UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q (Mark One) x

          QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended January 6, 2008 or o

          TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from            to           . Commission File No.: 0-33213 
 MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
  Delaware

          

          77-0454924(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

          

          (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 1650 Technology Drive San Jose, California 95110 (Address of principal executive offices) Telephone: (408) 565-7500 (Registrants telephone number, including area code) 
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (l) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for at least the past 90 days. Yes x NO o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):  Large Accelerated Filer o

          

          Accelerated Filer x

          

          Non-accelerated Filer o
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o NO x On February 1, 2008, 41,906,408 shares of Registrants Common Stock, $.0001 par value were outstanding.
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MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. FORM 10-Q QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 6, 2008INDEX



PagePart I: Financial Information





3Item 1:Financial Statements (unaudited)





3Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at January 6, 2008 and April 1, 2007





3Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006





4Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006





5Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements





6Item 2:Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of   Operations





23Item 3:Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk





39Item 4:Controls and Procedures





39Part II: Other Information





41Item 1:Legal Proceedings





41Item 1A:Risk Factors





42Item 2:Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds





58Item 6:Exhibits





60Signatures





62Exhibit Index





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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands) (unaudited)



January 6, 2008

          

          April 1, 2007ASSETSCurrent assets:Cash and cash equivalents

          

          $

          52,034

          

          

          $

          45,338Restricted cash

          

          

          

          

          

          

          4,997Short-term investments

          

          

          17,700

          

          

          

          10,700Accounts receivable, net

          

          

          28,054

          

          

          

          41,086Prepaid expenses and other current assets

          

          

          5,106

          

          

          

          4,126Total current assets

          

          

          102,894

          

          

          

          106,247Property and equipment, net

          

          

          16,070

          

          

          

          17,866Intangibles, net

          

          

          41,250

          

          

          

          56,874Goodwill

          

          

          53,870

          

          

          

          48,499Restricted cash

          

          

          

          

          

          

          4,700Deferred tax assets

          

          

          6,901

          

          

          

          Other assets

          

          

          5,103

          

          

          

          5,460Total assets

          

          $

          226,088

          

          

          $

          239,646LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITYCurrent liabilities:Accounts payable

          

          $

          3,778

          

          

          $

          7,442Accrued expenses

          

          

          24,488

          

          

          

          53,254Deferred revenue

          

          

          23,987

          

          

          

          28,417Convertible notes, current

          

          

          15,216

          

          

          

          Total current liabilities

          

          

          67,469

          

          

          

          89,113Convertible notes, long-term, net of debt discount of $1,584 and $2,078 at January 6, 2008 and April 1, 2007, respectively

          

          

          48,355

          

          

          

          63,077Line of credit

          

          

          

          

          

          

          3,000Long-term tax liabilities

          

          

          11,774

          

          

          

          Other long-term liabilities

          

          

          2,259

          

          

          

          1,689Total liabilities

          

          

          129,857

          

          

          

          156,879Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)Stockholders equity:Common stock

          

          

          4

          

          

          

          4Additional paid-in capital

          

          

          349,425

          

          

          

          310,825Accumulated deficit

          

          

          (222,209

          )

          

          

          (197,808

          )Treasury stock

          

          

          (27,878

          )

          

          

          (29,162

          )Accumulated other comprehensive loss

          

          

          (3,111

          )

          

          

          (1,092

          )Total stockholders equity

          

          

          96,231

          

          

          

          82,767Total liabilities and stockholders equity

          

          $

          226,088

          

          

          $

          239,646

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited)



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Revenue:Licenses

          

          $

          35,615

          

          

          

          23,974

          

          

          $

          103,241

          

          

          $

          71,129Bundled licenses and services

          

          

          11,283

          

          

          

          10,032

          

          

          

          30,157

          

          

          

          32,277Services

          

          

          8,849

          

          

          

          11,088

          

          

          

          26,007

          

          

          

          24,610Total revenue

          

          

          55,747

          

          

          

          45,094

          

          

          

          159,405

          

          

          

          128,016Cost of revenue:Licenses

          

          

          4,362

          

          

          

          6,282

          

          

          

          14,289

          

          

          

          17,273Bundled licenses and services

          

          

          2,504

          

          

          

          2,980

          

          

          

          7,045

          

          

          

          9,819Services

          

          

          5,274

          

          

          

          4,757

          

          

          

          15,374

          

          

          

          12,704Total cost of revenue

          

          

          12,140

          

          

          

          14,019

          

          

          

          36,708

          

          

          

          39,796Gross profit

          

          

          43,607

          

          

          

          31,075

          

          

          

          122,697

          

          

          

          88,220Operating expenses:Research and development

          

          

          19,513

          

          

          

          15,660

          

          

          

          56,538

          

          

          

          46,716Sales and marketing

          

          

          17,833

          

          

          

          14,919

          

          

          

          53,380

          

          

          

          43,333General and administrative

          

          

          8,570

          

          

          

          9,660

          

          

          

          24,437

          

          

          

          29,667Amortization of intangible assets

          

          

          2,242

          

          

          

          2,923

          

          

          

          6,308

          

          

          

          8,735In-process research and development

          

          

          

          

          

          

          1,300

          

          

          

          656

          

          

          

          1,300Restructuring charges

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          291

          

          

          

          Total operating expenses

          

          

          48,158

          

          

          

          44,462

          

          

          

          141,610

          

          

          

          129,751Operating loss

          

          

          (4,551

          )

          

          

          (13,387

          )

          

          

          (18,913

          )

          

          

          (41,531

          )Other income (expense):Interest income

          

          

          562

          

          

          

          623

          

          

          

          1,510

          

          

          

          2,181Interest expense

          

          

          (618

          )

          

          

          (141

          )

          

          

          (1,874

          )

          

          

          (449

          )Gain on extinguishment of debt

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          4,809Other income (expense), net

          

          

          (18

          )

          

          

          (326

          )

          

          

          51

          

          

          

          (925

          )Other income (expense), net

          

          

          (74

          )

          

          

          156

          

          

          

          (313

          )

          

          

          5,616Net loss before income taxes

          

          

          (4,625

          )

          

          

          (13,231

          )

          

          

          (19,226

          )

          

          

          (35,915

          )Provision for income taxes

          

          

          1,318

          

          

          

          330

          

          

          

          4,381

          

          

          

          1,100Net loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

          

          

          (5,943

          )

          

          

          (13,561

          )

          

          

          (23,607

          )

          

          

          (37,015

          )Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          321Net loss

          

          $

          (5,943

          )

          

          $

          (13,561

          )

          

          $

          (23,607

          )

          

          $

          (36,694

          )Net loss per common share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, basic and diluted

          

          $

          (0.14

          )

          

          $

          (0.37

          )

          

          $

          (0.59

          )

          

          $

          (1.02

          )Net loss per common share, basic and diluted

          

          $

          (0.14

          )

          

          $

          (0.37

          )

          

          $

          (0.59

          )

          

          $

          (1.01

          )Shares used in calculation, basic and diluted

          

          

          41,025

          

          

          

          37,072

          

          

          

          39,990

          

          

          

          36,289

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) (unaudited)



Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Cash flows from operating activities:Net loss

          

          $

          (23,607

          )

          

          $

          (36,694

          )Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

          

          

          

          

          

          

          (321

          )Depreciation and amortization

          

          

          7,588

          

          

          

          7,845Amortization of intangible assets

          

          

          22,933

          

          

          

          31,434In-process research and development

          

          

          656

          

          

          

          1,300Provision for doubtful accounts

          

          

          186

          

          

          

          148Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs

          

          

          877

          

          

          

          354Loss on strategic equity investments

          

          

          437

          

          

          

          440Gain on extinguishment of debt

          

          

          

          

          

          

          (4,809

          )Stock-based compensation

          

          

          14,921

          

          

          

          12,309Income tax benefit realized from debt issuance costs

          

          

          27

          

          

          

          259Other non-cash items

          

          

          49

          

          

          

          14Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:Accounts receivable

          

          

          10,770

          

          

          

          2,120Prepaid expenses and other assets

          

          

          (862

          )

          

          

          980Accounts payable

          

          

          (1,919

          )

          

          

          438Accrued expenses

          

          

          (18,470

          )

          

          

          (1,999

          )Deferred revenue

          

          

          (4,580

          )

          

          

          (1,934

          )Long-term tax liabilities

          

          

          1,251

          

          

          

          Other long-term liabilities

          

          

          379

          

          

          

          (171

          )Net cash provided by operating activities

          

          

          10,636

          

          

          

          11,713Cash flows from investing activities:Purchase of intangible assets

          

          

          (8,702

          )

          

          

          (22,631

          )Purchase of property and equipment

          

          

          (6,037

          )

          

          

          (2,505

          )Purchase of short-term investments

          

          

          (32,697

          )

          

          

          (13,397

          )Proceeds from sale and maturities of short-term investments

          

          

          25,700

          

          

          

          45,416Purchase of strategic equity investments

          

          

          (1,275

          )

          

          

          (900

          )Restricted cash

          

          

          4,850

          

          

          

          (200

          )Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

          

          

          (18,161

          )

          

          

          5,783Cash flows from financing activities:Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

          

          

          18,896

          

          

          

          5,031Repurchase of convertible notes

          

          

          

          

          

          

          (35,000

          )Repayment of lease obligation

          

          

          (1,704

          )

          

          

          (1,018

          )Repayment of line of credit

          

          

          (3,000

          )

          

          

          Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

          

          

          14,192

          

          

          

          (30,987

          )Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents

          

          

          29

          

          

          

          (10

          )Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

          

          

          6,696

          

          

          

          (13,501

          )Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

          

          

          45,338

          

          

          

          58,550Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

          

          $

          52,034

          

          

          $

          45,049Supplemental disclosure:Non-cash investing and financing activities:Issuance of common stock in connection with asset purchase

          

          $

          5,638

          

          

          $

          6,327Purchase of fixed assets under capital leases

          

          $

          2,039

          

          

          $

          2,328Deferred stock-based compensation

          

          $

          

          

          

          $

          514Common stock received from termination of hedge and warrants in connection with repurchase of convertible notes

          

          $

          

          

          

          $

          102

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.  NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by Magma Design Automation, Inc. (Magma or the Company), pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to these rules and regulations. However, management believes that the disclosures are adequate to ensure that
the information presented is not misleading. The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect, in the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) to present a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. The operating results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year ending April 6, 2008. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended April 1, 2007, as filed with the SEC on June 6, 2007. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at April 1, 2007 is derived from audited consolidated financial statements at that date.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management periodically evaluates such estimates and assumptions for continued reasonableness. Appropriate adjustments, if any, to the estimates used are made prospectively based upon such periodic evaluation. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of Magma include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Accounts denominated in foreign-currency have been translated from their functional currency to the U.S. dollar.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in the prior year financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Specifically, the Company modified its revenue and cost of revenue presentation in its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and, accordingly, the related amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal 2007 periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Fiscal Year End

The Company has a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the first Sunday subsequent to March 31. The Companys fiscal years consist of four quarters of 13 weeks each except for each fifth or sixth fiscal year, which includes one quarter with 14 weeks. The Companys fiscal year 2008 consists of 53 weeks and the third quarter of fiscal 2008 included 14 weeks. The result of the additional week was included in the Companys Form 10-Q for the quarter, and did not have a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial position or results of operations. All references to years or quarters in these notes to consolidated financial
statements represent fiscal years or fiscal quarters, respectively, unless otherwise noted.

On January 28, 2008 the Companys Board of Directors approved a change of fiscal year to a fiscal year ending on the first Sunday subsequent to April 30 (except for any given year in which April 30 is a Sunday, in which case the fiscal year will end on April 30), starting from the Companys fiscal year 2009. As a result of this change, there will be a transition period from April 7, 2008 through May 4, 2008, and the Companys next fiscal year (its fiscal year 2009) will commence on May 5, 2008 and will end on May 3, 2009. Information on the transition period will be included in the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
first quarterly

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Note 1. Basis of Presentation   (continued)

period of its fiscal year 2009, and financial statements required by Part I of Form 10-Q will be furnished separately for the transition period, which financial statements will be unaudited. The Company will file separate audited financial statements covering the transition period with its annual report for its fiscal year 2009.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies only to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this statement on its consolidated
financial position or results of operations.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this
statement on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In June 2007, the FASB ratified a consensus opinion reached by the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) on EITF Issue 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services Received for Use in Future Research and Development Activities. The guidance in EITF 07-3 requires the Company to defer and capitalize nonrefundable advance payments made for goods or services to be used in research and development activities until the goods have been delivered or the related services have been performed. If the goods are no longer expected to be delivered nor the services expected to be performed, the Company would be
required to expense the related capitalized advance payments. The consensus in EITF 07-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect that the adoption of EITF 07-3 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (SFAS 141R), which expands the definition of a business combination and establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes fair values of acquired assets, including goodwill, and assumed liabilities. SFAS 141R requires the acquirer to recognize 100% of the fair values of acquired assets, including goodwill, and assumed liabilities, even if the acquirer has acquired less than 100% of the target. As a consequence, the current step-acquisition model will be eliminated. Under SFAS 141R, contingent consideration arrangements
will be fair valued at the acquisition date and included on that basis in the purchase price consideration. SFAS 141R also requires that transaction costs be expensed as incurred and does not permit certain restructuring activities previously allowed under EITF No. 95-3 to be recorded as a component of purchase accounting. In addition, under SFAS 141R, acquired research and development value will no longer be expensed at acquisition, but instead will be capitalized as an indefinite-lived intangible asset, subject to impairment accounting throughout its development stage and then subject to amortization and impairment after development is complete. SFAS 141R is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Adoption is prospective and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this statement on its consolidated financial position or results of operations, but the impact will be limited to any future
acquisitions beginning in fiscal 2010.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Financial Statements, an Amendment of ARB No. 51 (SFAS 160). This Statement establishes accounting and reporting

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Note 1. Basis of Presentation   (continued)

standards for the noncontrolling (minority) interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. SFAS 160 clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as a component of equity, changes in a parents ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling interest should be accounted for as equity transactions, and any retained noncontrolling equity investment upon the deconsolidation of a subsidiary should be initially measured at fair value. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently
evaluating the impact of the adoption of this statement on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Note 2. Stock-Based Compensation

On April 3, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), which requires the fair value recognition of share-based payment arrangements. The stock-based compensation recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations was as follows (in thousands):



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary  6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January  6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Cost of revenue

          

          $

          409

          

          

          $

          288

          

          

          $

          1,277

          

          

          $

          974Research and development expense

          

          

          1,813

          

          

          

          1,150

          

          

          

          5,692

          

          

          

          4,757Sales and marketing expense

          

          

          1,256

          

          

          

          804

          

          

          

          3,771

          

          

          

          3,058General and administrative expense

          

          

          1,401

          

          

          

          1,053

          

          

          

          4,181

          

          

          

          3,520Total stock-based compensation expense

          

          $

          4,879

          

          

          $

          3,295

          

          

          $

          14,921

          

          

          $

          12,309

The Company has adopted several stock incentive plans providing stock-based awards to employees, directors, advisors and consultants, including stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units. The Company also has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), which enables employees to purchase shares of the Companys common stock. Stock-based compensation expense by type of award was as follows (in thousands):



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Stock options

          

          $

          2,562

          

          

          $

          2,371

          

          

          $

          8,078

          

          

          $

          8,117Restricted stock and restricted stock units

          

          

          1,481

          

          

          

          607

          

          

          

          4,572

          

          

          

          2,607Employee stock purchase plan

          

          

          836

          

          

          

          317

          

          

          

          2,271

          

          

          

          1,585Total stock-based compensation expense

          

          $

          4,879

          

          

          $

          3,295

          

          

          $

          14,921

          

          

          $

          12,309

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of its stock options and ESPP awards. The Black-Scholes option pricing model incorporates various highly subjective assumptions including expected future stock price volatility and expected terms of instruments. The Company established the expected term for employee options and awards, as well as forfeiture rates, based on the historical settlement experience, while giving consideration to vesting schedules and to options that have life cycles less than the contractual terms. Assumptions for option exercises and pre-vesting terminations of options were stratified for
employee groups with sufficiently distinct behavior patterns. Expected future stock price volatility was developed based on the average of the Companys historical weekly stock price volatility and average implied volatility. The risk-free interest rate for the period within the expected life of the option

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Note 2. Stock-Based Compensation   (continued)

is based on the yield of United States Treasury notes at the time of grant. The expected dividend yield used in the calculation is zero as the Company has not historically paid dividends.

The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model and the weighted average grant date fair value per share were as follows:



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Stock options:Expected life (years)

          

          

          4.06

          

          

          

          4.10

          

          

          

          4.16

          

          

          

          4.15Volatility

          

          

          42

          %

          

          

          47

          %

          

          

          39  42

          %

          

          

          47  50

          %Risk-free interest rate

          

          

          3.26  4.06

          %

          

          

          4.49  4.73

          %

          

          

          3.26  4.91

          %

          

          

          4.49  5.15

          %Expected dividend yield

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          0

          %Weighted average grant date fair value

          

          $

          5.17

          

          

          $

          3.77

          

          

          $

          4.94

          

          

          $

          3.60ESPP awards:Expected life (years)

          

          

          1.13

          

          

          

          1.13

          

          

          

          1.13

          

          

          

          1.13Volatility

          

          

          42

          %

          

          

          47

          %

          

          

          39  42

          %

          

          

          47  51

          %Risk-free interest rate

          

          

          3.88

          %

          

          

          4.93

          %

          

          

          3.88  4.91

          %

          

          

          4.93  5.11

          %Expected dividend yield

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          0

          %Weighted average grant date fair value

          

          $

          5.04

          

          

          $

          2.64

          

          

          $

          4.59

          

          

          $

          2.65

As of January 6, 2008, there was approximately $18.0 million and $4.4 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to stock option grants and ESPP awards, respectively, which will be recognized over the remaining weighted average vesting period of approximately 2.37 years and 1.30 years, respectively.

The cost of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards is determined using the fair value of the Companys common stock on the date of the grant, and compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period, which is generally two to four years. As of January 6, 2008, there was approximately $4.0 million and $1.2 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, respectively, which will be recognized over the remaining weighted average vesting period of approximately 1.09 years and 2.52 years, respectively.

Note 3. Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share. Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted net income per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period including stock options and redeemable convertible subordinated notes using the if-converted method.

For the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006, all potential common shares outstanding during the period were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as their effect was anti-dilutive. Such shares included the following (in thousands, except per share data):

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Note 3. Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share   (continued)



Three and Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes

          

          

          3,995

          

          

          

          2,850Shares of common stock issuable under stock option plans outstanding

          

          

          12,117

          

          

          

          11,302Weighted average exercise price of shares issuable under stock option plans

          

          $

          10.67

          

          

          $

          9.84

Note 4. Accumulated Deficit

The changes in accumulated deficit for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          January 6, 2008Balance at beginning of period

          

          $

          (216,124

          )

          

          $

          (197,808

          )Net loss

          

          

          (5,943

          )

          

          

          (23,607

          )Charges related to treasury stock reissuance

          

          

          (142

          )

          

          

          (292

          )Effect of FIN 48 adoption

          

          

          

          

          

          

          (502

          )Balance at January 6, 2008

          

          $

          (222,209

          )

          

          $

          (222,209

          )

Note 5. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes net loss, unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translation adjustments as follows (in thousands):



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Net loss

          

          $

          (5,943

          )

          

          $

          (13,561

          )

          

          $

          (23,607

          )

          

          $

          (36,694

          )Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments

          

          

          

          

          

          

          42

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          64Foreign currency translation adjustments

          

          

          (1,243

          )

          

          

          85

          

          

          

          (2,019

          )

          

          

          32Comprehensive loss

          

          $

          (7,186

          )

          

          $

          (13,434

          )

          

          $

          (25,626

          )

          

          $

          (36,598

          )

Components of accumulated other comprehensive loss was as follows (in thousands):



January 6, 2008

          

          April 1, 2007Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments

          

          $

          

          

          

          $

          (7

          )Foreign currency translation adjustments

          

          

          (3,111

          )

          

          

          (1,085

          )Accumulated other comprehensive loss

          

          $

          (3,111

          )

          

          $

          (1,092

          )

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Note 6. Acquisitions

Business Combination

Rio Design Automation, Inc. (Rio)

On September 19, 2007, the Company acquired the remaining 82% ownership interest of Rio (82% step acquisition) which it did not already own. Rio is an emerging electronic design automation (EDA) software company that provides package-aware chip design software. Rios software allows designers to analyze and optimize integrated circuit design within the context of the package and electronic system, further expanding the Companys product offering.

