilities and severance pay. The charges included $40.8 million of cash provisions, including severance of $7.4 million for 194 employees, $33.1 million for future lease commitments, net of estimated future sublease receipts, exit costs related to the closure of four facilities, and consulting fees of $0.3 million. The charges also included $2.4 million of non-cash provisions related to property and equipment that will no longer be used at the facilities. The estimated future sublease receipts are based on current comparable rates for leases in the respective markets. If facility rental rates continue to decrease in these markets or if it takes longer than expected to sublease these facilities, the actual costs for closures of facilities could exceed the original estimate.

During the nine months ended September 26, 2003, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $7.3 million, consisting of $23.8 million of cash provisions and $3.3 million of non-cash provisions for abandoned property and equipment, partially offset by a $19.8 million net reversal of restructuring accruals related to an abandoned building in Sunnyvale, California (see Notes 1 and 14). The $23.8 million of cash provisions consisted of $12.7 million of operating lease commitments, less estimated future sublease receipts, and exit costs of certain closed facilities, $8.1 million of severance payments for 110 employees, $0.6 million of consulting fees, and $2.4 million of project commitments. The $19.8 million net reversal of restructuring accruals represented the reversal of $26.7 million of restructuring accruals, partially offset by the write-down of fair value of an asset held for sale of $6.9 million.

The following table summarizes the restructuring activities in 2002 and the nine months ended September 26, 2003 (in thousands):

The restructuring related asset and reserves were presented on the balance sheet as follows (in thousands):

The income tax provision for the nine months ended September 27, 2002 is primarily due to establishing a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets brought forward from December 31, 2001. The Company was able to carry back certain losses to prior years, and claim income tax refunds totaling $10.4 million, of which $9.6 million has been received through September 26, 2003. The realization of the remaining deferred tax assets will be dependent on the Company generating taxable income in the future. As a result of the operating losses incurred in recent periods, the Company has determined that it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, the Company has established a full valuation allowance of approximately $11.3 million, of which $1.3 million was recorded in additional paid in capital as the related asset was related to the recapitalization in 1999.

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders are presented in conformity with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Basic net loss per share under SFAS No. 128 was computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding of 121,985,000 and 119,557,000 for the three months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002, respectively, and weighted average number of shares outstanding of 121,324,000 and 100,006,000 for the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002, respectively. Diluted net loss per share is determined in the same manner as basic earnings per share except that the number of shares is increased assuming dilutive stock options and warrants using the treasury stock method. For the three and nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002, the incremental shares from the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants were not included in computing diluted per share amounts as the effect would be antidilutive.

The total comprehensive loss for the nine months periods ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 are as follows (in thousands):

Mandatorily Redeemable Convertible Series A Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred Stock, at September 26, 2003 consists of the following:

In August 2002, in connection with the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere Systems, Inc., Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P. and affiliated entities agreed to collectively invest $75.0 million in the Company. These investors received 1,640,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the amount of $41.0 million, with a conversion price of approximately $3.06 per share, and warrants to purchase approximately 6.7 million shares of our Common Stock valued at approximately $12.3 million. The value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the Series A Preferred Stock carrying value and recorded as additional paid-in capital. During the quarter ended September 27, 2002, a deemed preferred stock dividend representing the beneficial conversion feature of the Series A Preferred Stock of $2.7 million was also recorded to increase the loss attributable to holders of the Company’s Common Stock.

Upon receipt of approval of the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting held on October 8, 2002, the notes issued to these investors were converted into 1,360,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Company granted to these investors additional warrants to purchase approximately 5.6 million shares of our common stock value at approximately $1.7 million. The value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the Preferred Stock carrying value and recorded as additional paid-in capital. In total, the investors were granted warrants to acquire 12,271,345 shares of Common Stock for approximately $3.06 per share value at approximately $14.0 million. The Series A Preferred Stock and warrants issued to the investors represented approximately 24% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis as of October 22, 2003. In summary, the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock, convertible notes and related warrants and the subsequent conversion, accretion and interest accrual were recorded as follows (in thousands):

In connection with a three-year licensing and distribution agreement entered into with Motorola, Inc. on September 8, 2003, the Company issued to Motorola a fully vested warrant to purchase 1,080,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.34 per share. This warrant will expire on September 8, 2008. The Company has estimated the fair value of the warrant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model at $2.1 million. The fair value of the warrant will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the three-year term of the commercial arrangement with Motorola with periodic charges against revenue effective beginning in the quarter ending December 31, 2003.

In accordance with SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-based Compensation, Transition and Disclosure,” the Company is required to disclose the effects on reported net loss and basic and diluted net loss per share as if the fair value based method had been applied to all awards.

The weighted average estimated grant date fair value, as defined by SFAS No. 123, for stock options granted under its stock option plans during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 was $1.12 and $1.59 per share, respectively. The weighted average estimated grant date fair value of stock purchase rights granted pursuant to its employee stock purchase plan during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 was $0.75 and $1.85 per share, respectively. The estimated grant date fair value disclosed by the Company is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes model, as well as other currently accepted option valuation models, was developed to estimate the fair value of freely tradable, fully transferable options without vesting restrictions, which significantly differ from its stock option and purchase awards. These models also require highly subjective assumptions, including future stock price volatility and expected time until exercise, which greatly affect the calculated grant date fair value.

Had the Company recorded compensation based on the estimated grant date fair value, as defined by SFAS No. 123, for awards granted under its stock option plans and stock purchase plan, the net loss attributable to common stockholders and net loss per share attributable to common stockholders would have been (in thousands, except per share data):

The pro forma effect on net loss and net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 is not representative of the pro forma effect on net loss in future years because it does not take into consideration pro forma compensation expense related to grants made prior to 1996.

The Company occupies its facilities under several noncancellable operating lease agreements expiring at various dates through September 2009, and requiring payment of property taxes, insurance, maintenance and utilities. Future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases at September 26, 2003 were as follows (in thousands):

For the year ended December 31, 2002 and the nine months ended September 26, 2003, the Company recorded restructuring charges relating to the committed future lease payments for closed facilities, net of estimated future sublease receipts, of $19.0 million, which was included in the above disclosures.

In December 2002, the Company entered into a secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank (the “Lender”), and then subsequently amended the credit facility in March 2003. On June 13, 2003, in order to secure additional working capital, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) and an accounts receivable financing agreement which effectively amended and restated the existing credit facility in its entirety. On July 25, 2003, the Company amended the accounts receivable financing agreement. On October 31, 2003, the Company amended the A/R Financing Agreement (as amended, the “Amended A/R Financing Agreement”).

Under the Amended A/ R Financing Agreement, the Lender may agree to accept for collection through a lockbox arrangement up to $20.0 million in accounts receivable from the Company, and in return the Company will receive advances from the Lender at a rate equal to 80% of accounts receivable from account

debtors who are not distributors, and 50% of accounts receivable from account debtors who are distributors, subject to certain borrowing restrictions on international accounts and the discretion of the Lender. After collection of a receivable, the Lender will refund to the Company the difference between the amount collected and the amount initially advanced to the Company, less a finance charge applied against the average monthly balance of all transferred but outstanding receivables at a rate per annum equal to the Lender’s prime rate plus 1.50 percentage points, or 5.75%, whichever is greater. In addition to a facility fee of $100,000, the Company must pay each month to the Lender a handling fee equal to 0.25% of the average monthly balance of transferred but outstanding receivables. The Company must repay each advance upon the earliest to occur of (i) the collection of the corresponding financed receivable, (ii) the date on which the corresponding financed receivable becomes an ineligible receivable pursuant to the terms of the Amended A/ R Financing Agreement, or (iii) July 31, 2004.

Obligations under the amended A/ R Financing Agreement are secured by a security interest on all of the assets of the Company, including intellectual property, and are senior in lien priority and right of payment to the Company’s obligations to the funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital under the secured promissory notes issued in July 2003 and amended in October 2003. The amended A/ R Financing Agreement requires the consent of the Lender in order to incur debt, grant liens and sell assets. The events of default under the secured credit facility include the failure to pay amounts when due, failure to observe or perform covenants, bankruptcy and insolvency events, defaults under certain of the Company’s other obligations and the occurrence of a material adverse change in the Company’s business. Under the Amended A/ R Financing Agreement, the events of default also include any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in connection with the Company’s litigation with Symbol Technologies before the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (see Note 15). Under the Amended A/ R Financing Agreement, the financial covenants require the Company to maintain cash and cash equivalents with the Lender and its affiliates in an amount not less than $4.0 million. If the Company fails to meet this requirement, the Company may still remain in compliance with the financial covenants by maintaining a ratio of the total of cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable approved by the Lender to the Company’s current liabilities of at least 5.0 to 1. The Company currently maintains substantially all of its cash, cash equivalents and investments at Silicon Valley Bank and its affiliates. In the event of default under the Amended A/ R Financing Agreement, the Lender has the right to offset such cash, cash equivalents and investments against the Company’s obligations owing to the Lender.

In the first quarter of 2003, the Company entered into an equipment and software lease agreement. Under the agreement, the Company may either lease or finance certain equipment, software and related services through a direct leasing or sales and leaseback arrangement with the lessor for up to $3.0 million. The lease term covers a period of 30 months, and the annual implicit interest rate on the lease is approximately 4%. During the second quarter of 2003, the Company installed and placed into service certain equipment, software and related services through both a direct leasing and sales leaseback arrangement and through a direct leasing arrangement during the third quarter of 2003. As the present value of total future minimum lease payments was greater than 90% of the fair value of the leased assets, the Company accounted for both the direct leasing and sales and leaseback transactions as capital lease transactions. Net book value of the leased assets

capitalized in connection with this agreement as of September 26, 2003 was $2.1 million. Future minimum lease payments under noncancellable capital leases at September 26, 2003 were as follows (in thousands):

The Company had been seeking to renegotiate a material lease on a building in Sunnyvale, California that was in excess of the requirements of the business for the foreseeable future. This building was vacated in July 2002, and the net expected lease costs were included in the restructuring charge recorded in the second quarter of 2002, totaling approximately $29.0 million through the expiration of the lease in 2010, net of expected sublease proceeds. The rent rates of this lease were substantially greater than the current local market lease rates, and this unused space represented a negative cash flow of approximately $800,000 per quarter. The Company was not able to sublease the building since it was vacated in July 2002. Since November 2002, the Company ceased making direct lease payments, and the building owner utilized the Company’s cash security deposit to cover the monthly payments and other lease charges. On July 21, 2003, the Company entered into a letter agreement (as subsequently amended and restated by that certain Purchase Agreement dated September 11, 2003) to buy the leased property and terminate the lease on or before September 12, 2003. On September 12, 2003, the Company paid approximately $10.0 million to consummate the transaction. Transaction costs included cash consideration of $6.0 million to the building owner, $3.2 million to pay off the mortgage obligation secured by the leased property, $577,000 for prepayment premium, and a total of approximately $200,000 for closing costs and operating costs incurred by the building owner between the date of the letter agreement and the closing. As a result of consummating the transaction, the Company reversed $26.8 million of previously recorded lease obligation restructuring reserves that are no longer required.

Subsequent to the purchase, the Company placed the property on the market for sale. On October 22, 2003, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the property for approximately $3.5 million, which sale is scheduled to close on or before December 30, 2003. The purchaser’s obligation to purchase the property is conditioned upon its approval of the condition of the property, title, survey and zoning and the purchaser’s satisfaction of its ability to finance the property. As of September 26, 2003, the property was recorded as assets held for sale of $3.0 million, representing its estimated net realizable value.

The Company’s involvement in patent and International Trade Commission litigation has resulted in, and could in the future continue to result in, substantial costs and diversion of management resources. In addition, this litigation, if determined adversely to us, could result in the payment of substantial damages and/or royalties or prohibitions against utilization of essential technologies, and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. In particular, as described in detail below and in Note 1, on September 15, 2003, we announced that the jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the

patent infringement litigation with Symbol Technologies, finding that certain of our products infringe two of Symbol’s patents.

On March 8, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed two lawsuits for infringement of three United States Patents for wireless networking technology: one suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Cisco Systems, Incorporated and Intersil Corporation; and one suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against 3Com Corporation, SMC, Symbol Technologies and Wayport. These suits sought an injunction against continued infringement, damages resulting from the infringement and the defendants’ conduct, interest on the damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and such further relief as the respective courts deem just and appropriate.

On March 9, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed suit with the International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C. asking the ITC to stop the importation of products that infringe its patented wireless networking technology. Eight companies were identified in this action; Acer, Addtron, Ambicom, Compex, D-Link, Enterasys, Linksys and Melco. Proxim, Inc. notified these and other companies that it believed to have been infringing its patents. On May 9, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed to remove Compex from the ITC complaint as Compex entered into an agreement with Proxim, Inc. to license these patents. Intersil and Agere have filed motions to intervene in the proceedings before the ITC and these motions were approved by the ITC.

On or about April 24, 2001, Intersil Corporation and Cisco Systems, Incorporated filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware seeking that Proxim, Inc.’s patents be found invalid, unenforceable and not infringed. Intersil and Cisco sought damages and attorneys’ fees from Proxim, Inc. based upon alleged breach of contract and unfair competition.

On or about May 1, 2001, Symbol Technologies filed patent infringement counterclaims in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Proxim, Inc. infringed four Symbol patents related to systems for packet data transmission. These counterclaims were later severed from the lawsuit by the District Court and refiled by Symbol on December 4, 2001.

On or about May 31, 2001, Agere filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Proxim, Inc. infringed three Agere patents. Agere sought unspecified damages and a permanent injunction against Proxim, Inc. related to its infringement claims. On July 9, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed an amended answer and counterclaim to the Agere suit. Proxim, Inc. sought declaratory judgment for non-infringement, invalidity and unenforceability of certain Agere patents, as well as damages for violation of the antitrust laws of the United States.

On August 8, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed an amended answer and counterclaim, and further sought damages for violation of the antitrust laws of the United States. On December 13, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed a second amended answer and counterclaim, and sought to add Agere’s parent, Agere Guardian Systems Inc., as a party.

On December 4, 2001, Symbol filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Proxim, Inc. infringed four Symbol patents related to systems for packet data transmission. Symbol sought an award for unspecified damages and a permanent injunction against Proxim, Inc. based on alleged patent infringement counterclaims. On December 18, 2001, Proxim, Inc. filed an answer and counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments for non-infringement, invalidity and unenforceability of the four asserted Symbol patents, injunctive and monetary relief for Symbol’s infringement of a Proxim, Inc. patent, monetary relief for Symbol’s false patent marking, and injunctive and monetary relief for Symbol’s unfair competition under the Lanham Act, common law unfair competition and tortious interference.

On August 5, 2002, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business from Agere, the Company announced that it had entered into a cross-license agreement with Agere whereby,

in part, the Company and Agere agreed to settle the pending patent-related litigation between the two companies.

On March 17, 2003, the Company announced a settlement with Intersil Corporation to resolve all pending patent-related litigation between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company and Intersil have agreed to dismiss all claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware and Massachusetts Federal Courts. As part of the confidential settlement agreement, the two companies entered into a patent cross license agreement for their respective patent portfolios and Intersil agreed to make a one-time payment of $6.0 million to the Company, as described in Note 5 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On September 15, 2003, the Company announced that a jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol. Proceedings will continue with the court to conduct a bench trial on the Company’s remaining equitable defenses not addressed by the jury. On Symbol’s claims of patent infringement, the jury found that certain of the Company’s products infringe two of Symbol’s patents and assessed a 6% royalty on the Company’s sales of these products from January 1, 1995. Accordingly, the Company recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million and $2.9 million for interest during the third quarter of 2003. The Company has not been enjoined from continued sales of these products, and royalty payments, if any, on these sales have not been determined by the court. The Company will continue to evaluate and review its estimate of its estimate of the royalties and interest payable from time to time for any indications that could require it to change its assumptions relating to the amount already recorded. In addition, the Company does not incur any immediate financial obligation to Symbol as a result of this verdict, pending completion of related proceedings. On September 29, 2003, in connection with Company’s counterclaims against Symbol, the jury rendered a verdict that Symbol did not infringe on a patent held by the Company. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in Symbol’s suit against the Company and to consider all available options after the conclusion of all matters before the court.

As a result of the settlement with Agere Systems and its customers on August 5, 2002, and the settlement with Intersil and its customers on March 17, 2003, the only patent infringement litigation that remains open relates to Symbol Technologies’ suit against the Company.

On or about March 10, 2003, the Company was served with a complaint filed on January 15, 2003, by Top Global Technology Limited (“Top Global”), a distributor for Agere Systems Singapore. The Company’s demurrer to Top Global’s complaint was sustained in May 2003. Top Global then filed and served an amended complaint on or about May 30, 2003. Top Global’s lawsuit was filed against Agere Systems, Inc., Agere Systems Singapore, and Agere Systems Asia Pacific (collectively, “Agere”) and the Company in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Santa Clara. Top Global claims that it is entitled to return for a credit $1.2 million of products that it purchased from Agere Systems Singapore in June 2002 as a result of the Company’s decision to discontinue a product line that the Company purchased from Agere in August 2002. The amended complaint asks the court to determine whether Agere or the Company is responsible for accepting the product return and issuing a $1.2 million credit and also alleges breach of contract. The case is in its earliest stages, as discovery recently commenced and a trial date has not been set. The Company intends to defend itself vigorously against the lawsuit.

On or about August 22, 2003, ISIS Surface Mounting, Inc. (“ISIS”) filed a complaint against the Company in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara. ISIS alleges, among other things, that between August 1997 and March 2001, the Company agreed to purchase circuit board assemblies from ISIS in accordance with written forecasts and specifications provided by the Company. The complaint further alleges that the Company breached this alleged agreement by failing to buy circuit board assemblies in accordance with its previous forecasts. ISIS seeks damages of at least $6.2 million, plus interest, attorneys’ fees, costs of suit, and certain equitable relief. The case is in its earliest stages, as discovery has not yet

commenced and a trial date has not been set. The Company intends to defend itself vigorously against the lawsuit.

