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Contacts:
Brad W. Buss
EVP Finance & Administration and CFO
(408) 943-2754

Joseph L. McCarthy
Director, Corporate Communications
(408) 943-2902

For Immediate Release

Cypress Reports Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2013 Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 23, 2014-Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced its fourth-quarter 2013 and fiscal year 2013 results, which included the remarks below from its president and CEO, T.J. Rodgers. Highlights for the quarter included:

Earnings came in at high end of guidance
Book-to-bill increased to 1.08, its highest level in almost two years
Non-GAAP operating expenses at a 14-year low
Dividend yield was 4.3% with favorable tax treatment

Fellow shareholders:

Our revenue and earnings for the quarter are given below, compared with those of the prior quarter and prior year:
(In thousands, except per-share data)

 
NON-GAAP
 
GAAP
 
Q4 2013
 
Q3 2013
 
 Q4 2012
 
Q4 2013
 
Q3 2013
 
 Q4 2012
Revenue
$167,776
 
$188,723
 
$180,283
 
$167,776
 
$188,723
 
$180,283
Gross margin
51.0%
 
53.8%
 
51.5%
 
45.6%
 
48.6%
 
46.7%
Pretax margin
9.4%
 
12.5%
 
4.4%
 
-7.0%
 
-5.1%
 
-12.9%

Net income (loss)
$14,992
 
$22,015
 
$8,300
 
$(13,577)
 
$(8,358)
 
$(22,219)
Diluted EPS
(loss per share)
$0.09
 
$0.14
 
$0.05
 
$(0.09)
 
$(0.06)
 
$(0.15)





Our revenue and earnings for the fiscal year are given below, compared with those of the prior year:

(In thousands, except per-share data)
 
NON-GAAP
 
GAAP
 
FY 2013
 
FY 2012
 
FY 2013
 
FY 2012
Revenue
$722,693
 
$769,687
 
$722,693
 
$769,687
Gross margin
52.2%
 
55.4%
 
46.9%
 
51.0%
Pretax margin
9.1%
 
12.2%
 
-7.7%
 
-2.8%

Net income (loss)
$63,221
 
$91,450
 
$(43,364)
 
$(22,370)
Diluted EPS
(loss per share)
$0.39
 
$0.55
 
$(0.31)
 
$(0.15)

Our fourth-quarter revenue of $167.8 million was above the midpoint of our guidance, but down 11% from the $188.7 million in revenue of the prior quarter. All divisions experienced normal seasonal declines. We continued to execute very well on our operating expense management initiatives, enabling us to deliver earnings at the high end of our guidance. We thus are prepared to deliver strong operating leverage as we return to revenue growth in 2014.

We exited 2013 with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.08, a high point since the first quarter of 2012. The book-to-bill ratio of all divisions was above unity with our Programmable Systems Division leading the way at 1.15. Lead times remain low; our distributors decreased their inventories to their lowest levels in three years. As such, we expect less-than-normal seasonal revenue declines in the first quarter of 2014. Our design win pipeline for our new TrueTouch® touchscreen products is finally beginning to recover. We expect our revenue to remain in a seasonal trough in the first quarter and then to increase during the rest of 2014.

Note that we produced $167.8 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013 vs. $180.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, down $12.5 million, but that our pretax profit was still up $7.9 million. This was due to record-low operating expenses.

BUSINESS REVIEW
+ Our non-GAAP consolidated gross margin for the fourth quarter was 51.0%, down 2.8 percentage points from the previous quarter, due primarily to reduced amortization of



manufacturing expenses by lower revenue. Excluding our Emerging Technologies Division (ETD), our core semiconductor gross margin was 52.3%. ETD revenue is growing rapidly (see Net Sales Summary table) and will contribute significantly to revenue growth in 2014.

+ Net inventory at the end of the fourth quarter was $100.6 million, down from the third quarter.

