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Tessera Technologies Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA) announced its results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009.

Revenue Highlights: Third Quarter 2009

-- Total revenues were $66.1 million.

-- Micro-electronics revenue was $59.1 million.

-- Imaging & Optics revenue was $7.0 million.

Third quarter 2009 Micro-electronics revenue was comprised entirely of Royalties and License Fees. Imaging & Optics revenue was comprised of $3.7 million in Royalties and License Fees, and $3.3 million in Products and Services.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) net income for the third quarter of 2009 was $12.1 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, which included non-cash charges of $6.9 million for stock-based compensation and $3.0 million for amortization of acquired intangibles.

Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2009 was $19.2 million or $0.37 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income is defined as income and operating expenses adjusted for acquired intangibles amortization, charges for acquired in-process research and development, stock-based compensation expense, and related tax effects.

"Better than anticipated results from our Micro-electronics customers drove our third quarter 2009 revenue to $66.1 million," said Henry R. Nothhaft, president and chief executive officer, Tessera. "Roughly 60% of DRAM sold today is in the DDR2 format. DDR3, also packaged in our patented chip-scale packaging technology, is expected to become the primary DRAM format by mid-2010. Due to improvements in speed and performance, it is anticipated DDR3 will remain the primary format through at least 2013. Tessera is well positioned to benefit from this transition and the long-term growth of the DRAM market, which we expect will drive growth in our Micro-electronics business. With respect to our Imaging & Optics business, we signed three new licensing agreements in the third quarter, for technologies ranging from our Wafer-level Packaging to Optical and Embedded Image Enhancement, and expect them to further drive our Imaging & Optics royalty revenue growth in 2010. We continue to expand our research and development resources that are focused on Wafer-level Camera and Silent Air Cooling."

Revenue Highlights: Nine-month Period Ended Sept. 30, 2009

-- Total revenue was $243.0 million.

-- Micro-electronics revenue was $221.3 million.

-- Imaging & Optics revenue was $21.7 million.

Micro-electronics revenue for the nine-month period ended Sept. 30, 2009 was comprised of $221.2 million in Royalties and License Fees, and $48,000 in Products and Services. Imaging & Optics revenue for the nine-month period ended Sept. 30, 2009 was comprised of $13.3 million in Royalties and License Fees, and $8.4 million in Products and Services.

GAAP net income for the nine-month period was $63.4 million, or $1.30 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the nine-month period was $85.5 million, or $1.71 per diluted share.

Fourth Quarter 2009 Financial Guidance

Fourth quarter 2009 total revenues are expected to range between $60.0 million and $62.0 million. This compares to fourth quarter 2008 total revenues of $69.1 million, which included a non-recurring option fee paid by Motorola, Inc.

Fourth quarter 2009 Micro-electronics revenue is expected to range between $53.0 million and $54.0 million, all of which will be royalty and license related. Tessera has two major DRAM customers with volume-based pricing incentives that will reduce the company's revenue sequentially in the fourth quarter 2009. As a reminder, Tessera recognizes revenue one quarter in arrears.

As a comparison, in the fourth quarter of 2008, Micro-electronics royalty and license fees revenue was $58.9 million and included the non-recurring option fee paid by Motorola, Inc. Products and services revenue was $872,000 and past production payments were $170,000, for a total of $59.9 million for this segment.

Fourth quarter 2009 Imaging & Optics revenue, in total, is expected to be between $7.0 million and $8.0 million. Imaging & Optics royalty and license fees revenue is expected to range from $3.0 million to $4.0 million. Imaging & Optics products and services revenue is expected to be $4.0 million. This compares to Imaging & Optics royalty and license fees revenue of $3.6 million and products and services revenue of $5.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, which totaled $9.2 million for this segment. The products and services revenue is down year-over-year primarily due to the slowdown in the semiconductor equipment market.

Non-GAAP operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2009 are projected to range between $30.0 million and $31.0 million, excluding litigation expenses.