The purchase price for the 82% step acquisition totaled $4.9 million as of the acquisition date and was subsequently adjusted to $4.5 million in the three months ended January 6, 2008. The $0.4 million purchase price adjustment primarily reflected adjustments relating to working capital and transaction costs. The adjusted purchase price of $4.5 million consisted of $526,000 in cash, approximately 278,700 shares of the Companys common stock valued at $3.8 million, and transaction costs of $168,000. The valuation of the Companys common stock issued in connection with the acquisition was based on the average closing price per share of the
stock for the ten days before the signing date of the definitive merger agreement. The Company held back approximately 46,900 shares of Magma common stock valued at $638,000 to secure certain indemnification obligations of Rio that may arise for a 12-month period from the date of the acquisition. The results of operations of Rio have been included in the Companys results of operations since the acquisition date. Pro forma information has not been provided as the effects of the acquisition do not materially change the Companys results of operations.

The 82% step acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations.The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. The goodwill totaling $2.7 million is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Prior to the acquisition, Magmas existing investment in Rio was accounted for under the equity method since the Company had significant influence on Rios operating or financial
decisions. The value of the existing investment in Rio was based on the carrying value of approximately $220,000 as of September 19, 2007, and was allocated to the book value of the assets and liabilities previously owned. This resulted in the recognition of goodwill totaling $395,000 which is attributable to the original 18% ownership in Rio and was included in other assets on the Companys consolidated balance sheets prior to September 19, 2007. The goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

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Note 6. Acquisitions   (continued)

A summary of the purchase price allocation pertaining to the Rio acquisition as of the acquisition date, adjustments made thereto in the three months ended January 6, 2008, and the amortization periods of the intangible assets acquired is as follows (in thousands):



Rio Purchase Price AllocationAs of September 30, 2007

          

          Adjustments

          

          As of January 6, 2008Allocation of purchase price:Assets acquired:Current assets

          

          $

          36

          

          

          $

          

          

          

          $

          36Property, plant and equipment

          

          

          11

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          11Intangible assetsDeveloped technology

          

          

          819

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          819Customer relationship or base

          

          

          1,065

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          1,065In-process research and development

          

          

          656

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          656Goodwill

          

          

          3,483

          

          

          

          (395

          )

          

          

          3,088Total assets acquired

          

          

          6,070

          

          

          

          (395

          )

          

          

          5,675Liabilities assumed:Current liabilities

          

          

          972

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          972Net assets acquired

          

          $

          5,098

          

          

          $

          (395

          )

          

          $

          4,703Amortization period of intangibles (in years)Developed technology

          

          

          5

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          5Customer relationship or base

          

          

          7-8

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          7-8

The value assigned to developed technology was based upon future discounted cash flows related to the existing products projected income streams using a discount rate of 17%. The Company believes these rates were appropriate given the business risks inherent in marketing and selling these products. Factors considered in estimating the discounted cash flows to be derived from the existing technology include risks related to the characteristics and applications of the technology, existing and future markets and an assessment of the age of the technology within its life span. The cash flows generated by customer relationship or base were valued
using discount rates ranging from 19% to 20%.

The $656,000 portion of the purchase price allocated to in process research and development (IPR&D) was recognized as a charge to operating expenses on the acquisition date. The in-process technology acquired from Rio is at a stage of development that requires further research and development to determine technical feasibility and commercial viability and they have no future alternative use. The valuation method used to value IPR&D is a form of discounted cash flow method commonly known as the excess earnings method. This approach is a widely recognized appraisal method and is commonly used to value technology assets. The value of
the in-process technology is the sum of the discounted expected future cash flows attributable to the in-process technology, taking into consideration the costs to complete the products utilizing this technology, utilization of pre-existing technology, the risks related to the characteristics and applications of the technology, existing and future markets and the technological risk associated with completing the development of the technology. The cash flow derived from the in-process technology was discounted at a rate of 21%. The Company believes the rate used was appropriate given the risks associated with the technology for which commercial feasibility had not been established and there was no alternative use. The percentage of

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Note 6. Acquisitions   (continued)

completion for in-process technology project acquired was 32%, and was an average of the percentage of completion based on costs and time. The cost-based percentage of completion was determined by identifying the total expenses incurred to date for the project as a ratio of the total expenses expected to be incurred to bring the project to technical and commercial feasibility. The time-based percentage of completion was determined by identifying the elapsed time invested in the project as a ratio of the total time required to bring the project to technical and commercial feasibility. Schedules were based on managements estimate of tasks
completed and the tasks to be completed to bring the project to technical and commercial feasibility. The in-process technology projects currently are expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009.

Development of in-process technology remains a substantial risk to the Company due to a variety of factors including the remaining effort to achieve technical feasibility, rapidly changing customer requirements and competitive threats from other companies and technologies. Additionally, the value of other intangible assets acquired may become impaired. The value of the in-process research and development, as well as the value of other intangible assets, was estimated by the management with the assistance of an independent appraisal firm, based on input from the Company and the acquired companys management, using valuation methods that are in
accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles.

Asset Purchase

On April 13, 2007, the Company acquired certain assets from a privately-held developer of EDA technology. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, the Company paid total consideration of $200,000 in cash. Based on managements estimates and appraisal, the $200,000 consideration was allocated to patents and intellectual property, which was included in the intangible asset balance on the Companys consolidated balance sheet as of January 6, 2008, and is being amortized over the estimated economic life of three years.

Acquisition-Related Earnouts

For a number of Magmas acquisitions, the asset purchase, share purchase or merger agreements, as applicable, included an earnout provision under which the Company may pay contingent consideration in cash and/or stock based on the achievement of certain technology or financial milestones as outlined in the respective asset purchase, share purchase or merger agreement.

For the nine months ended January 6, 2008, the Company recorded $5.1 million of intangible assets and $2.8 million of goodwill resulting from contingent consideration that was paid or became payable to stockholders of acquired companies as follows (in thousands):



Cash

          

          Common StockValueGoodwill:ACAD Corporation

          

          $

          2,806

          

          

          $

          Intangible assets:Mojave, Inc.

          

          $

          1,850

          

          

          $

          1,849Other

          

          

          1,400

          

          

          

          Total earnout consideration

          

          $

          3,250

          

          

          $

          1,849

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Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the components of goodwill, intangible assets and related accumulated amortization balances as of January 6, 2008 and April 1, 2007 (dollars in thousands):



Weighted Average Life (months)

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          April 1, 2007Gross Carrying Amount

          

          Accumulated Amortization

          

          Net Carrying Amount

          

          Gross Carrying Amount

          

          Accumulated Amortization

          

          Net Carrying AmountGoodwill

          

          

          

          

          

          $

          53,870

          

          

          $

          

          

          

          $

          53,870

          

          

          $

          48,499

          

          

          $

          

          

          

          $

          48,499Intangible assets:Developed technology

          

          

          44

          

          

          $

          109,382

          

          

          $

          (80,613

          )

          

          $

          28,769

          

          

          $

          104,464

          

          

          $

          (64,229

          )

          

          $

          40,235Licensed technology

          

          

          40

          

          

          

          40,094

          

          

          

          (33,259

          )

          

          

          6,835

          

          

          

          39,093

          

          

          

          (29,667

          )

          

          

          9,426Customer relationship or base

          

          

          73

          

          

          

          4,375

          

          

          

          (2,209

          )

          

          

          2,166

          

          

          

          3,310

          

          

          

          (1,631

          )

          

          

          1,679Patents

          

          

          57

          

          

          

          13,015

          

          

          

          (10,591

          )

          

          

          2,424

          

          

          

          12,690

          

          

          

          (8,615

          )

          

          

          4,075Acquired customer contracts

          

          

          33

          

          

          

          1,390

          

          

          

          (1,090

          )

          

          

          300

          

          

          

          1,390

          

          

          

          (1,069

          )

          

          

          321Assembled workforce

          

          

          45

          

          

          

          1,252

          

          

          

          (1,164

          )

          

          

          88

          

          

          

          1,252

          

          

          

          (976

          )

          

          

          276No shop right

          

          

          24

          

          

          

          100

          

          

          

          (100

          )

          

          

          

          

          

          

          100

          

          

          

          (100

          )

          

          

          Non-competition agreements

          

          

          36

          

          

          

          500

          

          

          

          (283

          )

          

          

          217

          

          

          

          500

          

          

          

          (156

          )

          

          

          344Trademark

          

          

          67

          

          

          

          900

          

          

          

          (449

          )

          

          

          451

          

          

          

          900

          

          

          

          (382

          )

          

          

          518Total

          

          

          

          

          

          $

          171,008

          

          

          $

          (129,758

          )

          

          $

          41,250

          

          

          $

          163,699

          

          

          $

          (106,825

          )

          

          $

          56,874

In addition to the transactions discussed in Note 6  Acquisitions, during the nine months ended January 6, 2008, the Company reduced its goodwill by $0.5 million, reflecting purchase price adjustments related to an acquisition for tax benefits recognized on acquired net operating loss carryforwards.

The Company has included the amortization expense on intangible assets that relate to products sold in cost of revenue, while the remaining amortization is shown as a separate line item on the Companys condensed consolidated statement of operations. The amortization expense related to intangible assets was as follows (in thousands):



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Amortization of intangible assets included in:Cost of revenuelicenses

          

          $

          4,211

          

          

          $

          5,985

          

          

          $

          13,512

          

          

          $

          16,723Cost of revenuebundled licenses and services

          

          

          1,053

          

          

          

          1,979

          

          

          

          3,113

          

          

          

          5,976Operating expenses

          

          

          2,242

          

          

          

          2,923

          

          

          

          6,308

          

          

          

          8,735Total

          

          $

          7,506

          

          

          $

          10,887

          

          

          $

          22,933

          

          

          $

          31,434

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Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets   (continued)

The expected future annual amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):



Fiscal Year

          

          EstimatedAmortization Expense2008 (remaining three months)

          

          $

          6,8472009

          

          

          24,5982010

          

          

          4,9922011

          

          

          2,6732012

          

          

          1,267Thereafter

          

          

          873Total expected future amortization

          

          $

          41,250

Note 8. Convertible Notes, Current and Long-Term

Current: Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the 2008 Notes)

On May 22, 2003, the Company completed an offering of $150.0 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes due May 15, 2008 to qualified buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $145.1 million. The 2008 Notes do not bear coupon interest and were initially convertible into shares of the Companys common stock at a conversion price of $22.86 per share, for an aggregate of 6,561,680 shares. The 2008 Notes are subordinated to the Companys existing and future senior indebtedness and effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the
Companys subsidiaries. The Company paid approximately $4.5 million in transaction fees to the underwriters of the offering and approximately $0.4 million in other debt issuance costs. The Company is amortizing the transaction fees and issuance costs over the life of the 2008 Notes using the effective interest method.

In order to minimize the dilutive effect from the issuance of the 2008 Notes, the Company undertook the following additional transactions concurrent with the issuance of the Notes:



          The Company repurchased approximately 1.1 million shares of its common stock at a price of $18.00 per share, or approximately $20.0 million, from one of the initial purchasers of the 2008 Notes, and those shares were retired as of May 30, 2003.

          The Company and Credit Suisse First Boston International (CSFB International) entered into convertible bond hedge and warrant transactions with respect to the Companys common stock, the exposure for which is held by CSFB International. Under the convertible bond hedge arrangement, CSFB International agreed to sell to the Company, for $22.86 per share, up to 6,561,680 shares of Magma common stock to cover the Companys obligation to issue shares upon conversion of the Notes. In addition, the Company issued CSFB International a warrant to purchase up to 6,561,680 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $31.50 per share. Purchases and sales under this arrangement may be made only upon expiration of the 2008 Notes or their earlier conversion (to the extent thereof). Both transactions may be settled at the Companys option either in cash or net shares, and will expire on the earlier of a conversion event or the
maturity of the convertible debt on May 15, 2008. The transactions are expected to reduce the potential dilution from conversion of the 2008 Notes.The net cost of $20.3 million incurred in connection with these arrangements, which consisted of the $56.2 million cost of the convertible bond hedge, offset in part by the $35.9 million proceeds from the issuance of the warrant, was presented in stockholders equity as a reduction of additional paid-in-capital, in accordance with the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-19,

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Note 8. Convertible Notes, Current and Long-Term   (continued)

Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Companys Own Stock. If the contracts are ultimately settled in a manner that results in the Company delivering or receiving cash, the amount of cash paid or received should be reported as a reduction of, or an addition to, stockholders equity. The shares issuable under these arrangements were excluded from the calculation of earnings per share as their effect was anti-dilutive.

In May 2005, the Company repurchased, in privately negotiated transactions, in an aggregate principal amount of $44.5 million (or approximately 29.7% of the total) of the 2008 Notes at an average discount to face value of approximately 22%. The Company spent approximately $34.8 million on the repurchase. The repurchase left approximately $105.5 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes outstanding. In addition, a portion of the hedge and warrant transactions was terminated in connection with the repurchase. In fiscal 2006, the Company recorded a gain of $9.7 million on the repurchase of the 2008 Notes, which was partially offset by the write-off of
$0.9 million of deferred financing costs associated with the 2008 Notes. The net proceeds of $140,000 from the termination of a portion of the hedge and warrant were charged to additional paid-in capital.

In May 2006, the Company repurchased, in privately negotiated transactions, in an aggregate principal amount of $40.3 million (or approximately 38.2% of the remaining principal) of the 2008 Notes at an average discount to face value of approximately 13%. The Company spent approximately $35.0 million on the repurchases. The repurchase left approximately $65.2 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes outstanding. In addition, a portion of the hedge and warrant transactions was terminated in connection with the repurchase. In the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company recorded a gain of $5.3 million on the repurchase, which was partially offset by
the write-off of $0.5 million of deferred financing costs associated with the 2008 Notes. The Company received 14,467 shares of Magma common stock, valued at approximately $102,000, as settlement for termination of a portion of the hedge and warrant in connection with the repurchase. The amount was charged to additional paid-in-capital.

In March 2007, the Company exchanged, in privately negotiated transactions, an aggregate principal amount of $49.9 million (or approximately 76.7% of the remaining principal) of the 2008 Notes for a new series of 2% convertible senior notes due May 2010. The exchange left approximately $15.2 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes outstanding. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company recorded a gain of $2.1 million on the exchange, which was partially offset by the write-off of $0.4 million of deferred financing costs associated with the 2008 Notes. Please see below under Long-Term: 2% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 for
further discussion of the exchange. In addition, a portion of the hedge and warrant was terminated in connection with the exchange. The net proceeds of $88,000 from the termination of a portion of the hedge and warrant were charged to additional paid-in capital.

The $15.2 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes was included in current liabilities on the Companys unaudited condensed balance sheets as of January 6, 2008, as the 2008 Notes became payable within one year. Similarly, the related $33,000 unamortized balance of transaction fees and debt issuance costs was included in current assets on the Companys unaudited condensed balance sheets as of January 6, 2008. The shares issuable on the conversion of the 2008 Notes are included in fully diluted shares outstanding under the if-converted method of accounting for purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share.

Long-Term: 2% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 (the 2010 Notes)

In March 2007, the Company exchanged, in privately negotiated transactions, an aggregate principal amount of $49.9 million of the 2008 Notes for an equal aggregate principal amount of the 2010 Notes. The 2010 Notes mature on May 15, 2010 and bear interest at 2% per annum, with interest payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2007. The 2010 Notes are unsecured senior indebtedness of Magma, which rank senior in right of payment to the 2008 Notes and junior in right of payment to Magmas revolving line of credit facility. In addition, after May 20, 2009, the Company will have the option to redeem

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Note 8. Convertible Notes, Current and Long-Term   (continued)

the 2010 Notes for cash in an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount at the time of such redemption. The 2010 Notes also contain a net share settlement provision which allows the Company, at its option, in lieu of delivery of some or all of the shares of common stock otherwise issuable upon conversion of the 2010 Notes, to pay holders of the 2010 Notes in cash for all or a portion of the principal amount of the converted 2010 Notes and any amounts in excess of the principal amount which are due.

The 2010 Notes will be convertible upon the occurrence of certain conditions into shares of Magma common stock at an initial conversion price of $15.00 per share, which is equivalent to an initial conversion rate of approximately 66 shares per $1,000 principal amount of 2010 Notes. The conversion price and the conversion rate will adjust automatically upon certain dilution events. The 2010 Notes are convertible into shares of Magma common stock on or prior to maturity at the option of the holders upon the occurrence of certain change of control events. Conversions under these circumstances require Magma to pay a premium make-whole amount whereby the
conversion rate on the 2010 Notes may be increased by up to 22 shares. The premium make-whole amount shall be paid in shares of common stock upon any such automatic conversion, subject to Magmas option for net share settlement.

The 2010 Notes shall also be convertible at the option of the holders at such time as: (i) the closing price of Magma common stock exceeds 150% of the conversion price of the 2010 Notes, initially $15.00, for 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days; (ii) the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of 2010 Notes is less than 98% of the product of (x) the average price of common stock for each day during any five consecutive trading day period and (y) the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of 2010 Notes; (iii) Magma distributes to all holders of common stock rights or warrants entitling them to purchase additional shares of common stock at
less than the closing price of common stock on March 5, 2007; (iv) Magma distributes to all holders of common stock any form of dividend which has a per share value exceeding 7.5% of the price of the common stock on the day prior to such date of distribution; (v) the period beginning 60 days prior to May 15, 2010; (vi) there has been a designated change of control of Magma; or (vii) the 2010 Notes have been called for redemption by Magma. Any such conversions shall not entitle the holders of the 2010 Notes to any premium make-whole payment by Magma.

The exchange offer was treated as an extinguishment of the 2008 Notes in accordance with EITF 96-19, Debtors Accounting for a Modification or Exchange of Debt Instruments, as amended by EITF 06-6, Debtors Accounting for a Modification (or Exchange) of Convertible Debt Instruments. The exchange resulted in a gain of $2.1 million on extinguishment of debt, which was partially offset by the write-off of $0.4 million of deferred financing costs associated with the 2008 Notes. The Company initially recorded the 2010 Notes at fair value of $47.8 million, net of the debt discount of $2.1 million. The debt discount is being
amortized to interest expenses over the term of the 2010 Notes. As of January 6, 2008, debt discount balance related to the 2010 Notes was $1.6 million.

The $1.3 million of underwriting and legal fees related to the 2010 Notes offering was capitalized upon issuance and is being amortized over the term of the 2010 Notes using the effective interest method. As of January 6, 2008, the unamortized balance of debt issuance costs related to the 2010 Notes was approximately $1.0 million. The shares issuable on the conversion of the 2010 Notes are included in fully diluted shares outstanding under the if-converted method of accounting for purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share.

Note 9. Line of credit

In July 2007, the Company established a $10.0 million unsecured revolving line of credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. This credit facility, which replaces the $5.0 million revolving line of credit facility previously established in November 2006, is available through July 2010 and bears an interest rate equal to

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Note 9. Line of credit   (continued)

the banks prime rate less 1.20% or LIBOR plus 1.00%. The Company is required to make interest only payments monthly and the outstanding principal amount plus all accrued but unpaid interest is payable in full at the expiration of the credit facility. As of January 6, 2008, the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the facility.