The Company is party to disputes, including legal actions, with a number of suppliers and vendors. These disputes relate primarily to excess materials and order cancellation claims that resulted from the declines in demand for our products during 2001 and 2002 and the commensurate reductions in manufacturing volumes. The Company has recorded reserves related to these disputes to the extent that management believes that the Company is liable. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in these matters.

The results of any litigation matters are inherently uncertain. In the event of any adverse decision in the described legal actions or disputes, or any other related litigation with third parties that could arise in the future, the Company could be required to pay damages and other expenses, and, in the case of litigation related to patents or other intellectual property rights, to cease the manufacture, use and sale of infringing products, to expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology, or to obtain licenses to the infringing technology. The Company cannot make any assurance that these matters will not materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results, or cash flows.

In particular, if the proceedings before the court in the Company’s litigation with Symbol are not decided in the Company’s favor, the Company would likely be required to make significant payments to Symbol, including payments for royalties related to past sales of products found to infringe and additional royalties in connection with future sales of these products, or the Company would be required to post a bond in order to appeal the court’s decision. Any adverse ruling or judgment in this litigation that requires the Company to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million, and any other ruling or judgment in this or any other litigation that is material and adverse to the Company, triggers an event of default under the Amended Notes. Upon such occurrence, the Investors would have the ability to require the Company to repay the Amended Notes and to prevent the Company from calling an additional $10 million investment. In addition, entry of any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in the litigation with Symbol would result in an event of default under the secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank. Upon such occurrence, Silicon Valley Bank would have the ability to require the Company to repay any outstanding amounts under the credit facility and to prohibit the Company from borrowing any additional amounts. If the Company were required to make payments to Symbol, post a bond to the court, and/or repay the Amended Notes and amounts, if any, owed to Silicon Valley Bank, either due to an event of default or otherwise, it would be required to obtain immediate alternative sources of financing. If the Company were not able to obtain an alternative source of financing, it would most likely have insufficient cash to pay these obligations, be unable to meet its ongoing operating obligations as they come due in the ordinary course of business, and may have to seek protection under applicable bankruptcy laws.

Except for any historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain certain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, revenues, financing plans, business strategies and market acceptance of its products. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” and similar expressions, are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this Quarterly Report. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to those discussed below under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Report.

The following discussion should be read together with our financial statements, notes to those financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our financial statements, notes to those financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Proxim Corporation is the company created by the March 26, 2002 merger of Proxim, Inc. and Western Multiplex Corporation. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the results of operations for the periods presented include the results of the merged or acquired businesses beginning on the respective dates of completion of the business combinations.

Western Multiplex was founded in 1979 in Sunnyvale, California as a vendor of radio components and related services. In 1992, Western Multiplex became a designer and manufacturer of broadband wireless systems and launched our Lynx broadband wireless products. These point-to-point systems are primarily used by wireless operators to connect their base stations to other base stations and to existing wire line networks. In 1999, Western Multiplex introduced its Tsunami point-to-point broadband wireless systems, which primarily enable service providers, businesses and other enterprises to expand or establish private networks by bridging Internet traffic among multiple facilities. Based on Western Multiplex’s core technologies and the technology acquired through its purchase of WirelessHome Corporation in March 2001, Western Multiplex has developed Tsunami point-to-multipoint systems that enable service providers, businesses and other enterprises to connect multiple facilities within a geographic area to a central hub. Western Multiplex began shipping its first generation of these products at the end of the fourth quarter of 2001. In March 2002, Western Multiplex merged with Proxim, Inc. located in Sunnyvale, California which designs, manufactures and markets high performance WLAN and building-to-building network products based on RF technology and changed the Western Multiplex name to Proxim Corporation. In April 2002, we acquired nBand Communications Inc., a start-up developer of next generation advanced application specific integrated circuits, or ASICs technology.

On August 5, 2002, we completed our acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere Systems, including its ORiNOCO product line, for $65 million in cash. To finance the acquisition, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P. and affiliated entities agreed to collectively invest $75.0 million in us. These investors received 1,640,000 shares of Series A mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) in the amount of $41.0 million, with a conversion price of approximately $3.06 per share, and warrants to purchase approximately 6.7 million shares of common stock valued at approximately $12.3 million. The value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the Series A Preferred Stock carrying value and recorded as additional paid-in capital. During the quarter ended September 27, 2002, a deemed preferred stock dividend representing the beneficial conversion feature of the Series A Preferred Stock of approximately $2.7 million was reflected in the determination of the loss attributable to common stockholders. The investors were also issued $34.0 million of convertible notes. Upon

the receipt of approval of our stockholders at a special meeting held on October 8, 2002, the notes issued to these investors were converted into 1,360,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase approximately 5.6 million shares of common stock valued at approximately $1.6 million. The value of the warrants were recorded as a reduction of the Series A Preferred Stock carrying value and recorded as additional paid-in capital in the quarter ended December 31, 2002. In total, the investors were granted warrants to acquire 12,271,345 shares of common stock for approximately $3.06 per share valued at approximately $14.0 million. The Series A Preferred Stock and warrants issued to the investors represented approximately 25% of our outstanding common stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, including dividends, as of September 26, 2003. In addition, in connection with the transaction, we entered into a patent cross-license agreement and settled all outstanding patent-related litigation with Agere, and have entered into a three-year strategic supply agreement, pursuant to which Agere will provide 802.11 chips, modules and cards to us at specified prices.

On July 22, 2003, we announced that Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners L.P. and affiliates (collectively, the “Investors”) had agreed to collectively invest $30 million, and potentially up to $40 million, in us. On July 30, 2003, these Investors collectively invested $30 million, and we issued short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes bearing interest at 25% per annum pursuant to that certain securities purchase agreement dated July 22, 2003. On October 21, 2003, we amended and restated our securities purchase agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with the Investors and our $30 million short-term secured promissory notes issued to these Investors on July 30, 2003. The amended and restated secured exchangeable promissory notes (the “Amended Notes”) will continue to bear interest at 25% per annum, subject to increase on an event of default or if we call an additional investment of $5 million from the Investors prior to our special meeting of stockholders. The Amended Notes are due upon the earliest of:


	•	the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the Amended Notes, subject to election by the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount outstanding, except in the case of an event of default relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or similar proceedings;

	•	any date upon which a holder of an Amended Note demands payment upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined; and

	•	September 30, 2004.

As amended, an event of default triggered by a material adverse change, as defined, includes (i) any adverse ruling or judgment in our pending patent infringement litigation with Symbol Technologies, Inc. that requires us and/or any of our subsidiaries to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million (whether or not such payment has been made or bond posted as of such date) and (ii) any other rulings or judgments made against us and/or any of our subsidiaries in the patent infringement litigation with Symbol or any other litigations, the effects of which rulings or judgments are material and adverse to us and our subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

The terms previously providing for automatic exchange of the secured promissory notes, upon stockholder approval, for shares of Series B mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) were modified to provide for exchange at the Investors’ sole discretion following stockholder approval. The Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon exchange of the Amended Notes, if any, will be convertible into shares of our Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.15 per share, as previously agreed. In accordance with the Amended Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock will have rights to a liquidation preference that accretes at 14% per annum compounding quarterly for seven years, with acceleration upon a change of control, as defined, or a material asset sale, as defined. The Series B Preferred Stock, if issued, also will be entitled to weighted average conversion price adjustments for dilutive issuances and subscription rights in certain equity financings. We will have the right to require conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock after five years if the closing price of our common stock exceeds 300% of the conversion price for ninety consecutive trading days.

Upon receipt of stockholder approval, we will issue to the Investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of 18 million shares of Class A common stock with an exercise price of $1.46, as previously agreed, and warrants

to purchase 6 million shares of Class A common stock having an exercise price equal to $1.53 per share (collectively, the “Warrants”). Assuming exchange of $30 million in aggregate principal amount of the Amended Notes, together with accrued interest, on September 30, 2004, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued upon exchange of the Amended Notes and the Warrants would be expected to represent approximately 14.3% and 10.1%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding outstanding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Prior to this transaction and excluding the effects of the Investors’ initial $30 million financing on July 30, 2003, our Series A mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) and warrants currently held by the Investors (the “Existing Warrants”) represented approximately 16.7% and 7.6%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Assuming the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock upon exchange of the Amended Notes on September 30, 2004 and the issuance of the Warrants, the Series A Preferred Stock and the Existing Warrants would be expected to represent an aggregate of approximately 17.1% and 7.2%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants, and as adjusted to account for anti-dilution adjustments in connection with the issuance of the Amended Notes.

The Investors have also agreed to make available to us an additional $10 million, issuable in exchange for senior secured exchangeable promissory notes (the “New Notes”) with the same terms as, but senior to, the Amended Notes. Of this amount, the Investors have agreed to permit us to call an investment of $5 million prior to stockholder approval and the balance for up to 90 days following stockholder approval at the special meeting, provided in each case that no event of default has occurred. If we call an investment of $5 million prior to stockholder approval, the interest rate all outstanding indebtedness to the Investors will increase by 5% until such time as stockholder approval is obtained. The interest rate on all outstanding indebtedness also increases by 5% upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Amended Notes or New Notes, or otherwise from and after the maturity date. Additional information regarding the Amended Agreement, the Amended Notes, Series B Preferred Stock and the Warrants is set forth in our Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits thereto, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2003.

The financial statements include the results of acquired subsidiaries from their respective dates of acquisition.

Revenue. We generate revenue primarily from the sale of our Lynx and Tsunami systems for our WWAN product line, and the sale of 802.11 standards based products, acquired in the Proxim, Inc. acquisition, and ORiNOCO products acquired from Agere, for our WLAN product line. We introduced the Tsunami products during the fourth quarter of 1999. While our Tsunami products and Lynx products have similar pricing for comparable models, our Lynx product line contributes the largest part of our revenue. We began selling our Tsunami point-to-multipoint systems in 2001. We also generate a small percentage of our revenue from the sale of services and parts of our systems. We sell worldwide to service providers, businesses and other enterprises directly through our sales force and indirectly through distributors, value-added resellers and system integrators. Shipments to certain distributors located in the United States are made under terms allowing certain rights of return, protection against subsequent price declines on our products held by our distributors and co-op marketing programs. Product revenue on shipments to distributors for both WWAN and WLAN products which have rights of return and price protection is deferred until shipment to the end customers by the distributors.

Effective June 29, 2002, we began to recognize sales of our WWAN products to distributors with rights of return upon shipment by the distributors to the end user customer. Formerly, we recognized revenue for sales of WWAN products to distributors with rights of return upon shipment to the distributor and provided reserves for the estimated amount of product returns. The combination of the changes resulting from the acquisition of the Agere Systems 802.11 WLAN business and the adoption of one uniform method is consistent with our plans to sell bundled and integrated WLAN and WWAN products. This change in accounting methodology was treated as a change in estimate, and was made on a prospective basis starting in

Revenue consists of product revenues, reduced by estimated sales returns and allowances, and license revenue related to the settlement of outstanding patent litigation in the first quarter of 2003. Provisions for estimated sales returns and allowances, which are based on historical trends, contractual terms and other available information, are recorded at the time revenue is recognized.

Our sales force focuses on key strategic accounts and also develops relationships with end users that purchase our products through distributors and value-added resellers. Distributors sell our products to end users, and value-added resellers not only sell our products to end users, but also assist end users in network design, installation and testing. We market our products through strategic relationships we have with systems integrators, which design and install networks that incorporate our systems. Additionally, we sell directly to OEM customers. We sell both design-in products for integration into their wireless computing platforms and branded products as private label models. Any significant decline in direct sales to end users or in sales to our distributors or value-added resellers, or the loss of any of our distributors, value-added resellers or OEM customers, could materially adversely affect our revenue.

During the nine months ended September 26, 2003, we sold our products to approximately 350 customers in 80 countries. International sales accounted for approximately 41% and 40% of our total revenue in the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002, respectively. We expect international sales to vary but remain significant as a percentage of overall sales in the future. Currently, all of our sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, we are not directly exposed to currency exchange risks other than the risk that exchange rate fluctuations may make our products more expensive for customers outside the United States and, as a result, could decrease international sales. In addition, we face risks inherent in conducting global business. These risks, which are more fully described herein, include extended collection time for receivables, reduced ability to enforce obligations and reduced protection for our intellectual property.

As we have increased sales through our distributors and value-added resellers beginning from the quarter ended March 29, 2002, we have experienced a decline in the average selling prices of our products. This decline is primarily because the prices of the products that we sell indirectly through distributors and value-added resellers are typically lower than the prices of the products we sell directly through our sales force to end users. We have also lowered our prices for older products as we introduce additional products that provide faster data rates. On average, our international sales also have lower average selling prices on average when compared to our North American selling prices. This is primarily due to our higher reliance on distributors and value-added resellers for international sales, and also because our lower speed products, with significantly lower prices, are being sold in larger quantities internationally than domestically. If indirect sales and sales in our international markets increase, we would expect that our average selling prices to further decline.

Cost of revenue. Cost of revenue consists primarily of outsourced manufacturing costs, component costs, labor and overhead costs, costs of acquiring finished parts from original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers, customer service and warranty costs and provisions for excess and obsolete inventory. We currently outsource the majority of our manufacturing and supply chain management to a limited number of independent contract manufacturers, who obtain components for our products from suppliers. Accordingly, a significant portion of our cost of revenue consists of payments to these contract manufacturers and component suppliers. The remainder of our cost of revenue is related to our in-house manufacturing operations, which consist primarily of quality control, final assembly, testing and product integration.

Gross profit. Our gross profit is affected by both the average selling prices of our systems and our cost of revenue. Historically, decreases in our average selling prices have generally been offset by reductions in our per unit product cost. We cannot assure you, however, that we will achieve any reductions in per unit product cost in the future or that any reductions will offset a reduction in our average selling prices. Gross profit will be affected by a variety of factors, including manufacturing efficiencies, the degree to which our manufacturing is outsourced, the location of manufacturing, cost reduced product designs, future manufacturing licenses of our

Research and development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related personnel expenses, prototype development expenses, consultant fees and allocated overhead related to the design, development, testing and enhancement of our products and underlying technologies. We expense all research and development expenses as incurred.

Selling, general and administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, commissions, product marketing, sales support functions, advertising, trade show and other promotional expenses and allocated overhead. We intend to decrease our selling, general and administrative expenditures during the next two quarters in order to reduce our breakeven point.

Stock option programs. We have implemented stock option programs for employees and members of our board of directors to attract and retain highly skilled and qualified business and technical personnel. Prior to our initial public offering, we recorded deferred stock compensation on certain options for the difference between the exercise price and the deemed fair value of our common stock on the date the stock options were granted. This amount was included as a reduction of stockholders’ equity and was amortized by charges to operations over the vesting periods of the options. The amortization expense related to options awarded to employees in all operating expense categories. As of December 31, 2002, all deferred stock compensation was amortized, and accordingly, no amortization is required subsequent to December 31, 2002.

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 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 related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to customer programs and incentives, product returns, bad debts, inventories, equity investments, goodwill, intangible assets, income taxes, financing operations, warranty obligations, excess component order cancellation costs, restructuring, long-term service contracts, and contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed 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 from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003:


	•	revenue recognition;

	•	allowance for doubtful accounts, returns and discounts;

	•	warranty provision;

	•	valuation of inventories;

	•	valuation of deferred tax assets; and

	•	restructuring costs and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets.

We have been involved in litigation in the normal course of business. The results of any litigation matter are inherently uncertain. In the event of any adverse decision in litigation with third parties that was pending as of September 26, 2003 and those that could arise in the future with respect to patents, other intellectual property rights relevant to our products and defective products, we could be required to pay damages and other

On September 15, 2003, we announced that a jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol. Proceedings will continue with the court to conduct a bench trial on our remaining equitable defenses not addressed by the jury. On Symbol’s claims of patent infringement, the jury found that certain of our products infringe two of Symbol’s patents and assessed a 6% royalty on our sales of these products from January 1, 1995. Accordingly, we recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million and $2.9 million for interest during the third quarter of 2003. We have not been enjoined from continued sales of these products, and royalty payments, if any, on these sales have not been determined by the court. We will continue to evaluate and review our estimate of the royalties and interest payable from time to time for any indications that could require it to change our assumptions relating to the amount already recorded. In addition, we do not incur any immediate financial obligation to Symbol as a result of this verdict, pending completion of related proceedings. On September 29, 2003, in connection with our counterclaims against Symbol, the jury rendered a verdict that Symbol did not infringe on a patent held by us. We intend to vigorously defend ourself in Symbol’s suit against us and to consider all available options after the conclusion of all matters before the court.

The following table provides results of operations data as a percentage of revenue for the periods presented:

Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002

We classify our products into two product lines: Wireless Wide Area Network, or WWAN, product line, and; Wireless Local Area Network, or WLAN, product line. The WWAN product line includes point-to-point Lynx and Tsunami products and point-to-multipoint Tsunami products. The WLAN product line includes 802.11a and ORiNOCO products and license revenue of $6 million related to the settlement agreement with Intersil. Prior to the March 26, 2002 merger with Proxim, Inc., we did not have a WLAN product line. Historical WLAN revenue prior to March 26, 2002 of the former Proxim, Inc. and prior to August 5, 2002 for the ORiNOCO products acquired from Agere are not reported in the table below.

We sell our products worldwide through a direct sales force, independent distributors, and value-added resellers. We currently operate in two geographic regions: North America and International. Revenue outside of the North America is primarily export sales denominated in United States dollars. Disaggregated financial information regarding our revenue by geographic region is as follows (in thousands):

On March 17, 2003, we announced a settlement with Intersil Corporation to resolve all pending patent-related litigation between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Intersil has agreed with us to dismiss all claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware and Massachusetts Federal Courts. As part of the confidential settlement agreement, the two companies have entered into a patent cross license agreement for their respective patent portfolios and Intersil agreed to make a one-time payment of $6.0 million to us.

