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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-Q
 
 
     
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the quarterly period ended April 2, 2006
OR
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the transition period from           to          .
 
Commission File Number: 001-15181
 
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
     
Delaware
  04-3363001
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
82 Running Hill Road
South Portland, Maine 04106
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(207) 775-8100
 
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 þ     No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Large Accelerated filer þ     Accelerated filer o     Non-accelerated filer o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o     No þ
 
The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the close of business on April 2, 2006:
 
     
Title of Each Class
 
Number of Shares
 
Common Stock
  121,598,139
 


 

 
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INDEX
 
                 
        Page
 
  Financial Statements (Unaudited)    
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   27
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk   36
  Controls and Procedures   36
  Legal Proceedings   37
  Business Risks   38
  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   48
  Exhibits   49
  50
 EX-10.01 Employment Agreement - Mark S. Frey
 EX-10.02 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement - Mark S. Frey
 EX-10.03 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement - Mark S. Thompson
 EX-10.04 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
 EX-31.01 Section 302 Certification of CEO
 EX-31.02 Section 302 Certification of CFO
 EX-32.01 Section 906 Certification of CEO
 EX-32.02 Section 906 Certification of CFO


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Financial Statements
 
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
                 
    April 2,
    December 25,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)
 
    (Unaudited)  
 
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 335.6     $ 330.7  
Short-term marketable securities
    186.3       182.5  
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $38.1 and $37.8 at April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively
    148.5       128.6  
Inventories
    213.6       200.5  
Deferred income taxes, net of allowances of $36.2 and $35.8 at April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively
    4.9       3.3  
Other current assets
    33.3       28.9  
                 
Total current assets
    922.2       874.5  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    630.1       635.0  
Deferred income taxes, net of allowances of $178.7 and $178.3 at April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively
    1.0        
Intangible assets, net
    120.2       126.1  
Goodwill
    229.9       229.9  
Long-term marketable securities
    13.7       32.7  
Other assets
    29.9       30.1  
                 
Total assets
  $ 1,947.0     $ 1,928.3  
                 
 
LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 3.4     $ 5.6  
Accounts payable
    103.3       95.2  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    105.4       128.9  
                 
Total current liabilities
    212.1       229.7  
Long-term debt, less current portion
    641.0       641.0  
Deferred income taxes
    31.4       33.5  
Other liabilities
    16.3       15.6  
                 
Total liabilities
    900.8       919.8  
Commitments and contingencies
               
Temporary equity — deferred stock units
    2.2        
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock
    1.2       1.2  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,284.2       1,274.1  
Accumulated deficit
    (239.3 )     (265.9 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    2.9       3.9  
Less treasury stock (at cost)
    (5.0 )     (4.8 )
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,044.0       1,008.5  
                 
Total liabilities, temporary equity and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,947.0     $ 1,928.3  
                 
 
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions, except per share data)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
Total revenue
  $ 409.5     $ 362.8  
Cost of sales
    287.0       279.0  
                 
Gross profit
    122.5       83.8  
                 
Operating expenses:
               
Research and development
    26.2       19.0  
Selling, general and administrative
    60.0       47.4  
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
    5.9       6.1  
Restructuring and impairments
          4.1  
Gain on sale of product line, net
    (3.2 )      
                 
Total operating expenses
    88.9       76.6  
                 
Operating income
    33.6       7.2  
Interest expense
    11.3       13.3  
Interest income
    (5.4 )     (3.2 )
Other expense
          23.9  
                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    27.7       (26.8 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    1.1       (16.4 )
                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 26.6     $ (10.4 )
                 
Net income (loss) per common share:
               
Basic
  $ 0.22     $ (0.09 )
                 
Diluted
  $ 0.21     $ (0.09 )
                 
Weighted average common shares:
               
Basic
    121.4       119.6  
                 
Diluted
    123.9       119.6  
                 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)
 
    (Unaudited)  
 
Net income (loss)
  $  26.6     $ (10.4 )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
               
Net change associated with hedging transactions
    0.3       1.2  
Net amount reclassified to earnings for hedging
    (0.5 )     0.4  
Net change associated with unrealized holding gain (loss) on marketable securities and investments
    (0.8 )     (0.7 )
Net amount reclassified to earnings for marketable securities
          0.1  
                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 25.6     $ (9.4 )
                 
 
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)
 
    (Unaudited)  
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 26.6     $ (10.4 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    28.3       43.7  
Amortization of deferred compensation
          0.8  
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense
    5.3        
Loss on disposal of property, plant, and equipment
    0.5       0.1  
Non-cash vesting of equity awards
          3.8  
Non-cash financing expense
    0.6       0.8  
Deferred income taxes, net
    0.8       (13.1 )
Non-cash write off of deferred financing fees
          5.4  
Gain on sale of product line
    (3.2 )      
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable, net
    (19.9 )     (8.7 )
Inventories
    (12.3 )     (3.0 )
Other current assets
    (4.9 )     11.0  
Current liabilities
    (18.8 )     (64.1 )
Other assets and liabilities, net
          0.7  
                 
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    3.0       (33.0 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchase of marketable securities
    (61.9 )     (192.9 )
Sale of marketable securities
    67.8       484.8  
Maturity of marketable securities
    9.1        
Capital expenditures
    (23.0 )     (29.5 )
Purchase of molds and tooling
    (0.5 )     (0.3 )
Net proceeds from sale of product line
    6.6        
                 
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    (1.9 )     262.1  
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Repayment of long-term debt
    (2.2 )     (350.8 )
Issuance of long-term debt
          154.5  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and from exercise of stock options, net
    8.0       3.4  
Purchase of treasury stock
    (2.0 )     (2.0 )
Debt issuance costs
          (1.0 )
                 
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    3.8       (195.9 )
                 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    4.9       33.2  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    330.7       146.3  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $  335.6     $ 179.5  
                 
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1 — Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (the company) have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, consistent in all material respects with those applied in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 25, 2005. The interim financial information is unaudited, but reflects all normal adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to provide a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. The financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 25, 2005. Certain amounts for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. The company’s results for the quarters ended April 2, 2006 and March 27, 2005 consists of 14 weeks and 13 weeks, respectively.
 
Note 2 — Stock-based Compensation
 
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) supersedes Accounting Principal Board (APB) Opinion 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25), and amends SFAS 95, Statement of Cash Flows. SFAS 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values at the date of grant. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative.
 
Previously, the company accounted for stock-based compensation awards using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25. Under the intrinsic value method, no stock-based compensation expense was recognized when the exercise price of the company’s stock options equaled the fair market value of the underlying stock at the date of grant. Instead, the company disclosed in a footnote the effect on net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share as if the company had applied the fair value based method of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS 123), to record the expense. Under SFAS 123, this included expense for deferred stock units, restricted stock units and performance units.
 
On December 26, 2005 (first day of fiscal 2006), the company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective method. Under this transition method, stock-based compensation cost recognized in the first quarter of 2006 includes: (a) compensation cost for all share-based awards granted prior to but not yet vested as of December 25, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with SFAS 123, and (b) compensation cost for all share-based awards granted subsequent to December 25, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with SFAS 123(R). In accordance with the modified prospective method of adoption, the company’s results of operations and financial position for prior periods have not been restated.
 
The company currently grants equity awards under two equity compensation plans — the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan and the 2000 Executive Stock Option Plan. The company also maintains an employee stock purchase plan. In addition, the company has occasionally granted equity awards outside its equity compensation plans when necessary.
 
Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan.  Under this plan, executives, key employees, non-employee directors and certain consultants may be granted stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock including restricted stock units (RSUs), performance units (PUs), deferred stock units (DSUs), and other stock-based awards. A total of 35,189,731 shares have been authorized for issuance under the plan. Of this number of shares, 3,500,000 may be granted in the form of “full-value awards,” namely awards that are other than stock options and stock appreciation rights, such as restricted stock, DSUs, RSUs and PUs. The maximum term of any option is ten years from the date of grant for incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options. Actual terms for outstanding non-qualified stock options range from six and one half years to ten years and one day. Options granted under the plan are exercisable at the determination of the compensation committee, generally vesting ratably over four years. PUs are contingently


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granted depending on the achievement of certain predetermined performance goals. DSUs, RSUs and PUs entitle executives to receive one share of common stock for each DSU, RSU or PU issued. For RSUs and PUs, the settlement date is the vesting date. For DSUs, the settlement date is selected by the participant at the time of the grant. Grants of PUs generally vest under the plan over a period of three years, and DSUs and RSUs generally vest over a period of three or four years.
 
The 2000 Executive Stock Option Plan.  The 2000 Executive Plan authorizes up to 1,671,669 shares of common stock to be issued upon the exercise of options under the plan. Individuals receiving options under the 2000 Executive Plan may not receive in any one year options to purchase more than 1,500,000 shares of common stock. Options generally vest over four years with a maximum term of ten years.
 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).  The company has maintained the Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan since April 1, 2000. The ESPP has not been approved by stockholders. The ESPP authorizes the issuance of up to 4,000,000 shares of common stock in quarterly offerings to eligible employees at a price that is equal to 85 percent of the lower of the common stock’s market price at the beginning or the end of a quarterly calendar period. A participating employee may withdraw from a quarterly offering any time before the purchase date at the end of the quarter, and obtain a refund of the amounts withheld through the employee’s payroll deductions.
 
Equity Awards Made Outside Stockholder-Approved Plans.  The company has granted equity awards representing a total of 690,000 shares outside its equity compensation plans. In 2006, the company granted 75,000 options, 20,000 RSUs and 20,000 PUs to Mark S. Frey, its Chief Financial Officer, all of which remain outstanding. In 2004, the company granted 200,000 stock options and 50,000 DSUs to Mark S. Thompson, its President and CEO, of which 37,500 DSUs and all options remain outstanding. In 2003, the company granted 325,000 DSUs to Kirk P. Pond, its former Chairman, President and CEO, none of which remain outstanding.
 
On February 18, 2005, the company announced the acceleration of certain unvested and “out-of-the-money” stock options previously awarded to employees and officers that had exercise prices per share of $19.50 or higher. Options to purchase approximately 6 million shares of the company’s common stock became exercisable as a result of the vesting acceleration. Based upon the company’s closing stock price of $16.15 on February 18, 2005, none of these options had economic value on the date of acceleration. In connection with the modification of the terms of these options to accelerate their vesting, approximately $33.1 million, on a pre-tax basis, was included in the pro forma net income (loss) table for 2005, representing the remaining unamortized value of the impacted, unvested options just prior to the acceleration. Because the exercise price of all the modified options was greater than the market price of the company’s underlying common stock on the date of their modification, no compensation expense was recorded in the statement of operations in accordance with APB Opinion 25. The primary purpose for modifying the terms of these options to accelerate their vesting was to eliminate the need to recognize remaining unrecognized non-cash compensation expense as measured under SFAS 123(R) as the future expense associated with these options would have been disproportionately high compared to the economic value of the options as of the date of modification. As a result of the acceleration, we estimate that non-cash stock option expense in accordance with SFAS 123(R), was reduced by approximately $12 million in 2006, $4 million in 2007 and $1 million in 2008 on a pre-tax basis.


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The following table presents a summary of the company’s stock plans and non-plan awards as of April 2, 2006.
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
 
    2006  
                Weighted
       
          Weighted
    Average
       
          Average
    Remaining
    Aggregate
 
          Exercise
    Contractual
    Intrinsic
 
    Shares     Price     Life     Value  
    (000’s)           (In years)     (In millions)  
 
Outstanding at December 25, 2005
    24,014     $ 19.29                  
Granted
    1,747       18.44                  
Exercised
    (593 )     11.94                  
Forfeited
    (161 )     13.94                  
Expired
    (356 )     24.30                  
                                 
Outstanding at April 2, 2006
    24,651     $ 19.38       5.6     $ 59.8  
                                 
Exercisable at end of period
    18,836     $ 20.53       5.2     $ 39.8  
 
The weighted average grant-date fair value for options granted in the first quarter of 2006 and 2005 was $8.34 and $9.43, respectively.
 
The following table presents a summary of the company’s DSUs as of April 2, 2006.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
 
    2006  
          Weighted
 
          Average
 
          Grant-Date
 
    Shares     Fair Value  
 
Nonvested at December 25, 2005
    799,190     $ 14.24  
Granted
    11,458       17.96  
Vested
    (464,334 )     12.59  
Forfeited
    (10,654 )     14.54  
                 
Nonvested at April 2, 2006
    335,660     $ 16.57  
                 
 
The weighted average grant-date fair value for DSUs granted in the first quarter of 2006 and 2005 was $17.96 and $14.47, respectively. The total fair value of DSUs vested in the first quarter of 2006 and 2005 was $8.1 million and zero, respectively.
 
The company’s plan documents governing DSUs contain contingent cash settlement provisions upon a change of control. Accordingly, in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS 123(R) the company now presents previously recorded expense associated with unvested and unsettled DSUs under the balance sheet caption of “Temporary equity-deferred stock units” as required by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Accounting Series Release No. 268 and Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Topic D-98.