NET SALES SUMMARY
(In thousands, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
 
        THREE MONTHS ENDED
 
 
 
 
 
Dec. 29,
 
Sept. 29,
 
Dec. 30,
 
Sequential
 
Year-over-
Business Unit
2013
 
2013
 
2012
 
Change
 
Year Change
PSD1
$67,746
 
$78,135
 
$81,405
 
-13%
 
-17%
MPD1
$79,890
 
$88,743
 
$77,421
 
-10%
 
3%
DCD1
$16,482
 
$18,884
 
$20,170
 
-13%
 
-18%
ETD1, 2
$3,658
 
$2,961
 
$1,287
 
24%
 
184%
Total
$167,776
 
$188,723
 
$180,283
 
-11%
 
-7%
Geographic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
China and ROW
64%
 
64%
 
68%
 
0%
 
-6%
Americas
14%
 
14%
 
16%
 
0%
 
-13%
Europe
12%
 
12%
 
9%
 
0%
 
33%
Japan
10%
 
10%
 
7%
 
0%
 
43%
Total
100%
 
100%
 
100%
 
0%
 
0%
Channel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distribution
69%
 
74%
 
75%
 
-7%
 
-8%
Direct
31%
 
26%
 
25%
 
19%
 
24%
Total
100%
 
100%
 
100%
 
0%
 
0%






 
        TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
 
 
Dec. 29
 
Dec. 30
 
Year-over-
Business Unit
2013
 
2012
 
Year Change
PSD1
$292,707
 
$345,430
 
-15%
MPD1
$338,986
 
$330,504
 
3%
DCD1
$79,410
 
$86,591
 
-8%
ETD1, 2
$11,590
 
$7,162
 
62%
Total
$722,693
 
$769,687
 
-6%
Geographic
 
 
 
 
 
China and ROW
66%
 
65%
 
2%
Americas
14%
 
17%
 
-18%
Europe
11%
 
10%
 
10%
Japan
9%
 
8%
 
13%
Total
100%
 
100%
 
0%
Channel
 
 
 
 
 
Distribution
73%
 
74%
 
-1%
Direct
27%
 
26%
 
4%
Total
100%
 
100%
 
0%

1.
PSD, Programmable Systems Division; DCD, Data Communications Division; MPD, Memory Products Division: ETD, Emerging Technology Division.
2.
“Emerging Technology” includes businesses outside our core semiconductor businesses outlined in Footnote 1. Includes subsidiaries AgigA Tech Inc., Deca Technologies Inc., and our foundry business unit.
FOURTH-QUARTER 2013 HIGHLIGHTS

+ Cypress was issued its one-hundredth patent for its TrueTouch® capacitive touchscreen controllers. The patent relates to the TrueTouch Gen5 family’s unmatched immunity to electrical noise from chargers and displays, which can render touchscreens unusable. The company continues to expand its touch patent portfolio, with more than 200 patents pending.

+ Cypress announced that its partnership with Fujifilm of Japan has created new TrueTouch controllers that support Fujifilm’s metal mesh sensors. Cypress believes these sensors to be the most advanced and cost-effective on the market. Metal mesh sensors deliver significantly better scanning performance than traditional indium tin oxide (ITO) sensors.

+ Cypress shipped its one-billionth CapSense® capacitive touch-sensing controller. Cypress's CapSense solutions have replaced more than five billion mechanical buttons, producing four times the revenue of its nearest competitor.




+ The research and analytics firm Chipworks noted the use of a Cypress CapSense controller in a recent teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone. The teardown also determined that the controller enables the ability to register touches from users wearing gloves.

+ Cypress held a global design competition promoting the use of its new PSoC® 4 programmable system-on-chip to develop intelligent, forward-looking embedded systems for homes, offices and cars. The design challenge was based on the easy-to-use PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit, which just won distributor element14’s development kit of the year award, beating entries from Texas Instruments and Freescale.

+ Digital multimedia supplier AVerMedia Technologies selected Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ (USB 3.0) controller for its new high-definition (HD) video capture card. AVerMedia’s ExtremeCap U3 card records and streams game play at full HD resolution. The card uses the 5-Gbps FX3 solution to capture HD video without compression, improving image quality.

+ Cypress announced production availability of the CYFB0072 high-density video frame buffer, which addresses the increasing demand for high-bandwidth video buffering. The device contains 72 Mbits of high-performance SRAM in an interface that simplifies implementation and debugging.

+ Seiko Epson selected Cypress’s CY5077C programmable clock generator die for its new SG-8003CG programmable crystal oscillator. The die delivers precise, programmable frequency output to the ultra-small oscillator. The flexible combination provides fast time-to-market and low power consumption for a wide variety of electronics equipment. Cypress has shipped a cumulative 880 million crystal oscillator chips.