Total revenue increased 45.4% from $24.1 million in the third quarter of 2002 to $35.1 million in the third quarter of 2003. Revenue increased primarily due to the adoption of a uniform sell-through revenue recognition methodology for products that are sold through distribution channels with rights of return. This accounting methodology change was implemented on a prospective basis effective June 29, 2002, and resulted in the deferral of $22.2 million of revenue from WWAN products shipped to distributors during the third quarter that were not sold through to end customers. This increase was offset by a decrease in the WLAN product sales due in part to increasing competition for wireless networking products and continued slow spending in the telecom industry.

Total revenue increased 16.0% from $94.7 million in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to $109.9 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. Total revenue for the first quarter of 2003 included product revenue and a one-time patent license fee of $6 million resulting from the Intersil settlement (as described in Notes 5 and 15 in the condensed consolidated financial statements). Product revenue increased 9.7% from $94.7 million in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to $103.9 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The increase in product revenue was primarily due to the increase in WLAN revenue attributable to the acquisition of the ORiNOCO product line of Agere Systems on August 5, 2002 and the contribution of that product line revenue for the full nine months of 2003, offset by the accounting estimate change resulting in a deferral of WWAN revenue during the third quarter of 2002.

Cost of revenue increased 56.4% from $14.1 million in the third quarter of 2002 to $22.0 million in the third quarter of 2003. As a percentage of revenue, cost of revenue increased from 58.4% in the third quarter of 2002 to 62.9% in the third quarter of 2003. The increase in cost of revenue as a percentage of product revenue was primarily attributable to the contribution of sales from WLAN products acquired in both the merger with Proxim, Inc. and the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business from Agere Systems. WLAN products generally carry lower product gross margins than WWAN products.

Cost of revenue increased 18.2% from $54.7 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2002 to $64.7 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. As a percentage of total revenue, cost of revenue increased from 57.8% in the nine months end September 27, 2002 to 58.8% in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. Included in revenue in the first quarter of 2003 was the $6.0 million settlement with Intersil related to license revenue. Excluding license revenue as a percentage of product revenue, non-GAAP cost of revenue increased from 57.8% in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to 62.2% in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The increase in cost of revenue as a percentage of product revenue was primarily attributable to the contribution of sales from WLAN products acquired in both the merger with Proxim, Inc. and the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business from Agere Systems.

During the third quarter of 2003, the Company recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million as a result of a jury verdict rendered in September 2003 in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol (see Notes 1 and 15 of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).

During the second quarter of 2003, we recorded a $22.5 million provision for excess and obsolete inventory as part of our restructuring activities. To mitigate the component supply constraints that have existed in the past, we had built inventory levels for certain components with long lead times and had entered into longer-term commitments for certain components. The excess inventory charges were due to the following factors:


	•	A sudden and significant decrease in demand for certain WWAN Lynx and Tsunami license-exempt point-to-point and WLAN 802.11a and Harmony products;


	•	Notification from customers that they would not be ordering as many products as they had previously indicated they would;

	•	Continued decline in the demand for fixed wireless solutions due to the worldwide slowdown in the telecom industry;

	•	Continued increase in competition for wireless networking products, particularly related to home networking and enterprise LANs;

	•	Management’s strategy to discontinue products, and in certain cases replace these products with new or redesigned products.

Due to these factors, inventory levels exceeded our requirements based on current 12-month sales forecasts. The additional excess and obsolete inventory charge was calculated based on the inventory levels in excess of the estimated 12-month demand for each specific product family. We do not currently anticipate that the excess inventory subject to this reserve will be used at a later date based on our current 12-month demand forecast. We use a 12-month demand forecast because the wireless communications industry is characterized by rapid technological changes such that if we have not sold a product after a 12-month period it is unlikely that the product will be sold. The following is a summary of the movements in the reserve for excess and obsolete inventory during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 (in thousands):

Research and development expenses decreased 43.5% from $8.7 million in the third quarter of 2002 to $4.9 million in the third quarter of 2003. The decrease in research and development expense was primarily attributable to the reduction in workforce implemented in the second quarter of 2003, resulting in decreased personnel and related expenses in the third quarter of 2003 compared to the third quarter of 2002. Severance pay associated with the workforce reduction was included in the restructuring charges recorded in the second quarter of 2003.

Research and development expenses decreased 7.4% from $20.5 million in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to $19.0 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily attributable to the workforce reduction implemented in the second quarter of 2003 resulting in decreased personnel and related expenses in the second and third quarters of 2003 compared to the same period in 2002, offset by the cost of increased personnel in the first quarter of 2003, including employees added as a result of both the Proxim, Inc. merger and the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere, prototype spending for the development of new products and enhancements to existing products. As a percentage of revenue, research and development expense decreased from 21.7% in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to 17.3% in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The percentage decrease was primarily due to workforce reduction offset, in part by increased personnel expenses from first quarter of 2002 to the first quarter of 2003.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 13.4% from $15.2 million in the third quarter of 2002 to $13.2 million in the third quarter of 2003 and increased 5.9% from $35.6 million in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to $37.7 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses from the third quarter of 2002 to the third quarter of 2003 was primarily due to the workforce reduction implemented in the second quarter of 2003, resulting in reduced personnel expenses in the third quarter of 2003 compared to the third quarter of 2002. The increase in selling,

general and administrative expenses from the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to the nine months ended September 26, 2003 was primarily attributable to increases in sales and marketing personnel expenses, including employees added as a result of both the Proxim, Inc. merger and the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere, advertising, tradeshow, and public relations expenses, offset by the workforce reduction affecting the second and third quarters of 2003.

As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from 63.1% in the third quarter of 2002 to 37.6% in the third quarter of 2003. The decrease was primarily due to the increase in revenue resulting from the adoption of the uniform sell-through revenue recognition methodology in the third quarter of 2002 and the workforce reduction in the second quarter of 2003 affecting the third quarter of 2003. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from 37.6% in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to 34.3% in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The decrease was primarily due to the increase in revenue for the corresponding periods, offset by increased sales and marketing expenses resulting from the Proxim, Inc. merger and the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere.

Amortization of intangible assets increased from $4.6 million in the third quarter of 2002 to $5.4 million in the third quarter of 2003. Amortization of intangible assets increased from $7.0 million in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to $16.2 million in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. Amortization of intangible assets increased primarily due to the intangible assets acquired from both the merger with Proxim, Inc. on March 26, 2002 and the acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere on August 5, 2002.

During the year ended December 31, 2002, we recorded $43.2 million of restructuring charges, including $35.4 million, $3.6 million, $2.3 million and $1.9 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2002, respectively, related to the closure of certain facilities and severance pay. The charges included $40.8 million of cash provisions, including severance of $7.4 million for 194 employees, $33.1 million for future lease commitments, net of estimated future sublease receipts, exit costs related to the closure of four facilities, and consulting fees of $0.3 million. The charges also included $2.4 million of non-cash provisions related to property and equipment that will no longer be used at the facilities.

During the nine months ended September 26, 2003, we recorded restructuring charges of $7.3 million, consisting of $23.8 million of cash provisions and $3.3 million of non-cash provisions for abandoned property and equipment, partially offset by a $19.8 million net reversal of restructuring accruals related to an abandoned building in Sunnyvale, California (see Notes 1 and 14 of the condensed consolidated financial statements). The $23.8 million of cash provisions consisted of $12.7 million of operating lease commitments, less estimated future sublease receipts, and exit costs of certain closed facilities, $8.1 million of severance payments for 110 employees, $0.6 million of consulting fees, and $2.4 million of project commitments. The $19.8 million net reversal of restructuring accruals represented the reversal of $26.7 million of restructuring accruals, partially offset by the write-down of fair value of an asset held for sale of $6.9 million.

The following table summarizes the restructuring activities in 2002 and the nine months ended September 26, 2003 (in thousands):

Purchased in-process research and development consists primarily of acquired technology that has not reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use as of the date of acquisition.

The amount expensed to purchased in-process research and development in the third quarter of 2002 related to next generation Enterprise Access Points, Radio Backbone Systems, Broadband Gateways and Network Management products acquired in the acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 wireless LAN systems business. The amount expensed to purchased in-process research and development in the second quarter of 2002 related to technology for next generation ASICs acquired in the nBand acquisition. The amount expensed to purchased in-process research and development in the first quarter of 2002 related to 802.11a and HomeRF 2.0 wireless networking products acquired related to the Proxim, Inc. merger.

No purchased in-process research and development charge was recorded in the nine months ended September 26, 2003.

Interest income (expense), net, increased from expense of $355,000 in the third quarter of 2002 to expense of $4.4 million, net of income in the third quarter of 2003. Interest income (expense), net, decreased from income of $16,000 in the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to expense of $4.5 million, net of income in the nine months ended September 26, 2003. The increase in expense from the third quarter of 2002 to the third quarter of 2003 was primarily due to interest charges of $2.9 million on potential royalty charges, interest of $1.2 million on the $30 million convertible promissory note, and amortization of deferred financing costs of $242,000 recorded in the third quarter of 2003. The decrease from income to expense from the nine months ended September 27, 2002 to the nine months ended September 26, 2003 was also attributable to the interest charges recorded in connection with the potential royalty charges, the convertible promissory note, and the deferred financing costs during the third quarter of 2003, together with a decrease in interest income as a consequence of lower applicable return rates and lower cash and investments balances.

The income tax provision for the nine months ended September 27, 2002 was primarily due to establishing a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets brought forward from December 31, 2001. We

were able to carry back certain losses to prior years, and claim income tax refunds totaling $10.4 million, of which $9.6 million has been received through September 26, 2003. The realization of the remaining deferred tax assets will be dependent on us generating taxable income in the future. As a result of the operating losses incurred in recent periods, we have determined that it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, we have established a full valuation allowance of approximately $11.3 million, of which $1.3 million was recorded in additional paid in capital as the related asset was related to the recapitalization in 1999.

The accretion of Series A Preferred Stock represents the quarterly adjustments to the carrying value of the Series A Preferred Stock, on an effective-interest basis, so that the carrying value will equal the redemption amount at the earliest redemption date. The accretion was recorded to increase the net loss attributable to common stockholders.

Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $4.0 million from $16.5 million at December 31, 2002 to $12.5 million at September 26, 2003.

Net cash used in operating activities was $23.7 million for the nine months ended September 26, 2003, primarily due to the net loss after the effect of non-cash charges, and an increase in inventory excluding a restructuring provision for excess and obsolete inventory, partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable and restricted cash and other assets, and an increase in accrued royalties and interest. Net cash used in operating activities was $16.8 million for the nine months ended September 27, 2002 primarily due to net loss after the effect of non-cash charges and an increase in inventory and other assets, partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable and an increase in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities.

Net cash used in investing activities was $12.3 million for the nine months ended September 26, 2003, due to capital spending and a purchase of an asset held for sale, offset by proceeds from repayment of loan to officer. Net cash used in investing activities was $46.8 million for the nine months ended September 27, 2002 due to $50.6 million in cash used in the merger with Proxim, Inc., the acquisition of the 802.11 wireless LAN systems business of Agere and the acquisition of nBand and $3.1 million in capital spending, partially offset by $6.9 million in net proceeds from the sale of investment securities.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $32.0 million for the nine months ended September 26, 2003 due to borrowings on capital lease obligations, proceeds from repayments of notes receivable from stockholders, proceeds from the issuance of secured exchangeable promissory notes on July 30, 2003, and issuance of common stock as a result of the exercise of employee stock options and purchases under the employee stock purchase plan, partially offset by principal payments on capital lease obligations. Net cash provided by financing activities was $75.3 million for the nine months ended September 27, 2002 due to proceeds from the issuance of Series A preferred stock, the convertible promissory notes and the issuance of common stock as a result of the exercise of employee stock options and purchases under the employee stock purchase plan, partially offset by purchases of treasury stock related to employee stock forward sale agreements.

We occupy our facilities under several noncancellable operating lease agreements expiring at various dates through September 2009, and require payment of property taxes, insurance, maintenance and utilities. Future payments under contractual obligations as of September 26, 2003, were as follows (in thousands):

For the year ended December 31, 2002 and the nine months ended September 26, 2003, we recorded restructuring charges related to the committed future lease payments for closed facilities, net of estimated future sublease receipts of $19.0 million. As of September 26, 2003, we had unconditional purchase order commitments of $2.4 million, which were included as accrued liabilities.

We are required to repay the convertible promissory notes in September 2004 if they have not been exchanged for to Series B Preferred Stock.

We are required to redeem all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for cash in August 2007 if they have not yet been previously converted into Common Stock.

Depending upon the final ruling of the litigation with Symbol, we may be required to pay royalty charges and interest at the time specified by the court. Our current estimate of approximately $25.8 million for royalties and interest is not included in the above disclosure of future payments under contractual obligations.

In December 2002, we entered into a secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank (the “Lender”), and then subsequently amended the credit facility in March 2003. On June 13, 2003, in order to secure additional working capital, we entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) and an accounts receivable financing agreement which effectively amended and restated the existing credit facility in its entirety. On July 25, 2003, we amended the accounts receivable financing agreement. On October 31, 2003, we amended the A/R Financing Agreement (as amended, the “Amended A/R Financing Agreement”).

Under the Amended A/R Financing Agreement, the Lender may agree to accept for collection through a lockbox arrangement up to $20.0 million in accounts receivable from us, and in return we will receive advances from the Lender at a rate equal to 80% of accounts receivable from account debtors who are not distributors, and 50% of accounts receivable from account debtors who are distributors, subject to certain borrowing restrictions on international accounts and the discretion of the Lender. After collection of a receivable, the Lender will refund to us the difference between the amount collected and the amount initially advanced to us, less a finance charge applied against the average monthly balance of all transferred but outstanding receivables at a rate per annum equal to the Lender’s prime rate plus 1.50 percentage points, or 5.75%, whichever is greater. In addition to a facility fee of $100,000, we must pay each month to the Lender a handling fee equal to 0.25% of the average monthly balance of transferred but outstanding receivables. We must repay each advance upon the earliest to occur of (i) the collection of the corresponding financed receivable, (ii) the date

Obligations under the amended A/R Financing Agreement are secured by a security interest on all of our assets, including intellectual property, and are senior in lien priority and right of payment to our obligations to the funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital under the secured promissory notes issued in July 2003 and amended in October 31, 2003. The amended A/R Financing Agreement requires the consent of the Lender in order to incur debt, grant liens and sell assets. The events of default under the secured credit facility include the failure to pay amounts when due, failure to observe or perform covenants, bankruptcy and insolvency events, defaults under certain of our other obligations and the occurrence of a material adverse change in our business. Under the Amended A/R Financing Agreement, the events of default also include the failure of the Investors to provide an additional $10.0 million in exchange for additional secured promissory notes in accordance with the Amended Agreement (see Note 1) and any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in connection with a lawsuit filed by Symbol Technologies before the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (see Note 15). Under the Amended A/R Financing Agreement, the financial covenants require us to maintain cash and cash equivalents with the Lender and its affiliates in an amount not less than $4.0 million. If we fail to meet this requirement, we may still remain in compliance with the financial covenants by maintaining a ratio of the total of cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable approved by the Lender to our current liabilities of at least 5.0 to 1. We currently maintain substantially all of our cash, cash equivalents and investments at Silicon Valley Bank and its affiliates. In the event of default under the Amended A/R Financing Agreement, the Lender has the right to offset such cash, cash equivalents and investments against our obligations owing to the Lender.

We had been seeking to renegotiate a material lease on a building in Sunnyvale, California that was in excess of the requirements of the business for the foreseeable future. This building was vacated in July 2002, and the net expected lease costs were included in the restructuring charge recorded in the second quarter of 2002, totaling approximately $29.0 million through the expiration of the lease in 2010, net of expected sublease proceeds. The rent rates of this lease were substantially greater than the current local market lease rates and this unused space represented a negative cash flow of approximately $800,000 per quarter. We had not been able to sublease the building since it was vacated in July 2002. Since November 2002, we ceased making direct lease payments, and the building owner had been utilizing our cash security deposit to cover the monthly payments and other lease charges. On July 21, 2003, we entered into a letter agreement, as subsequently amended and restated by that certain purchase agreement dated September 11, 2003, to buy the leased property and terminate the lease on or before September 12, 2003. On September 12, 2003, we paid approximately $10.0 million to consummate the transaction. Transaction costs included $6.0 million to the building owner, $3.2 million to pay off the mortgage obligation secured by the leased property, $577,000 for prepayment premium, and a total of approximately $200,000 for closing costs and operating costs incurred by the building owner between the date of the letter agreement and the closing. As a result of consummating the transaction, we reversed $26.8 million of previously recorded lease obligation restructuring reserves that are no longer required.

We have taken steps to reduce our expenses from operations by decreasing research and development and general and administrative expenses in order to begin generating cash flow from operations. These steps were taken in October 2002, and we recorded approximately $1.9 million of restructuring charges related primarily to severance payments in the fourth quarter of 2002 and $8.1 million in the second and third quarters of 2003.

As a result of the reduced demand for our products during the first quarter of 2003 and the limited business visibility, we have taken further actions to reduce our operating expenses during the second and third quarters of 2003, to decrease our quarterly revenue breakeven point. During the second quarter of 2003, we recorded a $22.5 million charge for excess and obsolete inventory for discontinued products and a $12.5 million restructuring charge for consolidation of excess facilities including fixed asset write-offs, workforce reductions and contract termination costs. During the third quarter of 2003, we recorded a $14.6 million restructuring charge associated with additional workforce reductions, restructuring our domestic sales organization to focus on WLAN and WWAN sales and consolidation of excess facilities, offset by a net benefit of $19.8 million resulting from the reversal of previously recorded restructuring reserves, net of various

Restructuring charges for the nine months ended September 26, 2003 were $7.3 million resulting from $27.1 million of recorded restructuring charges, offset by a net benefit of $19.8 million recorded as a result of buying a leased property in Sunnyvale, California and terminating the lease (see Note 1 and Note 14). The net benefit of $19.8 million consisted of a reversal of previously recorded lease obligation restructuring reserve of $26.8 million and net realizable value of the building of $3.0 million, offset by total transaction costs of $10.0 million to purchase the building.