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The following table presents a summary of the company’s RSUs as of April 2, 2006.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
 
    2006  
          Weighted
 
          Average
 
          Grant-Date
 
    Shares     Fair Value  
 
Nonvested at December 25, 2005
    34,700     $ 16.41  
Granted
    218,998       18.36  
Vested
           
Forfeited
           
                 
Nonvested at April 2, 2006
    253,698     $ 18.09  
                 
 
The weighted average grant-date fair value for RSUs granted in the first quarter of 2006 was $18.36. There were no RSUs outstanding as of March 27, 2005.
 
The following table presents a summary of the company’s PUs as of April 2, 2006.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
 
    2006  
          Weighted
 
          Average
 
          Grant-Date
 
    Shares     Fair Value  
 
Nonvested at December 25, 2005
        $  
Granted(1)
    826,714       18.51  
Increase (decrease) for performance factors
           
Vested
           
Forfeited
           
                 
Nonvested at April 2, 2006
    826,714     $ 18.51  
                 
 
 
(1) Represents the maximum potential award based on the 2006 fiscal year performance metric.
 
The following table summarizes the total intrinsic value of awards exercised (i.e. the difference between the market price at exercise and the price paid by employees to exercise the award) for the first quarter of 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    Total Intrinsic
    Total Intrinsic
 
    Value of Awards
    Value of Awards
 
    Exercised     Exercised  
    (In millions)  
 
Options
  $ 4.2     $ 1.2  
DSUs
  $ 8.1     $  
RSUs
  $     $  
 
The company’s practice is to issue shares of common stock upon exercise or settlement of options, DSUs, RSUs and PUs from previously unissued shares and to issue shares in connection with the stock purchase plan from treasury shares. The company expects to repurchase approximately 550,000 shares in 2006 to satisfy stock purchase


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plan participation. For the first quarter of 2006, $6.5 million of cash was received from the exercises of stock-based awards.
 
Valuation and Expense Information under SFAS 123(R)
 
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123(R) by financial statement line, for the first quarter of 2006.
 
         
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
 
    2006  
    (In millions)  
 
Cost of Sales
  $ 0.7  
Research and Development
    1.0  
Selling, General and Administrative
    3.6  
         
    $ 5.3  
         
 
The company also capitalized $0.8 million of stock-based compensation into inventory for the first quarter of 2006. In addition, due to the U.S. income tax valuation allowance recorded by the company in the second quarter of 2005, the company did not recognize any tax benefit on U.S. based stock compensation expense in the first quarter of 2006. The income tax benefits from foreign tax jurisdictions was approximately $0.1 million.
 
Total stock-based compensation of $6.1 million includes $1.9 million of cost related to DSUs, RSUs and PUs that would have been included in expense under SFAS 123 even if the company had not adopted SFAS 123(R) in the first quarter of 2006.
 
Prior to SFAS 123(R), the company calculated stock-based compensation expense (primarily deferred stock units and restricted stock units) for retirement eligible equity award recipients over the stated vesting period. Upon adoption of SFAS 123(R), the company changed its policy and now follows the requisite service period guidance for all new awards, which requires that compensation cost attributable to equity awards be recognized over the requisite service period, which is defined as the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for an award. The impact of this change in policy was immaterial for the first quarter of 2006.
 
The following table summarizes total compensation cost related to nonvested awards not yet recognized and the weighted average period over which it is expected to be recognized at April 2, 2006.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
 
    2006  
    Unrecognized
    Weighted
 
    Compensation
    Average
 
    Cost for
    Remaining
 
    Unvested
    Recognition
 
    Awards     Period  
    (In millions)     (In years)  
 
Options
  $ 19.6       1.7  
DSUs
  $ 3.9       1.3  
RSUs
  $ 4.3       2.3  
PUs
  $ 13.8       2.9  
 
The fair value of each option grant for the company’s plans is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions, utilizing the guidance provided in SFAS 123(R) as well as SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 107.
 


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    Three Months Ended
    April 2,
    2006
 
Expected volatility
    53.2 %
Dividend yield
     
Risk-free interest rate
    4.5 %
Expected term, in years
    3.9  
Forfeiture rate
    5.6 %

 
Expected volatility.  The company estimates expected volatility using historical volatility. Options in the company’s stock are not actively traded. As a result, the company determined that utilizing an implied volatility factor would not be appropriate. The company is calculating historical volatility for the period that is commensurate with the option’s expected term assumption.
 
Dividend yield.  The company does not pay a dividend, therefore this input is not applicable.
 
Risk-free interest rate.  The company estimated the risk-free interest rate based on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities for a period that is commensurate with the expected term assumption.
 
Expected term.  The company has evaluated terms based on history and exercise patterns across its demographic population. The company believes that this historical data is the best estimate of the expected term of a new option, and that generally all groups of our employees exhibit similar exercise behavior.
 
Forfeiture rate.  The amount of stock-based compensation recognized during a period is based on the value of the portion of the awards that are ultimately expected to vest as SFAS 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The term “forfeitures” is distinguished from “cancellations” or “expirations” and represents only the unvested portion of the surrendered option. The company has applied an annual forfeiture rate of 5.6% to all unvested options and 1.5% to all unvested units as of April 2, 2006. This analysis will be re-evaluated at least annually and the forfeiture rate will be adjusted as necessary.
 
Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the company used the expense recognition method in FASB Interpretation (FIN) 28: Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable Stock Option or Award Plans to recognize expense. The company switched to a straight-line attribution method on December 26, 2005 for all grants that include only a service condition. Due to the performance criteria, the company’s performance units will be expensed over the service period for each separately vesting tranche. The expense associated with the unvested portion of the pre-adoption grants will continue to be expensed over the service period for each separately vesting tranche.

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As discussed above, previous to December 26, 2005, the company accounted for stock-based compensation under APB 25 and related Interpretations. The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and net loss per common share for the first quarter of 2005 as if the company had applied the fair value based method of SFAS 123 to record stock-based compensation expense.
 
         
    Three Months Ended  
    March 27,
 
    2005  
    (In millions,
 
    except per share data)  
 
Net loss, as reported
  $ (10.4 )
Add: Stock compensation charge included in net loss determined under the intrinsic value method, net of tax
    2.9  
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
    (37.1 )
         
Pro forma net loss
  $ (44.6 )
         
Loss per share:
       
Basic — as reported
  $ (0.09 )
         
Basic — pro forma
  $ (0.37 )
         
Diluted — as reported
  $ (0.09 )
         
Diluted — pro forma
  $ (0.37 )
         
 
The fair values of options granted in the first quarter of 2005 were estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, with the following weighted average assumptions.
 
         
    Three Months Ended
    March 27,
    2005
 
Expected volatility
    65.0 %
Dividend yield
     
Risk-free interest rate
    4.0 %
Expected life, in years
    6.0  


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Note 3 — Financial Statement Details
 
                      
    April 2,
    December 25,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)  
 
Inventories
               
Raw materials
  $ 26.8     $ 25.3  
Work in process
    134.7       126.4  
Finished goods
    52.1       48.8  
                 
    $ 213.6     $ 200.5  
                 
Property, plant and equipment
               
Land and improvements
  $ 26.5     $ 32.0  
Buildings and improvements
    314.5       307.2  
Machinery and equipment
    1,367.1       1,341.8  
Construction in progress
    57.7       75.4  
                 
Total property, plant and equipment
    1,765.8       1,756.4  
Less accumulated depreciation
    1,135.7       1,121.4  
                 
    $ 630.1     $ 635.0  
                 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
               
Payroll and employee related accruals
  $ 54.8     $ 42.9  
Accrued interest
    4.4       7.6  
Income taxes payable
    15.3       30.2  
Restructuring
    2.3       4.9  
Reserve for potential settlement losses
    5.8       17.2  
Other
    22.8       26.1  
                 
    $ 105.4     $ 128.9  
                 


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Note 4 — Computation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share
 
Basic net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus the dilutive effect of potential future issuances of common stock relating to stock option programs and other potentially dilutive securities. Potentially dilutive common equivalent shares consist of stock options, shares represented by outstanding and unvested PUs, DSUs and RSUs, and shares obtainable upon the conversion of the Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes, due November 1, 2008. In calculating diluted earnings per share, the dilutive effect of stock options is computed using the average market price for the respective period. Potential shares related to certain of the company’s outstanding stock options were excluded because they were anti-dilutive, but could be dilutive in the future. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions, except per share data)  
 
Basic:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 26.6     $ (10.4 )
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding
    121.4       119.6  
                 
Net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.22     $ (0.09 )
                 
Diluted:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 26.6     $ (10.4 )
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding
    121.4       119.6  
Assumed exercise of common stock equivalents
    2.5        
                 
Weighted-average common and common equivalent shares
    123.9       119.6  
                 
Net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.21     $ (0.09 )
                 
Anti-dilutive common stock equivalents, non-vested stock, DSUs and RSUs
    16.6       3.4  
                 
 
In addition, the computation of diluted earnings per share did not include the assumed conversion of the senior subordinated notes because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. As a result, $1.7 million of interest expense was not added back to the numerator for the period presented. In addition, potential common shares of 6.7 million were not included in the denominator for all periods presented.
 
Note 5 — Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)  
 
Cash paid, net for:
               
Income taxes
  $ 15.2     $ 2.1  
                 
Interest
  $ 13.4     $ 24.2  
                 
 
Note 6 — Marketable Securities
 
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invests in auction rate securities. These securities have long-term underlying maturities, however, the market is highly liquid and the interest rates reset based on an auction process every 7, 28 or 35 days. The company’s intent is not to hold these securities to maturity, but rather to use the interest rate reset feature and active auction process to sell securities to provide liquidity as needed. The company’s practice is to invest in these securities for higher yields compared to cash equivalents.
 
All of the company’s marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. In accordance with SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included as a component of other comprehensive income within stockholders’ equity, net of any related tax effect. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged by management to be other than temporary on these investments are included in interest income and expense. For the purpose of computing realized gains and losses, cost is identified on a specific identification basis.
 
The following table presents the amortized cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at April 2, 2006.
 
                 
    Amortized
    Market
 
    Cost     Value  
    (In millions)  
 
Due in one year or less
  $ 91.7     $ 90.6  
Due after one year through three years
    14.0       13.7  
Due after three years through ten years
           
Due after ten years
    95.7       95.7  
                 
    $ 201.4     $   200.0  
                 
 
Note 7 — Goodwill and Intangible Assets
 
The following table presents a summary of acquired intangible assets.
 
                                         
          As of April 2, 2006     As of December 25, 2005  
    Period of
    Gross Carrying
    Accumulated
    Gross Carrying
    Accumulated
 
    Amortization     Amount     Amortization     Amount     Amortization  
          (In millions)  
 
Identifiable intangible assets:
                                       
Developed technology
    5 - 15 years     $ 225.6     $ (112.3 )   $ 225.6     $ (108.1 )
Customer base
    8 years       55.8       (49.2 )     55.8       (47.5 )
Covenant not to compete
    5 years       30.4       (30.4 )     30.4       (30.4 )
Trademarks and tradenames
    4 years       24.9       (24.9 )     24.9       (24.9 )
Patents
    4 years       5.4       (5.1 )     5.4       (5.1 )
                                         
Subtotal
            342.1       (221.9 )     342.1       (216.0 )
Goodwill
            229.9             229.9        
                                         
Total
          $ 572.0     $ (221.9 )   $ 572.0     $ (216.0 )
                                         
 
The titles of our segments changed at the beginning of fiscal 2006. As a result, our newly-titled reporting units that carry goodwill include Functional Power, Analog Products and Standard Products (see Note 8 below for further information). No amounts were reclassified as a result of the change. The following table presents the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting unit.
 
                                 
    Analog
    Functional
    Standard
       
    Products     Power     Products     Total  
    (In millions)  
 
Balance as of April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005
  $ 15.5     $ 159.9     $ 54.5     $ 229.9  


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During the three months ended April 2, 2006, there were no changes to the carrying amount of goodwill due to acquisitions or divestitures.
 
The following table presents the estimated amortization expense for intangible assets for the remainder of 2006 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
 
         
    (In millions)  
 
Estimated Amortization Expense:
       
Remainder of 2006
  $ 17.5  
2007
    18.3  
2008
    16.5  
2009
    16.5  
2010
    16.4  
2011
    12.3  
 
Note 8 — Segment Information
 
Effective December 26, 2005 (first day of fiscal year 2006), the company changed the titles of its operating segments to align the segment presentation with the way management runs the business. This change had no impact on the historical financial results of the segments presented in this report. The company is currently organized into three reportable segments: Functional Power, Analog Products, previously known as Power Discrete and Power Analog, respectively, and Standard Products. Functional Power includes high voltage, low voltage, automotive and radio frequency (RF) products. Analog Products includes system power, power conversion, signal conditioning, switches and interface products. Standard Products includes optoelectronics lighting, standard linear, logic, standard diode and transistors (SDT) and foundry products.
 
The following table presents selected operating segment financial information for the three months ended April 2, 2006 and March 27, 2005.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)  
 
Revenue and Operating Income (Loss):
               
Functional Power
               
Total revenue
  $ 235.8     $ 204.6  
Operating income
    26.6       15.3  
                 
Analog Products
               
Total revenue
    82.1       70.3  
Operating income (loss)
    3.5       (6.3 )
                 
Standard Products
               
Total revenue
    91.6       87.9  
Operating income
    5.6       2.3  
                 
Other
               
Operating loss(1)
    (2.1 )     (4.1 )
                 
Total Consolidated
               
Total revenue
  $ 409.5     $ 362.8  
Operating income
  $ 33.6     $ 7.2  
 
 
(1) Includes $5.3 million of stock-based compensation expense and a $3.2 million gain on the sale of a product line for the first quarter of 2006. Includes $4.1 million of restructuring in the first quarter of 2005.