The credit facility requires that the Company maintain certain financial conditions and pay fees of 0.125% per year on the unused amount of the facility. As of January 6, 2008, the Company was in compliance with the financial conditions. In addition, the credit facility allows letters of credit to be issued on behalf of the Company, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of the letters of credit shall not exceed the available amount for borrowing under the credit facility. In connection with the establishment of the credit facility, the Company repaid the $3.0 million outstanding borrowing under the prior $5.0 million credit facility. Letters
of credit under the prior credit facility were transferred to the new $10.0 million credit facility. As of January 6, 2008, two letters of credit totaling $1.7 million were outstanding and the Company had a borrowing base availability of $8.3 million under the facility. Since the new credit facility is unsecured, the Company is no longer required to maintain restricted cash balances relating to the letters of credit under the facility.

Note 10. Restructuring charges

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $0.3 million for costs related to termination of 21 employees resulting from the Companys realignment to current business conditions. As of January 6, 2008, all of these termination costs had been paid and the Company had not planned to incur additional costs related to this business realignment.

Note 11. Contingencies

The Company is subject to certain legal proceedings described below and from time to time, it is also involved in other disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. The number and significance of these litigation proceedings and disputes are increasing as the Companys business expands and grows larger. Any claims against the Company, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time and result in the diversion of significant operational resources. As a result, these litigation proceedings and disputes could harm the Companys business and have an
adverse effect on its consolidated financial statements. However, the results of any litigation or dispute are inherently uncertain and, at this time, no estimate could be made of the loss or range of loss, if any, from such litigation matters and disputes unless they are or are close to being settled. Liabilities are recorded when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Accordingly, at January 6, 2008, the Company recorded a liability of $1.1 million to cover legal settlement exposure related to the shareholder class action lawsuit and the derivative complaint, as described below, and has not recorded any liabilities related to other contingencies. However, any estimates of losses or any such recording of legal settlement exposure is not assurance that there will be any court approval of any settlement, and there is no assurance that there will be any final, court approved settlement. Litigation settlement and legal fees are expensed in the period in which they
are incurred.

On June 13, 2005, a putative shareholder class action lawsuit captioned The Cornelia I. Crowell GST Trust vs. Magma Design Automation, Inc., Rajeev Madhavan, Gregory C. Walker and Roy E. Jewell., No. C 05 02394, was filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. The complaint alleges that defendants failed to disclose information regarding the risk of the Companys infringing intellectual property rights of Synopsys, Inc., in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and prays for unspecified damages. In March 2006, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated
amended complaint. Plaintiff filed a further amended complaint in June 2006, which defendants again moved to dismiss. Defendants motion was granted in part and denied in part by an order dated

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Note 11. Contingencies   (continued)

August 18, 2006, which dismissed claims against two of the individual defendants. On November 30, 2007, the parties agreed to a settlement. The Company anticipates seeking preliminary approval of the settlement in March 2008. There is no assurance that the court will grant preliminary approval of the settlement or that the settlement will subsequently obtain final court approval. This case was also discussed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

On July 26, 2005, a putative derivative complaint captioned Susan Willis v. Magma Design Automation, Inc. et al., No. 1-05-CV-045834, was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara. The Complaint seeks unspecified damages purportedly on behalf of the Company for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by various directors and officers, as well as for alleged violations of insider trading laws by executives during a period between October 23, 2002 and April 12, 2005. Defendants have demurred to the Complaint, and the action has been stayed pending further developments in the putative shareholder class
action referenced above. On January 8, 2008, the parties reached an agreement in principle with respect to certain aspects of settlement of the case and continue to discuss remaining terms of a possible settlement. In the event that a settlement agreement is reached, there is no assurance that the court will approve any such settlement. This case was also discussed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

Narpat Bhandari v. Magma Design Automation, Inc.Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Dynalith Systems, Inc., Altera Corp., Mentor Graphics Corp. and Aldec, Inc., Case No. 6:06-CV-480, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. On November 8, 2006, a complaint was filed alleging that the Company and several other named defendants infringe United States Patent No. 5,663,900. The complaint identifies the Companys FineSim software, and other unidentified devices or programs, as the products accused of infringement. The Company and the other Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the basis that the only
named plaintiff, Bhandari, does not own the `900 Patent. On May 11, 2007, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting the motion to dismiss and dismissed the case without prejudice. This case was also discussed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Magma Design Automation, Inc., Altera Corp., and Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Narpat Bhandari and Vanguard Systems, Inc., Case No. C 07-00823, United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The Company and the other named plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory judgment on February 8, 2007, which the Company amended on March 27, 2007. The amended complaint for declaratory judgment asserts five claims for relief: (1) declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the 900 Patent; (2) declaratory judgment of invalidity of the 900 Patent; (3) lack of ownership of the
900 Patent; (4) the 900 Patent is unenforceable due to laches; and (5) declaratory judgment that the doctrine of unclean hands bars enforcement of the 900 Patent. The Company and the other Plaintiffs contend that LSI Logic is a joint owner of the 900 Patent, and the Company has obtained a license from LSI. On April 6, 2007, Defendants Narpat Bhandari and Vanguard Systems, Inc. answered the amended complaint and filed a counterclaim of patent infringement of the 900 Patent. As in the Texas Action, the claim for patent infringement against us identified our FineSim software, and other unidentified devices or programs, as the products accused of infringement. The counterclaim seeks unspecified monetary damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, attorneys fees, and costs. The Court conducted a case management conference on May 21, 2007, and issued a case management order on May 23, 2007, approving Plaintiffs and Defendants proposal to
bifurcate the issue of LSIs ownership from all other remaining issues and stay activities relating to validity, enforceability, infringement, and damages until after a bench trial to resolve the ownership issue. The Court scheduled the bench trial on the sole issue of ownership of the 900 Patent to begin on October 9, 2007. On July 27, 2007, the Company and the other Plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment requesting judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs on the grounds that LSI is a co-owner of the 900 Patent. Plaintiffs motion was fully briefed and was scheduled for oral argument before the Court on September 27,

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Note 11. Contingencies   (continued)

2007, the same day that the Court had previously scheduled a pre-trial conference. The Court, however, had to cancel the hearing, and in a September 28, 2007 Order, the Court vacated the summary judgment hearing date, the pre-trial conference date, and the bench trial date. The Court stated that it would decide the summary judgment motion on the papers. In an order dated November 8, 2007, the Court found that LSI is a joint owner, and that because LSI was not a party to the action the Court ruled that the Defendants lacked standing to sue for patent infringement. The Court, therefore, dismissed all claims asserted by the Defendants. The parties then
entered into a stipulation for entry of a judgment dismissing all claims of all parties with prejudice. The Court entered judgment in favor of Magma and the other Plaintiffs and against the Defendants on December 5, 2007. This case was also discussed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

Indemnification Obligations

The Company enters into standard license agreements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company agrees to indemnify its customers for losses suffered or incurred by them as a result of any patent, copyright, or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third party with respect to the Companys products. These indemnification obligations have perpetual terms. The Companys normal business practice is to limit the maximum amount of indemnification to the amount received from the customer. On occasion, the maximum amount of indemnification the Company may be required to provide may exceed the
amount received from the customer. The Company estimates the fair value of its indemnification obligations to be insignificant, based upon its historical experience concerning product and patent infringement claims. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for indemnification under these agreements as of January 6, 2008.

The Company has agreements whereby its officers and directors are indemnified for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at the Companys request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has directors and officers liability insurance that reduces its exposure and enables the Company to recover portions of future amounts paid. As a result of the Companys insurance coverage, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements
is minimal. Accordingly, no liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of January 6, 2008.

In connection with certain of the Companys recent business acquisitions, it has also agreed to assume, or cause the Companys subsidiaries to assume, the indemnification obligations of those companies to their respective officers and directors. No liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of January 6, 2008.

Warranties

The Company offers certain customers a warranty that its products will conform to the documentation provided with the products. To date, there have been no payments or material costs incurred related to fulfilling these warranty obligations. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these warranties as of January 6, 2008. The Company assesses the need for a warranty accrual on a quarterly basis, and there can be no guarantee that a warranty accrual will not become necessary in the future.

Note 12. Segment Information

The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, which requires the reporting of segment information using the management approach. Under this approach, operating segments are identified in substantially the same manner as they are reported internally and used by the Companys chief operating decision maker (CODM) for purposes of evaluating performance and allocating resources. Based on this approach, the Company has

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Note 12. Segment Information   (continued)

one reportable segment as the CODM reviews financial information on a basis consistent with that presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Revenue from North America, Europe, Japan and the Asia Pacific region, which includes India, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Peoples Republic of China, was as follows (in thousands, except for percentages shown):



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006North America*

          

          $

          37,024

          

          

          $

          31,596

          

          

          $

          93,080

          

          

          $

          84,197Europe

          

          

          6,498

          

          

          

          4,858

          

          

          

          21,364

          

          

          

          15,245Japan

          

          

          6,981

          

          

          

          5,930

          

          

          

          28,245

          

          

          

          18,728Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan)

          

          

          5,244

          

          

          

          2,710

          

          

          

          16,716

          

          

          

          9,846$

          55,747

          

          

          $

          45,094

          

          

          $

          159,405

          

          

          $

          128,016



Three Months Ended

          

          Nine Months EndedJanuary 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006North America*

          

          

          66

          %

          

          

          70

          %

          

          

          58

          %

          

          

          65

          %Europe

          

          

          12

          

          

          

          11

          

          

          

          13

          

          

          

          12Japan

          

          

          13

          

          

          

          13

          

          

          

          18

          

          

          

          15Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan)

          

          

          9

          

          

          

          6

          

          

          

          11

          

          

          

          8100

          %

          

          

          100

          %

          

          

          100

          %

          

          

          100

          %

No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Companys total revenue in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 and in the nine months ended December 31, 2006. One customer accounted for more than 10% of the Companys total revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2006.

Substantially all of the Companys long-lived assets are located in the United States.

Note 13. Income Taxes

On April 2, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes  An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). Under FIN 48, companies are required to apply the more likely than not threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions. FIN 48 also provides guidance on the measurement of tax positions, balance sheet classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized a $0.5 million increase to liabilities for uncertain tax
positions, which was accounted for as an adjustment to the April 2, 2007 balance of accumulated deficit.

Upon adoption of FIN 48, the Company also recognized additional long-term income tax assets of $6.9 million and additional long-term income tax liabilities of $6.9 million to present the unrecognized tax benefits as gross amounts on its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company reclassified $3.0 million of income tax liabilities from current to long-term liabilities as the payment of cash is not anticipated within the next twelve months.

As of April 2, 2007, the Company had approximately $10.4 million of total gross unrecognized tax benefits, of which $3.5 million, if recognized, would favorably affect its effective tax rate in future periods




*

          Substantially all of the Companys North America revenue related to the United States for all periods presented.

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Note 13. Income Taxes   (continued)

and $1.6 million, if recognized, would result in a credit to additional paid-in capital. The Company currently has a full valuation allowance against its U.S. net deferred tax assets which would impact the timing of the effective tax rate benefit should any of these uncertain tax positions be favorably settled in the future.Upon adoption of FIN 48, the Company adopted an accounting policy to classify interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. For years prior to adoption of FIN 48, the Company also reported interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of April 2, 2007, the total amount of accrued interest and penalties was $248,000.

The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States and in numerous foreign jurisdictions and, in the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. The statute of limitations for adjustments to the Companys historic tax obligations will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The tax years 2001 to 2006 remain open to examination by the major tax jurisdictions to which the Company is subject. At January 6, 2008, the Company does not anticipate that its total unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change due to any settlement of examination or expiration
of statute of limitation within the next twelve months.




*

          Substantially all of the Companys North America revenue related to the United States for all periods presented.

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

This Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section should be read in conjunction with Selected Consolidated Financial Data and our condensed consolidated financial statements and results appearing elsewhere in this report. Throughout this section, we make forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can often identify these and other forward-looking statements by terms such as becoming, may, will, should, predicts,
potential, continue, anticipates, believes, estimates, seeks, expects, plans, intends, or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our expectations about revenue and various operating expenses. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, and we have based these expectations on our beliefs and assumptions, such expectations may prove to be incorrect. Our actual results of operations and financial performance could differ significantly from those expressed in or implied by our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: competition in the EDA market; Magmas ability to integrate acquired businesses and technologies; market acceptance of new products; potentially higher-than-anticipated costs of
litigation; potentially higher-than-anticipated costs of compliance with regulatory requirements, including those relating to internal control over financial reporting; any delay of customer orders or failure of customers to renew licenses; adoption of products by customers; weaker-than-anticipated sales of Magmas products and services; weakness in the semiconductor or electronic systems industries or the economy more generally; the ability to manage expanding operations; the ability to attract and retain the key management and technical personnel needed to operate Magma successfully; the ability to continue to deliver competitive products to customers; and changes in accounting rules. We do not intend to, and we do not undertake any additional obligation to update these forward-looking statements after the date of this report to reflect actual results or future events or circumstances.

Overview

Magma Design Automation provides EDA software products and related services. Our software enables chip designers to reduce the time it takes to design and produce complex integrated circuits used in the communications, computing, consumer electronics, networking and semiconductor industries. Our products are used in all major phases of the chip development cycle, from initial design through physical implementation. Our focus is on software used to design the most technologically advanced integrated circuits, specifically those with minimum feature sizes of 0.13 micron and smaller.

As an EDA software provider, we generate substantially all our revenue from the semiconductor and electronics industries. Our customers typically fund purchases of our software and services out of their research and development (R&D) budgets. As a result, our revenue is heavily influenced by our customers long-term business outlook and willingness to invest in new chip designs.

The semiconductor industry is highly volatile and cost-sensitive. Our customers focus on controlling costs and reducing risk, lowering R&D expenditures, decreasing the number of design starts, purchasing from fewer suppliers, and requiring more favorable pricing and payment terms from suppliers. In addition, intense competition among suppliers of EDA products has resulted in pricing pressure on EDA products.

To support our customers, we have focused on providing the most technologically advanced products to address each step in the integrated circuit design process, as well as integrating these products into broad platforms, and expanding our product offerings. Our goal is to be the EDA technology supplier of choice for our customers as they pursue longer-term, broader and more flexible relationships with fewer suppliers.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, we achieved quarterly revenue of $55.7 million, which increased by 4% from the preceding quarter and increased by 24% from the same quarter in fiscal 2007. License sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 accounted for approximately 64% of total revenue, compared to 67% in the preceding quarter and 53% in the same quarter in the prior year.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

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certain assets and liabilities on our balance sheet. We believe that the estimates, assumptions and judgments involved in the accounting policies described below have the most significant potential impact on our financial statements, so we consider these to be our critical accounting policies. We consider the following accounting policies related to revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, allowance for doubtful accounts, strategic investments, asset purchases and business combinations, valuation of long-lived assets and income taxes to be our most critical policies due to the estimation processes involved in each.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue in accordance with Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2, as modified by SOP 98-9, which generally requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple elements (such as software products, upgrades, enhancements, maintenance, installation and training) to be allocated to each element based on the relative fair values of the elements. The fair value of an element must be based on evidence that is specific to us. If evidence of fair value does not exist for each element of a license arrangement and maintenance is the only undelivered element, then all revenue for the license arrangement is recognized over the
term of the agreement. If evidence of fair value does exist for the elements that have not been delivered, but does not exist for one or more delivered elements, then revenue is recognized using the residual method, under which recognition of revenue for the undelivered elements is deferred and the residual license fee is recognized as revenue immediately.

Our revenue recognition policy is detailed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on Form 10-K for the year ended April 1, 2007. Management has made significant judgments related to revenue recognition. Specifically, in connection with each transaction involving our products (referred to as an arrangement in the accounting literature) we must evaluate whether our fee is fixed or determinable and we must assess whether collectibility is probable. These judgments are discussed below.

The fee is fixed or determinable. With respect to each arrangement, we must make a judgment as to whether the arrangement fee is fixed or determinable. If the fee is fixed or determinable, then revenue is recognized upon delivery of software (assuming other revenue recognition criteria are met). If the fee is not fixed or determinable, then the revenue recognized in each period (subject to application of other revenue recognition criteria) will be the lesser of the aggregate of amounts due and payable or the amount of the arrangement fee that would have been recognized if the fees were being recognized ratably.

Except in cases where we grant extended payment terms to a specific customer, we have determined that our fees are fixed or determinable at the inception of our arrangements based on the following:



          The fee our customers pay for our products is negotiated at the outset of an arrangement and is generally based on the specific volume of products to be delivered; and

          Our license fees are not a function of variable-pricing mechanisms such as the number of units distributed or copied by the customer or the expected number of users of the product delivered.In order for an arrangement to be considered fixed or determinable, 100% of the arrangement fee must be due within one year or less from the order date. We have a history of collecting fees on such arrangements according to contractual terms. Arrangements with payment terms extending beyond 12 months are considered not to be fixed or determinable.

Collectibility is probable. In order to recognize revenue, we must make a judgment about the collectibility of the arrangement fee. Our judgment of the collectibility is applied on a customer-by-customer basis pursuant to our credit review policy. We typically sell to customers for which there is a history of successful collection. New customers are subjected to a credit review process, which evaluates the customers financial positions and ability to pay. If it is determined from the outset of an arrangement that collectibility is not probable based upon our credit review process, revenue is recognized on a cash receipts basis (as each
payment is collected).

Licenses Revenue and Bundled Licenses and Services Revenue

We derive license revenue primarily from licenses of our design and implementation software and, to a much lesser extent, from licenses of our analysis and verification products. We license our products under time-based and perpetual licenses.

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We recognize license revenue after the execution of a license agreement and the delivery of the product to the customer, provided that there are no uncertainties surrounding the product acceptance, fees are fixed or determinable, collection is probable and there are no remaining obligations other than maintenance. For licenses where we have vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) of fair value for maintenance, we recognize license revenue using the residual method. For these licenses, license revenue is recognized in the period in which the license agreement is executed assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met. For
licenses where we have no VSOE of fair value for maintenance, we recognize license revenue ratably over the maintenance period, or if extended payment terms exist, based on the amounts due and payable.

For transactions in which we bundle maintenance for the entire license term into a time-based license agreement, no VSOE of fair value exists for each element of the arrangement. For these agreements, where the only undelivered element is maintenance, we recognize revenue ratably over the contract term. If an arrangement involves extended payment terms  that is, where payment for less than 100% of the license, services and initial post contract support is due within one year of the contract date  we recognize revenue to the extent of the lesser of the portion of the amount due and payable or the ratable portion of the
entire fee. We classify the revenue recognized from these transactions separately as bundled licenses and services revenue in our consolidated statements of operations.

For our perpetual licenses and some time-based license arrangements, we unbundle maintenance by including maintenance for up to the first period of the license term, with maintenance thereafter renewable by the customer at the substantive rates stated in their agreements with us. In these unbundled licenses, the aggregate renewal period is greater than or equal to the initial maintenance period. The stated rate for maintenance renewal in these contracts is VSOE of the fair value of maintenance in both our unbundled time-based and perpetual licenses. Where the only undelivered element is maintenance, we recognize license revenue using the residual
method. If an arrangement involves extended payment terms, revenue recognized using the residual method is limited to amounts due and payable.

If we were to change any of these assumptions or judgments, it could cause a material increase or decrease in the amount of revenue that we report in a particular period. Amounts invoiced relating to arrangements where revenue cannot be recognized are reflected on our balance sheet as deferred revenue and recognized over time as the applicable revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.