On July 30, 2003, Warburg Pincus and entities affiliated with Broadview Capital collectively invested $30 million in us and we issued short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes bearing interest at 25% per annum. The notes will be exchanged, upon approval at a special meeting of our stockholders, into shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the sole discretion of these investors. Upon receipt of stockholder approval, we will issue to these investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of 18 million shares of Class A common stock with an exercise price of $1.46, as previously agreed, and warrants to purchase 6 million shares of Class A common stock having an exercise price equal to $1.53 per share (collectively, the “Warrants”). In the event that our stockholders do not approve the exchange of the notes and the issuance of the Warrants, an event of default or change of control occurs, or these investors decide not to exchange the Amended Notes for Series B Preferred Stock, we may be required to repay the Amended Notes upon the earlier of the September 30, 2004 maturity date or upon demand.

On September 15, 2003, we announced that a jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol Technologies. The jury found that certain of our products infringe two of Symbol’s patents and assessed a 6% royalty on our sales of these products from January 1, 1995. Accordingly, we recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million and $2.9 million for interest during the third quarter of 2003. We have not been enjoined from continued sales of these products and royalty payments, if any, on these sales have not been determined by the court. If the proceedings before the court in the litigation with Symbol are not decided in our favor, we would likely be required to make significant payments to Symbol, including payments for royalties related to past sales of products found to infringe and additional royalties in connection with future sales of these products, or we would be required to post a bond in order to appeal the court’s decision. Any adverse ruling or judgment in this litigation that requires us to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million, and any other ruling or judgment in this or any other litigation that is material and adverse to us, triggers an event of default under the Amended Notes. Upon such occurrence, the Investors would have the ability to require us to repay the Amended Notes and to prevent us from calling an additional $10 million investment. In addition, any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in this litigation triggers an event of default under the Silicon Valley Bank credit facility. Upon such occurrence, Silicon Valley Bank would have the ability to require us to repay any outstanding amounts under the credit facility and to prohibit us from borrowing any additional amounts.

We have incurred substantial losses and negative cash flows from operations during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, and have an accumulated deficit of $361.7 million as of September 26, 2003. If we were required to make payments to Symbol, post a bond to the court, and/or repay the Amended Notes and amounts, if any, owed to Silicon Valley Bank, either due to an event of default or otherwise, we would be required to obtain immediate alternative sources of financing. If we were not able to obtain an alternative source of financing, we would most likely have insufficient cash to pay these obligations, be unable to meet our ongoing operating obligations as they come due in the ordinary course of business, and may have to seek protection under applicable bankruptcy laws. These matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from this uncertainty.

There can be no assurance that additional capital beyond the amounts currently forecasted by us will not be required nor that any such required additional capital will be available on reasonable terms, if at all, at such

time or times as required by us. We may need to raise additional funds if our estimates change or prove inaccurate, or in order for us to take advantage of unanticipated opportunities or to strengthen our financial position. Our ability to raise funds may be adversely affected by a number of factors relating to Proxim, as well as factors beyond our control, including the continued weakness of the wireless communications industry, volatility and uncertainty in the capital markets, our ability to remain listed on the Nasdaq National Market, our ability to pay obligations as they become due, as well as market uncertainty following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the ongoing U.S. war on terrorism. There can be no assurance that any financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all, and any need to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities may result in additional, and perhaps significant dilution.

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45 (“FIN 45”), “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” FIN 45 requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee and further requires a guarantor to provide additional disclosures regarding guarantees. The Interpretation’s provisions for initial recognition and measurement should be applied on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The disclosure requirements are effective for financial statements of periods that end after December 15, 2002. The adoption of this Interpretation did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 (“FIN 46”), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51.” FIN 46 requires certain variable interest entities to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity if the equity investors in the entity do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. FIN 46 is effective immediately for all new variable interest entities created or acquired after January 31, 2003. For variable interest entities created or acquired prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 must be applied for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. We believe that the adoption of this Interpretation will have no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.” This Statement establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). Many of those instruments were previously classified as equity. This Statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. In October 2003, the FASB decided to defer certain provisions of SFAS No. 150 as they apply to mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests. It is to be implemented by reporting the cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle for financial instruments created before the issuance date of the Statement and still existing at the beginning of the interim period of adoption. Restatement is not permitted. Adoption of this Statement is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.

If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

This Form 10-Q also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks faced by us described below and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

We may need additional capital in the future and may not be able to secure adequate funds on terms acceptable to us.

Our cash and investment balance declined by $11.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2002 and further declined by $4.0 million during the nine months ended September 26, 2003. On July 22, 2003, we announced that Warburg Pincus and entities affiliated with Broadview Capital Partners had agreed to collectively invest $30 million, and potentially up to $40 million, in us. On July 30, 2003, the investors collectively invested $30 million and we issued short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes bearing interest at 25% per annum. On October 21, 2003, we amended and restated our securities purchase agreement with these investors and our $30 million short-term secured promissory notes issued to these investors on July 30, 2003. These notes, as amended, will continue to bear interest at 25 percent per annum, subject to increase on an event of default or if we call an additional investment of $5 million from the investors prior to our special meeting of stockholders. The terms previously providing for automatic exchange of the secured promissory notes, upon stockholder approval, for shares of Series B mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock were modified to provide for exchange at the investors’ sole discretion following stockholder approval.

In addition, the investors have also agreed to make available to us an additional $10 million, issuable in exchange for senior secured exchangeable promissory notes with the same terms as, but senior to, the notes, as amended. Of this amount, the investors have agreed to permit us to call an investment of $5 million prior to stockholder approval and the balance for up to 90 days following stockholder approval at the special meeting, provided in each case that no event of default has occurred.

We have incurred substantial losses and negative cash flows from operations during the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, and have an accumulated deficit of $361.7 million as of September 26, 2003. Further, if the stockholders do not approve the exchange of the amended notes for Series B Preferred Stock, an event of default or change of control occurs, or the investors decide not to exchange the amended notes for Series B Preferred Stock , we may be required to repay the amended notes upon the earlier of the September 30, 2004 maturity date or upon demand. In particular, if the proceedings before the court in our litigation with Symbol are not decided in our favor, we would likely be required to make significant payments to Symbol, including payments for royalties related to past sales of products found to infringe and additional royalties in connection with future sales of these products, or we would be required to post a bond in order to appeal the court’s decision. Any additional adverse ruling or judgment in this litigation that requires us to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million, and any other ruling or judgment in this or any other litigation that is material and adverse to us, triggers an event of default under the amended notes. Upon such occurrence, the investors would have the ability to require us to repay the amended notes and to prevent us from calling an additional $10 million investment. In addition, entry of any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in the litigation with Symbol would result in an event of default under the secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, and Silicon Valley Bank could require us to repay any outstanding amounts owed under the credit facility and prohibit us from borrowing any additional amounts.

If we were required to make payments to Symbol, post a bond to the court, and/or repay the amended notes and amounts, if any, owed to Silicon Valley Bank, either due to an event of default or otherwise, we would be required to obtain immediate alternative sources of financing. If we were not able to obtain an alternative source of financing, we would most likely have insufficient cash to pay these obligations, be unable to meet our ongoing operating obligations as they come due in the ordinary course of business, and may have to seek protection under applicable bankruptcy laws. In addition, if our estimates change or prove inaccurate, or if we need additional funds to take advantage of unexpected opportunities or strengthen our financial position, we may need to raise additional funds. Our ability to raise funds may be adversely affected by a number of factors relating to us, as well as factors beyond our control, including increased market uncertainty following the events of September 11, 2001, the ongoing U.S. war on terrorism, as well as conditions in capital markets. There can be no assurance that any financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all, and any need to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities may result in additional, and perhaps significant dilution.

We may not achieve certain benefits and synergies expected from our March 26, 2002 merger with Proxim, Inc. or the August 5, 2002 acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere, either of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results and/or could result in the loss of key personnel.

We will need to continue to overcome significant ongoing challenges in order to realize any benefits or synergies from our merger with Proxim, Inc. and our acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business of Agere, including Agere’s ORiNOCO product line. Such challenges include the timely, efficient and successful execution of a number of post-transaction events, including:


	•	integrating the operations of these businesses, particularly geographically dispersed operations;

	•	integrating the management information systems, accounting systems and reporting process;

	•	retaining and assimilating the key personnel of each company;

	•	retaining existing customers of each company and attracting additional customers;

	•	retaining strategic partners of each company and attracting new strategic partners; and

	•	creating uniform standards, controls, procedures, policies and information systems.

The execution of these post-transaction events will involve considerable risks and may not be successful. These risks include:


	•	the potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of our management;

	•	unanticipated expenses, including possible additional restructuring charges, and potential delays related to integration of technology and other resources of these companies;

	•	the impairment of relationships with employees, suppliers and customers as a result of any integration of new management personnel; and

	•	potential unknown liabilities associated with the transactions and the combined operations.

In addition, termination of employees in connection with our restructuring efforts following these transactions may expose us to claims seeking damages for wrongful terminations. In that regard, we have been and may continue to be a party to disputes, including legal actions, with a number of former employees. These disputes relate primarily to claims for wrongful termination and severance benefits due to several reductions in force we have implemented in 2002 and 2003 following the merger with Proxim, Inc. and the acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business.

As a result of the merger between Proxim, Inc. and Western Multiplex, and the acquisition of Agere Systems’ 802.11 WLAN systems business during 2002, we identified a requirement to consolidate and integrate our management information systems. We implemented a new enterprise resource planning and

financial accounting and planning system during the second quarter of 2003, integrating this new system with our customer relationship management system and our product management system, as well as creating electronic interfaces to certain supply chain partners’ information systems and certain customers’ information systems. Implementation of the new management information system, including the integration with other systems and the ongoing efforts to optimize the operation of these systems and improve management reporting, is a very complex process that requires significant financial resources and personnel time, as well as unifying operating policies and procedures to ensure that the total system operates efficiently and effectively. Delays or errors in the implementation of the new system or the subsequent optimization efforts could result in additional costs and cause disruptions to our business, which could adversely affect our ability to accurately report our financial results on a timely basis and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The combined company may not succeed in addressing these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with our merger with Proxim, Inc. or our acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business.

We had a $244.5 million and $97.7 million net loss attributable to holders of our Common Stock for the year ended December 31, 2002 and the nine months ended September 26, 2003, respectively. We cannot assure you that our revenue will increase or continue at current levels or that we will achieve profitability or generate cash from operations in future periods. In view of the rapidly evolving nature of our business and the limited histories of Western Multiplex, Proxim, Inc. and the Agere 802.11 WLAN systems business we acquired in producing many of their products, period-to-period comparisons of operating results are not necessarily meaningful and you should not rely on them as indicating what our future performance will be.

We expect that we will continue to incur significant sales, marketing, product development and administrative expenses. As a result, we will need to generate significant revenue to achieve profitability and we cannot assure you that we will achieve profitability in the future. Any failure to significantly increase our revenue or control costs as we implement our product and distribution strategies would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

The terms of the notes issued to Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital Partners in connection with our July 2003 financing transaction may adversely affect our business and financial results.

In connection with the July 2003 financing transaction, we have issued notes with an aggregate principal amount of $30 million to Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital. As described above, we subsequently amended these notes in October 2003.

While the notes are outstanding, we may not generally, without the prior written consent of the investors holding a majority of the principal amount of the notes:


	•	incur certain liabilities or indebtedness for money borrowed, subject to certain limited exceptions;

	•	grant or permit any liens, pledges or encumbrances on any of our assets, subject to limited exceptions;

	•	sell any material part of its assets, other than in limited circumstances or in the ordinary course of business; or

	•	pay or declare any dividend or distribution.

To remain competitive, we may need to continue restructuring our organization. Failure to effectively manage our organization could result in an inability to support and maintain our operations.

We announced a reorganization of our corporate structure on December 9, 2002, consolidating our operating divisions from four to two. In addition, in April 2003, we announced that we were in the process of restructuring and reducing our workforce and consolidating our facilities. We implemented a workforce reduction in the second and third quarters of 2003 and consolidated our research and development facilities


	•	our personnel, systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support our future operations;

	•	our management will be able to hire, train, motivate or manage required personnel; or

	•	our management will be able to successfully identify and exploit existing and potential market opportunities.

We cannot assure you that our reorganization efforts will be successful or will not impair our ability to manage our business.

The market price of our Common Stock may further decline as a result of our merger with Proxim, Inc. or our acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business.

The market price of our Common Stock declined following our acquisition in 2002 and may further decline as a result of these transactions for a number of reasons, including if:


	•	the integration of these businesses is not completed in a timely and efficient manner;

	•	the combined company does not achieve the perceived benefits of these transactions as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial analysts, industry analysts or investors; or

	•	the effect of these transactions on our financial results is not consistent with the expectations of financial analysts, industry analysts or investors.

In this regard, our financial results for the third quarter of 2002 and the first half of 2003 did not meet the expectations of financial analysts and the market price of our Common Stock declined.

Our merger with Proxim, Inc. and our acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business may adversely affect our financial results.

We incurred transaction costs of approximately $16.7 million in connection with our merger with Proxim, Inc. and approximately $5 million in connection with the Agere asset purchase. If the benefits of these transactions do not exceed the associated costs, including costs associated with integrating these businesses and dilution to our stockholders resulting from the issuance of shares in connection with the merger and the asset purchase and related financing, our financial results, including earnings per share, could be materially harmed. As a result of the reduced demand for our products during the first and second quarters of 2003 and the limited business visibility, we have taken further actions to reduce our operating expenses during the remainder of 2003, and decrease our quarterly revenue breakeven point. We recorded a significant restructuring charge in the second quarter of 2003 primarily related to excess and obsolete inventory, severance payments and closure of certain facilities.

Product sales could decline if customer relationships are disrupted by our merger with Proxim, Inc. and our acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business.

The merger with Proxim, Inc. or the Agere asset purchase may have the effect of disrupting customer relationships. Former customers of Western Multiplex, Proxim, Inc. and Agere may not continue their current buying patterns following these transactions and the subsequent integration of our operations. Customers may defer purchasing decisions as they evaluate the likelihood of successful integration of the combined company or may instead purchase products of competitors. Any significant delay or reduction in orders for our products could cause our products sales to decline.

We have a limited operating history with some of our current product lines, which makes your evaluation of our business difficult and will affect many aspects of our business.

Proxim, Inc. produced its 802.11a products for a limited amount of time and Western Multiplex had just begun production of its Tsunami point-to-multipoint product prior to the merger. Agere also had a limited


	•	an evolving and unpredictable business model;

	•	uncertain acceptance of new products and services;

	•	competition; and

	•	challenges in managing growth.

We cannot assure you that we will succeed in addressing these risks. If we fail to do so, our revenue and operating results could be materially harmed.

We may experience fluctuations in operating results and may not be able to adjust spending in time to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall, which may cause operating results to fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors.

Our operating results may fluctuate significantly in the future as a result of a variety of factors, many of which will be outside our control. We may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any significant shortfall in revenues in relation to planned expenditures could materially harm our operating results and financial condition, and may cause our operating results to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. If this happens, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline significantly.


	•	the effectiveness of our distribution channels and the success in maintaining our current distribution channels and developing new distribution channels;

	•	our ability to effectively manage the development of new business segments and markets;

	•	seasonal factors that may affect capital spending by customers;

	•	our ability to successfully manage the integration of operations;

	•	market adoption of radio frequency, or RF, standards-based products (such as those compliant with the IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.16 or Bluetooth specifications);

	•	our ability to develop, introduce, ship and support new products and product enhancements;

	•	the sell-through rate of our WLAN and WWAN products through commercial distribution channels;

	•	market demand for our point-to-point Lynx and Tsunami systems;

	•	market demand for our point-to-multipoint Tsunami systems;

	•	our ability to effectively manage product transitions from one generation of product platforms to newer product platform designs, including inventories on hand, product certifications, and customer transitions;

	•	the mix of products sold because our products generate different gross margins;

	•	a decrease in the average selling prices of our products;

	•	our ability to upgrade and develop our systems and infrastructure;

	•	difficulties in expanding and conducting international operations; and

	•	general economic conditions and economic conditions specific to the wireless communications industry.

Historically, Proxim, Inc., Western Multiplex and the 802.11 WLAN system business do not operate with a significant order backlog and a substantial portion of their revenues in any quarter are derived from orders booked and shipped in that quarter. Accordingly, a significant component of our revenue expectations will be based almost entirely on internal estimates of future demand and not on firm customer orders. Planned operating expense levels are relatively fixed in the short term and are based in large part on these estimates. If orders and revenue do not meet expectations, our operating results could be materially adversely affected.

We have adopted a uniform sell-through method of revenue recognition that may result in greater variability in our revenue recognition and therefore increased fluctuations in our operating results.

Effective at the beginning of the third quarter of 2002, we adopted a uniform sell-through revenue recognition methodology for products that are sold through North American distribution channels with rights of return under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. After the merger of Proxim, Inc. and Western Multiplex, we maintained the historical revenue recognition methods used by the two companies prior to the merger for the respective product lines: a sell-through method for our WLAN, products, and a sell-in method for our WWAN products. We have adopted the sell-through method on a uniform basis because, following the acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business, which also uses the sell-through method, the WLAN business is expected to represent more than half of Proxim’s revenues, and adopting one uniform method is consistent with our plans to sell bundled and integrated WLAN and WWAN products. The adoption of the sell-through method of revenue recognition for WWAN products could result in greater variability in our revenue recognition, and, therefore, increased fluctuations in our operating results, because sell-through shipments to customers may not be as predictable as sell-in shipments to distributors.

