UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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File Number
000-50669
SiRF TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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217 Devcon Drive, San Jose, California
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95112-4211
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(408) 467-0410
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per
share The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act. Yes
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) 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 the past 90 days. Yes
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the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will
not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K
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definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one.)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2008, the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second
fiscal quarter, was approximately $215,161,795 (based on the last reported sale price of $4.32 on June 30, 2008). Shares of common stock held by each then current executive officer and director and by each person who is known by the registrant
to own 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from this computation in that such persons may be deemed to have been affiliates of the registrant. This determination of affiliate status is not a conclusive determination for
other purposes.
62,928,501 shares of the Registrants common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were outstanding as of April 9,
2009.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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Explanatory Note
SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. (the Company or SiRF) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the Amended Report) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 27, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 2, 2009 (the Original Report) in order to add certain information required by the following items of Form 10-K:
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Description
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Item 1A
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Risk Factors
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Item 3
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Legal Proceedings
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Item 9A
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Controls and Procedures
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Item 10
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Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item 11
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Executive Compensation
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Item 13
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
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Item 14
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Principal Accounting Fees and Services
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SiRF hereby amends Items 1A and 3 of Part I, Item 9A of Part II and Items 10, 11, 13 and 14
of Part III of the Original Report by deleting the text of such Items 1A, 3, 9A, 10, 11, 13 and 14 in their entirety and replacing them with the information provided below under the respective headings. This Amended Report does not affect any
other items in the Original Report. As a result of this amendment, SiRF is also filing as exhibits to this Amended Report the certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Because no financial statements are
contained in this Amended Report, SiRF is not including certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Except as otherwise expressly stated for the items amended in this Amended Report, this Amended Report continues to speak as of the date of the Original Report and SiRF has not updated the disclosure contained herein to reflect events that
have occurred since the filing of the Original Report. Accordingly, this Amended Report should be read in conjunction with the Original Report and SiRFs other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Report.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
In evaluating SiRF and SiRFs
business, you should carefully consider the risks described below in addition to the cautionary statements and other risks described elsewhere herein and in the Original Report, as well as other information in this Amended Report and in SiRFs
other filings with the SEC. Any one of the following risks could seriously harm SiRFs business, financial condition, and results of operations, causing the price of SiRFs stock to decline. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently
known to SiRF or that SiRF currently deems immaterial may also impair SiRFs business operations.
Risks related to the proposed Merger with CSR
Failure to complete, or delays in completing, the Merger with CSR could materially harm SiRFs results of operations and
reduce the price of SiRFs stock.
On February 9, 2009, SiRF signed a Merger Agreement with CSR and Shannon pursuant to
which CSR offered to acquire each share of SiRFs common stock for 0.741 of a CSR ordinary share, subject to anti-dilution adjustments. Various approvals are required to consummate the Merger, which is anticipated to close late in the second
quarter of 2009. There can be no assurance that the necessary approvals will be obtained, that regulatory approvals will not subject SiRF to additional obligations, or that SiRF will be able to consummate the Merger as currently contemplated under
the Merger Agreement within the proposed timeframe, if at all.
In addition, if the market perceives the transaction as unlikely to close,
SiRFs stock price may decline. The occurrence of any of these events individually or in combination could reduce SiRFs revenue, increase SiRFs expenses, and harm SiRFs stock price.
Merging with CSR could materially and adversely impact SiRF, both during the pendency of the Merger and after the closing.
The Merger with CSR could materially impact SiRF. Risks associated with the Merger include the following:
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The attention of management and SiRFs employees has been and may continue to be diverted from day-to-day operations;
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SiRFs sales may be disrupted by its current and potential customers uncertainty over when or if the Merger will be consummated;
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SiRFs current and potential customers may decide not to purchase products from SiRF or may defer purchasing decisions indefinitely;
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SiRFs ability to attract new employees and retain existing employees may be difficult as a result of the uncertainty about their future roles within SiRF as
an acquired business and other uncertainties associated with the Merger;
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SiRF will remain liable for significant transaction costs, including legal, accounting, financial advisory and other costs relating to the Merger even if the Merger
does not occur;
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Under specified circumstances, SiRF may have to pay CSR a termination fee of $3.66 million;
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The market price for CSR ordinary shares may be affected by factors different from those affecting the shares of SiRF;
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CSR may experience difficulties in integrating SiRFs business with the existing CSR businesses;
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CSR may not achieve the synergies it has anticipated for the combined company;
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Failure to complete the Merger will subject SiRF and CSR to financial risks, and could negatively impact the market price of SiRF common stock and CSR ordinary
shares;
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Obtaining required approvals and satisfying closing conditions may delay or prevent completion of the Merger or affect the combined company in an adverse manner;
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Some of the directors and executive officers of SiRF have interests and arrangements that could have affected their decision to support or approve the Merger;
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There are differences between the rights of SiRF stockholders and CSR shareholders;
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The combined company may lose existing customers and fail to attract new customers as a result of the Merger;
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After the Merger, CSR, as a foreign private issuer, will be subject to different corporate disclosure standards and other rules under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, which may limit the information available to holders of CSR securities;
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SiRF and its directors are parties to pending lawsuits seeking unspecified monetary damages and injunctive relief in connection with the Merger;
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The Merger may be completed even though material adverse changes may result from industry-wide changes and other causes subsequent to the announcement of the Merger
Agreement;
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During the pendency of the Merger, CSR and SiRF may not be able to enter into a merger or business combination with another party at a favorable price because of
the restrictions in the Merger Agreement; and
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Third parties may terminate or alter existing contracts with SiRF.
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Provisions of the Merger Agreement may deter alternative business combinations and could impact the price of SiRFs common stock if the Merger Agreement is terminated in certain circumstances.
The Merger Agreement contains provisions that make it more difficult for SiRF to sell its business to a party other than CSR.
These provisions include the general prohibition on SiRF soliciting any acquisition proposal or offer for a competing transaction, and the requirement that SiRF pay a termination fee of $3.66 million if the Merger Agreement is terminated in
specified circumstances.
These provisions might discourage a third party with an interest in acquiring all of or a significant part of
SiRF from considering or proposing an acquisition, including a proposal that might be more advantageous to SiRFs stockholders when compared to the terms and conditions of the Merger set forth in the Merger Agreement. Furthermore, the
termination fee may result in a potential competing acquirer proposing to pay a lower per share price to acquire SiRF than it might otherwise have proposed to pay to SiRFs stockholders.
Risks related to SiRFs Business
Because
many companies sell in the market for location technology products, SiRF must compete successfully to sustain or gain market share.
The market for SiRFs products is highly competitive and rapidly evolving. SiRF is seeing increased competition throughout the market for location technology products. This increased competition has resulted in and will likely continue
to result in price reductions, reduced margins and/or loss of market share. SiRF may be unable to compete successfully against current or future competitors. Some of SiRFs customers are also its competitors. Within each of SiRFs markets,
it faces competition from public and private companies, as well as its customers in-house design efforts. For chip sets, SiRFs main competitors include Atheros Communications, Atmel, Broadcom, Infineon, MediaTek, QUALCOMM, Sony,
ST-Ericcson (the newly formed joint venture between Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless), STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Trimble and u-blox. Some large semiconductor companies may acquire private GPS companies to gain access to
their technology and become serious competitors to SiRF in a short time. For modules based on SiRFs products, the main competitors are Furuno, JRC, Sony, Trimble and u-blox. For licensed IP cores, SiRFs competitors include Ceva, QUALCOMM
and several private companies. Licensees of intellectual property from SiRFs competitors may also compete against SiRF. SiRF also competes against suppliers of software-based GPS solutions including NXP and RFMD. SiRF expects new competitors
to enter the commercial market for GPS semiconductors as demand for GPS systems continues to grow. SiRF anticipates that the increase in demand of GPS-based products will cause further price reductions in the market.
In the wireless market, SiRF also competes against products based on alternative location technologies that do not rely on GPS, such as wireless
infrastructure-based systems. These systems are based on technologies that compute a callers location by measuring the differences in signals between individual cellular base stations and/or Wi-Fi positioning. If these technologies become more
widely adopted, market acceptance of SiRFs products may decline. Competitors in these areas include Andrew, Polaris and TruePosition. Further, alternative satellite-based navigation systems such as Galileo, which is being developed by European
governments, or Glonass, which is managed by the Russian government, may reduce the demand for GPS-based applications or cause customers to postpone decisions on whether to integrate GPS capabilities into their products.
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SiRF also believes that its success depends on its ability to establish and maintain relationships with
established system providers and industry leaders. SiRFs failure to establish and maintain these relationships, or any interference with these relationships by its competitors, could harm SiRFs ability to penetrate emerging markets.
In addition, in January 2009, the ITC issued the ITC Final Determination with respect to the ITC complaint filed by Global Locate. The ITC
issued a Limited Exclusion Order prohibiting unlicensed entry of infringing products into the U.S. by or on behalf of SiRF or the customers named in the investigation, E-TEN Information Systems Co., Ltd., Mio Technology Ltd, USA, MiTAC International
Corp. and Tharos Science & Applications, Inc., or the Named Respondents, and issued Cease and Desist Orders against SiRF and the domestic Named Respondents from importing or selling products in the United States that may be found to
infringe any asserted patent. If U.S. Customs does not approve for importation SiRFs products containing the new versions of its software into the U.S., SiRF may lose market share in its existing markets, which could harm its business,
financial condition and results of operations. SiRF has not sought approval from U.S. Customs on any new versions of the GSCi-4100, GSCi-4200 and GSCi-5000 hardware products. In 2008, the Named Respondents collectively represented approximately 7%
of SiRFs net revenues. See the risk factor titled,
SiRF is involved in patent litigation with Broadcom before the United States International Trade Commission and federal court, and is subject to a limited exclusion order prohibiting
the unlicensed entry into the United States of certain SiRF products deemed to be infringing on Broadcom patents by or on behalf of SiRF or the customers named in the investigation and is also subject to cease and desist orders against it and its
named domestic customers that were named in the investigation. If SiRF is unable to obtain approvals from U.S. Customs for the importation of its products or those of its customers, its business may be materially adversely affected
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further information.
Many of SiRFs competitors have significantly greater financial, technical, manufacturing, marketing, sales and
other resources than SiRF does. These competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. They may also be able to devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products.
Existing or new competitors may also develop technologies that more effectively address SiRFs markets with products that offer enhanced features and functionality, lower power requirements, greater levels of integration or lower cost. SiRF
cannot assure you that it will be able to continue to compete successfully against current or new competitors. If SiRF does not compete successfully, it may lose market share in its existing markets and its revenues may fail to increase or may
decline.
Declining general economic, business and industry conditions has reduced, and may further reduce, SiRFs net revenue.
The recent disruption in global macroeconomic conditions had a significant adverse effect on the semiconductor industry as a whole
and on SiRFs business and results of operations. Concerns over credit conditions resulting from the recent financial crisis affecting the banking system and financial markets, slower economic activity, concerns about inflation and deflation,
volatility in energy costs, decreased consumer confidence, reduced corporate profits and capital spending, adverse business conditions and liquidity concerns in the wired and wireless communications markets, the ongoing effects of the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, recent international conflicts, and the impact of natural disasters have contributed to increased volatility and diminished expectations for the global economy and expectations of slower global economic growth going forward. As a
result, SiRF has experienced cancellations, deferrals and a significant slowdown in orders and anticipates this trend to continue as the current recession is expected to last through 2009. These conditions make it extremely difficult for SiRFs
customers, SiRFs vendors and SiRF to accurately forecast and plan future business activities, and they could cause U.S. and non-U.S. businesses to further slow spending on SiRFs products and services, which would delay and lengthen sales
cycles. Furthermore, during challenging economic times such as the current recession, SiRFs customers may face issues gaining timely access to sufficient credit, which could impair their ability to make timely payments to SiRF. If that were to
occur, SiRF may be required to increase its allowance for doubtful accounts and SiRFs accounts receivable days sales outstanding would be negatively impacted. The current economic downturn and any future downturn may reduce SiRFs revenue
and result in SiRF having excess inventory. SiRF cannot predict the timing, strength or duration of any economic slowdown or subsequent economic recovery, worldwide, or in the semiconductor industry or the wired and wireless communications markets.
If the economy or the markets in which SiRF operates does not improve from their current condition or if they continue to deteriorate, SiRFs customers or potential customers to reduce or delay their product development, which could impact
SiRFs ability to manage inventory levels, collect customer receivables, and ultimately decrease SiRFs net revenue and profitability.
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The average selling prices of products in SiRFs markets have historically decreased rapidly
and will likely do so in the future, which could harm SiRFs revenue and gross profits.
As is typical in the semiconductor
industry, the average selling price of SiRFs products historically declines significantly over the life of the product. The products SiRF develops and sells are used for high-volume applications. In the past, SiRF has reduced the average
selling prices of its products in anticipation of future competitive pricing pressures, new product introductions by it or its competitors and other factors. SiRF expects that it will have to similarly reduce prices in the future for mature
products. Reductions in SiRFs average selling prices to one customer could also impact SiRFs average selling prices to all customers. In addition, the semiconductor industry is experiencing a significant downturn during the current
global recession. During these downturns, some competitors may become more aggressive in their pricing practices which could adversely impact SiRFs gross margins. SiRFs financial results could suffer if it is unable to offset any
reductions in its average selling prices by increasing its sales volumes, reducing its costs, adding new features to its existing products or developing new or enhanced products on a timely basis with higher selling prices or gross margins. During
fiscal 2008, the average selling prices for SiRFs products declined, and SiRF was unable to sufficiently reduce its costs or offset the declines with high selling prices on its newer products, causing a substantial decline in SiRFs net
revenues and results of operations.
SiRF is involved in patent litigation with Broadcom before the United States International Trade
Commission and federal court, and is subject to a limited exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed entry and sale into the United States of certain SiRF Technology products deemed to be infringing on Broadcom patents by or on behalf of SiRF
Technology or the customers named in the investigation and is also subject to cease and desist orders against it and its named domestic customers that were named in the investigation. If SiRF is unable to obtain approvals from U.S. Customs for the
importation of its products or those of its customers, its customer relationships may be harmed and its business and results of operation may be materially adversely affected.
On April 2, 2007, Global Locate filed a complaint with the ITC regarding certain of SiRF Technologys GPS devices as well as products SiRF
Technology made for four of its customers, and the ITC subsequently instituted an investigation. Upon its acquisition of Global Locate, Broadcom was subsequently added as an additional complainant to the investigation.
In August 2008, the ITC concluded that all six of the asserted Broadcom patents (1) had an existing domestic industry, (2) were valid, and
(3) were infringed by certain of SiRF Technologys products, and issued a recommendation that (1) those of SiRF Technologys products that are accused products in the investigation, if found to infringe a patent at issue in the
investigation, should be excluded from the United States, (2) a Limited Exclusion Order should be extended to products containing any of SiRF Technologys products that may be found to infringe, and (3) Cease and Desist Orders should
be issued prohibiting SiRF Technology from importing or selling in the United States those of SiRF Technologys products which may be found to infringe any asserted patent.
In January 2009, the ITC issued the ITC Final Determination in this matter and issued a Limited Exclusion Order prohibiting unlicensed entry of the
infringing products into the United States by or on behalf of SiRF Technology or the Named Respondents, and Cease and Desist Orders against SiRF Technology and the domestic Named Respondents. In 2008, the Named Respondents collectively represented
approximately 7% of SiRFs net revenues.
The ITCs remedial orders were subject to review by the President of the United States,
acting through the United States Trade Representatives Office, for sixty days. The President, acting through the United States Trade Representative, did not find any compelling circumstances to disapprove the Limited Exclusion Order and the
Cease and Desist Orders, and the 60-day Presidential review period therefore expired on March 16, 2009. SiRF Technology subsequently filed a Notice of Appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit seeking review of the
ITCs orders and determinations in this investigation.
SiRF Technology has not obtained approval to date from U.S. Customs for the
importation of its products into the United States containing new versions of its software and, if SiRF Technology or its customers are unable to do so, SiRF Technologys business could be materially and adversely affected. SiRF has not sought
approval from U.S. Customs on any new versions of the GSCi-4100, GSCi-4200 and GSCi-5000 hardware products. Broadcom has also asked the ITC to commence an informal enforcement proceeding against SiRF and two of its customers alleging violations of
the Cease and Desist Orders, which SiRF has opposed. There is a risk that the ITC may commence enforcement proceedings as requested by Broadcom or that Broadcom will pursue other enforcement activities that would materially and adversely affect
SiRFs business, customer relationships or results of operations.