Services Revenue

We derive services revenue primarily from consulting and training for our software products and from maintenance fees for our products. Most of our license agreements include maintenance, generally for a one-year period, renewable annually. Services revenue from maintenance arrangements is recognized on a straight-line basis over the maintenance term. Because we have VSOE of fair value for consulting and training services, revenue is recognized as these services are performed or completed. Our consulting and training services are generally not essential to the functionality of the software. Our products are fully functional upon delivery of the
product. Additional factors considered in determining whether the revenue should be accounted for separately include, but are not limited to: degree of risk, availability of services from other vendors, timing of payments and impact of milestones or acceptance criteria on our ability to recognize the software license fee.

Stock-based Compensation

Effective April 3, 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment using the modified prospective transition method. Under SFAS 123R, stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the vesting period of the award.

Determining the fair value of stock-based awards at the grant date requires the input of various highly subjective assumptions, including expected future stock price volatility, expected term of instruments and expected forfeiture rates. We established the expected term for employee options and awards, as well as forfeiture rates, based on the historical settlement experience, while giving consideration to vesting schedules and to options that have estimated life cycles less than the contractual terms. Assumptions for option exercises and pre-vesting terminations of options were stratified for employee groups with sufficiently distinct behavior

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patterns. Expected future stock price volatility was developed based on the average of our historical weekly stock price volatility and average implied volatility. These input factors are subjective and are determined using managements judgment. If actual results differ significantly from these estimates, stock-based compensation expense and our results of operations could be materially affected.

Unbilled Accounts Receivable

Unbilled accounts receivable represent revenue that has been recognized in advance of being invoiced to the customer. In all cases, the revenue and unbilled receivables are for contracts which are non-cancelable, in which there are no contingencies and where the customer has taken delivery of both the software and the encryption key required to operate the software. We typically generate invoices 45 days in advance of contractual due dates, and we invoice the entire amount of the unbilled accounts receivable within one year from the contract inception.

Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. We regularly review the adequacy of our accounts receivable allowance after considering the size of the accounts receivable balance, each customers expected ability to pay and our collection history with each customer. We review significant invoices that are past due to determine if an allowance is appropriate using the factors described above. We also monitor our accounts receivable for concentration in any one customer, industry or geographic region.

As of January 6, 2008, two of our customers each accounted for more than 10% of total receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts represents our best estimate, but changes in circumstances relating to accounts receivable may result in a requirement for additional allowances in the future. If actual losses are significantly greater than the allowance we have established, that would increase our general and administrative expenses and reported net loss. Conversely, if actual credit losses are significantly less than our allowance, this would decrease our general and administrative expenses and our reported net income would increase.

Accounting for Asset Purchases and Business Combinations

We are required to allocate the purchase price of acquired assets and business combinations to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, as well as in-process research and development based on their estimated fair values. Such a valuation requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets.

Critical estimates in valuing certain of the intangible assets include but are not limited to: future expected cash flows from license sales, maintenance agreements, consulting contracts, customer contracts, acquired workforce and acquired developed technologies and patents; expected costs to develop the in-process research and development into commercially viable products and estimated cash flows from the projects when completed; the acquired companys brand awareness and market position, as well as assumptions about the period of time the acquired brand will continue to be used in the combined companys product portfolio; and discount
rates. Managements estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. Assumptions may be incomplete or inaccurate, and unanticipated events and circumstances may occur.

Other estimates associated with the accounting for business combinations may change as additional information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and liabilities assumed resulting in changes in the purchase price allocation.

Goodwill Impairment

SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, requires that goodwill be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level (operating segment or one level below an operating segment) on an annual basis and between annual tests in certain circumstances. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgment, including the identification of reporting units, assigning assets and liabilities to reporting units, assigning goodwill to reporting units, and determining the fair value of the reporting units. We have

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determined that we have one reporting unit (see Note 12 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). Significant judgments required to estimate the fair value of reporting units include estimating future cash flows, determining appropriate discount rates and other assumptions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value for the reporting units. Any impairment losses recorded in the future could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

Valuation of Intangibles and Long-lived Assets

SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, requires that we record an impairment charge on finite-lived intangibles or long-lived assets to be held and used when we determine that the carrying value of intangible assets and long-lived assets may not be recoverable. If one or more indicators of impairment exist, we will measure any impairment of intangibles or long-lived assets based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate determined by our management to be commensurate with the risk inherent in our business model. Our estimates of cash flows require significant judgment based on
our historical results and anticipated results and are subject to many factors.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes. In the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain. The amount of income taxes we pay could be subject to audits by federal, state, and foreign tax authorities, which could result in proposed assessments. Although we believe that our estimates are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of these tax matters will not be different than that which is reflected in our historical
income tax provisions.

We assess the likelihood that our net deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we establish a valuation allowance. We consider all available positive and negative evidence including our past operating results, the existence of cumulative losses in the most recent fiscal years, future taxable income, and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the amount of the valuation allowance. We will continue to evaluate the realizability of the deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis. Future reversals or increases to our valuation allowance could have a
significant impact on our future earnings.

On April 2, 2007, we adopted FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes  An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. Under FIN 48, we are required to apply the more likely than not threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions. FIN 48 also provides guidance on the measurement of tax positions, balance sheet classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, we recognized a $0.5 million increase to liabilities for uncertain tax positions, which was accounted for as an adjustment to the April 2,
2007 balance of accumulated deficit. At April 2, 2007, we had approximately $10.4 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits, $3.5 million of which, if recognized, would favorably affect our effective tax rate in future periods.

Strategic Investments in Privately-held Companies

Our strategic equity investments consist of preferred stock and convertible notes that are convertible into preferred or common stock of several privately-held companies. The carrying value of our portfolio of strategic equity investments in non-marketable equity securities (privately-held companies) and convertible notes totaled $2.3 million at January 6, 2008. Our ability to recover our investments in private, non-marketable equity securities and convertible notes and to earn a return on these investments is primarily dependent on how successfully these companies are able to execute on their business plans and how well their products are accepted,
as well as their ability to obtain additional capital funding to continue operations.

Under our accounting policy, the carrying value of a non-marketable investment is the amount paid for the investment unless it has been determined to be other than temporarily impaired, in which case we write the investment down to its estimated fair value. For equity investments where our ownership interest is between 20% to 50%, or where we have significant influence on the investees operating or financial

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decisions, we record our share of net equity income (loss) of the investee based on our proportionate ownership. During the second quarter of fiscal 2008, with the purchase of the remaining 82% ownership of one of our equity investments, Rio Design Automation, Inc. (Rio), we ceased accounting for our investment in Rio under the equity method and began accounting for our 100% ownership on a consolidated basis. The equity investment balance of $220,000 on the acquisition date was reclassified from other assets and was allocated to the book value of the previously owned assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets.

We review all of our investments periodically for impairment; however, for non-marketable equity securities, the fair value analysis requires significant judgment. This analysis includes assessment of each investees financial condition, the business outlook for its products and technology, its projected results and cash flows, the likelihood of obtaining subsequent rounds of financing and the impact of any relevant contractual equity preferences held by us or others. If an investee obtains additional funding at a valuation lower than our carrying amount, we presume that the investment is other than temporarily impaired, unless specific facts
and circumstances indicate otherwise, such as when we hold contractual rights that give us a preference over the rights of other investors. As the equity markets have experienced volatility over the past few years, we have experienced substantial impairments in our portfolio of non-marketable equity securities. If certain equity market conditions do not improve, as companies within our portfolio attempt to raise additional funds, the funds may not be available to them, or they may receive lower valuations, with more onerous investment terms than in previous financings, and the investments will likely become impaired. However, we are not able to determine at the present time which specific investments are likely to be impaired in the future, or the extent or timing of individual impairments. We recorded impairment charges related to these non-marketable equity investments of $57,000 and $0.5 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008. Similarly, we
recorded impairment charges related to these non-marketable equity investments of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2006.

Results of Operations

Revenue

Revenue is comprised of licenses revenue, bundled licenses and services revenue, and services revenue. Licenses revenue consists of fees for time-based or perpetual licenses of our software products. Bundled licenses and services revenue consists of fees for software licenses and post-contract customer support (PCS), where we do not have VSOE of fair value of PCS. Services revenue consists of fees for services, such as customer training, consulting and PCS associated with unbundled license arrangements. We recognize revenue based on the specific terms and conditions of the license contracts with our customer for our products and services
as described in detail above in our Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. For management reporting and analysis purposes we classify our revenue into the following four categories:



          Ratable

          Due & Payable

          Cash Receipts

          Up-Front / Perpetual or Time-BasedWe classify our license arrangements as either bundled or unbundled. Bundled license contracts include maintenance with the license fee and do not include optional maintenance periods. Unbundled license contracts have separate maintenance fees and include optional maintenance periods.

We use this classification of license revenue to provide greater insight into the reporting and monitoring of trends in the components of our revenue and to assist us in managing our business. It is important to note that the characterization of an individual contract may change over time. For example, a contract originally characterized as Ratable may be redefined as Cash Receipts if that customer has difficulty in making payments in a timely fashion. In cases where a contract has been re-characterized for management reporting purposes, prior periods are not restated to reflect that change. The following table shows the breakdown of license revenue
by category as defined for management reporting and analysis purposes (in thousands, except for percentage data):

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January 6, 2008

          

          % of Revenue

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          % of RevenueRevenue category:Three Months Ended:License and bundled licenses and services revenueRatable

          

          $

          4,998

          

          

          

          9

          %

          

          $

          5,644

          

          

          

          12

          %Due & Payable

          

          

          26,284

          

          

          

          47

          %

          

          

          16,482

          

          

          

          37

          %Cash Receipts

          

          

          1,924

          

          

          

          3

          %

          

          

          1,805

          

          

          

          4

          %Up-Front*

          

          

          13,692

          

          

          

          25

          %

          

          

          10,075

          

          

          

          22

          %46,898

          

          

          

          84

          %

          

          

          34,006

          

          

          

          75

          %Services revenue

          

          

          8,849

          

          

          

          16

          %

          

          

          11,088

          

          

          

          25

          %Total Revenue

          

          $

          55,747

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          $

          45,094

          

          

          

          100

          %Nine Months Ended:License and bundled licenses and services revenueRatable

          

          $

          25,536

          

          

          

          16

          %

          

          $

          14,586

          

          

          

          11

          %Due & Payable

          

          

          66,614

          

          

          

          42

          %

          

          

          49,739

          

          

          

          39

          %Cash Receipts

          

          

          5,112

          

          

          

          3

          %

          

          

          6,256

          

          

          

          5

          %Up-Front**

          

          

          36,136

          

          

          

          23

          %

          

          

          32,824

          

          

          

          26

          %133,398

          

          

          

          84

          %

          

          

          103,405

          

          

          

          81

          %Services revenue

          

          

          26,007

          

          

          

          16

          %

          

          

          24,611

          

          

          

          19

          %Total Revenue

          

          $

          159,405

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          $

          128,016

          

          

          

          100

          %




*

          Includes $10,279 or 18% of revenue from new contracts for the quarter ended January 6, 2008, and $9,097 or 20% of revenue from new contracts for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.**

          Includes $30,101 or 19% of revenue from new contracts for the nine months ended January 6, 2008, and $28,840 or 23% of revenue from new contracts for the nine months ended December 31, 2006.Ratable. For bundled time-based licenses, we recognize license revenue ratably over the contract term, or as customer payments become due and payable, if less. The revenue for these bundled arrangements for both license and maintenance is classified as bundled licenses and services revenue in our statements of operations. For unbundled time-based licenses with a term of less than 15 months, we recognize license revenue ratably over the license term. For management reporting and analysis purposes, we refer to both these types of licenses generally as Ratable and we generally refer to all time-based licenses recognized on a ratable
basis as Long-Term, independent of the actual length of term of the license.

We classify unbundled perpetual or time-based licenses with a term of fifteen months or greater based on the payment term structure, as Due and Payable, Cash Receipts or Up-Front:

Due and Payable/Time-Based licenses with long-term payments. For unbundled time-based licenses where the payment terms extend greater than one year from the arrangement effective date, we recognize license revenue on a due and payable basis and we recognize maintenance and services revenue ratably over the maintenance term. For management reporting and analysis purposes, we refer to this type of license generally as Due and Payable/Long-Term Time-Based Licenses.

Cash Receipts. We recognize revenue from customers who have not met our predetermined credit criteria on a cash receipts basis to the extent that revenue has otherwise been earned. Such customers generally order short-term time based licenses or separate annual maintenance. We recognize license revenue as we receive cash payments from these customers. Maintenance is recognized ratably over the maintenance term as we received cash payments from these customers. For management reporting and analysis purposes, we refer to this type of license revenue as Cash Receipts.

Up-Front/Perpetual license or Time-Based licenses with short-term payments. For unbundled time-based and perpetual licenses, we recognize license revenue upon shipment if the payment terms require the customer to pay 100% of the license fee and the initial period of PCS within one year from the agreement date and

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payments are generally linear. We recognize maintenance revenue ratably over the maintenance term. In all of these cases, the contracts are non-cancelable, and the customer has taken delivery of both the software and the encryption key required to operate the software. For management reporting and analysis purposes, we refer to this type of license generally as Up-Front, where the license is either perpetual or time-based.

Our license revenue in any given quarter depends upon the mix and volume of perpetual or short-term licenses ordered during the quarter and the amount of long-term ratable or due and payable, and cash receipts license revenue recognized during the quarter. In general, we refer to license revenue recognized from perpetual or time-based licenses during the quarter as Up-Front revenue, for management reporting and analysis purposes. All other types of revenue are generally referred to as revenue from backlog. We set our revenue targets for any given period based, in part, upon an assumption that we will achieve a certain level of orders and
a certain mix of short-term licenses. The precise mix of orders fluctuates substantially from period to period and affects the revenue we recognize in the period. If we achieve our target level of total orders but are unable to achieve our target license mix, we may not meet our revenue targets (if we have more-than-expected long-term licenses) or may exceed them (if we have more-than-expected short-term or perpetual licenses). If we achieve the target license mix but the overall level of orders is below the target level, then we may not meet our revenue targets as described in the risk factors in Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q.

Revenue, Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit

The table below sets forth the fluctuations in revenue, cost of revenue and gross profit data for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006 (in thousands, except for percentage data):



January 6, 2008

          

          % of Revenue

          

          December 31, 2006

          

          % of Revenue

          

          Dollar Change

          

          %ChangeThree Months Ended:Revenue:Licenses

          

          $

          35,615

          

          

          

          64

          %

          

          $

          23,974

          

          

          

          53

          %

          

          $

          11,641

          

          

          

          49

          %Bundled licenses and services

          

          

          11,283

          

          

          

          20

          %

          

          

          10,032

          

          

          

          22

          %

          

          

          1,251

          

          

          

          12

          %Services

          

          

          8,849

          

          

          

          16

          %

          

          

          11,088

          

          

          

          25

          %

          

          

          (2,239

          )

          

          

          (20

          )%Total revenue

          

          

          55,747

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          

          45,094

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          

          10,653

          

          

          

          24

          %Cost of revenue:Licenses

          

          

          4,362

          

          

          

          8

          %

          

          

          6,282

          

          

          

          14

          %

          

          

          (1,920

          )

          

          

          (31

          )%Bundled licenses and services

          

          

          2,504

          

          

          

          5

          %

          

          

          2,980

          

          

          

          6

          %

          

          

          (476

          )

          

          

          (16

          )%Services

          

          

          5,274

          

          

          

          9

          %

          

          

          4,757

          

          

          

          11

          %

          

          

          517

          

          

          

          11

          %Total cost of revenue

          

          

          12,140

          

          

          

          22

          %

          

          

          14,019

          

          

          

          31

          %

          

          

          (1,879

          )

          

          

          (13

          )%Gross profit

          

          $

          43,607

          

          

          

          78

          %

          

          $

          31,075

          

          

          

          69

          %

          

          $

          12,532

          

          

          

          40

          %Nine Months Ended:Revenue:Licenses

          

          $

          103,241

          

          

          

          65

          %

          

          $

          71,129

          

          

          

          56

          %

          

          $

          32,112

          

          

          

          45

          %Bundled licenses and services

          

          

          30,157

          

          

          

          19

          %

          

          

          32,277

          

          

          

          25

          %

          

          

          (2,120

          )

          

          

          (7

          )%Services

          

          

          26,007

          

          

          

          16

          %

          

          

          24,610

          

          

          

          19

          %

          

          

          1,397

          

          

          

          6

          %Total revenue

          

          

          159,405

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          

          128,016

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          

          31,389

          

          

          

          25

          %Cost of revenue:Licenses

          

          

          14,289

          

          

          

          9

          %

          

          

          17,273

          

          

          

          13

          %

          

          

          (2,984

          )

          

          

          (17

          )%Bundled licenses and services

          

          

          7,045

          

          

          

          4

          %

          

          

          9,819

          

          

          

          8

          %

          

          

          (2,774

          )

          

          

          (28

          )%Services

          

          

          15,374

          

          

          

          10

          %

          

          

          12,704

          

          

          

          10

          %

          

          

          2,670

          

          

          

          21

          %Total cost of revenue

          

          

          36,708

          

          

          

          23

          %

          

          

          39,796

          

          

          

          31

          %

          

          

          (3,088

          )

          

          

          (8

          )%Gross profit

          

          $

          122,697

          

          

          

          77

          %

          

          $

          88,220

          

          

          

          69

          %

          

          $

          34,477

          

          

          

          39

          %

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We market our products and related services to customers in four geographic regions: North America, Europe (including Europe, the Middle East and Africa), Japan, and Asia-Pacific (including India, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Peoples Republic of China). Internationally, we market our products and services primarily through our subsidiaries and various distributors. Revenue is attributed to geographic areas based on the country in which the customer is domiciled. The table below sets forth geographic distribution of revenue data for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006 (in thousands, except for
percentage data):



January 6,2008

          

          % ofRevenue

          

          December 31,2006

          

          % ofRevenue

          

          Dollar Change

          

          % ChangeThree Months Ended:Domestic

          

          $

          37,024

          

          

          

          66

          %

          

          $

          31,596

          

          

          

          70

          %

          

          $

          5,428

          

          

          

          17

          %International:Europe

          

          

          6,498

          

          

          

          12

          %

          

          

          4,858

          

          

          

          11

          %

          

          

          1,640

          

          

          

          34

          %Japan

          

          

          6,981

          

          

          

          13

          %

          

          

          5,930

          

          

          

          13

          %

          

          

          1,051

          

          

          

          18

          %Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan)

          

          

          5,244

          

          

          

          9

          %

          

          

          2,710

          

          

          

          6

          %

          

          

          2,534

          

          

          

          93

          %Total International

          

          

          18,723

          

          

          

          34

          %

          

          

          13,498

          

          

          

          30

          %

          

          

          5,225

          

          

          

          39

          %Total revenue

          

          $

          55,747

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          $

          45,094

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          $

          10,653

          

          

          

          24

          %Nine Months Ended:Domestic

          

          $

          93,080

          

          

          

          58

          %

          

          $

          84,197

          

          

          

          66

          %

          

          $

          8,883

          

          

          

          11

          %International:Europe

          

          

          21,364

          

          

          

          13

          %

          

          

          15,245

          

          

          

          12

          %

          

          

          6,119

          

          

          

          40

          %Japan

          

          

          28,245

          

          

          

          18

          %

          

          

          18,728

          

          

          

          15

          %

          

          

          9,517

          

          

          

          51

          %Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan)

          

          

          16,716

          

          

          

          11

          %

          

          

          9,846

          

          

          

          7

          %

          

          

          6,870

          

          

          

          70

          %Total International

          

          

          66,325

          

          

          

          42

          %

          

          

          43,819

          

          

          

          34

          %

          

          

          22,506

          

          

          

          51

          %Total revenue

          

          $

          159,405

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          $

          128,016

          

          

          

          100

          %

          

          $

          31,389

          

          

          

          25

          %

Revenue



          Revenue for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 was $55.7 million and $159.4 million, up 24% and 25%, respectively, from the same periods in the prior year.