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Note 9 — Restructuring and Impairments
 
During the three months ended April 2, 2006, the company recorded no restructuring and impairment charges.
 
During the three months ended March 27, 2005, the company recorded a restructuring charge of $4.1 million. This charge included $3.9 million in employee separation costs, $0.5 million in office closure costs, and a $0.3 million reserve release associated with the 2004 Infrastructure Realignment Program due to new estimates in restructuring expenses.
 
The following table summarizes the activity in the company’s accrual for restructuring and impairment costs for the three months ended April 2, 2006 (in millions).
 
                                                 
    Accrual
                            Accrual
 
    Balance at
    New
    Cash
    Reserve
    Non-Cash
    Balance at
 
    12/25/2005     Charges     Paid     Release     Items     4/2/2006  
 
2004 Infrastructure Realignment Program:
                                               
Employee Separation Costs
  $ 0.8     $     $ (0.2 )   $     $     $ 0.6  
2005 Infrastructure Realignment Program:
                                               
Employee Separation Costs
    4.1             (2.4 )                 1.7  
                                                 
    $ 4.9     $     $ (2.6 )   $     $     $ 2.3  
                                                 
 
The company expects to complete payment of the above restructuring accruals by the third quarter of 2006.
 
Note 10 — Derivatives
 
The company uses derivative instruments to manage exposures to foreign currencies. In accordance with SFAS 133, Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, the fair value of these hedges is recorded on the balance sheet. Certain forecasted transactions are exposed to foreign currency risks. The company monitors its foreign currency exposures to maximize the overall effectiveness of its foreign currency hedge positions. Currencies hedged include the euro, Japanese yen, Malaysian ringgit and Korean won. The company’s objectives for holding derivatives are to minimize the risks using the most effective methods to eliminate or reduce the impacts of these exposures.
 
Changes in the fair value of derivative instruments related to time value are included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. Hedge ineffectiveness, determined in accordance with SFAS 133 and SFAS 138, Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities — an amendment of FASB Statement 133, did not have a material impact on earnings for the three months ended April 2, 2006. No cash flow hedges were discontinued for the three months ended April 2, 2006. One cash flow hedge was discontinued for the three months ended March 27, 2005. The immaterial favorable impact of terminating the hedge was recorded in earnings in accordance with SFAS 133.
 
Derivative gains and losses included in other comprehensive income (OCI) are reclassified into earnings at the time the forecasted transaction revenue is recognized. The company estimates that the entire $0.3 million of net unrealized derivative gains included in OCI will be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months.
 
Note 11 — Contingencies
 
From time to time since late 2001, the company has received claims from a number of customers seeking damages resulting from certain products manufactured with a phosphorus-containing mold compound. Mold compound is the plastic resin used to encapsulate semiconductor chips. This particular mold compound causes some chips to short in some situations, resulting in chip failure. The company has been named in lawsuits relating to these mold compound claims. In January 2005, the company was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Lucent Technologies Inc. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The Lucent lawsuit alleges breach of contract and breach of


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warranty claims and seeks unspecified damages allegedly caused by the company’s products. The company believes it has strong defenses against Lucent’s claims and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.
 
Several other customers have made claims for damages or threatened to begin litigation as a result of the mold compound issue if their claims are not resolved according to their demands, and the company may face additional lawsuits as a result. On December 29, 2005, the company settled a lawsuit filed against the company and three of its distributors by Alcatel Canada Inc. in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging breach of contract, negligence and other claims and claiming damages allegedly caused by the company’s products containing the mold compound. The company has also resolved similar claims with several of its leading customers. The company has exhausted insurance coverage for such customer claims. While the exact amount of these losses is not known, the company recorded a reserve for estimated potential settlement losses of $11.0 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during the second quarter of 2004 and an additional $6.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. These estimates were based upon assessments of the potential liability using an analysis of the claims and historical experience. At April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005, the reserve for estimated potential settlement losses was $5.8 million and $17.2 million, respectively. The decrease in the reserve is due to settlement payments made during the first quarter of 2006. If the company continues to receive additional claims for damages from customers beyond the period of time normally observed for such claims, if more of these claims proceed to litigation, or if the company chooses to settle claims in settlement of or to avoid litigation, then the company may incur a liability in excess of the current reserve.
 
On October 20, 2004, the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, were sued by Power Integrations, Inc. (POWI) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint filed by POWI alleges that certain of the company’s pulse width modulation (PWM) integrated circuit products infringe four of POWI’s U.S. patents, and seeks a permanent injunction preventing the company from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale or importing the allegedly infringing products as well as money damages for the alleged past infringement. The company has analyzed the POWI patents in light of our products and, based on that analysis, does not believe its products violate POWI’s patents and, accordingly, is vigorously contesting this lawsuit. The company expects the case to go to trial in 2006 or early 2007. Should the company lose the lawsuit, the company expects the monetary damages would be immaterial. However, it could adversely impact the company’s ability to sell products found to be infringing, either directly or indirectly in the U.S.
 
In a separate action, the company filed a lawsuit on April 11, 2006, against POWI in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit asserts that POWI’s PWM products infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,264,719. Intersil Corporation owns U.S. Patent No. 5,264,719, for High Voltage Lateral Semiconductor Devices, and is a co-plantiff with the company in the lawsuit. The company has held license rights under the patent since 2001 and more recently secured exclusive rights to assert the patent against Power Integrations. The company intends to take all possible steps to seek a court order to stop POWI from making, using, selling, offering for sale or importing the infringing products into the U.S. and to obtain monetary damages for POWI’s infringing activities.
 
On December 30, 2004, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, was sued by ZTE Corporation, a communications equipment manufacturer, in Guangdong Higher People’s Court in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. The complaint filed by ZTE alleges that certain of the company’s products were defective and caused personal injury and/or property loss to ZTE. ZTE claims 65,733,478 CNY as damages (equivalent to approximately $8.2 million USD based on exchange rates at April 2, 2006). The company contested the lawsuit in a trial held on October 20, 2005. The court’s decision is pending and the company is unable to predict when a decision will be reached. The company continues to deny the allegations in the lawsuit.
 
From time to time the company is involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. The company believes that there is no such ordinary-course litigation pending that could have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.


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Note 12 — Divestitures
 
On January 3, 2006, Fairchild announced the sale of the LED lamps and displays product line to Everlight International Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Everlight Electronics Company, Ltd., of Taiwan. The company decided to sell the LED lamps and displays product line as it does not fit the strategic direction of the company. Fairchild will retain the optocoupler and infared product lines, as these products are closer to and complement the company’s core strategy. The company intends to grow these product lines through focused research and development.
 
As part of the sale agreement, Fairchild Semiconductor will assist Everlight with transitioning the product line by continuing to directly support the sale of LED lamps and displays products to its customers for an appropriate period of time. As a result of the sale, the company recorded a net gain on the sale of $3.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, and net cash proceeds of $6.6 million. The divestiture is considered immaterial and therefore no pro forma results of operations have been presented.
 
Note 13 — Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements
 
The company operates through its wholly owned subsidiary Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation and other indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. and certain of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation’s subsidiaries are guarantors under Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation’s 5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes. These guarantees are joint and several. Accordingly, presented below are condensed consolidating balance sheets of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. as of April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005 and related condensed consolidating statements of operations for the three months ended April 2, 2006 and March 27, 2005 and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the three months ended April 2, 2006 and March 27, 2005.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
                                                 
    April 2, 2006  
    Unconsolidated
    Unconsolidated
                      Consolidated
 
    Fairchild
    Fairchild
          Non-
          Fairchild
 
    Semiconductor
    Semiconductor
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
          Semiconductor
 
    International, Inc.     Corporation     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     International, Inc.  
    (In millions)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
ASSETS
Current assets:
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $     $ 167.2     $     $ 168.4     $     $ 335.6  
Short-term marketable securities
          186.3                         186.3  
Accounts receivable, net
          16.0       3.7       128.8             148.5  
Inventories
          110.1       1.5       102.0             213.6  
Deferred income taxes, net
                      4.9             4.9  
Other current assets
          23.3             10.0             33.3  
                                                 
Total current assets
          502.9       5.2       414.1             922.2  
Property, plant and equipment, net
          278.9       1.3       349.9             630.1  
Deferred income taxes
                      1.0             1.0  
Intangible assets, net
          29.1       13.2       77.9             120.2  
Goodwill
          167.7       61.8       0.4             229.9  
Long-term marketable securities
          13.7                         13.7  
Investment in subsidiary
    1,043.3       932.3       259.0       92.3       (2,326.9 )      
Other assets
          13.9       2.1       13.9             29.9  
                                                 
Total assets
  $ 1,043.3     $ 1,938.5     $ 342.6     $ 949.5     $ (2,326.9 )   $ 1,947.0  
                                                 
 
LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
                                               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $     $ 3.4     $     $     $     $ 3.4  
Accounts payable
          64.3       7.0       32.0             103.3  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
          59.0       1.4       45.0             105.4  
                                                 
Total current liabilities
          126.7       8.4       77.0             212.1  
Long-term debt, less current portion
          641.0                         641.0  
Net intercompany (receivable) payable
          101.8       (253.1 )     151.3              
Deferred income taxes
          22.3             9.1             31.4  
Other liabilities
          0.5             15.8             16.3  
                                                 
Total liabilities
          892.3       (244.7 )     253.2             900.8  
                                                 
Commitments and contingencies
                                               
Temporary equity — deferred stock units
    2.2                               2.2  
Stockholders’ equity:
                                               
Common stock
    1.2                               1.2  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,284.2                               1,284.2  
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    (239.3 )     1,043.3       587.3       696.3       (2,326.9 )     (239.3 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
          2.9                         2.9  
Less treasury stock (at cost)
    (5.0 )                             (5.0 )
                                                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,041.1       1,046.2       587.3       696.3       (2,326.9 )     1,044.0  
                                                 
Total liabilities, temporary equity and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,043.3     $ 1,938.5     $ 342.6     $ 949.5     $ (2,326.9 )   $ 1,947.0  
                                                 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
                                                 
    Three Months Ended April 2, 2006  
    Unconsolidated
    Unconsolidated
                      Consolidated
 
    Fairchild
    Fairchild
          Non-
          Fairchild
 
    Semiconductor
    Semiconductor
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
          Semiconductor
 
    International, Inc.     Corporation     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     International, Inc.  
    (In millions)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
Total revenue
  $     $ 50.3     $     $ 359.2     $     $ 409.5  
Cost of sales
          15.3       (0.2 )     271.9             287.0  
                                                 
Gross profit
          35.0       0.2       87.3             122.5  
                                                 
Operating expenses:
                                               
Research and development
          15.4       3.6       7.2             26.2  
Selling, general and administrative
          39.2       1.8       19.0             60.0  
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
          1.3       0.6       4.0             5.9  
Gain on sale of product line, net
                (3.0 )     (0.2 )           (3.2 )
                                                 
Total operating expenses
          55.9       3.0       30.0             88.9  
                                                 
Operating income (loss)
          (20.9 )     (2.8 )     57.3             33.6  
Interest expense
          11.3                         11.3  
Interest income
          (3.5 )           (1.9 )           (5.4 )
Equity in subsidiary (income) loss
    (26.6 )     (50.9 )     (3.4 )           80.9        
                                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    26.6       22.2       0.6       59.2       (80.9 )     27.7  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
          (4.4 )           5.5             1.1  
                                                 
Net income
  $ 26.6     $ 26.6     $ 0.6     $ 53.7     $ (80.9 )   $ 26.6  
                                                 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended April 2, 2006  
    Unconsolidated
    Unconsolidated
                Consolidated
 
    Fairchild
    Fairchild
          Non-
    Fairchild
 
    Semiconductor
    Semiconductor
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
    Semiconductor
 
    International, Inc.     Corporation     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     International, Inc.  
    (In millions)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
  $     $ (31.6 )   $     $ 34.6     $ 3.0  
                                         
Investing activities:
                                       
Purchase of marketable securities
          (61.9 )                 (61.9 )
Sale of marketable securities
          67.8                   67.8  
Maturity of marketable securities
          9.1                   9.1  
Capital expenditures
          (7.5 )           (15.5 )     (23.0 )
Purchase of molds and tooling
                      (0.5 )     (0.5 )
Net proceeds from sale of product line
          6.6                   6.6  
Investment (in) from affiliate
    (6.0 )     6.0                    
                                         
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    (6.0 )     20.1             (16.0 )     (1.9 )
                                         
Financing activities:
                                       
Repayment of long-term debt
          (2.2 )                 (2.2 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and from exercise of stock options, net
    8.0                         8.0  
Purchase of treasury stock
    (2.0 )                       (2.0 )
                                         
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    6.0       (2.2 )                 3.8  
                                         
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
          (13.7 )           18.6       4.9  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
          180.9             149.8       330.7  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $     $ 167.2     $     $ 168.4     $ 335.6  
                                         
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
                                       
Cash paid during the period for:
                                       