Our operating results have been, and could further be, adversely affected as a result of purchase accounting treatment and the impact of amortization and impairment of intangible assets relating to the merger and the Agere asset purchase.

In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we accounted for our merger with Proxim, Inc. and the Agere asset purchase using the purchase method of accounting. Under the purchase method of accounting, we have recorded the market value of our Common Stock issued in connection with the business combination with Proxim, Inc. and the Agere asset purchase, the Common Stock that became options to purchase Proxim Corporation Common Stock and the amount of direct transaction costs as the cost of combining with Proxim, Inc. and the Agere asset purchase. We have allocated the cost of the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including various identifiable intangible assets (such as acquired technology and acquired trademarks and trade names) and in-process research and development, based on their respective fair values at the date of the completion of the merger. Intangible assets are required to be amortized prospectively over their estimated useful lives. Any excess of the purchase price over those fair market values has been accounted for as goodwill. We are not required to amortize goodwill against income but goodwill and other non-amortizable intangible assets will be subject to periodic reviews for impairment.

In this regard, due to the decline in forecasted revenue in future periods, we took a charge of $129.1 million related to the impairment of goodwill in accordance with SFAS No. 142 in the fourth quarter of 2002. The impairment charged was measured as the amount that the carrying amount exceeded its estimated fair value. If we are required to recognize additional impairment charges, the charge will negatively impact reported earnings in the period of the charge.

Shares eligible for future sale, including shares owned by our principal stockholders, may cause the market price of our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

The potential for sales of substantial amounts of our common stock into the public market may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. To finance our acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital, who agreed to collectively invest $75.0 million in us. These investors received 1,640,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the amount of $41.0 million, with a conversion price of approximately $3.06 per share, and

warrants to purchase approximately 6.7 million shares of our common stock valued at approximately $12.3 million. The remaining $34.0 million of the funding for the acquisition was in the form of convertible notes. Upon receipt of approval of our stockholders at a special meeting held on October 8, 2002, the notes issued to these investors were converted into 1,360,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and we granted to these investors additional warrants to purchase approximately 5.6 million shares of our common stock valued at $1.7 million. In total, the investors were granted warrants to acquire 12,271,345 shares of Common Stock for approximately $3.06 per share. The initial liquidation preference of $25.00 per share attributable to the Series A Preferred Stock bears interest at an annual rate of 8% through the third anniversary of the date of issuance, resulting in an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock over time, to an aggregate of approximately 42.4 million, including antidilution adjustments currently in effect.

On July 22, 2003, we announced that Warburg Pincus and entities affiliated with Broadview Capital had agreed to collectively invest $30 million, and potentially up to $40 million, in us. On July 30, 2003, these investors collectively invested $30 million in us and we issued short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes bearing interest at 25% per annum. On October 21, 2003, we amended and restated our securities purchase agreement with these investors and our $30 million short-term secured promissory notes issued to these investors on July 30, 2003. The terms previously providing for automatic exchange of the secured promissory notes, upon stockholder approval, for shares of Series B mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock were modified to provide for exchange at the investors’ sole discretion following stockholder approval. The Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon exchange of the amended notes, if any, will be convertible into shares of our Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.15 per share, as previously agreed. The initial liquidation preference of $100.00 per share attributable to the Series B Preferred Stock bears interest at an annual rate of 14% through the seventh anniversary of the date of issuance, resulting in an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock over time, to an aggregate of approximately 89.1 million, assuming exchange on September 30, 2004 of $30 million of aggregate principal amount of the amended notes, together with accrued but unpaid interest at a rate of 25%. Upon receipt of stockholder approval, we will issue to the investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of 18 million shares of Class A common stock with an exercise price of $1.46, as previously agreed, and warrants to purchase 6 million shares of Class A common stock having an exercise price equal to $1.53 per share.

Assuming exchange of $30 million in aggregate principal amount of the amended notes, together with accrued interest, on September 30, 2004, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued upon exchange of the amended notes and the warrants would be expected to represent approximately 14.3% and 10.1%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding outstanding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Prior to this transaction and excluding the effects of the investors’ initial $30 million financing on July 30, 2003, our Series A mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock and warrants currently held by the investors represented approximately 16.7% and 7.6%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Assuming the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock upon exchange of the amended notes on September 30, 2004 and the issuance of the warrants, the Series A Preferred Stock and the existing warrants would be expected to represent an aggregate of approximately 17.1% and 7.2%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants, and as adjusted to account for anti-dilution adjustments in connection with the issuance of the amended notes and the warrants to purchase common stock.

We have agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-1, or, if available, Form S-3, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within 30 days following the filing of our annual report on Form 10-K with the SEC for the year ending December 31, 2003. Upon the effectiveness of such registration

In addition to outstanding shares eligible for sale, as of September 26, 2003, options and warrants to acquire 44.3 million shares of our common stock were outstanding. Also, as of September 26, 2003, approximately an additional 16.2 million shares of our common stock were reserved for issuance to our employees under existing and/or assumed stock option plans.

Competition within the wireless networking industry is intense and is expected to increase significantly. Our failure to compete successfully could materially harm our prospects and financial results.

The market for broadband wireless systems and wireless local area networking and building-to-building markets are extremely competitive and we expect that competition will intensify in the future. Increased competition could adversely affect our business and operating results through pricing pressures, the loss of market share and other factors. The principal competitive factors affecting wireless local area networking and fixed wireless markets include the following: data throughput; effective RF coverage area; interference immunity; network security; network scalability; price; integration with voice technology; wireless networking protocol sophistication; ability to support industry standards; roaming capability; power consumption; product miniaturization; product reliability; ease of use; product costs; product features and applications; product time to market; product certifications; changes to government regulations with respect to each country served and related to the use of radio spectrum; brand recognition; OEM partnerships; marketing alliances; manufacturing capabilities and experience; effective distribution channels; and company reputation.

We could be at a disadvantage when compared to competitors, particularly Alcatel, Business Networks AB, Cisco Systems, D-Link, and LinkSys (acquired by Cisco Systems in March 2003), that have broader distribution channels, brand recognition, extensive patent portfolios and more diversified product lines. We have several competitors in our commercial wireless business, including without limitation, Alvarion (the merger of Breezecom and Floware), Ceragon Networks, Cisco Systems, DMC Stratex Networks, Enterasys Networks, Harris Corporation, , Nokia Corporation, Symbol Technologies and 3Com Corporation.

Numerous companies have announced their intention to develop competing products in both the commercial wireless and home networking markets, including several Asia-based companies offering low-price IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g products. We could also face future competition from companies that offer products which replace network adapters or offer alternative communications solutions, or from large computer companies, PC peripheral companies, as well as other large networking equipment companies that integrate network adapters into their products. Furthermore, we could face competition from certain of our OEM customers, which have, or could acquire, wireless engineering and product development capabilities, or might elect to offer competing technologies. We can offer no assurance that we will be able to compete successfully against these competitors or those competitive pressures we face will not adversely affect our business or operating results.

Many of our present and potential competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, technical and other resources with which to pursue engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of their products. These competitors may succeed in establishing technology standards or strategic alliances in the WLAN and building-to-building markets, obtain more rapid market acceptance for their products, or otherwise gain a competitive advantage. We can offer no assurance that we will succeed in developing products or technologies that are more effective than those developed by our competitors. Furthermore, we compete with companies that have high volume manufacturing and extensive marketing and distribution capabilities, areas in which we have only limited experience. We can offer no assurance that we will be able to compete successfully against existing and new competitors as wireless markets evolve and the level of competition increases.

Wireless networking markets are subject to rapid technological change and to compete, we must continually introduce new products that achieve broad market acceptance.

We have expended substantial resources in developing products that are designed to conform to the IEEE 802.11 standards. There can be no assurance, however, that the IEEE 802.11 compliant products products will have a meaningful commercial impact. In 1999, the IEEE approved a new 2.4 GHz WLAN standard, designated as 802.11b. Based on direct sequence spread spectrum technology, this new standard increased the nominal data rate from 2 Mbps to 11 Mbps. In addition, we developed higher-speed frequency hopping technology based on the FCC Part 15 rule change adopted in August 2000, that allowed for wider band hopping channels and increased the data rate from 1.6 Mbps to up to 10 Mbps. There can be no assurance that any such new products will compete effectively with IEEE 802.11b standard compliant products. In August 2002, we completed the acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business, including its ORiNOCO product line, and we are now selling a full line of 802.11b products.

In 1999, a group of computer and telecommunications industry leaders, led by Ericsson, began developing a short range RF method to connect mobile devices without cables called Bluetooth. Based on low power 2.4 GHz frequency hopping spread spectrum technology, numerous organizations are planning to deploy Bluetooth technology in a wide variety of mobile devices such as cellular telephones, notebook computers and handheld computers. We have not developed products that comply with Bluetooth. While Bluetooth technology is available to develop or acquire in the market, there can be no assurance that we will develop or acquire such technology, or that if we do develop or acquire such technology, that such products will be competitive in the market.

In 2000, the IEEE approved a new 5 GHz WLAN standard designated as 802.11a. This new standard is based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, or OFDM, technology with multiple data rates ranging from below 10 Mbps to approximately 50 Mbps. In 1999, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute Project BRAN (Broadband Radio Access Networks) committee approved a new 5 GHz WLAN standard designated as HiperLAN2, also based on OFDM technology. We are currently shipping commercial units of 802.11a products, and certain competitors are also shipping 802.11a products.

The IEEE is evaluating a number of improvements and enhancements to 802.11a at 5 GHz and 802.11b at 2.4 GHz standards. During the second quarter of 2003, the IEEE approved the 802.11g standard, a high speed extension of 802.11b, offering up to 54 Mbps of throughput, and commercial products are available. In addition, we have begun commercial shipment of and recognized revenue for dual-band adapters that comply with both the 802.11b and the 802.11a standards and a new dual-band, tri-protocal 802.11a, b and g WLAN combination solution. The 802.11e proposal is a quality of service enhancement to the 802.11a and 802.11b protocol for streaming multimedia support. The 802.11i proposal addresses enhanced security for both 802.11a and 802.11b. The 802.11h proposal addresses dynamic frequency selection and transmit power control for worldwide radio regulation.

In January 2003, the IEEE ratified a new WWAN standard designated as 802.16. This new standard specifies a common broadband wireless access platform for WWAN point-to-multipoint devices. In April 2003, we joined the newly expanded Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access Forum, or WiMAX Forum, as a principal member and obtained a seat on the board of directors. The WiMAX Forum is a nonprofit corporation formed to promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of WWAN point-to-multipoint devices using the IEEE 802.16 specifications.

Given the emerging nature of the WLAN and WWAN markets, there can be no assurance that these products and technology, or our other products or technology, will not be rendered obsolete by alternative or competing technologies. In addition, when we announce new products or product enhancements that have the potential to replace or shorten the life cycle of our existing products, customers may defer purchasing our existing products. These actions could materially adversely affect our operating results by unexpectedly decreasing sales, increasing our inventory levels of older products and exposing us to greater risk of product obsolescence. As the market for our wireless networking products is evolving, we believe our ability to compete successfully in this market is dependent upon the continued compatibility and interoperability of our products with products and architectures offered by other vendors. To remain competitive, we need to introduce

We will depend on international sales and our ability to sustain or expand international sales is subject to many risks, which could adversely affect our operating results.

During the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and the year ended December 31, 2002, international sales accounted for approximately 41% and 38% of our total sales, respectively. Revenue from shipments by Western Multiplex to customers outside of North America, principally to a limited number of distributors, represented 24% and 33% of total revenue during the calendar years 2001 and 2000, respectively. Revenue from shipments by Proxim, Inc. to customers outside North America, principally to a limited number of distributors and OEM customers, represented 33% and 18% of total revenue during the calendar years 2001 and 2000, respectively. Agere’s sales of its ORiNOCO products included sales to a number of international customers, and we expect that we will continue to sell these products to a significant percentage of international customers. We expect that our revenue from shipments to international customers will vary as a percentage of total revenue.

There are certain risks inherent in doing business in international markets, including the following:


	•	uncertainty of product acceptance by customers in foreign countries;

	•	difficulty in assessing the ability to collect on orders to be shipped in an uncertain economic environment;

	•	difficulty in collecting accounts receivable;

	•	export license and documentation requirements;

	•	unforeseen changes in regulatory requirements;

	•	difficulties in staffing and managing multinational operations;

	•	governmental restrictions on the repatriation of funds into the United States;

	•	foreign currency fluctuations;

	•	longer payment cycles for international distributors;

	•	tariffs, duties taxes and other trade barriers;

	•	difficulties in finding foreign licensees or joint venture partners; and

	•	potential political and economic instability.

There is a risk that such factors will harm our ability to continue to successfully operate internationally and our efforts to expand international operations. In this regard, our revenue levels have been affected, in part, by reduced ability to ship our products to international customers in cases where collectibility, based on a number of factors, could not be reasonably assured.

While we may extend limited credit terms, fluctuations in currency exchange rates could cause our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country, leading to a reduction in sales or profitability in that country. There can be no assurance that foreign markets will continue to develop or that we will receive additional orders to supply our products to foreign customers. Our business and operating results could be materially adversely affected if foreign markets do not continue to develop or if we do not receive additional orders to supply our products for use by foreign customers.

To successfully expand international sales, we will need to recruit additional international sales and support personnel and expand our relationships with international distributors and value-added resellers. This expansion will require significant management attention and financial resources. We may incur these

Uncertainties and heightened security associated with the aftermath of war in Iraq and the ongoing war on terrorism may continue to adversely affect domestic and international demand for our products, result in a further deterioration of global economic conditions, and increase shipment times and costs for our products.

The economic uncertainty resulting from hostilities in Iraq may continue to negatively impact consumer and business confidence. General economic conditions in the U.S. have caused and may continue to cause U.S. businesses to slow spending on products and to delay sales cycles. Similarly, a continued worsening in the global economy could cause foreign businesses to slow or halt spending on our products. We manufacture a substantial portion of our products outside the U.S., and we may experience delays in the delivery of our products or increased shipping costs as a result of increased security measures. This economic uncertainty may make it more difficult to continue to implement our business strategy and could adversely impact future operating results.

Our revenue may decline and our ability to achieve profitability may be threatened if the demand for wireless services in general and broadband wireless access systems in particular does not continue to grow.

Our success is dependent on the continued trend toward wireless telecommunications and data communications services. If the rate of growth slows and service providers reduce their capital investments in wireless infrastructure or fail to expand into new geographic markets, our revenue may decline. Unlike some competitors such as Alcatel, Cisco Systems (including Linksys) and 3Com Corporation, among others, our principal product offerings rely solely on wireless technologies. Accordingly, we would experience a greater impact from a decline in the demand for wireless services than some of our most important competitors. In addition, wireless access solutions are unproven in the marketplace and some of the wireless technologies, such as our Tsunami point-to-multipoint technology and 802.11 technologies in which we are currently investing substantial capital, have only been commercially introduced in the last few years. In addition, we are also investing in the development of products that comply with the emerging 802.16 wireless access standard. If wireless access technology turns out to be unsuitable for widespread commercial deployment, it is unlikely we could generate enough sales to achieve and sustain profitability. We have listed below the factors that we believe are key to the success or failure of broadband wireless access technology:


	•	its reliability and security and the perception by end users of its reliability and security;

	•	its capacity to handle growing demands for faster transmission of increasing amounts of data, voice and video;

	•	the availability of sufficient frequencies for network service providers to deploy products at commercially reasonable rates;

	•	its cost-effectiveness and performance compared to other forms of broadband access, whose prices and performance continue to improve;

	•	its suitability for a sufficient number of geographic regions; and

	•	the availability of sufficient site locations for network service providers to install products at commercially reasonable rates.

We have experienced the effects of many of the factors listed above in interactions with customers selecting wireless versus wire line technology. For example, because of the frequency with which individuals using cellular phones experience fading or a loss of signal, customers often hold the perception that all broadband wireless technologies will have the same reliability constraints even though the wireless technology we use does not have the same problems as cellular phones. In some geographic areas, because of adverse weather conditions that affect wireless transmissions, but not wire line technologies, we are not able to sell

We may also lose customers to different types of wireless technologies. Many of our products operate in the unlicensed frequency bands, in compliance with various governmental regulations. In addition, many of the emerging wireless standards utilize these unlicensed frequency bands. The proliferation and market acceptance of unlicensed wireless products increases the probability of interference among unlicensed devices. Increasing interference can adversely affect the operation of our unlicensed products, resulting in customers selecting alternative products that do not operate in these unlicensed frequency bands. For example, we have only a limited offering of products that operate in licensed radio spectrums. Some customers, however, may want to operate in licensed radio spectrums because they sometimes offer less interference than license free radio spectrums or have other advantages.

Our business will depend on rapidly evolving telecommunications and Internet industries.

Our future success is dependent upon the continued growth of the data communications and wireless industries, particularly with regard to Internet usage. The global data communications and Internet industries are evolving rapidly and it is difficult to predict potential growth rates or future trends in technology development. We cannot assure you that the deregulation, privatization and economic globalization of the worldwide telecommunications market that has resulted in increased competition and escalating demand for new technologies and services will continue in a manner favorable to us or our business strategies. In addition, there can be no assurance that the growth in demand for wireless and Internet services, and the resulting need for high speed or enhanced data communications products and wireless systems, will continue at its current rate or at all.

The combined company may be dependent on and receive a significant percentage of its revenue from a limited number of OEM customers.