          Licenses revenue increased by 49% and 45%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to large orders executed during the fiscal 2008 periods in all regions, except for Europe for the three months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year. These orders came from new and existing customers who extended license periods or added license capacity due to the continued proliferation of existing and new Magma products among their design group designers. We do not factor any of our receivables to obtain revenue. No customer accounted for greater than 10% of the revenue for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008. Licenses revenue as a percentage of total revenue increased by 11% and 9%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year.

          Bundled licenses and services revenue increased by 12% in the three months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to an increase in bundled licenses and services revenue in Europe, partially offset by a decrease in bundled licenses and services revenue in the U.S. Bundled licenses and services revenue decreased by 7% in the nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to a decrease in bundled licenses and services revenue in the U.S., partially offset by an increase in bundled licenses and services revenue in Europe. The increases were primarily driven by orders from a few of our new and existing customers who extended license periods or added license capacity due to the continued proliferation of existing and new Magma products among their design group designers.

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The decreases were primarily driven by a shift of new orders from a few of our customers to the unbundled licenses revenue category. Bundled licenses and services revenue as a percentage of total revenue decreased by 2% and 6%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year.

          Services revenue decreased by 20% in the three months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year due to a $1.1 million decrease in maintenance revenue and a $1.1 million decrease in consulting and training revenue. Services revenue increased by 6% in the nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to a $1.0 million increase in maintenance revenue and a $0.4 million increase in consulting and training revenue. Services revenue as a percentage of total revenue decreased by 9% and 3%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year.

          Domestic revenueincreased by 17% and 11%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to an increase in total licenses revenue and bundled licenses and services revenue from existing customers. In the three months ended January 6, 2008, the increase was partially offset by a decrease in services revenue. Domestic revenue as a percentage of total revenue decreased by 4% and 8%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year.

          International revenue increased by 39% and 51%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year due to an increase in purchases from new and existing customers in all three international regions.Cost of Revenue



          Cost of licenses revenue primarily consists of amortization of acquired developed technology and other intangible assets, software maintenance costs, royalties and allocated outside sales representative expenses. Cost of licenses revenue decreased by 31% and 17%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. Amortization charges related to existing intangible assets decreased in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year due primarily to several acquired technology licenses which were fully amortized during the fiscal 2008 periods. The decreases were partially offset by increases in amortization charges related to newly acquired intangible assets and decreases in costs allocated to cost of bundled licenses and services revenue in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior
year.

          Cost of bundled licenses and services revenue primarily consists of allocation of costs from cost of licenses and services. Cost of bundled licenses and services revenue decreased by 16% and 28%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to decreases in cost of licenses revenue in fiscal 2008 periods compared to the same periods in the prior year.

          Cost of services revenue primarily consists of personnel and related costs to provide product support, training and consulting services. Cost of services revenue also includes stock-based compensation expenses, asset depreciation and allocated outside sales representative expenses. Cost of services revenue increased by 11% and 21%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to increases in payroll related costs and stock-based compensation expenses for application engineers resulting from increases in the number of employees and annual salary increases.

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Operating Expenses

The table below sets forth operating expense data for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006 (in thousands, except for percentage data):



January 6,2008

          

          % ofRevenue

          

          December 31,2006

          

          % ofRevenue

          

          Dollar Change

          

          % ChangeThree Months Ended:Operating expenses:Research and development

          

          $

          19,513

          

          

          

          35

          %

          

          $

          15,660

          

          

          

          35

          %

          

          $

          3,853

          

          

          

          25

          %Sales and marketing

          

          

          17,833

          

          

          

          32

          %

          

          

          14,919

          

          

          

          33

          %

          

          

          2,914

          

          

          

          20

          %General and administrative

          

          

          8,570

          

          

          

          15

          %

          

          

          9,660

          

          

          

          21

          %

          

          

          (1,090

          )

          

          

          (11

          )%Amortization of intangible assets

          

          

          2,242

          

          

          

          4

          %

          

          

          2,923

          

          

          

          6

          %

          

          

          (681

          )

          

          

          (23

          )%In-process research and development

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          1,300

          

          

          

          3

          %

          

          

          (1,300

          )

          

          

          (100

          )%Total operating expenses

          

          $

          48,158

          

          

          

          86

          %

          

          $

          44,462

          

          

          

          99

          %

          

          $

          3,696

          

          

          

          8

          %Nine Months Ended:Operating expenses:Research and development

          

          $

          56,538

          

          

          

          35

          %

          

          $

          46,716

          

          

          

          36

          %

          

          $

          9,822

          

          

          

          21

          %Sales and marketing

          

          

          53,380

          

          

          

          33

          %

          

          

          43,333

          

          

          

          34

          %

          

          

          10,047

          

          

          

          23

          %General and administrative

          

          

          24,437

          

          

          

          15

          %

          

          

          29,667

          

          

          

          23

          %

          

          

          (5,230

          )

          

          

          (18

          )%Amortization of intangible assets

          

          

          6,308

          

          

          

          4

          %

          

          

          8,735

          

          

          

          7

          %

          

          

          (2,427

          )

          

          

          (28

          )%In-process research and development

          

          

          656

          

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          1,300

          

          

          

          1

          %

          

          

          (644

          )

          

          

          (50

          )%Restructuring charge

          

          

          291

          

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          291

          

          

          

          100

          %Total operating expenses

          

          $

          141,610

          

          

          

          89

          %

          

          $

          129,751

          

          

          

          101

          %

          

          $

          11,859

          

          

          

          9

          %



          Research and development expense increased by $3.9 million and $9.8 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increase was due to increases in payroll related expenses of $1.8 million and $5.1 million, respectively, higher allocations of increased common expenses, such as information technology and facility related expenses, of $1.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively, and increases in other individually insignificant items such as stock-based compensation, professional fees and travel expenses in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increase in payroll related expenses was primarily due to increases in the number of employees and annual salary increases. At the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2008, the number of our research and development employees increased by 28% through direct
hiring and acquisitions compared to the same fiscal 2007 period. We expect that our quarterly research and development expenses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 will increase moderately but will remain at the same levels as a percentage of total revenue. Moderate growth in the number of our research and development employees will be the primary factor driving up both fixed and variable compensation levels.

          Sales and marketing expense increased by $2.9 million and $10.0 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to an increase in payroll related and commission expenses of $3.0 million and $9.1 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. For the nine months ended January 6, 2008, the increase was also due to a $0.9 million increase in travel expenses and a $0.5 million increase in professional services, partially offset by a $1.1 million increase in expenses allocated to cost of services revenue (primarily application engineering costs). The remainder of the fluctuation in sales and marketing expense was accounted for by other individually insignificant items. The increases in payroll related charges were

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primarily due to increases in the number of employees and annual salary increases. At the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2008, the number of employees in sales and marketing increased by 19% over the comparable fiscal 2007 period primarily due to growth in the number of application engineer employees. We expect that sales and marketing expenses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 will increase moderately but will remain at the same levels as a percentage of total revenue. Moderate growth in the number of our sales and marketing employees will be the primary factor driving up both fixed and variable compensation levels.

          General and administrative expense decreased by $1.1 million and $5.2 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to a decrease of $2.3 million and $7.7 million, respectively, in legal fees related to patent litigation with Synopsys and an increase of $1.9 million and $4.7 million, respectively, in allocated cost to other functional areas due to higher common expenses in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. The decreases were partially offset by increases in office and facility related expenses of $1.2 million and $2.8 million, respectively, payroll related expenses of $0.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively, and other professional fees of $0.9 million and $1.3 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. We
expect that our quarterly general and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 will remain at levels comparable to those in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008 and will decrease as a percentage of total revenue.

          Amortization of intangible assets decreased by 23% and 28%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to several existing developed technologies and patents having been fully amortized during the fiscal 2008 periods.

          In-process research and development of $0.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2008 consisted of a charge recorded in connection with our acquisition of Rio in September 2007. The charges were recorded based on managements final purchase price allocation and were related to acquired technologies for which commercial feasibility had not been established and had no alternative future uses. We expect to bring Rios in-process products to completion during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.

          Restructuring charges of $0.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 represented employee termination charges resulting from our realignment to current business conditions. No such charge was incurred in fiscal 2007.

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Other Items

The table below sets forth other data for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006 (in thousands, except for percentage data):



January 6, 2008

          

          % ofRevenue

          

          December 31,2006

          

          % ofRevenue

          

          Dollar Change

          

          %ChangeThree Months Ended:Other income (expense), net:Interest income

          

          $

          562

          

          

          

          1

          %

          

          $

          623

          

          

          

          1

          %

          

          $

          (61

          )

          

          

          (10

          )%Interest expense

          

          

          (618

          )

          

          

          (1

          )%

          

          

          (141

          )

          

          

          (0

          )%

          

          

          (477

          )

          

          

          338

          %Other income (expense), net

          

          

          (18

          )

          

          

          (0

          )%

          

          

          (326

          )

          

          

          (1

          )%

          

          

          308

          

          

          

          (94

          )%Total other income (expense), net

          

          $

          (74

          )

          

          

          (0

          )%

          

          $

          156

          

          

          

          0

          %

          

          $

          (230

          )Provision for income taxes

          

          $

          1,318

          

          

          

          2

          %

          

          $

          330

          

          

          

          1

          %

          

          $

          988

          

          

          

          299

          %Nine Months Ended:Other income (expense), net:Interest income

          

          $

          1,510

          

          

          

          1

          %

          

          $

          2,181

          

          

          

          2

          %

          

          $

          (671

          )

          

          

          (31

          )%Interest expense

          

          

          (1,874

          )

          

          

          (1

          )%

          

          

          (449

          )

          

          

          (0

          )%

          

          

          (1,425

          )

          

          

          317

          %Gain on extinguishment of debt

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          4,809

          

          

          

          4

          %

          

          

          (4,809

          )Other income (expense), net

          

          

          51

          

          

          

          0

          %

          

          

          (925

          )

          

          

          (1

          )%

          

          

          976

          

          

          

          (106

          )%Total other income (expense), net

          

          $

          (313

          )

          

          

          0

          %

          

          $

          5,616

          

          

          

          4

          %

          

          $

          (5,929

          )Provision for income taxes

          

          $

          4,381

          

          

          

          3

          %

          

          $

          1,100

          

          

          

          1

          %

          

          $

          3,281

          

          

          

          298

          %



          Interest income decreased in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to our lower averaged cash and investments balance resulting from our use of cash in operations, to acquire intangible assets and to repurchase a portion of our 2008 Notes.

          Interest expense increased in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to an addition of $0.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively, expense related to debt discount amortization and the 2% interest payment on the 2010 Notes. The 2010 Notes offering was completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. The remainder of the fluctuation in interest expense was accounted for by other individually insignificant items, such as amortization of debt issuance costs related to the 2008 and 2010 Notes, and interest expenses on the line of credit and capital leases.

          Gain on extinguishment of debt in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 consisted primarily of a $4.8 million gain on repurchases of a portion of the 2008 Notes.

          Other income (expense), net fluctuated in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to a $0.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively, change in foreign exchange gain/loss in fiscal 2008 periods. The changes in foreign exchange gain/loss were primarily caused by favorable exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. Dollar and the Japanese Yen.During the three months ended January 6, 2008, we entered into foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate exposure in movements between the U.S. dollar and Japanese Yen. The derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. We recognize the gain and loss on foreign currency forward contracts in the same period as the remeasurement loss and gain of the related foreign

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currency-denominated exposures. In the three months ended January 6, 2008, net foreign exchange gain totaled $39,000 and was included in Other Income, Net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.



          Provision for income taxes increased by approximately $1.0 million and $3.3 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to an increase in provisions for taxes in foreign jurisdictions, tax reserves as a result of the adoption of FIN48 and federal and state taxes on income from our business operations. The income tax expenses for the discrete items for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 was immaterial. The income tax expense of $1.3 million and $4.4 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended January 6, 2008 consisted primarily of federal, state, and foreign taxes provided for the income from our business operations. Our effective tax rates vary from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to changes in our valuation allowance, state taxes, foreign income taxed at other than U.S. rates, stock compensation
expense, research and development credits and foreign withholding taxes. We are in a net deferred tax asset position, for which a full valuation allowance has been recorded. We will continue to provide a valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets until it becomes more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realizable. We will continue to evaluate the realizability of the deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis.In the event of a future change in ownership, as defined under federal and state tax laws, our net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards may be subject to an annual limitation. The annual limitations may result in an increase to our current income tax provision and/or the expiration of the net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards before realization.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The table below sets forth certain cash flow data as of January 6, 2008 and April 1, 2007, and for the nine months ended January 6, 2008 and December 31, 2006 (in thousands):



January 6, 2008

          

          April 1, 2007Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

          

          $

          69,734

          

          

          $

          56,038



For the Nine Months Ended:

          

          January 6, 2008

          

          December 31, 2006Net cash provided by operating activities

          

          $

          10,636

          

          

          $

          11,713Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

          

          $

          (18,161

          )

          

          $

          5,783Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

          

          $

          14,192

          

          

          $

          (30,987

          )

Our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, excluding restricted cash, were approximately $69.7 million on January 6, 2008, an increase of $13.7 million or 24% from April 1, 2007. The increase primarily reflected cash provided in operations, proceeds from issuance of common stock and releases of restricted cash. These increases were partially offset by cash used for purchases of intangible assets, capital investments and short-term investments, and cash used for repayment of the $3.0 million borrowing under the line of credit facility. At January 6, 2008, our investment portfolio consisted of auction rate securities which provide liquidity
at par every 28 days with underlying longer-term maturities.

We hold our cash and cash equivalents in the United States and in foreign accounts, primarily in the Netherlands and Japan. As of January 6, 2008, we held an aggregate of $35.1 million in cash and cash equivalents in the United States and an aggregate of $16.9 million in foreign accounts.

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

We generated $14.1 million of cash from operating activities in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and used $3.5 million of cash in operating activities in the first two quarters of fiscal 2008. Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $1.1 million in the nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to an $18.8 million increase in payments on accounts payable and accrued liabilities balances, and an $18.9 million increase in costs and expenses. These decreases in cash flow were partially offset by a $37.4 million increase in cash from customers in the fiscal 2008 period.

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The increase in cash from customers was primarily due to growth in revenue and strong cash collections in the fiscal 2008 period. The decrease in accrued liabilities balances in the nine months ended January 6, 2008 was primarily due to payments on the Synopsys litigation settlement fee of $12.5 million, legal fees and employee bonuses.

Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $23.9 million in the nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a $19.3 million increase in purchases of short-term investments, a $19.7 million decrease in net proceeds from sales of short-term investments and a $3.5 million increase in purchases of property and equipment, partially offset by a $13.9 million decrease in purchases of intangible assets and an increase of $5.1 million cash from releases of restricted cash. In connection with the establishment of the $10.0 million credit facility, we are no longer required to
maintain restricted cash balances relating to the $1.7 million letters of credit and to the $3.0 million borrowing under the prior credit facility which was paid off in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. We expect to make capital expenditures of approximately $1.5 million during the remainder of fiscal 2008. These capital expenditures will be used to support selling, marketing and product development activities. We will use capital lease financing as well as our cash and cash equivalents to fund these purchases. In addition, we may make earnout payments related to prior acquisitions and acquire additional technologies and strategic equity investments in the future using our cash and cash equivalents.

Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Fnancing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $45.2 million in the nine months ended January 6, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to a $14.0 million increase in cash received from the exercise of stock options and shares purchased under the employee stock purchase plan. In addition, we used $35.0 million to repurchase a portion of our 2008 Notes in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The increases were partially offset by a $3.0 million repayment of the outstanding borrowing under our line of credit facility and a $0.7 million increase in payments of capital lease obligations in the nine months
ended January 6, 2008.

Capital Resources

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to repay the 2008 Notes of $15.2 million which is due in May 2008 and to meet our anticipated operating and working capital expenditure requirements in the ordinary course of business for at least the next 12 months. If we require additional capital resources to grow our business internally or to acquire complementary technologies and businesses at any time in the future, we may use cash or need to sell additional equity or debt securities. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities may result in more dilution to our existing stockholders. Financing
arrangements may not be available to us, or may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us.

In July 2007, we established a $10.0 million unsecured revolving line of credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. This credit facility, which replaces the $5.0 million revolving line of credit facility previously established in November 2006, is available through July 2010 and bears an interest rate equal to the banks prime rate less 1.20% or LIBOR plus 1.00%. We are required to make interest only payments monthly and the outstanding principal amount plus all accrued but unpaid interest is payable in full at the expiration of the credit facility. The credit facility requires that we maintain certain financial conditions and pay fees of
0.125% per year on the unused amount of the facility. In addition, the credit facility allows letters of credit to be issued on our behalf, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of the letters of credit shall not exceed the available amount for borrowing under the credit facility. Letters of credit under the prior facility were transferred to the new $10.0 million credit facility. As of January 6, 2008, two letters of credit totaling $1.7 million were outstanding and we had a borrowing base availability of $8.3M under the credit facility. Since the new credit facility is unsecured, we are no longer required to maintain restricted cash balances relating to the letters of credit under the credit facility.

Contractual Obligations

During the nine months ended January 6, 2008, other than the repayment of $3.0 million borrowing under our line of credit facility, there were no material changes in our reported payments due under

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contractual obligations as of April 1, 2007. Our principal contractual obligations consisted of operating lease commitments, with an aggregated future amount of $17.7 million through fiscal 2013 for office facilities, repayments of the convertible notes of $15.2 million due in May 2008 and $49.9 million due in May 2010. Although we have no material commitments for capital expenditures, we anticipate a substantial increase in our capital expenditures and lease commitments with our anticipated growth in operations, infrastructure, and personnel. In addition, we have other obligations for goods and services entered into in the normal course of business.
These obligations, however, either are not enforceable or legally binding or are subject to change based on our business decisions.

Our acquisition agreements related to certain business combination and asset purchase transactions obligate us to pay certain contingent cash consideration based on meeting certain financial or project milestones and continued employment of certain employees. The total amount of cash contingent consideration that could be paid under our acquisition agreements, assuming all contingencies are met, was $39.6 million as of January 6, 2008. These contingent consideration obligations are not expected to affect our estimate that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to repay the 2008 Notes of $15.2 million which is due in May 2008 and to
meet our anticipated operating and working capital expenditure requirements in the ordinary course of business for at least the next 12 months.

Income Taxes

As of January 6, 2008, our unrecognized tax benefits amounted to $11.8 million and were included in our long-term tax liabilities on our unaudited condensed balance sheets. We are not able to estimate the amount or timing of any cash payments required to settle these liabilities, however we do not anticipate the settlement of the liabilities will require payment of cash within the next twelve months and do not believe that the ultimate settlement of these obligations will materially affect our liquidity.

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

As of January 6, 2008, we did not have any significant off-balance-sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

Indemnification Obligations

We enter into standard license agreements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these agreements, we agree to indemnify our customers for losses suffered or incurred by them as a result of any patent, copyright, or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third party with respect to our products. These indemnification obligations have perpetual terms. Our normal business practice is to limit the maximum amount of indemnification to the amount received from the customer. On occasion, the maximum amount of indemnification we may be required to make may exceed our normal business practices. We estimate the fair value of our
indemnification obligations as insignificant, based on our historical experience concerning product and patent infringement claims. Accordingly, we have no liabilities recorded for indemnification under these agreements as of January 6, 2008.

We have agreements whereby our officers and directors are indemnified for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, we retain directors and officers insurance that reduces our exposure and enables us to recover portions of future amounts paid. As a result of our insurance coverage, we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, no liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of January
6, 2008.

In connection with certain of our recent business acquisitions, we have also agreed to assume, or cause our subsidiaries to assume, the indemnification obligations of those companies to their respective officers and directors. No liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of January 6, 2008.