Income taxes
  $     $ 12.3     $     $ 2.9     $ 15.2  
                                         
Interest
  $     $ 13.4     $     $     $ 13.4  
                                         


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
                                                 
    December 25, 2005  
    Unconsolidated
    Unconsolidated
                      Consolidated
 
    Fairchild
    Fairchild
          Non-
          Fairchild
 
    Semiconductor
    Semiconductor
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
          Semiconductor
 
    International, Inc.     Corporation     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     International, Inc.  
    (In millions)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
ASSETS
Current assets:
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $     $ 180.9     $     $ 149.8     $     $ 330.7  
Short-term marketable securities
          182.5                         182.5  
Accounts receivable, net
          16.5             112.1             128.6  
Inventories
          101.9       1.3       97.3             200.5  
Deferred income taxes, net
                      3.3             3.3  
Other current assets
          18.7             10.2             28.9  
                                                 
Total current assets
          500.5       1.3       372.7             874.5  
Property, plant and equipment, net
          281.5       1.4       352.1             635.0  
Intangible assets, net
          30.6       13.8       81.7             126.1  
Goodwill
          167.7       61.8       0.4             229.9  
Long-term marketable securities
          32.7                         32.7  
Investment in subsidiary
    1,004.6       906.6       263.2       92.3       (2,266.7 )      
Other assets
          14.1       1.8       14.2             30.1  
                                                 
Total assets
  $ 1,004.6     $ 1,933.7     $ 343.3     $ 913.4     $ (2,266.7 )   $ 1,928.3  
                                                 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
                                               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $     $ 5.6     $     $     $     $ 5.6  
Accounts payable
          56.5       0.5       38.2             95.2  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
          87.3       0.6       41.0             128.9  
                                                 
Total current liabilities
          149.4       1.1       79.2             229.7  
Long-term debt, less current portion
          641.0                         641.0  
Net intercompany (receivable) payable
          112.0       (247.7 )     135.7              
Deferred income taxes
          22.3             11.2             33.5  
Other liabilities
          0.5             15.1             15.6  
                                                 
Total liabilities
          925.2       (246.6 )     241.2             919.8  
                                                 
Commitments and contingencies
                                               
Stockholders’ equity:
                                               
Common stock
    1.2                               1.2  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,274.1                               1,274.1  
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    (265.9 )     1,004.6       589.9       672.2       (2,266.7 )     (265.9 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
          3.9                         3.9  
Less treasury stock (at cost)
    (4.8 )                             (4.8 )
                                                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,004.6       1,008.5       589.9       672.2       (2,266.7 )     1,008.5  
                                                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,004.6     $ 1,933.7     $ 343.3     $ 913.4     $ (2,266.7 )   $ 1,928.3  
                                                 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
                                                 
    Three Months Ended March 27, 2005  
    Unconsolidated
    Unconsolidated
                      Consolidated
 
    Fairchild
    Fairchild
          Non-
          Fairchild
 
    Semiconductor
    Semiconductor
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
          Semiconductor
 
    International, Inc.     Corporation     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     International, Inc.  
    (In millions)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
Total revenue
  $     $ 356.6     $ 1.7     $ 448.8     $ (444.3 )   $ 362.8  
Cost of sales
          329.3       2.0       392.0       (444.3 )     279.0  
                                                 
Gross profit (loss)
          27.3       (0.3 )     56.8             83.8  
                                                 
Operating expenses:
                                               
Research and development
          10.5       2.6       5.9             19.0  
Selling, general and administrative
          32.5       1.0       13.9             47.4  
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
          1.4       0.7       4.0             6.1  
Restructuring and impairments
          3.3             0.8             4.1  
                                                 
Total operating expenses
          47.7       4.3       24.6             76.6  
                                                 
Operating income (loss)
          (20.4 )     (4.6 )     32.2             7.2  
Interest expense
          13.3                         13.3  
Interest income
          (3.1 )           (0.1 )           (3.2 )
Other expense
          23.9                         23.9  
Equity in subsidiary (income) loss
    10.4       (26.9 )     (8.5 )           25.0        
                                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (10.4 )     (27.6 )     3.9       32.3       (25.0 )     (26.8 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
          (17.2 )           0.8             (16.4 )
                                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ (10.4 )   $ (10.4 )   $ 3.9     $ 31.5     $ (25.0 )   $ (10.4 )
                                                 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended March 27, 2005  
    Unconsolidated
    Unconsolidated
                Consolidated
 
    Fairchild
    Fairchild
          Non-
    Fairchild
 
    Semiconductor
    Semiconductor
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
    Semiconductor
 
    International, Inc.     Corporation     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     International, Inc.  
    (In millions)  
    (Unaudited)  
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
  $     $ (45.0 )   $     $ 12.0     $ (33.0 )
                                         
Investing activities:
                                       
Purchase of marketable securities
          (192.9 )                 (192.9 )
Sale of marketable securities
          484.8                   484.8  
Capital expenditures
          (7.2 )           (22.3 )     (29.5 )
Purchase of molds and tooling
                      (0.3 )     (0.3 )
Investment (in) from affiliate
    (1.4 )     1.4                    
                                         
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (1.4 )     286.1             (22.6 )     262.1  
                                         
Financing activities:
                                       
Repayment of long-term debt
          (350.8 )                 (350.8 )
Issuance of long-term debt
          154.5                   154.5  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and from exercise of stock options, net
    3.4                         3.4  
Purchase of treasury stock
    (2.0 )                       (2.0 )
Other
          (1.0 )                 (1.0 )
                                         
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    1.4       (197.3 )                 (195.9 )
                                         
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
          43.8             (10.6 )     33.2  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
          96.6             49.7       146.3  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $     $ 140.4     $     $ 39.1     $ 179.5  
                                         
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
                                       
Cash paid during the period for:
                                       
Income taxes
  $     $     $     $ 2.1     $ 2.1  
                                         
Interest
  $     $ 24.2     $     $     $ 24.2  
                                         


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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
Except as otherwise indicated in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “our,” the “company,” “Fairchild” and “Fairchild International” refer to Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, our principal operating subsidiary. We refer to individual corporations where appropriate.
 
Overview
 
During 2006, we will continue to focus on power products. Our power product revenue has grown from just 15% of total sales in fiscal year 1997 to 78% of total sales in the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, making us the top supplier of power semiconductors in the world. We have a wide portfolio of products that leverage expertise in both analog and discrete power technologies, as well as products that provide our customers with an integrated total power management solution in a single, multi-chip module package.
 
At the beginning of 2006, we changed the titles of our operating segments to align them with the way management runs the company. The new segment titles are Functional Power and Analog Products, which management previously referred to as Power Discrete and Power Analog, respectively, and Standard Products, which did not change. These title changes had no impact on our segment reporting.
 
Our primary business goal for 2006 is to improve the value of our product mix to drive higher margins and improve our profitability and return on investment. During 2006, we will focus on improving the quality of our business and raising gross margins by managing product mix more selectively and increasing the mix of our more proprietary, higher margin new products, while also discontinuing outdated and low margin products. One element of this approach is to hold annual capital expenditures to 6 to 8% of sales. Our percentage of capital expenditures to sales for the first quarter of 2006 was 5.6% compared to 8.1% in the first quarter of 2005. By limiting our capital spending for additional capacity, we are forced to aggressively manage product mix in order to free up capacity for higher margin, faster growing products and drive discipline into our production.
 
During 2005, we focused primarily on distribution resale rather than sales into the distribution channel. During 2006, we will continue to actively manage both our internal and distribution inventories by continuing our focus on channel sell through, or end-market demand, while constraining our factory output and shipments. As a result of our efforts, we maintained distribution inventory on hand at approximately 11 weeks in the first quarter of 2006 as compared to more than 16 weeks in the first quarter of 2005. In the first quarter of 2006, our internal inventory increased $13.1 million from the fourth quarter of 2005 and inventory turns decreased to 5.0 times, but decreased by $43.3 million compared to the first quarter of 2005, when turns were 4.3 times.
 
Gross margins, operating margins and inventory turns continue to be key indices that both senior management and our investors utilize to measure our financial performance. Another key performance indicator we use is days sales outstanding (DSO). In the first quarter of 2006, DSO was 35 days compared to 41 days in the first quarter of 2005 and 32 days in the fourth quarter of 2005.
 
In the first quarter of 2006, we recorded $5.3 million in stock-based compensation expense. Approximately $0.7 million, $1.0 million and $3.6 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development, and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively. We also capitalized $0.8 million into inventory. Included in the total $6.1 million of stock-based compensation in the first quarter of 2006 is $1.9 million that would have been recorded under SFAS 123 even if SFAS 123(R) had not been adopted.
 
We continue to follow our “asset-light” investment strategy for many of our standard products, which typically have lower gross margins and lower or negative long-term sales growth potential. Through this strategy we are gradually transferring the manufacturing for these mature products to third party subcontractors, where appropriate, thereby allowing our own manufacturing facilities to focus on building higher-growth, higher-margin and more proprietary products. We believe that by following this long term “asset-light” approach for mature products, we will improve our return on invested capital and lessen our exposure to falling prices on commodity products during industry downturns.


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While our expanding power product portfolio serves a wide variety of end markets, our sales tend to follow a seasonal pattern which is affected by consumer and corporate purchasing patterns, and regional lifestyle issues such as vacation periods and holidays. Typically, our strongest shipping quarter is the fourth quarter, which is driven by sales into products that are purchased by consumers for the Christmas holiday season. First quarter sales are generally weaker than the fourth quarter, as our production lines are constrained by the celebration of Lunar New Year holidays in Asia. Second quarter sales are generally stronger than the first quarter, often driven by stronger corporate spending. Third quarter sales are generally weaker than the second quarter as customer summer vacation schedules slow business activity. These are general seasonal trends that we have observed over many years, however, specific conditions in any given year, such as channel inventory builds or corrections, customer demand increases or decreases, new end market product cycles, or macroeconomic or political events may override these cyclical patterns.
 
The first quarter of 2006 included 14 weeks compared to 13 weeks for all other quarters presented.
 
Results of Operations
 
The following table summarizes certain information relating to our operating results as derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
Total revenues
  $ 409.5       100 %   $ 362.8       100 %
Gross profit
    122.5       30 %     83.8       23 %
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development
    26.2       6 %     19.0       5 %
Selling, general and administrative
    60.0       15 %     47.4       13 %
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
    5.9       1 %     6.1       2 %
Restructuring and impairments
          0 %     4.1       1 %
Gain on sale of product line, net
    (3.2 )     (1 )%           0 %
Reserve for potential settlement losses
          0 %           0 %
                                 
Total operating expenses
    88.9       22 %     76.6       21 %
Operating income
    33.6       8 %     7.2       2 %
Interest expense
    11.3       3 %     13.3       4 %
Interest income
    (5.4 )     (1 )%     (3.2 )     (1 )%
Other (income) expense
          0 %     23.9       7 %
                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    27.7       7 %     (26.8 )     (7 )%
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    1.1       0 %     (16.4 )     (5 )%
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 26.6       6 %   $ (10.4 )     (3 )%
                                 
 
Total Revenues.  Total revenues for the first three months of 2006 increased $46.7 million, or 13%, as compared to the same period in 2005. The increase was seen across all segments, particularly Functional Power, which accounted for more than half the increase (or $31.2 million). Included in revenue during the first quarter of 2006 was an additional week as compared to 2005. Overall, increases in unit volumes contributed 27% of the increase, offset by decreases in average selling prices of 14%.


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Geographic revenue information is based on the customer location within the indicated geographic region. The following table presents, as a percentage of sales, geographic sales for the United States, Other Americas, Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea and Other Asia/Pacific (which for our geographic reporting purposes includes Japan and Singapore and excludes Korea) for the three months ended April 2, 2006 and March 27, 2005.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
 
United States
    10 %     10 %
Other Americas
    3       2  
Europe
    12       11  
China
    24       23  
Taiwan
    21       21  
Korea
    15       18  
Other Asia/Pacific
    15       15  
                 
Total
    100 %     100 %
                 
 
The decrease in our Korean percentage of sales is due to slower than expected sales, which we anticipate will begin to increase in future quarters as we shift our strategic focus away from traditional color televisions to ultra portable handsets and other high power products.
 
Gross Profit.  The increase in gross profit for the first quarter of 2006 as compared to 2005 was driven by 31% higher unit volumes, increased factory utilization, improved product mix and approximately $15 million lower depreciation expense partially offset by higher bonus expense. Gross profit as a percentage of sales for the first quarter of 2006 was 29.9%. Included in gross profit in the first quarter of 2006 is $0.7 million of stock-based compensation expense, which is included in our “Other” reportable segment.
 
Stock-Based Compensation Expense.  On December 26, 2005 (first day of fiscal 2006), we adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective application method. SFAS 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values at the date of grant. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. Under the modified prospective application method, stock-based compensation cost recognized in the first quarter of 2006 includes: (a) compensation cost for all share-based awards granted prior to but not yet vested as of December 25, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with SFAS 123, and (b) compensation cost for all share-based awards granted subsequent to December 25, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with SFAS 123(R). In accordance with the modified prospective method of adoption, the company’s results of operations and financial position for prior periods have not been restated.
 