A limited number of OEM customers may contribute a significant percentage of our revenue. Sales to one Proxim, Inc. customer in calendar year 2000 represented approximately 12% of total revenue. Agere’s sales of its ORiNOCO products included sales to OEM customers. We expect that sales to a limited number of OEM customers will continue to account for a significant portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Proxim, Inc. also experienced quarter-to-quarter variability in sales to each of its major OEM customers. Sales of many of Proxim, Inc.’s wireless networking products depended upon the decision of a prospective OEM customer to develop and market wireless solutions that incorporated Proxim, Inc.’s wireless technology. OEM customers’ orders are affected by a variety of factors, including the following:


	•	new product introductions;

	•	end user demand for OEM customers’ products;

	•	joint development efforts;

	•	OEM customers’ product life cycles;

	•	inventory levels;

	•	market and OEM customers’ adoption of new wireless standards;

	•	manufacturing strategies;

	•	lengthy design-in cycles;

	•	pricing;

	•	regulatory changes;

Proxim, Inc.’s agreements with OEM customers typically did not require minimum purchase quantities. The loss of one or more of, or a significant reduction in orders from, our major OEM customers could materially and adversely affect our operating results or stock price. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will become a qualified supplier for new OEM customers or that we will remain a qualified supplier for existing OEM customers.

Our WWAN business derives a substantial portion of its revenue from a limited number of distributors. Therefore, a decrease or loss in business from any of them may cause a significant delay or decline in our revenue and could harm our reputation.

Our WWAN business has historically generated a significant amount of revenue from a limited number of distributors. The loss of business from any of these distributors or the delay of significant orders from any of them, even if only temporary, could significantly reduce our revenue, delay recognition of revenue, harm our reputation or reduce our ability to accurately predict cash flow. One distributor accounted for approximately 14% and 23% of our total revenue in the six months ended June 27, 2003 and year ended December 31, 2002, respectively. We do not have long-term contracts with any of these distributors. While we expect to have a more diversified and expansive end customer base, the future success of our business will depend significantly on the timing and size of future purchase orders, if any, from a limited number of distributors. In addition, as we continued the development of our distribution channels, we may consolidate demand through fewer, larger distributors in order to effectively manage a growing base of VARs, resellers and sub-distributors.

We depend on limited suppliers for key components that are difficult to manufacture, and because we may not have long-term arrangements with these suppliers, we could experience disruptions in supply that could decrease or delay the recognition of revenues.

We depend on single or limited source suppliers for several key components used in our products. Proxim, Inc. and Agere depended on single sources for our proprietary application specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, and assembled circuit boards. Any disruptions in the supply of these components or assemblies could delay or decrease our revenues. In addition, even for components with multiple sources, there have been, and may continue to be, shortages due to capacity constraints caused by high demand. In connection with our acquisition of Agere’s 802.11 WLAN systems business, we have entered into a three-year strategic supply agreement with Agere, pursuant to which Agere will provide us with 802.11 chips, modules and cards. Other than this agreement, we do not have any long-term arrangements with our suppliers. If, for any reason, a supplier fails to meet our quantity or quality requirements, or stops selling components to us or our contract manufacturers at commercially reasonable prices, we could experience significant production delays and cost increases, as well as higher warranty expenses and product reputation problems. Because the key components and assemblies of our products are complex, difficult to manufacture and require long lead times, we may have difficulty finding alternative suppliers to produce our components and assemblies on a timely basis. We have experienced shortages of some of these components in the past, which delayed related revenue, and we may experience shortages in the future. In addition, because the majority of our products have a short sales cycle of between 30 and 90 days, we may have difficulty in making accurate and reliable forecasts of product needs. As a result, we could experience shortages in supply, which could delay or decrease revenue because our customers may cancel their orders or choose a competitor for their future needs.

We have limited manufacturing capabilities and we will need to increasingly depend on contract manufacturers for our manufacturing requirements.

We have limited manufacturing capability and limited experience in large scale or foreign manufacturing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to develop or contract for additional manufacturing capacity on acceptable terms on a timely basis. In addition, in order to compete successfully, we will need to achieve significant product cost reductions. Although we intend to achieve cost reductions through engineering

improvements, production economies, and manufacturing at lower cost locations including outside the United States, there can be no assurance that we will be able to do so. In order to remain competitive, we must continue to introduce new products and processes into our manufacturing environment, and there can be no assurance that any such new products will not create obsolete inventories related to older products. For example, as part of our restructuring charge in the second quarter of 2003, we increased our provision for excess and obsolete inventory by $22.5 million, primarily related to legacy WWAN products. As a part of our restructuring charge in the first quarter of 2002, we increased our provision for obsolete and excess inventory, including purchase commitments, totaling $12.7 million, of which $7.7 million related to excess inventory and $5.0 million related to purchase commitments, primarily related to legacy WLAN products. These provisions related to a decrease in demand for certain products as well as our strategy to discontinue certain products in order to concentrate on selling next generation products.

Proxim, Inc. relied on contract and subcontract manufacturers for turnkey manufacturing and circuit board assemblies which subjects us to additional risks, including a potential inability to obtain an adequate supply of finished assemblies and assembled circuit boards and reduced control over the price, timely delivery and quality of such finished assemblies and assembled circuit boards. If our Sunnyvale facility were to become incapable of operating, even temporarily, or were unable to operate at or near our current or full capacity for an extended period, our business and operating results could be materially adversely affected.

Western Multiplex depended on three domestic contract manufacturers to produce the majority of its products, and it depended on one of these manufacturers for the entire production of its Tsunami point-to-multipoint product. Changes in our manufacturing operations to incorporate new products and processes, or to manufacture at lower cost locations outside the United States, could cause disruptions, which, in turn, could adversely affect customer relationships, cause a loss of market opportunities and negatively affect our business and operating results. In addition, our reliance on a limited number of manufacturers involves a number of risks, including the risk that these manufacturers may terminate their relationship with us, may choose not to devote adequate capacity to produce our products or may delay production of our products. If any of these risks are realized, we could experience an interruption in supply, which could have an adverse impact on the timing and amount our revenues. During the fourth quarter of 2002, we began to transition manufacturing of our Tsunami point-to-multipoint products from a domestic contract manufacturing to off-shore contract manufacturing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to effectively transition these products, which, in turn, could adversely affect customer relationships, cause a loss of market opportunities and negatively affect our business and operating results.

Our reliance on contract manufacturers could subject us to additional costs or delays in product shipments as demand for our products increases or decreases. Some contract manufacturers have decreased their operations in response to an overall contraction in demand for wireless networking products. There can be no assurance that we will effectively manage our contract manufacturers or that these manufacturers will meet our future requirements for timely delivery of products of sufficient quality and quantity. The inability of our contract manufacturers to provide us with adequate supplies or the loss of a contract manufacturer would result in costs to acquire additional manufacturing capacity and delays in shipments of our products, materially adversely affecting our business and operating results. In addition, cancellations in orders as a result of decreases in demand for products may subject us to claims for damages. In this regard, we are party to disputes, including legal actions, with a number of suppliers and vendors. These disputes relate primarily to excess materials and order cancellation claims that resulted from declines in demand for our products during 2001 and 2002 and the commensurate reductions in manufacturing volumes.

We may be unable to achieve the manufacturing cost reductions and improvements required in order to achieve or maintain profitability.

The average selling prices of the products of Western Multiplex, Proxim, Inc. and Agere’s WLAN systems business declined in recent years. If we do not reduce production costs and other expenses, we may not be able to offset this continuing decline and achieve or maintain profitability. We must also develop and introduce on a timely basis new products that can be sold at higher average selling prices or produced at lower costs.

Failure to decrease the cost of our products or to effectively develop new systems would cause our revenue to decline or to increase more slowly.

We expect that average selling prices of our products will continue to decrease because one of our strategies is to increase the percentage of domestic and international sales being made through distributors and value-added resellers, and to OEM customers, which involve lower prices than our direct sales. This risk from declining average selling prices may also intensify because we expect that market conditions, particularly falling prices for competing broadband solutions, will force us to reduce prices over time. Under some circumstances, we may be forced to reduce prices even if it causes us to decrease gross profit or to take a loss on our products. We may also be unable to reduce sufficiently the cost of our products to enable us to compete with other broadband access technologies with lower product costs. In order to remain competitive, we will need to design our products so that they can be manufactured with low-cost, automated manufacturing, assembly and testing techniques. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in designing our products to allow contract manufacturers to use lower-cost, automated techniques. In addition, any redesign may fail to result in sufficient cost reductions to allow us to significantly reduce the price of our products or prevent our gross profit from declining as prices decline.

Because many of our current and planned products are or will be highly complex, they may contain defects or errors that are detectable only after deployment in complex networks and which, if detected, could harm our reputation, result in costs to us in excess of our estimates, adversely affect our operating results, result in a decrease in revenue or result in difficulty collecting accounts receivable.

Many of our complex products can only be fully tested when deployed in commercial networks. As a result, end users may discover defects or errors or experience breakdowns in their networks after the products have been deployed. The occurrence of any defects or errors in these products, including defects or errors in components supplied by our contract manufacturers, could result in:


	•	failure to achieve market acceptance and loss of market share;

	•	cancellation of orders;

	•	difficulty in collecting accounts receivable;

	•	increased service and warranty costs;

	•	diversion of resources, legal actions by customers and end users; and

	•	increased insurance costs and other losses to our business or to end users.

If we experience warranty failure that indicate either manufacturing or design deficiencies, we may be required to recall units in the field and or stop producing and shipping such products until the deficiency is identified and corrected. In the event of such warranty failures, our business could be adversely affected resulting in reduced revenue, increased costs and decreased customer satisfaction. Because customers often delay deployment of a full system until the products have been tested by them and any defects have been corrected, we expect these revisions to cause delays in orders by our customers for our systems. Because our strategy is to introduce more complex products in the future, this risk will intensify over time. End users have discovered errors in our products in the past and may discover errors in our products in the future. Recently, we have identified performance issues related to a power supply component provided by one of our contract manufacturers. If the costs of remediating problems experienced by our customers exceeds our warranty reserves, these costs may adversely affect our operating results.

To compete effectively, we will need to establish and expand new distribution channels for our point-to-point and point-to-multipoint products and 802.11 WLAN products.

Western Multiplex sold its Lynx and Tsunami point-to-point and Tsunami point-to-multipoint products and Agere sold its ORiNOCO products through domestic and international distributors. We intend to add new distributors and value-added resellers for the Tsunami point-to-multipoint products. In general, distributors, value-added resellers and retailers offer products of several different companies, including products that may

compete with our products. Accordingly, they may give higher priority to products of other suppliers, thus reducing our efforts to sell our products. In addition they often focus on specific markets and we will need to add new distributors and value-added resellers as we expand our sales to new markets. Agreements with distributors and retailers are generally terminable at their option. Any reduction in sales efforts or termination of a relationship may materially and adversely affect our business and operating results. Use of distributors and retailers also entails the risk that they will build up inventories in anticipation of substantial growth in sales. If such growth does not occur as anticipated, they may substantially decrease the amount of products ordered in subsequent quarters. Such fluctuations could contribute to significant variations in our future operating results.

Broadband wireless access solutions have some disadvantages and limitations as compared to other alternative broadband access solutions that may prevent widespread adoption, which could hurt our prospects.

Broadband wireless access solutions, including point-to-point and point-to-multipoint systems, compete with other high-speed access solutions such as digital subscriber lines, cable modem technology, fiber optic cable and other high-speed wire line and satellite technologies. If the market for our Lynx and Tsunami point-to-point and Tsunami point-to-multipoint solutions fails to develop or develops more slowly than we expect due to this competition, our sales opportunities will be harmed. Many of these alternative technologies can take advantage of existing installed infrastructure and are generally perceived to be reliable and secure. As a result, they have already achieved significantly greater market acceptance and penetration than point-to-point and point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access technologies. Moreover, current point-to-point and point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access technologies have inherent technical limitations that may inhibit their widespread adoption in many areas, including the need for line-of-sight installation and, in the case of operating frequencies above 11 GHz, reduced communication distance in bad weather.

We expect point-to-point and point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access technologies to face increasing competitive pressures from both current and future alternative technologies. In light of these factors, many service providers may be reluctant to invest heavily in broadband wireless access solutions.

Broadband wireless access products require a direct line-of-sight, which may limit the ability of service providers to deploy them in a cost-effective manner and could harm our sales.

Because of line-of-sight limitations, service providers often install broadband wireless access equipment on the rooftops of buildings and on other tall structures. Before undertaking these installations, service providers must generally secure roof rights from the owners of each building or other structure on which the equipment is to be installed. The inability to easily and cost-effectively obtain roof rights may deter customers from choosing to install broadband wireless access equipment, which could have an adverse effect on our sales.

Inability to attract and retain key personnel could hinder our ability to operate.

Our success depends to a large extent on the continued services of Mr. Frank Plastina, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. David L. Thompson, our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and other members of our senior management team. The loss of the services of any of these management members could harm our business because of the crucial role each of them is expected to play in our operations and strategic development. In order to be successful, we must also retain and motivate key employees, including those in managerial, technical, marketing and sales positions. In particular, our product generation efforts depend on hiring and retaining qualified engineers. Experienced management and technical, sales, marketing and support personnel in the wireless networking industry are in high demand and competition for their talents is intense. This is particularly the case in Silicon Valley, where our headquarters and a majority of our operations are located. In addition, our employees may experience uncertainty about their participation in the future of the combined company due to the following issues relating to recent business combination transactions: changing employee roles with respect to Proxim’s announced operations strategies, the management of an increasing number of geographically dispersed operations and the related challenges of integrating a growing number of diverse local regulations, customs and practices. These conditions may adversely affect our ability to attract and retain key management, technical, sales and

We may have difficulties with our acquisitions and investments, which could adversely affect our growth and financial condition.

From time to time, we may consider new business opportunities and ventures, including acquisitions, in a broad range of areas. Any decision to pursue a significant business expansion or new business opportunity would be accompanied by risks, including, among others:


	•	requiring to invest a substantial amount of capital, which could materially harm our financial condition and ability to implement our existing business strategy;

	•	requiring to issue additional equity interests, which would be dilutive to our stockholders;

	•	placing additional and substantial burdens on our management personnel and financial and operational systems;

	•	the difficulty of assimilating the operations, technology and personnel of the acquired companies;

	•	the potential disruption of our ongoing business;

	•	the possible inability to retain key technical and managerial personnel;

	•	potential additional expenses associated with amortization of purchased intangible assets or the impairment of goodwill;

	•	additional expenses associated with the activities and expansion of the acquired businesses; and

	•	the possible impairment of relationships with existing employees, customers, suppliers and investors.

In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with any acquisitions or other investments that we may make in the future.

Several of our stockholders beneficially own a significant percentage of our common stock, which will allow them to significantly influence matters requiring shareholder approval and could discourage potential acquisitions of our company.

Upon receipt of stockholder approval, we will issue Warburg Pincus and entities affiliated with Broadview Capital warrants to purchase an aggregate of eighteen million shares of Class A common stock with an exercise price of $1.46, and warrants to purchase six million shares of Class A common stock having an exercise price equal to $1.53 per share. Assuming exchange by these investors of $30 million in aggregate principal amount of the amended notes, together with accrued interest, on September 30, 2004, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued upon exchange of the amended notes and the warrants would be expected to represent approximately 14.3% and 10.1%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding outstanding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Prior to this transaction and excluding the effects of the investors’ initial $30 million financing on July 30, 2003, our Series A Preferred Stock and warrants currently held by these investors represented approximately 16.7% and 7.6%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants to purchase approximately 31.7 million shares of common stock. Assuming the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock upon exchange of the amended notes on September 30, 2004 and the issuance of the warrants, the Series A Preferred Stock and the existing warrants held by these investors would be expected to represent an aggregate of approximately 17.1% and 7.2%, respectively, of our outstanding capital stock on an as-converted and as-exercised basis, based on shares outstanding as of October 9, 2003 and excluding employee options and warrants, and as adjusted to account for anti-dilution adjustments in connection with the issuance of the

amended notes. These stockholders will be able to exert significant influence over actions requiring the approval of our stockholders, including many types of change of control transactions and any amendments to our certificate of incorporation. The interests of these stockholders may be different than those of other stockholders of our company. In addition, the significant ownership percentage of these stockholders could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company or otherwise discouraging a potential acquiror from obtaining control of our company.

Holders of our Series A Preferred Stock have rights that are senior to those of our common stock. Upon exchange of outstanding notes for Series B Preferred Stock, the holders of our Series B Preferred Stock will also have rights that are senior to those of our common stock.

Holders of our Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive certain benefits not available to holders of our common stock. In particular:


	•	from August 2005 through August 2007, shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to dividends equal to 8% of their liquidation preference per year, payable, at our election, in cash or shares of our common stock valued at the then-market price;

	•	each share of Series A Preferred Stock will have an initial liquidation preference of $25.00 and the liquidation preference will bear interest at 8%, compounded semi-annually, for three years. The liquidation preference is subject to adjustments in the event we undertake a business combination or other extraordinary transaction, or we are liquidated or dissolved;

	•	in August 2007, we will be required to redeem all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, if any, for cash equal to their liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;

	•	in the event of a change of control of our company, we will have the right to convert the Series A Preferred Stock into common stock if upon such conversion the holders of Series A Preferred Stock would receive liquid securities or cash with a fair market value equal to or greater than 110% of the liquidation preference then in effect. If the consideration is less than 110% of the liquidation preference, we may either modify the conversion price so that the consideration will equal 110% of the liquidation preference then in effect or repurchase the Series A Preferred Stock for cash at 101% of the liquidation preference then in effect. In addition, in the event of a change of control that occurs prior to August 2005, the liquidation preference will increase as necessary to provide for three years of accretion;

	•	holders of Series A Preferred Stock have rights to acquire additional shares of our capital stock or rights to purchase property in the event of certain grants, issuance or sales;

	•	the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock, which initially shall be approximately $3.06 per share, will be subject to customary weighted average anti-dilution adjustments and other customary adjustments; and

	•	the approval of holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock is separately required to approve changes to our certificate of incorporation or bylaws that adversely affect these holders’ rights, any offer, sale or issuance of our equity or equity-linked securities ranking senior to or equally with the Series A Preferred Stock, and any repurchase or redemption of our equity securities (other than from an employee, director or consultant following termination), or the declaration or payment of any dividend on our common stock.

