PDF Solutions Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results


SAN JOSE, Calif., July 30, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- PDF Solutions(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:PDFS) the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process life cycle, today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Total revenue for the second fiscal quarter of 2008 totaled $21.1 million, up 3% from $20.3 million in the first fiscal quarter of 2008 and down 11% when compared with total revenue of $23.7 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2007. Gain share revenue totaled $5.7 million, up 6% from $5.3 million in the first fiscal quarter of 2008 and down 4% compared to $5.9 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2007. Net loss for the quarter was $1.9 million, or $0.07 per basic and diluted share, versus a net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.09 per basic and diluted share in the first fiscal quarter of 2008. Net loss for the second fiscal quarter of 2007 was $701,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share.

In addition to using GAAP results in evaluating PDF Solutions' business, management also believes it is useful to measure results using a non-GAAP measure of net income, which excludes stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired technology and intangible assets, restructuring charges and their related income tax effects, as applicable. Using this non-GAAP measure, the non-GAAP net income for the second fiscal quarter of 2008 totaled approximately $774,000, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net income of $5.0 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the second fiscal quarter of 2007.

Additionally, during the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, PDF Solutions utilized a portion of the $10 million share repurchase plan previously authorized by its Board of Directors to repurchase 283,500 of its shares on the open market at a weighted average cost of $5.24, for a total repurchase value of $1.5 million.

As previously announced, PDF Solutions will discuss these results on a live conference call beginning at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time/6:00 p.m. Eastern Time today. The call will be simultaneously web cast on PDF Solutions' website at http://ir.pdf.com/events.cfm. A replay of the web cast will be available at the same website address beginning approximately two hours after completion of the live call. Further, a copy of this press release, including the disclosure and reconciliation of certain non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP measures, which non-GAAP measures may be used periodically by PDF Solutions' management when discussing financial results with investors and analysts, will be available on PDF Solutions' website at http://www.pdf.com/news_archive.phtml following the date of this release.

Information Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to providing results that are determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (GAAP), PDF Solutions also provides certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the effects of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired technology and intangible assets, restructuring charges, and their related income tax effects, as applicable. PDF Solutions' management believes that the presentation of these measures provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding PDF's operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by management internally to measure the company's profitability and performance. PDF's management believes that excluding the effects of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired technology and intangible assets, restructuring charges, and their related income tax effects, as applicable, provides a useful supplemental measure of the company's ongoing operations in light of the fact that none of these categories of expense has a current effect on the future uses of cash (with the exception of restructuring charges) nor do they have use with regards to the generation of current or future revenues. These non-GAAP results should not be considered an alternative to, or a substitute for, GAAP financial information, and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In particular, these non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for GAAP measures of income as a measure of performance, or to cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities as a measure of liquidity. Since management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally to measure profitability and performance, PDF has included these non-GAAP measures to give investors an opportunity to see the company's financial results as viewed by management. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measure is provided at the end of the company's financial statements presented below.

About PDF Solutions

PDF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PDFS) is the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the IC manufacturing process life cycle. PDF Solutions offers solutions that are designed to enable clients to lower costs of IC design and manufacture, enhance time to market, and improve profitability by addressing design and manufacturing interactions from product design to initial process ramps to mature manufacturing operations. PDF Solutions' Characterization Vehicle(r) (CV(r)) test chips provide the core modeling capabilities, and are used by more leading manufacturers than any other test chips in the industry. PDF Solutions' industry leading yield management system software, dataPOWER(r), and fault detection and classification software, maestria (r), enhance yield improvement and production control activities at leading fabs around the world. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., PDF Solutions operates worldwide with additional offices in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. For the company's latest news and information, visit http://www.pdf.com/.

