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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2011

Registration No. 333-          

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

UBIQUITI NETWORKS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   3663   32-0097377

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

91 E. Tasman Drive

San Jose, CA 95134

(408) 942-3085

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Robert J. Pera

Chief Executive Officer

91 E. Tasman Drive

San Jose, CA 95134

(408) 942-3085

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Robert P. Latta, Esq.

Julia Reigel, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304

(650) 493-9300

 

Mark G. Borden, E sq.

Joseph K. Wyatt, Esq.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

950 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304

(650) 858-6000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box.     ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     ¨

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

 

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

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered   Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (1)(2)
  Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

  $200,000,000.00   $23,220.00
 
 
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Includes additional shares the underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We and the selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion, dated June 17, 2011

LOGO

Common Stock

This is the initial public offering of Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We are offering              shares and the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus are offering              shares of our common stock. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares to be offered by the selling stockholders. We anticipate that the initial public offering price will be between $         and $         per share. We intend to apply to list our common stock on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “UBNT.”

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “ Risk Factors ” beginning on page 10.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

     Per share      Total  

Public offering price

   $                    $                

Underwriting discounts and commissions

   $         $     

Proceeds to Ubiquiti, before expenses

   $         $     

Proceeds to selling stockholders, before expenses

   $         $     

We have granted the underwriters the right to purchase up to              additional shares of common stock from us and the selling stockholders at the public offering price, to cover over-allotments.

 

UBS Investment Bank

 

 

Raymond James

 

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of common stock to purchasers on                     , 2011.

The date of this prospectus is                 , 2011


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

Prospectus Summary

     1   

The Offering

     6   

Summary Consolidated Financial Data

     7   

Risk Factors

     10   

Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

     34   

Use of Proceeds

     35   

Dividend Policy

     35   

Capitalization

     36   

Dilution

     37   

Selected Consolidated Financial Data

     39   

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     42   

Business

     66   

Management

     82   

Executive Compensation

     89   

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

     106   

Principal and Selling Stockholders

     110   

Description of Capital Stock

     112   

Certain Material U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations to Non-U.S. Holders

     116   

Shares Eligible For Future Sale

     119   

Underwriting

     121   

Legal Matters

     127   

Experts

     127   

Where You Can Find More Information

     127   

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-1   

 

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. Neither we, the underwriters nor the selling stockholders have authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus or any free writing prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We and the selling stockholders are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock.

No action is being taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States to permit a public offering of the common stock or possession or distribution of this prospectus in that jurisdiction. Persons who come into possession of this prospectus in jurisdictions outside the United States are required to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions as to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus applicable to that jurisdiction.

Through and including                         , 2011 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights the information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information and financial statements set forth elsewhere. Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. For a more complete understanding of the information that you may consider important in making your investment decision, we encourage you to read this entire prospectus.

Business Overview

We are a product driven company that leverages innovative proprietary technologies to deliver wireless networking solutions with compelling price-performance characteristics to both start-up and established network operators and service providers. Our products bridge the digital divide by fundamentally changing the economics of deploying high performance wireless networking solutions in underserved and underpenetrated markets globally. These markets include emerging markets and other areas where individual users and small and medium sized enterprises do not have access to the benefits of carrier class broadband networking. Our business model has enabled us to break down traditional barriers such as high product and network deployment costs that are driven by business model inefficiencies and achieve rapid market adoption of our products and solutions in previously underserved and underpenetrated markets. Our business model and proprietary technologies provide us with a significant and sustainable competitive advantage over incumbents, who we believe are unable to respond effectively due to their higher cost business models.

We offer a broad and expanding portfolio of wireless networking products and solutions. Our products and solutions, based on our proprietary technologies, include high performance radios, antennas and management tools that have been designed to deliver carrier class performance for wireless networking and other applications in the unlicensed radio frequency, or RF, spectrum. Our products and solutions are integrated and flexible, which substantially reduces the cost and complexity of installation, maintenance and management of wireless networks. Our products and solutions meet the demanding performance requirements of video, voice and data applications, have a low total cost of ownership and are broadly adopted by network operators and service providers to deploy fast, scalable and reliable wireless networks.

Our business model is driven by a large, growing and engaged community of network operators, service providers and distributors, which we refer to as the Ubiquiti Community. The Ubiquiti Community is a critical element of our business strategy as it has enabled us to redefine the traditional models for product development, sales and marketing and product support in the following key ways:

 

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Product development .    Our products and solutions benefit from the active engagement between the Ubiquiti Community and engineers throughout the product development cycle, which eliminates long and expensive multistep internal processes and results in rapid introduction and adoption of optimally designed products. This approach significantly reduces our development costs and the time to market for our products.

 

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Sales and marketing .    We do not currently have a direct sales force, but instead rely on the Ubiquiti Community to drive market awareness and demand for our products and solutions. This community propagated viral marketing enables us to reach underserved and underpenetrated markets far more efficiently and cost effectively than is possible through traditional sales models.

 

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Product support.     The engaged members of the Ubiquiti Community have enabled us to foster a large, cost efficient, highly scalable and, we believe, self-sustaining mechanism for rapid product support and dissemination of information.

The savings we achieve by relying on the Ubiquiti Community in the areas of product development, sales and marketing and product support are passed along to network operators and service providers in the form of prices that are a fraction of those of existing alternative solutions.

 

 

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Building on our leadership in the underserved and underpenetrated segments of the wireless broadband access market, we intend to expand our product offerings in our existing market and enter adjacent markets by relying on the combination of our efficient business model and proprietary technologies to provide products and solutions with compelling price-performance characteristics to customers in those markets.

Our revenues were $22.4 million, $63.1 million, $137.0 million and $130.3 million in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. In accordance with accounting standards generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, we had net income (loss) of $4.7 million, $9.9 million, $(5.5) million and $31.6 million in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. Our GAAP net loss in fiscal 2010 reflected a one time compensation charge of $35.9 million related to a repurchase of our common stock and options in connection with the sale of our Series A preferred stock, which we refer to collectively as the Summit transaction and a $1.6 million charge for a regulatory export compliance issue. On a non-GAAP basis, we have been profitable since fiscal 2006. In this prospectus, we refer to the fiscal years ended June 30, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as fiscal 2008, fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010, respectively, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 as fiscal 2011. As of March 31, 2011, we had 84 full time equivalent employees in four offices worldwide.

Industry Overview

Wired networking solutions have traditionally been used to address increasing consumer and enterprise bandwidth needs. However, the high capital and operating costs and long market lead times associated with building and installing infrastructure for wired networks has severely limited the widespread deployment of these networks in underserved and underpenetrated areas of developed countries and emerging markets. Wireless networks are emerging as an attractive alternative for addressing both the broadband access needs of underserved and underpenetrated markets and for offering a host of other services and solutions. According to Gartner, Inc., 1 an independent market research firm, aggregate end-user spending on wireless networking equipment for enterprise local area network, or WLAN, wireless broadband access, and Long Term Evolution, or LTE, solutions are expected to grow from $5.2 billion in 2010 to $22.5 billion in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 34%.

Underserved and underpenetrated markets .    Emerging markets and remote areas in developed markets remain significantly underserved and underpenetrated for broadband access. According to a forecast by Gartner Inc., an independent market research firm, fixed wireless household broadband penetration rates for 2009 and 2010 in emerging countries was a fifth of the broadband penetration in developed countries, whereas the aggregate number of households in emerging countries was approximately four times the aggregate number of households of developed countries. 2 We believe this is due to the lack of an established network infrastructure and the high initial deployment costs.

Limitation of existing solutions .    Existing wireless networking technologies such as 802.11 standard based Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE have been designed to satisfy the increasing demand for broadband access and support mobility, but often fail to meet the price-performance requirements of wireless networking in emerging markets, which in turn has led to low penetration and large populations of unaddressed users in these areas.

Increasing use of the unlicensed spectrum .    In the absence of affordable broadband access in the licensed spectrum, the number of users of the unlicensed RF spectrum has increased for communications equipment, as well as consumer devices such as cordless phones, baby monitors and microwave ovens. As a result of high

 

1   Gartner, Inc., Forecast Carrier Network Infrastructure, Worldwide, 2008-2015, 2Q11 Update, Peter Kjeldsen et al., June, 2011 and Forecast: Enterprise WLAN Equipment, Worldwide, 2006-2015, 2Q11 Update, Christian Canales, May, 2011.
2   Gartner, Inc., Forecast: Consumer Fixed Voice, Internet and Broadband Services, Worldwide, 2008-2015, 2Q11 Update. Amanda Sabia et al., May, 2011.

 

 

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demand for the unlicensed RF spectrum, use of this spectrum to provide high quality wireless networking has become more challenging and congestion is limiting the growth of wireless networks.

Government incentives for broadband access .    Governments around the world are increasingly taking both regulatory and financial steps to expand access to broadband networks and increase availability of advanced broadband services to consumers and businesses.

To provide robust wireless networks that meet the price-performance needs of individuals and businesses in underserved and underpenetrated markets, vendors of wireless networking solutions must solve some of the problems facing existing solutions:

 

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Poor performance .    Existing wireless networking solutions built for the licensed RF spectrum are designed to operate in more predictable environments and are not optimized for the crowded and less reliable unlicensed spectrum.

 

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High cost of ownership .    Existing alternative solutions, such as fiber-to-the-premises, cable, DSL, WiMAX, LTE and traditional backhaul, provide high capacity, high performance broadband access, but often do not meet the demanding price-performance requirements of underserved and underpenetrated markets.

 

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Complexity .    Existing alternative solutions are often difficult to deploy and manage in heterogeneous network environments and require skilled employees or consultants to install and operate.

 

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Lack of reliability, resiliency and scalability .    Existing wireless solutions are not designed to overcome obstacles and effectively recover from the dynamic changes in wireless spectrum usage that prevail in the unlicensed RF spectrum. Additionally, the performance and reliability of existing wireless networking solutions decline rapidly as the number of subscribers and range of service delivery increases.

Our Solution

Our products and solutions enable both start-up and established network operators and service providers to deploy fast, scalable and reliable wireless networks cost effectively. Our wireless networking solutions offer the following key benefits:

 

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High performance wireless technologies for the unlicensed RF spectrum.     Our proprietary products and solutions include high performance radios, antennas and management tools that have been designed to deliver carrier class wireless broadband access and other services primarily in the unlicensed RF spectrum. Our products and solutions overcome significant performance challenges such as dynamic spectrum noise, device interference, outdoor obstacles and unpredictable levels of video, voice and data performance.

 

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Unparalleled cost effectiveness .    Our products and solutions have been designed to enable service providers and network operators to deliver carrier class performance to their subscribers within the economic constraints of underserved and underpenetrated markets. The deployment and operation of our solutions require a fraction of the capital expenditures and network maintenance costs of those associated with existing alternative solutions.

 

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Integrated and easy to deploy and manage .    Our integrated products and solutions eliminate significant complexity associated with the installation, management and expansion of wireless networks. The level of integration between our products is designed to enable network operators and service providers to use a plug and play approach to delivering wireless broadband access and other services that have carrier class performance without significant management or upgrade complexity.

 

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Reliable and scalable .    The reliability and predictability of our products and solutions enable network operators and service providers to deliver to their subscribers carrier class broadband connectivity in

 

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unlicensed RF spectrum. The combination of our key proprietary technologies enables us to deliver reliable network performance that scales efficiently with an increase in the number of subscribers, range of service delivery, network size and number of applications for video, voice and data.

Our Strategy

Our goal is to become a dominant player in the market for communications technology for underserved and underpenetrated markets. Key elements of our strategy include the following:

 

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Continue to enhance our leadership in the wireless broadband access market.     We intend to continue to disrupt wireless broadband markets by introducing products and solutions that deliver carrier class performance and compelling economic value.

 

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Leverage our technologies and business model in adjacent markets.     We intend to leverage our technologies and business model to target other large and growing markets that we believe are ripe for disruption, such as enterprise WLAN, video surveillance, supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA, and licensed microwave wireless backhaul markets.

 

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Maintain and extend our technological leadership .    We intend to continue to develop innovative hardware solutions and management tools for our target markets. We believe that our continued focus on developing such technologies will allow us to deliver products and solutions with disruptive price-performance characteristics in our markets.

 

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Extend our powerful user community .    As we move into adjacent markets, we intend to foster additional self-reinforcing, customer driven communities and to continue to grow the Ubiquiti Community, to increase awareness of our brand and assist us with product development, sales, viral marketing and product support.

 

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Evaluate and pursue strategic acquisitions.     We intend to evaluate strategic investment and acquisition opportunities to enhance the features and functions of our products and solutions, extend our product portfolio, increase our geographic presence and take advantage of new market opportunities while preserving our business model.

Risks Associated with our Business

Our business is subject to numerous risks. You should carefully read “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10 for an explanation of these risks before investing in our common stock.

Corporate Information

We incorporated in the State of California in 2003 as Pera Networks, Inc. and we commenced our current operations in 2005 and changed our name to Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. at that time. In June 2010, Ubiquiti Networks, Inc., a California corporation, changed its state of organization to Delaware by merging with and into Ubiquiti Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Our executive offices are located at 91 E. Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, and our telephone number is (408) 942-3085. Our website address is www.ubnt.com. The information on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this prospectus.

Unless the context requires otherwise, the words “we,” “us,” “our” and “Ubiquiti” refer to Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. and its subsidiaries as a whole.

We own the Ubiquiti Networks trademark and a trademark for our logo, registered with the European Union, or the EU. We own trademarks for AirControl, AirGrid, AirMax, AirView, UBNT and for our AirOs logo, in each

 

 

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case registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Additionally, we have trademark applications pending with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for AirSync, AirSelect, AirVision, AirBeam, UniFi, AirFiber, AirWire, Ubiquiti Networks and AirBlast. We also have trademark applications pending in China for Ubiquiti Networks and UBNT. Other trademarks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners.

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common stock offered by us

                 shares

 

Common stock offered by the selling stockholders

                 shares

 

Over-allotment option

                 shares

 

Common stock outstanding after this offering

                 shares (assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option)

 

Use of proceeds

We intend to use the net proceeds we receive from this offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital. We also may use a portion of the net proceeds we receive to acquire other businesses, products, services or technologies. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.

 

Proposed NASDAQ Global Market symbol

“UBNT”

The shares of common stock to be outstanding on a pro forma as adjusted basis after this offering in this table are based on 39,457,888 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and exclude:

 

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2,678,593 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding under our stock plans as of March 31, 2011, with a weighted average exercise price of $1.64 per share;

 

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205,472 shares of our common stock issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units outstanding under our stock plans as of March 31, 2011; and

 

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58,500 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options we granted under our stock plans after March 31, 2011, with a weighted average exercise price of $12.79 per share;

 

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40,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units, or RSUs, we granted under our stock plans after March 31, 2011; and

 

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2,471,821 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

Unless otherwise noted, the information in this prospectus reflects and assumes:

 

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no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option;

 

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the four for one forward split of our common and preferred stock completed in fiscal 2010;

 

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the conversion of each outstanding share of preferred stock into one share of common stock immediately prior to the completion of this offering;

 

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no exercise of options outstanding as of March 31, 2011; and

 

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the filing of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which will occur immediately prior to the completion of this offering.

 

 

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The summary consolidated financial data for fiscal 2008, 2009 and 2010 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary consolidated financial data for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and as of March 31, 2011 are derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist only of normal recurring adjustments, that management considers necessary for the fair statement of the financial information set forth in those statements. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of future results and should be read in conjunction with the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements, related notes, and other financial information included in this prospectus. The summary consolidated financial data in this section are not intended to replace the consolidated financial statements and are qualified in their entirety by the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

    Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
      2008     2009     2010         2010             2011      
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)  

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

         

Revenues

  $ 22,435      $ 63,121      $ 136,952      $ 96,653      $ 130,320   

Cost of revenues (1)

    10,942        37,181        82,404        58,034        77,545   
                                       

Gross profit

    11,493        25,940        54,548        38,619        52,775   
                                       

Operating expenses:

         

Research and development (1)

    2,706        5,166        31,704        29,984        8,038   

Sales, general and administrative (1)(2)

    1,396        2,946        18,162        16,178        5,307   
                                       

Total operating expenses

    4,102        8,112        49,866        46,162        13,345   
                                       

Income (loss) from operations

    7,391        17,828        4,682        (7,543     39,430   

Interest income

    112        118        64        59        46   

Other income (expense), net

    11               517        250        4   
                                       

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes

    7,514        17,946        5,263        (7,234     39,480   

Provision for income taxes

    2,817        8,057        10,719        7,523        7,888   
                                       

Net income (loss)

    4,697        9,889        (5,456     (14,757     31,592   

Preferred stock cumulative dividend

                  (1,336            (3,252

Accretion of cost of preferred stock

                  (100            (11,298

Less allocation of net income to participating preferred stockholders

                                (6,186
                                       

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—basic

    4,697        9,889        (6,892     (14,757     10,856   

Undistributed earnings re-allocated to common stockholders

                                227   
                                       

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—diluted

  $ 4,697      $ 9,889      $ (6,892   $ (14,757   $ 11,083   
                                       

Net income (loss) per share of common stock:

         

Basic

  $ 0.17      $ 0.24      $ (0.19   $ (0.38   $ 0.43   

Diluted

  $ 0.12      $ 0.23      $ (0.19   $ (0.38   $ 0.41   

Weighted average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share of common stock:

         

Basic

    28,123        40,675        35,589        38,696        25,296   
                                       

Diluted

    40,670        42,234        35,589        38,696        26,809   
                                       

Pro forma net income (loss) per share of common stock (unaudited):

         

Basic

      $ (0.14     $ 0.80   
                     

Diluted

      $ (0.14     $ 0.77   
                     

Weighted average shares used in computing pro forma net income (loss) per share of common stock (unaudited):

         

Basic (3)

        40,328          39,710   
                     

Diluted (3)

        40,328          41,223   
                     

 

         

(1)    Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

       

       

Cost of revenues

  $ 1      $ 5      $ 124      $ 120      $ 20   

Research and development

    46        315        26,221        26,213        191   

Sales, general and administrative

    53        185        9,814        9,713        465   
                                       

Total stock-based compensation

  $ 100      $ 505      $ 36,159      $ 36,046      $ 676   
                                       

(2)     Includes a charge for an export compliance matter as follows:

  $      $      $ 1,625      $ 1,625      $   

 

 

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(3) Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding reflects the conversion of our convertible preferred stock (using the if-converted method) into common stock as though the conversion had occurred at the beginning of the period or original date of issuance, if later.