If approved at a special meeting of our stockholders, Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital will have the right to exchange the notes issued to these investors in July 2003 for shares of Series B Preferred Stock. We subsequently amended and restated these notes in October 2003. Upon such issuance of the notes, as amended, holders of our Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive certain benefits not available to holders of our common stock. In particular:


	•	each share of Series B Preferred Stock will have an initial liquidation preference of $100.00 and the liquidation preference will bear interest at an annual rate of 14%, compounded quarterly, for seven


		years from the date of issuance. The liquidation preference is subject to adjustments in the event we undertake a business combination or other extraordinary transaction, or we are liquidated or dissolved;

	•	on the seventh anniversary of the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock, we will be required to redeem all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, if any, for cash equal to their liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;

	•	in the event of a change of control of our company, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will have the right to convert the Series B Preferred Stock into common stock if upon such conversion the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would receive liquid securities or cash with a fair market value equal to or greater than 110% of the liquidation preference then in effect. If the consideration is less than 110% of the liquidation preference, we may either modify the conversion price so that the consideration will equal 110% of the liquidation preference then in effect or offer to repurchase the Series B Preferred Stock for cash at 101% of the liquidation preference then in effect. In addition, in the event of a change of control that occurs prior to the sixth anniversary of the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock, the liquidation preference will increase as necessary to provide for six years of accretion; provided, however, that if a change of control occurs within nine months of the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock, the accretion amount will be capped at 80% of its maximum value;

	•	holders of Series B Preferred Stock will have rights to acquire additional shares of our capital stock or rights to purchase property in the event of certain grants, issuance or sales;

	•	the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock, which initially shall be approximately $1.15 per share, will be subject to customary weighted average anti-dilution adjustments and other customary adjustments; and

	•	the approval of holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock is separately required to approve changes to our certificate of incorporation or bylaws that adversely affect these holders’ rights, any offer, sale or issuance of our equity or equity-linked securities ranking senior to or equally with the Series B Preferred Stock, any repurchase or redemption of our equity securities (other than from an employee, director or consultant following termination), or the declaration or payment of any dividend on our common stock.

Warburg has agreed until July 22, 2007 to limit its voting rights to no more than 45% of our issued and outstanding voting stock. In addition, for so long as each of the investors owns at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the amended notes issued to each of them on October 21, 2003 or 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued to them (including as owned and outstanding such shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the warrants), and Warburg Pincus owns at least 25% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including as owned and outstanding such shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and exercise of the existing warrants), the investors will have the right to hold three out of a possible nine seats on our Board of Directors and Warburg Pincus shall have the right to have one observer attend meetings of the Board of Directors.

We are obligated to register the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock and upon exercise of all warrants held by the investors on a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Possible third-party claims of infringement of proprietary rights against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operation and financial condition.

The communications industry is characterized by a relatively high level of litigation based on allegations of infringement of proprietary rights. There can be no assurance that third parties will not assert infringement claims against us, that any such assertion of infringement will not result in litigation or that we would prevail in such litigation. Furthermore, any such claims, with or without merit, could result in substantial cost to our business and diversion of our personnel, require us to develop new technology or enter into royalty or licensing arrangements. Such royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to

us, or at all. In the event of a successful claim of infringement or misappropriation against us, and our failure or inability to develop non-infringing technology or to license the infringed, misappropriated or similar technology at a reasonable cost, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially adversely affected. In addition, we may be obligated to indemnify our customers against claimed infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary rights of third parties. Any requirement to indemnify our customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Should the outcome of our patent or other litigation be unfavorable, we may be required to pay damages and other expenses, or we could be enjoined from selling certain products, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

Proxim, Inc.’s involvement in patent and International Trade Commission litigation has resulted in, and could in the future continue to result in, substantial costs and diversion of management resources of the combined company. In addition, this litigation, if determined adversely to us, could result in the payment of substantial damages and/or royalties or prohibitions against utilization of essential technologies, and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

On August 5, 2002, in connection with our acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business from Agere, we announced that we had entered into a cross-license agreement with Agere whereby, in part, Agere agreed to settle the pending patent-related litigation between the two companies.

On March 17, 2003, we announced a settlement with Intersil Corporation to resolve all pending patent-related litigation between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, we and Intersil have agreed to dismiss all claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware and Massachusetts Federal Courts. As part of the confidential settlement agreement, the two companies have entered into a patent cross license agreement for their respective patent portfolios and Intersil agreed to make a one-time payment of $6.0 million to us.

On September 15, 2003, we announced that a jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol. Proceedings will continue with the court to conduct a bench trial on our remaining equitable defenses not addressed by the jury. On Symbol’s claims of patent infringement, the jury found that certain of our products infringe two of Symbol’s patents and assessed a 6% royalty on our sales of these products from January 1, 1995. Accordingly, we recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million and $2.9 million for interest during the third quarter of 2003. We have not been enjoined from continued sales of these products, and royalty payments, if any, on these sales have not been determined by the court. We will continue to evaluate and review our estimate of the royalties and interest payable from time to time for any indications that could require us to change our assumptions relating to the amount already recorded. In addition, we do not incur any immediate financial obligation to Symbol as a result of this verdict, pending completion of related proceedings. On September 29, 2003, in connection with our counterclaims against Symbol, the jury rendered a verdict that Symbol did not infringe on a patent held by us.

The results of any litigation matters are inherently uncertain. In the event of any adverse decision in the described legal actions or disputes, or any other related litigation with third parties that could arise in the future, we could be required to pay damages and other expenses, and, in the case of litigation related to patents or other intellectual property rights, to cease the manufacture, use and sale of infringing products, to expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology, or to obtain licenses to the infringing technology. We cannot make any assurance that these matters will not materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results.

In particular, if the proceedings before the court in our litigation with Symbol are not decided in our favor, we would likely be required to make significant payments to Symbol, including payments for royalties related to past sales of products found to infringe and additional royalties in connection with future sales of these products, or we would be required to post a bond in order to appeal the court’s decision. Any adverse ruling or judgment in this litigation that requires us to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million, and any other ruling or judgment in this or any other litigation that is material and adverse to us, triggers an event of default under the amended notes issued to Warburg Pincus and affiliates of Broadview Capital. Upon such occurrence, the investors would have the ability to require us to repay the amended notes and to prevent us from calling an additional $10 million investment. In addition, entry of any judgment, restraining order, injunction or any material adverse development in the litigation with Symbol would result in an event of default under our secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank. Upon such occurrence, Silicon Valley Bank would have the ability to require the Company to repay any outstanding amounts under the credit facility and to prohibit the Company from borrowing any additional amounts.

Compliance with governmental regulations in multiple jurisdictions where we sell our products is difficult and costly.

In the United States, we are subject to various Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, rules and regulations. Current FCC regulations permit license-free operation in certain FCC-certified bands in the radio spectrum. Our spread spectrum wireless products are certified for unlicensed operation in the 902 — 928 MHz, 2.4 — 2.4835 GHz, 5.15 — 5.35 GHz and 5.725 — 5.825 GHz frequency bands. Operation in these frequency bands is governed by rules set forth in Part 15 of the FCC regulations. The Part 15 rules are designed to minimize the probability of interference to other users of the spectrum and, thus, accord Part 15 systems secondary status in the frequency. In the event that there is interference between a primary user and a Part 15 user, a higher priority user can require the Part 15 user to curtail transmissions that create interference. In this regard, if users of our products experience excessive interference from primary users, market acceptance of our products could be adversely affected, which could materially and adversely affect our business and operating results. The FCC, however, has established certain standards that create an irrefutable presumption of noninterference for Part 15 users and we believe that our products comply with such requirements. There can be no assurance that the occurrence of regulatory changes, including changes in

the allocation of available frequency spectrum, changes in the use of allocated frequency spectrum, or modification to the standards establishing an irrefutable presumption for unlicensed Part 15 users, would not significantly affect our operations by rendering current products obsolete, restricting the applications and markets served by our products or increasing the opportunity for additional competition.

The FCC is coordinating discussions between the United States military and the commercial wireless industry regarding the operation and potential interference from unlicensed 5 GHz systems. These discussions are intended to resolve the potential interference issues without a rule change to the operation of unlicensed 5 GHz systems. If a solution cannot be agreed upon by the parties, the FCC could change the regulations related to the operation of unlicensed 5 GHz products. Such a change could have a material adverse affect upon the sale of our unlicensed 5 GHz products.

Our products are also subject to regulatory requirements in international markets and, therefore, we must monitor the development of spread spectrum and other radio frequency regulations in certain countries that represent potential markets for our products. While there can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with regulations in any particular country, we will design our products to minimize the design modifications required to meet various 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz international spread spectrum regulations. In addition, we will seek to obtain international certifications for our product line in countries where there are substantial markets for wireless networking systems. Changes in, or the failure by us to comply with, applicable domestic and international regulations could materially adversely affect our business and operating results. In addition, with respect to those countries that do not follow FCC regulations, we may need to modify our products to meet local rules and regulations.

Regulatory changes by the FCC or by regulatory agencies outside the United States, including changes in the allocation of available frequency spectrum, could significantly affect our operations by restricting our development efforts, rendering current products obsolete or increasing the opportunity for additional competition. Several changes by the FCC were approved within the last eight years including changes in the allocation and use of available frequency spectrum, as well as the granting of an interim waiver. These approved changes could create opportunities for other wireless networking products and services. There can be no assurance that new regulations will not be promulgated, that could materially and adversely affect our business and operating results. It is possible that the United States and other jurisdictions will adopt new laws and regulations affecting the pricing, characteristics and quality of broadband wireless systems and products. Increased government regulations could:


	•	decrease the growth of the broadband wireless industry;

	•	hinder our ability to conduct business internationally;

	•	reduce our revenues;

	•	increase the costs and pricing of our products;

	•	increase our operating expenses; and

	•	expose us to significant liabilities.

Any of these events or circumstances could seriously harm our business and results of operations.

We may not be able to continue to meet the listing criteria for the Nasdaq National Market, which would adversely affect the ability of investors to trade our common stock and could adversely affect our business and financial condition.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq National Market, or that we will be able to meet the listing criteria for the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. In particular, from time to time in recent periods, the bid price of our Common Stock has closed below the $1.00 per share minimum required for continued inclusion on the Nasdaq National Market pursuant to Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rules. If as a result of the application of these listing requirements, our common stock is delisted from The Nasdaq National Market, our common stock would become more difficult to buy and sell. In

addition, our common stock could be subject to certain rules placing additional requirements on brokers-dealers who sell or make a market in our securities. Consequently, if we were removed from the Nasdaq National Market, the ability or willingness of broker-dealers to sell or make a market in our common stock might decline, which would adversely affect the ability of investors to resell our common stock. In addition, our ability to secure additional capital in financing transactions with investors might be impacted, which would adversely affect our business and financial condition.

The price of our common stock may be subject to wide fluctuation, and you may lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.

The trading prices of our common stock has been subject to wide fluctuations, and such trend is likely to continue with respect to the trading price of our common stock. The trading price of our common stock may fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors, including:


	•	quarterly variations in revenues and operating results;

	•	announcements of innovations and new products;

	•	strategic developments or business combinations by us or our competitors;

	•	changes in our expected operating expense levels;

	•	changes in financial estimates and recommendations of financial and industry analysts;

	•	the operating and securities price performance of comparable companies; and

	•	news reports relating to trends in the wireless communications industry.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the market prices for wireless-related companies in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may influence the trading price of our common stock. These trading price fluctuations may make it more difficult to use our common stock as currency to make acquisitions that might otherwise be advantageous, or to use stock options as a means to attract and retain employees. In addition, you may lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware law could deter takeover attempts.

Some provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could delay, prevent or make more difficult a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or change of control of our company despite the possibility that such transactions may be viewed to be in the best interest of our stockholders since such transactions could result in a higher stock price than the then-market price of our common stock. Among other things, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws:


	•	authorize our board of directors to issue preferred stock with the terms of each series to be fixed by the board of directors;

	•	divide our board of directors into three classes so that only approximately one-third of the total number of directors is elected each year;

	•	permit directors to be removed only for cause; and

	•	specify advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations.

In addition, with some exceptions, the Delaware General Corporation Law will restrict or delay mergers and other business combinations between us and any stockholder that acquires 15% or more of our voting stock.

We are incurring additional costs and devoting more management resources to comply with increasing regulation of corporate governance and disclosure.

We are spending an increased amount of management time and external resources to analyze and comply with changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations and Nasdaq Stock Market rules and listing requirements. Devoting the necessary resources to comply with evolving corporate governance and public disclosure standards may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention to these compliance activities.

The following discussion about our market risk disclosures involves forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Other than our equity investments as described below, our investments include restricted cash, representing funds held in financial institutions as collateral on security deposits required under lease agreements. As these funds consist of time deposits that are generally held to maturity, they are not generally subject to interest rate risk. In July 2003, we issued to Warburg Pincus and Broadview Capital secured exchangeable promissory notes and subsequently amended these notes in October 2003. As amended, these notes bear interest at a rate of 25% per annum and mature on September 30, 2004. As these notes bear interest at a fixed rate through maturity, they are not subject to interest rate risk.

We currently have operations in the United States and several countries in South America, Europe and Asia. The functional currency of all our operations is the U.S. dollar. Though some expenses are incurred in local currencies by our overseas operations, substantially all of our transactions are made in U.S. dollars; hence, we have minimal exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations relating to our transactions.

While we expect our international revenues to continue to be denominated predominately in U.S. dollars, an increasing portion of our international revenues may be denominated in foreign currencies in the future. As a result, our operating results may become subject to significant fluctuations based upon changes in exchange rates of certain currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar. We will analyze our exposure to currency fluctuations and may engage in financial hedging techniques in the future to attempt to minimize the effect of these potential fluctuations; however, exchange rate fluctuations may adversely affect our financial results in the future.

We are exposed to market risk as it relates to changes in the fair value of our investments. We invest in equity investments in a public company for business and strategic purposes and we have classified these securities as available-for-sale. We also invest in equity instruments in a private company. These equity investments, primarily in technology companies, are subject to significant fluctuations in fair value due to the volatility of the stock market and the industries in which these companies participate. As of September 26, 2003, we had unrealized gain of $879,000 which was recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Our objective in managing our exposure to stock market fluctuations is to minimize the impact of stock market declines to our earnings and cash flows. There are, however, a number of factors beyond our control.

Continued market volatility, as well as mergers and acquisitions, have the potential to have a material impact on our results of operations in future periods.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Our involvement in patent and International Trade Commission litigation has resulted in, and could in the future continue to result in, substantial costs and diversion of management resources of the combined company. In addition, this litigation, if determined adversely to us, could result in the payment of substantial damages and/or royalties or prohibitions against utilization of essential technologies, and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. In particular, as described in detail below, on September 15, 2003, we announced that the jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement litigation with Symbol Technologies finding that certain of our products infringe two of Symbol’s patents.

On August 5, 2002, in connection with our acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN systems business from Agere, we announced that we had entered into a cross-license agreement with Agere whereby, in part, we and Agere agreed to settle the pending patent-related litigation between the two companies.

On March 17, 2003, we announced a settlement with Intersil Corporation to resolve all pending patent-related litigation between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, we and Intersil agreed to dismiss all claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware and Massachusetts Federal Courts. As part of the confidential settlement agreement, the two companies entered into a patent cross license agreement for their respective patent portfolios and Intersil agreed to make a one-time payment of $6.0 million to us.

On September 15, 2003, we announced that a jury had rendered a verdict in the first phase of the patent infringement suit with Symbol. Proceedings will continue with the court to conduct a bench trial on our remaining equitable defenses not addressed by the jury. On Symbol’s claims of patent infringement, the jury found that certain of our products infringe two of Symbol’s patents and assessed a 6% royalty on our sales of these products from January 1, 1995. Accordingly, we recorded an accrual for estimated royalties payable of $22.9 million and $2.9 million for interest during the third quarter of 2003. We have not been enjoined from continued sales of these products, and royalty payments, if any, on these sales have not been determined by the court. We will continue to evaluate and review our estimate of our estimate of the royalties and interest payable from time to time for any indications that could require us to change our assumptions relating to the amount already recorded. In addition, we do not incur any immediate financial obligation to Symbol as a result of this verdict, pending completion of related proceedings. On September 29, 2003, in connection with our counterclaims against Symbol, the jury rendered a verdict that Symbol did not infringe on a patent held by us. We intend to vigorously defend ourself in Symbol’s suit against us and to consider all available options after the conclusion of all matters before the court.

The results of any litigation matters are inherently uncertain. In the event of any adverse decision in the described legal actions or disputes, or any other related litigation with third parties that could arise in the future, we could be required to pay damages and other expenses, and, in the case of litigation related to patents or other intellectual property rights, to cease the manufacture, use and sale of infringing products, to expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology, or to obtain licenses to the infringing technology. We cannot make any assurance that these matters will not materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results, or cash flows.

From June 28, 2003 through September 26, 2003, the Company issued and sold the following unregistered securities which, on October 21, 2003, were amended and restated as described below:

On July 30, 2003, the Company issued to Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners L.P. and affiliates (the “Investors”) short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount equal to $30 million and bearing interest at 25% per annum. The short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes were issued in exchange for an investment in the Company by the investors in the amount of $30 million under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, entered into as of July 22, 2003, by and among the Company and these investors. The securities purchase agreement provided for a potential investment of up to $40 million, as described above in Note 1, “The Company — Liquidity and Significant Events — Amended Exchangeable Promissory Notes.”

On October 21, 2003, the Company amended and restated the securities purchase agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) and amended and restated the short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes (the “Amended Notes”). The Amended Notes continue to bear interest at 25% per annum, subject to increase on an event of default or if the Company calls an additional investment of $5 million from the investors prior to its special meeting of stockholders. The Amended Notes are due upon the earliest of:


	•	the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the Amended Notes, subject to election by the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount outstanding, except in the case of an event of default relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or similar proceedings;


	•	any date upon which a holder of an Amended Note demands payment upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined; and

	•	September 30, 2004.