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In addition, on May 14, 2008, Broadcom filed a patent infringement complaint against SiRF Technology
in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges infringement of four patents purportedly assigned to Broadcom and seeks both monetary damages and an injunction. On June 4, 2008, SiRF Technology
answered the aforementioned complaint and filed counterclaims seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of all four patents. In addition, SiRF Technology has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Requests for
Ex-Parte
Reexamination of each of the four patents. Through its Reexamination Requests and in SiRF Technologys view of what are substantial new questions of patentability raised by prior art that SiRF Technology believes may not have
been previously considered in full by the Patent Office, SiRF Technology is seeking review and invalidation of all four of the Broadcom patents-in-suit. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted each of the SiRF Technologys requests for
reexamination with respect to the four patents and has ordered their reexamination. In a preliminary Office Action dated March 5, 2009, the Patent Office rejected all 33 claims of one of the four patents. On September 15, 2008, the
Honorable James V. Selna denied SiRF Technologys motion to stay proceedings in the district court action pending the outcome of reexamination, without prejudice to any subsequent motion to stay proceedings. The case has been scheduled for
trial in November 2010. This litigation is in its early stages and, based on SiRFs analysis of the facts of the case to date, SiRF believes the likelihood that a loss may have been incurred is remote. No assurance can be made that Broadcom
will not seek to commence additional litigation against SiRF Technology, or that the pending litigation with Broadcom will not have a material adverse effect on its business. See Item 3,
Legal Proceedings
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further information.
Any potential dispute involving SiRFs patents or intellectual property or third party patents or third
party intellectual property could be costly, time-consuming and may result in SiRFs loss of significant rights.
Other
parties may assert intellectual property infringement claims against SiRF, and its products may be found to infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties. From time to time, SiRF and its customers receive letters, including letters from
various industry participants, alleging infringement of patents or offerings to discuss licensing of third party patents alleged to be used in SiRFs products. As SiRF continues to increase its international sales, it may become more
susceptible to these types of infringement claims.
Litigation may be necessary to enforce SiRFs patents or any patents it may
receive and other intellectual property rights, to protect its trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity, and it is possible that it may not
prevail in any future litigation. SiRF also faces the risk of adverse claims and litigation alleging its infringement of the intellectual property rights of others. If infringement claims are brought against SiRF, these assertions could distract
management and necessitate its expenditure of potentially significant funds and resources to defend or settle such claims. SiRF cannot be certain that it will have the financial resources to defend itself against any patent or other intellectual
property litigation. If SiRF is unsuccessful in any challenge to its rights to market and sell its products, it may, among other things, be required to:
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pay actual damages, royalties, lost profits and the third partys attorneys fees, which may be substantial;
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cease the development, manufacture, use, marketing, advertising or sale of products that use the intellectual property in question through a court-imposed sanction
called an injunction;
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utilize significant resources to modify or redesign its products, manufacturing processes or other technology so that it does not infringe others intellectual
property rights or to develop or acquire non-infringing technology, which may not be possible; or
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obtain licenses to the disputed rights, which could require it to pay substantial upfront fees and future royalty payments and may not be available to it on
acceptable terms, if at all, or cease marketing the challenged products.
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In addition, before SiRF can successfully
defend an infringement claim, its customers may become reluctant to include it in their future product designs. Therefore, even if SiRF is successful in defending an infringement claim, negative publicity could have a material adverse effect on its
business in addition to the expense, time delay and burden on management of litigation. See Note 21,
Commitments and Contingencies
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
in Item 8 under Part II in this report for
further information. See also Item 3,
Legal Proceedings
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Parties making infringement claims may also be able to bring an action before the ITC that could result
in an order stopping the importation into the United States of SiRFs products and its customers products. See Item 3,
Legal Proceedings
, under Part I in this report for further information.
Ultimately, SiRF could be prevented from selling a product or otherwise forced to cease some aspect of its business operations as a result of any
intellectual property litigation. See Item 3,
Legal Proceedings
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SiRF has been named as a
party in several putative shareholder class action and derivative lawsuits, which could cause SiRFs business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows to suffer.
SiRF and certain of its officers and directors have been named as defendants in a putative class action lawsuit that alleges violations of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and three shareholder derivative lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, a description of which can be found in Item 3,
Legal Proceedings
, below. Subject to certain limitations, SiRF is obligated to indemnify
its current and former directors, officers and employees in connection with such lawsuits. While SiRF has director and officer insurance, amounts under the policy may not be sufficient to cover SiRFs indemnification obligations. Regardless of
the outcome, this litigation, and any other litigation that may be brought against SiRF or its directors and officers, could be time consuming, result in significant expense, and divert the attention and resources of its management and other key
employees. An unfavorable outcome in such litigation could have a material adverse effect on SiRFs business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
SiRFs quarterly revenue and operating results are difficult to predict and, if SiRF does not meet quarterly financial expectations, its stock
price will likely decline.
SiRFs quarterly revenue and operating results are difficult to predict and, have in the past, and
may in the future, fluctuate from quarter to quarter. It is possible that SiRFs operating results in some quarters will be below market expectations. This would likely cause the market price of SiRFs common stock to decline. SiRFs
quarterly operating results may fluctuate as a result of the risks and other factors as discussed, including:
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changes in global financial markets and global economies and general market conditions, such as interest or foreign exchange rates, equity prices and the value of
financial assets;
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SiRFs ability to successfully develop, introduce and sell new or enhanced GPS-based products in a timely manner;
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changes in the relative volume of sales of SiRFs chip sets, its premium software offerings and its IP cores or other products and product mix, which have
significantly different average selling prices and gross margins;
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unpredictable volume, timing and cancellation of customer orders;
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unpredictable or launch delays of location-based services by operators impacting demand from SiRFs customers;
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the availability, pricing and timeliness of delivery of other components, such as flash memory and crystal oscillators, used in SiRFs customers
products;
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SiRFs ability to maintain and expand market share in the face of evolving markets and increasing competition;
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the timing of new product announcements or introductions by SiRF or by its competitors;
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the introduction or delay in launch of SiRFs customers products using its technology or customers no longer using its technology;
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seasonality in SiRFs various target markets;
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product obsolescence and SiRFs ability to manage product transitions;
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other intangible asset write-downs;
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decreases in the average selling prices of SiRFs products;
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SiRFs ability to fully realize the impact of its announced restructuring plans and cost reduction efforts;
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fluctuations in litigation expenses; and
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fluctuations and estimations inherent in predicting SiRFs effective income tax rates.
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In addition, SiRF has a lengthy sales process in some of its target markets and its sales cycles typically range from nine months to two years, depending
on the market. Even if SiRF has a design win, it may never result in volume shipments. It is possible that SiRF may not generate sufficient, if any, revenue from these products to offset the cost of selling and completing the design work. Because of
this lengthy sales cycle, SiRF may experience delays from the time it increases or decreases its operating expenses and its investments in committing capacity until the time that it generates revenue from these products. As a result, it is difficult
for SiRF to adjust its cost structure in relation to the variability in its revenue.
Further, it is difficult for SiRF to predict demand
change due to customers reaction to the current litigation, the ITC Final Determination and the current economic environment. If SiRF is unable to accurately forecast demand for its products, this could result in a write-down of its inventory
value. In addition, under the ITC Final Determination, the ITC issued a Limited Exclusion Order prohibiting unlicensed entry of infringing products into the U.S. by or on behalf of SiRF or the Named Respondents and Cease and Desist Orders
prohibiting SiRF and the domestic Named Respondents from importing or selling in the United States SiRFs products that may be found to infringe any asserted patent. If U.S. Customs does not approve for importation SiRFs products
containing the new versions of its software into the U.S., SiRFs business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely effected. Even if U.S. Customs approves for importation SiRFs products containing
the new versions of its software, customers may choose not to order SiRFs products.
SiRF bases its planned operating expenses in
part on its expectations of future revenue, and its expenses are relatively fixed in the short term. If revenue for a particular quarter is lower than SiRF expects, SiRF may be unable to proportionately reduce its operating expenses for that
quarter, which would harm its operating results for that quarter.
SiRF has derived a substantial majority of its net revenue from
sales to the automotive, mobile phone and consumer device markets. If SiRF fails to generate continued revenue from these markets or from additional markets, SiRFs net revenue could decline.
SiRF believes that over 90% of its net revenue during 2008 and 2007 was attributable to products that were eventually incorporated into the automotive,
including portable navigation devices, mobile phone and consumer device markets. Consumer spending and the demand for SiRFs products in these markets are currently in rapid decline. If SiRF cannot sustain or increase sales of its products in
these markets or if it fails to generate revenue from additional markets, its net revenue could further substantially decrease.
The
market price of SiRFs common stock is volatile. The volatility may mean that, at times, SiRFs stockholders may be unable to resell their shares at or above the price at which they acquired them.
The stock market in general and SiRFs common stock in particular have recently experienced significant price and volume volatility. SiRFs
common stock is subject to significant fluctuations due to many factors, including but not limited to, the pending merger with CSR, fluctuations in its operating results, announcements regarding new products, product enhancements or technological
advances by it or its competitors, changes in earnings estimates by market analysts, and general market conditions or market conditions specific to particular industries. SiRFs stock price is subject to speculation in the press and the analyst
community, changes in recommendations by financial analysts, changes in investors or analysts valuation measures for its stock, changes in global financial markets and global economies and general market trends unrelated to its
performance. Technology stocks have experienced wide fluctuations in prices, which sometimes have been unrelated to their operating performance. The market price of SiRFs common stock could be adversely affected by these factors and
fluctuations.
Declines in the market price of SiRFs common stock could affect its access to capital, which may impact its ability to
continue as a going concern. In addition, declines in the price of SiRFs common stock may harm employee morale and retention, curtail investment opportunities presented to it, and negatively impact other aspects of its business. As a result of
any such declines, stockholders may be unable to resell their shares at or above the price at which they acquired them.
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If SiRF fails to continue to meet all applicable Nasdaq Global Select Market requirements,
SiRFs stock could be delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market. If delisting occurs, it would adversely affect the market liquidity of SiRFs common stock and harm its businesses.
SiRFs common stock is currently traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol SIRF. If SiRF fails to meet any of the
continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Select Market, its common stock could be delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market. These continued listing standards include specifically enumerated criteria, including a $1.00 minimum closing
bid price.
Nasdaq has suspended the minimum $1.00 closing bid price rule through Friday, April 17, 2009. The rule is scheduled to be
reinstated on Monday, April 20, 2009.
SiRFs stock price has traded at or below $1.00 per share in the recent past. If
SiRFs stock price trades below $1.00 as of April 20, 2009, there can be no assurance that Nasdaq will not take action to enforce its listing requirements.
If SiRFs common stock were to be delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market, it could apply to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market or Nasdaq Capital Market, or its common stock could be traded
in the over-the-counter market on an electronic bulletin board established for unlisted securities, such as the Pink Sheets or the OTC Bulletin Board. Any delisting could adversely affect the market price of, and liquidity of the trading market for,
SiRFs common stock, SiRFs ability to obtain financing for the continuation of its operations and could result in the loss of confidence by investors, suppliers and employees.
SiRFs future success depends on building relationships with customers that are market leaders. If SiRF cannot establish these relationships,
if these customers cannot successfully sell their products incorporating SiRFs technology or if these customers develop their own systems or adopt competitors products instead of buying SiRFs products, SiRFs business may not
succeed.
SiRF intends to continue to pursue customers who are leaders in its target markets. SiRF may not succeed in establishing
these relationships because these companies may develop their own systems or adopt one of its competitors products. These relationships often require SiRF to develop new premium software which involves significant technological challenges.
These types of customers also frequently place considerable pressure on SiRF to meet their tight development schedules. SiRF may have to devote a substantial amount of its limited resources to these relationships, which could detract from or delay
its completion of other important development projects. Delays in development of these projects could impair SiRFs relationships with other customers and could negatively impact sales of products under development.
Furthermore, since the issuance of the ITC Initial Determination, SiRF has experienced a decrease in demand for its products. SiRF may have to devote
additional time working with potential customers to provide products that comply with the ITC Final Determination. Even if these new products are compliant with the ITC Final Determination, potential customers may not ultimately select SiRFs
technology.
Even if a customer selects SiRFs technology to incorporate into its product, the customer may not ultimately market and
sell its product successfully. A cancellation or change in plans by a customer could cause SiRF to lose anticipated sales. Also, SiRFs business and operating results could suffer if a significant customer reduces or delays orders during its
sales cycle or chooses not to release products containing SiRFs technology.
SiRF faces the risk that the value of its
inventory may decline before it is sold or that its inventory may not be able to be sold at the anticipated prices.
On
December 27, 2008, SiRFs total valued inventory was $16.4 million. SiRFs inventory may decline in value as a result of technological obsolescence or a change in the product. SiRFs success depends in part on its ability to
minimize the cost to purchase or produce inventory and rapidly sell its inventory. The failure to quickly sell inventory may require SiRF to sell such inventory at a discount or loss or may require SiRF to write down its value, which could result in
significant losses and decreases in SiRFs cash flows. Due to the current economic conditions and the potential customer uncertainty as a result of the ITC Final Determination, it is increasingly difficult to forecast demand and, if future
demand or market conditions for SiRFs products are less favorable than forecasted, or if unforeseen technological changes negatively impact the utility of component inventory, SiRF may be required to record additional write-downs which could
negatively impact gross margins in the period when the write-downs are recorded.
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SiRF may be required to record a significant additional charge to earnings if SiRFs
identified intangible assets become impaired.
SiRF has recorded a substantial amount of intangible assets, including goodwill, as
a result of its recent acquisitions. For example, in 2007, SiRF recorded $76.0 million of intangibles and $160.8 million of goodwill in connection with its acquisition of Centrality. SiRF is required to evaluate goodwill and other intangibles for
impairment whenever changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows and, with respect to goodwill, on at least an annual basis. Factors that may be considered a change in
circumstances indicating that the carrying value of SiRFs intangible assets may not be recoverable include significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, a significant decline in SiRFs stock
price and market capitalization, and negative industry or economic trends.
As a result of SiRFs impairment analysis in the second
quarter of 2008, it recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $215.7 million and acquisition-related intangible asset impairment charge of $42.9 million. SiRF also recorded $1.4 million in additional impairment related to certain restructuring
activities. See Note 12,
Restructuring
, of the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
, in Item 8 under Part II in this report for further information. If SiRFs estimates for future market growth and trends, forecasted
revenue and costs, expected periods over which its assets will be utilized and other variables declines further than current estimates, SiRF may need to further write down intangible asset values to their fair values. These further impairment
charges could have a material adverse effect on SiRFs operating results and financial condition.
SiRFs operating results
depend significantly on sales of its SiRFstarIII, SiRFtitan, SiRFprima and SiRFatlas product lines and its ability to develop and achieve market acceptance of new GPS products.
Sales of SiRFs SiRFstarIII, SiRFtitan, SiRFprima and its SiRFatlas product lines significantly contributed to its revenue in 2008. SiRF continues
to invest in the development of next generation products, but there is no assurance that these future products will achieve market acceptance. If SiRF fails to develop or achieve market acceptance of new GPS products or other multifunction products,
it will continue to depend on sales of its SiRFstarIII, SiRFtitan, SiRFprima and SiRFatlas product lines which have declining average selling prices over time. In addition, SiRF is involved in patent infringement litigation with Broadcom before the
ITC in respect of certain products of SiRF and its customers and in federal court. In the ITC litigation, SiRF and the Named Respondents are subject to a Limited Exclusion Order prohibiting the unlicensed entry and sale into the United States of
certain SiRFstarIII software that the ITC found to infringe Broadcoms patents. SiRF and the domestic Named Respondents are also subject to Cease and Desist Orders in the ITC litigation prohibiting sale of those products in the United States.