Warranties

We warrant to our customers that our products will conform to the documentation provided. To date, there have been no payments or material costs incurred related to fulfilling these warranty obligations.

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Accordingly, we have no liabilities recorded for these warranties as of January 6, 2008. We assess the need for a warranty accrual on a quarterly basis, and there can be no guarantee that a warranty accrual will not become necessary in the future.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. This is accomplished by investing in widely diversified short-term and long-term investments, consisting primarily of investment grade securities. As of January 6, 2008, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would not result in material impact on the fair value of our cash equivalents and short-term investments.

The fair value of our fixed rate long-term debt is sensitive to interest rate changes. Interest rate changes would result in increases or decreases in the fair value of our debt, due to differences between market interest rates and rates in effect at the inception of our debt obligation. Changes in the fair value of our fixed rate debt have no impact on our cash flows or consolidated financial statements.

Credit Risk

We completed an offering on May 22, 2003 of $150.0 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes. Concurrent with the issuance of the 2008 Notes, we entered into convertible bond hedge and warrant transactions with respect to our common stock, the exposure for which is held by Credit Suisse First Boston International. Both the bond hedge and warrant transactions may be settled at our option either in cash or net shares and expire on May 15, 2008. The transactions are expected to reduce the potential dilution from conversion of the 2008 Notes. Subject to the movement in the share price of our common stock, we could be exposed to credit risk in the
settlement of these options in our favor. Based on a review of the possible net settlements and the credit strength of Credit Suisse First Boston International and its affiliates, we believe that we do not have a material exposure to credit risk arising from these option transactions.

In May 2005 and May 2006, we repurchased $44.5 million and $40.3 million, respectively, face value of our 2008 Notes for $34.8 million and $35.0 million, respectively. In doing so, we liquidated investments that generated a realized loss of approximately $0.7 million related to the May 2005 repurchases. There were no significant losses realized in connection with the May 2006 repurchases. Certain portions of the hedge and warrant transactions entered into by us in 2003 were terminated in connection with the repurchases. We believe that it was in the best interests of the stockholders to reduce the balance sheet debt despite the one-time loss
resulting from the liquidation of marketable securities.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

A majority of our revenue, expense, and capital purchasing activities are transacted in U.S. dollars. However, we transact some portions of our business in various foreign currencies, primarily related to a portion of revenue in Japan and operating expenses in Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Accordingly, we are subject to exposure from adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. As of January 6, 2008, we had approximately $5.8 million of cash and money market funds in foreign currencies. During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, we entered into foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate exposure in movements between the U.S. dollar and
Japanese Yen. The derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. We recognize the gain and loss on foreign currency forward contracts in the same period as the remeasurement loss and gain of the related foreign currency-denominated exposures. In the three months ended January 6, 2008, net foreign exchange gain totaled $39,000 and was included in Other Income, Net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), that are designed to ensure that information required

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to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control or to our knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are subject to certain legal proceedings described below and from time to time, we are also involved in other disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. The number and significance of these litigation proceedings and disputes are increasing as our business expands and we grow larger. Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time and result in the diversion of significant operational resources. As a result, these litigation proceedings and disputes could harm our business and have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial
statements. However, the results of any litigation or dispute are inherently uncertain and, at this time, no estimate could be made of the loss or range of loss, if any, from such litigation matters and disputes unless they are or are close to being settled. Liabilities are recorded when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Accordingly, at January 6, 2008, we recorded a liability of $1.1 million to cover legal settlement exposure related to the shareholder class action lawsuit and the derivative complaint, as described below, and have not recorded any liabilities related to other contingencies. However, any estimates of losses or any such recording of legal settlement exposure is not assurance that there will be any court approval of any settlement, and there is no assurance that there will be any final, court approved settlement. Litigation settlement and legal fees are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

On June 13, 2005, a putative shareholder class action lawsuit captioned The Cornelia I. Crowell GST Trust vs. Magma Design Automation, Inc., Rajeev Madhavan, Gregory C. Walker and Roy E. Jewell., No. C 05 02394, was filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. The complaint alleges that defendants failed to disclose information regarding the risk of Magma infringing intellectual property rights of Synopsys, Inc., in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and prays for unspecified damages. In March 2006, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated amended
complaint. Plaintiff filed a further amended complaint in June 2006, which defendants again moved to dismiss. Defendants motion was granted in part and denied in part by an order dated August 18, 2006, which dismissed claims against two of the individual defendants. On November 30, 2007, the parties agreed to a settlement. We anticipate seeking preliminary approval of the settlement in March 2008. There is no assurance that the court will grant preliminary approval of the settlement or that the settlement will subsequently obtain final court approval. This case was also discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

On July 26, 2005, a putative derivative complaint captioned Susan Willis v. Magma Design Automation, Inc. et al., No. 1-05-CV-045834, was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara. The Complaint seeks unspecified damages purportedly on behalf of us for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by various directors and officers, as well as for alleged violations of insider trading laws by executives during a period between October 23, 2002 and April 12, 2005. Defendants have demurred to the Complaint, and the action has been stayed pending further developments in the putative shareholder class action
referenced above. On January 8, 2008, the parties reached an agreement in principle with respect to certain aspects of settlement of the case and continue to discuss remaining terms of a possible settlement. In the event that a settlement agreement is reached, there is no assurance that the court will approve any such settlement. This case was also discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

Narpat Bhandari v. Magma Design Automation, Inc.Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Dynalith Systems, Inc., Altera Corp., Mentor Graphics Corp. and Aldec, Inc., Case No. 6:06-CV-480, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. On November 8, 2006, a complaint was filed alleging that we and several other named defendants infringe United States Patent No. 5,663,900. The complaint identifies our FineSim software, and other unidentified devices or programs, as the products accused of infringement. We and the other Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the basis that the only named plaintiff, Bhandari, does not
own the `900 Patent. On May 11, 2007, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting the motion to dismiss and dismissed the case without prejudice. This case was also discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Magma Design Automation, Inc., Altera Corp., and Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Narpat Bhandari and Vanguard Systems, Inc., Case No. C 07-00823, United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. Magma and the other named plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory judgment on February 8, 2007, which we amended on March 27, 2007. The amended complaint for declaratory judgment asserts five claims for relief: (1) declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the 900 Patent; (2) declaratory judgment of invalidity of the 900 Patent; (3) lack of ownership of the 900
Patent; (4) the 900 Patent is unenforceable due to laches; and (5) declaratory judgment that the doctrine of unclean hands bars enforcement of the 900 Patent. We and the other Plaintiffs contend that LSI Logic is a joint owner of the 900 Patent, and we have obtained a license from LSI. On April 6, 2007, Defendants Narpat Bhandari and Vanguard Systems, Inc. answered the amended complaint and filed a counterclaim of patent infringement of the 900 Patent. As in the Texas Action, the claim for patent infringement against us identified our FineSim software, and other unidentified devices or programs, as the products accused of infringement. The counterclaim seeks unspecified monetary damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, attorneys fees, and costs. The Court conducted a case management conference on May 21, 2007, and issued a case management order on May 23, 2007, approving Plaintiffs and Defendants proposal to bifurcate the issue of LSIs
ownership from all other remaining issues and stay activities relating to validity, enforceability, infringement, and damages until after a bench trial to resolve the ownership issue. The Court scheduled the bench trial on the sole issue of ownership of the 900 Patent to begin on October 9, 2007. On July 27, 2007, Magma and the other Plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment requesting judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs on the grounds that LSI is a co-owner of the 900 Patent. Plaintiffs motion was fully briefed and was scheduled for oral argument before the Court on September 27, 2007, the same day that the Court had previously scheduled a pre-trial conference. The Court, however, had to cancel the hearing, and in a September 28, 2007 Order, the Court vacated the summary judgment hearing date, the pre-trial conference date, and the bench trial date. The Court stated that it would decide the summary judgment motion on the papers. In an order dated November 8,
2007, the Court found that LSI is a joint owner, and that because LSI was not a party to the action the Court ruled that the Defendants lacked standing to sue for patent infringement. The Court, therefore, dismissed all claims asserted by the Defendants. The parties then entered into a stipulation for entry of a judgment dismissing all claims of all parties with prejudice. The Court entered judgment in favor of Magma and the other Plaintiffs and against the Defendants on December 5, 2007. This case was also discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

A restated description of the risk factors associated with our business is set forth below. This description includes any material changes to and supersedes the description of the risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007.

Our business faces many risks. The risks described below may not be the only risks we face. Additional risks that we do not yet know of or that we currently think are immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the events or circumstances described in the following risk factors actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer, and the trading price of our common stock could decline.

Our limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects.

We were incorporated in April 1997 and introduced our first major software product, Blast Fusion, in April 1999. We have a limited history of generating revenue from our software products, and the revenue and income potential of our business and market is still unproven. As a result of our short operating history, we have limited financial data that can be used to evaluate our business. We have only been profitable in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004. Our software products represent a new approach to the challenges presented in the electronic design automation market, which to date has been dominated by established companies with longer operating
histories. Key markets within the electronic design automation industry may fail to adopt our proprietary technologies and use our software products. Any evaluation of our business and our prospects must be considered in light of our limited operating history and the risks and uncertainties often encountered by relatively young companies.

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We have a history of losses, except for fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004, and had an accumulated deficit of approximately $222.2 million as of January 6, 2008. If we continue to incur losses, the trading price of our stock would likely decline.

We had an accumulated deficit of approximately $222.2 million as of January 6, 2008. Except for fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004, we incurred losses in all other fiscal years. If we continue to incur losses, or if we fail to achieve profitability at levels expected by securities analysts or investors, the market price of our common stock is likely to decline. If we continue to incur losses, we may not be able to maintain or increase our number of employees or our investment in capital equipment, sales, marketing, and research and development programs. Further, we may not be able to continue to operate.

Our quarterly results are difficult to predict, and if we fail to reach certain quarterly financial expectations, our stock price is likely to decline.

Our quarterly revenue and operating results fluctuate from quarter to quarter and are difficult to predict. It is likely that our operating results in some periods will be below investor expectations. If this happens, the market price of our common stock is likely to decline. Fluctuations in our future quarterly operating results may be caused by many factors, including:

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          size and timing of customer orders, which are received unevenly and unpredictably throughout a fiscal year;

          the mix of products licensed and types of license agreements;

          our ability to recognize revenue in a given quarter;

          higher than anticipated costs in connection with litigation;

          timing of customer license payments;

          the relative mix of time-based licenses bundled with maintenance, unbundled time-based license agreements and perpetual license agreements, each of which has different revenue recognition practices;

          size and timing of revenue recognized in advance of actual customer billings and customers with graduated payment schedules which may result in higher accounts receivable balances and days sales outstanding (DSO);

          the relative mix of our license and services revenue;

          our ability to win new customers and retain existing customers;

          changes in our pricing and discounting practices and licensing terms and those of our competitors;

          changes in the level of our operating expenses, including general compensation levels as well as increases in incentive compensation payments that may be associated with future revenue growth;

          changes in the interpretation of the authoritative literature under which we recognize revenue;

          the timing of product releases or upgrades by us or our competitors; and

          the integration, by us or our competitors, of newly-developed or acquired products.We have faced lawsuits brought by Synopsys, Inc. related to patent infringement and other claims, and we may face additional intellectual property infringement claims or other litigation. Lawsuits can be costly to defend, can take the time of our management and employees away from day-to-day operations, and could result in our losing important rights and paying significant damages.

Synopsys previously filed various suits, including an action for patent infringement, against us. In addition, a putative shareholder class action lawsuit and a putative derivative lawsuit have been filed against us. All claims brought against us by Synopsys have been fully resolved by a settlement and a license under the asserted patents, although other similar litigation involving Synopsys or other parties may follow (subject, in the case of Synopsys, to the terms of the settlement agreement with Synopsys pursuant to which we and

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Synopsys agreed not to initiate future patent litigation against each other for a period of two years commencing on March 29, 2007 provided certain terms are met). In the future other parties may assert intellectual property infringement claims against us or our customers. We may have acquired or may in the future acquire software as a result of our acquisitions, and we could be subject to claims that such software infringes the intellectual property rights of third parties. We also license technology from certain third parties and could be subject to claims if the software which we license is deemed to infringe the rights of others. In addition, we
are often involved in or threatened with commercial litigation unrelated to intellectual property infringement claims such as labor litigation and contract claims, and we may acquire companies that are actively engaged in such litigation.

Our products may be found to infringe intellectual property rights of third parties, including third-party patents. In addition, many of our contracts contain provisions in which we agree to indemnify our customers from third-party intellectual property infringement claims that are brought against them based on their use of our products. Also, we may be unaware of filed patent applications that relate to our software products. We believe that the patent portfolios of our competitors generally are far larger than ours. This disparity between our patent portfolio and the patent portfolios of our competitors may increase the risk that they may sue us
for patent infringement and may limit our ability to counterclaim for patent infringement or settle through patent cross-licenses.

The outcome of intellectual property litigation and other types of litigation could result in our loss of critical proprietary rights and unexpected operating costs and substantial monetary damages. Intellectual property litigation and other types of litigation are expensive and time-consuming and could divert our managements attention from our business. If there is a successful claim against us for infringement, we may be ordered to pay substantial monetary damages (including punitive damages), we may also be prevented from distributing all or some of our products, and we may also be required to develop non-infringing technology or enter into
royalty or license agreements, which may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. Our failure to develop non-infringing technologies or license the proprietary rights on a timely basis would harm our business.

Publicly announced developments in our litigation matters may cause our stock price to decline sharply and suddenly. Other factors may reduce the market price of our common stock, and we are subject to ongoing risks of securities class action litigation related to volatility in the market price for our common stocks.

We may not be successful in defending some or all claims that may be brought against us. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can result in substantial expense and could divert the efforts of our management and technical personnel from our business. In addition, the ultimate resolution of the lawsuits could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, and harm our ability to execute our business plan.

The price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly, which may make it difficult for our stockholders to resell our stock at attractive prices.

Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol LAVA. There have been previous quarters in which we have experienced shortfalls in revenue and earnings from levels expected by securities analysts and investors, which have had an immediate and significant adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock. Furthermore, the price of our common stock has fluctuated significantly in light of the recent litigation with Synopsys.

In March, 2007, we completed exchanges, whereby certain holders of approximately $49.9 million in aggregate principal amount of our Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due May 15, 2008 (the 2008 Notes) agreed to exchange their 2008 Notes for an equal aggregate principal amount of 2% Convertible Senior Notes due May 15, 2010 (the 2010 Notes). The 2010 Notes were initially convertible into 3,329,267 shares of our common stock. Approximately $15.2 million aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Notes remain outstanding, which is convertible into 664,916 shares of our common stock. Upon the occurrence of certain triggering
events, the number of shares of our common stock that are issuable upon conversion of the 2010 Notes may be increased by up to an additional 1,098,658 shares of our common stock. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market following this note

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exchange, or any conversion of the 2010 Notes into shares of our common stock or the perception that such sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and could increase the fluctuations in our stock price.

The market price of our stock is subject to significant fluctuations in response to the risk factors set forth in this Item 1A., many of which are beyond our control. Such fluctuations, as well as economic conditions generally, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

In addition, the stock market in recent years has experienced extreme price and trading volume fluctuations that often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of individual companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. Recent problems with the financial system, such as problems involving banks as well as the mortgage markets, might increase such market fluctuations.

We may not be able to hire and/or retain the number of qualified personnel required for our business, particularly engineering personnel, which would harm the development and sales of our products and limit our ability to grow.

Competition in our industry for senior management, technical, sales, marketing and other key personnel is intense. If we are unable to retain our existing personnel, or attract and train additional qualified personnel, our growth may be limited due to a lack of capacity to develop and market our products.

In particular, we continue to experience difficulty in hiring and retaining skilled engineers with appropriate qualifications to support our growth strategy. Our success depends on our ability to identify, hire, train and retain qualified engineering personnel with experience in integrated circuit design. Specifically, we need to continue to attract and retain field application engineers to work with our direct sales force to qualify new sales opportunities technically and perform design work to demonstrate our products capabilities to customers during the benchmark evaluation process. Competition for qualified engineers is intense,
particularly in the Silicon Valley area where our headquarters is located.

Furthermore, in light of our adopting SFAS 123R in the first quarter of our fiscal year 2007, we changed our employee compensation practices, and those changes could make it harder for us to retain existing employees and attract qualified candidates. If we lose the services of a significant number of our employees and/or if we cannot hire additional employees of the same caliber, we will be unable to increase our sales or implement or maintain our growth strategy.

Our success is highly dependent on the technical, sales, marketing and managerial contributions of key individuals who we may be unable to recruit and retain.

We depend on our senior executives and certain key research and development and sales and marketing personnel, who are critical to our business. We do not have long-term employment agreements with our key employees, and we do not maintain any key person life insurance policies. Furthermore, our larger competitors may be able to offer more generous compensation packages to executives and key employees, and therefore we risk losing key personnel to those competitors. If we lose the services of any of our key personnel, our product development processes and sales efforts could be slowed. We may also incur increased operating expenses and be required to
divert the attention of our senior executives to search for their replacements. The integration of new executives or new personnel could disrupt our ongoing operations.

Customer payment defaults may cause us to be unable to recognize revenue from backlog, and changes in the type of orders comprising backlog could affect the proportion of revenue recognized from backlog each quarter, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

A portion of our revenue backlog is variable based on volume of usage of our products by the customers or includes specific future deliverables or is recognized in revenue on a cash receipts basis. Our management has estimated variable usage based on customers forecasts, but there can be no assurance that these estimates will be realized. In addition, it is possible that customers from whom we expect to derive revenue from backlog will default and as a result we may not be able to recognize expected revenue from backlog. If a customer defaults and fails to pay amounts owed, or if the level of defaults increases, our bad debt expense is

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likely to increase. Any material payment default by our customers could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our lengthy and unpredictable sales cycle, and the large size of some orders, make it difficult for us to forecast revenue and increase the magnitude of quarterly fluctuations, which could harm our stock price.

Customers for our software products typically commit significant resources to evaluate available software. The complexity of our products requires us to spend substantial time and effort to assist potential customers in evaluating our software and in benchmarking our products against those of our competitors. As the complexity of the products we sell increases, we expect our sales cycle to lengthen. In addition, potential customers may be limited in their current spending by existing time-based licenses with their legacy vendors. In these cases, customers delay a significant new commitment to our software until the term of the existing license has
expired. Also, because our products require our customers to invest significant time and incur significant costs, we must target those individuals within our customers organizations who are able to make these decisions on behalf of their companies. These individuals tend to be senior management in an organization, typically at the vice president level. We may face difficulty identifying and establishing contact with such individuals. Even after those individuals decide to purchase our products, the negotiation and documentation processes can be lengthy and could lead the decision-maker to reconsider the purchase. Our sales cycle typically ranges between three and nine months, but can be longer. Any delay in completing sales in a particular quarter could cause our operating results to fall below expectations. Furthermore, technological changes, litigation risk or other competitive factors could cause some customers to shorten the terms of their licenses significantly, and such
shorter terms could in turn have an impact on our total results for orders for this fiscal year. In addition, the precise mix of orders is subject to substantial fluctuation in any given quarter or multiple quarter periods, and the actual mix of licenses sold affects the revenue we recognize in the period. Even if we achieve the target level of total orders, we may not meet our revenue targets if we are unable to achieve our target license mix. In particular, we may fall short of our revenue targets if we deliver more long-term or ratable licenses than expected, or we may exceed our revenue targets if we deliver more short-term licenses than expected.

We may be unable to make payments to satisfy our indemnification obligations.