 

     Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
       2008     2009     2010         2010             2011      
Additional Key Metrics:    (In thousands, except percentages)  

Non-GAAP net income

   $   4,797      $ 10,268      $ 32,023      $ 22,655      $ 31,998   

Non-GAAP operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues

     17.8     12.1     8.8     8.8     9.7

Our management uses non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues to measure our performance. We exclude stock-based compensation and a charge for a regulatory export compliance issue from these non-GAAP operating expenses and net income because we believe these measures provide a more accurate depiction of our actual operating results, particularly in light of the Summit transaction. See page 43. Because these non-GAAP metrics exclude certain expenses such as stock-based compensation and a charge for an export compliance matter and the tax effect of these adjustments, these measures provide us with additional useful information to measure and understand our performance on a consistent basis, particularly with respect to changes in performance from period to period. We use non-GAAP metrics in the preparation of our budgets and to measure and monitor our performance and may from time to time amend our definition of our non-GAAP net income to exclude certain recurring and non-recurring costs, and the tax effect of these adjustments. We have chosen to provide this information to investors so they can analyze our operating results in the same way management does and use this information in their assessments of our results. Non-GAAP net income is not determined in accordance with GAAP and is not a substitute for or superior to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

     Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
       2008      2009     2010         2010             2011      
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss)
to Non-GAAP Net Income:
   (In thousands)  

GAAP net income (loss)

   $   4,697       $ 9,889      $ (5,456   $ (14,757   $ 31,592   

Ordinary course stock-based compensation expense:

           

Cost of revenues

     1         5        25        21        20   

Research and development

     46         315        27        19        191   

Sales, general and administrative

     53         185        229        128        465   
                                         

Total ordinary course stock-based compensation expense

     100         505        281        168        676   

Stock-based compensation expense related to the Summit transaction:

           

Cost of revenues

                    99        99          

Research and development

                    26,194        26,194          

Sales, general and administrative

                    9,585        9,585          
                                         

Total stock-based compensation expense related to the Summit transaction

                    35,878        35,878          

Charge for a regulatory export compliance issue

                    1,625        1,625          

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments

             (126     (305     (259     (270
                                         

Non-GAAP net income

     4,797         10,268        32,023        22,655        31,998   
                                         

 

     March 31, 2011  
       Actual     Pro Forma (1)     Pro Forma as
Adjusted (2) (3)
 
     (In thousands)  

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 71,489      $ 71,489      $                

Working capital

     75,244        75,244     

Total assets

     116,533        116,533     

Redeemable convertible preferred stock

     118,329            

Common stock and additional paid-in capital

     2,769        108,439     

Treasury stock

     (69,554     (69,554  

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     (42,367     75,962     

 

 

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(1) The pro forma balance sheet data reflects the conversion of all outstanding shares of our convertible preferred stock into shares of common stock including the reclassification of our preferred stock to additional paid-in capital immediately prior to the completion of this offering and the reversal of the accrued convertible preferred stock dividend.
(2) The pro forma as adjusted balance sheet data reflects the items described in footnote (1) above, as well as the estimated net proceeds of $             million from our sale of              shares of common stock that we are offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $             per share, which is the midpoint of the range listed on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting an assumed underwriting discount and estimated offering expense payable by us.
(3) A $1.00 decrease or increase in the offering price would result in an approximately $             million decrease or increase in each of pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets, additional paid-in capital and total stockholders’ equity. If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, there would be a $         increase in each of pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets, additional paid-in capital and total stockholders’ equity, assuming an initial public offering price of $             per share, which is the midpoint of the range listed on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below as well as the other information contained in this prospectus before deciding to purchase any shares of our common stock. These risks could harm our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects. In addition, the trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks and you might lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to our Business and Industry

We have limited visibility into future sales, which makes it difficult to forecast our future operating results.

Because of our limited visibility into demand and channel inventory levels, our ability to accurately forecast our future revenues is limited. We sell our products and solutions globally to network operators, service providers and others, primarily through our network of distributors, resellers and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs. We do not employ a direct sales force. Sales to distributors accounted for 93% and 97% of our revenues in fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. Generally, our distributors are not obligated to promote our products and solutions and are free to promote and sell the products and solutions of our competitors. We sell our products to our distributors on a purchase order basis. Our distributors do not typically provide us with information about market demand for our products. Our operating expenses are fixed in the short-term and we may not be able to decrease our expenses in a timely manner to offset any shortfall in revenues. If we under forecast demand, our ability to fulfill sales orders will be compromised and sales may be deferred or lost altogether as potential purchasers seek alternative solutions.

We are subject to risks associated with our distributors’ inventory management practices. Should any of our distributors fail to resell our products in the period of time they anticipate or overstock inventories to address anticipated supply interruptions that do not occur, our revenues and operating results would suffer in future periods.

Our distributors are required to purchase and maintain their own inventories of our products and have no right to return the products they have purchased. We do not receive information from the distributors regarding their inventory levels or their sales of our products. If our distributors are unable to sell an adequate amount of their inventories of our products, their financial condition may be adversely affected, which could result in a decline in our sales to these distributors. Distributors with whom we do business may face issues maintaining sufficient working capital and liquidity or obtaining credit, which could impair their ability to make timely payments to us. In addition, in the past we have experienced shortages of our products and our distributors have ordered quantities in excess of their anticipated near term demand to insulate themselves from supply interruptions. If, in the future, some distributors decide to purchase more of our products than are required to satisfy customer demand in any particular quarter, inventories at these distributors would grow. These distributors likely would reduce future orders until inventory levels realign with customer demand, which could adversely affect our revenues in a subsequent quarter.

We rely on a limited number of distributors, and the loss of existing, or a need to add new, distributors may cause disruptions in our shipments, which may materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We sell a substantial majority of our products through a limited number of distributors. In fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, two of our distributors each represented more than 10% of our revenues. We anticipate that we will continue to be dependent upon a limited number of distributors for a significant portion of our revenues for the foreseeable future. The portion of our revenues attributable to a given distributor may also fluctuate in the future. Termination of a relationship with a major distributor, either by us or by the distributor, could result in a temporary or permanent loss of revenues. We may not be successful in finding other suitable distributors on satisfactory terms, or at all, and this could adversely affect our ability to sell in certain geographic markets or to certain network operators and service providers.

 

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Our operating results will vary over time and such fluctuations could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Our quarterly operating results fluctuate significantly due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, and we expect them to continue to do so. Our revenues were $40.3 million, $34.1 million, $45.1 and $51.2 million and our net income was $9.3 million, $7.6 million, $11.0 million and $13.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2010, September 30, 2010, December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, respectively. Because revenues for any future period are not predictable with any significant degree of certainty, you should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance. If our revenues or operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts or below any estimates we may provide to the market, the price of our common shares would likely decline substantially. Factors that could cause our operating results and stock price to fluctuate include:

 

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varying demand for our products due to the financial and operating condition of our distributors and their customers, distributor inventory management practices and general economic conditions;

 

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inability of our contract manufacturers and suppliers to meet our demand;

 

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success and timing of new product introductions by us and the performance of our products generally;

 

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announcements by us or our competitors regarding products, promotions or other transactions;

 

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costs related to responding to government inquiries related to regulatory compliance;

 

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our ability to control and reduce product costs;

 

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expenses of our entry into new markets, such as enterprise WLAN, video surveillance, and SCADA;

 

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commencement of litigation or adverse results in litigation;

 

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changes in the manner in which we sell products;

 

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increased warranty costs;

 

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volatility in foreign exchange rates, changes in interest rates and/or the availability and cost of financing or other working capital to our distributors and their customers; and

 

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the impact of write downs of excess and obsolete inventory.

In addition, our business may be subject to seasonality; however, our recent growth rates and timing of product introductions may have masked seasonal changes in demand. Although we have not perceived seasonality to date, we may experience seasonality in the future.

The wireless networking markets in which we compete are highly competitive, and competitive pressures from existing and new products and solutions may have a material adverse effect on our business, revenues, growth rates and market share.

The wireless networking markets in which we compete are highly competitive and are influenced by competitive factors including:

 

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total cost of ownership and return on investment associated with the solutions;

 

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simplicity of deployment and use of the solutions;

 

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ability to rapidly develop high performance integrated solutions;

 

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reliability and scalability of the solutions;

 

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market awareness of a particular brand;

 

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ability to provide secure access to wireless networks;

 

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ability to offer a suite of wireless networking products and solutions;

 

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ability to allow centralized management of the solutions; and

 

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ability to provide quality product support.

We expect competition to intensify in the future as other established and new companies introduce new products in the same markets we serve or intend to enter and as these markets continue to consolidate. In particular, companies with successful, widely known brands may price their products aggressively to compete with ours. This competition could result in increased pricing pressure, reduced profit margins, increased sales and marketing expenses and failure to increase, or the loss of, market share, any of which would likely seriously harm our business, operating results or financial condition. If we do not keep pace with product and technology advances, there could be a material adverse effect on our competitive position, revenues and prospects for growth.

A number of our current or potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater brand recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources than we do. As we move into new markets for different types of equipment, our brand may not be as well known as incumbents in those markets. Potential customers may prefer to purchase from their existing suppliers rather than a new supplier, regardless of product performance or features. In the integrated radio market, our competitors include Alvarion Ltd., Motorola Inc. and Trango Systems, Inc. and, in the 900MHz product market, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Proxim Inc. In the embedded radio market, our competitors include Mikrotīkls Ltd. and Senao Networks, Inc. In the backhaul market, our competitors include Ceragon Networks, Inc., DragonWave Inc. and Mikrotīkls. In the CPE market, our competitors include Mikrotīkls, Ruckus Wireless, Inc. and TP-LINK Technologies CO., LTD. In the antenna market, we compete with Andrew Corporation, PCTEL, Inc. and Radio Waves, Inc. We expect increased competition from other established and emerging companies if our market continues to develop and expand. As we enter new markets, we expect to face competition from incumbent and new market participants.

In addition, some of our competitors have made acquisitions or entered into partnerships or other strategic relationships with one another to offer a more comprehensive solution than they had offered individually. We expect this consolidation to continue as companies attempt to strengthen or maintain their market positions in an evolving industry and as companies enter into partnerships or are acquired. Many of the companies driving this consolidation trend have significantly greater financial, technical and other resources than we do and are better positioned to acquire and offer complementary products and technologies. The competitors resulting from these possible consolidations may create more compelling product offerings and be able to offer greater pricing flexibility, making it more difficult for us to compete effectively, including on the basis of price, sales and marketing programs, technology or product functionality. Continued industry consolidation may adversely impact perceptions of the viability of smaller and even medium-sized technology companies and, consequently, willingness to purchase from such companies. These pressures could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

New entrants and the introduction of other distribution models in our markets may harm our competitive position.

The markets for development, distribution and sale of our products are rapidly evolving. New entrants seeking to gain market share by introducing new technology and new products may make it more difficult for us to sell our products, and could create increased pricing pressure, reduced profit margins, increased sales and marketing expenses or the loss of market share or expected market share, any of which may significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Historically, large, integrated telecommunications equipment suppliers controlled access to the wireless broadband infrastructure equipment and network management software that could be used to extend the geographic reach of wireless internet networks. However, in recent years, network operators and service providers have been able to purchase wireless broadband infrastructure equipment and purchase and implement network management applications from distributors, resellers and OEMs. Increased competition from providers of wireless broadband equipment may result in fewer vendors providing complementary equipment, which could

 

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harm our business and revenues. Broadband equipment providers or system integrators may also offer wireless broadband infrastructure equipment for free or as part of a bundled offering, which could force us to reduce our prices or change our selling model to remain competitive. If there is a major shift in the market such that network operators and service providers begin to use closed network solutions that only operate with other equipment from the same vendor, we could experience a significant decline in sales because our products would not be interoperable with these proprietary standards.

We are subject to numerous U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and a substantial majority of our sales are into countries outside of the United States. Although we did not intend to do so, we have violated certain of these laws in the past, and we cannot currently assess the nature and extent of any fines or other penalties, if any, that U.S. governmental agencies may impose against us or our employees for any such violations. Any fines, if materially different from our estimates, or other penalties, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

Sale of certain of our products into Iran, Cuba, Syria, the Sudan and North Korea is restricted or prohibited under U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws. In addition, certain of our products incorporate encryption components and may be exported from and outside the United States only with the required authorization or eligibility for a license exception. Until early 2010, we lacked sufficient familiarity with the export control and sanctions laws and their applicability to our products. Our lack of sufficient familiarity was largely due to our lean corporate infrastructure, the inexperience of our management team in these matters and the fact that our products are manufactured outside the United States and most of our products never enter the United States. In early 2010, as a result of diligence undertaken in connection with the Summit transaction, we learned that our products could not be sold, directly or indirectly, into Iran and other countries subject to a U.S. embargo and we learned that some of our products were listed on the Commerce Control List in the Export Administration Regulations, or EAR, and require authorization from the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security, or BIS, prior to export. We then began to evaluate the export controls and sanctions applicable to our product sales and to take steps to comply with these laws. For instance, we revised our standard form distribution agreements to clearly articulate the restrictions imposed by export control and sanctions laws governing business with embargoed countries, disabled downloads of our software by users in these countries, and obtained the required Commodity Classification Rulings for our encryption products as required by the EAR. In February 2011, our Audit Committee retained outside counsel to conduct a review of our export control compliance and possible sales of our products by third persons to embargoed countries. This review was conducted to fully respond to and cooperate with a request for information from BIS’s Office of Export Enforcement, or OEE, relating to two foreign companies and the export classification of our products and to ensure that we were in compliance with the export control and sanctions laws. The review was completed in April 2011 and we took the actions described below as a result of our review.

Transactions Involving Possible Sales of Products into Iran

Although we do not believe that we directly sold, exported or shipped our products into Iran or any other country subject to a U.S. embargo, we believe our products have been sold into Iran by third parties. However, until early 2010, we did not prohibit our distributors from selling our products into Iran or any other country subject to a U.S. embargo.

From 2008 to early 2010, we had a distribution arrangement with a distributor, or Distributor 1, in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, that gave this distributor exclusive jurisdiction over eleven countries in the Middle East, including Iran, as well as authorization to sell worldwide. Sales to Distributor 1 represented 5%, 7%, 6% and 6% of our revenues in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2009, fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. We cannot determine which of our products Distributor 1 sold directly or indirectly to persons in Iran. At some point prior to February 2010, Distributor 1 requested that we list two resellers on our website as authorized resellers of our products in Iran and we did so. We removed these resellers from our website in late February 2010 upon learning of restrictions under the U.S. embargo.

 

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In early 2010, we began implementing policies prohibiting sales of our products into the countries subject to the U.S. embargo, revised our standard form distribution agreements to clearly articulate this policy and disabled downloads of our software by users in these countries. We also entered into a new distribution agreement with Distributor 1 that excluded Iran as one of its territories and contained explicit covenants that Distributor 1 would comply with U.S. export control and economic sanction laws, including a covenant not to sell our products into Iran.

From March 2010 until February 2011, we continued doing business with Distributor 1 under the amended distribution agreement. However, we now believe that Distributor 1 continued to sell our products into Iran after February 2010 and that we overlooked emails from Distributor 1 that included information about Distributor 1’s possible activities related to shipping our products to Iran. In February 2011, we suspended sales of our products to Distributor 1 due to the information learned during our export control review that indicated Distributor 1 may still be selling products into Iran. Also, during the export review we recently conducted, we learned that from December 2009 through February 2011, another distributor, Distributor 2, was selling our products to a company in Iran. At the time of these transactions, we did not have a distribution agreement with Distributor 2 and we had not specifically instructed Distributor 2 that our products could not be sold into Iran. Distributor 2, a distributor in Europe, received orders from an Iranian entity, placed those orders with us and instructed us to ship the products to a third party in the UAE. As such, we believed the products’ final destination was the UAE. Our records indicate that we may have made up to 13 shipments to Distributor 2 involving an aggregate value of approximately $340,000 that may have been resold into Iran during this time. Prior to February 2011, we had not previously notified Distributor 2 of our prohibition against sales of our products into Iran. In March 2011, upon learning that it was receiving orders from a company in Iran, we notified Distributor 2 that the end customer was in Iran and of our prohibition on sales to Iran and also entered into a distribution agreement with Distributor 2. The agreement contains clear language requiring compliance with the export control and economic sanctions laws. We continue to sell products to Distributor 2, as we believe this issue has been resolved and these sales did not represent a material portion of Distributor 2’s business with us.

Export Classification of Our Products

Following the Summit transaction, we began to research whether our products were subject to U.S. export controls and we hired outside counsel to assist us with this analysis. We learned that a number of our products, although they are foreign produced and do not enter into the United States, may be considered encryption items under the EAR and required an encryption review by BIS. In May 2010, we filed encryption reviews with BIS for our products, and we obtained the required Commodity Classification Rulings for our products between June 2010 and November 2010. We shipped our products prior to receiving these rulings and these shipments appear to have violated the EAR. In addition, we used incorrect export authorizations on our shipping documents even after we received the required Commodity Classification Rulings.

Accordingly, prior to May 2010, we did not fully comply with applicable encryption controls in the EAR, despite having made foreign sales of such items, and continued to use incorrect export authorizations on shipping documents until February 2011, as we did not fully understand the scope of the requirements. In addition, throughout this period, we lacked an effective compliance program with respect to these laws. We have implemented a significant number of policies and procedures and continue to implement further policies and procedures that will help us to comply with these laws.