SiRF has released new versions of its SiRFstarIII software that it believes to be non-infringing. SiRF has not obtained approval to date from U.S. Customs for the importation into the United States of products containing this new SiRFstarIII
software. If SiRF is unable to obtain such approval or if the new SiRFstarIII software is found to be infringing, SiRFs business could be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, no assurance can be given that Broadcom will not seek to
bring an enforcement action against SiRF alleging violations of the Limited Exclusion Order or the Cease and Desist Orders for sales of products including SiRFstarIII software in the United States. See Item 3,
Legal Proceedings
, under
Part I of this report for further information. Any decline in sales of SiRFs SiRFstarIII, SiRFtitan, SiRFprima and SiRFatlas product lines or decreases in average selling prices could adversely affect SiRFs net revenue and operating
results.
SiRFs operating results will depend significantly on sales of its products in the wireless market.
SiRF expects to derive a significant portion of future revenue from sales of its products within the wireless market. SiRFs
success will depend both on the growth of this emerging market and on its ability to compete effectively in the wireless market as it evolves. SiRFs margins on sales of products in the wireless market differ from its margins on sales of
products in the automotive market, which historically has been the largest contributor to its revenue mix. If the wireless market does not achieve the growth SiRF expects, the growth and success of its business could be limited. In addition, if SiRF
does not timely deliver new wireless-based products or if these products do not achieve market acceptance, its net revenue and operating results may not increase as anticipated or may decline.
The market for GPS-based location awareness capabilities in high-volume consumer and commercial applications is emerging and, if this market does
not develop as quickly as SiRF expects, the growth and success of SiRFs business will be limited.
The market for GPS-based
location awareness technology in high-volume consumer and commercial applications is continually evolving and its potential is uncertain. Many of these GPS-based applications have not been commercially introduced or have not achieved widespread
acceptance. SiRFs success depends on the rapid development of this market.
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SiRF cannot predict the growth rate, if any, of this market. The development of this market depends on several factors, including government mandates such as
E911 mandate in the United States and E110 mandate in Japan, the development of location awareness infrastructure by wireless network operators and the availability of location-aware content and services. If the market for high-volume consumer and
commercial GPS-based applications fails to develop in a timely manner, the growth and success of SiRFs business may be limited.
If SiRF is unable to fund the development of new products to keep pace with rapid technological change, SiRF will be unable to expand its business and maintain its market position.
The market for high-volume consumer and commercial GPS-based applications and other technologies that SiRF is developing is characterized by rapidly
changing technology, such as low power or smaller form factors. This requires SiRF to continuously develop new products and enhancements for existing products to keep pace with evolving industry standards and rapidly changing customer requirements.
For example, many of SiRFs customers are looking for very highly integrated products with multiple functions and multiple radio technologies. SiRF may not have the financial resources necessary to fund future innovations. If SiRF is unable to
successfully define, develop and introduce competitive new products and enhance existing products, it may not be able to compete successfully in its markets.
Some of SiRFs customers could become its competitors.
Many of SiRFs customers
are also large integrated circuit suppliers and some of its large customers already have GPS expertise in-house. These large customers have longer operating histories, significantly greater resources and name recognition, and a larger base of
customers than SiRF does. The process of licensing SiRFs technology to and support of such customers entails the transfer of technology that may enable them to become a source of competition to it, despite its efforts to protect its
intellectual property rights. SiRF cannot sell to some customers who compete with it. In addition, SiRF competes with divisions within some of its customers. For example, ST-Ericcson, a customer of SiRF, has internally developed a GPS solution for
the automotive market in which SiRF competes. Further, each new design by a customer presents a competitive situation. In the past, SiRF has lost design wins to divisions within its customers and this may occur again in the future. SiRF cannot
assure you that these customers will not continue to compete with it, that they will continue to be its customers or that they will continue to license products from it at the same volumes. Competition could increase pressure on SiRF to lower its
prices and could negatively impact its profit margins.
SiRF has relied, and expects to continue to rely, on a limited number of
customers for a significant portion of its net revenue, and its net revenue could decline due to the delay or loss of significant customer orders.
SiRF expects that a small number of customers may constitute a significant portion of its net revenue for the foreseeable future. SiRF had two customers that each accounted for 10% or more of its net revenue in each
2008 and 2007, and three customers that each accounted for 10% or more of its revenue in 2006. In 2008, Promate and Elcoteq collectively accounted for 37% of SiRFs net revenue. In 2007, Promate and Garmin collectively accounted for 45% of
SiRFs net revenue. In 2006, Promate, Garmin and Gateway collectively accounted for 68% of SiRFs net revenue. If SiRF fails to successfully sell its products to one or more of its significant customers in any particular period, or if a
large customer purchases fewer of its products, defers orders, fails to place additional orders with it or fails to continue operating as a going concern, its net revenue could decline, and its operating results may not meet market expectations. In
addition, SiRF designs some of its products to incorporate customer specifications. If SiRFs customers purchase fewer products than anticipated or it loses a customer, it may not be able to sell these products to other customers, which would
result in excess inventory and could negatively impact its operating results.
SiRFs distributors account for a significant
percentage of its net revenue and its reliance on third-party distributors subjects it to risks that could negatively impact its business.
SiRF markets and sells its products directly and through third-party distributors pursuant to agreements that can generally be terminated for convenience by either party upon prior notice to the other party. These agreements are
non-exclusive and permit SiRFs distributors to offer its competitors products. In addition, SiRFs third-party distributors have been a significant factor in its ability to increase sales of its products. SiRF had one distributor,
Promate, that accounted for approximately 21%, 32% and 48% of its net revenue in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Accordingly, SiRF is dependent on its distributors to supplement its direct marketing and sales efforts. If a significant distributor
terminated its relationship with SiRF or decided to market SiRFs competitors products over SiRFs products, this could have an adverse impact on SiRFs ability to bring its products to market.
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Additionally, distributors typically maintain an inventory of SiRFs products. In most instances,
SiRFs agreements with distributors protect their inventory of SiRFs products against price reductions. Some agreements with SiRFs distributors also contain standard stock rotation provisions permitting limited levels of product
returns. SiRF defers the gross margins on its sales to distributors, resulting from both its deferral of revenue and related product costs, until the applicable products are re-sold by the distributors. However, in the event of decline in the price
of SiRFs products, the price protection rights it offers to its distributors could adversely affect it because its revenue and product margin would decline.
Furthermore, in some cases, SiRFs distributors ability to order products may be limited by their credit line or other financial limitations, which could also adversely affect SiRFs revenue.
SiRF derives a substantial portion of its revenue from international sales and conducts a significant portion of its business
internationally, and economic, political and other risks may harm its international operations and cause its net revenue to decline.
SiRF derived approximately 81%, 88% and 85% of its net revenue from international sales in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. International sales to the Asia-Pacific region accounted for approximately 63%, 81% and 79% of its net revenue in
2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. International sales to the Asia-Pacific region decreased as a percentage of total revenue in 2008 compared to 2007 due to a weaker demand from several of SiRFs customers in that region.
A significant amount of SiRFs business is international and its products are sold into markets that are very price sensitive. Tariffs on
SiRFs products and other trade restrictions in some countries could significantly impact its business. Additional risks it faces in conducting business internationally include:
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multiple, conflicting and changing laws and regulations, export and import restrictions, employment laws, regulatory requirements and other governmental approvals,
permits and licenses;
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development of regional standards and infrastructure that could reduce the demand for SiRFs products, such as the emergence of a new satellite navigation
system in that region;
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difficulties and costs in staffing and managing foreign operations as well as cultural differences;
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international terrorism, particularly in emerging markets;
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laws and business practices favoring local companies;
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potentially adverse tax consequences, such as withholding tax obligations on license revenue that SiRF may not be able to offset fully against its United States tax
obligations, including the further risk that foreign tax authorities may recharacterize license fees or increase tax rates, which could result in increased tax withholdings and penalties;
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potentially reduced protection for intellectual property rights, particularly in emerging markets;
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inadequate local infrastructure and transportation delays;
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financial risks, such as longer sales and payment cycles, greater difficulty collecting accounts receivable and exposure to foreign currency exchange and rate
fluctuations;
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failure by SiRF or its customers to gain regulatory approval for use of its products; and
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political and economic instability, including wars, acts of terrorism, political unrest, boycotts, curtailments of trade and other business restrictions.
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Also, there may be reluctance in some foreign markets to purchase products based on GPS technology, due to the control
of GPS by the United States government. Any of these factors could significantly harm SiRFs future international sales and operations and, consequently, its business.
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Cyclicality in the semiconductor industry may affect SiRFs revenue and, as a result, its
operating results could be adversely affected.
The semiconductor industry has historically been cyclical and is characterized by
wide fluctuations in product supply and demand. Typically SiRF experiences the highest demand for its products in the third and fourth quarter of each year, with the lowest demand being in the first quarter of each year. For example, for the first
quarter of 2008, SiRFs revenue was down by 38%, as compared to its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2007.
However, SiRF did not
experience an increase in revenue during the third and fourth quarters of 2008, which SiRF believes was due to macroeconomic conditions. From time to time, this industry has experienced significant downturns, often in connection with, or in
anticipation of, maturing product and technology cycles, excess inventories and declines in general economic conditions. This cyclicality could cause SiRFs operating results to decline dramatically from one period to the next. In addition to
the sale of chip sets, SiRFs business depends on the volume of production by its technology licensees, which, in turn, depends on the current and anticipated market demand for semiconductors and products that use semiconductors. As a result,
if SiRF is unable to control its expenses adequately in response to lower revenue from its chip set customers and technology licensees, its operating results could suffer and it could experience operating losses.
SiRFs adoption of a restructuring plan may cause disruptions in its business and operations and will result in restructuring and other
charges.
In response to the continued economic uncertainties, increased competition and expected continuing consumer demand
weakness in the first half of the year, SiRF adopted a restructuring plan in March 2008 to better align its resources with its current business objectives. As part of this restructuring plan, SiRF reduced its workforce and cancelled and
reprioritized certain engineering projects. After having made considerable investments on the development of its mobile TV technology, SiRF stopped further product development in the mobile TV space. Most of the engineers associated with this
project were reassigned to SiRFs other core technology development programs. In July 2008, SiRF announced further restructuring efforts that included reductions in force and reprioritization of certain engineering projects. SiRF announced even
further restructuring efforts in December 2008 that included additional reductions in force and further reprioritization of additional engineering projects. After having made considerable investments on the development of Bluetooth technology, SiRF
stopped further product development in Bluetooth technology.
This restructuring may divert the attention of some of SiRFs management
from business and operational issues and may affect product development or marketing plans or schedules. If SiRF did not choose the correct strategy and investments for its restructuring, or if it is unable to execute effectively on the new
strategy, it may not be able to meet the needs of its customers for products and services. SiRF must effectively manage the implementation of the restructuring plan to avoid any resulting confusion or conflict that might affect its ability to
effectively respond to its customers needs, which could negatively impact its business, results of operations and financial condition.
SiRFs products are becoming more complex and defects in its products could result in a decrease in customers and revenue, unexpected expenses and loss of market share.
SiRFs products are complex and must meet stringent quality requirements. With some of SiRFs acquisitions it has expanded into even more
complex technologies that have required or may continue to require a significant investment of resources to be successful. Products as complex as SiRFs may contain undetected errors or defects, especially when first introduced or when new
versions are released. For example, SiRFs products may contain errors, which are not detected until after they are shipped because it cannot test for all possible scenarios. In addition, errors or defects in SiRFs server software could
cause its customers to experience a loss of network service affecting end-users. As SiRFs products become more complex, it faces significantly higher research and development risks and risk of undetected defects. In addition, as SiRFs
components become more complex it may be limited in the number of products that can utilize these components. While SiRFs historical warranty costs have not been significant, any errors or defects in its products, or the perception that there
may be errors or defects in its products, could result in customers rejection of its products, damage to its reputation, a decline in its stock price, lost revenue, diverted development resources and increased customer service and support
costs and warranty claims.
The warranty provisions in SiRFs agreements with some customers expose it to risks from product
liability claims.
SiRFs agreements with some customers contain limited warranty provisions, which provide the customer with
a right to damages if a defect is traced to SiRFs products or if SiRF cannot correct errors reported during the warranty period. While SiRFs historical warranty costs have not been material, if in the future its contractual limitations
are unenforceable in a particular jurisdiction or if it is exposed to product liability claims that are not covered by insurance, a successful claim could require it to pay substantial damages.
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Recent changes to SiRFs senior management could negatively affect its operations and
relationships with manufacturers, customers and employees.
Recent changes in SiRFs senior management could negatively affect
its operations and its relationships with its manufacturers, third-party subcontractors, customers, employees and market leaders. Effective on April 17, 2008, Diosdado P. Banatao, a founder and chairman of SiRFs board of directors,
was appointed Executive Chairman and assumed the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer. In April 2008, SiRF also hired Adam Dolinko as General Counsel. Effective August 8, 2008, the Board appointed Dennis Bencala, then-Senior Director of
Investor Relations, as acting Chief Financial Officer. Effective September 12, 2008, the Board appointed Dennis Bencala as Chief Financial Officer, appointed Michael Kelly, then-Director of North American Sales, as Vice President, Sales and
appointed Al Heshmati as Vice President, Software Engineering. Further, SiRFs Chief Technology Officer resigned effective March 14, 2008 and Rob Baxter, SiRFs Senior Vice President, resigned effective February 27, 2009. If the
integration of new officers or departure of members of SiRFs senior management team does not go as smoothly as anticipated, it could affect its ability to successfully implement its business objectives and could negatively affect its business
and financial performance.
Because competition for qualified personnel is intense in SiRFs industry and in its geographic
regions, SiRF may not be able to recruit and retain necessary personnel, which could impact the development or sales of its products.
SiRFs success will depend on its ability to attract and retain senior management, engineering, sales, marketing and other key personnel, such as communications systems experts, GPS systems and algorithm experts, software developers
and radio frequency hardware design engineers. While the economic downturn has resulted in an increase of available personnel, there is still often intense competition for these personnel, particularly in the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles area
and Phoenix area in the United States, in Noida, India, in Beijing and Shanghai, China, and Singapore. SiRF may be unable to attract and retain key technical and managerial personnel. In addition, SiRFs announced reduction in force and the
recently announced proposed merger could make attracting and retaining qualified personnel more difficult in the future. If SiRF is unable to retain its existing personnel or attract and train additional qualified personnel, its growth may be
limited due to its lack of capacity to develop and market its products. All of SiRFs key employees are employed on an at will basis. The loss of any of these key employees could slow its product development processes and sales
efforts or harm investors perception of its business. SiRF may also incur increased operating expenses and be required to divert the attention of other senior executives to recruit replacements for key personnel.
Part of SiRFs business uses a royalty-based business model, which has inherent risks.
Although a substantial majority of SiRFs net revenue is derived from sales of its chip sets and SoCs, in recent periods it has had a portion of its
net revenue from large customers in the wireless markets come from royalties paid by licensees of its technology. Royalty payments are based on the number of semiconductor chips shipped which contain SiRFs GPS technology or its premium
software. For SiRFs server software, royalties may be based on the number of subscribers or on transaction volumes. SiRF depends on its ability to structure, negotiate and enforce agreements for the determination and payment of royalties.
License royalty revenue represented 4%, 2% and 3% of SiRFs net revenue in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. If a significant licensee terminates its relationship with SiRF, demands price reductions, decides to adopt its competitors
technology over SiRFs technology or if SiRF is unable to negotiate and renew existing agreements with significant licensees, SiRFs royalty revenue, gross margins and net income could be adversely impacted. SiRF faces risks inherent in a
royalty-based business model, many of which are outside of its control, including, but not limited to, the following:
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the rate of adoption and incorporation of its technology by wireless handset makers and wireless infrastructure vendors;
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fluctuations in volumes and prices at which licensees sell products that incorporate its technology;
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the demand for products incorporating its licensed technology; and
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the cyclicality of supply and demand for products using its licensed technology.
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In addition, the standard terms of SiRFs license agreements require its licensees to document the manufacture and sale of products that incorporate
its technology and report this data to it on a quarterly basis. Although SiRFs standard license terms give it the right to audit books and records of its licensees to verify this information, audits can be expensive, time-consuming and
potentially detrimental to its ongoing business relationship with its licensees. As a result, to date, SiRF has relied exclusively on the accuracy of reports supplied by its licensees without independently verifying the information in them. Any
significant inaccuracy in the reporting by its licensees or its failure to audit its licensees books and records may result in SiRF receiving less royalty revenue than it is entitled to under the terms of its license agreements.