Compensation cost for options is calculated on the date of grant using the fair value of the options as determined by the Black-Scholes valuation model. The Black-Scholes valuation model requires us to make several assumptions, two of which are expected volatility and expected life. In light of SFAS 123(R), we have reevaluated the assumptions used in estimating the fair value of employee options granted. Based on this reevaluation, we have revised our methodology for estimating volatility and expected life effective beginning in the third quarter of 2005. For expected volatility, we evaluated historical volatility and determined that using historical volatility is the most appropriate approach. As options in our stock are not actively traded, we determined that utilizing an implied volatility factor would not be appropriate. We calculated historical volatility for the period that is commensurate with the option’s expected term assumption. For expected term, we evaluated terms based on history and exercise patterns across our demographic population to determine a reasonable assumption. We estimated these assumptions considering the guidance in SFAS 123(R) and SAB 107 and determined that the assumptions used effective in the third quarter of 2005 are appropriate estimates of our expected volatility and expected life.
 
In the first quarter of 2006, we recognized $5.3 million of stock-based compensation expense. We also capitalized $0.8 million of stock-based compensation expense into inventory for the first quarter of 2006. Included in total stock-based compensation costs of $6.1 million is $1.9 million relating to DSUs, RSUs and PUs that would


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have been recorded under SFAS 123 even if SFAS 123(R) had not been adopted. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) impacted diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 by $0.03. We expect stock-based compensation expense to be between $6.0 million and $7.0 million per quarter for the remainder of 2006.
 
As of April 2, 2006, the total stock-based compensation cost related to unvested awards not yet recognized in the statement of operations was $19.6 million for options, $3.9 million for DSUs, $4.3 million for RSUs and $13.8 million for PUs. The related weighted average remaining recognition period (in years) was 1.7 for options, 1.3 for DSUs, 2.3 for RSUs and 2.9 for PUs.
 
Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), we accounted for stock-based compensation awards using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25. Under the intrinsic value method, no stock-based compensation expense was recognized when the exercise price of the company’s stock options equaled the fair market value of the underlying stock at the date of grant. Instead, we disclosed in a footnote the effect on net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share as if the company had applied the fair value based method of SFAS 123, to record the expense.
 
Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), we recognized expense over the service period for each separately vesting tranche for the pro forma footnote disclosures required by SFAS 123. The company switched to a straight-line attribution method on December 26, 2005 for all grants that include only service conditions. Due to the performance criteria associated with our performance units, our performance units will be expensed over the service period for each separately vesting tranche. The expense associated with the unvested portion of the pre-adoption PU grants will continue to be expensed over the service period for each separately vesting tranche.
 
In recent years we have shifted our equity compensation program to one that is more performance-based, and have moved from using primarily stock option awards to a combination of stock options, RSUs and PUs. By making this shift we are able to strengthen our “pay for performance” philosophy by linking equity and variable cash compensation to visible, corporate financial goals, while at the same time reducing our future equity compensation expense.
 
On February 18, 2005, we announced the acceleration of certain unvested and “out-of-the-money” stock options previously awarded to employees and officers that had exercise prices per share of $19.50 or higher. Options to purchase approximately 6 million shares of our common stock became exercisable as a result of the vesting acceleration. Based on our closing stock price of $16.15 on February 18, 2005, none of these options had economic value on the date of acceleration. In connection with the modification of the terms of these options to accelerate their vesting, approximately $33.1 million, on a pre-tax basis, was included in the pro forma net income (loss) table for 2005, representing the remaining unamortized value of the impacted, unvested options just prior to the acceleration. Because the exercise price of all the modified options was greater than the market price of the company’s underlying common stock on the date of their modification, no compensation expense was recorded in the statement of operations in accordance with APB Opinion 25. The primary purpose for modifying the terms of these options to accelerate their vesting was to eliminate the need to recognize remaining unrecognized non-cash compensation expense as measured under SFAS 123(R) as the future expense associated with these options would have been disproportionately high compared to the economic value of the options as of the date of modification. As a result of the acceleration, we estimate that non-cash stock option expense in accordance with SFAS 123(R), was reduced by approximately $12 million in 2006, $4 million in 2007 and $1 million in 2008 on a pre-tax basis.
 
See Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report for further information regarding our adoption of SFAS 123(R).
 
Operating Expenses.  Research and development (R&D) expenses were slightly higher as a percentage of sales for the first quarter of 2006, as compared to 2005, which is in line with our strategic decision to increase our focus on R&D as we develop new products. Included in R&D in the first quarter of 2006 is $1.0 million of stock-based compensation expense. Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses increased as a percentage of sales for the first quarter of 2006, as compared to 2005. The increase in SG&A was the result of increased bonus accruals of approximately $2.3 million, increased legal costs of approximately $2.0 million associated with on-going litigation, and increased stock-based compensation expense of $3.6 million as discussed in the Stock-Based Compensation Expense section above.


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The decrease in amortization of acquisition-related intangibles is due to certain intangibles becoming fully amortized during the second quarter of 2005. In addition, amortization decreased due to the $1.6 million developed technology impairment loss recorded in the third quarter of 2005.
 
The first quarter of 2006 included a net gain of $3.2 million on the sale of the LED lamps and displays product lines.
 
In order to better align our cost structure with our revenues, we continually consider the rationalization of both our manufacturing operations and our workforce levels. There were no restructuring and impairment charges in the first quarter of 2006. Related restructuring and impairment charges were recorded in the first quarter of 2005.
 
In the first quarter of 2005, we recorded restructuring charges of $4.1 million related to our 2005 Infrastructure Realignment Program. This charge includes $3.9 million in employee separation costs, $0.5 million in office closure costs, and a $0.3 million reserve release associated with the 2004 Infrastructure Realignment Program.
 
The 2005 Infrastructure Realignment Program actions announced in 2005 impacted both manufacturing and non-manufacturing personnel, primarily in the United States, and are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2006. As a result of the $16.9 million charged, net of releases, including salary and benefits associated with the termination of approximately 180 employees, we anticipate cost savings of approximately $12.8 million in manufacturing and non-manufacturing costs on an annualized basis beginning in 2006. In addition, we expect annualized cost savings of $1.2 million associated with depreciation savings related to 2005 asset impairment charges.
 
Interest Expense.  Interest expense decreased $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to 2005. We had gross interest expense savings of $4.8 million related to the paydown of our 101/2% Notes on February 13, 2005. These savings were offset by an increase in interest paid on our term loan resulting from the $150 million increase in the variable rate term loan, which was used to paydown the 101/2% Notes, as well as rising interest rates on the variable rate loan during 2006. In addition, there was $0.9 million of additional interest expense due to the extra week in the first quarter of 2006.
 
Interest Income.  The increase in interest income in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to 2005, is due to improved rates of return earned on cash and short-term marketable securities. In addition, there was approximately $0.4 million of additional interest income due to the extra week in the first quarter of 2006.
 
Other Expense.  The first quarter of 2005 included $23.9 million for costs associated with the redemption of our 101/2% Notes. These costs included $18.5 million for the call premium and other transaction fees and a $5.4 million non-cash write off of deferred financing fees.
 
Income Taxes.  Income tax provision (benefit) for the first three months of 2006 was $1.1 million of tax expense on income before taxes of $27.7 million, as compared to $(16.4) million of a tax benefit on loss before taxes of $26.8 million, for the comparable period of 2005.
 
The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2006 was 3.8% which includes an underlying effective tax rate of 16.6% coupled with net tax benefits of $3.5 million as a result of finalization of certain tax filing and audit outcomes. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2005 was (61)% which includes an underlying effective tax rate of 10.2% in foreign jurisdictions coupled with net tax benefits associated with approximately $49 million of U.S. based losses. Because a full valuation allowance was established during the second quarter of 2005 for U.S. taxes and continues to be maintained, no tax benefit or expense is reflected in the tax rates for the first quarter of 2006. Additionally, beginning in the first quarter of 2006, we began to record taxes based on a reduced rate of 6.1% for operating results in Korea, whereas this rate was 0% for 2005 due to the phase out of our tax holiday in this country.
 
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Reportable Segments.
 
The following table presents comparative disclosures of revenue and gross profit of our reportable segments.
 
                                                                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
                Gross
    Operating
                Gross
    Operating
 
    Revenue     % of Total     Profit %     Income (Loss)     Revenue     % of Total     Profit %     Income (Loss)  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
Functional Power
  $ 235.8       57.6 %     30.3 %   $ 26.6     $ 204.6       56.4 %     25.6 %   $ 15.3  
Analog Products
    82.1       20.0 %     40.3 %     3.5       70.3       19.4 %     22.3 %     (6.3 )
Standard Products
    91.6       22.4 %     20.4 %     5.6       87.9       24.2 %     17.9 %     2.3  
Other(1)
          0.0 %     (0.2 )%     (2.1 )           0.0 %     0.0 %     (4.1 )
                                                                 
Total
  $ 409.5       100.0 %     29.9 %   $ 33.6     $ 362.8       100.0 %     23.1 %   $ 7.2  
                                                                 
 
 
(1) Gross profit as a percent of sales includes $0.7 of stock-based compensation expense. Operating loss includes $5.3 million of stock-based compensation expense and a $(3.2) million gain on the sale of a product line for the first quarter of 2006. Operating loss includes $4.1 million of restructuring expense in the first quarter of 2005.
 
Functional Power
 
Functional Power revenues increased approximately 15% in the first three months of 2006, compared to the same period of 2005. The first quarter of 2006 includes 14 weeks compared to 13 weeks in the first quarter of 2005. An increase in unit volumes grew revenues 25%, offset by a decline in average selling prices of 10%. The increased unit volumes were primarily due to an increase in sales of our low voltage products, with unit volumes growing 28%. Revenue increases in low voltage unit volumes were partially offset by decreases in low voltage average selling prices due to price erosion and mix changes. We also saw continued growth relating to the technology in our PowerTrench® III, PowerTrench® IV and SPMtm products and expect this trend to continue throughout fiscal 2006. Gross profits increased due to higher unit volumes, improved factory utilization, and lower depreciation expenses, offset by the unfavorable impact of price erosion, inventory adjustments and higher freight expenses.
 
Functional Power had operating income of $26.6 million in the first three months of 2006, compared to $15.3 million for the comparable period of 2005. The increase in operating income was due to higher gross profits partially offset by higher R&D and SG&A expenses. R&D expenses increased as a percentage of sales as we continue our focus on new products. SG&A expenses increased mainly due to increased bonus accruals and spending to support our continued growth in fiscal 2006. Acquisition amortization decreased due to certain intangibles becoming fully amortized in the second quarter of 2005 and the impairment of developed technology in the third quarter of 2005.
 
Analog Products
 
Analog Products revenues increased approximately 17% in the first three months of 2006, as compared to the same period of 2005. The first quarter of 2006 includes 14 weeks compared to 13 weeks in the first quarter of 2005. Unit volumes increased revenues 25%, while decreases in average selling prices reduced revenue by 8%. The increase in unit volumes was due to continued strength in analog switches and the ramp up of our uSerDes and our low cost video filter families. System power revenue also increased, driven largely by the computing segment. Lastly, strong performance by our Green FPStm products was offset by declining motor revenues as we exit this low margin business. The decrease in average selling prices was driven by some price erosion. Gross profit increased due to higher volumes, improved inventory management, better product mix of higher margin products, lower depreciation expenses and higher factory utilization rates.
 
Analog products had operating income (loss) of $3.5 million in the first three months of 2006, compared to $(6.3) million for the comparable period in 2005. The increase in operating income was due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher R&D and SG&A expenses. R&D expenses increased due to continued investment in developing differentiated, high value products leveraging our expertise across product, process and package


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development. In addition, higher bonus accruals contributed to the increase. SG&A expenses increased primarily due to higher bonus accruals. Acquisition amortization decreased due to certain intangibles becoming fully amortized the second quarter of 2005.
 
Standard Products
 
Standard Products revenues increased approximately 4% in the first three months of 2006, compared to the same period of 2005. The first quarter of 2006 includes 14 weeks compared to 13 weeks in the first quarter of 2005. Increases in unit volumes grew revenues by 35%, while decreases in average selling prices reduced revenue 31%. The increase in unit volumes was driven by stronger demand, specifically for our SDT and logic products, offset by declines in optoelectronics and foundry products. The decrease in average selling prices was due to pricing pressures. In addition, during the first quarter of 2006 we sold our LED lamps and displays product line, which resulted in a decrease of $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to the first quarter of 2005. We anticipate that Standard Products as a percentage of total revenue will continue to decrease, as our strategic focus shifts to the Analog Products and Functional Power segments. While we anticipate revenues will continue to decline as a percentage of our total revenues, our strategy is to manage Standard Products more selectively, while maintaining or increasing our margins in this business. Gross profits, excluding the effect of the sale of the LED product line, which was approximately $0.9 million, increased due to lower costs, lower depreciation expense and improved factory utilization.
 