Inquiry from U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Export Enforcement

In January 2011, OEE contacted us to request that we provide information related to our relationship with a logistics company in the UAE and with a company in Iran, as well as information on the export classification of our products, neither of which are Distributor 1 or Distributor 2. As a result of this inquiry we, assisted by outside counsel, conducted a review of our export transactions from 2008 through March 2011 to not only gather information responsive to OEE’s request but also to review our overall compliance with export control and sanctions laws. It was in the course of this review that we identified the Iranian sales of Distributor 1 after

 

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February 2010 and the Iranian sales of Distributor 2. Our review also found that while we had obtained required Commodity Classification Rulings for our products in June 2010 and November 2010, we did not advise our shipping personnel to change the export authorizations used on our shipping documents until February 2011. During the course of our export control review, we also determined that we had failed to maintain adequate records for the five year period required by the EAR and the sanctions regulations due to our lack of infrastructure and because it was prior to our transition to our system of record, NetSuite.

In May 2011, we filed a self-disclosure with BIS and in June 2011, we filed one with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, regarding the compliance issues noted above. The disclosures address the above described findings and the remedial actions we have taken to date. However, the findings also indicate that both Distributor 1 or Distributor 2 continued to sell, directly or indirectly, our products into Iran during the period from February 2010 through March 2011 and that we received various email communications from them indicating that they were continuing to do so.

Since January 2011, we have cooperated with OEE and, prior to our disclosure filing, we informally shared with the OEE the substance of our findings with respect to Distributor 1 and Distributor 2. We are still in the early stages of working with OFAC and OEE on these issues and their review of these matters is just beginning. Although we have provided OEE and OFAC with an explanation of the activities that led to the sales of our products in Iran and the failure to comply with the EAR and OFAC sanctions, OFAC and OEE may conclude that our actions resulted in violations of U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and warrant the imposition of penalties that could include fines, termination of our ability to export our products, and/or referral for criminal prosecution. Any such fines may be material to our financial results in the period in which they are imposed. The penalties may be imposed against us and/or our management. While we do not think it likely, OEE could place our products under a temporary denial order, which would prevent us from exporting our products at all. If this were to occur, it would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition because sales outside the United States represent the substantial majority of our revenues. The maximum civil monetary penalty for the violations is up to $250,000 or twice the value of the transaction, whichever is greater, per violation. Also, disclosure of our conduct and any fines or other action relating to this conduct could harm our reputation and indirectly have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. We cannot predict when OEE or OFAC will complete their reviews or decide upon the imposition of possible penalties.

While we have now taken actions to ensure that export classification information is distributed to the appropriate personnel in a timely manner and have adopted policies to promote our compliance with these laws and regulations, we have not yet obtained written distribution agreements with all our distributors that contain covenants requiring compliance with U.S. export control and economic sanctions law; we have obtained them from distributors that account for about 80% of our revenue in fiscal 2010. Our failure to amend all our distribution agreements and to implement more robust compliance controls immediately after the discovery of Iran-related sales activity in early 2010 may be aggravating factors that could impact the imposition of penalties imposed on us or our management.

Based on the facts known to us to date, we recorded an expense of $1.6 million for this export compliance matter in fiscal 2010, which represents management’s estimated exposure for fines in accordance with applicable accounting literature. Should additional facts be discovered in the future and/or should actual fines or other penalties substantially differ from our estimates, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially negatively impacted.

 

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We may also be subject to export control and economic sanctions laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States and a substantial majority of our sales are into countries outside of the United States. If we fail to comply with those foreign export control and economic sanctions laws, we may be unable to sell our products and our business and financial results would be materially and adversely affected.

In addition to U.S. export regulations, various other countries regulate the import of certain encryption technology and products, and these laws could limit our ability to distribute our products or our customers’ ability to implement our products in those countries. Changes in our products or changes in export and import regulations may create delays in the introduction of our products in other countries, prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our products or, in some cases, prevent the transfer of our products to certain countries altogether. Any change in export or import regulations or related legislation, shift in approach to the enforcement or scope of existing regulations, or change in the countries, persons or technologies targeted by such regulations, could negatively impact our ability to sell our products to existing customers or the ability of our current and potential distributors, network operators and service providers outside the United States.

We may not be able to enhance our products to keep pace with technological and market developments, or develop new products in a timely manner or at competitive prices.

The market for our wireless broadband networking equipment is emerging and is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions and short product life cycles. Our future success in keeping pace with technological developments, satisfying increasing network operator and service provider requirements and achieving product acceptance depends upon our ability to enhance our current products and to continue to develop and introduce new product offerings and enhanced performance features and functionality on a timely basis at competitive prices. Our inability, for technological or other reasons, to enhance, develop, introduce or deliver compelling products in a timely manner, or at all, in response to changing market conditions, technologies or network operator and service provider expectations could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. Our ability to compete successfully will depend in large measure on our ability to maintain a technically skilled development and engineering staff and to adapt to technological changes and advances in the industry, including providing for the continued compatibility of our products with evolving industry standards and protocols and competitive network management environments.

Development and delivery schedules for our products are difficult to predict. We may fail to introduce new versions of our products in a timely fashion. If new releases of our products are delayed, our distributors may curtail their efforts to market and promote our products and network operators and service providers may switch to competing products, any of which would result in a delay or loss of revenues and could harm our business. In addition, we cannot assure you that the technologies and related products that we develop will be brought to market by us as quickly as anticipated or that they will achieve broad acceptance among network operators and service providers.

We rely on the Ubiquiti Community to generate awareness of, and demand for, our products. If participation in the Ubiquiti Community decreases materially, or if negative information, justified or otherwise, spreads quickly through the community, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

We believe a significant portion of our rapid growth to date has been driven by the diverse and actively engaged Ubiquiti Community and our business model is predicated on the assumption that the Ubiquiti Community will continue to be actively engaged. Given our lack of a direct sales force and limited marketing expenditures, the viral marketing model enabled by the Ubiquiti Community is central to the success of our business but is ultimately outside of our control. In light of the rapid spread of information within the Ubiquiti Community and the material influence such community has over product adoption by network operators and service providers, any negative information about us or our products, whether or not justified, could quickly and materially decrease demand for our products and be difficult for us to overcome. If the members of the Ubiquiti Community were to reject our products and solutions or adopt competitors’ products on a broad basis, our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

 

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Our business and prospects depend on the strength of our brand. Failure to maintain and enhance our brand would harm our ability to expand our base of distributors and the number of network operators and service providers who purchase our products.

Maintaining and enhancing the Ubiquiti brand is critical to expanding our base of distributors and the number of network operators and service providers who purchase our products. Maintaining and enhancing our brand will depend largely on our ability to continue to develop and provide products and solutions that address the price-performance characteristics sought by network operators and service providers in underserved and underpenetrated markets, which we may not do successfully. If we fail to promote and maintain our brand successfully, our ability to sustain and expand our business and enter new markets will suffer. Furthermore, if we fail to replicate the Ubiquiti Community in other markets that we seek to enter, the strength of our brand in and beyond those markets could be adversely affected. Our brand may be impaired by a number of other factors, including product malfunctions and exploitation of our trademarks by others without permission. Despite our efforts to protect our trademarks, we have been unsuccessful to date in obtaining a trademark registration from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the name of our company, Ubiquiti Networks, and as a result, we only have common law trademark rights in the United States in our name. Any inability to effectively police our trademark rights against unauthorized uses by third parties could adversely impact the value of our trademarks and our brand recognition. If we fail to maintain and enhance the Ubiquiti brand, or if we need to incur unanticipated expenses to establish and maintain our brand, our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially adversely affected.

We rely on the Ubiquiti Community to provide network operators and service providers with support to install, operate and maintain our products. Any inaccurate information regarding our products that is spread by the Ubiquiti Community could lead to a poor user experience or dissatisfaction with our products.

As we offer limited technical support for our products, we rely on the Ubiquiti Community to provide assistance and, in many cases documentation, to network operators and service providers for the installation, operation and maintenance of our products. Because we do not generate or control the information provided through the Ubiquiti Community, inaccurate information regarding the installation, operation and maintenance of our products could be promulgated through forum postings by members of the Ubiquiti Community. Inaccurate information could lead to a poor customer experience or dissatisfaction with our products, which could negatively impact our reputation and disrupt our sales. Although we moderate and review forum postings to learn of reported problems and assess the accuracy of advice provided by the Ubiquiti Community, as our operations continue to grow, we may not have adequate time or resources to adequately monitor the quality of Ubiquiti Community information.

Our profitability may decline as we expand into new product areas.

We receive a substantial majority of our revenues from the sale of outdoor wireless networking equipment. We have limited experience in selling our products outside of our distribution model. As we expand into new product areas, such as enterprise WLAN or video surveillance equipment, we may not be able to compete effectively with existing market participants and may not be able to realize a positive return on the investment we have made in these products or services. Entering these markets may result in increased product development costs and our new products may have extended time to market relative to our current products. If our introduction of a new product is not successful or we are not able to achieve the revenues or margins we expect, our operating results may be harmed and we may not recover our product development and marketing expenditures. We may also be required to add a direct sales force and customer support personnel to market and support new or existing products. Adding a direct sales force or customer support personnel could reduce our operating income and may not be successful.

 

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We rely on the Ubiquiti Community to provide our engineers with valuable feedback central to our research and development processes and if the members of the Ubiquiti Community were to stop providing feedback, our internal research and development costs could increase.

We rely on the Ubiquiti Community to provide rapid and substantive feedback on the functionality and effectiveness of our products. The insights, problems and suggestions raised by the Ubiquiti Community enable our engineers to quickly resolve issues with our existing products and improve functionality in subsequent product releases. For example, we developed AirSync in response to collocation interference issues that were described in forum postings by members of the Ubiquiti Community. If the members of the Ubiquiti Community were to become less engaged or otherwise stopped providing valuable, timely feedback, our internal research and development costs and our time to market would increase and our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially adversely affected.

We rely on a limited number of contract manufacturers to produce, test and ship all of our products, and the failure to manage our relationships with these parties successfully could adversely affect our ability to market and sell our products.

We retain contract manufacturers, which are primarily located in China, to manufacture, control quality of and ship our products. We currently do not have long-term supply contracts with any of these contract manufacturers. Any significant change in our relationship with these manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. We make substantially all of our purchases from our contract manufacturers on a purchase order basis. Our contract manufacturers are not required to manufacture our products for any specific period or in any specific quantity. We expect that it would take approximately three to six months to transition manufacturing, quality assurance and shipping services to new providers. Relying on contract manufacturers for manufacturing, quality assurance and shipping also presents significant risks to us, including the inability of our contract manufacturers to:

 

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qualify appropriate component suppliers;

 

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manage capacity during periods of high demand;

 

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safeguard consigned materials;

 

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meet delivery schedules;

 

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assure the quality of our products;

 

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ensure adequate supplies of materials;

 

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protect our intellectual property; and

 

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deliver finished products at agreed upon prices.

The ability and willingness of our contract manufacturers to perform is largely outside our control. For example, during mid-2009, the technology market was rebounding from the sharp economic contraction that was experienced in 2008. Many suppliers and contract manufacturers were unprepared for the speed of the rebound. This led to significant component shortages and capacity constraints at contract manufacturers. During this time, our contract manufacturers claimed difficulty in procuring components and extended our order lead times significantly, which forced us to extend the lead time for our distributors.

From time to time, we may change contract manufacturers, which may disrupt our ability to obtain our products in a timely manner. We believe that our orders may not represent a material portion of our contract manufacturers’ total orders and, as a result, fulfilling our orders may not be a priority in the event our contract manufacturers are constrained in their abilities or resources to fulfill all of their customer obligations in a timely manner. If any of our contract manufacturers suffers an interruption in its business, experiences delays, disruptions or quality control problems in its manufacturing operations or we have to change or add additional contract manufacturers, our ability to ship products to our customers would be delayed and our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

 

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We and our contract manufacturers purchase some components, subassemblies and products from a limited number of suppliers. The loss of any of these suppliers may substantially disrupt our ability to obtain orders and fulfill sales as we design in and qualify new components.

We rely on third party components and technology to build and operate our products, and we rely on our contract manufacturers to obtain the components, subassemblies and products necessary for the manufacture of our products. Shortages in components that we use in our products are possible, and our ability to predict the availability of such components is limited. In addition, we do not know what, if any, the impact will be of the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan on our and our contract manufacturers ability to obtain raw materials and components used in the manufacture of our products. If shortages occur in the future, as they have in the past, our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially adversely affected. Unpredictable price increases of such components due to market demand may occur. While components and supplies are generally available from a variety of sources, we and our contract manufacturers currently depend on a single or limited number of suppliers for several components for our products. If our suppliers of these components or technology were to enter into exclusive relationships with other providers of wireless networking equipment or were to discontinue providing such components and technology to us and we were unable to replace them cost effectively, or at all, our ability to provide our products would be impaired. We and our contract manufacturers generally rely on purchase orders rather than long-term contracts with these suppliers. As a result, even if available, we and our contract manufacturers may not be able to secure sufficient components at reasonable prices or of acceptable quality to build our products in a timely manner. Therefore, we may be unable to meet customer demand for our products, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Substantially all of our products currently include chipsets from Atheros Communications Inc., or Atheros. Our license agreement with Atheros may be terminated for convenience at the end of the annual contract term which is September 1, 2011. The termination of our license agreement with Atheros could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. To the extent we are unable to secure an adequate supply of chipsets from Atheros, we would be required to redesign our products to incorporate components from alternative sources, a process which would cause significant delays and would adversely impact our revenues. In addition, Qualcomm Incorporated, or Qualcomm, recently acquired Atheros. We do not know what, if any, the impact will be of the acquisition on our relationship with Atheros. For example, given our relatively small size, the acquisition could affect our ability to acquire chipsets suited for our applications. We do not stockpile sufficient chipsets to cover the time it would take to re-engineer our products to replace the Atheros chipsets. Furthermore, if we sought a suitable second source for Atheros chipsets in our products, there can be no assurances that we would be able to successfully second source our chipsets on suitable terms, if at all. In any event, our use of chipsets from multiple sources may require us to significantly modify our product designs to accommodate these different chipsets.

Our reliance on third party components and technology means that we may not be able to introduce new products that include certain advanced features and functionality without obtaining technology licenses from third parties. For example, we currently rely upon a license from Atheros, whose chipsets are incorporated in substantially all of our products. This process is critical to our ability to manufacture our products. Obtaining these licenses may be costly and may delay the introduction of such features and functionality, and these licenses may not be available on commercially favorable terms, or at all. The inability to offer advanced features or functionality, or a delay in our introduction of new products, may adversely affect demand for our products and consequently, materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We base our inventory builds on our forecasts of future sales. If these forecasts are materially inaccurate, we may overbuild inventory which we may be unable to sell in a timely manner or at all, or we may underbuild inventory, which may impair our customer relationships.

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may under or over build inventory. We may over or under forecast the distributors’ actual demand for our products or the mix of products and the components associated with the building of our products. We have experienced volatility in orders with limited advanced notice, and we expect such volatility to occur in the future. If we are unable to meet any increases in demand, our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially adversely affected and our reputation with our customers may be damaged. Conversely, if we over forecast demand, we may build excess inventory which could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We have limited experience and personnel to manage our supply chain and our contract manufacturers, which may result in a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

We rely on our contract manufacturers to produce, test and ship all of our products. We also rely on our contract manufacturers to obtain the components, subassemblies and products necessary for the manufacture of our products. We have limited experience and personnel to manage our relationships with our contract manufacturers and our supply chain. Inaccurately forecasting our demand for key components, including the Atheros chipsets, could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Any failure by us to effectively and proactively manage these relationships and activities could result in material adverse effects on our business, operating results and financial condition. If we were required or choose to transition some of our supply chain activities from our contract manufacturers to within our organization, we would be required to hire more experienced personnel and develop more supply chain policies and procedures. This transition could be lengthy and could cause significant delays in the production, testing and shipment of our products, any of which may result in material adverse effects on our business, operating results and financial condition. We cannot assure you that we would ever be able to effectively complete any such transition.

If our contract manufacturers do not respect our intellectual property and trade secrets, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

Because our contract manufacturers operate in China, where prosecution of intellectual property infringement and trade secret theft is more difficult than in the United States, certain of our contract manufacturers, their affiliates, their other customers or their suppliers may attempt to use our intellectual property and trade secrets to manufacture our products for themselves or others without our knowledge. Although we attempt to enter into agreements with our contract manufacturers to preclude them from using our intellectual property and trade secrets, we may be unsuccessful in monitoring and enforcing our intellectual property rights in China. We have in the past found and expect in the future to find counterfeit goods in the market being sold as Ubiquiti products. Although we take steps to stop counterfeits, we may not be successful and network operators and service providers who purchase these counterfeit goods may have a bad experience and our brand may be harmed. If such an impermissible use of our intellectual property or trade secrets were to occur, our ability to sell our products at competitive prices and to be the sole provider of our products may be adversely affected and our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

If we lose the services of our founder and chief executive officer, Robert J. Pera, other key members of our management team or key research and development employees, our business, operating results and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

Our success and future growth depend on the skills, working relationships and continued services of our management team and in particular, our founder and chief executive officer, Robert J. Pera. Our future performance will also depend on our ability to continue to retain our other senior management. We do not maintain key person insurance for any of our personnel, except for a small policy with respect to Mr. Pera.

Our business model relies in part on leanly staffed, independent and efficient research and development teams. Our research and development personnel tend to be key contributors for a given product line and there is little overlap in knowledge and responsibilities. In the event that we are unable to retain the services of these key contributors, we may be unable to bring our products to market in a timely manner, if at all, due to disruption in our development activities.

 

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Our future success will also depend on our ability to attract, retain and motivate skilled personnel in the United States and internationally. All of our employees work for us on an at will basis. Competition for personnel is intense in the wireless networking equipment industry, and particularly, for persons with specialized experience in areas such as antenna design and RF equipment. As a result, we may be unable to attract or retain qualified personnel. Our inability to attract and retain the necessary personnel could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our operating expenses will increase as we make further expenditures to enhance and expand our operations in order to support additional growth in our business and public company reporting and compliance obligations.