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SiRF may not obtain sufficient patent protection, which could harm its competitive position and
increase its expenses.
SiRFs success and ability to compete depends to a significant degree upon the protection of its
proprietary technology. As of December 27, 2008, SiRF had 330 patents granted worldwide. Of this total, SiRF has 201 patents granted in the United States and 129 patents granted in foreign countries, with expiration dates ranging from 2011 to
2027, along with 173 pending patent applications in the United States and 202 pending foreign patent applications. SiRFs patent applications may not provide protection for all competitive aspects of its technology or may not result in issued
patents. Any patents issued may provide only limited protection for its technology and the rights that may be granted under any future patents that may be issued may not provide competitive advantages to it. Also, patent protection in foreign
countries may be limited or unavailable where SiRF needs this protection. It is possible that SiRFs competitors may independently develop similar technologies or design around its patents and competitors could also successfully challenge any
issued patent. SiRF may also choose not to pursue all instances of patent infringement.
SiRF relies upon trademark, copyright and
trade secret laws and contractual restrictions to protect its proprietary rights and, if these rights are not sufficiently protected, it could harm its ability to compete and generate revenue.
SiRF relies on a combination of trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and contractual restrictions, such as confidentiality agreements and
licenses, to establish and protect its proprietary rights. SiRFs ability to compete and grow its business could suffer if these rights are not adequately protected. SiRF seeks to protect its source code for its software, and design code for
its chip sets, and documentation and other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws. SiRF licenses its software and IP cores under signed license agreements, which impose restrictions on the licensees ability to utilize the
software and IP cores. SiRF also seeks to avoid disclosure of its intellectual property by requiring employees and consultants with access to its proprietary information to execute confidentiality agreements. There can be no assurance that the steps
SiRF has taken to protect its proprietary information will be adequate to prevent misappropriation of its technology or that its proprietary rights will adequately protected because:
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laws and contractual restrictions may not prevent misappropriation of its technologies or deter others from developing similar technologies; and
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policing unauthorized use of its intellectual property is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and it may be unable to determine the extent of any unauthorized
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SiRF may have difficulty in protecting its intellectual property rights in foreign countries, which could
increase the cost of doing business or cause its revenue to decline.
SiRFs intellectual property is used in a large number
of foreign countries. There are many countries, particularly in emerging markets, in which SiRF has no issued patents, or that may have reduced intellectual property protection. In addition, effective intellectual property enforcement may be
unavailable or limited in some foreign countries. It may be difficult for SiRF to protect its intellectual property from misuse or infringement by other companies in these countries. As SiRF increases its international sales, it may be more
difficult to protect its intellectual property rights. Reverse engineering, unauthorized copying or other misappropriation of its proprietary technologies could enable third parties to benefit from its technologies without paying it for doing so,
which would harm its competitive position and market share. For example, if SiRFs foundries lose control of SiRFs intellectual property, it would be more difficult for SiRF to take remedial measures because the foundries are primarily
located in countries that have less protection for intellectual property that is provided in the United States. Furthermore, SiRF expects this to become a greater problem for it as its technology licensees increase their manufacturing in countries
which provide less protection for intellectual property. SiRFs inability to enforce its intellectual property rights in some countries may harm its business.
SiRFs intellectual property indemnification practices may adversely impact its business.
SiRF has agreed to indemnify some customers for certain costs and damages of intellectual property infringement in some circumstances. This practice may subject SiRF to significant indemnification claims by its customers or others. In
addition to indemnification claims by its customers, it may also have to defend related third-party infringement claims made directly against it. In some instances, its GPS products are designed for use in devices used by potentially millions of
consumers, such as cellular telephones, and its server software is placed on servers providing wireless network services to end-users, both of which could subject it to considerable exposure should an infringement claim occur. In the past, SiRF has
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received notice from a major customer informing it that this customer received notice from one of SiRFs competitors that the inclusion of SiRFs
chip sets into SiRFs customers products requires the payment of patent license fees to the competitor. SiRF may receive similar notices from its customers or directly from its competitors in the future. SiRF cannot assure you that such
claims will not be pursued or that these claims, if pursued, would not harm its business.
SiRF depends primarily on a few
independent foundries to manufacture substantially all of its current products, and any failure to obtain sufficient foundry capacity could significantly delay its ability to ship its products and damage its customer relationships.
SiRF does not own or operate a fabrication facility. It relies on third parties to manufacture its semiconductor products. Four
outside foundries, IBM in the United States, Samsung in South Korea, STMicroelectronics in Italy and France and TSMC in Taiwan, currently manufacture substantially all of its products. Also, in 2007, with the acquisition of Centrality, SiRF began
using Global Uni Chip, a design foundry, to provide turnkey solutions for its SoC products.
Because SiRF relies on outside foundries, it
faces several significant risks, including:
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lack of manufacturing capacity and higher prices;
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limited control over delivery schedules, quality assurance and control, manufacturing yields and production costs; and
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the unavailability of, or potential delays in obtaining access to, key process technologies.
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Due to the general economic environment, some foundries may not be running at capacity and may shut down production for days at a time or close
facilities. These actions may limit the foundries capacity to provide SiRF with a sufficient amount of products in a timely manner, if at all. SiRF does not have a guaranteed level of production capacity with any of these foundries and it is
difficult to accurately forecast its capacity needs. SiRF does not have long-term agreements with any of these foundries and it places its orders on a purchase order basis, thus its unit or wafer costs are subject to change based on the cyclical
demand for semiconductor products. SiRF places its orders on the basis of its customers purchase orders and sales forecasts, but the foundries can allocate capacity to the production of other companies products and reduce SiRFs
deliveries on short notice. It is possible that foundry customers that are larger and better financed than SiRF, or that have long-term agreements with the foundries, may induce SiRFs foundries to reallocate capacity to them. Any reallocation
could impair SiRFs ability to secure the supply of semiconductors that it needs.
Each of SiRFs semiconductor products is
manufactured at only one foundry and, if any one foundry is unable to provide the capacity SiRF needs, SiRF may be delayed in shipping its products, which could damage its customer relationships and result in reduced revenue.
Although SiRF substantially uses four outside foundries, each of its semiconductor products is manufactured at one of these foundries. If one of
SiRFs foundries is unable to provide it with capacity as needed, SiRF could experience significant delays delivering the semiconductor product being manufactured for it solely by that foundry. Also, if any of its foundries experiences
financial difficulties, if they suffer damage to their facilities or in the event of any other disruption of foundry capacity, SiRF may not be able to qualify an alternative foundry in a timely manner. In addition, any consolidation among the
various foundries could impact the affected foundries product capacity or its collective ability to continue to manufacture one or more of SiRFs products. If SiRF chooses to use a new foundry or process for a particular semiconductor
product, it believes that it would take it several months to qualify the new foundry or process before it could begin shipping products. If SiRF is unable to accomplish this qualification in a timely manner, it may experience a significant
interruption in supply of the affected products.
The facilities of certain independent foundries upon which SiRF relies to
manufacture all of its semiconductors are located in regions that are subject to earthquakes and other natural disasters, as well as geopolitical risk and social upheaval.
Certain outside foundries and their subcontractors upon which SiRF relies to manufacture most of its semiconductors are located in countries that are
subject to earthquakes and other natural disasters, as well as geopolitical risks and social upheavals. Any earthquake or other natural disaster in these countries could materially disrupt these foundries production capabilities and could
result in SiRF experiencing a significant delay in delivery, or substantial shortage, of its products. In addition, these facilities are subject to risks associated with uncertain political, economic and other conditions in Asia, such as political
turmoil in the region, which could disrupt the operation of these foundries and in turn harm SiRFs business. For example, South Korea is a neighboring state to North Korea, which is currently in discussions with the United States and
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other countries regarding its nuclear weapons program. Any geographical or social upheaval in these countries could materially disrupt the production
capabilities of SiRFs foundries and could result in SiRF experiencing a significant delay in delivery, or a substantial shortage of, SiRFs products.
SiRF depends on a sole supplier for some critical components.
SiRF purchases certain
critical components, such as NOR flash memory technology, from a single supplier. The loss of this supplier, disruption of the supply chain, or delays or changes in the design cycle time could result in delays in the manufacture and shipment of
products, additional expense associated with obtaining a new supplier, impaired margins, reduced production volumes, strained customer relations and loss of business or could otherwise harm SiRFs results of operations.
SiRF places binding manufacturing orders based on its forecasts and, if it fails to adequately forecast demand for its products, it may incur
product shortages or excess product inventory.
SiRFs third-party manufacturers require it to provide forecasts of its
anticipated manufacturing orders and place binding manufacturing orders in advance of receiving purchase orders from its customers. This may result in product shortages or excess product inventory because SiRF cannot easily increase or decrease its
manufacturing orders. Obtaining additional supply in the face of product shortages may be costly or impossible, particularly in the short-term, which could prevent SiRF from fulfilling orders. In addition, SiRFs chip sets have rapidly
declining average selling prices. As a result, an incorrect forecast may result in substantial product in inventory that is aged and obsolete, which could result in write-downs of excess or obsolete inventory. SiRFs failure to adequately
forecast demand for its products could cause its quarterly operating results to fluctuate and cause its stock price to decline.
SiRF
may experience lower than expected manufacturing yields, which would delay the production of its semiconductor products.
The
manufacture of semiconductors is a highly complex process. Minute impurities can cause a substantial number of wafers to be rejected or cause numerous die on a wafer to be nonfunctional. Semiconductor companies often encounter difficulties in
achieving acceptable product yields from their manufacturers. SiRFs foundries have from time to time experienced lower than anticipated manufacturing yields, including for SiRFs products. This often occurs during the production of new
products or the installation and start up of new process technologies. SiRF may also experience yield problems as it migrates its manufacturing processes to smaller geometries. If SiRF does not achieve planned yields, its product costs could
increase, and product availability would decrease.
The loss of any of SiRFs primary third-party subcontractors that assemble
and test all of its current products could disrupt its shipments, harm its customer relationships and reduce its sales.
SiRF
relies on a limited number of primary third-party subcontractors to assemble and test all of its current chip sets either for its foundries or directly for it. As a result, SiRF does not directly control its product delivery schedules, assembly and
testing costs or quality assurance and control. If any of these subcontractors experience capacity constraints or financial difficulties, if any subcontractor suffers any damage to its facilities or if there is any other disruption of assembly and
testing capacity, SiRF may not be able to obtain alternative assembly and testing services in a timely manner. SiRF typically does not have long-term agreements with any of these subcontractors. SiRF typically procures services from these suppliers
on a per-order basis. Because of the amount of time that it usually takes SiRF to qualify assemblers and testers, it could experience significant delays in product shipments if it is required to find alternative assemblers or testers for its
semiconductor products. Any problems that SiRF may encounter with the delivery, quality or cost of its products could damage its reputation and result in a loss of customers.
The GPS market could be subject to governmental and other regulations that may increase SiRFs cost of doing business or decrease demand for
its products.
GPS technology is restricted and its export is controlled. SiRFs business may be impacted by both domestic and
international regulations because its technology relies on the GPS satellite network and radio frequency bands. For example, the United States government may restrict specific uses of GPS technology in some applications for privacy or other reasons
and block the civilian GPS signal at any time or in hostile areas. In December 2004, the now former President of the United States authorized a new national policy that established guidance and implementation actions for space-based positioning,
navigation, timing programs, augmentations and activities for United States national and homeland security, civil, scientific, and commercial purposes.
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In addition, radio frequency bands are globally allocated for radio navigation satellite services.
International allocations of radio frequency bands are made by the International Telecommunications Union, a specialized technical agency of the United Nations. These allocations are also governed by radio regulations that have treaty status and are
subject to modification every two to three years by the World Radio Communication Conference. Further, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, continually receives proposals for new technologies and services that may seek to operate in, or
across, the radio frequency bands currently used by GPS and other public services.
These types of regulations as well as other actions,
may limit the growth of the GPS market, such as:
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changes in the United States government policy for the use of GPS without charge;
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reallocation of radio frequency bands, including frequency band segmentation or spectrum sharing, which may negatively affect the utility and reliability of
GPS-based products;
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adverse decisions by the FCC that result in harmful interference to the delivery of the GPS signals, such as permitting the operation of ultra-wideband radio
devices, which may harm the utility and reliability of GPS-based products thereby reducing demand for GPS-based products;
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changes in the United States government policy to maintain GPS satellites over a long period of time; and
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a reduction in the number of operating satellites, which would impair the operations or utility of GPS.
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SiRF also faces various risks associated with its dependence on GPS satellites and radio frequency bands, including:
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electronic and mechanical failures or sabotage of satellites;
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substantial delays in replacing inoperable satellites with new satellites, if replaced at all, as repairing damaged or malfunctioning satellites is currently not
economically feasible;
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disruptions in the GPS satellite network; and
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unwanted emissions from mobile satellite services and other equipment operating in adjacent frequency bands or inband, which may negatively affect the utility and
reliability of GPS-based products.
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Governmental and other regulations or actions could interrupt or increase SiRFs
cost of doing business, which may have a material negative effect on its business.
Personal privacy concerns may limit the growth of
the high-volume consumer and commercial GPS-based applications and demand for SiRFs products.
GPS-based consumer and
commercial applications rely on the ability to receive, analyze and store location information. Consumers may not accept some GPS applications because of the fact that their location can be tracked by others and that this information could be
collected and stored. Also, federal and state governments may disallow specific uses of GPS technology for privacy or other reasons or could subject this industry to regulation. If consumers view GPS-based applications as a threat to their privacy,
demand for some GPS-based products could decline.
SiRF may continue to evaluate acquisitions or investments in complementary
technologies and businesses in the future, and it may not realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions or investments.
As part of SiRFs business strategy, it may evaluate acquisitions of, or investments in, complementary technologies and businesses. In 2006, SiRF acquired TrueSpan Incorporated, a development-stage technology company with significant
communications systems expertise and, in August 2007, it acquired Centrality Communications Inc., a privately-held developer of navigation processor solutions for mobile navigation systems, which is the largest acquisition completed by SiRF to date.
In the future, SiRF may be unable to identify suitable acquisition candidates or investment opportunities or be able to make these
acquisitions or investments on a commercially reasonable basis, or at all. If SiRF is unable to identify and successfully complete suitable acquisitions or investments, it may be required to expand its internal research and development efforts,
which could harm its competitive position or result in negative market perception. Any acquisition or investment could have several risks, including:
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SiRFs inability to successfully integrate acquired technologies, product lines or operations;
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diversion of managements attention;
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potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt or contingent liabilities;
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expenses related to amortization of intangible assets;
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potential write-offs of acquired assets;
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risk of project delays;
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failure to achieve projected results of the acquisition;
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loss of key employees of acquired businesses; and
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SiRFs inability to recover the costs of acquisitions or investments.
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SiRF may not realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition or investment. Future acquisitions may require it to make investments upfront, and there
is no assurance that such investments will retain their value or positively contribute to its financial results. Further, the integration of certain operations following any acquisition will require the dedication of significant management
resources, which could distract managements attention from SiRFs day-to-day business. An inability to realize the full extent of, or any of, the anticipated benefits of any acquisition or investment, as well as any delays encountered in
the integration process, could adversely affect SiRFs business and results of operations.
SiRFs ability to raise capital
in the future may be limited, and its failure to raise capital when needed could prevent it from executing its growth strategy.
SiRF believes that its existing cash, investments, amounts available under its bank line of credit and cash generated from operating activities will be sufficient to meet its anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months. The
timing and amount of its working capital and capital expenditure requirements may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including:
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market acceptance of its products;
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the need to adapt to changing technologies and technical requirements;
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the existence of opportunities for expansion;
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access to and availability of sufficient management, technical, marketing and financial personnel; and
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SiRFs ability to obtain financing, if necessary.
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If SiRFs capital resources are insufficient to satisfy its liquidity requirements, it may seek to sell additional equity securities or debt securities or obtain other debt financing. The sale of additional
equity securities or convertible debt securities would result in additional dilution to its stockholders. Additional debt would result in increased expenses and could result in covenants that would restrict its operations. SiRF has not made
arrangements to obtain additional financing, and there is no assurance that financing, if required, will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to it, if at all.