Standard Products had operating income of $5.6 million in the first three months of 2006, compared to $2.3 million for the comparable period of 2005. The increase in operating income was primarily due to higher gross profit. R&D expenses decreased slightly due to the elimination of the LED lamps and displays product line sale. SG&A expenses were roughly flat due to increased bonus accruals offset by decreases in costs due to the LED lamps and displays divestiture. Acquisition amortization decreased due to certain intangibles becoming fully amortized in the second quarter of 2005.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
We have a borrowing capacity of $180.0 million on a revolving basis for working capital and general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, under our senior credit facility. At April 2, 2006, after adjusting for outstanding letters of credit we had up to $179.1 million available under this senior credit facility. We had additional outstanding letters of credit of $1.1 million that do not fall under the senior credit facility. We also had $18.4 million of undrawn credit facilities at certain of our foreign subsidiaries. These amounts outstanding do not impact available borrowings under the senior credit facility.
 
Our senior credit facility, which includes the $450 million term loan and the $180 million revolving line of credit, the indenture governing our 5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes, and other debt instruments we may enter into in the future, impose various restrictions and contain various covenants which could limit our ability to respond to market conditions, to provide for unanticipated capital investments or to take advantage of business opportunities. The restrictive covenants include limitations on consolidations, mergers and acquisitions, creating liens, paying dividends or making other similar restricted payments, asset sales, capital expenditures and incurring indebtedness, among other restrictions. The covenants in the senior credit facility also include financial measures such as a minimum interest coverage ratio, a maximum senior leverage ratio and a minimum EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) less capital expenditures measure. At April 2, 2006, we were in compliance with these covenants. The senior credit facility also limits our ability to modify our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, or enter into shareholder agreements, voting trusts or similar arrangements. Under our debt instruments, the subsidiaries of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation cannot be restricted, except to a limited extent, from paying dividends or making advances to Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation. We believe that funds to be generated from operations, together with existing cash, will be sufficient to meet our debt obligations over the next twelve months. We expect that existing cash and available funds from our senior credit facility and funds generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated operating requirements and to fund our research and development and planned capital expenditures over the next twelve months. We had capital expenditures of $23.0 million in the first three months of 2006.


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We frequently evaluate opportunities to sell additional equity or debt securities, obtain credit facilities from lenders or restructure our long-term debt to further strengthen our financial position. The sale of additional equity or convertible securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders. Additional borrowing or equity investment may be required to fund future acquisitions.
 
As of April 2, 2006, our cash and cash equivalents were $335.6 million, an increase of $4.9 million from December 25, 2005. As of April 2, 2006, our short-term and long-term marketable securities totaled $186.3 million and $13.7 million, respectively, an increase of $3.8 million and a decrease of $19.0 million, respectively, as compared to December 25, 2005. Included in the short-term marketable securities are auction rate securities in which we invest to help maintain liquidity. These securities have long-term underlying maturities, but are sold in a market which is highly liquid with interest rates reset through an auction process every 7, 28, or 35 days. Our intent is to not hold these underlying securities to maturity but to take advantage of this interest rate reset feature and active auction process to provide short-term liquidity for the company at advantageous yields when compared to cash equivalents. As of April 2, 2006, we held $95.7 million of auction rate securities, a decrease of $5.9 million from December 25, 2005.
 
During the first three months of 2006, our cash provided by (used in) operations was $3.0 million compared to $(33.0) million in the comparable period of 2005. The following table presents a summary of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities during the first quarter of 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    April 2,
    March 27,
 
    2006     2005  
    (In millions)  
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 26.6     $ (10.4 )
Depreciation and amortization
    28.3       43.7  
Non-cash stock-based compensation
    5.3       4.6  
Deferred income taxes, net
    0.8       (13.1 )
Other, net
    (2.1 )     6.3  
Change in other working capital accounts
    (55.9 )     (64.1 )
                 
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ 3.0     $ (33.0 )
                 
 
The change in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to an increase in net income of $37.0 million. The changes in the working capital accounts were primarily driven by a reduction of payments made on operating accruals during the first quarter of 2006 as compared to the first quarter of 2005. This was partially offset by payments made in the first quarter of 2006 on accruals relating to litigation settlements.
 
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities during the first three months of 2006 totaled $(1.9) million compared to cash provided of $262.1 million for the comparable period of 2005. The decrease primarily results from reduced purchases of marketable securities, offset by reduced sales of marketable securities.
 
Cash provided by financing activities of $3.8 million for the first three months of 2006 was primarily due to the increase of proceeds from the exercise of stock options. Cash used in financing activities of $195.9 million for the first three months of 2005 was primarily due to the repayment of the company’s 101/2% Notes, net of the issuance of long-term debt.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources of Fairchild International, Excluding Subsidiaries
 
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is a holding company, the principal asset of which is the stock of its sole subsidiary, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. on a stand-alone basis had no cash flow from operations and has no cash requirements for the next twelve months.
 
Forward Looking Statements
 
This quarterly report includes “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “we believe,” “we expect,” “we intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,”


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“plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” or “hopeful,” or the negative of those terms or other comparable terms, or by discussions of our strategy, plans or future performance. For example, the Outlook section below contains numerous forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this report are made based on management’s current expectations and estimates, which involve risks and uncertainties, including those described below and more specifically in the Business Risks section. Among these factors are the following: changes in regional or global economic or political conditions (including as a result of terrorist attacks and responses to them); changes in demand for our products; changes in inventories at our customers and distributors; technological and product development risks; availability of manufacturing capacity; availability of raw materials; competitors’ actions; loss of key customers, including but not limited to distributors; order cancellations or reduced bookings; changes in manufacturing yields or output; and significant litigation. Factors that may affect our operating results are described in the Business Risks section in the quarterly and annual reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements.
 
Policy on Business Outlook Disclosure and Quiet Periods
 
It is our current policy to update our business outlook at least twice each quarter. The first update is near the beginning of each quarter, within the press release that announces the previous quarter’s results. The business outlook below is consistent with the business outlook included in our April 20, 2006 press release announcing first quarter results. The second update is within a press release issued approximately two months into each quarter. The current business outlook is accessible at the Investor Relations section of our website at http://investor.fairchildsemi.com. Toward the end of each quarter, and until that quarter’s results are publicly announced, we observe a “quiet period,” when the business outlook is not updated to reflect management’s current expectations. The quiet period for the second quarter of 2006 will be from June 17, 2006 until July 20, 2006 when we plan to release our second quarter 2006 results. Except during quiet periods, the business outlook posted on our website reflects current guidance unless and until updated through a press release, SEC filing or other public announcement. During quiet periods, our business outlook, as posted on our website, announced in press releases and provided in quarterly, annual and special reports or other filings with the SEC, should be considered to be historical, speaking as of prior to the quiet period only and not subject to update by the company. During quiet periods, Fairchild Semiconductor representatives will not comment about the business outlook of the company’s financial results or expectations for the quarter in question.
 
Outlook
 
We expect second quarter revenues to be flat to down 3% sequentially as we return to a 13 week second quarter from the 14 week first quarter of 2006. We enter the second quarter with a stronger backlog position than a quarter ago which, coupled with continuing capacity additions, should allow us to sequentially increase our daily ship rates from less than $4.2 million per day in the first quarter to more than $4.4 million per day in the second quarter of 2006. We forecast gross margins to increase about 50 — 100 basis points sequentially due to expected improvements in our product mix and slightly better utilization.
 
Looking forward to the rest of 2006 and 2007, we expect to continue growing sales for our analog and power discrete products at or above the market rate while maintaining our right control of channel and internal inventories. We believe the combination of profitable sales growth and improved product mix through more new products and less low margin commodity business will allow us to make continued steady progress towards our next goal of mid-30% gross margins. We expect operating expenses to remain flat with the first quarter as we selectively fund new product development opportunities while rigorously controlling infrastructure costs. Our underlying effective tax rate for 2006 is expected to remain at approximately the same level as the first quarter 2006. It is important to note that effective tax rates can vary as the regional distribution of income shifts during the year. We are forecasting our stock based compensation expense to be in the $6 — 7 million per quarter range for the rest of 2006.
 
Recently Issued Financial Accounting Standards
 
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Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. This statement is intended to improve the financial reporting of certain hybrid financial instruments by requiring more consistent accounting that eliminates exemptions and provides a means to simplify the accounting for these instruments. This statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of fiscal years that begin after September 15, 2006. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS 155 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. This statement replaces APB Opinion 20, Accounting Changes, and SFAS 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements — an Amendment of APB Opinion 28, and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 requires the retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS 154 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 151, Inventory Costs. This statement amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) 43, Chapter 4, Inventory Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS 151 did not have a material affect on our consolidated financial statements.
 
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
Reference is made to Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk, in Fairchild Semiconductor International’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 25, 2005 and under the subheading “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” on page 44 of the Form 10-K. There were no material changes in the information we provided in our Form 10-K during the period covered by this Quarterly Report.
 
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to assure, as much as is reasonably possible, that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is communicated to management and recorded, processed, summarized and disclosed within the specified time periods. As of the end of the period covered by this report, our chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO) have evaluated, with the participation of our management, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that as of April 2, 2006, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
 
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
 
The company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that the breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on 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. Projections


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of any evaluation of a control effectiveness in future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or a deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the first quarter of 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our own internal control over financial reporting.
 
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings
 
From time to time since late 2001, we have received claims from a number of customers seeking damages resulting from certain products manufactured with a phosphorus-containing mold compound. Mold compound is the plastic resin used to encapsulate semiconductor chips. This particular mold compound causes some chips to short in some situations, resulting in chip failure. We have been named in lawsuits relating to these mold compound claims. In January 2005, we were named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Lucent Technologies Inc. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The Lucent lawsuit alleges breach of contract and breach of warranty claims and seeks unspecified damages allegedly caused by our products. We believe we have strong defenses against Lucent’s claims and intend to vigorously defend the lawsuit.
 
Several other customers have made claims for damages or threatened to begin litigation as a result of the mold compound issue if their claims are not resolved according to their demands, and we may face additional lawsuits as a result. On December 29, 2005, we settled a lawsuit filed against us and three of our distributors by Alcatel Canada Inc. in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging breach of contract, negligence and other claims and claiming damages allegedly caused by our products containing the mold compound. We have also resolved similar claims with several of our leading customers. We have exhausted insurance coverage for such customer claims. While the exact amount of these losses is not known, we recorded a reserve for estimated potential settlement losses of $11.0 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during the second quarter of 2004 and $6.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. These estimates were based upon current assessments of the potential liability using an analysis of the claims and our historical experience in defending and/or resolving these claims. At April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005, the reserve for estimated potential settlement losses was $5.8 million and $17.2 million, respectively. If we continue to receive additional claims for damages from customers beyond the period of time normally observed for such claims, if more of these claims proceed to litigation, or if we choose to settle claims in settlement of or to avoid litigation, then we may incur a liability in excess of the current reserve.
 
On October 20, 2004, we and our wholly owned subsidiary, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, were sued by Power Integrations, Inc. (POWI) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint filed by POWI alleges that certain of our pulse width modulation (PWM) integrated circuit products infringe four of POWI’s U.S. patents, and seeks a permanent injunction preventing us from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale or importing the allegedly infringing products as well as money damages for the alleged past infringement. We have analyzed the POWI patents in light of our products and, based on that analysis, we do not believe our products violate POWI’s patents and, accordingly, are vigorously contesting this lawsuit. We expect the case to go to trial in 2006 or early 2007. Should we lose the lawsuit, we expect the monetary damages would be immaterial to our consolidated statement of operations. However, it could adversely impact our ability to sell products found to be infringing, either directly or indirectly in the U.S.
 
In a separate action, we filed a lawsuit on April 11, 2006, against POWI in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit asserts that POWI’s PWM products infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,264,719. Intersil Corporation owns U.S. Patent No. 5,264,719, for High Voltage Lateral Semiconductor Devices, and is a co-plantiff with us in the lawsuit. We have held license rights under the patent since 2001 and more recently secured exclusive rights to assert the patent against Power Integrations. We intend to take all possible steps to seek a court order to stop POWI from making, using, selling, offering for sale or importing the infringing products into the U.S and to obtain monetary damages for POWI’s infringing activities.


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On December 30, 2004, our wholly owned subsidiary, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, was sued by ZTE Corporation, a communications equipment manufacturer, in Guangdong Higher People’s Court in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. The complaint filed by ZTE alleges that certain of our products were defective and caused personal injury and/or property loss to ZTE. ZTE claims 65,733,478 CNY as damages (equivalent to approximately $8.2 million USD based on exchange rates at April 2, 2006). We contested the lawsuit in a trial held on October 20, 2005. The court’s decision is pending and we are unable to predict when a decision will be reached. We continue to deny the allegations in the lawsuit.
 
From time to time we are involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. We believe that there is no such ordinary-course litigation pending that could have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
Item 1A.   Business Risks
 
A description of the risk factors associated with our business is set forth below. We review and update our risk factors each quarter. This description includes any changes to and supersedes the description of the risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005. The risks described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial also may impair our business operations and financial condition.
 
The price of our common stock has fluctuated widely in the past and may fluctuate widely in the future.
 
Our common stock, which is traded on The New York Stock Exchange, has experienced and may continue to experience significant price and volume fluctuations that could adversely affect the market price of our common stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors such as quarterly fluctuations in financial results, earnings below analysts’ estimates and financial performance and other activities of other publicly traded companies in the semiconductor industry could cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. In addition, in recent periods, our common stock, the stock market in general and the market for shares of semiconductor industry-related stocks in particular have experienced extreme price fluctuations which have often been unrelated to the operating performance of the affected companies. Any similar fluctuations in the future could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
 
We maintain a backlog of customer orders that is subject to cancellation, reduction or delay in delivery schedules, which may result in lower than expected revenues.
 