Historically, we limited our investment in infrastructure but in the future, we expect our infrastructure investments to increase substantially to support our anticipated growth and as a result of our becoming a public company. We are making significant investments in information systems, hiring more administrative personnel, using more professional services and expanding our operations outside the United States. We intend to make additional investments in systems and personnel and continue to expand our operations to support anticipated growth in our business. In addition, we may determine the need in the future to build a direct sales force to market and sell our products or provide additional resources or cooperative funds to our distributors. Such changes to our existing sales model would likely result in higher selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of our revenues. We expect our increased investments to adversely affect operating income. We also expect to incur additional operating costs as a public reporting company following the completion of this offering. As a result of these factors, we expect our operating expenses to increase.

We have experienced rapid growth in recent periods. If we fail to manage our growth effectively and develop and implement appropriate control systems, our business and financial performance may suffer.

We have substantially expanded our overall business, number of distributors, headcount and operations in recent periods. We increased our number of full time equivalent employees from 22 as of June 30, 2008 to 84 as of March 31, 2011. During this same period, we made investments in our information systems and significantly expanded our operations outside the United States, including an expansion of our research and development activities in Lithuania and Taiwan. Our expansion has placed, and our expected future growth will continue to place, a significant strain on our managerial, administrative, operational, financial and other resources. Our business model reflects our decision to operate with minimal infrastructure and low support and administrative headcount, so risks related to managing our growth are particularly salient and we may not have sufficient internal resources to adapt or respond to unexpected challenges. As a result of our rapid growth, we have become subject to a variety of regulatory and other requirements and our development of infrastructure designed to identify and monitor our compliance with these regulatory and other compliance obligations is at an early stage. Although we have put certain policies and procedures in place following the hiring of our chief financial officer in May 2010, these policies remain nascent and we have limited staff responsible for their implementation and enforcement. If we are unable to manage our growth successfully, or if our control systems do not operate effectively, our business and operating results will suffer.

We do not expect our historical growth rates to continue into the future.

From fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2010, we experienced a CAGR of our revenues of over 187%. We do not expect to sustain this growth rate in the future. Our growth rate to date has reflected our acquisition of market share in a new market that was rapidly expanding, our introduction of products complementary to our initial offerings and our product pricing strategy designed to accelerate overall market penetration. Given our leadership role in, and the increasing maturity of, the global wireless broadband market, we expect that our revenue growth will slow in the future as it tracks more closely, and is constrained by, the growth rates of the overall market. Although we intend to employ a strategy consistent with our approach to wireless broadband networking as we seek to enter adjacent markets, such as enterprise WLAN, video surveillance, and SCADA, we cannot assure you that we will

 

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be successful in penetrating these markets in a manner that achieves rapid revenue growth, or at all. If we are unable to maintain adequate revenue growth, we may not have sufficient resources to execute our business objectives and our share price may decline.

A large percentage of our research and development operations are conducted in Illinois, Lithuania and Taiwan and our ability to introduce new products and support our existing products cost effectively depends on our ability to manage these disparate development sites successfully.

Our success depends on our ability to enhance current products and develop new products rapidly and cost effectively. We currently have a number of our research and development personnel in Illinois, Lithuania and Taiwan. We must successfully allocate product development activities across the various development centers and manage them in such a manner as to meet our time to market windows while maintaining product consistency and quality. We could incur unexpected costs or delays in product development at these remote facilities that could impair our ability to meet market windows or cause us to forego certain new product opportunities.

We rely on third parties for financial and operational services essential to our ability to manage our business. A failure or disruption in these services would materially and adversely affect our ability to manage our business effectively.

We currently use NetSuite to conduct our order management and financial processes. The availability of this service is essential to the management of our business. As we expand our operations, we expect to utilize additional systems and service providers that may also be essential to managing our business. Although the systems and services that we require are typically available from a number of providers, it is time consuming and costly to qualify and implement these relationships. Therefore, our ability to manage our business would suffer if one or more of our providers suffer an interruption in their business, or experience delays, disruptions or quality control problems in their operations, or we have to change or add additional systems and services. We may not be able to control the quality of the systems and services we receive from third party service providers, which could impair our ability to implement appropriate internal controls over financial reporting and may impact our business, operating results and financial condition.

Failure to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and similar laws associated with our activities outside the United States could subject us to penalties and other adverse consequences.

As a substantial majority of our revenues is and will be from jurisdictions outside of the United States, we face significant risks if we fail to comply with the FCPA and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payment to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by us and other business entities for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. In many foreign countries, particularly in countries with developing economies, which represent our principal markets, it may be a local custom that businesses operating in such countries engage in business practices that are prohibited by the FCPA or other laws and regulations. Although we have implemented limited policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the FCPA and similar laws, there can be no assurance that all of our employees, and agents, as well as those companies to which we outsource certain of our business operations, will not take actions in violation of our policies, for which we may be ultimately held responsible. As a result of our rapid growth, our development of infrastructure designed to identify FCPA matters and monitor compliance is at an early stage. Any violation of FCPA and related policies could result in severe criminal or civil sanctions and suspension or debarment from U.S. government contracting, which could have a material and adverse effect on our reputation, business, operating results and financial condition.

Our products rely on the availability of unlicensed RF spectrum and if such spectrum were to become unavailable through overuse or licensing, the performance of our products could suffer and our revenues from their sales could decrease.

Our products operate in unlicensed RF spectrum, which is used by a wide range of consumer devices such as cordless phones, baby monitors, and microwave ovens, and is becoming increasingly crowded. If such spectrum

 

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usage continues to increase through the proliferation of consumer electronics and products competitive with ours, the resultant higher levels of clutter and interference in the bands of operation our products use could decrease the effectiveness of our products, which could adversely affect our ability to sell our products and our business could be further harmed if currently unlicensed RF spectrum becomes licensed in the United States or elsewhere. Network operators and service providers that use our products may be unable to obtain licenses for RF spectrum at reasonable prices or at all. Even if the unlicensed spectrum remains unlicensed, existing and new government regulations may require we make changes in our products. For example, to provide products for network operators and service providers who utilize unlicensed RF spectrum, we may be required to limit their ability to use our products in licensed RF spectrum. The operation of our products by network operators or service providers in the United States or elsewhere in a manner not in compliance with local law could result in fines, operational disruption, or harm to our reputation.

The complexity of our products could result in unforeseen delays or expenses caused by undetected defects or bugs, which could reduce the market acceptance of our new products, damage our reputation with current or prospective customers and adversely affect our operating costs.

Our products may contain defects and bugs when they are first introduced or as new versions are released. We have focused, and intend to focus in the future, on getting our new products to market quickly. Due to our rapid product introductions, defects and bugs that may be contained in our products may not yet have manifested. We have in the past experienced, and may in the future experience, defects and bugs. If any of our products contains material defects or bugs, or has reliability, quality or compatibility problems, we may not be able to successfully correct these problems. Consequently, our reputation may be damaged and network operators or service providers may be reluctant to buy our products, which could materially and adversely affect our ability to retain existing network operators or service providers and attract new network operators or service providers. In addition, these defects or bugs could interrupt or delay sales to our distributors. If any of these problems is not found until after we have commenced commercial production and distribution of a new product, we may be required to incur additional development costs and product recall, repair or replacement costs. These problems may also result in claims against us by our network operators, service providers or others. As a result, our operating costs could be adversely affected.

We may become subject to warranty claims, product liability and product recalls.

From time to time, we may become subject to warranty or product liability claims that may require us to make significant expenditures to defend these claims or pay damage awards. In the event of a warranty claim, we may also incur costs if we compensate the affected network operator or service provider. We also may incur costs and expenses relating to a recall of one or more of our products. The process of identifying recalled products that have been widely distributed may be lengthy and require significant resources and we may incur significant replacement costs, contract damage claims from our network operators or service providers and harm to our reputation. Costs or payments made in connection with warranty and product liability claims and product recalls could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We operate in an industry with extensive intellectual property litigation. Claims of infringement against us or our suppliers may cause our business, operating results and financial condition to suffer.

Our commercial success depends in part upon us and our component suppliers not infringing intellectual property rights owned by others and being able to resolve claims of intellectual property infringement without major financial expenditures. We operate in an industry with extensive intellectual property litigation and it is not uncommon for suppliers of certain components of our products, such as chipsets, to be involved in infringement lawsuits by or against third parties. Many industry participants that own, or claim to own, intellectual property aggressively assert their rights, and our key component suppliers are often targets of such assertions. In addition, the network operators and service providers, whom we agree in certain circumstances to indemnify for intellectual property infringement claims related to our products, may be targets of such assertions. We cannot

 

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determine with certainty whether any existing or future third party intellectual property rights would require us to alter our technologies, obtain licenses or cease certain activities.

We have received, and may in the future receive, claims from third parties asserting intellectual property infringement and other related claims. Future litigation may be necessary to defend ourselves and demand indemnification from our suppliers, if appropriate, by determining the scope, enforceability and validity of third party proprietary rights or to establish our own proprietary rights. Some of our competitors may have substantially greater resources than we do and may be able to sustain the costs of complex intellectual property litigation to a greater degree and for longer periods of time than we could. In addition, patent holding companies that focus solely on extracting royalties and settlements by enforcing patent rights may target our component suppliers, us or our network operators and service providers. These companies typically have little or no product revenues and therefore our patents may provide little or no deterrence against such companies filing patent infringement lawsuits against us or our network operators and service providers. For example, we have received correspondence from two patent holding companies who assert that we infringe certain patents related to wireless communication technologies. We have reviewed the patents which were specifically referenced in the correspondence and believe that these patents are either invalid or not infringed by us. However, we cannot assure you that a court adjudicating a claim that we infringe these patents would rule in our favor should these patent holding companies file suit against us. We believe that in the event of a claim we may be entitled to seek indemnification from our suppliers. However, we cannot provide any assurances that if we seek such indemnification, we will receive it.

Regardless of whether claims that we are infringing patents, trademarks or other intellectual property rights have any merit, these claims can be time consuming and costly to evaluate and defend and could:

 

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adversely affect our relationships with our current or future network operators and service providers or suppliers;

 

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cause delays or stoppages in the shipment of our products, or cause us to modify or redesign our products;

 

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cause us to incur significant expenses in defending claims brought against us, for which we may not be able to obtain indemnification, if applicable, from our suppliers;

 

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divert management’s attention and resources;

 

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subject us to significant damages or settlements;

 

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require us to enter into settlements, royalty or licensing agreements on unfavorable terms; or

 

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require us to cease certain activities.

Moreover, even if some of our contract manufacturers are obligated to indemnify us, these contract manufacturers may contest their obligations to indemnify us, or their available assets or indemnity obligation may not be sufficient to cover our losses.

In addition to liability for monetary damages against us or, in certain circumstances, our network operators and service providers, we may be prohibited from developing, commercializing or continuing to provide certain of our products unless we obtain licenses from the holders of the patents or other intellectual property rights. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain any such licenses on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we do not obtain such licenses, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected and we could, for example, be required to cease offering our products or be required to materially alter our products, which could involve substantial costs and time to develop.

For information regarding our trademarks, see the risk factor titled “Our business and prospects depend on the strength of our brand. Failure to maintain and enhance our brand would harm our ability to expand our base of distributors and the number of network operators and service providers who purchase our products,” beginning on page 17.

 

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Our distributors, network operators and service providers may expect us to indemnify them for intellectual property infringement claims, damages caused by defective products and other losses.

Our distributors, network operators and service providers may expect us to indemnify them for losses suffered or incurred in connection with our products, including as a result of intellectual property infringement, damages caused by defects and damages caused by viruses, worms and other malicious software, although our agreements with them may not, in all cases, require us to provide this indemnification. In order to satisfy these parties’ demands for indemnification and the maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make may be substantial or unlimited and could materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

We may in the future agree to defend and indemnify our distributors, network operators and service providers, irrespective of whether we believe that we have an obligation to indemnify them or whether we believe that our services and products infringe the asserted intellectual property rights. Alternatively, we may reject certain of these indemnity demands, which may lead to disputes with a distributor, network operator or service provider and may negatively impact our relationships with the party demanding indemnification or result in litigation against us. Our distributors, network operators and service providers may also claim that any rejection of their indemnity demands constitutes a material breach of our agreements with them, allowing them to terminate such agreements. If, as a result of indemnity demands, substantial payments are required, our relationships with our distributors, network operators and service providers are negatively impacted or if any of our material agreements is terminated, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

If we fail to protect our intellectual property rights adequately, our ability to compete effectively or to defend ourselves from litigation could be impaired, which could reduce our revenues and increase our costs.

We rely primarily on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements and other methods, to protect our proprietary technologies and know-how. As of March 31, 2011, we had eight patents pending in several countries, including the United States, and no issued patents. The prospective rights sought in our pending patent applications may not be meaningful or provide us with any commercial advantage and they could be opposed, contested, circumvented or designed around by our competitors or be declared invalid or unenforceable in judicial or administrative proceedings. Any failure of our patents to adequately protect our technology might make it easier for our competitors to offer similar products or technologies. In addition, patents may not issue from any of our current or future applications. Patent protection outside the United States is generally not as comprehensive as in the United States and may not protect our intellectual property in some countries where our products are sold or may be sold in the future. Even if patents are granted outside the United States, effective enforcement in those countries may not be available. For example, the legal regime relating to intellectual property rights in China is limited and it is often difficult to protect and enforce such rights. Accordingly, we may not be able to effectively protect and enforce our intellectual property rights in China, where a substantial majority of our products are manufactured. Many companies have encountered substantial intellectual property infringement in countries where we sell or intend to sell products or have our products manufactured.

Monitoring unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly. Unauthorized use of our intellectual property has occurred in the past and may occur in the future without our knowledge. The steps we have taken may not prevent unauthorized use of our intellectual property. Further, we may not be able to detect unauthorized use of, or take appropriate steps to enforce our intellectual property rights. Our competitors may also independently develop similar technology. Our failure to effectively protect our intellectual property could reduce the value of our technology in licensing arrangements or in cross-licensing negotiations, and could impair our ability to compete. Any failure by us to meaningfully protect our intellectual property could result in competitors offering products that incorporate our most technologically advanced features, which could seriously reduce demand for our products. We may in the future need to initiate infringement claims or litigation.

 

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Litigation, whether we are a plaintiff or a defendant, can be expensive and time-consuming and may divert the efforts of our technical staff and managerial personnel, which could result in lower revenues and higher expenses, whether or not such litigation results in a determination favorable to us.

Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of our trade secrets and other proprietary information.

We have devoted substantial resources to the development of our proprietary technology and trade secrets. In order to protect our proprietary technology and trade secrets, we rely in part on confidentiality agreements with our employees, licensees, independent contractors and other advisors. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of our trade secrets and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of our trade secrets. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information, and in such cases we could not assert any trade secret rights against such parties. Costly and time consuming litigation could be necessary to determine and enforce the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.

Although we primarily rely on confidentiality agreements to protect our trade secrets, we have failed to obtain such agreements from certain of our former employees due to administrative oversights, including those who participated in the development of certain of our products. Our employment policies require these former employees to continue to protect our trade secrets and to assign to us any intellectual property related to their activities on our behalf. However, we may have difficulty enforcing these rights, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

We use open source software in our products that may subject our firmware to general release or require us to re-engineer our products and the firmware contained therein, which may cause harm to our business.

We use open source software in our products, including in connection with our proprietary software, and may use more open source software in the future. From time to time, there have been claims challenging the ownership of open source software against companies that incorporate open source software into their products. As a result, we could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software. Some open source licenses contain requirements that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon the open source software and that we license such modifications or derivative works under the terms of a particular open source license or other license granting third parties certain rights of further use. If we combine our proprietary firmware or other software with open source software in a certain manner, we could, under certain of the open source licenses, be required to release our proprietary source code publicly or license such source code on unfavorable terms or at no cost. In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on origin of the software. Open source license terms relating to the disclosure of source code in modifications or derivative works to the open source software are often ambiguous and few if any courts in jurisdictions applicable to us have interpreted such terms. As a result, many of the risks associated with usage of open source software cannot be eliminated, and could, if not properly addressed, negatively affect our business. We currently disclose or plan to disclose the source code for certain of our proprietary software in an effort to comply with the terms of the licenses applicable to the open source software that we use, and we believe that such disclosure represents the entirety of our source code disclosure obligations under these licenses. However, if we were found to have inappropriately used open source software, we may be required to release our proprietary source code, re-engineer our firmware or other software, discontinue the sale of our products in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis or take other remedial action that may divert resources away from our development efforts, any of which could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

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Our business is susceptible to risks associated with operations outside of the United States.

As of March 31, 2011, we had international operations in Hong Kong, India, Lithuania and Taiwan. We also sell to distributors outside the United States and for fiscal 2008, fiscal 2009, fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, our revenues from sales outside the United States were 45%, 55%, 59% and 70%, respectively. Our operations outside the United States subject us to risks that we have not generally faced in the United States. These include:

 

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the burdens of complying with a wide variety of U.S. laws applicable to export controls, foreign operations, foreign laws and different legal standards;

 

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fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

 

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unexpected changes in foreign regulatory requirements;

 

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difficulties in managing the staffing of remote operations;

 

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potentially adverse tax consequences, including the complexities of foreign value added tax systems, restrictions on the repatriation of earnings and changes in tax rates;

 

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dependence on distributors in various countries with different pricing policies, inventory management and forecasting practices;

 

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reduced or varied protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

 

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demand for reliable wireless broadband networks in those countries;

 

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requirements that we comply with local telecommunication regulations in those countries;

 

 

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increased financial accounting and reporting burdens and complexity;

 

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political, social and economic instability in some jurisdictions; and

 

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terrorist attacks and security concerns in general.

If any of these risks were to come to fruition, it could negatively affect our business outside the United States and, consequently, our operating results. Additionally, operating in markets outside the United States requires significant management attention and financial resources. We cannot be certain that the investment and additional resources required to establish, acquire or integrate operations in other countries will produce desired levels of revenues or profitability.