Conference Call Information

Tessera will hold its third quarter 2009 earnings conference call at 1:30 P.M. Pacific (4:30 P.M. Eastern) today. To access the call in the U.S., please dial 866-531-1286, and for international callers dial 706-643-3789 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the conference call. The conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and available for replay for 90 days at www.tessera.com. In addition, a replay of the call will be available via telephone for two business days, beginning two hours after the call. To listen to the telephone replay in the U.S., please dial 800-642-1687 and for international callers, dial 706-645-9291. Enter access code 34561594.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those projected, particularly with respect to the company's financial results, industry and technology trends, and the company's IP protection efforts, including litigation. Material factors that may cause results to differ from the statements made include delays, setbacks or losses relating to our intellectual property or intellectual property litigations, or any invalidation or limitation of our key patents; fluctuations in our operating results due to the timing of new license agreements and royalties, or due to legal costs; changes in patent laws, regulation or enforcement, or other factors that might affect our ability to protect our intellectual property; the risk of a decline in demand for semiconductor products; failure by the industry to adopt our technologies; competing technologies; the future expiration of our patents; the future expiration of our license agreements and the cessation of related royalty income; the failure or refusal of licensees to pay royalties; failure to achieve the growth prospects and synergies expected from acquisition transactions; and delays and challenges associated with integrating acquired companies with our existing businesses. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Tessera's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, include more information about factors that could affect the company's financial results. Tessera assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Although this release may remain available on Tessera's website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that Tessera is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.

About Tessera

Tessera Technologies, Inc. invests in, licenses and delivers innovative miniaturization technologies for next-generation electronic devices. The company's micro-electronics solutions enable smaller, higher-functionality devices through chip-scale, 3D and wafer-level packaging technology, as well as high-density substrate and silent air cooling technology. Tessera's imaging and optics solutions provide low-cost, high-quality camera functionality in electronic products and include image sensor packaging, wafer-level optics and image enhancement intellectual property. The company also offers customized micro-optic lenses, from diffractive and refractive optical elements to integrated micro-optical subassemblies. Tessera licenses its technologies, as well as delivers products based on these technologies, to promote the development of the supply chain infrastructure. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. For information call 1.408.321.6000 or go to www.tessera.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company's earnings release contains non-GAAP financial measures adjusted for either one-time or ongoing non-cash acquired intangibles amortization charges, acquired in-process research and development, all forms of stock-based compensation, and related tax effects. The non-GAAP financial measures also exclude the effects of FAS 123R upon the number of diluted shares used in calculating non-GAAP earnings per share. Management believes that the non-GAAP measures used in this report provide investors with important perspectives into the company's ongoing business performance. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies.

Set forth below are reconciliations of non-GAAP net income to Tessera's reported GAAP net income.