An event of default triggered by a material adverse change, as defined in Amended Agreement, includes (i) any adverse ruling or judgment in the Company’s pending patent infringement litigation with Symbol Technologies, Inc. that requires the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries to render payment or post a bond equal to or greater than $10 million (whether or not such payment has been made or bond posted as of such date) and (ii) any other rulings or judgments made against the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries in the patent infringement litigation with Symbol or any other litigations, the effects of which rulings or judgments are material and adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

The terms providing for the automatic exchange of the short-term secured exchangeable promissory notes, upon stockholder approval, for shares of Series B mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) were modified to provide for exchange at the Investors’ sole discretion following stockholder approval. The Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon exchange of the Amended Notes, if any, will be convertible into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.15 per share, as previously agreed. In accordance with the Amended Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock will have rights to a liquidation preference that accretes at 14% per annum compounding quarterly for seven years, with acceleration upon a change of control, as defined, or a material asset sale, as defined. The Series B Preferred Stock, if issued, also will be entitled to weighted average conversion price adjustments for dilutive issuances and subscription rights in certain equity financings. The Company will have the right to require conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock after five years if the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeds 300% of the conversion price for ninety consecutive trading days.

Proceeds from this $30 million investment in the Company are being used for general corporate purposes, including payment of existing liabilities, research and development, the development or acquisition of new products and technologies, equipment acquisitions, general working capital and operating expenses. There were no underwriters employed in connection with the security issuance set forth above. The issuance was made pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Holders of Amended Notes receive additional rights to board representation. In addition, upon exchange of the Amended Notes for Series B preferred stock, such holders of our Series B preferred stock will be entitled to receive certain benefits not available to holders of our common stock or our Series A preferred stock, including certain preferential dividends, liquidation preferences, redemption rights, preemptive rights that apply to certain future issuances of our capital stock, change of control conversion rights, conversion price adjustments, certain protective provisions relating to future corporate actions, and continued additional rights to board representation.

On August 5, 2003, Jonathan Zakin, Proxim’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, vacated his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Following the appointment of Frank Plastina as President and Chief Executive Officer of Proxim on May 1, 2003 and until August 5, 2003, Mr. Zakin had continued as Chairman of the Board of Directors and worked with Mr. Plastina on strategic initiatives and investor relations. Proxim is currently endeavoring to appoint a new Chairman of the Board of Directors.

In connection with Mr. Zakin’s departure on August 5, 2003, we entered into a separation and release letter agreement with him pursuant to which (i) Mr. Zakin acknowledged that the termination of his employment constituted a termination by the Company, without cause, as such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Employment and Co-Investment Agreement, dated October 31, 1999, by and among the Company, Mr. Zakin and certain other entities, and (ii) certain options to purchase our common stock held by Mr. Zakin fully vested and became exercisable until August 5, 2004.

As previously reported, David C. King vacated his position as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective July 7, 2003. In connection with Mr. King’s departure, we entered into a separation agreement and release with him, pursuant to which (i) the Company agreed that good reason, as referenced therein, existed as of December 9, 2002 and continued to exist until the Separation Date and (ii) that Mr. King is entitled to all payments and benefits under Section 9(c)(iii) of that certain employment agreement, as amended, dated January 16, 2002 and as amended December 9, 2002 and June 9, 2003, and Section 3(a)(i) of that certain Change of Control Agreement, dated June 18, 1998 and as amended June 9, 2003.

Effective September 4, 2003, David L. Thompson was appointed our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. On October 27, 2003, Richard J. Tallman joined Proxim as our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Thompson continues to hold the titles of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.


(1)	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2003 (included as an attachment to Exhibit 2.1).


(2)	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2003.


*	Please refer to the exhibit to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2003 for important information regarding the subsequent amendment and restatement of the security or agreement to which this exhibit relates.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	By:	/s/ DAVID L. THOMPSON



	David L. Thompson
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


(1)	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2003 (included as an attachment to Exhibit 2.1).

(2)	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2003.


*	Please refer to the exhibit to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2003 for important information regarding the subsequent amendment and restatement of the security or agreement to which this exhibit relates.


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

		For the quarterly period ended September 26, 2003

or

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

		For the transition period from to


Delaware		52-2198231
(State of Incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	Item 1. Financial Statements
		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
		NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
	Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
	Item 4. Controls and Procedures
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
	Item 1. Legal Proceedings
	Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds
	Item 5. Other Information
	Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 10.49
EXHIBIT 10.50
EXHIBIT 10.51
EXHIBIT 10.53
EXHIBIT 10.54
EXHIBIT 10.55
EXHIBIT 31.1
EXHIBIT 31.2
EXHIBIT 32.1
EXHIBIT 32.2


		Page

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1	Financial Statements		2
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 26, 2003 and December 31, 2002 (unaudited)		2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 (unaudited)		3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 26, 2003 and September 27, 2002 (unaudited)		4
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)		5
Item 2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		30
Item 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		71
Item 4	Controls and Procedures		71
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1	Legal Proceedings		72
Item 2	Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds		74
Item 5	Other Information		75
Item 6	Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K		76
Signature			78


			September 26,			December 31,
			2003			2002


			(In thousands, except share
			and per share data)
			(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	12,512		$	16,535
	Short-term investments			1,085			513
	Accounts receivable, net			17,409			30,535
	Asset held for sale			3,041			—
	Inventory, net			24,937			36,799
	Other current assets			4,288			4,657

		Total current assets		63,272			89,039
Property and equipment, net				7,828			10,110
Goodwill, net				9,726			9,726
Intangible assets, net				45,697			61,926
Restricted cash				1,990			2,489
Other assets				2,555			4,133

		Total assets	$	131,068		$	177,423

LIABILITIES, MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable		$	17,848		$	18,147
	Capital lease obligations, current			1,060			—
	Accrued royalties and interest			25,819			—
	Other accrued liabilities			20,952			16,917
	Convertible promissory note			30,000			—

		Total current liabilities		95,679			35,064
Capital lease obligations, long-term				1,075			—
Long-term debt				101			101
Restructuring accruals, long-term				10,001			26,579

		Total liabilities		106,856			61,744

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 13 and 15)
Mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock: Series A, par value $.01; 3,000,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at September 26, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively				71,258			64,412

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Common stock, Class A, par value $.01; authorized 200,000,000 shares: 122,173,376 and 162,328,944 shares issued and outstanding at September 26, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively				1,628			1,623
Common stock, Class B, par value $.01; authorized 100,000,000 shares: no shares issued and outstanding at September 26, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively				—			—
Additional paid-in capital				334,441			335,830
Treasury stock, at cost; 42,185,534 shares at September 26, 2003 and December 31, 2002				(21,585	)		(21,585	)
Notes receivable from stockholders				(711	)		(898	)
Accumulated deficit				(361,698	)		(264,010	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income				879			307

		Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		(47,046	)		51,267

		Total liabilities, mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	131,068		$	177,423



			Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended

			September 26,			September 27,			September 26,			September 27,
			2003			2002			2003			2002


			(In thousands, except per share data)
			(Unaudited)
Product revenue			$	35,058		$	24,118		$	103,892		$	94,709
License revenue				—			—			6,000			—

		Total revenue		35,058			24,118			109,892			94,709
Cost of revenue				22,041			14,091			64,670			54,730
Royalty charges				22,869			—			22,869			—
Restructuring provision for excess and obsolete inventory				—			—			22,549			12,659

Gross profit (loss)				(9,852	)		10,027			(196	)		27,320

Operating expenses:
	Research and development			4,915			8,699			19,032			20,543
	Selling, general and administrative			13,179			15,220			37,720			35,617
	Legal expense for certain litigation			1,700			—			5,700			—
	Amortization of intangible assets			5,364			4,606			16,229			6,959
	Amortization of deferred stock compensation			—			316			—			741
	Bad debt arising from restructuring			2,305			—			2,305			—
	Restructuring charges (benefit)			(5,194	)		2,335			7,298			41,295
	In-process research and development			—			10,364			—			16,100

		Total operating expenses		22,269			41,540			88,284			121,255

Loss from operations				(32,121	)		(31,513	)		(88,480	)		(93,935	)
Interest income (expense), net				(4,434	)		(355	)		(4,527	)		16

Loss before income taxes				(36,555	)		(31,868	)		(93,007	)		(93,919	)
Income tax provision				—			—			—			3,224

Net loss				(36,555	)		(31,868	)		(93,007	)		(97,143	)
Deemed Series A preferred stock dividend				—			(2,740	)		—			(2,740	)
Accretion of Series A Preferred Stock redemption obligations				(1,596	)		(476	)		(4,681	)		(476	)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders			$	(38,151	)	$	(35,084	)	$	(97,688	)	$	(100,359	)

Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders — basic and diluted			$	(0.31	)	$	(0.29	)	$	(0.81	)	$	(1.00	)

Shares used to compute net loss per share — basic and diluted				121,985			119,557			121,324			100,006


	*Acquisition of the 802.11 WLAN Systems Business of Agere Systems, Inc.*


Inventory, net	$	557
Property and equipment		163
Core technology		8,521
Developed technology		16,994
Customer relationships		8,995
Tradename		5,909
Liabilities assumed		(4,589	)
Acquired in-process research and development		10,364
Goodwill		23,086

	$	70,000


Core technology		5 years
Developed technology		2 years
Customer relationships		3 years


Cash and cash equivalents	$	35,961
Marketable securities		991
Accounts receivable, net		8,914
Inventory, net		12,834
Other current assets		1,150
Other long-term assets		2,000
Plant and equipment		3,958
Core technology		18,010
Developed technology		12,042
Patents		3,210
Liabilities assumed		(8,199	)
Acquired in-process research and development		4,536
Goodwill		79,847

	$	175,254


	Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2002

Total revenue	$	156,102
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(117,907	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders	$	(1.08	)

Shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share		109,162


	Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2002

Purchase price	$	246,454
Common stock issued		(159,039	)
Accrued transactions costs		(877	)

Cash paid		86,538
Less: cash acquired		(35,961	)

Net cash used in business combinations	$	50,577


			Amount

Goodwill, net:
	GTI		$	17,126
	WirelessHome			18,775
	Proxim, Inc.			79,847
	802.11 WLAN systems business			23,086

		Total goodwill before impairment		138,834
	Less: impairment charge			(129,108	)

		Goodwill, net	$	9,726


		Gross Carrying		Accumulated
		Amounts		Amortization

Amortized intangible assets:
	Core Technology	$	26,531	$	7,392
	Developed Technology		29,036		16,052
	Customer Relationships		8,995		3,498
	Patents		3,439		1,271

	Total	$	68,001	$	28,213

Unamortized intangible assets:
	Tradename	$	5,909


			Estimated Cost to		Risk-Adjusted Discount
			Complete Technology at		Rate for In-Process
	Year		Time of Acquisition		Research and Development

802.11 WLAN systems business		2002	$	1,322		50.0	%
Proxim, Inc.		2002	$	2,387		30.0	%


Item 1.	*Financial Statements*


	*Liquidity and Significant Events*


	*Risks and Uncertainties*


	*Basis of Presentation*


	Allowance for Bad Debt,			Product
	Sales Returns and			Warranty
	Price Protection			Costs

Balance as of December 31, 2002	$	7,500		$	2,041
Additional provision		6,031			132
Settlements made during the period		(2,622	)		(513	)

Balance as of September 26, 2003	$	10,909		$	1,660


Balance as of December 31, 2002	$	32,845
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory		22,549
Inventory scrapped		(44,332	)

Balance as of September 26, 2003	$	11,062


							Asset Held
	Severance			Facilities			for Sale			Other			Total

Balance as of December 31, 2001	$	198		$	52		$	—		$	180		$	430
Reclassifications among categories		—			180			—			(180	)		—
Balance acquired with Proxim, Inc.		—			1,066			—			—			1,066
Provision charged to operations		7,395			33,080			—			2,702			43,177
Non-cash charges utilized		—			—			—			(2,405	)		(2,405	)
Cash payments		(7,593	)		(3,928	)		—			(297	)		(11,818	)

Balance as of December 31, 2002		—			30,450			—			—			30,450
Provision charged to operations		8,080			12,743			6,925			3,904			31,652
Reversal of previously recorded provision		—			(26,754	)		—			—			(26,754	)
Non-cash charges utilized		—			—			—			(3,304	)		(3,304	)
Cash payments		(4,448	)		(2,719	)		(9,966	)		—			(17,133	)

Balance as of September 26, 2003	$	3,632		$	13,720		$	(3,041	)	$	600		$	14,911


							Additional
	Convertible			Preferred			Paid-In			Accumulated
	Notes			Stock			Capital			Deficit

Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock	$	—		$	41,000		$	—		$	—
Issuance of convertible notes		34,000			—			—			—
Issuance of warrants		—			(13,993	)		13,993			—
Conversion of convertible notes		(34,000	)		34,000			—			—
Deemed Preferred Stock dividend		—			—			2,740			(2,740	)
Accretion of Preferred Stock redemption obligations		—			2,936			(1,046	)		(1,890	)
Accrued interest on convertible notes payable in Preferred Stock		—			469			—			—

Balance as of December 31, 2002		—			64,412			15,687			(4,630	)
Accretion of Preferred Stock redemption obligations		—			6,846			(2,165	)		(4,681	)

Balance as of September 26, 2003	$	—		$	71,258		$	13,522		$	(9,311	)


	*Pro Forma Fair Value Disclosure Under SFAS No. 123 and 148*


Three months ending December 31, 2003	$	2,470
Year ending December 31:
2004		8,893
2005		8,658
2006		7,385
2007		6,939
Thereafter		11,559

Total minimum lease payments	$	45,904


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


	*Restructuring Provision for Excess and Obsolete Inventory*


	*Restructuring Charges for Severance and Excess Facilities*


	*Accretion of Series A Preferred Stock Redemption Obligations*



	Payments Due By Period


			Three Months		Year Ending
			Ending
	Total Amounts		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,
	Committed		2003		2004		2005		Thereafter

Severance pay	$	3,632	$	3,632	$	—	$	—	$	—
Professional fees		600		600		—		—		—
Operating leases		45,904		2,470		8,893		8,658		25,883
Capital leases		2,224		295		1,145		784		—
Purchase order commitments		2,432		2,432		—		—		—
Convertible promissory note		37,500		—		37,500		—		—
Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock		106,899		—		—		—		106,899

	$	199,191	$	9,429	$	47,538	$	9,442	$	132,782


Item 3.	*Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk*


	4.15(1)*			Form of Registrant’s Secured Promissory Note issued to each of the investors in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 22, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P., Broadview Capital Partners Qualified Purchaser Fund L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners Affiliates Fund LLC.
	10.49			Employment Agreement, dated June 28, 2003 and effective as of September 4, 2003, by and between the Registrant and David L. Thompson.
	10.50			Separation and Release Letter Agreement, dated August 21, 2003 and effective as of June 5, 2003, by and between the Registrant and Jonathan N. Zakin.
	10.51			Separation Agreement and Release, dated September 1, 2003 and effective as of July 7, 2003, by and between the Registrant and David C. King.
	10.52(2)*			Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 22, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P., Broadview Capital Partners Qualified Purchaser Fund L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners Affiliates Fund LLC.
	10.53*			Intercreditor Agreement, dated July 22, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Silicon Valley Bank and Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. as collateral agent for the Noteholders (as defined therein).
	10.54			Amendment to Loan Documents, dated July 25, 2003, between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank.
	10.55			Purchase Agreement, dated September 11, 2003, between Jerry M. Baker and Sandy L. Baker, Co-Trustees of the Baker Family Revocable Living Trust, and the Registrant with respect to the property located at 305 Soquel Avenue in Sunnyvale, California.
	31.1			Section 302 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
	31.2			Section 302 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
	32.1			Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
	32.2			Section 906 Certification of Principal Financial Officer


Date		Item Reported

July 29, 2003		On July 22, 2003, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 22, 2003, with Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P., Broadview Capital Partners Qualified Purchaser Fund L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners Affiliates Fund LLC (the “Original Purchase Agreement”) and filed the press release and the Original Purchase Agreement on Form 8-K.
August 25, 2003		In connection with the calling of a Special Meeting of Stockholders to approve proposals relating to the securities described in the Original Purchase Agreement, the Registrant furnished certain financial statements and other information on Form 8-K.
September 15, 2003		On September 15, 2003, the Registrant issued a press release relating to the jury verdict in the first phase of Symbol Technologies, Inc.’s patent suit with the Registrant before the U.S. District Court before the District of Delaware and filed the press release on Form 8-K.


Exhibit
Number			Description

	4	.15(1)*	Form of Registrant’s Secured Promissory Note issued to each of the investors in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 22, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P., Broadview Capital Partners Qualified Purchaser Fund L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners Affiliates Fund LLC.
	10	.49	Employment Agreement, dated June 28, 2003 and effective as of September 4, 2003, by and between the Registrant and David L. Thompson.
	10	.50	Separation and Release Letter Agreement, dated August 21, 2003 and effective as of June 5, 2003, by and between the Registrant and Jonathan N. Zakin.
	10	.51	Separation Agreement and Release, dated September 1, 2003 and effective as of July 7, 2003, by and between the Registrant and David C. King.
	10	.52(2)*	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Broadview Capital Partners L.P., Broadview Capital Partners Qualified Purchaser Fund L.P. and Broadview Capital Partners Affiliates Fund LLC.
	10	.53*	Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2003, by and among the Registrant, Silicon Valley Bank and Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. as collateral agent for the Noteholders (as defined therein).
	10	.54	Amendment to Loan Documents, dated July 25, 2003, between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank.
	10	.55	Purchase Agreement, dated September 11, 2003, between Jerry M. Baker and Sandy L. Baker, Co-Trustees of the Baker Family Revocable Living Trust, and the Registrant with respect to the property located at 305 Soquel Avenue in Sunnyvale, California.
	31	.1	Section 302 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
	31	.2	Section 302 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
	32	.1	Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
	32	.2	Section 906 Certification of Principal Financial Officer