Our contract manufacturers, shipping points and certain administrative and research and development operations are located in areas likely to be subject to natural disasters or other events that could stop us from having our products made or shipped or could result in a substantial delay in our production or development activities.

Our manufacturing capacity may be reduced or eliminated at one or more facilities because our manufacturing, assembly, testing and shipping contractors are all located in southern China, the majority of our products are shipped from Hong Kong and we have research and development offices in Taiwan and California. Our principal executive offices are also located in California. The risk of earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters in these geographic areas is significant due to the proximity of major earthquake fault lines. Southern China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are also subject to typhoons and other Pacific storms. Earthquakes, fire, flooding or other natural disasters in California, southern China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, or political unrest, war, labor strikes, work stoppages or public health crises, in countries where our or our contractors’ facilities are located could result in the disruption of our development, manufacturing, assembly, testing or shipping capacity. Any disruption resulting from these events could cause significant delays in product development or shipments of our products until we are able to shift our development, manufacturing, assembly or testing from the affected contractor to another third party vendor or our research and development activities to another location. We cannot assure you that alternative capacity could be obtained on favorable terms, if at all.

 

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New safety regulations or changes in existing safety regulations related to our products may result in unanticipated costs or liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and future sales, and could place additional burdens on the operations of our business.

Radio emissions are subject to regulation in the United States and the other countries in which we do business. In the United States, various federal agencies including the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and various state agencies have promulgated regulations that concern the use of radio/electromagnetic emissions standards. Member countries of the EU have enacted similar standards concerning electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility and emissions standards. If any of our products becomes subject to new regulations or if any of our products becomes specifically regulated by additional government entities, compliance with such regulations could become more burdensome, and there could be a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

We may be subject to certain tax liabilities if we fail to classify our employees and consultants correctly.

We may incorrectly classify certain employees and consultants in the United States and elsewhere. If we fail to classify consultants as employees or to classify all services that a specified individual may have provided as being done in the course of that individual’s employment, we may incur tax liabilities for taxes we under withhold and under pay and/or for social insurance contributions. In addition, the consultants and employees affected by the misclassification could seek indemnification from us for any taxes or social insurance contributions they may owe as a result of the misclassification.

Unfavorable tax law changes, an unfavorable government review of our tax returns, changes in our geographic earnings mix, or imposition of withholding taxes on repatriated earnings could adversely affect our effective tax rate and our operating results.

We are subject to periodic audits or other reviews by tax authorities in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our activities. Any such audit, examination or review requires management’s time, diverts internal resources and, in the event of an unfavorable outcome, may result in additional tax liabilities or other adjustments to our historical results.

Because we conduct operations in multiple jurisdictions, our effective tax rate is influenced by the amounts of income and expense attributed to each such jurisdiction. If such amounts were to change so as to increase the amounts of our net income subject to taxation in higher tax jurisdictions, or if we were to commence operations in jurisdictions assessing relatively higher tax rates, our effective tax rate could be adversely affected. In addition, we may determine that it is advisable from time to time to repatriate earnings from non-U.S. subsidiaries under circumstances that could give rise to imposition of potentially significant withholding taxes by the jurisdictions in which such amounts were earned and substantial tax liabilities in the United States. In addition, we may not receive the benefit of any offsetting tax credits, which also could adversely impact our effective tax rate. As of March 31, 2011, we held $35.6 million of our $71.5 million of cash and cash equivalents in accounts of our subsidiaries outside of the United States and we will incur significant tax liabilities if we want to repatriate those amounts.

Compliance with environmental matters and worker health and safety laws could be costly, and noncompliance with these laws could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

The manufacturing of our products uses substances regulated under various federal, state, local and international laws and regulations governing the environment and worker health and safety. If we and our contract manufacturers do not comply with these laws and regulations, we may suffer a loss of revenues, be unable to sell our products in certain markets and/or countries, be subject to penalties and enforced fees and/or suffer a competitive disadvantage. Costs to comply with current laws and regulations and/or similar future laws and

 

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regulations, if applicable, could include costs associated with modifying our products, recycling and other waste processing costs, legal and regulatory costs and insurance costs. We have recorded and may also be required to record additional expenses for costs associated with compliance with these regulations. We cannot assure you that the costs to comply with these new laws, or with current and future environmental and worker health and safety laws will not have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Government regulations designed to protect consumer privacy may make it difficult for us to sell our products.

Our products may transmit and store personal information. This information is increasingly subject to legislation and regulations in numerous jurisdictions around the world. This government action is typically intended to protect the privacy and security of personal information that is collected, stored and transmitted in or from the governing jurisdiction. In addition, because various foreign jurisdictions have different laws and regulations concerning the storage and transmission of personal information, we may face unknown requirements that pose compliance challenges in new geographic markets that we seek to enter. Such variation could subject us to costs, delayed product launches, liabilities or negative publicity that could impair our ability to expand our operations into some countries and therefore limit our future growth.

As privacy and data protection have become more sensitive issues, we may also become exposed to potential liabilities as a result of differing views on the privacy of personal information. These and other privacy concerns could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, our attempts to protect the privacy of customer data may fail if our encryption is inadequate or fails to operate as expected.

We cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to obtain additional financing to fund our operations.

We may need to raise additional funds in the future. Any required additional financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities or convertible debt, investors may experience significant dilution of their ownership interest, and the newly issued securities may have rights senior to those of the holders of our common stock. If we raise additional funds by obtaining loans from third parties, we will incur interest expense and may have to comply with covenants and secure that debt obligation with our assets. If additional financing is not available when required or on acceptable terms, we may have to scale back our operations or limit our production activities. As a result, we may not be able to expand our business, develop or enhance our products, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures, which could result in lower revenues and reduce the competitiveness of our products.

If we are unable to integrate future acquisitions successfully, our operating results and prospects could be harmed.

We have not made any acquisitions to date. In the future, we may make acquisitions to improve or expand our product offerings. Our future acquisition strategy will depend on our ability to identify, negotiate, complete and integrate acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions are inherently risky and any mergers and acquisitions we complete may not be successful. Any mergers and acquisitions we may pursue would involve numerous risks, including the following:

 

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difficulties in integrating and managing the operations, technologies and products of the companies we acquire, particularly in light of our lean organizational structure;

 

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diversion of our management’s attention from normal daily operation of our business;

 

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our inability to maintain the key business relationships and the brand equity of the businesses we acquire;

 

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our inability to retain key personnel of the acquired company, particularly in light of the demands we place on individual contributors;

 

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uncertainty of entry into markets in which we have limited or no prior experience and in which competitors have stronger market positions;

 

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our dependence on unfamiliar affiliates and partners of the companies we acquire;

 

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insufficient revenues to offset our increased expenses associated with acquisitions;

 

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our responsibility for the liabilities of the businesses we acquire, including those which we may not anticipate; and

 

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our inability to maintain internal standards, controls, procedures and policies, particularly in light of our lean organizational structure.

We may be unable to secure the equity or debt funding necessary to finance future acquisitions on terms that are acceptable to us. Completing acquisitions could consume significant amounts of cash. If we finance acquisitions by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders will likely experience dilution, and if we finance future acquisitions with debt funding, we will incur interest expense and may have to comply with covenants and secure that debt obligation with our assets.

Risks Related to this Offering and our Common Stock

If we experience material weaknesses in the future, as we have in the past, or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls in the future, we may not be able to accurately report our financial condition or results of operations which may adversely affect investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.

As a result of becoming a public company, we will be required, under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2013. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a company's annual and interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

We are in the early stages of further enhancing our process of compiling the computer system and process documentation necessary to perform the evaluation needed to comply with Section 404. We may not be able to complete our evaluation, testing and any required remediation in a timely fashion. During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert that our internal controls are effective. We have in the past identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and although we have remediated the material weaknesses identified we cannot assure you that there will not be material weaknesses in our internal controls in the future. If we are unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which would cause the price of our common stock to decline.

In connection with our fiscal 2009 audit, our independent registered public accounting firm identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to our ability to account for income taxes in accordance with GAAP. Subsequently, during fiscal 2010, we identified two other material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. The first related to our ability to account for inventory and prepaid advances made to our contract manufacturers in accordance with GAAP. The second related to our ability to account for taxes and other amounts due on payments to our employees in foreign jurisdictions.

We have taken steps to address the material weaknesses as disclosed in the preceding paragraph, including hiring a chief financial officer, a corporate controller and other accounting personnel, forming an audit committee and implementing additional financial accounting controls and procedures. As a result of these actions, we believe that these material weaknesses have been remediated. However, we have not completed the necessary documentation and testing procedures under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and cannot assure you that

 

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we will be able to implement and maintain an effective internal control over financial reporting in the future. Any failure to maintain such controls could severely inhibit our ability to accurately report our financial condition or results of operations.

We will incur increased costs and demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies, which could harm our operating results.

As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We also have incurred and will incur costs associated with current corporate governance requirements, including requirements under Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and The NASDAQ Global Market. The expenses incurred by public companies for reporting and corporate governance purposes have increased dramatically over the past several years. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs substantially and to make some activities more time consuming and costly. We are unable currently to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. We also expect that, as a public company, it will be more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors or as our executive officers.

If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they publish negative evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could decline.

We expect that the trading price for our common stock will be affected by any research or reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of the analysts who may elect to cover us downgrade their evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company, we could lose visibility in the market for our stock, which in turn could cause our stock price to decline.

The concentration of ownership of our capital stock with insiders upon the completion of this offering will limit your ability to influence corporate matters.

Our founder and chief executive officer, Robert J. Pera, will own approximately     % of our common stock outstanding after this offering. In addition, we anticipate that our executive officers (including Mr. Pera), directors, current 5% or greater stockholders and entities affiliated with them will together beneficially own approximately     % of our common stock outstanding after this offering. This significant concentration of share ownership may adversely affect the trading price for our common stock because investors often perceive disadvantages in owning stock in companies with controlling stockholders. Also, these stockholders, acting together, will be able to control our management and affairs and matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and the approval of significant corporate transactions, such as mergers, consolidations or the sale of substantially all of our assets. Consequently, this concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, including a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving us, or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control, even if that change of control would benefit our other stockholders.

Our stock price could decline due to the large number of outstanding shares of our common stock eligible for future sale, especially the shares beneficially owned by our executive officers, directors, current 5% or greater stockholders and entities affiliated with them.

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market following this offering, or the perception that these sales could occur, especially sales by our executive officers, directors, current 5% or greater stockholders and entities affiliated with them, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. These sales could also make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate.

 

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Upon completion of this offering, we will have                      outstanding shares of common stock, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and no exercise of outstanding options after March 31, 2011. The shares sold in this offering will be immediately tradable without restriction. Of the remaining shares:

 

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no shares will be eligible for sale immediately upon completion of this offering; and

 

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                     shares will be eligible for sale upon the expiration of lock-up agreements, subject in some cases to volume and other restrictions of Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

In addition,                      shares will be eligible for sale upon the exercise of vested options after the expiration of the lock-up agreements.

The lock-up agreements expire 180 days after the date of this prospectus, except that the 180-day period may be extended in certain cases for up to 34 additional days under certain circumstances where we announce or pre-announce earnings or a material event occurs within approximately 17 days prior to, or approximately 16 days after, the termination of the 180-day period. The representative of the underwriters may, in its sole discretion and at any time without notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements. After this offering, we intend to register approximately 5,324,136 shares of common stock that have been issued or reserved for future issuance under our stock plans.

Because our estimated initial public offering price is substantially higher than the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our outstanding common stock, new investors will incur immediate and substantial dilution.

The estimated initial public offering price of $             is substantially higher than the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock based on the total value of our tangible assets less our total liabilities immediately following this offering. Therefore, if you purchase common stock in this offering, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution of approximately $             per share, the difference between the price you pay for our common stock and its pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after completion of the offering based on an assumed initial public offering price of $             per share. Furthermore, investors purchasing common stock in this offering will own only approximately     % of our shares outstanding after the offering even though they will have contributed     % of the total consideration received by us in connection with our sales of common stock. To the extent outstanding options to purchase common stock are exercised, there will be further dilution.

Our management has broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not use the net proceeds effectively.

Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds of this offering. We cannot specify with certainty the uses to which we will apply these net proceeds. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could adversely affect our ability to continue to maintain and expand our business.

Our charter documents and Delaware law could prevent a takeover that stockholders consider favorable and could also reduce the market price of our stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our bylaws, that will become effective upon closing of the offering, will contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company. These provisions could also make it more difficult for stockholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. These provisions include:

 

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providing for a classified board of directors with staggered, three year terms;

 

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authorizing the board to issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock with rights senior to those of our common stock;

 

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prohibiting stockholder action by written consent;

 

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limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders; and

 

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requiring advance notification of stockholder nominations and proposals.

In addition, the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law govern us. These provisions may prohibit large stockholders, in particular those owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, from merging or combining with us for a certain period of time without the consent of our board of directors.

These and other provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our bylaws, that will become effective upon closing of the offering, and under Delaware law could discourage potential takeover attempts, reduce the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock and result in the market price of our common stock being lower than it would be without these provisions. See the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock.”

We do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. If we do not pay cash dividends, you would receive a return on your investment in our common stock only if the market price of our common stock increases before you sell your shares. Although we currently do not have credit facilities, future credit facilities may restrict our ability to pay dividends.

Our stock price may be volatile, and you may be unable to sell your shares at or above the initial public offering price.

The initial public offering price for the shares of common stock sold in this offering will be determined by negotiations among us, the selling stockholders and representatives of the underwriters. This price may not be indicative of the price at which our common stock will trade after this offering, and our common stock could easily trade below the initial public offering price. The market price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to, among other things, the factors described in this “Risk Factors” section or otherwise, and other factors beyond our control, such as fluctuations in the valuations of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us. Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market fluctuations, as well as general economic, systemic, political and market conditions, such as recessions, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, may negatively affect the market price of our common stock.

In the past, many companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have become subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could harm our business.

 

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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business” and “Executive Compensation.” Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts, “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss these risks in greater detail in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.

Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

This prospectus also contains estimates and other information concerning our industry, including market size and growth rates, which are based on industry publications, surveys and forecasts, including those generated by Cisco, The World Bank and Gartner. This information involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to these estimates. These industry publications, surveys and forecasts generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to variety of factors, including those described in “Risk Factors.”

The Gartner Reports described herein, or the “Gartner Reports,” represent data, research opinion or viewpoints published, as part of a syndicated subscription service, by Gartner and are not representations of fact. Each Gartner Report speaks as of its original publication date (and not as of the date of this Prospectus) and the opinions expressed in the Gartner Reports are subject to change without notice.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds of approximately $             million from our sale of              shares of common stock offered in this offering, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $             per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus) and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us or $             million if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full. A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $             per share would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by $             million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders.

We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering, together with existing cash and cash equivalents, to fund working capital and other general corporate purposes, including the costs associated with being a public company. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire other businesses, products, services or technologies. We do not have agreements or commitments for any specific acquisitions at this time.

Until we use the net proceeds of this offering, we intend to invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade securities. We cannot predict whether the net proceeds invested will yield a favorable return.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock and do not expect to pay dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Instead, we anticipate that all of our earnings in the foreseeable future will be used for the operation and growth of our business. From the initial date of issuance of our Series A preferred stock in March 2010, the holders of our Series A shares were entitled to receive cumulative dividends at an annual rate of 4% of the original purchase price per share, plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends. On January 10, 2011 we amended our certificate of incorporation. At such time, we paid a onetime dividend of (i) $0.21 per Series A share issued on March 2, 2010 and (ii) $0.12 per share for each other share of our Series A preferred stock as consideration for all cumulative dividends from the initial date of issuance until January 10, 2011. After January 10, 2011, the holder of each Series A share is entitled to receive cumulative dividends of 4% of the original purchase price per share from January 10, 2011 through the payment date only upon the redemption of the Series A shares, the liquidation of our company for less than $7.37 per share of common stock or upon our default of certain contractual agreements with the holders of the Series A shares. All Series A shares will be converted into shares of common stock in connection with this offering and will therefore cease to be entitled to any preferential dividend. Any future determination to pay dividends on our common stock would be subject to the discretion of our board of directors and would depend upon various factors, including our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity requirements, restrictions that may be imposed by applicable law and our contracts, and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table presents our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of March 31, 2011:

 

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On an actual basis;

 

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On a pro forma basis to reflect the conversion of all outstanding shares of our convertible preferred stock into shares of our common stock and the reversal of the accrued preferred stock dividend; and

 

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On a pro forma as adjusted basis to reflect, in addition to the conversion of all outstanding shares of our convertible preferred stock into shares of our common stock, the reversal of the accrued preferred stock dividend, the receipt of $             million from our sale of              shares of common stock that we are offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $         per share, which is the midpoint of the range listed on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

     March 31, 2011  
       Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma
as Adjusted
 
     (In thousands, except per share
numbers, unaudited)
 

Redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 14,413,852 authorized, all issued and outstanding (unaudited), actual; no shares authorized issued or outstanding, pro forma and pro forma as adjusted (unaudited)

   $ 118,329      $      $   

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):

      

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding, actual;                              shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding, pro forma or pro forma as adjusted

                     

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 96,000,000 shares authorized, 25,044,036 issued and outstanding (unaudited), actual;                              shares authorized, 39,457,888 issued and outstanding (unaudited), pro forma; and                              shares authorized,                             shares issued and outstanding, pro forma as adjusted (unaudited)

     41        55     

Additional paid-in capital

     2,728        108,384     

Treasury stock

     (69,554     (69,554  

Retained earnings

     24,418        37,077     
                        

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

   $ (42,367   $ 75,962      $     
                        

Total capitalization

   $ 75,962      $ 75,962      $     
                        

The shares of common stock to be outstanding on a pro forma as adjusted basis after this offering in this table are based on 39,457,888 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and exclude:

 

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2,678,593 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding under our stock plans as of March 31, 2011, with a weighted average exercise price of $1.64 per share;

 

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205,472 shares of our common stock issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units outstanding under our stock plans as of March 31, 2011;

 

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58,500 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options we granted under our stock plans after March 31, 2011, with a weighted average exercise price of $12.79 per share;

 

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40,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon vesting of RSUs we granted under our stock plans after March 31, 2011; and

 

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2,471,821 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

A $1.00 decrease or increase in the offering price would result in an approximately $             million decrease or increase in each of pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total stockholders’ equity and total capitalization. If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, there would be a $             increase in each of pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total stockholders’ equity and total capitalization.