+ L-3 Cincinnati Electronics, a division of L-3 Communications, selected Cypress to manufacture its Readout Integrated Circuits (ROICs). L-3 will use the proprietary process technology of Cypress’s wafer fabrication facility in Bloomington, Minnesota to design and manufacture these ROICs for its cooled infrared detectors.

+ D-Wave Systems successfully transferred its proprietary process technology for building quantum computing microprocessors to Cypress’s wafer foundry in Bloomington.




+ Cypress announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share, payable to holders of record of the company’s common stock as of the close of business on December 26, 2013. This dividend was paid on January 16, 2014.

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Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship PSoC 1, PSoC 3, PSoC 4 and PSoC 5LP programmable system-on-chip families. Cypress is the world leader in capacitive user interface solutions including CapSense touch sensing, TrueTouch touchscreens, and trackpad solutions for notebook PCs and peripherals. Cypress is a world leader in USB controllers, which enhance connectivity and performance in a wide range of consumer and industrial products. Cypress is also the world leader in SRAM and nonvolatile RAM memories. Cypress serves numerous major markets, including consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.






FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements herein that are not historical facts and that refer to Cypress or its subsidiaries’ plans and expectations for Q1 2014 and the remainder of fiscal year 2014 and beyond are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We may use words such as “believe,” “expect,” “future,” “plan,” “intend” and similar expressions to identify such forward-looking statements that include, but are not limited to, statements related to the semiconductor market; the strength and growth of our proprietary and programmable products; our expectation that we will experience a less than normal season revenue decline in Q1 2014 and then increase during the rest of 2014; our expectation related to our earnings leverage, margins, profit, cash flow and cost-saving measures; our expectation that our ETD division will contribute to our 2014 revenue; our expectations regarding the demand for our products and how our products are expected to perform, including the expected recovery of our TrueTouch touchscreen design win pipeline, as well as our future design win expectations for other products and market share gains. Such statements reflect our current expectations, which are based on information and data available to our management as of the date of this release. Our actual results may differ materially due to a variety of uncertainties and risk factors, including, but not limited to, the state of and future of the global economy, business conditions and growth trends in the semiconductor market, whether our products perform as expected, whether the demand for our proprietary and programmable products is fully realized, whether our product and design wins and kit sales result in increased sales, our ability to manage our business to have strong earnings, reduce



operating expenses, factory utilization, the strength or softness of the markets we serve, our ability to maintain and improve our gross margins and realize our bookings, the seasonality of the markets we serve, the financial performance of our subsidiaries and Emerging Technology Division, and other risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no responsibility to update any such forward-looking statements.

Cypress, the Cypress logo, PSoC, TrueTouch, EZ-USB and CapSense are registered trademarks and FX3 is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.





CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
December 29,
 
December 30,
 
2013
 
2012
ASSETS
 
 
 
  Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
$104,462
 
$117,210
  Accounts receivable, net
81,084
 
82,920
  Inventories, net (a)
100,612
 
127,596
  Property, plant and equipment, net
258,585
 
274,427
  Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
106,523
 
113,410
  Other assets
113,707
 
116,066
     Total assets
$764,973
 
$831,629
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
  Accounts payable
$47,893
 
$58,704
  Deferred margin on sales to distributors
122,578
 
131,192
  Income tax liabilities
29,001
 
47,454
  Other liabilities
159,866
 
185,418
  Long-term revolving credit facility
227,000
 
232,000
     Total liabilities
586,338
 
654,768
  Total Cypress stockholders' equity
183,109
 
180,900
  Noncontrolling interest
(4,474)
 
(4,039)
     Total equity
178,635
 
176,861
        Total liabilities and equity
$764,973
 
$831,629
(a) Inventories include $5.3 million and $2.8 million of capitalized inventories related to stock-based compensation expense, as of December 29, 2013 and December 30, 2012, respectively.






CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
ON A GAAP BASIS
(In thousands, except per-share data)
(Unaudited)

 
 Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
December 29,
 
September 29,
 
December 30,
 
December 29,
 
December 30,
 
2013
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues
$167,776
 
$188,723
 
$180,282
 
$722,693
 
$769,687
Cost of revenues
91,328
 
97,070
 
96,088
 
384,121
 
376,887
Gross margin
76,448
 
91,653
 
84,194
 
338,572
 
392,800
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
42,343
 
50,429
 
47,075
 
190,906
 
189,897
Selling, general and administrative
43,623
 
45,533
 
52,183
 
182,671
 
211,959
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
1,850
 
1,987
 
1,826
 
7,833
 
3,996
Restructuring charges
(469)
 
3,693
 
2,976
 
15,357
 
4,258
Loss on divestiture
 
 
1,605
 
 
1,605
       Total operating expenses, net
87,347
 
101,642
 
105,665
 
396,767
 
411,715
Operating income (loss)
(10,899)
 
(9,989)
 
(21,471)
 
(58,195)
 
(18,915)
Interest and other income, net
(805)
 
427
 
(1,749)
 
2,225
 
(2,745)
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(9,562)
 
(23,220)
 
(55,970)
 
(21,660)
Income tax provision (benefit)
2,210
 
(774)
 
417
 
(7,761)
 
2,324
Income (loss), net of taxes
(13,914)
 
(8,788)
 
(22,803)
 
(48,209)
 
(23,984)
Adjust for net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
337
 
430
 
584
 
1,845
 
1,614
Net Income (loss) attributable to Cypress
$(13,577)
 
$(8,358)
 
$(22,219)
 
$(46,364)
 
$(22,370)
Net Income (loss) per share attributable to Cypress:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Basic
$(0.09)
 
$(0.06)
 
$(0.15)
 
$(0.31)
 
$(0.15)
     Diluted
$(0.09)
 
$(0.06)
 
$(0.15)
 
$(0.31)
 
$(0.15)
     Cash dividend declared per share
$0.11
 
$0.11
 
$0.11
 
$0.44
 
$0.44
Shares used in net income (loss) per share calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Basic
151,580
 
149,679
 
143,605
 
148,558
 
149,266
     Diluted
151,580
 
149,679
 
143,605
 
148,558
 
149,266




CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES(a)
(In thousands, except per-share data)
(Unaudited
 
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
December 29,
 
September 29,
 
December 30,
 
December 29,
 
December 30,
 
2013
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
GAAP gross margin
$76,448
 
$91,653
 
$84,194
 
$338,572
 
$392,800
 Stock-based compensation expense
3,088
 
2,804
 
2,195
 
12,789
 
18,519
 Acquisition-related expense
5,562
 
6,849
 
3,545
 
24,805
 
3,545
 Changes in value of deferred compensation plan
136
 
265
 
(66)
 
854
 
372
 Impairment of assets and other
269
 
(64)
 
2,137
 
241
 
3,581
 Patent license fee
 
 
 
 
7,100
(Gain) loss on divestiture
 
 
776
 
 
776
Non-GAAP gross margin
$85,503
 
$101,507
 
$92,781
 
$377,261
 
$426,693
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP research and development expenses
$42,343
 
$50,429
 
$47,074
 
$190,906
 
$189,897
 Stock-based compensation expense
(7,356)
 
(6,806)
 
(2,345)
 
(26,042)
 
(19,800)
 Acquisition-related expense
 
(19)
 
(2,703)
 
(252)
 
(2,703)
 Non-cash compensation
 
 
(433)
 
 
(433)
 Changes in value of deferred compensation plan
(282)
 
(548)
 
155
 
(1,744)
 
(568)
(Gain) loss on divestiture
 
 
(306)
 
 
(307)
 Impairment of assets and other
1,368
 
(1,078)
 
 
(1,104)
 
Non-GAAP research and development expenses
$36,073
 
$41,978
 
$41,442
 
$161,764
 
$166,086
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses
$43,623
 
$45,533
 
$52,182
 
$182,671
 
$211,959
 Stock-based compensation expense
(10,432)
 
(9,701)
 
(2,724)
 
(34,187)
 
(36,013)
 Acquisition-related expense
(148)
 
(366)
 
(6,545)
 
(1,168)
 
(9,095)
 Non-cash compensation
 
 
(500)
 
 
(500)
 Changes in value of deferred compensation plan
(607)
 
(1,181)
 
306
 
(3,795)
 
(1,710)
 Impairment of assets and other
(244)
 