We enter into standard license agreements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these agreements, we agree to indemnify certain of our customers for losses suffered or incurred by them as a result of any patent, copyright, or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third party with respect to our products. These indemnification obligations have perpetual terms. Our normal business practice is to limit the maximum amount of indemnification to the amount received from the customer. On occasion, the maximum amount of indemnification we may be required to make may exceed our normal business practices. We estimate that the fair
value of our indemnification obligations is insignificant, based upon our historical experience concerning product and patent infringement claims. Accordingly, we have no liabilities recorded for indemnification under these agreements. If an indemnification event were to occur, we might not have enough funds to pay our indemnification obligations. Further, any material indemnification payment could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the results of our operations.

We have entered into certain indemnification agreements whereby certain of our officers and directors are indemnified for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in such capacity. Additionally, in connection with certain of our recent business acquisitions, we agreed to assume, or cause our subsidiaries to assume, indemnification obligations to the officers and directors of the acquired companies. While we have directors and officers insurance that reduces our exposure and enables us to recover a portion of any future amounts paid pursuant to our indemnification obligations to our officers and
directors, the maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited. However, as a result of our directors and officers insurance coverage, and our belief that our estimated potential exposure to our officers and directors for indemnification liabilities is minimal, no liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of January 6, 2008. Therefore, if an indemnification event were to occur, we might not have enough funds to pay our indemnification obligations. Further, any material indemnification payment could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the results of our operations.

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We rely on a small number of customers for a significant portion of our revenue, and our revenue could decline due to delays of customer orders or the failure of existing customers to renew licenses or if we are unable to maintain or develop relationships with current or potential customers.

Our business depends on sales to a small number of customers. For the nine months ended January 6, 2008, our top three customers together accounted for approximately 21% of our revenue.

We expect that we will continue to depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a substantial portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. If we fail to sell sufficient quantities of our products and services to one or more customers in any particular period, or if a large customer reduces purchases of our products or services, defers orders, or fails to renew licenses, our business and operating results could be harmed.

Most of our customers license our software under time-based licensing agreements, with terms that typically range from 15 months to 48 months. Most of our license agreements automatically expire at the end of the term unless the customer renews the license with us or purchases a perpetual license. If our customers do not renew their licenses, we may not be able to maintain our current revenue or may not generate additional revenue. Some of our license agreements allow customers to terminate an agreement prior to its expiration under limited circumstancesfor example, if our products do not meet specified performance requirements or goals. If
these agreements are terminated prior to expiration or we are unable to collect under these agreements, our revenue may decline.

Some contracts with extended payment terms provide for payments which are weighted toward the latter part of the contract term. Accordingly, for bundled agreements, as the payment terms are extended, the revenue from these contracts is not recognized evenly over the contract term, but is recognized as the lesser of the cumulative amounts due and payable or ratably. For unbundled agreements, as the payment terms are extended, the revenue from these contracts is recognized as amounts become due and payable. Revenue recognized under these arrangements will be higher in the latter part of the contract term, which potentially puts our future revenue
recognition at greater risk of the customers continued credit-worthiness. In addition, some of our customers have extended payment terms, which creates additional credit risk.

We compete against companies that hold a large share of the EDA market and competition is increasing among EDA vendors as customers tightly control their EDA spending and use fewer vendors to meet their needs. If we cannot compete successfully, we will not gain market share and our revenue could decline.

We currently compete with companies that hold dominant shares in the electronic design automation market, such as Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor. Each of these companies has a longer operating history and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do, as well as greater name recognition and a larger installed customer base. Our competitors are better able to offer aggressive discounts on their products, a practice they often employ. Competition and corresponding pricing pressures among EDA vendors or other factors might be causing or might cause in the future the overall market for EDA products to have low growth rates,
remain relatively flat or even decrease in terms of overall dollars. Our competitors offer a more comprehensive range of products than we do; for example, we do not offer logic simulation which can sometimes be an impediment to our winning a particular customer order. In addition, our industry has traditionally viewed acquisitions as an effective strategy for growth in products and market share and our competitors greater cash resources and higher market capitalization may give them a relative advantage over us in acquiring companies with promising new chip design products or companies that may be too large for us to acquire without a strain on our resources and liquidity.

Competition in the EDA market has increased as customers rationalized their EDA spending by using products from fewer EDA vendors. Continued consolidation in the electronic design automation market could intensify this trend. Also, many of our competitors, such as Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor, have established relationships with our current and potential customers and can devote substantial resources aimed at preventing us from establishing or enhancing our customer relationships. Competitive pressures may prevent us from obtaining new customers and gaining market share, may require us to reduce the price of products and services or cause us to lose
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strategy successfully, we must continue our efforts to increase our sales worldwide. If we fail to do so in a timely manner or at all, we may not be able to gain market share and our business and operating results could suffer.

Also, a variety of small companies continue to emerge, developing and introducing new products which may compete with our products. Any of these companies could become a significant competitor in the future. We also compete with the internal chip design automation development groups of our existing and potential customers. Therefore, these customers may not require, or may be reluctant to purchase, products offered by independent vendors.

Our competitors may develop or acquire new products or technologies that have the potential to replace our existing or new product offerings. The introduction of these new or additional products by competitors may either cause potential customers to defer purchases of our products or cause potential customers to decide against purchasing our products. If we fail to compete successfully, we will not gain market share, or our market share may decrease, and our business may fail.

We may not be successful in integrating the operations of acquired companies and acquired technology.

We expect to continuously evaluate the possibility of accelerating our growth through acquisitions, as is customary in the electronic design automation industry. Achieving the anticipated benefits of past and possible future acquisitions will depend in part upon whether we can integrate the operations, products and technology of acquired companies with our operations, products and technology in a timely and cost-effective manner. The process of integrating acquired companies and acquired technology is complex, expensive and time consuming, and may cause an interruption of, or loss of momentum in, the product development and sales activities and
operations of both companies. In addition, the earnout arrangements we use, and expect to continue to use, to consummate some of our acquisitions, pursuant to which we agreed to pay additional amounts of contingent consideration based on the achievement of certain revenue, bookings or product development milestones, can sometimes complicate integration efforts. We cannot be sure that any part or all of the integration will be accomplished on a timely basis, or at all. Assimilating previously acquired companies such as Rio Design Automation, Inc., Knights Technology, Inc. (Knights), ACAD Corporation (ACAD), Mojave, Silicon Metrics Corporation, or any other companies we have acquired or may seek to acquire in the future, involves a number of other risks, including, but not limited to:

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          adverse effects on existing customer relationships, such as cancellation of orders or the loss of key customers;

          difficulties in integrating or retaining key employees of the acquired company;

          the risk that earnouts based on revenue will prove difficult to administer due to the complexities of revenue recognition accounting;

          the risk that actions incentivized by earnout provisions will ultimately prove not to be in our best interest if our interests change over time;

          difficulties in integrating the operations of the acquired company, such as information technology resources, manufacturing processes, and financial and operational data;

          difficulties in integrating the technologies of the acquired company into our products;

          diversion of our managements attention;

          potential incompatibility of business cultures;

          potential dilution to existing stockholders if we incur debt or issue equity securities to finance acquisitions; and

          additional expenses associated with the amortization of intangible assets.

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Our operating results may be harmed if our customers do not adopt, or are slow to adopt, 65-nanometer and 45-nanometer design geometries on a large scale.

Our customers are currently working on a range of design geometries, including without limitation 45-nanometer, 65-nanometer and 90-nanometer designs. We continue to work toward developing and enhancing our product line in anticipation of increased customer demand for 65-nanometer and 45-nanometer design geometries. Notwithstanding our efforts to support 65-nanometer and 45-nanometer design geometries, customers may fail to adopt these geometries on a large scale and we may be unable to convince our customers to purchase our related software products. Accordingly, any revenues we receive from enhancements to our products or acquired technologies may
be less than the development or acquisition costs. If customers fail to adopt 65-nanometer and 45-nanometer design geometries on a large scale, our operating results may be harmed. In addition, if customers are not able successfully to generate profits as they adopt smaller geometries, demand for our products may be adversely affected, and our operating results may be harmed.

Our operating results will be harmed if chip designers do not adopt Blast Fusion, Talus, FineSim, the Quartz family of products or our other current and future products.

Blast Fusion has accounted for the largest portion of our revenue since our inception and we believe that revenue from Blast Fusion, Talus, FineSim, and the Quartz family of products will account for most of our revenue for the foreseeable future. In addition, we have dedicated significant resources to developing and marketing Talus and other products. We must gain market penetration of Blast Fusion, Talus, FineSim, the Quartz family of products and other products in order to achieve our growth strategy and financial success. Moreover, if integrated circuit designers do not continue to adopt Blast Fusion, Talus, FineSim, the Quartz family of products
or our other current and future products, our operating results will be significantly harmed.

In the event that the changes we made to our organizational structure in fiscal 2006 result in ineffective interoperability between our products or ineffective collaboration among our employees, then our operating results may be harmed.

We changed our organizational structure in fiscal 2006 to establish major business units that are responsible for our various products. If this new organizational structure results in ineffective interoperability between our products or ineffective collaboration among our employees, then our operating results may be harmed. For example, if this new organizational structure is not successful, we could experience delays in new product development that could cause us to lose customer orders and thereby could harm our operating results.

If the industries into which we sell our products experience a recession or other cyclical effects affecting our customers research and development budgets, our revenue would be likely to decline.

Demand for our products is driven by new integrated circuit design projects. The demand from semiconductor and systems companies is uncertain and difficult to predict. Slower growth in the semiconductor and systems industries, a reduced number of design starts, reduction of electronic design automation budgets or consolidation among our customers would harm our business and financial condition.

The primary customers for our products are companies in the communications, computing, consumer electronics, networking and semiconductor industries. Any significant downturn in our customers markets or in general economic conditions that results in the cutback of research and development budgets or the delay of software purchases would likely result in lower demand for our products and services and could harm our business. The continuing threat of terrorist attacks in the United States, the ongoing events in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, the Middle East and North Korea, recent problems with the financial system, such as problems involving banks as
well as the mortgage markets and other worldwide events have increased uncertainty in the United States economy. If the economy declines as a result of this economic, political and social turmoil, existing customers may delay their implementation of our software products and prospective customers may decide not to adopt our software products, either of which could negatively impact our business and operating results.

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to be characterized by diminished product demand, excess manufacturing capacity and subsequent erosion of average selling prices. Any such seasonal or cyclical industry downturns could harm our operating results.

Difficulties in developing and achieving market acceptance of new products and delays in planned release dates of our software products and upgrades may harm our business.

To succeed, we will need to develop innovative new products. We may not have the financial resources necessary to fund all required future innovations. Expanding into new technologies or extending our product line into areas we have not previously addressed may be more costly or difficult than we presently anticipate. Also, any revenue that we receive from enhancements or new generations of our proprietary software products may be less than the costs that we incur to develop those technologies and products. If we fail to develop and market new products in a timely manner, or if new products do not meet performance features as marketed, our reputation
and our business could suffer.

Our costs of customer engagement and support are high, so our gross margin may decrease if we incur higher-than-expected costs associated with providing support services in the future or if we reduce our prices.

Because of the complexity of our products, we typically incur high field application engineering support costs to engage new customers and assist them in their evaluations of our products. If we fail to manage our customer engagement and support costs, our operating results could suffer. In addition, our gross margin may decrease if we are unable to manage support costs associated with the services revenue we generate or if we reduce prices in response to competitive pressure.

Product defects could cause us to lose customers and revenue, or to incur unexpected expenses.

Our products depend on complex software, which we either developed internally or acquired or licensed from third parties. Our customers may use our products with other companies products, which also contain complex software. If our software does not meet our customers performance requirements or meet the performance features as marketed, our customer relationships may suffer. Also, a limited number of our contracts include specified ongoing performance criteria. If our products fail to meet these criteria, it may lead to termination of these agreements and loss of future revenue. Complex software often contains errors. Any failure or poor
performance of our software or the third-party software with which it is integrated could result in:

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          delays in product shipments;

          unexpected expenses and diversion of resources to identify the source of errors or to correct errors;

          damage to our reputation;

          delayed or lost revenue; and

          product liability claims.Our product functions are often critical to our customers, especially because of the resources our customers expend on the design and fabrication of integrated circuits. Many of our licensing agreements contain provisions to provide a limited warranty. In addition, some of our licensing agreements provide the customer with a right of refund for the license fees if we are unable to correct errors reported during the warranty period. If our contractual limitations are unenforceable in a particular jurisdiction or if we are exposed to claims that are not covered by insurance, a successful claim could harm our business. We currently carry insurance
coverage and limits that we believe are consistent with similarly situated companies within the EDA industry, however, our insurance coverage may prove insufficient to protect against any claims that we experience.

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Because much of our business is international, we are exposed to risks inherent to doing business internationally that could harm our business. We also intend to expand our international operations. If our revenue from this expansion does not exceed the expenses associated with this expansion, our business and operating results could suffer.

For the nine months ended January 6, 2008, we generated 42% of our total revenue from sales outside North America, compared to 32% in fiscal 2007 and 33% for fiscal 2006. While most of our international sales to date have been denominated in U.S. dollars, our international operating expenses have been denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, a decrease in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currencies could increase the relative costs of our overseas operations, which could reduce our operating margins.

As we expand our international operations, we will need to maintain sales offices in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. If our revenue from international operations does not exceed the expense of establishing and maintaining our international operations, our business could suffer. Additional risks we face in conducting business internationally include:

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          difficulties and costs of staffing and managing international operations across different geographic areas;

          changes in currency exchange rates and controls;

          uncertainty regarding tax and regulatory requirements in multiple jurisdictions;

          the possible lack of financial and political stability in foreign countries, preventing overseas sales growth;

          current events in North Korea, Iran, Iraq and the Middle East;

          the effects of terrorist attacks in the United States;

          recent problems with the financial system, such as problems involving banks as well as the mortgage markets;and

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          any related conflicts or similar events worldwide.Future changes in accounting standards, specifically changes affecting revenue recognition, could cause unexpected adverse revenue fluctuations for us.

Future changes in accounting standards or interpretations thereof, specifically those changes affecting software revenue recognition, could require us to change our methods of revenue recognition. These changes could result in deferral of revenue recognized in current periods to subsequent periods or in accelerated recognition of deferred revenue to current periods, each of which could cause shortfalls in meeting the expectations of investors and securities analysts. Our stock price could decline as a result of any shortfall. Implementation of internal controls reporting and attestation requirements, as further described below, will continue to
impose additional financial and administrative obligations on us and may continue to cause us to incur substantial implementation costs from third party consultants, which could adversely affect our results.

Changes in laws and regulations that affect the governance of public companies have increased our operating expenses and will continue to do so.

Recently enacted changes in the laws and regulations affecting public companies, including the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the listing requirements for the Nasdaq Global Market have imposed duties on us and on our executives, directors, attorneys and independent registered public accounting firms. In order to comply with these new rules, we have hired additional personnel and use additional outside legal, accounting and advisory services, all of which have increased and may further increase our operating expenses over time. In particular, we have incurred and will continue to incur additional administrative expenses relating to
the implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 404), which requires that we implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls and annual certification of our compliance

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by our independent auditor. For example, we have incurred significant expenses and will continue to incur expenses in connection with the implementation, documentation and continued testing of our internal control systems. Management time associated with these compliance efforts necessarily reduces time available for other operating activities, which could adversely affect operating results. For the years ended April 1, 2007, April 2, 2006 and March 31, 2005, our independent registered public accounting firms have certified that we were in compliance with the provision of Section 404 relating to effective internal control over financial reporting;
however, our internal control obligations are ongoing and subject to continued review and testing. If we are unable to maintain full and timely compliance with these and other regulatory requirements, we could be required to incur additional costs, expend additional management time on remedial efforts and make related public disclosures that could adversely affect our stock price and result in securities litigation. Further, a failure to comply with Section 404 could cause us to delay filing our public reports, potentially resulting in de-listing by the Nasdaq Global Market and penalties or other adverse consequences under our existing contractual arrangements. In particular, pursuant to the indenture for the 2010 Notes, if we fail to file our annual or quarterly reports in accordance with the terms of that indenture, or if we do not comply with certain provisions of the Trust Indenture Act specified in the indenture, after the passage of certain periods of time at the election of a
certain minimum number of holders of the 2010 Notes, we may be in default under the indenture unless we pay a fee equal to 1% per annum of the aggregate principal amounts of the 2010 Notes, or the extension fee, to extend the default date. Even if we pay the applicable extension fee, we will eventually be in default for these filing failures if sufficient time passes and we have not made the applicable filing.

The effectiveness of disclosure controls is inherently limited.

We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures, or our internal control over financial reporting, will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system objectives will be met. The design of a control system must also reflect applicable resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. As a result of these inherent limitations, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been
detected. Failure of the control systems to prevent error or fraud could materially adversely impact our financial results and our business.

Forecasting our tax rates is complex and subject to uncertainty

Our management must make significant assumptions, judgments and estimates to determine our current provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and any valuation allowance that may be recorded against our deferred tax assets. These assumptions, judgments and estimates are difficult to make due to their complexity, and the relevant tax law is often changing.

Our future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by the following:

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          an increase in expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes, including stock-based compensation and write-offs of acquired in-process research and development;

          changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities;

          future changes in ownership that may limit realization of certain assets;

          changes in forecasts of pre-tax profits and losses by jurisdiction used to estimate tax expense by jurisdiction;

          assessment of additional taxes as a result of federal, state, or foreign tax examinations; or

          changes in tax laws or interpretations of such tax laws.Our success will depend on our ability to keep pace with the rapidly evolving technology standards of the semiconductor industry. If we are unable to keep pace with these evolving technology standards, our products could be rendered obsolete, which would cause our operating results to decline.

The semiconductor industry has made significant technological advances. In particular, recent advances in deep sub-micron technology have required electronic design automation companies to develop or acquire new

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products and enhance existing products continuously. The evolving nature of our industry could render our existing products and services obsolete. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to:

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          enhance our existing products and services;

          develop and introduce new products and services on a timely and cost-effective basis that will keep pace with technological developments and evolving industry standards;

          address the increasingly sophisticated needs of our customers; and

          acquire other companies that have complementary or innovative products.If we are unable, for technical, legal, financial or other reasons, to respond in a timely manner to changing market conditions or customer requirements, our business and operating results could be seriously harmed.

If we fail to offer and maintain competitive equity compensation packages for our employees, or if our stock price declines materially for a protracted period of time, we might have difficulty retaining our employees and our business may be harmed.

In todays competitive technology industry, employment decisions of highly skilled personnel are influenced by equity compensation packages, which offer incentives above traditional compensation only where there is a consistent, long-term upward trend over time of a companys stock price. Our stock price declined significantly for several years due to market conditions and had recently been negatively affected by uncertainty surrounding the outcome of our litigation with Synopsys, Inc. discussed above.

In August 2005, we implemented a stock option exchange program (the Exchange Program) allowing non-executive employees holding options to purchase our common stock at exercise prices greater than or equal to $10.50 to exchange those options for a smaller number of new options at an exercise price equal to $9.20, the fair market value on the date of grant. If this exercise price of $9.20 per share or the terms of the Exchange Program are not satisfactory to employees who participate in the Exchange Program, our ability to retain employees could be affected.

If our stock price declines in the future due to market conditions, investors perceptions of the technology industry or managerial or performance problems, we may be forced to grant additional options to retain employees. This in turn could result in:

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          immediate and substantial dilution to investors resulting from the grant of additional options necessary to retain employees; and

          compensation charges against us, which would negatively impact our operating results.In addition, the new accounting requirements for employee stock options discussed below has adversely affected our option grant practices and may affect our ability to recruit and retain employees.

Due to changes in the accounting treatment for employee stock options, we have changed our employee compensation practices, and our reported results of operations have been and will likely continue to be adversely affected.