We manufacture products primarily pursuant to purchase orders for current delivery or to forecast, rather than pursuant to long-term supply contracts. The semiconductor industry is subject to rapid changes in customer outlooks or unexpected build ups of inventory in the supply channel as a result of shifts in end market demand. Accordingly, many of these purchase orders or forecasts may be revised or canceled without penalty. As a result, we must commit resources to the production of products without any advance purchase commitments from customers. Even in cases where our standard terms and conditions of sale or other contractual arrangements do not permit a customer to cancel an order without penalty, we may from time to time accept cancellations because of industry practice or custom or other factors. Our inability to sell products after we devote significant resources to them could have a material adverse effect on both our levels of inventory and revenues.
 
Downturns in the highly cyclical semiconductor industry or changes in end user market demands could reduce the profitability and overall value of our business, which could cause the trading price of our stock to decline or have other adverse effects on our financial position.
 
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this most recent cycle occurred in the third quarter of 2001, the semiconductor industry did not experience a recovery in orders until 2003. We may experience renewed, possibly more severe and prolonged, downturns in the future as a result of such cyclical changes. Even as demand increases following such downturns, our profitability may not increase because of price competition that historically accompanies recoveries in demand. For example, in 2002, we sold approximately 7% more units than in 2001, yet our revenues were essentially unchanged. And, in 2003 we sold approximately the same number of units as in 2002, while at the same time experiencing revenue declines due to price decreases. In addition, we may experience significant changes in our profitability as a result of variations in sales, changes in product mix, changes in end user markets and the costs associated with the introduction of new products, and our efforts to reduce excess inventories that may have built up as a result of any of these factors. The markets for our products depend on continued demand for consumer electronics such as personal computers, cellular telephones, and digital cameras, and automotive, household and industrial goods. These end user markets may experience changes in demand that could adversely affect our prospects.
 
We may not be able to develop new products to satisfy changing demands from customers.
 
Our failure to develop new technologies, or react to changes in existing technologies, could materially delay development of new products, which could result in decreased revenues and a loss of market share to our competitors. The semiconductor industry is characterized by rapidly changing technologies and industry standards, together with frequent new product introductions. Our financial performance depends on our ability to design, develop, manufacture, assemble, test, market and support new products and enhancements on a timely and cost-effective basis. New products often command higher prices and, as a result, higher profit margins. We may not successfully identify new product opportunities and develop and bring new products to market or succeed in selling them into new customer applications in a timely and cost-effective manner. Products or technologies developed by other companies may render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive. Many of our competitors are larger, older and well established international companies with greater engineering and research and development resources than us. A fundamental shift in technologies in our product markets that we fail to identify correctly or adequately, or that we fail to capitalize on, in each case relative to our competitors, could have material adverse effects on our competitive position within the industry. In addition, to remain competitive, we must continue to reduce die sizes, develop new packages and improve manufacturing yields. We cannot assure you that we can accomplish these goals.
 
If some original equipment manufacturers do not design our products into their equipment, our revenue may be adversely affected.
 
The success of our products often depends on whether original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), or their contract manufacturers, choose to incorporate or “design in” our products, or identify our products, with those from a limited number of other vendors, as approved for use in particular OEM applications. Even receiving “design wins” from a customer does not guarantee future sales to that customer. We may be unable to achieve these “design wins” due to competition over the subject product’s functionality, size, electrical characteristics or other aspect of its design, price, or due to our inability to service expected demand from the customer or other factors. Without design wins, we would only be able to sell our products to customers as a second source, if at all. If an OEM designs another supplier’s product into one of its applications, it is more difficult for us to achieve future design wins with that application because, for the customer, changing suppliers involves significant cost, time, effort and risk. In addition, achieving a design win with a customer does not ensure that we will receive significant revenue from that customer and we may be unable to convert design into actual sales.
 
We depend on demand from the consumer, original equipment manufacturer, contract manufacturing, industrial, automotive and other markets we serve for the end market applications which incorporate our products. Reduced consumer or corporate spending due to increased oil prices or other economic factors could affect our revenues.
 
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Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could adversely affect our future performance and growth.
 
Failure to protect our existing intellectual property rights may result in the loss of valuable technologies. We rely on patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright law to protect such technologies. Some of our technologies are not covered by any patent or patent application, and we cannot assure you that:
 
  •  the patents owned by us or numerous other patents which third parties license to us will not be invalidated, circumvented, challenged or licensed to other companies; or
 
  •  any of our pending or future patent applications will be issued within the scope of the claims sought by us, if at all.
 
In addition, effective patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret protection may be unavailable, limited or not applied for in some countries.
 
We also seek to protect our proprietary technologies, including technologies that may not be patented or patentable, in part by confidentiality agreements and, if applicable, inventors’ rights agreements with our collaborators, advisors, employees and consultants. We cannot assure you that these agreements will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any breach or that such persons or institutions will not assert rights to intellectual property arising out of such research. Some of our technologies have been licensed on a non-exclusive basis from National Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics and other companies which may license such technologies to others, including our competitors. In addition, under a technology licensing and transfer agreement, National Semiconductor has limited royalty-free, worldwide license rights (without right to sublicense) to some of our technologies. If necessary or desirable, we may seek licenses under patents or intellectual property rights claimed by others. However, we cannot assure you that we will obtain such licenses or that the terms of any offered licenses will be acceptable to us. The failure to obtain a license from a third party for technologies we use could cause us to incur substantial liabilities and to suspend the manufacture or shipment of products or our use of processes requiring the technologies.
 
Our failure to obtain or maintain the right to use some technologies may negatively affect our financial results.
 
Our future success and competitive position depend in part upon our ability to obtain or maintain proprietary technologies used in our principal products, which is achieved in part by defending claims by competitors and others of intellectual property infringement. The semiconductor industry is characterized by claims of intellectual property infringement and litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. From time to time, we may be notified of claims (often implicit in offers to sell us a license to another company’s patents) that we may be infringing patents issued to other companies, and we may subsequently engage in license negotiations regarding these claims. Such claims relate both to products and manufacturing processes. Even though we maintain procedures to avoid infringing others’ rights as part of our product and process development efforts, it is impossible to be aware of every possible patent which our products may infringe, and we cannot assure you that we will be successful. Furthermore, even if we conclude our products do not infringe another’s patents, others may not agree. We have been and are involved in lawsuits, and could become subject to other lawsuits, in which it is alleged that we have infringed upon the patent or other intellectual property rights of other companies. For example, since October 2004, we have been in litigation with POWI in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. POWI alleges that some of our PWM integrated circuit products infringe four of POWI’s U.S. patents. We do not believe our products violate POWI’s patents and are vigorously contesting the lawsuit. See “Legal Proceedings”. Our involvement in this lawsuit and future intellectual property litigation, or the costs of avoiding or settling litigation by purchasing licenses rights or by other means, could result in significant expense to our company, adversely affecting sales of the challenged products or technologies and diverting the efforts and attention of our technical and management personnel, whether or not such litigation is resolved in our favor. We may decide to settle patent infringement claims or litigation by purchasing license rights from the claimant, even if we believe we are not infringing, in order to reduce the expense of continuing the dispute or because we are not sufficiently confident that


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we would eventually prevail. In the event of an adverse outcome as a defendant in any such litigation, we may be required to:
 
  •  pay substantial damages;
 
  •  indemnify our customers for damages they might suffer if the products they purchase from us violate the intellectual property rights of others;
 
  •  stop our manufacture, use, sale or importation of infringing products;
 
  •  expend significant resources to develop or acquire non-infringing technologies;
 
  •  discontinue manufacturing processes; or
 
  •  obtain licenses to the intellectual property we are found to have infringed.
 
We cannot assure you that we would be successful in such development or acquisition or that such licenses would be available under reasonable terms. Any such development, acquisition or license could require the expenditure of substantial time and other resources.
 
We may not be able to consummate future acquisitions or successfully integrate acquisitions into our business.
 
We have made eleven acquisitions of various sizes since we became an independent company in 1997, and we plan to pursue additional acquisitions of related businesses. The costs of acquiring and integrating related businesses, or our failure to integrate them successfully into our existing businesses, could result in our company incurring unanticipated expenses and losses. In addition, we may not be able to identify or finance additional acquisitions or realize any anticipated benefits from acquisitions we do complete.
 
We are constantly pursuing acquisition opportunities and consolidation possibilities and are frequently conducting due diligence or holding preliminary discussions with respect to possible acquisition transactions, some of which could be significant. No material potential acquisition transactions are subject to a letter of intent or otherwise so far advanced as to make the transaction reasonably certain.
 
If we acquire another business, the process of integrating acquired operations into our existing operations may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and may require significant financial resources that would otherwise be available for the ongoing development or expansion of existing operations. Some of the risks associated with acquisitions include:
 
  •  unexpected losses of key employees, customers or suppliers of the acquired company;
 
  •  conforming the acquired company’s standards, processes, procedures and controls with our operations;
 
  •  coordinating new product and process development;
 
  •  hiring additional management and other critical personnel;
 
  •  negotiating with labor unions; and
 
  •  increasing the scope, geographic diversity and complexity of our operations.
 
In addition, we may encounter unforeseen obstacles or costs in the integration of other businesses we acquire.
 
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We depend on suppliers for timely deliveries of raw materials of acceptable quality. Production time and product costs could increase if we were to lose a primary supplier or if a primary supplier increased the prices of raw materials. Product performance could be affected and quality issues could develop as a result of a significant degradation in the quality of raw materials we use in our products.
 
Our manufacturing operations depend upon obtaining adequate supplies of raw materials on a timely basis. Our results of operations could be adversely affected if we were unable to obtain adequate supplies of raw materials in a timely manner or if the costs of raw materials increased significantly. Results could also be adversely affected if there is a significant degradation in the quality of raw materials used in our products, or if the raw materials give rise to compatibility or performance issues in our products, any of which could lead to an increase in customer returns or product warranty claims. Although we maintain rigorous quality control systems, errors or defects may arise from a supplied raw material and be beyond our detection or control. For example, some phosphorus-containing mold compound received from one supplier and incorporated into our products has resulted in a number of claims for damages from customers. We purchase raw materials such as silicon wafers, lead frames, mold compound, ceramic packages and chemicals and gases from a limited number of suppliers on a just-in-time basis. From time to time, suppliers may extend lead times, limit supplies or increase prices due to capacity constraints or other factors. We subcontract a minority of our wafer fabrication needs, primarily to Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Phenitec Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Central Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, UMC, WIN Semiconductor, Jilin Magic Semiconductor, More Power Electric Corporation and New Japan Radio Corporation. In order to maximize our production capacity, some of our back-end assembly and testing operations are also subcontracted. Primary back-end subcontractors include Amkor, AUK, Enoch, Wooseok, SP Semiconductor, NS Electronics (Bangkok) Ltd., Liteon, GEM Services, and STATS ChipPAC.
 
Our operations and ability to satisfy customer obligations could be adversely affected if our relationships with these subcontractors were disrupted or terminated.
 
Delays in beginning production at new facilities, expanding capacity at existing facilities, implementing new production techniques, or incurring problems associated with technical equipment malfunctions, all could adversely affect our manufacturing efficiencies.
 
Our manufacturing efficiency is an important factor in our profitability, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our manufacturing efficiency or increase manufacturing efficiency to the same extent as our competitors. Our manufacturing processes are highly complex, require advanced and costly equipment and are continuously being modified in an effort to improve yields and product performance. Impurities or other difficulties in the manufacturing process can lower yields. In 2003, we began initial production at a new assembly and test facility in Suzhou, China. We are transferring some production from subcontractors to this new facility. Delays or technical problems in completing these transfers could lead to order cancellations and lost revenue. In addition, we are currently engaged in an effort to expand capacity at some of our manufacturing facilities. As is common in the semiconductor industry, we have from time to time experienced difficulty in beginning production at new facilities or in completing transitions to new manufacturing processes at existing facilities. As a consequence, we have suffered delays in product deliveries or reduced yields.
 
We may experience delays or problems in bringing our new factory in Suzhou, China or other new manufacturing capacity to full production. Such delays, as well as possible problems in achieving acceptable yields, or product delivery delays relating to existing or planned new capacity could result from, among other things, capacity constraints, construction delays, upgrading or expanding existing facilities or changing our process technologies, any of which could result in a loss of future revenues. Our operating results could also be adversely affected by the increase in fixed costs and operating expenses related to increases in production capacity if revenues do not increase proportionately.


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Approximately 66% of our sales are made to distributors who can terminate their relationships with us with little or no notice. The termination of a distributor could reduce sales and result in inventory returns.
 
Distributors accounted for 66% of our net sales for the quarter ended April 2, 2006. Our top five distributors worldwide accounted for 18% of our net sales for the quarter ended April 2, 2006. As a general rule, we do not have long-term agreements with our distributors, and they may terminate their relationships with us with little or no advance notice. Distributors generally offer competing products. The loss of one or more of our distributors, or the decision by one or more of them to reduce the number of our products they offer or to carry the product lines of our competitors, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The termination of a significant distributor, whether at our or the distributor’s initiative, or a disruption in the operations of one or more of our distributors, could reduce our net sales in a given quarter and could result in an increase in inventory returns.
 