131
 
(220)
 
(450)
 
(173)
(Gain) loss on divestiture
 
 
(664)
 
 
(664)
Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses
$32,192
 
$34,416
 
$41,835
 
$143,071
 
$163,804
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP operating income (loss)
($10,899)
 
($9,989)
 
($21,470)
 
($58,195)
 
($18,915)
 Stock-based compensation expense
20,877
 
19,311
 
7,264
 
73,020
 
74,332
 Acquisition-related expense
7,558
 
9,221
 
14,618
 
34,056
 
19,337
 Non-cash compensation
 
 
933
 
 
933
 Changes in value of deferred compensation plan
1,026
 
1,994
 
(528)
 
6,393
 
2,650
 Impairment of assets and other
(854)
 
883
 
2,361
 
1,795
 
3,758
 Restructuring charges
(470)
 
3,693
 
2,975
 
15,357
 
4,258
 Patent license fee
 
 
 
 
7,100
 (Gain) loss on divestiture and expenses
 
 
3,351
 
 
3,351



Non-GAAP operating income
$17,238
 
$25,113
 
$9,504
 
$72,426
 
$96,804
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Cypress
($13,577)
 
($8,358)
 
($22,219)
 
($46,364)
 
($22,370)
 Stock-based compensation expense
20,877
 
19,311
 
7,264
 
73,020
 
74,332
 Acquisition-related expense
7,558
 
9,221
 
14,618
 
34,056
 
19,337
 Non-cash compensation
 
 
933
 
 
933
 Changes in value of deferred compensation plan
(535)
 
(97)
 
(530)
 
22
 
(507)
 Impairment of assets and other
(854)
 
883
 
292
 
1,794
 
3,758
 Restructuring charges
(470)
 
3,693
 
2,975
 
15,357
 
4,258
 Tax and tax-related items
1,065
 
(2,638)
 
(555)
 
(12,398)
 
(1,502)
 Investment-related gains/losses
930
 
 
2,171
 
(2,266)
 
2,760
 Patent license fee
 
 
 
 
7,100
 (Gain) loss on divestiture and expenses
 
 
3,351
 
 
3,351
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Cypress
$14,994
 
$22,015
 
$8,300
 
$63,221
 
$91,450
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP net income (loss) per share attributable to Cypress - diluted
($0.09)
 
($0.06)
 
($0.15)
 
($0.31)
 
($0.15)
 Stock-based compensation expense
0.13
 
0.12
 
0.04
 
0.45
 
0.45
 Acquisition-related expense
0.05
 
0.02
 
0.08
 
0.21
 
0.12
 Impairment of assets and other
(0.01)
 
0.05
 
 
0.01
 
0.02
 Non-cash compensation
 
 
0.01
 
 
 Restructuring charges
 
0.02
 
0.02
 
0.10
 
0.03
 Tax and tax-related items
0.01
 
(0.02)
 
 
(0.08)
 
(0.01)
 Investment-related gains/losses
0.01
 
 
0.02
 
(0.01)
 
0.02
 Non-GAAP share count adjustment
(0.01)
 
0.01
 
0.01
 
0.02
 
0.01
 Patent license fee
 
 
 
 
0.04
 (Gain) loss on divestiture and expenses
 
 
0.02
 
 
0.02
Non-GAAP net income per share attributable to Cypress - diluted
$0.09
 
$0.14
 
$0.05
 
$0.39
 
$0.55
(a) Refer to the accompanying "Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a detailed discussion of management's use of non-GAAP financial measures.





CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
December 29,
 
September 29,
 
December 30,
 
December 29
 
December 30,
 
2013
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Selected Cash Flow Data (Preliminary):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Net cash provided by operating activities
$20,171
 
$7,905
 
$17,302
 
$66,696
 
$134,997
 Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
$569
 
($2,080)
 
($95,562)
 
$1,139
 
($113,036)
 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
($11,276)
 
$108
 
($20,866)
 
($45,024)
 
($58,475)
Other Supplemental Data (Preliminary):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Capital expenditures
$8,750
 
$10,808
 
$7,809
 
$36,627
 
$33,013
 Depreciation
$9,436
 
$9,745
 
$11,419
 
$39,572
 
$44,904
 Payment of dividend
$16,578
 
$16,258
 
$16,057
 
$64,819
 
$63,227
 Dividend paid per share
$0.11
 
$0.11
 
$0.11
 
$0.44
 
$0.44
 Dividend yield per share (a)
4.3%
 
4.9%
 
4.2%
 
4.3%
 
4.2%
(a) Dividend yield per share is calculated based on annualized dividend paid per share divided by the common stock share price at the end of the period.



CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED DILUTED EPS CALCULATION
(In thousands, except per-share data)
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
December 29,
 
September 29,
 
December 30,
 
December 29,
 
December 30,
 
2013
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
GAAP
 
Non-GAAP
 
GAAP
 
Non-GAAP
 
GAAP
 
Non-GAAP
 
GAAP
 
Non-GAAP
 
GAAP
 
Non-GAAP
 Net income (loss) attributable to Cypress
($13,577)
 
$14,992
 
($8,358)
 
$22,015
 
($22,219)
 
$8,300
 
($46,364)
 
$63,221
 
($22,370)
 
$91,450
 Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic)
151,580
 
151,580
 
149,679
 
149,679
 
143,605
 
143,605
 
148,558
 
148,558
 
149,266
 
149,266
 Effect of dilutive securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stock options, unvested restricted stock and other
 
14,224
 
 
12,525
 
 
13,723
 
 
12,954
 
 
16,063
 Weighted-average common shares outstanding for diluted computation
$151,580
 
$165,804
 
$149,679
 
$162,204
 
$143,605
 
$157,328
 
$148,558
 
$161,512
 
$149,266
 
$165,329
 Net income (loss) per share attributable to Cypress - basic
($0.09)
 
$0.10
 
($0.06)
 
$0.15
 
($0.15)
 
$0.06
 
($0.31)
 
$0.43
 
($0.15)
 
$0.61
 Net income (loss) per share attributable to Cypress - diluted
($0.09)
 
$0.09
 
($0.06)
 
$0.14
 
($0.15)
 
$0.05
 
($0.31)
 
$0.39
 
($0.15)
 
$0.55
 
December 29,
 
September 30,
 
December 30,
 
December 29,
 
December 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Average stock price for the period ended
$9.45
 
$11.70
 
$10.19
 
$10.59
 
$13.26
Common stock outstanding at period end (in thousands)
153,214
 
150,833
 
144,224
 
153,214
 
144,224



Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement its consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, Cypress uses non-GAAP financial measures which are adjusted from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to exclude certain items, as described in details below. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional and useful way of viewing aspects of Cypress’s operations that, when viewed in conjunction with Cypress’s GAAP results, provide a more comprehensive understanding of the various factors and trends affecting Cypress’s business and operations. Non-GAAP financial measures used by Cypress include:

 
Gross margin;

Research and development expenses;

Selling, general and administrative expenses;

Operating income (loss);

Net income (loss); and

Diluted net income (loss) per share.
 
Cypress uses each of these non-GAAP financial measures for internal managerial purposes, when providing its financial results and business outlook to the public, and to facilitate period-to-period comparisons. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding Cypress’s operational and financial performance of current and historical results. Management uses these non-GAAP measures for strategic and business decision making, internal budgeting, forecasting and resource allocation processes. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate management’s internal comparisons to Cypress’s historical operating results and comparisons to competitors’ operating results.
Cypress believes that providing these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to the GAAP financial results, are useful to investors because they allow investors to see Cypress’s results “through the eyes” of management as these non-GAAP financial measures reflect Cypress’s internal measurement processes. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enable investors to better assess changes in each key element of Cypress’s operating results across different reporting periods on a consistent basis. Thus, management believes that each of these non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with another method for assessing Cypress’s operating results in a manner that is focused on the performance of its ongoing operations.
There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because they are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures may be limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact upon Cypress’s reported financial results. Management compensates for these limitations by providing investors with reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures supplement, and should be viewed in conjunction with, GAAP financial measures. Investors should review the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures as provided in the accompanying press release.

As presented in the “Reconciliation of GAAP Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” tables in the accompanying press release, each of the non-GAAP financial measures excludes one or more of the following items:

Stock-based compensation expense.
 