 

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DILUTION

At March 31, 2011, our pro forma net tangible book value was approximately $            , or $             per share of common stock, based upon              shares of common stock outstanding on such date. Pro forma net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets reduced by the amount of our total liabilities and divided by the total number of shares of common stock outstanding, including shares of common stock issued upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of our convertible preferred stock and the reversal of the accrued preferred stock dividend effective immediately prior to the completion of this offer. The increase in the net tangible book value per share attributable to the conversion of our convertible preferred stock will be $             per share.

Dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of              shares of common stock in this offering the pro forma net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after the completion of this offering. After giving effect to our sale of              shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $            , the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, applying proceeds as set forth in Use of Proceeds and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value at March 31, 2011 would have been $            , or $             per share of common stock. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $             per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $             per share to new investors in our common stock.

The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis:

 

Assumed initial public offering price per share

   $                

Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of March 31, 2011 before giving effect to this offering

   $     

Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributed to new investors purchasing shares in this offering

  
        

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering

  
        

Dilution per share to new investors in this offering

   $     
        

A $1.00 decrease or increase in the assumed initial public offering price of $             would increase or decrease or pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering by $             per share and the dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value to new investors by $             per share, assuming the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma as adjusted basis as of March 31, 2011 and after giving effect to the offering based on an assumed initial public offering price of $             per share, the differences between existing stockholders and new investors with respect to the number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid:

 

     Shares Purchased     Total Consideration     Average Price
Per Share
 
       Number      Percent     Amount (in
thousands)
     Percent    

Existing stockholders

                   $                                 $                

New public investors

            
                                    

Total

        100   $           100  
                                    

A $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed initial public offering price of $             per share would increase or decrease, respectively, total consideration paid by new investors and total consideration paid by all stockholders by approximately $             million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same.

 

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If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, our existing stockholders would own             % and our new public investors would own             % of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding upon the closing of this offering.

The shares of common stock to be outstanding on a pro forma as adjusted basis after this offering in this table are based on 39,457,888 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and exclude:

 

  §  

2,678,593 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding under our stock plans as of March 31, 2011, with a weighted average exercise price of $1.64 per share;

 

  §  

205,472 shares of our common stock issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units outstanding under our stock plans as of March 31, 2011;

 

  §  

58,500 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options we granted under our stock plans after March 31, 2011, with a weighted average exercise price of $12.79 per share;

 

  §  

40,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon vesting of RSUs we granted under our stock plans after March 31, 2011; and

 

  §  

2,471,821 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

To the extent outstanding options are exercised, there will be further dilution to new investors. For a description of our equity plans, see the section titled “Employee Benefit Plans.”

 

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected consolidated financial data for fiscal 2008, 2009 and 2010 and as of June 30, 2009 and 2010 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected consolidated financial data for fiscal 2006 and 2007 and as of June 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements which are not included in this prospectus. The summary consolidated financial data for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2011 and as of March 31, 2011 are derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist only of normal recurring adjustments, that management considers necessary for the fair statement of the financial information set forth in those statements. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of future results and should be read in conjunction with the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements, related notes, and other financial information included in this prospectus. The selected consolidated financial data in this section are not intended to replace the consolidated financial statements and are qualified in their entirety by the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

    Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
      2006      2007     2008      2009      2010     2010     2011  
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)  

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

                

Revenues

  $ 2,014       $ 9,429      $ 22,435       $ 63,121       $ 136,952      $ 96,653      $ 130,320   

Cost of revenues (1)

    941         4,222        10,942         37,181         82,404        58,034        77,545   
                                                          

Gross profit

    1,073         5,207        11,493         25,940         54,548        38,619        52,775   
                                                          

Operating expenses:

                

Research and development (1)

    374         1,815        2,706         5,166         31,704        29,984        8,038   

Sales, general and administrative (1)(2)

    328         861        1,396         2,946         18,162        16,178        5,307   
                                                          

Total operating expenses

    702         2,676        4,102         8,112         49,866        46,162        13,345   
                                                          

Income (loss) from operations

    371         2,531        7,391         17,828         4,682        (7,543     39,430   

Interest income

    3         78        112         118         64        59        46   

Other income (expense), net

            (3     11                 517        250        4   
                                                          

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes

    374         2,606        7,514         17,946         5,263        (7,234     39,480   

Provision for income taxes

    148         800        2,817         8,057         10,719        7,523        7,888   
                                                          

Net income (loss)

    226         1,806        4,697         9,889         (5,456     (14,757     31,592   

Preferred stock cumulative dividend

                                   (1,336            (3,252

Accretion of cost of preferred stock

                                   (100            (11,298

Less allocation of net income to participating preferred stockholders

                                                 (6,186
                                                          

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—basic

    226         1,806        4,697         9,889         (6,892     (14,757     10,856   

Undistributed earnings re-allocated to common stockholders

                                                 227   
                                                          

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—diluted

  $ 226       $ 1,806      $ 4,697       $ 9,889       $ (6,892   $ (14,757   $ 11,083   
                                                          

 

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    Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
      2006      2007      2008      2009      2010     2010     2011  
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)  

Consolidated Statement of Operations Data (cont.):

 

Net income (loss) per share of common stock:

                 

Basic

  $ 0.02       $ 0.07       $ 0.17       $ 0.24       $ (0.19   $ (0.38   $ 0.43   

Diluted

  $ 0.02       $ 0.05       $ 0.12       $ 0.23       $ (0.19   $ (0.38   $ 0.41   

Weighted average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share of common stock:

                 

Basic

    14,558         27,076         28,123         40,675         35,589        38,696        25,296   
                                                           

Diluted

    14,956         37,067         40,670         42,234         35,589        38,696        26,809   
                                                           

Pro forma net income (loss) per share of common stock (unaudited):

                 

Basic

              $ (0.14     $ 0.80   
                             

Diluted

              $ (0.14     $ 0.77   
                             

Weighted average shares used in computing pro forma net income (loss) per share of common stock (unaudited)

                 

Basic (3)

                40,328          39,710   
                             

Diluted (3)

                40,328          41,223   
                             

 

                 

(1)    Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

                 

Cost of revenues

  $       $ 1       $ 1       $ 5       $ 124      $ 120      $ 20   

Research and development

    27         57         46         315         26,221        26,213        191   

Sales, general and administrative

    4         15         53         185         9,814        9,713        465   
                                                           

Total stock-based compensation

  $ 31       $ 73       $ 100       $ 505       $ 36,159      $ 36,046      $ 676   
                                                           

(2)    Includes a charge for an export compliance matter as follows:

  $       $       $       $       $ 1,625      $ 1,625      $   

(3)     Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding reflects the conversion of our convertible preferred stock (using the if-converted method) into common stock as though the conversion had occurred at the beginning of the period or original date of issuance, if later.

 

         

     June 30,     March  31,
2011
 
       2006      2007      2008      2009      2010    
            (In thousands)        

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 684       $ 2,027       $ 5,936       $ 13,674       $ 28,415      $ 71,489   

Working capital

     224         2,019         10,021         20,723         55,003        75,244   

Total assets

     1,750         3,412         12,820         26,673         82,090        116,533   

Redeemable convertible preferred stock

                                     106,781        118,329   

Common stock and additional paid-in capital

     490         563         1,026         1,584         2,093        2,769   

Treasury stock

                                     (62,304     (69,554

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     282         2,097         6,968         18,115         (52,835     (42,367

 

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Our management uses non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues to measure our performance. We exclude stock-based compensation and a charge for a regulatory export compliance issue from non-GAAP operating expenses and net income because we believe these measures provide a more accurate depiction of our actual operating results, particularly in light of the Summit transaction. Because these non-GAAP metrics exclude certain expenses such as stock-based compensation and a charge for a regulatory export compliance issue and the tax effect of these adjustments, these measures provide us with additional useful information to measure and understand our performance on a consistent basis, particularly with respect to changes in performance from period to period. We use non-GAAP metrics in the preparation of our budgets and to measure and monitor our performance and may from time to time amend our definition of our non-GAAP net income to exclude certain recurring and non-recurring costs, and the tax effect of these adjustments. We have chosen to provide this information to investors so they can analyze our operating results in the same way management does and use this information in their assessments of our results. Non-GAAP net income is not determined in accordance with GAAP and is not a substitute for or superior to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

     Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months
Ended March 31,
 
         2008         2009         2010         2010         2011    
Additional Key Metrics:    (In thousands, except percentages)  

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 4,797      $ 10,268      $ 32,023      $ 22,655      $ 31,998   

Non-GAAP operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues

     17.8     12.1     8.8     8.8     9.7
     Years Ended June 30,     Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
         2008         2009         2010         2010         2011    
     (In thousands, unaudited)  
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss)
    to Non-GAAP Net Income:
      

GAAP net income (loss)

   $ 4,697      $ 9,889      $ (5,456   $ (14,757   $ 31,592   

Ordinary course stock-based compensation expense:

          

Cost of revenues

     1        5        25        21        20   

Research and development

     46        315        27        19        191   

Sales, general and administrative

     53        185        229        128        465   
                                        

Total ordinary course stock-based compensation expense

     100        505        281        168        676   

Stock-based compensation expense related to the Summit transaction:

          

Cost of revenues

                   99        99          

Research and development

                   26,194        26,194          

Sales, general and administrative

                   9,585        9,585          
                                        

Total stock-based compensation expense related to the Summit transaction

                   35,878        35,878          

Charge for a regulatory export compliance issue

                   1,625        1,625          

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments

            (126     (305     (259     (270
                                        

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 4,797      $ 10,268      $ 32,023      $ 22,655      $ 31,998   
                                        

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to historical consolidated financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this prospectus, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

Overview

We are a product driven company that leverages innovative proprietary technologies to deliver wireless networking solutions with compelling price-performance characteristics to both start-up and established network operators and service providers. Our products bridge the digital divide by fundamentally changing the economics of deploying high performance wireless networking solutions in underserved and underpenetrated wireless broadband access markets globally. These markets include emerging markets and other areas where individual users and small and medium sized enterprises do not have access to the benefits of carrier class wireless broadband networking. Our business model has enabled us to break down traditional barriers, such as high product and network deployment costs, that are driven by business model inefficiencies and achieve rapid market adoption of our products and solutions in previously underserved and underpenetrated markets. Our business model and proprietary technologies provide us with a significant and sustainable competitive advantage over incumbents, who we believe are unable to respond effectively due to their higher cost business models.

We offer a broad and expanding portfolio of wireless networking products and solutions. Our solutions include systems, high performance radios, antennas and management tools that have been designed to deliver carrier class performance for wireless networking and other applications in the unlicensed RF spectrum. We began shipping embedded radios in fiscal 2006. In fiscal 2008 we introduced a line of products based on 802.11 standard protocols and in early fiscal 2010, we introduced a number of new products based on our proprietary AirTechnologies, including our high-performance AirMax systems, which have been rapidly adopted by network operators and high-performance proprietary AirMax service providers. In fiscal 2010, 802.11 standard systems and AirMax systems together accounted for 82% of our revenues. Although our AirMax systems have supplanted the demand for some of our 802.11 standard products, we have not experienced a decline in gross margin as we transition from 802.11 standard products to AirMax systems as they have similar margin profiles. In the future, we expect sales of our AirMax systems and products based on our other AirTechnologies to continue to represent a growing portion of our revenues and the portion of our revenues derived from our 802.11 standard products to decline as a percentage of total revenues. Our embedded radios bear higher margins than our systems, but we believe that systems present a larger market opportunity. We believe that our gross margins have largely stabilized and do not expect substantial additional declines in gross margins from our wireless networking products.

Building on our leadership in the underserved and underpenetrated segments of the wireless broadband access market, we intend to expand our product offerings in our existing market and enter adjacent markets by relying on the combination of our efficient business model and proprietary technologies. For example, we plan to introduce products and solutions for the enterprise WLAN, video surveillance, SCADA and licensed microwave wireless backhaul markets. As we enter such new markets, we plan to leverage existing distributor relationships and establish engaged communities similar to that of the Ubiquiti Community to keep our operating expenses in line with our current model and enable us to offer products in these new markets with compelling price-performance characteristics.

For the nine months ended March 31, 2011, our revenues increased 35% to $130.3 million compared to $96.7 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010. Our revenues in fiscal 2010 increased 117% to $137.0 million from $63.1 million in fiscal 2009. Fiscal 2009 revenues increased 181% to $63.1 million from $22.4 million in fiscal 2008.

 

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We had net income (loss) of $4.7 million, $9.9 million, $(5.5) million, $(14.8) million and $31.6 million in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively. We have been profitable on a non-GAAP basis since fiscal 2006. Our GAAP net loss in fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2010 reflected a one time stock-based compensation charge of $35.9 million related to a repurchase of our common stock and options in connection with the sale of our Series A preferred stock and a $1.6 million charge related to a regulatory export compliance issue. Excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense and a charge for a regulatory export compliance issue, in fiscal 2010 we had non-GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders of $32.0 million.

The Summit Transaction

In March 2010, we sold 13,559,596 shares of our Series A preferred stock and also issued warrants to purchase 854,256 shares of our Series A preferred stock to funds affiliated with Summit Partners, L.P. for net proceeds of $99.5 million. Simultaneously with the issuance of preferred stock and warrants, we repurchased 13,241,728 shares of common stock and canceled and repurchased 317,864 options to purchase common stock from our employees and consultants for aggregate consideration of $100.0 million. In June 2010, the funds affiliated with Summit Partners, L.P., exercised their warrants in full for consideration of $6.3 million. For a more complete description of these transactions see “—Repurchase of Common Stock and Sale of Series A Preferred Stock.”

We determined that the per share repurchase price of the common stock and options in March 2010 was above the fair value for shares of our common stock at the time of the repurchase. The fair value was determined to be $4.73, while the repurchase price was $7.37. Therefore, we recognized $35.9 million of the $100.0 million repurchase price as stock-based compensation expense in fiscal 2010. This stock-based compensation was allocated among the various categories of expense on our statements of operations as follows:

 

       Year Ended
June 30, 2010
 
     (In thousands)  

Cost of revenues

   $ 99   

Research and development

     26,194   

Sales, general and administrative

     9,585   
        

Total stock-based compensation related to the Summit transaction

   $ 35,878   
        

Key Components of Our Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Revenues

Our revenues are derived principally from the sale of wireless networking hardware and management tools. In addition, while we do not sell maintenance and support separately, because we have historically included it free of charge in many of our arrangements, we attribute a portion of our systems revenues to this implied post-contract customer support, or PCS.

We classify our revenues into three product categories: systems, embedded radios and antennas/other.

 

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Systems consist of products for network operators and service providers, including our proprietary AirMax and 802.11 standard base stations, radios, backhaul equipment and CPE.

 

  §  

Embedded radios consist of more than 25 radio products primarily for OEMs, including both point to point and point to multipoint radios in the 2.0 to 6.0GHz spectrum, that are offered with a variety of features.

 

  §  

Antennas/other consist of antenna products in the 2.0 to 6.0GHz spectrum, as well as miscellaneous products such as mounting brackets, cables and power over ethernet adapters. These products include both high performance sector and directional antennas. This category also includes our allocation of revenues to PCS.

 

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We sell substantially all of our products through a limited number of distributors and other channel partners, such as resellers and OEMs. Sales to distributors accounted for 85%, 93%, 93% and 97% of our revenues in fiscal 2008, 2009, 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. Other channel partners, such as resellers and OEMs, largely accounted for the balance of our revenues. We sell our products without any right of return.

Cost of Revenues

Our cost of revenues is comprised primarily of the costs of procuring finished goods from our contract manufacturers and chipsets that we consign to certain of our contract manufacturers. In addition, cost of revenues includes tooling, labor and other costs associated with engineering, testing and quality assurance, warranty costs, stock-based compensation and excess and obsolete inventory.

We outsource our manufacturing and order fulfillment and utilize contract manufacturers located primarily in China and, to a lesser extent, Taiwan. We also evaluate and utilize other vendors for various portions of our supply chain from time to time. Our manufacturing organization consists of employees and consultants engaged in the management of our contract manufacturers, new product introduction activities, logistical support and engineering.

Gross Profit

Our gross profit has been, and may in the future be, influenced by several factors including changes in product mix, target end markets for our products, pricing due to competitive pressure, production costs, foreign exchange rates and global demand for electronic components. Although we procure and sell our products in U.S. dollars, our contract manufacturers incur many costs, including labor costs, in other currencies. To the extent that the exchange rates move unfavorably for our contract manufacturers, they may try to pass these additional costs on to us, which could have a material impact on our future average selling prices and unit costs.

Operating Expenses

We classify our operating expenses as research and development and sales, general and administrative expenses.

 

  §  

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salary and benefit expenses, including stock-based compensation, for employees and contractors engaged in research, design and development activities, as well as costs for prototypes, facilities and travel. Over time, we expect our research and development costs to increase as we continue making significant investments in developing new products and developing new versions of our existing products.

 

  §  

Sales, general and administrative expenses include salary and benefit expenses, including stock-based compensation, for employees and contractors engaged in sales, marketing and general and administrative activities, as well as the costs of trade shows, marketing programs, promotional materials, bad debt expense, professional services, facilities, general liability insurance and travel. As our product portfolio and targeted markets expand, we may need to employ different sales models, such as building a direct sales force. These sales models would likely increase our costs. Over time, we expect our sales, general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to actively promote our products and introduce new products and services. In addition, we expect expenses to increase as we make additional investments in information technology systems and personnel to support our anticipated revenue growth and to comply with our public company reporting obligations.