If SiRF fails to maintain proper and effective internal controls, its ability to produce accurate financial statements could be impaired, which could adversely affect its operating results, its ability to
operate its business and its stock price.
During the course of SiRFs testing of its internal controls, it may identify, and
have to disclose, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in its internal controls that will have to be remediated. For example, in SiRFs quarterly report for the third quarter of 2008, SiRF disclosed a material weakness in its tax
accounting process. Implementing any appropriate changes to its internal controls may require specific compliance training of its directors, officers and employees, entail substantial costs in order to modify its existing accounting systems, and
take a significant period of time to complete. These changes may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of its internal controls, and any failure to maintain that adequacy, or consequent inability to produce accurate financial
statements on a timely basis, could increase its operating costs and could materially impair its ability to operate its business. In addition, investors perceptions that SiRFs internal controls are inadequate or that it is unable to
produce accurate financial statements may negatively affect its stock price.
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Changes to financial accounting standards or United States generally accepted accounting principles
may affect SiRFs results of operations and cause it to change its business practices.
SiRF prepares its financial statements
to conform with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. These accounting principles are subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the SEC, and
various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting policies. A change to GAAP or related policies can have a significant effect on SiRFs reported results and may affect its reporting of transactions completed before a change
is announced. Changes to those rules or the questioning of current practices may adversely affect SiRFs reported financial results or the way it conducts its business.
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SiRF may be subject to legal
proceedings, as well as demands, claims and threatened litigation that arise in the normal course of its business. SiRF is a party to the following material legal proceedings:
On December 15, 2006, SiRFs subsidiary, SiRF Technology, filed a patent infringement complaint against Global Locate, Inc. and its United
States distributor, SBCG, Inc. d/b/a Innovation Sales Southern California, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleged infringement by Global Locate and SBCG of four patents assigned to SiRF
Technology and sought both monetary damages and an injunction to prevent further infringement. On January 8, 2007, Global Locate answered the aforementioned complaint and filed counterclaims alleging infringement by SiRF Technology of four
patents and sought monetary damages and an injunction to prevent further alleged infringement. On January 30, 2007, Global Locate filed an amended answer with additional counterclaims alleging violations by SiRF Technology of the Sherman
Antitrust Act and of the California Business and Professions Code. On October 3, 2007, the District Court stayed both parties claims and counterclaims in their entirety pending resolution of the two ITC investigations described below.
Furthermore, on February 8, 2007, SiRF Technology filed a complaint under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in
the ITC, requesting that the ITC commence an investigation into the unlawful sale for importation into the United States, importation into the United States, and/or sale within the United States after importation, of certain GPS chips or chip sets,
associated software, and systems made for or by or sold by or for Global Locate, and products containing the same. As a result, on March 8, 2007, the ITC instituted an action entitled In the Matter of Certain GPS Chips, Associated
Software and Systems, and Products Containing Same, ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-596. During the third quarter of 2007, Global Locate was acquired by Broadcom. Broadcom subsequently was added as an additional respondent to the
investigation. A hearing was held from March 13, 2008 through March 19, 2008, and the Administrative Law Judges, or ALJs, Final Initial and Recommended Determination, or ID, was filed June 13, 2008. The ID upheld the
validity of SiRFs U.S. patent No. 6,304,216, but found Broadcom did not infringe the patent. The ID further found SiRFs U.S. patent No. 7,043,363 invalid and not infringed. On June 27, 2008, the parties submitted to the
ITC Petitions for Review of the ID. On August 14, 2008, a Notice of Commission Decision Not to Review a Final Determination Finding No Violation of Section 337 was issued, whereby the ITC determined not to review the ID. On
October 13, 2008, SiRF Technology filed a Notice of Appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appealing the ITCs decision and all underlying orders, rulings, and findings, including the ID.
Also, on April 2, 2007, Global Locate filed a complaint under Section 337, requesting that the ITC commence an investigation, or the
Investigation, of certain GPS devices and products made for, by, or sold by or for SiRF Technology and the customers named in the investigation, E-TEN Information Systems Co., Ltd., Mio Technology Ltd, USA, MiTAC International Corp. and Tharos
Science & Applications, Inc., or the Named Respondents. As a result, on April 30, 2007, the ITC instituted an action titled In the Matter of Certain GPS Devices and Products Containing Same, ITC Investigation
No. 337-TA-602. Upon its acquisition of Global Locate, Broadcom was subsequently added as an additional complainant to the Investigation. The ITC hearing commenced on April 28, 2008 and ended on May 13, 2008.
On August 8, 2008, the ALJ issued a Notice regarding the Initial Determination in this matter. This Notice contained conclusions of law that all six
of the asserted Broadcom patents (1) had an existing domestic industry, (2) were valid, and (3) were infringed by certain of SiRF Technologys products. On August 22, 2008, the ALJ issued a Recommended Determination on
Remedy and Bonding in this matter, which recommended to the ITC that, if a violation of Section 337 has occurred (1) those of SiRF Technologys products that are accused products in the Investigation, if found to infringe a patent at
issue in the Investigation, should be excluded from the United States, (2) a Limited Exclusion Order should be issued prohibiting the importation into the United States of products containing any of such SiRF Technologys products
(
i.e.
, downstream products) that may be found to infringe, and (3) Cease and Desist Orders should be issued prohibiting SiRF Technology and the domestic Named Respondents from importing or selling in the United States those
of SiRF Technologys
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that may be found to infringe any asserted patent. On August 25, 2008, SiRF Technology filed a Petition to Review the Initial Determination with the
ITC. In addition to SiRF Technologys Petition, the ITCs Office of Unfair Import Investigations also independently filed a Petition for Review of the Initial Determination.
On October 9, 2008, the ITC issued a Notice indicating that it had determined to review in part the Initial Determination. Specifically, the ITC
determined to review (1) the ALJs finding that Global Locate has standing to assert U.S. Patent No. 6,606,346, a patent that was asserted by Global Locate against a low-volume SiRF Technology hardware product that does not impact
SiRFStarII, SiRFStarIII or SoC portfolio; (2) the ALJs finding that SiRF Technology directly infringes claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 6,704,651 (asserted against certain SiRF Technology software) through its commercial activities; and
(3) the ALJs finding that SiRF Technology directly infringes claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 6,651,000 (also asserted against certain SiRF Technology software) through its commercial activities. Since the date of the initial determination
and before the final determination, SiRF Technology released new versions of its software. The ITC determined not to review the remaining issues presented by SiRF Technology and by the Office of Unfair Import Investigations in their respective
Petitions for Review, including issues related to the ALJs finding of infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,417,801, 6,937,187, and 7,158,080 (each of which was also asserted against certain SiRF Technology software); the ALJ had found that each
of those patents was infringed by SiRF Technologys commercial activities. With respect to the scope of remedy, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 14, 2008 in
Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. ITC
held
that the ITC has no statutory authority to issue a Limited Exclusion Order against downstream products of parties who are not named as respondents in an ITC case. The vast majority of SiRF Technologys customers were not named as respondents in
Broadcoms ITC case against SiRF Technology. In view of
Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. ITC
, and because the ALJ had not yet issued a public version of the Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding, on October 21, 2008, the ITC
extended the deadline for submissions on remedy, the public interest, and bonding until October 27, 2008 and extended the target date of the Investigation by 30 days, until January 8, 2009.
The ITC issued its Final Determination on January 15, 2009. The ITC modified certain of the ALJs findings, but determined on the basis of its
modified findings that Global Locate has standing to assert U.S. Patent No. 6,606,346 and that SiRF Technology directly infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,704,651 and U.S. Patent No. 6,651,000 through its commercial activities. The ITC
issued a Limited Exclusion Order against the Named Respondents. The ITC also issued Cease and Desist Orders against SiRF Technology and the domestic Named Respondents. In light of
Kyocera Wireless
, the ITC determined to limit the scope of the
Limited Exclusion Order to products that are manufactured abroad or imported by, or on behalf of, the Named Respondents and that are covered by the asserted patent claims, and the ITC denied Global Locates request to extend the Exclusion Order
to downstream articles of non-respondents that incorporate such covered products. The Limited Exclusion Order prohibits SiRF Technology from the unlicensed entry of the infringing products into the United States by or on behalf of SiRF
or the Named Respondents. The ITC issued Cease and Desist Orders prohibiting SiRF and the domestic Named Respondents from importing or selling in the United States any of SiRF Technologys products that may be found to infringe any asserted
patent. In 2008, the Named Respondents collectively represented approximately 7% of SiRFs net revenues.
The Limited Exclusion Order
and the Cease and Desist Orders, together the Orders, provided that, subject to posting a bond in the amount of 100% of the imported value per unit for covered products, SiRF Technology could continue any conduct prohibited by the Orders during the
60-day Presidential review period during which the ITCs determination is subject to review by the United States Trade Representative as delegated by the President of the United States. The President, acting through the United States Trade
Representative, did not find any compelling circumstances to disapprove the Orders and the 60-day Presidential review period therefore expired on March 16, 2009. SiRF Technology subsequently filed a Notice of Appeal in the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit seeking review of the ITCs orders and determinations in this Investigation.
On May 14, 2008,
Broadcom filed a patent infringement complaint against SiRF Technology in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges infringement of four patents purportedly assigned to Broadcom and seeks both
monetary damages and an injunction. On June 4, 2008, SiRF Technology answered the aforementioned complaint and filed counterclaims seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of all four patents. In addition, SiRF Technology
has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or the Patent Office, a Request for Ex-Parte Reexamination of each of the four patents, or the Reexamination Requests. Through SiRF Technologys Reexamination Requests, and in SiRF
Technologys view of what are substantial new questions of patentability raised by prior art that SiRF Technology believes may not have been previously considered in full by the Patent Office, SiRF Technology has sought review and invalidation
of all four of the Broadcom patents-in-suit. The Patent Office granted each of SiRF Technologys requests for reexamination with respect to the four patents and has ordered their reexamination. In a preliminary Office Action dated March 5,
2009, the Patent Office rejected all 33 claims of one of the four patents. On September 15, 2008, the Honorable James V. Selna denied SiRF Technologys motion to stay proceedings in the district
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court action pending the outcome of reexamination, without prejudice to any subsequent motion to stay proceedings. The case has been scheduled for trial in
November 2010. This litigation is in its early stages and, based on SiRFs analysis of the facts of the case to date, SiRF believes the likelihood that a loss may have been incurred is remote. No assurance can be made that Broadcom will not
seek to commence additional litigation against SiRF Technology, or that the pending litigation with Broadcom will not have a material adverse effect on its business.
In February 2008, multiple putative class action lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against SiRF and certain of its officers and directors. These complaints
allege that SiRF, and certain of its officers and directors, made misleading statements and/or omissions relating to its business and operating results in violation of the federal securities laws. These cases have been consolidated and a
consolidated amended complaint was filed on July 28, 2008. On September 26, 2008, SiRF filed a motion to dismiss all claims asserted in the consolidated amended complaint. The motion has been fully briefed.
Also in February 2008, two shareholder derivative lawsuits were filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, for Santa Clara County, against
certain of SiRFs officers and directors. These complaints allege breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment and violations of the California Corporations Code. These cases have been consolidated, and an amended
complaint was filed on November 18, 2008. On January 21, 2009, the parties submitted a stipulation to the court adjourning defendants response to the derivative complaint pending resolution of SiRF s motion to dismiss the securities
litigation pending in the Northern District of California.
On February 13, 2009, a complaint regarding a purported class action
lawsuit,
Diaz v. Banatao, et al.
, was filed in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, against SiRF and SiRFs Board of Directors in connection with the Merger Agreement. The complaint alleges, among other things, that
(1) SiRFs Board of Directors violated its fiduciary duties to SiRFs stockholders by approving the Merger and certain terms set forth in Section 5.4 of the Merger Agreement related to SiRFs ability to solicit, consider or
accept alternative proposals, (2) SiRF aided and abetted its Board of Directors alleged breach of fiduciary duty and (3) the Merger Consideration is unfair for reasons including, but not limited to, a temporarily low stock price and
that the book value of a share of stock allegedly exceeds the Merger Consideration per share. The complaint seeks, among other things, an injunction prohibiting SiRF and CSR from consummating the Merger, rescission of the Merger if the Merger is
consummated prior to the entry of final judgment by the court, an accounting by the defendants to the plaintiffs for all damages caused by them and an accounting for all profits and any special benefits obtained by the defendants as a result of any
breach of fiduciary duty and attorneys fees and expenses. SiRF intends to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.
On
February 20, 2009, a complaint regarding a purported class action lawsuit,
Reich v. SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. et al.
, was filed in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, against SiRF and SiRFs Board of Directors
in connection with the Merger Agreement. The complaint alleges that, in approving the Merger, SiRFs Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, good faith, due care and disclosure by, among other things, (i) agreeing to
sell SiRF without first taking steps to ensure that SiRFs stockholders would obtain adequate, fair, and maximum consideration under the circumstances and (ii) engineering the Merger to benefit themselves and/or CSR without regard for
SiRFs stockholders. The complaint further alleges that SiRF aided and abetted SiRFs Board of Directors breaches of fiduciary duty. The complaint seeks, among other things, to enjoin the Merger, to compel SiRFs Board
of Directors to properly exercise their fiduciary duties to SiRFs stockholders, to impose a constructive trust, in favor of the plaintiffs, upon any benefits improperly received by SiRFs Board of Directors as a result of their wrongful
conduct and to award the plaintiffs the costs and disbursements of the class action, including reasonable attorneys and experts fees. SiRF intends to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.
On February 27, 2009, plaintiffs in the above-referenced derivative litigation filed an amended, consolidated complaint, which added a purported
class action claim against SiRF and SiRFs Board of Directors in connection with the Merger Agreement. The class action allegations asserted in the consolidated amended complaint are substantially similar to the allegations set forth in the
Diaz
and
Reich
actions, although the class action allegations asserted in the consolidated amended complaint contain the additional allegation that SiRF entered into the Merger Agreement for the purpose of evading alleged liability
relating to the derivative claims. Plaintiffs also seek to compel certain changes in SiRFs corporate governance. SiRF intends to vigorously defend against these class action claims.
On March 27, 2009, the court ordered the
Diaz
and
Reich
actions consolidated with the shareholder derivative lawsuit, and affirmed its
prior appointment of co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the consolidated action. The court further directed plaintiffs to submit a second amended consolidated compliant within 45 days of its order of consolidation. Other similar lawsuits may be
filed although SiRF is not currently aware of any.
The outcome of any litigation is uncertain and either favorable or unfavorable outcomes
could have a material impact. Regardless of the outcome, litigation may be time-consuming and expensive and could divert SiRFs managements attention from SiRFs business.
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PART II
Item 9A.
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Controls and Procedures
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(a) Evaluation of
disclosure controls and procedures. SiRF maintains disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by SiRF in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to SiRFs management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating SiRFs disclosure controls and
procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.
SiRFs disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to meet reasonable assurance standards. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, SiRFs management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in
evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no
assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Based on their evaluation as
of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, SiRFs Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of such date, SiRFs disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the
reasonable assurance level.
After the completion of SiRFs third fiscal quarter of 2008 and in connection with the audit of
SiRFs consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 27, 2008, SiRF identified a material weakness in the tax accounting process, under the standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Specifically, controls relating to the oversight and review of tax provisions by no qualified personnel experienced in the appreciation of the rules, regulations and related accounting and timely consultation with experts were ineffective. The
material weakness caused errors in SiRFs income tax expense, however, did not materially impact its consolidated financial statements.
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
SiRFs management is responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of SiRFs management, including its principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, it conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the framework set forth in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on SiRFs evaluation under the framework set forth in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework, its management concluded that SiRFs internal control over financial reporting was
effective as of December 27, 2008. Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm audited the financial statements contained in this annual report in Form 10-K and has issued an attestation report on SiRFs
internal control over financial reporting.
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/S/ Diosdado P. Banatao
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Diosdado P. Banatao
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Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
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/S/ Dennis Bencala
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Dennis Bencala
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Chief Financial Officer
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(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. To remediate the material weakness
noted above, SiRF continued the efforts already underway to review and make necessary changes to improve SiRFs internal control over financial reporting, which included hiring qualified personnel experienced in application of tax rules and
regulations and accounting for income taxes and implementation of additional review of tax provisions and reconciliations, and consulting with tax experts in a timely manner. SiRF believes these measures remediated this error prior to the end of the
fourth fiscal quarter of 2008 and that SiRF has effective internal controls over financial reporting as of December 27, 2008. Other than these changes, there were no changes in SiRFs internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with managements evaluation during SiRFs last quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, SiRFs internal control over
financial reporting.