Until April 2, 2006, we accounted for the issuance of employee stock options under principles that do not require us to record compensation expense for options granted at fair market value. In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123R, Share-Based Payment, which eliminates the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB 25, and generally requires instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value based method. Under SFAS 123R, companies are required to recognize an expense for compensation cost related to share-based payment arrangements including stock options and employee stock purchase plans.
We adopted the new rules in the first quarter of our fiscal year 2007. This change in accounting treatment has resulted and will continue to result in significant additional compensation expense compared to prior periods and has adversely affected and will likely continue to adversely affect our reported results of operations and hinder our ability to achieve profitability. We are continuing to assess the full impact of the adoption of SFAS 123R on our business practices and, as part of that assessment, have changed our

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employee compensation practices by, for example, issuing more restricted stock and fewer stock options. These changes could make it harder for us to retain existing employees and attract qualified candidates.

If our sales force compensation arrangements are not designed effectively, we may lose sales personnel and resources.

Designing an effective incentive compensation structure for our sales force is critical to our success. We have experimented, and continue to experiment, with different systems of sales force compensation. If our incentives are not well designed, we may experience reduced revenue generation, and we may also lose the services of our more productive sales personnel, either of which would reduce our revenue or potential revenue.

Fluctuations in our growth place a strain on our management systems and resources, and if we fail to manage the pace of our growth, our business could be harmed.

Periods of growth followed by efforts to realign costs when revenue growth is slower than anticipated have placed a strain on our management, administrative and financial resources. For example, in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, we decreased our workforce by 21 employees. Over time we have significantly expanded our operations in the United States and internationally, and we plan to continue to expand the geographic scope of our operations. To pace the growth of our operations with the growth in our revenue, we must continue to improve administrative, financial and operations systems, procedures and controls. Failure to improve our internal
procedures and controls could hinder our efforts to manage our growth adequately, disrupt operations, lead to deficiencies in our internal controls and financial reporting and otherwise harm our business.

If chip designers and manufacturers do not integrate our software into existing design flows, or if other software companies do not cooperate in working with us to interface our products with their design flows, demand for our products may decrease.

To implement our business strategy successfully, we must provide products that interface with the software of other electronic design automation software companies. Our competitors may not support efforts by us or by our customers to integrate our products into their existing design flows. We must develop cooperative relationships with competitors so that they will work with us to integrate our software into customers design flow. Currently, our software is designed to interface with the existing software of Cadence, Synopsys and others. If we are unable to convince customers to adopt our software products instead of those of competitors
(including competitors offering a broader set of products), or if we are unable to convince other software companies to work with us to interface our software to meet the demands of chip designers and manufacturers, our business and operating results will suffer.

We may not obtain sufficient patent protection, which could harm our competitive position and increase our expenses.

Our success and ability to compete depends to a significant degree upon the protection of our software and other proprietary technology. We currently have a number of issued patents in the United States, but this number is relatively small in relation to our competitors.

These legal protections afford only limited protection for our technology. In addition, rights that may be granted under any patent application that may issue in the future may not provide competitive advantages to us. Further, patent protection in foreign jurisdictions where we may need this protection may be limited or unavailable. It is possible that:

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          our pending U.S. and non-U.S. patents may not be issued;

          competitors may design around our present or future issued patents or may develop competing non-infringing technologies;

          present and future issued patents may not be sufficiently broad to protect our proprietary rights; and

          present and future issued patents could be successfully challenged for validity and enforceability.

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We believe the patent portfolios of our competitors are far larger than ours, and this may increase the risk that they may sue us for patent infringement and may limit our ability to counterclaim for patent infringement or settle through patent cross-licenses.

We rely on trademark, copyright and trade secret laws and contractual restrictions to protect our proprietary rights, and if these rights are not sufficiently protected, it could harm our ability to compete and generate income.

To establish and protect our proprietary rights, we rely on a combination of trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and contractual restrictions, such as confidentiality agreements and licenses. Our ability to compete and grow our business could suffer if these rights are not adequately protected. We seek to protect our source code for our software, documentation and other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws. We license our software pursuant to agreements, which impose certain restrictions on the licensees ability to utilize the software. We also seek to avoid disclosure of our intellectual property by requiring
employees and consultants with access to our proprietary information to execute confidentiality agreements. Our proprietary rights may not be adequately protected because:

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          laws and contractual restrictions in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions may not prevent misappropriation of our technologies or deter others from developing similar technologies;

          competitors may independently develop similar technologies and software;

          for some of our trademarks, federal U.S. trademark protection may be unavailable to us;

          our trademarks might not be protected or protectable in some foreign jurisdictions;

          the validity and scope of our U.S. and foreign trademarks could be successfully challenged; and

          policing unauthorized use of our products and trademarks is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and we may be unable to determine the extent of this unauthorized use.The laws of some countries in which we market our products may offer little or no protection of our proprietary technologies. Reverse engineering, unauthorized copying or other misappropriation of our proprietary technologies could enable third parties to benefit from our technologies without paying us for them, which would harm our competitive position and market share.

Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders own a substantial portion of our common stock and as a result of this concentration of ownership may be able to elect most of our directors and delay or prevent a change in control of Magma.

Our directors, executive officers and stockholders who currently own over 5% of our common stock beneficially own a substantial portion of our outstanding common stock. These stockholders, in a combined vote, will be able to influence significantly all matters requiring stockholder approval. For example, they may be able to elect most of our directors, delay or prevent a transaction in which stockholders might receive a premium over the market price for their shares or prevent changes in control or management.

We may need additional capital in the future, but there is no assurance that funds would be available on acceptable terms.

In the future we may need to raise additional capital in order to achieve growth or other business objectives. This financing may not be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us and may be dilutive to existing stockholders. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, our ability to expand, develop or enhance services or products, or respond to competitive pressures would be limited.

Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware corporate law contain anti-takeover provisions which could delay or prevent a change in control even if the change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders. We could also adopt a stockholder rights plan, which could also delay or prevent a change in control.

Delaware law, as well as our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, contain anti-takeover provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company, even if the change of control would be beneficial

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to the stockholders. These provisions could lower the price that future investors might be willing to pay for shares of our common stock. These anti-takeover provisions:

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          authorize our Board of Directors to create and issue, without prior stockholder approval, preferred stock that can be issued increasing the number of outstanding shares and deter or prevent a takeover attempt;

          prohibit stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;

          establish a classified Board of Directors requiring that not all members of the board be elected at one time;

          prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow less than a majority of stockholders to elect director candidates;

          limit the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders; and

          require advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the Board of Directors and proposals that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the terms of our stock option plans may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company. That section generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for three years after the date the stockholder became an interested stockholder. Also, our stock option plans include change-in-control provisions that allow us to grant options or stock purchase rights that will become vested immediately upon a change in control.

Our board of directors also has the power to adopt a stockholder rights plan, which could delay or prevent a change in control of us even if the change in control is generally beneficial to our stockholders. These plans, sometimes called poison pills, are sometimes criticized by institutional investors or their advisors and could affect our rating by such investors or advisors. If our board were to adopt such a plan it might have the effect of reducing the price that new investors are willing to pay for shares of our common stock.

We are subject to risks associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

We transact some portions of our business in various foreign currencies. Accordingly, we are subject to exposure from adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. This exposure is primarily related to a portion of revenue in Japan and operating expenses in Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific, which are denominated in the respective local currencies. As of January 6, 2008, we had approximately $5.8 million of cash and money market funds in foreign currencies. During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, we entered into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate the effects of our currency exposure risk for foreign currency transactions in Japanese
Yen. While we assess the need to utilize financial instruments to hedge currency exposures on an ongoing basis, our assessments may prove incorrect. Therefore, movements in exchange rates could negatively impact our business operating results and financial condition.

The convertible notes we issued in May 2003 and the convertible notes we issued in March 2007 are debt obligations that must be repaid in cash in May 2008 and May 2010, respectively, if they are not redeemed or converted into shares of our common stock at an earlier date, which is unlikely to occur if the price of our common stock does not exceed the conversion price.

In May 2003, we issued $150.0 million principal amount of the 2008 Notes. In May 2005, we repurchased, in privately negotiated transactions, $44.5 million face amount (or approximately 29.7% of the total) of the 2008 Notes at an average discount to face value of approximately 22%. In addition, in May 2006, we repurchased another $40.3 million face amount (approximately 38.2% of the remaining principal) of the 2008 Notes at an average discount to face value of approximately 13%. We spent an aggregate of approximately $34.8 million and $35.0 million, respectively, on the repurchases in May 2005 and May 2006. In March 2007, we exchanged, in privately
negotiated transactions, an aggregate principal amount of $49.9 million of the 2008 Notes for an equal aggregate principal amount of the 2010 Notes. We will be

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required to repay the $15.2 million remaining principal amount of the 2008 Notes in full in May 2008 and the $49.9 million principal amount of the 2010 Notes in full in May 2010, unless the holders of those notes elect to convert them into shares of our common stock before the repayment dates or these notes are otherwise redeemed. The conversion price, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, is $15.00 for the 2010 Notes and $22.86 for the 2008 Notes. If the price of our common stock does not rise above the applicable conversion price, conversion of the notes is unlikely and we would be required to repay the principal amounts of the notes in
cash. There have been previous quarters in which we have experienced shortfalls in revenue and earnings from levels expected by securities analysts and investors, which have had an immediate and significant adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock. In addition, the stock market in recent years has experienced extreme price and trading volume fluctuations that often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of individual companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our stock, regardless of our operating performance. Because the notes are convertible into shares of our common stock, volatility or depressed prices for our common stock could have a similar effect on the trading price of the notes.

We may have insufficient cash flow to meet our debt service obligations, including payments due on our convertible notes.

We will be required to generate cash sufficient to conduct our business operations and pay our indebtedness and other liabilities, including all amounts, both principal and interest, due on our outstanding 2008 Notes and 2010 Notes. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of these notes was $15.2 million and $49.9 million, respectively, at April 1, 2007. The 2010 Notes bear interest at 2% per annum, with interest payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2007. We may not be able to cover our anticipated debt service obligations from our cash flow. This may materially hinder our ability to make payments on the 2008 Notes
and the 2010 Notes. Our ability to meet our future debt service obligations will depend upon our future performance, which will be subject to financial, business and other factors affecting our operations, many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, we cannot assure that we will be able to make required principal and interest payments on the 2008 Notes and the 2010 Notes when due.

The conversion of our outstanding convertible notes would result in dilution to our current stockholders.

We currently have outstanding 2008 Notes in the principal amount of $15.2 million and 2010 Notes in the principal amount of $49.9 million. The 2008 Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $22.86 per share, subject to adjustment. The 2010 Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $15.00 per share, subject to adjustment. At current conversion prices, an aggregate of approximately 3,995,000 shares of our common stock would be issued upon the conversion of all outstanding notes at these exchange rates, which would dilute the voting power and ownership percentage of our existing
stockholders.

Hedging transactions and other transactions may affect the value of our common stock and our convertible notes.

We entered into hedging arrangements with Credit Suisse First Boston International at the time we issued the 2008 Notes, with the objective of reducing the potential dilutive effect of issuing common stock upon conversion of the notes. Although at the time of our May 2005 and May 2006 repurchases and our March 2007 exchanges of the 2008 Notes portions of the hedging arrangements were retired, the remaining portions of these hedging arrangements are likely to have caused Credit Suisse First Boston International and others to take positions in our common stock in secondary market transactions or to enter into derivative transactions at or after the
sale of the notes. Any market participants entering into hedging arrangements are likely to modify their hedge positions from time to time prior to conversion or maturity of the notes by purchasing and selling shares of our common stock or other securities, which may increase the volatility and reduce the market price of our common stock.

We may be unable to meet the requirements under the indentures to purchase our 2008 Notes and 2010 Notes upon a change in control.

Upon a change in control, which is defined in the indentures relating to the 2008 Notes and 2010 Notes to include some cash acquisitions and private company mergers, note holders may require us to purchase all

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or a portion of the notes they hold. If a change in control were to occur, we might not have enough funds to pay the purchase price for all tendered notes. Future credit agreements or other agreements relating to our indebtedness might prohibit the redemption or repurchase of the notes and provide that a change in control constitutes an event of default. If a change in control occurs at a time when we are prohibited from purchasing the notes, we could seek the consent of our lenders to purchase the notes or could attempt to refinance this debt. If we do not obtain a consent, we could not purchase the notes. Our failure to purchase tendered notes would
constitute an event of default under the indenture, which might constitute a default under the terms of our other debt. In such circumstances, or if a change in control would constitute an event of default under our senior indebtedness, the subordination provisions of the indenture would possibly limit or prohibit payments to note holders. Our obligation to offer to purchase the notes upon a change in control would not necessarily afford note holders protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, merger or similar transaction involving us.

Failure to obtain export licenses could harm our business by preventing us from transferring our technology outside of the United States.

We are required to comply with U.S. Department of Commerce regulations when shipping our software products and/or transferring our technology outside of the United States or to certain foreign nationals. We believe we have complied with applicable export regulations, however, these regulations are subject to change, and future difficulties in obtaining export licenses for current, future developed and acquired products and technology, or any failure (if any) by us to comply with such requirements in the past, could harm our business, financial conditions and operating results.

Our business operations may be adversely affected in the event of an earthquake or other natural disaster.

Our corporate headquarters and much of our research and development operations are located in San Jose, California, in Californias Silicon Valley region, which is an area known for its seismic activity. An earthquake, fire or other significant natural disaster could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales Of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, on November 16, 2007, we issued 71,004 shares of our common stock as part of the contingent consideration in connection with our acquisition of Mojave, Inc. pursuant to a definitive agreement signed on February 23, 2004. The contingent share consideration was based on Mojaves achievement of certain technology milestones and product orders. We may issue additional contingent share consideration of up to $34.4 million based on additional product orders over the period ending March 31, 2009. These securities were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933 provided by Section 3(a)(10) thereof.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2008, on September 19, 2007, we acquired the remaining 82% ownership interest in Rio Design Automation, Inc. which we did not already own, pursuant to a definitive merger agreement signed on September 7, 2007. In connection with the purchase of the 82% ownership interest in Rio, during the third quarter of fiscal 2008, we issued approximately 278,700 shares of common stock, of which approximately 46,900 shares were held back to secure certain indemnification obligations of Rio that may arise for a 12-month period from the date of the acquisition. The issuance of our common stock was exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder based upon representations that we obtained from the Rio stockholders which confirmed that each Rio stockholder receiving our common stock was an accredited investor as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer

The following table shows repurchases of shares of our common stock in the second quarter of fiscal 2008:



Period

          

          Total Numberof SharesPurchased*

          

          AveragePrice Paidper Share

          

          Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs

          

          Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or ProgramsOctober 1  October 31, 2007

          

          

          2,369

          

          

          $

          6.64

          

          

          

          0

          

          

          

          N/ANovember 1  November 30, 2007

          

          

          29,627

          

          

          $

          13.53

          

          

          

          0

          

          

          

          N/ADecember 1  January 6, 2008

          

          

          1,266

          

          

          $

          0.0001

          

          

          

          0

          

          

          

          N/ATotal

          

          

          33,262

          

          

          $

          12.53

          

          

          

          0

          

          

          

          N/A




*

          Includes 28,999 shares repurchased at a weighted average price of $14.37 based on the fair market values on the repurchase dates, in order to satisfy tax withholding obligations associated with the vesting of restricted shares. The remaining shares that were repurchased represented forfeitures of restricted stock as a result of employee terminations.

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following documents are filed as Exhibits to this report:



Incorporated by ReferenceExhibit Number

          

          Exhibit Description

          

          Form

          

          File No.

          

          Exhibit

          

          Filing Date

          

          Filed Herewith2.1

          

          Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated February 23, 2004, by and among the Registrant, Motorcar Acquisition Corp., Auto Acquisition Corp., Mojave, Inc. and Vivek Raghavan, as Representative

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          2.1

          

          May 14, 20043.1

          

          Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          3.1

          

          June 28, 20023.2

          

          Certificate of Correction to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          3.2

          

          June 28, 20023.3

          

          Amended and Restated Bylaws

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          3.3

          

          June 28, 20024.1

          

          Amended and Restated Investors Rights Agreement dated July 31, 2001, by and among the Registrant and the parties that are signatories thereto

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          4.2

          

          June 28, 20024.2

          

          Form of Common Stock Certificate

          

          S-1/A

          

          333-60838

          

          4.1

          

          November 15, 20014.3

          

          Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2003, between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (including form of Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Note due May 15, 2008)

          

          10-K

          

          0-33213

          

          4.3

          

          June 20, 20034.4

          

          Form of Indenture, dated March 5, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (including form of 2.00% Convertible Senior Note due May 15, 2010)

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.3

          

          March 5, 20074.5

          

          Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2003, between the Registrant, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and UBS Warburg LLC

          

          10-K

          

          0-33213

          

          4.4

          

          June 20, 20034.6

          

          Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 5, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and certain other party thereto

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.2

          

          March 5, 2007

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Incorporated by ReferenceExhibit Number

          

          Exhibit Description

          

          Form

          

          File No.

          

          Exhibit

          

          Filing Date

          

          Filed Herewith4.7

          

          Form of Supplemental Indenture, dated March 15, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (form of note is the same as the form of 2.00% Convertible Senior Note due May 15, 2010 and included in Exhibit 4.4)

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.3

          

          March 16, 20074.8

          

          Form of Registration Rights Agreement Amendment, dated March 15, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and certain other parties thereto

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.2

          

          March 16, 200731.1

          

          Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          X31.2

          

          Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          X32.1

          

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

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          X32.2

          

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

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

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SIGNATURES

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

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.

Dated: February 14, 2008

By

          /s/ PETER S. TESHIMAPeter S. TeshimaCorporate Vice President  Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officerand Duly Authorized Signatory)

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EXHIBIT INDEX TO MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JANUARY 6, 2008



Incorporated by ReferenceExhibit Number

          

          Exhibit Description

          

          Form

          

          File No.

          

          Exhibit

          

          Filing Date

          

          Filed Herewith2.1

          

          Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated February 23, 2004, by and among the Registrant, Motorcar Acquisition Corp., Auto Acquisition Corp., Mojave, Inc. and Vivek Raghavan, as Representative

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          2.1

          

          May 14, 20043.1

          

          Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          3.1

          

          June 28, 20023.2

          

          Certificate of Correction to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          3.2

          

          June 28, 20023.3

          

          Amended and Restated Bylaws

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          3.3

          

          June 28, 20024.1

          

          Amended and Restated Investors Rights Agreement dated July 31, 2001, by and among the Registrant and the parties that are signatories thereto

          

          10-K

          

          000-33213

          

          4.2

          

          June 28, 20024.2

          

          Form of Common Stock Certificate

          

          S-1/A

          

          333-60838

          

          4.1

          

          November 15, 20014.3

          

          Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2003, between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (including form of Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Note due May 15, 2008)

          

          10-K

          

          0-33213

          

          4.3

          

          June 20, 20034.4

          

          Form of Indenture, dated March 5, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (including form of 2.00% Convertible Senior Note due May 15, 2010)

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.3

          

          March 5, 20074.5

          

          Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2003, between the Registrant, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and UBS Warburg LLC

          

          10-K

          

          0-33213

          

          4.4

          

          June 20, 20034.6

          

          Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 5, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and certain other party thereto

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.2

          

          March 5, 2007

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Incorporated by ReferenceExhibit Number

          

          Exhibit Description

          

          Form

          

          File No.

          

          Exhibit

          

          Filing Date

          

          Filed Herewith4.7

          

          Form of Supplemental Indenture, dated March 15, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (form of note is the same as the form of 2.00% Convertible Senior Note due May 15, 2010 and included in Exhibit 4.4)

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.3

          

          March 16, 20074.8

          

          Form of Registration Rights Agreement Amendment, dated March 15, 2007, by and between Magma Design Automation, Inc. and certain other parties thereto

          

          8-K

          

          000-33213

          

          10.2

          

          March 16, 200731.1

          

          Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          X31.2

          

          Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          X32.1

          

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

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          X32.2

          

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

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

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