Deferred Revenues and Costs

In the event that collectibility of a receivable from products we have shipped is not probable, we classify those amounts as deferred revenues on our balance sheet until such time as we receive payment of the accounts receivable. The cost of products associated with these deferred revenues is classified as deferred costs of

 

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revenues. At June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2011, $9.8 million and $4.9 million, respectively, of revenue was deferred for cases where we lacked evidence that collectibility of the receivables recorded were reasonably probable. The related deferred cost of revenues balances were $5.9 million and $2.5 million, as of June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2011, respectively.

Also included in our deferred revenues is a portion related to PCS obligations that we estimate we will perform in the future. As of June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2011, we had deferred revenues of $268,000 and $416,000, respectively, related to these obligations. Further, as of March 31, 2011 deferred revenues included $575,000 related to a sales promotion program.

Prepayments

We have historical agreements with certain contract manufacturers whereby we prepay for a portion of the product costs to assure the manufacture and timely delivery of our products. These arrangements have become less common as we have grown and renegotiated our contract manufacturing agreements. As of June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2011, we had prepayment balances of $4.5 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

Critical Accounting Policies

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application. In other cases, management’s judgment is required in selecting among available alternative accounting standards that provide for different accounting treatment for similar transactions. The preparation of consolidated financial statements also requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts we report as assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses and affect the related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. In many instances, we could reasonably use different accounting estimates, and in some instances changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, our actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be affected. We believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.

Recognition of Revenues

Revenues consist primarily of revenues from the sale of hardware and management tools, as well as the related implied PCS. We recognize revenues when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable and the collectibility of the resulting receivable is probable. In cases where we lack evidence that collectibility of the resulting receivable is reasonably probable, we defer recognition of revenue until the receipt of cash.

For substantially all of our sales, evidence of the arrangement consists of an order from a distributor or customer. We consider delivery to have occurred once our products have been shipped and title and risk of loss have been transferred. For most of our sales, these criteria are met at the time the products are shipped to the distributor. Our arrangements with distributors do not include provisions for cancellation, returns, inventory swaps or refunds that would significantly impact recognized revenues.

We record amounts billed to distributors for shipping and handling costs as revenues. We classify shipping and handling costs incurred by us as cost of revenues.

Deposit payments received from distributors in advance of recognition of revenues are included in current liabilities on our balance sheet and are recognized as revenues when all the criteria for recognition of revenues are met.

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is the implied right to PCS included with the purchase of certain products. PCS is the right to receive, on a when and if available basis, future unspecified software upgrades and features relating to the product’s essential software as well as bug fixes, email and telephone support.

We use a hierarchy to determine the allocation of revenues to the deliverables. The hierarchy is as follows: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value, or VSOE, (ii) third-party evidence of selling price, or TPE, and (iii) best estimate of the selling price, or ESP.

 

  (i) VSOE generally exists only when a company sells the deliverable separately and is the price actually charged by the company for that deliverable. Generally we do not sell the deliverables separately and, as such, do not have VSOE.

 

  (ii) TPE can be substantiated by determining the price that other parties sell similar or substantially similar offerings. We do not believe that there is accessible TPE evidence for similar deliverables.

 

  (iii) ESP reflects our best estimates of what the selling prices of elements would be if they were sold regularly on a stand-alone basis. We believe that ESP is the most appropriate methodology for determining the allocation of revenues among the multiple elements.

We have allocated revenues between these two deliverables using the relative selling price method which is based on the ESP for all deliverables. Revenues allocated to the delivered hardware and the related essential software are recognized at the time of sale provided the other conditions for recognition of revenues have been met. Revenues allocated to the PCS are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated life of each of these devices which currently is two years. At June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2011, $268,000 and $416,000, respectively, of revenues were deferred in this way. All costs of revenues, including estimated warranty costs, are recognized at the time of sale. Costs for research and development and sales and marketing are expensed as incurred. If the estimated life of the hardware product should change, the future rate of amortization of the revenues allocated to PCS would also change.

Our process for determining ESP for deliverables involves multiple factors that may vary depending upon the unique facts and circumstances related to each deliverable. For PCS, we believe our network operators and service providers would be reluctant to pay for such services separately. This view is primarily based on the fact that unspecified upgrade rights do not obligate us to provide upgrades at a particular time or at all, and do not specify to network operators and service providers which upgrades or features will be delivered. We believe that the relatively low prices of our products and our network operators, and service providers’ price sensitivity would add to their reluctance to pay for PCS. Therefore, we have concluded that if we were to sell PCS on a stand-alone basis, the selling price would be relatively low.

Key factors considered by us in developing the ESP for PCS include reviewing the activities of specific employees engaged in support and software development to determine the amount of time that is allocated to the development of the undelivered elements, determining the cost of this development effort, and then adding an appropriate level of gross profit to these costs.

Inventory

Our inventories are primarily raw materials, which we have consigned to our contract manufacturers, and to a lesser extent, finished goods. Our inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value on a first-in, first-out basis. We reduce the value of our inventory for estimated obsolescence or lack of marketability by the difference between the cost of the affected inventory and the estimated market value. Allowances, once established, are not reversed until the related inventory has been subsequently sold or scrapped.

Product Warranties

We offer warranties on certain products and record a liability for the estimated future costs associated with potential warranty claims. These warranty costs are reflected in our consolidated statement of operations within cost of revenues. Our warranties are typically in effect for 12 months from the distributors’ purchase date of the

 

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product. Our estimates of future warranty costs are largely based on historical experience of product failure rates, material usage and service delivery costs incurred in correcting product failures. Our operating results could be materially and adversely affected if future warranty claims exceed historical experiences and we are not able to recover costs from our contract manufacturers. Our warranty expenses were $228,000, $827,000 and $584,000 in fiscal 2009, fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We record an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated probable losses on uncollectible accounts receivable. In estimating the allowance, management considers, among other factors, the aging of the accounts receivable, our historical write offs, the credit worthiness of each distributor and general economic conditions.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with accounting guidance which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in our financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the temporary difference between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. We establish valuation allowances when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount we expect to realize. The assessment of whether or not a valuation allowance is required often requires significant judgment including current operating results, the forecast of future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning initiatives.

In addition, our calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations. We may be subject to income tax audits in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate and, as a result, must also assess exposures to any potential issues arising from current or future audits of current and prior years’ tax returns. Accordingly, we must assess such potential exposures and, where necessary, provide a reserve to cover any expected loss. To the extent that we establish a reserve, our provision for income taxes would be increased. We review our potential liabilities periodically and, if necessary, record an additional charge in our provision for taxes in the period in which we determine that tax liability is greater than our original estimate. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary.

Stock-based Compensation

We record stock-based awards, including stock options, at fair value as of the grant date and recognize expense ratably on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting term of the awards. We estimate the fair value of stock-based awards on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. We adopted the above guidance using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, the new fair value recognition provisions are applied to option grants on and after July 1, 2005. We expense all options granted or modified after July 1, 2005 on a straight-line basis.

Our stock-based compensation expense was as follows:

 

     Years Ended June 30,      Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
       2008      2009      2010          2010              2011      
    

(In thousands)

 
                          (Unaudited)  

Cost of revenues

   $ 1       $ 5       $ 124       $ 120       $ 20   

Research and development

     46         315         26,221         26,213         191   

Sales, general and administrative

     53         185         9,814         9,713         465   
                                            

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 100       $ 505       $ 36,159       $ 36,046       $ 676   
                                            

 

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In fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2010, our stock-based compensation included $35.9 million related to the repurchase of our common stock and options from our employees and contractors. We determined that the repurchase price we paid was greater than fair market value of our common stock and recorded the difference between the purchase price and fair market value as stock-based compensation expense. See “—Repurchase of Common Stock and Sale of Series A Preferred Stock.” The remaining $281,000 of the stock-based compensation we recorded in fiscal 2010 resulted from option and restricted stock unit grants we made during fiscal 2010 and prior fiscal years.

We had approximately $3.3 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards and restricted stock unit grants, net of estimated forfeitures, as of March 31, 2011, which we expect to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.3 years.

For grants made since January 1, 2010, we obtained contemporaneous valuation analyses prepared by an unrelated third party valuation firm in order to assist us in determining the fair value of our common stock. The initial contemporaneous valuation report valued our common stock as of April 30, 2010 and we received the most recent contemporaneous valuation report as of April 2011. Prior to January 1, 2010, we obtained retrospective analyses prepared by the same valuation firm in order to assist us in determining the fair value of our common stock as of June 30, 2009. After January 1, 2010, our board of directors has considered these reports when determining the fair value of our common stock and related exercise prices of option awards on the date such awards were granted. These third party valuations were also used for purposes of determining the Black-Scholes-Merton fair value of our stock option awards and related stock-based compensation expense.

The valuations of our common stock used the discounted cash flow method, the public company comparable company method, and the merger and acquisition comparative transaction method to determine a fair value of our common stock. The valuations assigned a weight to the value determined under each method. In allocating the total equity value between preferred and common stock, the valuations considered the impact of the liquidation preferences of our preferred stock. Additionally, the valuations also considered the probability weighted method and the option pricing method for allocating the total equity value between our preferred and common stock.

The significant input assumptions used in the valuation model were based on subjective future expectations combined with management judgment.

Assumptions utilized in the discounted cash flow method were:

 

  §  

estimates of our future operating results;

 

  §  

a discount rate, which was applied to discretely forecasted future cash flows in order to calculate the present value of those cash flows; and

 

  §  

a terminal value using the Gordon-Growth model, which was applied to our last year of discretely forecasted adjusted net cash flow to calculate the residual value of our future cash flows.

Assumptions utilized in the public company comparable company method were:

 

  §  

estimates of our future operating results;

 

  §  

multiples of market value to trailing 12 months revenues and current fiscal year end, determined as of the valuation date, based on a group of comparable public companies we identified; and

 

  §  

multiples of market value to current fiscal year and expected future earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, and earnings before income taxes, or EBIT, determined as of the valuation date, based on the group of comparable public companies that we identified.

Assumptions utilized in the merger and acquisition comparable transaction method were:

 

  §  

our historical earnings and EBITDA for the 12 months prior to the valuation date; and

 

  §  

multiples based on the final transaction values for comparable companies that were sold or acquired compared to their revenues prior to the acquisition date.

 

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Our board of directors and its compensation committee set the exercise price of stock options based on a price per share not less than the estimated fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Our board takes into consideration numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the fair market value of our common stock on each grant date in order to set exercise prices at or above the fair market value. These factors include, but are not limited to:

 

  §  

valuations using the methodologies described above;

 

  §  

our operating and financial performance; and

 

  §  

the lack of liquidity of our capital stock and likelihood of achieving a liquidity event given then current market conditions and trends in the broader technology markets.

The Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model used to determine the fair value of our stock option awards and related stock option expense requires a number of estimates and assumptions. In valuing stock-based awards under the fair value accounting method, significant judgment is required in determining the expected volatility of our common stock and the expected term individuals will hold their share-based awards prior to exercising. The expected volatility of our common stock is based on the volatility of various comparable companies, as we do not have sufficient historical data with regards to the volatility of our own stock. The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that we expect the options granted to be outstanding. We calculate the expected term as the average of the option vesting and contractual terms. In the future, as we gain sufficient historical data for volatility in our own common stock and the actual term for which our options are held, the expected volatility and expected term may change, which could substantially change the grant date fair value of future awards of stock options and ultimately the expense we record. In addition, the estimate of stock awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment and to the extent actual results differ from our estimates, these amounts will be recorded as an adjustment in the period we revised our estimates.

The fair value of our options granted to employees and consultants was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions for the grants made in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2009, fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2011:

 

     Years Ended June 30,   Nine Months Ended
March 31,
           2008           2009           2010           2010           2011    

Expected term in years

    6.1    6.1    6.1    3.6    6.1

Risk-free interest rate

  

3.1

 

3.2

 

4.5

 

5.0

 

4.5

Expected dividend yield

          

Expected volatility

  

58

 

57

 

65

 

50

 

65

Weighted average grant-date fair value

   $0.68   $0.74   $2.86   $1.58   $4.89

Preferred Stock Warrants

In March 2010 in connection with the sale of our Series A preferred stock, as more fully described below, we issued warrants to purchase 854,256 shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock. These warrants were outstanding at March 31, 2010 and were classified as liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet as of that date. At the date of issuance, the fair value of $1.3 million was recorded as a warrant liability. We estimated the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. This model utilizes the estimated fair value of the underlying convertible preferred stock at the valuation measurement date, the remaining contractual term of the warrant, risk-free interest rates, expected dividends and expected volatility of the price of the underlying convertible preferred stock. The fair value of the warrant liability, as measured prior to being exercised on June 29, 2010, decreased $456,000 from the initial fair value at issuance and the decline in value was recorded as a gain in other income (expense), net in our statement of operations for fiscal 2010. On June 29, 2010, holders of the warrants exercised their option to purchase 854,256 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock at $7.37 per share for total proceeds of $6.3 million. Upon exercise of the warrants, we remeasured and reclassified the balance of the warrant liability as redeemable convertible preferred stock on our consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Repurchase of Common Stock and Sale of Series A Preferred Stock

In March 2010, we entered into a Stock Purchase and Recapitalization Agreement with entities affiliated with Summit Partners, L.P., certain of our stockholders and certain of our optionees pursuant to which we repurchased shares of our common stock and vested options to acquire shares of our common stock from our stockholders and optionees and issued shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock, or the Series A shares, to entities affiliated with Summit Partners, L.P. Upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase and Recapitalization Agreement, we simultaneously repurchased an aggregate of 13,241,728 shares of our common stock at $7.37 per share from certain of our employees and consultants and repurchased and subsequently cancelled options to purchase an aggregate of 317,864 shares of our common stock for $7.37 per share from our employees and we issued an aggregate of 13,559,596 Series A shares and warrants to purchase an additional 854,256 Series A shares. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Stock Repurchases” for additional information.

We determined by way of historical valuation that the fair market value of each share of our common stock outstanding and subject to outstanding options that we repurchased was $4.73, or $2.65 per share less than the per share repurchase price. As each person from whom we repurchased common stock or options was our employee or consultant, at the time of the repurchase or prior to that time, we recorded approximately $35.9 million as compensation expense, which represented the excess of the aggregate repurchase price over the aggregate fair value per share.

Each Series A share is convertible, at the option of the holder, into shares of our common stock on a one for one basis, subject to adjustment for future dilutive issuances, splits, consolidations and the like. From the initial date of issuance of our Series A preferred stock in March 2010, the holders of our Series A shares were entitled to receive cumulative dividends at an annual rate of 4% of the original purchase price per share, plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends. On January 10, 2011 we amended our certificate of incorporation. At such time, we paid a onetime dividend of (i) $0.21 per share issued on March 2, 2010 to holders of our Series A shares and (ii) $0.12 per share for each other share of our Series A preferred stock as consideration for all cumulative dividends from the initial date of issuance until November 19, 2010. After January 10, 2011, the holder of each Series A share is entitled to receive cumulative dividends of 4% of the original purchase price per share from January 10, 2011 through the payment date only upon the redemption of the Series A shares, the liquidation of our company for less than $7.37 per share or upon our default of certain contractual agreements with the holders of the Series A shares.

We account for the deemed dividends using the two class method and, as a result, our net income available to common stockholders was reduced by approximately $1.3 million and $3.3 million for fiscal 2010 and the nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively.

The Series A shares are redeemable under certain circumstances, at the option of the holders. The redemption features of our Series A shares require us to classify the Series A shares as a security outside stockholders’ equity and to record accretion related to the redemption rights until such time as the Series A shares are converted to common stock or redeemed. Upon the conversion of the Series A shares to common stock, the aggregate accretion would be reclassified in stockholders’ equity as common stock and additional paid-in capital. All Series A shares will be converted into shares of common stock in connection with this offering.

 

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Results of Operations

Comparison of Nine Months Ended March 31, 2010 to Nine Months Ended March 31, 2011

 

     Nine Months Ended March 31,  
       2010     2011  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Revenues

   $ 96,653        100   $ 130,320         100

Cost of revenues (1)

     58,034        60     77,545         60
                                 

Gross profit

     38,619        40     52,775         40
                                 

Operating expenses:

         

Research and development (1)

     29,984        31     8,038         6

Sales, general and administrative (1)(2)

     16,178        17     5,307         4
                                 

Total operating expenses

     46,162        48     13,345         10
                                 

Income (loss) from operations

     (7,543     (8 )%      39,430         30

Interest income

     59        *        46         *   

Other income (expense), net

     250        *        4         *   
                                 

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes

     (7,234     (7 )%      39,480         30

Provision for income taxes

     7,523        (8 )%      7,888         6
                                 

Net income (loss)

   $ (14,757     (15 )%    $ 31,592         24
                     

 

*      Less than 1%

 

         

(1)    Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

         

Cost of revenues

   $ 120        $ 20      

Research and development

     26,213          191      

Sales, general and administrative

     9,713          465      
                     

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 36,046        $ 676      
                     

(2)     Includes a charge for an export compliance matter as follows:

   $ 1,625        $      

Revenues

Revenues increased $33.7 million, or 35%, from $96.7 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $130.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2011. During the nine months ended March 31, 2011, the increase in revenues was primarily attributable to the success of our systems products, most notably our AirMax product line. Increases in revenues from the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to the nine months ended March 31, 2011 were also attributable to higher unit volume. During the nine months ended March 31, 2011, there was a shift in our product mix toward systems and away from embedded radios.

In the nine months ended March 31, 2010, revenues from two distributors represented 16% and 15%, respectively, of our revenues. In the nine months ended March 31, 2011, the same two distributors represented 20% and 14% of our revenues, respectively. No other distributor or customer represented more than 10% of our revenues in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 or March 31, 2011.