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PART III
Item 10.
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Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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The names of SiRFs executive officers and directors and their ages as of April 9, 2009 are as follows:
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Diosdado P. Banatao
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Executive Chairman, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Dennis Bencala
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Chief Financial Officer
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Kanwar Chadha
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Vice President, Strategic Corporate Initiatives, Corporate Marketing, Director and Founder
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John Quigley
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Senior Vice President, Engineering
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Ahmet Alpdemir
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Vice President, Product Marketing
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Adam R. Dolinko
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Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel
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Michael Kelly
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Vice President, Sales
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Jim Murphy
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Vice President, Human Resources
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Atul P. Shingal
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Vice President, Operations
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Moiz M. Beguwala
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Director
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Mohanbir Gyani
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Director
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Stephen C. Sherman
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Director
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James M. Smaha
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Director
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Sam S. Srinivasan
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Director
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Diosdado P. Banatao
has served as SiRFs Executive Chairman and Interim Chief
Executive Officer since April 2008 and as its Chairman since its inception. Mr. Banatao is a Class III director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2010. Mr. Banatao has served as a managing partner
of Tallwood Venture Capital, a venture capital firm, since June 2000. From January 1998 to May 2000, Mr. Banatao served as a venture partner at Mayfield Fund, a venture capital firm. Mr. Banatao founded S3 Incorporated (which changed its
name to SonicBlue Incorporated), a provider of consumer digital entertainment products, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1989 until January 1992 and as Chairman from January 1992 to December 1997.
Mr. Banatao also co-founded Chips & Technologies and Mostron. Mr. Banatao holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology and an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from Stanford
University.
Dennis Bencala
has served as SiRFs Chief Financial Officer since September 2008. Mr. Bencala joined SiRF in
January 2000 as its Corporate Controller, became Senior Director, Investor Relations and Business Development, in August 2007 and became acting Chief Financial Officer in August 2008. Prior to joining SiRF, from 1995 to 1999, Mr. Bencala served
as Corporate Controller at ScanVision, Inc., a developer of image sensing semiconductor products. From 1978 to 1995, Mr. Bencala held various finance positions, including Accounting Manager, Contracts Manager, and Subcontract Business Manager
at EG&G Reticon and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. Mr. Bencala holds a B.S. in Finance from San Diego State University.
Kanwar Chadha
, one of SiRFs founders, has served as its Vice President, Strategic Corporate Initiatives, Corporate Marketing since February 2009 and as one of its directors since its inception in February 1995. Mr. Chadha
is a Class III director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2010. Mr. Chadha served as its Vice President, Marketing since SiRFs inception in 1995 until February 2009. Prior to founding SiRF,
Mr. Chadha served as Director of Strategic Marketing and as General Manager of the Multimedia Group at S3 from October 1992 to January 1995. From April 1992 to September 1992, Mr. Chadha was a management consultant with S3 and Arcus
Technology, a data solutions company. From October 1989 to March 1992, Mr. Chadha served as Chairman of AQuest, Inc., a multimedia company. From October 1983 to September 1989, Mr. Chadha served in various marketing management positions,
including Product Line Manager for Coprocessors and i860 RISC Processors, at Intel Corporation. Mr. Chadha holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, a M.S. in Computer Information Systems from
the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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John Quigley
has served as SiRFs Senior Vice President, Engineering since April 2008.
Mr. Quigley joined SiRF in January 2007 as its Senior Director of Wireless Engineering. Prior to joining SiRF, from May 2004 to December 2006, Mr. Quigley served as Vice President of Engineering at Airgo Networks (now Qualcomm). From August
1991 to May 2004, Mr. Quigley held various management positions at Motorola, including Global Director for Motorola Semiconductor Radio Product Design Operations and Manager of Motorolas Low Power Circuits and Systems Research Lab.
Mr. Quigley holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.
Ahmet Alpdemir
has served as
SiRFs Vice President, Product Marketing since February 2009. Prior to joining SiRF, from April 2005 to February 2009, Mr. Alpdemir was a management consultant with Shimdi Venture Advisors where he advised clients across a wide range of
technologies and business models. In April 2000, Mr. Alpdemir founded Dialsurf, Inc. where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer until May 2005. Mr. Alpdemir held a number of positions at Vadem, including Vice President,
Business Development and Vice President, Marketing from October 1992 until March 1999. Mr. Alpdemir holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University and an M.B.A. from Armstrong College.
Adam R. Dolinko
has served as SiRFs Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel since April 2008. Mr. Dolinko has
counseled domestic and international technology companies on corporate matters and major business transactions; principally, Mr. Dolinko was a corporate and securities attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., where he was a
partner from 2001 through 2005 and an associate from 1995 to 2000. Prior to joining SiRF, Mr. Dolinko had been a managing director at VisionPoint Capital, a regional investment banking firm. Mr. Dolinko holds a B.A.,
cum laude
, from
the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Southern California.
Michael Kelly
has served as SiRFs Vice President, Sales since September 2008. Mr. Kelly joined SiRF in August 1998 as Director, North America Sales and became Senior Director, North America Sales, in August 2006. From June 1996 to July 1998,
Mr. Kelly served as Director of Sales at Alliance Semiconductor. From May 1985 to May 1996, Mr. Kelly held various sales management positions at NEC, including Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts.
Jim Murphy
has served as SiRFs Vice President, Human Resources since March 2006. Prior to joining SiRF, Mr. Murphy was Senior Human
Resources Director for North America at LSI Logic where he held various global HR positions from 1994 through 2006. Previously, Mr. Murphy held management human resources positions with Fairchild Semiconductor and National Semiconductor.
Mr. Murphy holds a B.A. from Lawrence University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Atul P. Shingal
has served as
SiRFs Vice President, Operations since June 2003. Prior to joining SiRF, from July 1999 to June 2003, Mr. Shingal held various engineering positions at Globespan Virata, Inc., a supplier of wireline and wireless communications solutions.
From February 1995 to July 1999, Mr. Shingal served as Technology Engineering Development Manager, Worldwide Manufacturing, of Cypress Semiconductor, Inc., a semiconductor company. Mr. Shingal holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from
the Government Engineering College, India, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from California State University, San Jose and an M.B.A. from Pune University, India.
Moiz M. Beguwala
has served as one of SiRFs directors since September 2000. Mr. Beguwala is a Class I director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011. Since
March 2004, Dr. Beguwala has been an independent consultant. From December 2002 to June 2003, Dr. Beguwala served as SiRFs acting Chief Executive Officer. From January 1999 to June 2002, Dr. Beguwala served as Senior Vice
President and General Manager Wireless Communications of Conexant and from June 2002 to March 2004 as a Senior Vice President of Conexant. From 1993 to December 1998, Dr. Beguwala held various positions at Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Inc.
Dr. Beguwala is a director of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded company, serving on its Governance Committee, Powerwave Technologies, a publicly traded company, serving on its Compensation Committee, and RF Nano, a privately-held
company. Dr. Beguwala graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.S. in electrical engineering. He also holds an M.S.E.E. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and
an executive M.B.A. degree from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mohanbir Gyani
has
served as one of SiRFs directors since October 2005. Mr. Gyani is a Class II director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009. Since January 2006, Mr. Gyani has served as Vice Chairman of the
Board of Roamware, Inc. and has been a private investor since December 2004. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Roamware, a voice and data roaming solutions company, from May 2005 to December 2005. Mr. Gyani was a senior
advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless from January 2003 to December 2004. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services from 2000 to January 2003. From 1995 to 1999,
Mr. Gyani served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AirTouch Communications. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Keynote Systems, Mobile Telesystems, Safeway, Inc. and Union Bank of California, as well as
certain private companies. Mr. Gyani holds a B.A. degree in business administration, summa cum laude, from San Francisco State University and an M.B.A. in finance from San Francisco State University.
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Stephen C. Sherman
has served as one of SiRFs directors since January 2004. Mr. Sherman
is a Class II director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009. Since December 2001, Mr. Sherman has been a private investor. From May 2000 to December 2001, Mr. Sherman served as Senior Vice
President of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor company. From October 1992 to December 2001, Mr. Sherman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of QT Optoelectronics, Inc., an optoelectronics company, until it was
acquired by Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Sherman holds a B.S. degree in operations management from Oklahoma State University.
James M. Smaha
has served as one of SiRFs directors since October 2000. Mr. Smaha is a Class I director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011. Mr. Smaha spent 30 years in
senior management positions in the semiconductor industry, including General Manager of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporations Linear Products Division and National Semiconductor Corporations Logic Products Division. Since 1989, he has
served as an independent consultant, including with S3 and interWAVE Communications International Ltd., a telecommunications company. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Smaha served as President and Executive Vice President of the Semiconductor
Group of National Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor company. Mr. Smaha graduated with honors from the University of Maine with a B.A. in mathematics.
Sam S. Srinivasan
has served as one of SiRFs directors since January 2004. Mr. Srinivasan is a Class II director and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009.
Mr. Srinivasan is the founder of Health Language, Inc. and served as its Chief Executive Officer from May 2000 until November 2001. From May 2000 until March 2002, Mr. Srinivasan served as Chairman of Health Language, Inc. From November
1988 until March 1996, Mr. Srinivasan served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cirrus Logic. From May 1984 until November 1988, Mr. Srinivasan served as Director of Internal Audit and subsequently as
Corporate Controller of Intel Corporation. Mr. Srinivasan holds an M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
requires SiRFs executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of SiRFs equity securities, to file reports of ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC. Officers, directors and greater than
10% stockholders are required to furnish SiRF with copies of all Forms 3, 4 and 5 they file.
Based solely on SiRFs review of
the copies of such forms it has received and written representations from certain reporting persons that they filed all required reports, SiRF believes that all of its officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders complied with all
Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to them with respect to transactions during fiscal year 2008 with the exception of the following: due to technical difficulties, Diosdado P. Banataos Form 4 filed on June 5, 2008, was
filed one day late.
Code of Ethics
SiRF has adopted the SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Employees, Officers and Directors, or the code of ethics. The code of ethics applies to SiRFs Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, Corporate Controller and all other SiRF employees and is publicly available on SiRFs website at www.sirf.com. If SiRF makes any amendments to the code of ethics or grants any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of
the code to its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Corporate Controller that requires disclosure under applicable SEC rules, SiRF intends to disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on its website.
Corporate Governance
SiRFs Board of Directors
has appointed an Audit Committee, comprised of Sam S. Srinivasan, as Chairman, Stephen C. Sherman and James M. Smaha. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Srinivasan qualifies as an Audit Committee Financial Expert under the
definition outlined by the SEC. In addition, each of the members of the Audit Committee qualifies as an independent director under the current rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market and SEC rules and regulations.
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Item 11.
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Executive Compensation
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Overview of SiRFs Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
SiRF believes that compensation of its executive officers should encourage creation of stockholder value and achievement of strategic corporate
objectives, and SiRFs Compensation Committee seeks to align the interests of SiRF stockholders and management by integrating compensation with SiRFs annual and long-term corporate and financial objectives. In order to be competitive with
compensation offered by technology companies and to motivate and retain existing staff and attract additional qualified personnel, SiRF intends to offer a total compensation package competitive with companies in the semiconductor industry, taking
into account relative company size, performance and geographic location as well as the executives individual responsibilities and performance.
SiRF believes that the compensation of its executives should reflect their success as a management team, rather than individuals, in attaining key operating objectives, such as growth of revenue and operating income.
SiRF believes that the performance of its executives in managing SiRF, considered in light of general economic conditions and competitive conditions, should be the basis for determining their overall compensation. SiRF also believes that their
compensation should not be based on the short-term performance of SiRF stock, whether favorable or unfavorable, as SiRF expects the price of its stock will, in the long-term, reflect its operating performance, and ultimately, the management of SiRF
by its executives. SiRF seeks to have the long-term performance of its stock reflected in executive compensation through its stock option and other equity incentive programs.
Role of the Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committees responsibilities include overseeing SiRFs executive compensation package. At the beginning of each year, the Compensation Committee meets to discuss the performance of SiRFs executives during
the prior year and set the compensation for SiRFs Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers for the coming year. In doing so, the Compensation Committee evaluates SiRFs overall executive compensation package and business
conditions to determine if its packages are appropriately structured to achieve its intended purpose of creating stockholder value and achieving of strategic corporate objectives, and to make any changes to the compensation packages as deemed
necessary.
In determining the compensation packages for SiRFs executives, the Compensation Committee takes into consideration the
Chief Executive Officers recommendations, the executives evaluations and the executives performance during the prior year relative to his performance objectives. The Compensation Committee also reviews data from different sources
to evaluate the competitiveness of SiRFs compensation package. The Compensation Committee looks at compensation paid to executives at similarly-sized semiconductor companies; however, it does not specifically benchmark specified companies.
Based on this review, the Compensation Committee believes SiRF continues to be mid-market competitive.
Components of SiRFs
Executive Officer Compensation
To promote these objectives, the components of SiRFs executive compensation package normally
consist of base salary, equity awards, participation in SiRFs Executive Performance Compensation Plan and participation in SiRFs Employee Profit Sharing Plan. In 2008, based on SiRFs performance, the Compensation Committee
terminated the Employee Profit Sharing Plan and it decided not to implement the Executive Performance Compensation Plan.
Executive
Officer Base Salary
The executives base salary is to compensate the executive for services to be rendered during the
upcoming year. The Compensation Committee sets the salary level of each executive officer on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer for executive officers other than SiRFs Chief Executive
Officer, and the executives level of responsibilities and performance during the prior year. To obtain a general understanding of compensation practices, SiRF also reviews market information and the base salaries paid to executive officers of
other similarly sized companies within SiRFs industry. With the exception of Mr. Banatao, the Compensation Committee did not increase executive base salaries for 2009.
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Equity Compensation
SiRF believes that providing executive officers who have responsibility for SiRFs management and growth with an opportunity to increase their
ownership of SiRF stock aligns the interests of the executive officers with those of SiRFs stockholders. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee, when reviewing executive officer compensation, also considers equity awards, as appropriate.
The Compensation Committee administers SiRFs 2004 Stock Incentive Plan for executive officers, employees, consultants and outside
directors, under which it grants equity awards, including options to purchase SiRF common stock, restricted stock and performance share awards. The options awarded under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan have an exercise price equal to the fair market
value of a share of the common stock on the date of grant. SiRF generally grants equity awards to its executive officers and other employees once per year. These annual equity awards are granted at a meeting of the Compensation Committee or the
Board of Directors on or before the grant date with the grant date being the third trading day after the first quarter earnings release. In the event SiRFs trading window does not open following the first quarter earnings release, a majority
of the independent members of SiRFs Board of Directors will determine if and when to grant these annual equity awards. In addition, at its discretion, from time to time the Compensation Committee may also grant awards based on both individual
achievements and the completion of corporate objectives. The Compensation Committee determines the number of shares underlying each equity award based upon the executive officers performance, SiRFs performance, the executive
officers role and responsibilities, the executive officers base salary and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of vested options then held by the executive officer as compared to the number of shares issuable from all options
held by the executive. The equity awards granted in 2008 appear in the 2008 Grant of Plan-Based Awards Table.
In addition, in 2007, SiRF
entered into performance share award agreements with certain of its named executive officers pursuant to SiRFs 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, including Geoffrey Ribar, SiRFs former Chief Financial Officer, and Atul Shingal, SiRFs Vice
President, Operations. These awards provided Messrs. Ribar and Shingal with the opportunity to earn shares of SiRF common stock, the number to have been determined pursuant to, and subject to, the attainment of performance goals and the officers
continued employment with SiRF through December 27, 2008. The performance goals were determined based on SiRFs cumulative revenue growth and cumulative operating income margin over years 2007 and 2008. The number of shares that could have
been earned by Messrs. Ribar and Shingal ranged from zero to a maximum of 39,000 and 48,000 shares, respectively, with the target being 13,000 and 16,000 shares, respectively, depending on the extent to which the performance goals were met. In
granting these performance awards, the Compensation Committee set performance goals that would require significant effort to attain. SiRFs cumulative revenue growth and cumulative operating income margin over years 2007 and 2008 did not meet
the performance goals set by the Compensation Committee. As such, no shares were issued under these agreements. In addition, on April 3, 2008, Mr. Ribar submitted his resignation effective May 8, 2008.