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                         PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
          CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
                           (In thousands)

                                                    June 30,  Dec. 31,
                                                      2008      2007
                                                    --------  --------

                       ASSETS
 Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                         $ 30,487  $ 35,315
  Short-term investments                              12,708     9,949
  Accounts receivable, net of allowances              35,506    38,526
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets            3,771     3,354
  Deferred tax assets                                  1,514     1,676
                                                    --------  --------
   Total current assets                               83,986    88,820
 Property and equipment, net                           3,344     3,621
 Non-current investments                               1,262        --
 Goodwill                                             67,264    65,170
 Intangible assets, net                               11,184    12,818
 Deferred tax assets and other assets                 10,825     8,922
                                                    --------  --------
   Total assets                                     $177,865  $179,351
                                                    ========  ========

         LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 Current liabilities:
  Current portion of long-term debt                 $    418  $    421
  Accounts payable                                     2,378     3,469
  Accrued compensation and related benefits            6,574     5,950
  Other accrued liabilities                            2,253     2,604
  Taxes payable                                           75       208
  Deferred revenue                                     3,600     3,159
  Billings in excess of recognized revenue               110       553
                                                    --------  --------
   Total current liabilities                          15,408    16,364
 Long-term debt                                          911       907
 Long-term taxes payable                               5,670     5,581
 Other liabilities                                       724        29
                                                    --------  --------
   Total liabilities                                  22,713    22,881
                                                    --------  --------
 Stockholders' equity:
  Common stock                                             4         4
  Additional paid-in-capital                         185,333   181,566
  Treasury stock at cost                             (14,135)  (11,524)
  Accumulated deficit                                (21,345)  (16,892)
  Accumulated other comprehensive income               5,295     3,316
                                                    --------  --------
   Total stockholders' equity                        155,152   156,470
                                                    --------  --------
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity       $177,865  $179,351
                                                    ========  ========


                         PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
              (In thousands, except per share amounts)

                                Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                     June 30,            June 30,
                                ------------------  ------------------
                                  2008      2007      2008      2007
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
 Revenues:
  Design-to-silicon-yield
   solutions                    $ 15,452  $ 17,808  $ 30,476  $ 35,057
  Gainshare performance
   incentives                      5,662     5,890    10,985    10,783
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total revenues                 21,114    23,698    41,461    45,840
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
 Cost of design-to-silicon-yield
  solutions:
  Direct costs of
   design-to-silicon-yield
   solutions                       7,267     7,109    15,033    14,876
  Amortization of acquired
   technology                        631     1,610     1,262     3,185
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total cost of
    design-to silicon-yield
    solutions                      7,898     8,719    16,295    18,061
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
  Gross margin                    13,216    14,979    25,166    27,779
 Operating expenses:
  Research and development         9,134     8,797    18,210    17,167
  Selling, general and
   administrative                  5,646     6,645    11,945    12,489
  Amortization of other acquired
   intangible assets                 195     1,031       389     2,044
  Restructuring charges            1,471        --     1,471        --
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total operating expenses       16,446    16,473    32,015    31,700
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
 Loss from operations             (3,230)   (1,494)   (6,849)   (3,921)
 Interest and other income, net      251       529       740     1,025
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
 Loss before taxes                (2,979)     (965)   (6,109)   (2,896)
 Income tax provision (benefit)   (1,039)     (264)   (1,656)      160
                                --------  --------  --------  --------
 Net loss                       $ (1,940) $   (701) $ (4,453) $ (3,056)
                                ========  ========  ========  ========
 Net loss per share - basic and
  diluted                       $  (0.07) $  (0.02) $  (0.16) $  (0.11)
                                ========  ========  ========  ========
 Weighted average common shares
  - basic and diluted             27,608    28,155    27,724    28,067
                                ========  ========  ========  ========


                         PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
                          NON-GAAP RESULTS
              (In thousands, except per share amounts)

                                                    Three Months Ended
                                                         June 30,
                                                    ------------------
                                                      2008      2007
                                                    --------  --------

 GAAP net loss                                      $ (1,940) $   (701)
 Stock-based compensation expense - cost of
  design-to-silicon-yield solutions                      399       478
 Stock-based compensation expense - research and
  development                                            711       615
 Stock-based compensation expense - selling,
  general and administrative                             644       852
 Amortization of acquired core technology                631     1,610
 Amortization of other acquired intangible assets        195     1,031
 Restructuring charges                                 1,471        --
 Tax impact on reversal of stock-based compensation
  expense, amortization of acquired technology and
  intangible assets, and restructuring charges        (1,337)    1,088
                                                    --------  --------
   Non-GAAP net income                              $    774  $  4,973
                                                    ========  ========

 GAAP net loss per diluted share                    $  (0.07) $  (0.02)
                                                    ========  ========
 Non-GAAP net income per diluted share              $   0.03  $   0.17
                                                    ========  ========
 Shares used in computing diluted non-GAAP measure
  of net income per share                             27,672    28,698
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