Revenues by Product Type

 

     Nine Months Ended March 31,  
       2010     2011  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

AirMax

   $ 22,656         23   $ 71,041         55

Other systems

     56,822         59     34,475         26
                                  

Systems

     79,478         82     105,516         81

Embedded radio

     10,745         11     10,669         8

Antennas/other

     6,430         7     14,135         11
                                  

Total revenues

   $ 96,653         100   $ 130,320         100
                                  

Systems revenues increased $26.0 million, or 33%, from $79.5 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $105.5 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. The increase in systems revenues was driven by

 

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rapid adoption of our AirMax product line, which we introduced in early fiscal 2010, partially offset by a decline in our other systems revenues. We expect further increases in the AirMax product line to be partially offset by a decline in our other products in this category.

Embedded radio revenues decreased slightly from the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to the nine months ended March 31, 2011. We anticipate that embedded radio products will decline as a percentage of revenues in future periods as sales of these products are outpaced by sales of systems products.

Antennas/other revenues increased $7.7 million, or 120%, from $6.4 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $14.1 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. A primary driver of growth in antennas/other revenues was the broadening of our systems product lines, which drove demand for associated antennas. Antennas/other revenues also increased due to the growing sales of accessories purchased in connection with deployment of new systems, such as cables. Other revenues also include revenues that are attributable to PCS. We anticipate that antenna/other revenues will continue to increase in absolute dollars in future periods but will decline as a percentage of total revenues due to more rapid growth of systems revenues.

Revenues by Geography

We generally deliver product directly from our manufacturers to freight companies in Hong Kong, which have been retained by our distributors and who in turn ship to other locations throughout the world. We have determined the geographical distribution of our product revenues based on ship-to destinations. A majority of our sales are to distributors who in turn sell to resellers or directly to end customers. As a result of these factors, we believe that sales to certain geographic locations might be higher or lower, as the ultimate destinations are difficult to ascertain. For example, we believe the decline in North American revenues was largely due to products that may have been ultimately destined for the South America market being routed through a U.S. address. During the nine months ended March 31, 2011, we believe a large portion of products destined for South America began to be shipped directly to that region, causing an offsetting increase to South America revenues. The increase in revenues across all other regions was primarily driven by the success of our systems products, most notably our AirMax product line. The following are our revenues by geography for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

 

     Nine Months Ended March 31,  
       2010     2011  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

North America

   $ 45,591         47   $ 39,910         30

South America

     4,841         5     32,546         25

Europe, the Middle East and Africa

     39,061         41     46,431         36

Asia Pacific

     7,160         7     11,433         9
                                  

Total revenues

   $ 96,653         100   $ 130,320         100
                                  

Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin

Cost of revenues increased $19.5 million, or 34%, from $58.0 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $77.5 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to growth in revenues and changes in product mix from embedded radios to our systems products. Gross margin remained relatively stable at 40% in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011. We believe that our gross margins have largely stabilized and do not expect substantial additional fluctuations in gross margins in the near term.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

Research and development expenses decreased $21.9 million, or 73%, from $30.0 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $8.0 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. Research and development expense in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 included $26.2 million of stock-based compensation resulting from the

 

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Summit transaction in March 2010. Excluding the effect of the Summit transaction, research and development costs increased $4.2 million, or 112%, from $3.8 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $8.0 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. Excluding the compensation expense related to the Summit transaction, as a percentage of revenues, research and development expenses increased from 4% in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to 6% in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. These increases in research and development expenses were due to increases in headcount as we broadened our research and development activities to new product areas. Over time, we expect our research and development costs to increase as we continue making significant investments in developing new products and developing new versions of our existing products.

Sales, General and Administrative

Sales, general and administrative expenses decreased $10.9 million, or 67%, from $16.2 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $5.3 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. Sales, general and administrative expense in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 included $9.6 million of stock-based compensation resulting from the Summit transaction in March 2010 and a $1.6 million charge related to an export compliance matter. Excluding the effect of the Summit transaction and the export compliance matter, sales, general and administrative costs increased $339,000, or 7%, from $5.0 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $5.3 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. Excluding the stock-based compensation expense related to the Summit transaction and the charge related to an export compliance matter, as a percentage of revenues, sales, general and administrative expenses decreased from 5% in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to 4% in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. Excluding the effects of the Summit transaction and the export compliance matter, sales, general and administrative expenses increased slightly due to increased personnel costs and increased costs associated with our preparation to be a public company. However, as a percentage of revenues sales, general and administrative expenses decreased slightly due to our overall revenue growth. Over time, we expect our sales, general and administrative expenses increase in absolute dollars due to continued growth in headcount to support our business and operations as a public company.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes increased $365,000, or 5%, from $7.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 to $7.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2011. Exclusive of the impact of the Summit transaction and a charge for an export compliance matter, income before provision for income taxes increased from $30.1 million to $39.5 million and our effective tax rate decreased from 25% to 20% for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively. The lower effective tax rate was a result of a higher level of income in lower tax jurisdictions.

 

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Comparison of Years Ended June 30, 2009 and 2010

The following table presents our historical operating results in dollars and as a percentage of revenues for the periods presented:

 

     Years Ended June 30,  
       2009     2010  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Revenues

   $ 63,121         100   $ 136,952        100

Cost of revenues (1)

     37,181         59     82,404        60
                                 

Gross profit

     25,940         41     54,548        40
                                 

Operating expenses:

       

Research and development (1)

     5,166         8     31,704        23

Sales, general and administrative (1)(2)

     2,946         5     18,162        13
                                 

Total operating expenses

     8,112         13     49,866        36
                                 

Income from operations

     17,828         28     4,682        4

Interest income

     118         *        64        *   

Other income (expense), net

             *        517        *   
                                 

Income before provision for income taxes

     17,946         29     5,263        4

Provision for income taxes

     8,057         13     10,719        8
                                 

Net income (loss)

   $ 9,889         16   $ (5,456     (4 %) 
                                 

 

*      Less than 1%

 

         

(1)    Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

         

Cost of revenues

   $ 5         $ 124     

Research and development

     315           26,221     

Sales, general and administrative

     185           9,814     
                     

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 505         $ 36,159     
                     

(2)     Includes a charge for an export compliance matter as follows:

   $         $ 1,625     

Revenues

Revenues increased $73.8 million, or 117%, from $63.1 million in fiscal 2009 to $137.0 million in fiscal 2010. The increase in revenues during fiscal 2010 was primarily attributable to the success of our systems products, most notably our AirMax product line. However, increased sales of embedded radios and antennas/other also drove revenue growth. Increases in revenues from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2010 were also attributable to a higher volume of sales.

In fiscal 2009, revenues from one distributor represented 12% of our revenues. In fiscal 2010, this distributor represented 13% and another distributor represented 17% of our revenues. No other distributor or customer represented 10% or more of our revenues in fiscal 2009 or 2010.

Revenues by Product Type

 

     Years Ended June 30,  
       2009     2010  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

AirMax

   $         *      $ 37,525         27

Other systems

     49,764         79     75,368         55
                                  

Systems

     49,764         79     112,893         82

Embedded radio

     12,958         20     14,047         10

Antennas/other

     399         1     10,012         8
                                  

Total revenues

   $ 63,121         100   $ 136,952         100
                                  

 

* Less than 1%

 

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Systems revenues increased $63.1 million, or 127%, from $49.8 million in fiscal 2009 to $112.9 million in fiscal 2010. The increase in systems revenues was driven by our Nano Station products and our AirMax product line, which we introduced in fiscal 2010. Our systems revenues increased as a percentage of revenues from 79% in fiscal 2009 to 82% in fiscal 2010.

Embedded radio revenues increased $1.1 million, or 8%, from $13.0 million in fiscal 2009 to $14.0 million in fiscal 2010. The increase in embedded radios revenues was driven by the introduction of new embedded radio products during fiscal 2010.

Antennas/other revenues increased $9.6 million, or 2,409%, from $399,000 in fiscal 2009 to $10.0 million in fiscal 2010. The introduction of our antenna product line drove this growth in fiscal 2010. Prior to fiscal 2010, the amounts of antenna revenues were immaterial. Antennas/other revenues increased from 1% of revenues in fiscal 2009 to 8% of revenues in fiscal 2010.

Revenues by Geography

The increase in revenues across all regions was primarily driven by the success of our systems products, most notably our AirMax product line. The following were our revenues by geography for fiscal 2009 and 2010.

 

     Years Ended June 30,  
       2009     2010  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

North America

   $ 28,476         45   $ 56,995         42

South America

     3,916         6     13,520         10

Europe, the Middle East and Africa

     27,801         44     55,089         40

Asia Pacific

     2,928         5     11,348         8
                                  

Total revenues

   $ 63,121         100   $ 136,952         100
                                  

Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin

Cost of revenues increased $45.2 million, or 122%, from $37.2 million in fiscal 2009 to $82.4 million in fiscal 2010, primarily due to growth in the number of units we sold during the fiscal year. Gross margin remained relatively stable and was 41% in fiscal 2009 and 40% in fiscal 2010, reflecting the fact that a substantial majority of our revenues were from systems products.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

Research and development expenses increased $26.5 million, or 514%, from $5.2 million in fiscal 2009 to $31.7 million in fiscal 2010. Research and development expense in fiscal 2010 included $26.2 million of stock-based compensation resulting from the Summit transaction in March 2010. Excluding the effect of the Summit transaction, research and development costs increased $344,000, or 7%, from $5.2 million in fiscal 2009 to $5.5 million in fiscal 2010. Research and development expense increased due to increased employee benefit costs and contract labor costs due to increases in headcount. Excluding the compensation expense related to the Summit transaction, as a percentage of revenues, research and development expenses decreased from 8% in fiscal 2009 to 4% in fiscal 2010.

Sales, General and Administrative

Sales, general and administrative expenses increased $15.2 million, or 516%, from $2.9 million in fiscal 2009 to $18.2 million in fiscal 2010. Sales, general and administrative expense in fiscal 2010 included $9.6 million of stock-based compensation resulting from the Summit transaction and a $1.6 million charge related to a regulatory export compliance issue. Excluding the effects of the Summit transaction and the charge related to a regulatory export compliance issue, sales, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $4.0 million, or 136%, from $2.9 million in 2009 to $7.0 million in 2010. Sales, general and administrative expense increased

 

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due to a $1.1 million increase in non-capitalized legal, professional and accounting expenses in connection with financing activities, a provision of $800,000 for doubtful accounts, a $625,000 increase in depreciation and facilities-related expenses, a $617,000 increase in spending related to travel and marketing activity, $550,000 in litigation costs related to our litigation with a former employee, and a $148,000 increase in personnel expenses as we increased permanent employee and consulting headcount to support our business growth. Excluding the effects of the Summit transaction and the charge related to a regulatory export compliance issue, as a percentage of revenues, sales, general and administrative expense remained even at 5% for fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income, net, consists primarily of the effect of revaluing warrants, gains and losses from foreign currency transactions and remeasurement of foreign currency balances. Other income increased $517,000 from zero in fiscal 2009 to $517,000 in fiscal 2010. The increase was primarily related to $456,000 of noncash income from the revaluation of warrants issued in connection with the Summit transaction.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes increased $2.7 million, or 33%, from $8.1 million in fiscal 2009 to $10.7 million in fiscal 2010. Exclusive of the impact of the Summit transaction and a charge for an export compliance matter, income before provision for income taxes increased from $17.9 million to $41.1 million and our effective tax rate decreased from 45% to 20% for fiscal 2009 and 2010, respectively. The lower effective tax rate was a result of a higher level of income in lower tax jurisdictions.

Comparison of Years Ended June 30, 2008 and 2009

 

     Years Ended June 30,  
       2008      2009  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Revenues

   $ 22,435         100    $ 63,121         100

Cost of revenues

     10,942         49      37,181         59
                                   

Gross profit

     11,493         51      25,940         41
                                   

Operating expenses:

           

Research and development

     2,706         12      5,166         8

Sales, general and administrative

     1,396         6      2,946         5
                                   

Total operating expenses

     4,102         18      8,112         13
                                   

Income from operations

     7,391         33      17,828         28

Interest income

     112         *         118         *   

Other income (expense), net

     11         *                 *   
                                   

Income before provision for income taxes

     7,514         34      17,946         29

Provision for income taxes

     2,817         13      8,057         13
                                   

Net income

   $ 4,697         21    $ 9,889         16
                                   

 

* Less than one percent.

Revenues

Revenues increased $40.7 million, or 181%, from $22.4 million in fiscal 2008 to $63.1 million in fiscal 2009. The increase in revenues from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009 resulted largely from increases in sales of our nonproprietary products.

In fiscal 2008, revenues from two distributors represented 19% and 12%, respectively, of our revenues. In fiscal 2009, revenues from one distributor represented 12% of our revenues. No other distributor or customer represented 10% or more of our revenues in fiscal 2008 or 2009.

 

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Revenues by Product Type

 

     Years Ended June 30,  
       2008      2009  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

AirMax

   $               $           

Other systems

     10,851         48      49,764         79
                                   

Systems

     10,851         48      49,764         79

Embedded radio

     11,490         51      12,958         20

Antennas/other

     94         1      399         1
                                   

Total revenues

   $ 22,435         100    $ 63,121         100
                                   

Systems revenues increased $38.9 million, or 359%, from $10.9 million in fiscal 2008 to $49.8 million in fiscal 2009. Our systems revenues increased as a percentage of revenues from 48% in fiscal 2008 to 79% in fiscal 2009. The increase of $38.9 million in systems revenues was driven by products in the category being introduced during fiscal 2008 and having an entire fiscal year of revenues in fiscal 2009. For example, our NanoStation product line was introduced late in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, while our high volume Bullet product line was introduced in early fiscal 2009.

Embedded radio revenues increased $1.5 million, or 13%, from $11.5 million in fiscal 2008 to $13.0 million in fiscal 2009. Embedded radio revenues declined as a percentage of our total revenues from 51% in fiscal 2008 to 20% in fiscal 2009. The absolute dollar increase in revenues was driven predominantly by the number of new product introductions in the embedded radio category during fiscal 2009.

Antennas/other revenues increased $305,000, or 324%, from $94,000 in fiscal 2008 to $399,000 in fiscal 2009. Revenues in the category for fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009 were primarily from sales of accessories, such as mounting hardware, and did not include any material antenna revenues. The increase of $305,000 in antennas/other revenues was driven by increase in the sales of accessories and associated products.

Revenues by Geography

The increase in revenues across all regions was primarily driven by the success of our systems products, most notably the PowerStation and NanoStation. Shifts away from North America stemmed from the substantial growth in revenues in other regions rather than a decline in absolute dollars in North America. The following were our revenues by geography for fiscal 2008 and 2009.

 

     Years Ended June 30,  
       2008     2009  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

North America

   $ 13,121         58   $ 28,476         45

South America

     197         1     3,916         6

Europe, the Middle East and Africa

     8,051         36     27,801         44

Asia Pacific

     1,066         5     2,928         5
                                  

Total revenues

   $ 22,435         100   $ 63,121         100
                                  

Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin

Cost of revenues increased $26.2 million, or 240%, from $10.9 million in fiscal 2008 to $37.2 million in fiscal 2009, primarily due to growth in the absolute number of products we had manufactured and sold. Gross margin decreased from 51% in fiscal 2008 to 41% in fiscal 2009 due to a planned product mix shift toward our higher volume but lower margin systems products and away from our higher gross margin embedded radio products.

 

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Operating Expenses

Research and Development

Research and development expenses increased $2.5 million, or 91%, from $2.7 million in fiscal 2008 to $5.2 million in fiscal 2009, primarily due to increased labor fringe benefit costs and contract labor costs as we increased our headcount to build our product offerings. A portion of the increases in research and development expenses related to headcount increases in our Lithuanian development center. Although research and development costs rose in absolute dollars on a year over year basis, they declined significantly as a percentage of revenues, decreasing from 12% in fiscal 2008 to 8% in fiscal 2009.

Sales, General and Administrative

Sales, general and administrative expenses increased $1.6 million, or 111%, from $1.4 million in fiscal 2008 to $2.9 million in fiscal 2009, primarily due to a $649,000 increase in personnel-related expenses as a result of increased headcount, of which $132,000 was due to stock-based compensation, a $560,000 increase in legal, professional and accounting fees, a $216,000 increase in depreciation and facilities-related expenses and a $127,000 increase in travel and marketing costs. Although sales, general and administrative expenses increased in absolute terms on a year over year basis, they declined slightly as a percentage of revenues, decreasing from 6% in fiscal 2008 to 5% in fiscal 2009.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes increased $5.2 million, or 186%, from $2.8 million in fiscal 2008 to $8.1 million in fiscal 2009, primarily resulting from the increase in income from operations. Our effective tax rate increased from 37% in fiscal 2008 to 45% in fiscal 2009. The increase in the effective tax rate was driven by foreign losses not benefited and certain permanently non-deductible items. The foreign losses were a result of research and development cost sharing arrangements. Our operations in Hong Kong did not realize sufficient revenues in fiscal 2009 to offset the operating expenses, thereby incurring a loss.

 

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Quarterly Results of Operations

The following tables set forth unaudited quarterly consolidated statements of operations data for each quarter of fiscal 2010 and the first, second and third quarters of fiscal 2011. We have prepared the statement of operations for each of these quarters on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus and, in our opinion, it includes all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair statement of the results of operations for these periods. This information should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. These quarterly operating results are not necessarily indicative of our operating results for any future period.

 

    Three Months Ended  
      September 30,
2009
    December 31,
2009
    March 31,
2010
    June 30,
2010
    September 30,
2010
   

December 31,

2010

   

March 31,

2011

 
    (In thousands, unaudited)              

Statement of Operations Data:

             

Revenues

  $ 18,842      $ 36,294      $ 41,517      $ 40,299      $ 34,082      $ 45,087      $ 51,151   

Cost of revenues (1)

    11,485        21,305        25,244        24,370        20,453        27,045        30,047   
                                                       

Gross profit

    7,357        14,989        16,273        15,929        13,629        18,042        21,104   
    &n