Stock-based compensation expense relates primarily to the equity awards such as stock options and restricted stock. Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense that varies in amount from period to period and is dependent on market forces that are often beyond Cypress’s control. As a result, management excludes this item from Cypress’s internal operating forecasts and models. Management believes that non-GAAP measures adjusted for stock-based compensation provide investors with a basis to measure Cypress’s core performance against the performance of other companies without the variability created by stock-based compensation as a result of the variety of equity awards used by companies and the varying methodologies and subjective assumptions used in determining such non-cash expense.




Changes in value of Cypress’s key employee deferred compensation plan.

 
Cypress sponsors a voluntary deferred compensation plan which provides certain key employees with the option to defer the receipt of compensation in order to accumulate funds for retirement. The amounts are held in a trust and Cypress does not make contributions to the deferred compensation plan or guarantee returns on the investment. Changes in the value of the investments under the plan are excluded from the non-GAAP measures. Management believes that such non-cash item is not related to the ongoing core business and operating performance of Cypress, as the investment contributions are made by the employees themselves.

Restructuring charges.
 
Restructuring charges primarily relate to activities engaged by management to make changes related to its infrastructure in an effort to reduce costs. Restructuring charges are excluded from non-GAAP financial measures because they are not considered core operating activities and such costs have not historically occurred in each year. Although Cypress has engaged in various restructuring activities in the past, each has been a discrete event based on a unique set of business objectives. As such, management believes that it is appropriate to exclude restructuring charges from Cypress’s non-GAAP financial measures as it enhances the ability of investors to compare Cypress’s period-over-period operating results from continuing operations.

Acquisition-related expense.
 
Acquisition-related expense primarily includes: (1) amortization of intangibles, which include acquired intangibles such as purchased technology, patents and trademarks, (2) costs such as advisory, legal, accounting and other professional or consulting fees related to acquisitions, (3) severance expense incurred in connection with acquisition-related headcount reduction efforts, and (4) earn-out compensation expense, which include compensation resulting from the achievement of milestones established in accordance with the terms of the acquisitions. In most cases, these acquisition-related charges are not factored into management’s evaluation of potential acquisitions or Cypress’s performance after completion of acquisitions, because they are not related to Cypress’s core operating performance. Adjustments of these items provide investors with a basis to compare Cypress against the performance of other companies without the variability caused by purchase accounting.

Impairment of assets.

Cypress wrote down the book value of certain assets to their estimated fair value as management determined these assets will be donated, sold or will have no future benefit. Cypress excludes these items because the expense is not reflective of its ongoing operating results. Excluding this data allows investors to better compare Cypress’s period-over-period performance without such expense.

Taxes, tax effects and foreign currency gain/loss.
 
Cypress adjusts for the income tax effect that resulted from the non-GAAP adjustments as described above. Additionally, Cypress also excludes the impact of items that are related to historical activities in nature and not reflective of the ongoing operating results of Cypress, which can include completion of examinations by our U.S. or foreign taxing authorities, lapse of statutes of limitations and the resolution of agreements with domestic and various foreign tax authorities. This also includes foreign currency gain or loss effects on the activities mentioned above.




Investment-related gains/losses.

Investment-related gains/losses primarily include: (1) impairment loss related to Cypress’s investment when it determines the decline in fair value is other-than-temporary in nature, and (2) gains/losses related to the sales of its debt and equity investments. These items are excluded from non-GAAP financial measures because they are not related to the core operating activities and operating performance of Cypress, and in most cases, such transactions have not historically occurred in every quarter. As such, management believes that it is appropriate to exclude investment-related gains/losses from Cypress’s non-GAAP financial measures, as it enhances the ability of investors to compare Cypress’s period-over-period operating results.

Patent License fee.

This fee relates to an agreement we entered into providing Cypress a license to a substantial patent portfolio, avoidance of future litigation expenses as well as future customer disruption.  We determined that a portion of the agreement relates to cumulative costs for prior years. Management excluded the one-time charge which relates to prior years from the non-GAAP measures because it does not relate to Cypress’ core business or impact its ongoing operating performance.

Non-cash compensation.

Cypress provides awards to employees who reach certain years of service with the Company. This amount represents the accrual for benefits for awards that will be paid in the future. This non-cash expense is not reflective of Cypress’s ongoing operating results and is excluded from its non-GAAP financial measures.