SiRF did not enter into any performance share award agreements in 2008.
In addition, SiRFs employees generally are able to participate in its 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Under SiRFs 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, each employee may contribute up to 15% of their
annual salary to purchase a maximum of 1,000 shares of SiRF common stock in a six month period at a discount of 15% to the market price over a two year offering period. The number of shares that may be purchased by each participant is also limited
by applicable tax laws.
Non-Equity Incentive Bonuses
SiRF believes that a portion of the executives compensation should be contingent upon SiRFs performance and an individuals contribution
to SiRFs success in meeting corporate and financial objectives. In 2006 and 2007, all SiRFs employees participated in SiRFs Employee Profit Sharing Plan and certain members of SiRFs senior management also participated in
SiRFs Executive Performance Compensation Plan (EPCP). Bonuses earned in 2006 and 2007 appear in the Summary Compensation Table under the Non-Equity Plan Compensation column. In 2008, based on SiRFs performance, the Compensation Committee
terminated the Employee Profit Sharing Plan and did not implement the EPCP.
The pool
available for bonuses to all employees pursuant to SiRFs Employee Profit Sharing Plan was based on SiRFs achievement of a certain net operating profit as a percentage of total revenue as set by the Compensation Committee at the beginning
of each year. These targets were set at levels that would require a significant amount of effort to attain. A bonus percentage applicable to all employees was determined by dividing the amount allocated to the bonus pool by the aggregate amount of
all salaries paid to employees during the applicable fiscal year. Individual bonus amounts, including those paid to
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SiRFs executive officers, were determined by applying the bonus percentage to each employees eligible earnings. In 2006 and 2007, the bonus pool
was $3.7 million and $4.4 million, respectively, and the bonus percentage applicable to all employees, including SiRFs executive officers, was 10.8% and 9.5%, respectively. Bonuses were paid in February of the following year and appear in the
2008 Summary Compensation Table under Non-Equity Plan Compensation Column.
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Executive Performance Compensation Plan
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The EPCP consisted of two components, a bonus plan and an accelerator plan. The pool available for bonuses to certain executives, including SiRFs Chief Executive Officer and certain other key executives as determined by SiRFs
Chief Executive Officer and the Compensation Committee, pursuant to the EPCP was based on SiRFs achievement of certain net operating profits as a percentage of total revenue as set by the Compensation Committee at the beginning of each year.
These targets were set at levels that would require a significant amount of effort to attain. In 2006 and 2007, the maximum aggregate bonus pool for such executives under the EPCP was approximately 0.50% of total revenue, 0.25% under the bonus plan
and 0.25% under the accelerator plan. A bonus percentage applicable to each executive was based on a sliding scale of the target percentage achieved by SiRF. Individual bonus amounts were determined by applying the bonus percentage to each
executives base salary and commission, if any, less any bonus amounts paid under SiRFs Employee Profit Sharing Plan. The bonus percentage for Messrs. Canning, Ribar and Shingal was 30.5%, 22.7% and 22.7%, respectively, for the 2006
fiscal year. Bonuses paid in 2006 under the EPCP appear in the 2008 Summary Compensation Table under Non-Equity Plan Compensation column. In 2007, SiRF did not achieve the performance targets and as such there were no bonuses paid under the EPCP.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation
At the beginning of each year, the Compensation Committee meets without the Chief Executive Officer to evaluate his performance and uses the same procedures described above in setting his annual compensation package.
Pursuant to the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, Mr. Canning, SiRFs former President and Chief Executive Officer, received an annual base salary in the amount of $400,000 in 2008. In reaching its decision regarding
Mr. Cannings compensation, the Compensation Committee considered many factors and focused on (1) SiRFs accomplishments and achievements under Mr. Cannings leadership, including the strength of its financial
performance during 2007, (2) a review of compensation paid to presidents and chief executive officers of comparable companies, taking into account relative company size, performance, geographic location and responsibilities, and
(3) Mr. Cannings expected contributions to SiRF in the future.
In addition, SiRF had entered into a performance share
award agreement with Mr. Canning pursuant to SiRFs 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. This award provided Mr. Canning with the opportunity to earn shares of SiRF common stock, the number to have been determined pursuant to, and subject to,
the attainment of performance goals and his continued employment with SiRF through December 27, 2008. The performance goals are determined based on SiRFs cumulative revenue growth and cumulative operating income margin over years 2007 and
2008. The number of shares that could have been earned by Mr. Canning ranged from zero to a maximum of 150,000 shares, with the target being 50,000 shares, depending on the extent to which the performance goals were met. In granting this
performance award, the Compensation Committee set performance goals that would require significant effort to attain. SiRFs cumulative revenue growth and cumulative operating income margin over years 2007 and 2008 did not meet the performance
goals set by the Compensation Committee. As such, no shares were issued under this agreement. In addition, on April 17, 2008, Mr. Canning submitted his resignation effective as of that date.
Following Mr. Cannings resignation, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Banatao as Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive
Officer. At Mr. Banataos request, he did not receive any compensation for his service as Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer in 2008. In 2009, the Compensation Committee evaluated Mr. Banataos performance in
2008 and used the same procedures described above in setting his annual compensation. Effective January 1, 2009, Mr. Banatao receives a base salary of $30,000 per month. In reaching its decision, the Compensation Committee considered many
factors, including (1) Mr. Banataos leadership through 2008, (2) his expected contributions to SiRF in 2009 and (3) the fact that Mr. Banataos compensation as an outsides director had ceased since accepting the
Interim CEO position. This compensatory arrangement does not include any equity awards.
Tax Deductibility Considerations
SiRF generally intends to qualify executive compensation for deductibility without limitation under section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Section 162(m) provides that, for purposes of the regular income tax and the alternative minimum tax, the otherwise allowable deduction for compensation paid or accrued with respect to a covered employee of a
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publicly-held corporation (other than certain exempt performance-based compensation) is limited to no more than $1 million per year. The non-exempt
compensation paid to its executive officers in 2008, as calculated for purposes of section 162(m), did not exceed the $1 million limit. SiRF does not expect that the non-exempt compensation to be paid to any of its executive officers for 2009, as
calculated for purposes of section 162(m), will exceed the $1 million limit.
Employment, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements
SiRF does not have formal employment agreements with any of its executive officers. SiRF has standard offer letters with each of its named executive
officers that set forth each officers salary and bonus, which do no provide for severance or change in control arrangements. However, certain of the equity awards granted to SiRFs named executive officers provide for acceleration of
vesting upon a change in control. The change in control arrangements that previously existed or currently exist for named executive officers are described below.
SiRFs Interim Chief Executive Officer received stock options for his service as an independent board member. These options will become fully vested upon a change in control of SiRF. If on December 27, 2008,
SiRF had undergone a change in control, the value attributed to Mr. Banatao for acceleration of these options would have been $0, as the exercise price of $13.60 for these options was more than the closing price of SiRFs common stock on
December 27, 2008.
The stock options granted to Mr. Canning on August 6, 2003 would have immediately vested as to 50% of
the then outstanding unvested shares in the event of a change in control of SiRF and his termination without cause in connection with the change in control. Assuming Mr. Canning had remained employed by SiRF, if on December 27, 2008, it
had undergone a change of control and Mr. Canning had been terminated without cause, the value attributed to Mr. Canning for the acceleration of these options would have been $0.00, as the options were fully vested on June 16, 2007.
In addition, pursuant to a performance share award agreement SiRF entered into with Mr. Canning in 2007, in the event of a change in
control during the performance period, Mr. Canning would have been issued the number of shares of SiRF common stock equal to the number of target shares multiplied by the number of full or partial months of the performance period that had
lapsed, divided by 24. Given the time horizon of the award, the Compensation Committee wanted to compensate the executive in the event a change in control occurred during the performance period. These shares would have been delivered no later than
two and one-half months after the calendar year in which the change in control occurred. Assuming Mr. Canning had remained employed by SiRF, if on December 27, 2008, SiRF had undergone a change of control, Mr. Canning would have
received 25,000 shares under this agreement. As previously noted, this agreement was terminated on April 17, 2008, Mr. Cannings resignation date.
Pursuant to Mr. Ribars stock option agreement, in the event he was terminated without cause within one year of a change of control, the next six months of unvested shares as of that date would have
automatically vested. This stock option was granted as part of Mr. Ribars compensation package at the time of hire. Assuming Mr. Ribar had remained employed by SiRF, if on December 27, 2008, SiRF had under gone a change of
control and Mr. Ribar had been terminated without cause, the value attributed to Mr. Ribar for the acceleration of these options would have been $0, as the exercise price of $30.10 for these options was more than the closing price of
SiRFs common stock on December 27, 2008. As a result of Mr. Ribars resignation, this option agreement terminated upon the expiration of his post-termination exercise period.
Pursuant to the performance share award agreements SiRF entered into in 2007 with Messrs. Ribar and Shingal, in the event of a change in control during
the performance period, each would have been issued the number of shares of SiRF common stock equal to the number of target shares multiplied by the number of full or partial months of the performance period that had lapsed, divided by 24. Given the
time horizon of the award, the Compensation Committee wanted to compensate the executive in the event a change in control occurred during the performance period. These shares would have been delivered no later than two and one-half months after the
calendar year in which the change in control occurred. Assuming the executive officer had remained employed by SiRF, if on December 27, 2008, SiRF had undergone a change of control, Messrs. Ribar and Shingal would have received 6,500 and 8,000
shares, respectively, under the performance share award agreements. As previously noted, Mr. Ribars agreement terminated on May 8, 2008, his effective resignation date.
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2008 Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth compensation for services rendered in all capacities to SiRF for the year ended December 27, 2008 for SiRFs Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer, SiRFs
former Chief Executive Officer, SiRFs Chief Financial Officer, SiRFs former Chief Financial Officer, SiRFs former Corporate Controller and Principal Financial Officer, and the three other most highly compensated executive officers
as of December 27, 2008 whose total compensation for fiscal 2008 exceeded $100,000, whom SiRF refers to in this Amended Report as the named executive officers.
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Name & Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)(1)
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Option
Awards
($)(1)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
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All Other
Compensation
($)
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Total
($)
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Diosdado P. Banatao(2)
Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
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2008
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$
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$
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$
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$
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120,395
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(3)
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$
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$
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9,750
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(4)
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$
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130,145
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Michael L. Canning(5)
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
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2008
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$
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119,697
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$
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$
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$
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(42,647
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)
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$
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$
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37,367
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(6)
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$
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114,417
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2007
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$
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400,000
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$
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$
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$
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428,227
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$
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38,000
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$
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6,858
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$
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873,085
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2006
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$
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375,000
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$
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$
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94,192
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$
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244,326
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$
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155,026
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$
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6,858
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$
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875,402
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Dennis Bencala(7)
Chief Financial Officer
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2008
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$
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179,627
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$
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$
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82,263
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$
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47,504
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$
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$
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853
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$
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310,247
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Geoffrey Ribar(8)
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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2008
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$
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91,303
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$
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$
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(296,902
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)
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$
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181,916
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$
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$
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2,039
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(9)
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$
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(21,644
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)
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2007
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$
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259,916
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$
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$
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207,494
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$
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738,524
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$
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24,692
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$
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810
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$
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1,231,436
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2006
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$
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235,764
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$
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$
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201,602
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$
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597,773
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$
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79,076
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$
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776
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$
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1,114,991
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Philip Lau(10)
Former Corporate Controller and Principal Financial Officer
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2008
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$
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114,841
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$
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$
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73,656
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$
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180,578
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$
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$
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14,092
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(9)
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$
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383,167
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Rob Baxter(11)
Former Senior Vice President
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2008
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$
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300,000
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$
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75,000
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(12)
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$
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348,379
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$
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3,434,619
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(13)
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$
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$
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1,242
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$
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4,159,240
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John Quigley
Senior Vice President, Engineering
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2008
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$
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297,083
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$
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75,000
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(14)
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$
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271,415
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$
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232,147
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$
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$
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1,280
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$
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876,925
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Atul P. Shingal
Vice President, Operations
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2008
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$
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263,500
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$
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$
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191,665
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$
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100,876
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$
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$
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810
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$
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556,851
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2007
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$
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257,000
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$
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$
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138,577
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$
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79,526
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$
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24,415
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$
|
810
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$
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500,328
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2006
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$
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244,250
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$
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|
|
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$
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100,534
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$
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73,037
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|
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$
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81,922
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$
|
779
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|
|
$
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500,522
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(1)
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These amounts reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008, in accordance with SFAS 123(R). See
Note 17 to the Notes of Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 in the Original Report for the assumptions made in determining SFAS 123(R) values. For information regarding the number of stock options and awards held by each executive
officer as of December 27, 2008, see the 2008 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table on page 9. These amounts reflect SiRFs accounting expense for these awards, and do not correspond to the actual value that may be
recognized by the named executive officers. Further, the accounting expenses for these awards may be a negative amount to the extent SiRF reversed an accounting expense for an award due to cancellation or forfeiture of shares underlying these
awards.
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(2)
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In April 2008, Mr. Banatao was appointed SiRFs Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this appointment Mr. Banatao was a director and
Chairman of the Board. Effective January 1, 2009, Mr. Banatao receives an annual base salary of $360,000.
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(3)
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The stock option grants associated with this calculation were granted to Mr. Banatao for his service as an independent contractor.
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(4)
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Mr. Banatao received this compensation as an independent director for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. Following Mr. Banataos appointment as Executive Chairman
and Interim Chief Executive Officer in April 2008, he was inadvertently paid the compensation he would have received as independent director for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008. Mr. Banatao subsequently returned this inadvertent payment
to SiRF.
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(5)
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On April 17, 2008, Mr. Canning resigned as SiRFs President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Cannings annual base salary for 2008
was $400,000.
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(6)
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Amounts include the payment of $35,367 in accrued, unused, paid time off and $2,000 for group term life insurance premiums.
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(7)
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In August 2008, Mr. Bencala was appointed SiRFs acting Chief Financial Officer and, in September 2008, Mr. Bencala was appointed SiRFs Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Bencalas annual base salary for 2008 was $220,000.
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(8)
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On April 3, 2008, Mr. Ribar submitted his resignation, effective May 8, 2008. Mr. Ribars annual base salary for 2008 was $262,000.
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(9)
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Amounts include the payment of accrued, unused, paid time off and payments for group term life insurance premiums.
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(10)
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On July 31, 2008, Mr. Lau submitted his resignation, effective August 8, 2008. Mr. Laus annual base salary for 2008 was $191,000
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(11)
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On February 27, 2009, Mr. Baxter submitted his resignation, effective immediately.
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(12)
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Amount represents a retention bonus paid in connection with SiRFs acquisition of Centrality Communications, Inc., which was subject to Mr. Baxter remaining an employee of
SiRF through August 7, 2008.
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(13)
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This amount reflects SiRFs accounting expense under SFAS 123(R) with respect to options assumed by SiRF in connection with its acquisition of Centrality Communications, Inc.
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(14)
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Amount represents a one-time merit bonus.
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2008 Grant of Plan-Based
Awards Table
The following table sets forth information on incentive plan awards in fiscal year 2008 to the named executive officers.
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Name
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Grant Date
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All Stock
Awards;
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
Units
(#)
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All Option
Awards;
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options (#)
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Exercise or
Base Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
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|
Grant Date
Fair Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)(1)
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Dennis Bencala
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9/15/08
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50,000
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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$
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94,000
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4/29/08
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6,000
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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$
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33,720
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9/15/08
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50,000
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$
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1.08
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$
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53,835
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Philip Lau
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4/29/08
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23,100
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(2)
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|
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|
|
|
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$
|
129,822
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Rob Baxter
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4/29/08
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50,000
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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$
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281,000
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4/29/08
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|
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50,000
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$
|
3.12
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$
|
155,870
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John Quigley
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4/29/08
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70,000
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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$
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393,400
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4/29/08
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|
|
|
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70,000
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$
|
3.12
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$
|
218,218
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Atul P. Shingal
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4/29/08
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55,000
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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$
|
309,100
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|
|
4/29/08
|
|
|
|
|
55,000
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$
|
3.12
|
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$
|
171,457
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(1)
|
The value of the stock and option awards is based on the fair value as of the grant date of the award calculated in accordance with SFAS 123(R), and do not correspond to the actual
value that may be recognized by the named executive officer.