Tessera and the Tessera logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tessera, Inc. or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
                                                                                     Three Months Ended          Nine Months Ended
                                                                                     September 30,               September 30,
                                                                                         2009        2008           2009        2008
Revenues:
                Royalty and license fees                                             $   62,743  $   57,587      $  234,470  $  157,771
                Product and service revenues                                             3,380       5,914          8,500       21,395
                                                  Total revenues                         66,123      63,501         242,970     179,166
Operating expenses:
                Cost of revenues                                                         3,941       4,074          11,941      12,801
                Research, development and other related costs                            16,780      15,898         50,259      44,945
                Selling, general and administrative                                      19,455      17,866         54,233      50,775
                Litigation expense                                                       6,066       29,217         20,229      66,567
                                                  Total operating expenses               46,242      67,055         136,662     175,088
Operating income (loss)                                                                  19,881      (3,554 )       106,308     4,078
Other income and expense, net                                                            590         (1,033 )       4,448       3,280
Income (loss) before taxes                                                               20,471      (4,587 )       110,756     7,358
Provision for income taxes                                                               8,337       770            47,317      10,405
Net income (loss)                                                                    $   12,134  $   (5,357 )    $  63,439   $  (3,047  )
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:
                Net income (loss) per share - basic                                  $   0.25    $   (0.11  )    $  1.31     $  (0.06   )
                Net income (loss) per share - diluted                                $   0.24    $   (0.11  )    $  1.30     $  (0.06   )
                Weighted average number of shares used in per share calculations -       49,201      47,904         48,598      47,951
                basic
                Weighted average number of shares used in per share calculations -       49,862      47,904         48,981      47,951
                diluted
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
                                                                     September 30,      December 31,
                                                                          2009          2008*
                                                                     (unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
           Cash and cash equivalents                                 $    160,412       $    87,890
           Short-term investments                                         217,946            188,610
           Accounts receivable, net                                       13,651             14,724
           Inventories                                                    1,341              1,534
           Deferred tax assets                                            2,836              2,409
           Other current assets                                           5,131              8,220
                         Total current assets                             401,317            303,387
Property and equipment, net                                               42,429             36,984
Intangible assets, net                                                    75,214             71,312
Goodwill                                                                  45,150             40,444
Deferred tax assets                                                       19,227             19,756
Long-term investments                                                     18,714             22,134
Other assets                                                              4,017              7,572
                         Total assets                                $    606,068       $    501,589
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
           Accounts payable                                          $    3,523         $    2,924
           Accrued legal fees                                             6,526              13,945
           Accrued liabilities                                            18,416             17,747
           Deferred revenue                                               6,639              6,085
           Income tax payable                                             12                 1,385
                         Total current liabilities                        35,116             42,086
           Deferred tax liabilities                                       8,991              8,991
           Other long-term liabilities                                    4,208              3,608
Stockholders' equity:
           Common stock                                                   50                 49
           Additional paid-in capital                                     394,229            347,568
           Treasury stock                                                 (10,505 )          (10,505 )
           Accumulated other comprehensive loss                           (29     )          (777    )
           Retained earnings                                              174,008            110,569
                         Total stockholders' equity                       557,753            446,904
                         Total liabilities and stockholders' equity  $    606,068       $    501,589
* Derived from audited financial statements
                       TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                       RECONCILIATION TO NON-GAAP INCOME FROM GAAP NET INCOME
                       (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                       (unaudited)
                                                                                           Three Months Ended              Nine Months Ended
                                                                                           September 30,                   September 30,
                                                                                               2009            2008            2009            2008
                       GAAP net income (loss)                                              $   12,134      $   (5,357 )    $   63,439      $   (3,047 )
                       Adjustments to GAAP net income (loss):
                       Stock-based compensation - cost of revenues                             199             92              450             345
                       Stock-based compensation - research, development and other related      2,379           2,457           8,489           5,571
                       costs
                       Stock-based compensation - selling, general and administrative          4,312           4,046           11,498          10,966
                       Amortization of acquired intangibles - cost of revenues                 1,705           766             5,115           2,126
                       Amortization of acquired intangibles - research, development and        642             1,677           2,021           4,777
                       other related costs
                       Amortization of acquired intangibles - selling, general and             685             459             1,673           1,249
                       administrative
                       Tax adjustments for non-GAAP items                                      (2,896 )        (1,803 )        (7,218 )        (4,300 )
                       Adjustment for acquired in-process research & development charge        -               -               -               2,500
                       Non-GAAP net income                                                 $   19,160      $   2,337       $   85,467      $   20,187
Non-GAAP net income per common share - diluted                                             $   0.37        $   0.05        $   1.71        $   0.41
Weighted average number of shares used in per share calculations                               51,326          49,154          49,889          49,277
excluding the effects of FAS 123R - diluted
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE DETAILS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
                                                 Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended
                                                 September 30,           September 30,
                                                     2009        2008        2009         2008
Revenues:
    Micro-Electronics
              Royalty and license fees           $   59,060  $   56,035  $   221,199  $   150,858
              Product and service revenues           3           554         48           3,775
              Total Micro-Electronics revenues       59,063      56,589      221,247      154,633
    Imaging and Optics
              Royalty and license fees               3,684       1,552       13,271       6,913
              Product and service revenues           3,376       5,360       8,452        17,620
              Total Imaging and Optics revenues      7,060       6,912       21,723       24,533
              Total revenues                     $   66,123  $   63,501  $   242,970  $   179,166

TSRA-E

SOURCE: Tessera Technologies, Inc.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. 
Company Contact: 
Michael Anthofer, 408-321-6711 
Chief Financial Officer 
Investor Relations Contact: 
Moriah Shilton, 408-321-6713 
Sr. Director, Investor Relations

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