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(2)
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This stock award vests at to 9,400 shares on the first anniversary of the grant date, with remaining 13,700 shares vesting on the second anniversary of the grant date.
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Narrative to Summary Compensation Table and Grant of Plan-Based Awards Table
See the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for complete description of compensation plans pursuant to which the amounts listed under the 2008
Summary Compensation Table and 2008 Grant of Plan-Based Awards Table were paid or awarded and the criteria for such payment, including targets for payment of annual incentives, as well as performance criteria on which such payments were based. The
Compensation Discussion and Analysis also describes the options and restricted stock grants and performance awards.
Except as otherwise
noted, all stock options and restricted stock units vest as to 50% of the equity award on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant date.
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2008 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table
The following sets forth information regarding outstanding equity-based awards, including the potential dollar amounts realizable with respect to each
award, and the option exercise prices and expiration dates for each award.
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|
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|
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Option Awards
|
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Stock Awards
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Name
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
|
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
|
|
|
Option
Exercise Price
($)
|
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|
Number of
Shares or Units
of Stock that
have not Vested
(#)
|
|
|
Market Value of
Shares or Units
of Stock that
have not Vested
($)(1)
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Diosdado P. Banatao
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15,625
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(2)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13.07
|
|
7/20/2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,531
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(3)
|
|
2,032
|
|
|
$
|
13.60
|
|
5/18/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,000
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(2)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
36.22
|
|
5/04/2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,000
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(2)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
24.35
|
|
5/03/2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dennis Bencala
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|
14,000
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(2)
|
|
|
|
|
$
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2.00
|
|
4/10/2010
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|
59,960
|
|
|
$
|
79,747
|
|
|
8,000
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(2)
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|
|
|
|
$
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4.00
|
|
11/06/2011
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4,625
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(2)
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$
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4.00
|
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10/30/2012
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|
|
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13,135
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(2)
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|
|
|
|
$
|
12.51
|
|
12/14/2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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6,600
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(4)
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2,000
|
|
|
$
|
33.98
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|
5/01/2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
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(5)
|
|
$
|
1.88
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|
9/15/2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Rob Baxter
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6,000
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(6)
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54,000
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|
|
$
|
18.83
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8/06/2013
|
|
104,000
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(9)
|
|
$
|
138,320
|
|
|
161,779
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(7)
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|
|
|
|
$
|
0.71
|
|
2/02/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85,633
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(3)
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|
68,862
|
|
|
$
|
2.48
|
|
1/19/2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,798
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(3)
|
|
10,806
|
|
|
$
|
3.46
|
|
5/21/2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
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(5)
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|
$
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5.62
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|
4/29/2018
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|
|
|
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|
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John Quigley
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22,000
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(3)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
23.79
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|
1/29/2014
|
|
93,000
|
|
|
$
|
123,690
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
(8)
|
|
$
|
25.16
|
|
4/24/2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70,000
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(5)
|
|
$
|
5.62
|
|
4/29/2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Atul P. Shingal
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|
105,000
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(2)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4.00
|
|
07/29/2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,000
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(2)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
12.51
|
|
12/14/2014
|
|
16,000
|
|
|
$
|
402,080
|
|
|
6,666
|
(3)
|
|
9,334
|
|
|
$
|
25.16
|
|
04/24/2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,000
|
(5)
|
|
$
|
5.62
|
|
04/24/2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Market value is equal to the closing price of SiRFs common stock on 12/26/08 ($1.33) multiplied by the number of shares.
|
(2)
|
Stock Option is fully vested.
|
(3)
|
Stock Option vests as to 25% on first anniversary of the grant date and monthly thereafter on a pro rata basis for 36 months.
|
(4)
|
Stock Option vested as to 2,500 shares on 5/1/2007 and 4,000 shares on 5/1/2008. The remaining 2,000 will vest on 5/1/2009.
|
(5)
|
Stock Option vests as to 50% on first anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date.
|
(6)
|
Stock Option vests as to 10% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 20% on the second anniversary, 30% on the third anniversary, and 40% on the fourth anniversary.
|
(7)
|
Stock Option assumed by SiRF in connection with its acquisition of Centrality Communications, Inc. and is fully vested.
|
(8)
|
Stock Option vests as to 2,000 shares on 4/24/2009 and 3,000 shares on 4/24/2010.
|
(9)
|
These shares were subsequently cancelled upon Mr. Baxters resignation, effective February 27, 2009.
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32
2008 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table
The following table sets forth the dollar amounts realized pursuant to the vesting or exercise of equity-based awards during fiscal year 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Awards
|
|
Stock Awards
|
Name
|
|
Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise
(#)
|
|
Value
Realized On
Exercise
($)(1)
|
|
Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting (#)
|
|
Value
Realized on
Vesting
($)(2)
|
Michael L. Canning
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|
1,007,000
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|
$
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3,016,079
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dennis Bencala
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,200
|
|
$
|
13,582
|
Geoffrey Ribar
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
$
|
73,260
|
Philip Lau
|
|
18,114
|
|
$
|
186,134
|
|
1,400
|
|
$
|
4,592
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Rob Baxter
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
$
|
19,680
|
John Quigley
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
$
|
96,300
|
(1)
|
Amounts reflect the difference between the exercise price of the option and the market price at the time of exercise.
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(2)
|
Amount reflects the aggregate market value of the vested shares on the vesting date.
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Pension Benefits
None of SiRFs named executives participate in or have account balances in
qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plans sponsored by SiRF. The Compensation Committee, which is comprised solely of outside directors as defined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, may elect to
adopt qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plans if the Compensation Committee determines that doing so is in SiRFs best interests.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
None of SiRFs named executives participate in or have account balances in
non-qualified defined contribution plans or other deferred compensation plans maintained by SiRF. The Compensation Committee, which is comprised solely of outside directors as defined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code, may elect to provide SiRFs officers and other employees with non-qualified defined contribution or deferred compensation benefits if the Compensation Committee determines that doing so is in SiRFs best interests.
Compensation Committee Report
The
following report of the Compensation Committee does not constitute soliciting material, and shall not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing by SiRF under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with SiRFs management.
Based on this review and these discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors of SiRF that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Amended Report and SiRFs proxy statement for the 2009 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.
Respectfully submitted on April 16, 2009, by the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board:
Stephen Sherman
Moiz Beguwala
Mohanbir Gyani
Sam Srinivasan
2008 Director Compensation
Directors
who are employees receive no additional compensation for service on SiRFs Board of Directors. The following tables set forth the compensation amounts paid to each non-employee director for their service for the year ended December 27,
2008:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name
|
|
Fees Earned or
Paid in
Cash($)
|
|
Stock
Awards
($)(1)(2)
|
|
Option Awards
($)(1)(2)
|
|
Total($)
|
Moiz M. Beguwala
|
|
$
|
56,625
|
|
$
|
57,801
|
|
$
|
112,368
|
|
$
|
226,794
|
Mohanbir Gyani
|
|
$
|
63,625
|
|
$
|
57,801
|
|
$
|
170,427
|
|
$
|
291,853
|
Stephen C. Sherman
|
|
$
|
85,750
|
|
$
|
74,802
|
|
$
|
112,968
|
|
$
|
273,520
|
James M. Smaha
|
|
$
|
81,000
|
|
$
|
68,002
|
|
$
|
103,756
|
|
$
|
252,758
|
Sam S. Srinivasan
|
|
$
|
93,250
|
|
$
|
81,602
|
|
$
|
113,977
|
|
$
|
288,829
|
(1)
|
These amounts reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008, in accordance with SFAS 123(R).
See Note 17 to the Notes of Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 in the Original Report for the assumptions made in determining SFAS 123(R) values. For information regarding the number of stock awards and stock options held by each
non-employee director as of December 27, 2008, see the column Stock Awards (#) and Option Awards (#), respectively, in the table below. These amounts reflect SiRFs accounting expense for these awards, and do not
correspond to the actual value that may be recognized by the non-employee directors. In 2008, each of Messrs. Beguwala, Gyani, Sherman, Smaha and Srinivasan received a stock award for 23,817, 23,817, 30,822, 28,020 and 33,624 shares, respectively,
with a grant date fair value of $128,135, $128,135, $165,822, $150,748 and $180,897, respectively.
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(2)
|
The table below sets forth the aggregate number of equity awards held by SiRFs non-employee directors as of December 27, 2008.
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|
|
|
|
|
Name
|
|
Stock Awards
(#)
|
|
Option Awards
(#)
|
Moiz M. Beguwala
|
|
23,817
|
|
75,000
|
Mohanbir Gyani
|
|
23,817
|
|
86,000
|
Stephen C. Sherman
|
|
30,822
|
|
107,000
|
James M. Smaha
|
|
28,020
|
|
84,000
|
Sam S. Srinivasan
|
|
33,624
|
|
103,500
|
Narrative to Director Compensation Table
SiRF reimburses its directors for reasonable expenses in connection with attendance at board and committee meetings. SiRFs non-employee, or outside,
directors receive annual compensation of $18,000 and compensation of $1,500 for each board meeting attended in person and $750 for each board meeting attended via telephone, video or other non-in-person attendance. In addition, the chairperson of
each of SiRFs Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receive annual compensation of $15,000, $9,000 and $7,000, respectively. Each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, other than the committee chairpersons, receives annual compensation of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,500, respectively. Each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee receives $1,000 for each committee meeting attended in person and $500 for each committee meeting attended by telephone, video or other non-in-person attendance. In addition, any director who is invited by the Chairman of a
committee to attend a committee meeting of which he is not a formal member is entitled to a meeting fee and the above meeting fees are paid to members of any ad hoc committee created by the Board.
Directors also are eligible to receive and have received stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs) under SiRFs 2004 Stock
Incentive Plan. Directors whose service on the Board of Directors began prior to 2004 were also eligible to receive and have received stock options under SiRFs 1995 Stock Plan. The exercise price of stock options to directors is based on the
fair market value of the underlying common stock which, under SiRFs 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, is equal to the last reported sale price quoted by The NASDAQ Stock Market on the date of grant. Under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, outside
directors receive nondiscretionary, automatic grants of nonstatutory stock options and RSUs. An outside director is automatically granted an initial option to purchase 50,000 shares upon first becoming a member of the Board of Directors. The initial
option vests and becomes exercisable over four years, with the first 25% of the shares subject to the initial option vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant and the remainder vesting monthly thereafter, subject to vesting in full upon
a change in control of SiRF, if earlier. Prior to 2008, immediately after each of SiRFs regularly scheduled annual meetings of stockholders, each outside director was automatically granted a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 18,000 shares
of SiRFs common stock, provided the director had served on the board for at least six months. These options vested in full on the first anniversary of the grant date.
Based upon the recommendations of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board suspended the automatic
grant of a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 18,000 shares of SiRF common stock that would have been granted to SiRFs outside directors following the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In addition, the Board approved amendments to
SiRFs 2004 Stock Incentive Plan to provide for the granting of automatic, nondiscretionary RSUs to SiRFs outside directors on each regular annual meeting of stockholders commencing with the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, provided
the director has served on the board for at least six months. The total number of shares to be granted under the RSUs in connection with an annual meeting will be determined by dividing (A) the product of (X) the number directors then
serving on the Board multiplied by (Y) an amount equal to $200,000 less the average cash compensation for the prior calendar year by (B) the fair market value of SiRF common stock on the date of grant. The
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average cash compensation for the prior calendar year is determined by dividing (A) the total cash compensation earned by the outside directors in the
prior calendar year by (B) the number of outside directors for such calendar year. For purposes of this calculation, only outside directors who served for the entire calendar year will be included in determining the average cash compensation
for the prior calendar year. The number of shares awarded under each RSU will be allocated as follows: 85% to be allocated equally among the outside directors and an additional 7%, 5% and 3% will be allocated to the Chairpersons of the Audit
Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, respectively. These RSUs will vest in full on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date and (ii) a change in control of SiRF. For
purposes of the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Board approved a grant of RSUs according to the foregoing formula on June 24, 2008, such RSUs to vest on the earliest of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date, (ii) the
2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and (iii) a change in control of SiRF. In 2008, Messrs. Beguwala, Gyani, Sherman, Smaha and Srinivasan received RSUs for 23,817, 23,817, 30,822, 28,020 and 33,624 shares, respectively.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
During 2008, Messrs. Beguwala, Gyani, Sherman and Srinivasan served as members of SiRFs Compensation Committee. No interlocking relationship exists between SiRFs Board of Directors or Compensation Committee and the board of
directors or compensation committee of any other entity, nor has any interlocking relationship existed in the past.
Item 13.
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
|
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
During the year ended December 27, 2008, there were no
transactions between SiRF and its directors, executive officers and any holder of five percent or more of SiRF common stock that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
Policies and Procedures for Approving Related Party Transactions
All material transactions relating to related party transactions must be approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of SiRF, which is
composed of disinterested members of the Board of Directors.
Director Independence
SiRFs Board of Directors has determined that, except for Messrs. Diosdado P. Banatao and Kanwar Chadha, each individual who currently serves as a
member of the Board is, and each individual who served as a member of the Board in 2008 was, an independent director, as that term is defined by applicable listing standards of The NASDAQ Stock Market and SEC rules. Messrs. Banatao and
Chadha are not independent because they are employed by SiRF.
Item 14.
|
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
|
Ernst & Young LLP has audited SiRFs consolidated financial statements since 2001. Aggregate fees for professional services rendered to SiRF by Ernst & Young LLP for the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and
December 31, 2007, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services Provided
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
Audit
|
|
$
|
1,583,868
|
|
$
|
1,743,128
|
Audit-Related
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Other
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
|
6,235
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,589,868
|
|
$
|
1,749,363
|
The
Audit
fees for the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and December 31, 2007
were for the audit of SiRFs consolidated financial statements, issuance of consents and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC.
There were no
Audit-Related
fees incurred for the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
There were no
Tax
fees for the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
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All Other
fees incurred for the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and December 31,
2007 were for an annual on-line subscription fee to Ernst & Young accounting literature.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The Audit Committee has implemented pre-approval policies and procedures related to the provision of audit and non-audit services.
Under these procedures, the Audit Committee pre-approves both the type of services to be provided by Ernst & Young LLP and the estimated fees related to these services. The Audit Committee pre-approved all of the services in 2008 and
2007.
During the approval process, the Audit Committee considers the impact of the types of services and the related fees on the
independence of the auditor. The services and fees must be deemed compatible with the maintenance of the auditors independence, including compliance with SEC rules and regulations.
Throughout the year, the Audit Committee will review any revisions to the estimates of audit and non-audit fees initially approved.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Date: April 24, 2009
|
|
|
SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.
|
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Diosdado P. Banatao
|
|
|
Diosdado P. Banatao
|
|
|
Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
|
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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|
|
|
|
Name
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
/s/ D
IOSDADO
P. B
ANATAO
Diosdado P. Banatao
|
|
Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Executive Chairman of the Board
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ D
ENNIS
B
ENCALA
Dennis Bencala
|
|
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ K
ANWAR
C
HADHA
*
Kanwar Chadha
|
|
Director
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ M
OIZ
M. B
EGUWALA
*
Moiz M. Beguwala
|
|
Director
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ M
OHANBIR
G
YANI
*
Mohanbir Gyani
|
|
Director
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ S
TEPHEN
C. S
HERMAN
*
Stephen C. Sherman
|
|
Director
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ J
AMES
M. S
MAHA
*
James M. Smaha
|
|
Director
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
/s/ S
AM
S. S
RINIVASAN
*
Sam S. Srinivasan
|
|
Director
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
*/s/ A
DAM
D
OLINKO
Adam Dolinko
|
|
Attorney-in-fact
|
|
April 24, 2009
|
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EXHIBIT INDEX
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Exhibit Description
|
|
Incorporated by Reference
|
|
Filed/
Furnished
Herewith
|
|
|
Form
|
|
Filing Date
|
|
Number
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.3
|
|
Certification of Diosdado P. Banatao pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d) 14(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.4
|
|
Certification of Dennis Bencala pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d) 14(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X
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