The semiconductor business is very competitive, especially in the markets we serve, and increased competition could reduce the value of an investment in our company.
 
The semiconductor industry is, and the standard component or “multi-market” semiconductor product markets in particular are, highly competitive. Competitors offer equivalent or similar versions of many of our products, and customers may switch from our products to competitors’ products on the basis of price, delivery terms, product performance, quality, reliability and customer service or a combination of any of these factors. Competition is especially intense in the multi-market semiconductor segment because it is relatively easier for customers to switch suppliers of more standardized, multi-market products like ours, compared to switching suppliers of more highly integrated or customized semiconductor products such as processors or system-on-a-chip products, which we do not manufacture. Even in strong markets, price pressures may emerge as competitors attempt to gain a greater market share by lowering prices. Competition in the various markets in which we participate comes from companies of various sizes, many of which are larger and have greater financial and other resources than we have and thus are better able to pursue acquisition candidates and can better withstand adverse economic or market conditions. In addition, companies not currently in direct competition with us may introduce competing products in the future.
 
We may not be able to attract or retain the technical or management employees necessary to remain competitive in our industry.
 
Our continued success depends on the retention and recruitment of skilled personnel, including technical, marketing, management and staff personnel. In the semiconductor industry, the competition for qualified personnel, particularly experienced design engineers and other technical employees, is intense, particularly in the “up” portions of our business cycle, when competitors may try to recruit our most valuable technical employees. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain our current personnel or recruit the key personnel we require.
 
If we must reduce our use of options and other equity awards, our competitiveness in the employee marketplace could be adversely affected. Our results of operations could vary as a result of the methods, estimates and judgments we use to value our stock-based compensation.
 
Like most technology companies, we have a history of using broad-based employee stock option programs to recruit and retain our workforce in a competitive employment marketplace. Although we have reduced our use of traditional stock options in the past several years in favor of deferred stock units, restricted stock units and performance-based equity awards, we still use stock options and expect to continue to use them as one component of our stock-based compensation program. As a result, our success will depend in part upon the continued use of stock options as a compensation tool. We plan to seek stockholder approval for increases in the number of shares available for grant under the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan as well as other amendments that may be adopted from time to time which require stockholder approval. If these proposals do not receive stockholder approval, we may not be able to grant stock options and other equity awards to employees at the same levels as in the past, which could adversely affect our ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, and we may need to increase cash compensation in order to attract, retain and motivate employees, which could adversely affect our results of operations.


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In addition, we implemented SFAS 123(R) in our first quarter of 2006. This resulted in $0.03 lower reported earnings per share, which could negatively affect our future stock price. The impact of SFAS 123(R) could also negatively affect our ability to utilize broad-based employee stock plans to reward employees and could result in a competitive disadvantage to us in the employee marketplace.
 
The calculation of stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123(R) requires us to use valuation methodologies and a number of estimates, assumptions and conclusions regarding matters such as the expected volatility of our share price, the expected life of our options, the expected dividend rate with respect to our common stock, expected forfeitures and the exercise behavior of our employees. See the Stock-Based Compensation Expense section of Item 2 of this report for further information. There are no means, under applicable accounting principles, to compare and adjust this expense if and when we learn of additional information that may affect the estimates that we previously made, with the exception of changes in expected forfeitures of stock-based awards. Certain factors may arise over time that lead us to change our estimates and assumptions with respect to future stock-based compensation, resulting in variability in our stock-based compensation expense over time. Changes in forecasted stock-based compensation expense could impact our gross margin percentage, research and development expenses, marketing, general and administrative expenses and our tax rate.
 
We may face product warranty or product liability claims that are disproportionately higher than the value of the products involved.
 
Our products are typically sold at prices that are significantly lower than the cost of the equipment or other goods in which they are incorporated. For example, our products that are incorporated into a personal computer may be sold for several dollars, whereas the personal computer might be sold by the computer maker for several hundred dollars. Although we maintain rigorous quality control systems, we manufacture and sell approximately 16 billion individual semiconductor devices per year to customers around the world, and in the ordinary course of our business we receive warranty claims for some of these products that are defective or that do not perform to published specifications. Since a defect or failure in our product could give rise to failures in the goods that incorporate them (and consequential claims for damages against our customers from their customers), we may face claims for damages that are disproportionate to the revenues and profits we receive from the products involved. We attempt, through our standard terms and conditions of sale and other customer contracts, to limit our liability by agreeing only to replace the defective goods or refund the purchase price. Nevertheless, we have received claims for other charges, such as for labor and other costs of replacing defective parts or repairing the products into which the defective products are incorporated, lost profits and other damages. In addition, our ability to reduce such liabilities, whether by contracts or otherwise, may be limited by the laws or the customary business practices of the countries where we do business. And, even in cases where we do not believe we have legal liability for such claims, we may choose to pay for them to retain a customer’s business or goodwill or to settle claims to avoid protracted litigation. Our results of operations and business could be adversely affected as a result of a significant quality or performance issue in our products, if we are required or choose to pay for the damages that result.
 
For example, from time to time since late 2001, we have received claims from a number of customers seeking damages resulting from certain products manufactured with a phosphorus-containing mold compound. Mold compound is the plastic resin used to encapsulate semiconductor chips. This particular mold compound causes some chips to short in some situations, resulting in chip failure. We have been named in lawsuits relating to these mold compound claims. In January 2005, we were named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Lucent Technologies Inc. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The Lucent lawsuit alleges breach of contract and breach of warranty claims and seeks unspecified damages allegedly caused by our products. We believe we have strong defenses against Lucent’s claims and intend to vigorously defend the lawsuit.
 
Several other customers have made claims for damages or threatened to begin litigation as a result of the mold compound issue if their claims are not resolved according to their demands, and we may face additional lawsuits as a result. On December 29, 2005, we settled a lawsuit filed against us and three of our distributors by Alcatel Canada Inc. in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging breach of contract, negligence and other claims and claiming damages allegedly caused by our products containing the mold compound. We have also resolved similar claims with several of our leading customers. We have exhausted insurance coverage for such customer claims. While the exact amount of these losses is not known, we recorded a reserve for estimated potential settlement losses of


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$11.0 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during the second quarter of 2004 and $6.9 million the fourth quarter of 2005. These estimates were based upon assessments of the potential liability using an analysis of the claims and historical experience. At April 2, 2006 and December 25, 2005, the reserve for estimated potential settlement losses was $5.8 million and $17.2 million, respectively. If we continue to receive additional claims for damages from customers beyond the period of time normally observed for such claims, if more of these claims proceed to litigation, or if we choose to settle claims in settlement of or to avoid litigation, then we may incur a liability in excess of the current reserve.
 
In a related action, we filed a lawsuit in August 2002 against the mold compound supplier, Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and other related parties in California Superior Court for Santa Clara County, alleging claims for breach of contract, misrepresentation, negligence and other claims and seeking unspecified damages, including damages caused to our customers as a result of mold compound supplied by Sumitomo. Other manufacturers also filed lawsuits against Sumitomo relating to the same mold compound issue. On September 30, 2005, we agreed to settle the lawsuit against Sumitomo. We previously agreed to settle litigation against Amkor Technology, Inc., a co-defendant with Sumitomo.
 
Our international operations subject our company to risks not faced by domestic competitors.
 
Through our subsidiaries we maintain significant operations and facilities in the Philippines, Malaysia, China, South Korea and Singapore. We have sales offices and customers around world. Approximately 76% of our revenues in the first quarter of 2006 were from Asia. The following are some of the risks inherent in doing business on an international level:
 
  •  economic and political instability;
 
  •  foreign currency fluctuations;
 
  •  transportation delays;
 
  •  trade restrictions;
 
  •  work stoppages; and
 
  •  the laws of, including tax laws, and the policies of the United States toward, countries in which we manufacture our products.
 
We acquired significant operations and revenues when we acquired a business from Samsung Electronics and, as a result, are subject to risks inherent in doing business in Korea, including political risk, labor risk and currency risk.
 
As a result of the acquisition of the power device business from Samsung Electronics in 1999, we have significant operations and sales in South Korea and are subject to risks associated with doing business there. Korea accounted for 15% of our revenue for quarter ended April 2, 2006.
 
Relations between South Korea and North Korea have been tense over most of South Korea’s history, and more recent concerns over North Korea’s nuclear capability, and relations between the United States and North Korea, have created a global security issue that may adversely affect Korean business and economic conditions. We cannot assure you as to whether or when this situation will be resolved or change abruptly as a result of current or future events. An adverse change in economic or political conditions in South Korea or in its relations with North Korea could have a material adverse effect on our Korean subsidiary and our company. In addition to other risks disclosed relating to international operations, some businesses in South Korea are subject to labor unrest.
 
Our Korean sales are increasingly denominated primarily in U.S. dollars while a significant portion of our Korean operations’ costs of goods sold and operating expenses are denominated in South Korean won. Although we have taken steps to fix the costs subject to currency fluctuations and to balance won revenues and won costs as much as possible, a significant change in this balance, coupled with a significant change in the value of the won relative to the dollar, could have a material adverse effect on our financial performance and results of operations (see Item 3, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk).


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A change in foreign tax laws or a difference in the construction of current foreign tax laws by relevant foreign authorities could result in us not recognizing the benefits we anticipated in connection with the transaction structure used to consummate the acquisition of the power device business.
 
The transaction structure we used for the acquisition of the power device business is based on assumptions about the various tax laws, including income and withholding tax, and other relevant laws of foreign jurisdictions. In addition, our Korean subsidiary was granted a ten-year tax holiday under Korean law in 1999. The first seven years are tax-free, followed by three years of income taxes at 50% of the statutory rate. In 2000, the tax holiday was extended such that the exemption amounts were increased to 78% in the eighth year and a 28% exemption was added to the eleventh year. If our assumptions about tax and other relevant laws are incorrect, or if foreign taxing jurisdictions were to change or modify the relevant laws, or if our Korean subsidiary were to lose its tax holiday, we could suffer adverse tax and other financial consequences or lose the benefits anticipated from the transaction structure we used to acquire that business.
 
We have significantly expanded our manufacturing operations in China and, as a result, will be increasingly subject to risks inherent in doing business in China, which may adversely affect our financial performance.
 
In 2003, we completed the first phase of construction of an 800,000 square foot assembly and test facility in Suzhou, China, and in 2004 began implementing the second phase. The factory began production in July 2003 and is steadily increasing its output. Although we expect a significant portion of our production from this new facility will be exported out of China, especially initially, we are hopeful that a significant portion of our future revenue will result from the Chinese markets in which our products are sold, and from demand in China for goods that include our products. Our ability to operate in China may be adversely affected by changes in that country’s laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters. In addition, our results of operations in China are subject to the economic and political situation there. We believe that our operations in China are in compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. However, there can be no assurance that China’s central or local governments will not impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures. Changes in the political environment or government policies could result in revisions to laws or regulations or their interpretation and enforcement, increased taxation, restrictions on imports, import duties or currency revaluations. In addition, a significant destabilization of relations between China and the United States could result in restrictions or prohibitions on our operations or the sale of our products in China. The legal system of China relating to foreign trade is relatively new and continues to evolve. There can be no certainty as to the application of its laws and regulations in particular instances. Enforcement of existing laws or agreements may be sporadic and implementation and interpretation of laws inconsistent. Moreover, there is a high degree of fragmentation among regulatory authorities resulting in uncertainties as to which authorities have jurisdiction over particular parties or transactions.
 
We are subject to many environmental laws and regulations that could affect our operations or result in significant expenses.
 
Increasingly stringent environmental regulations restrict the amount and types of pollutants that can be released from our operations into the environment. While the cost of compliance with environmental laws has not had a material adverse effect on our results of operations historically, compliance with these and any future regulations could require significant capital investments in pollution control equipment or changes in the way we make our products. In addition, because we use hazardous and other regulated materials in our manufacturing processes, we are subject to risks of liabilities and claims, regardless of fault, resulting from our use, transportation, emission, discharge, storage, recycling or disposal of hazardous materials, including personal injury claims and civil and criminal fines, any of which could be material to our cash flow or earnings. For example:
 
  •  we currently are remediating contamination at some of our operating plant sites;
 
  •  we have been identified as a potentially responsible party at a number of Superfund sites where we (or our predecessors) disposed of wastes in the past; and
 
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Although most of our known environmental liabilities are covered by indemnification agreements with Raytheon Company, National Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics and Intersil Corporation, these indemnities are limited to conditions that occurred prior to the consummation of the transactions through which we acquired facilities from those companies. Moreover, we cannot assure you that their indemnity obligations to us for the covered liabilities will be available, or, if available, adequate to protect us.
 
We are a leveraged company with a ratio of debt to equity at April 2, 2006 of approximately 0.6 to 1, which could adversely affect our financial health and limit our ability to grow and compete.
 
At April 2, 2006, we had total debt of $644.4 million, and the ratio of this debt to equity was approximately 0.6 to 1. In June 2003, we entered into a new senior credit facility that included a $300 million term loan, the proceeds of which were used to redeem our 103/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, and a $180 million revolving line of credit. In January 2005, we increased the senior credit facility to $630 million, consisting of a term loan of $450 million replacing the previous $300 million term loan, and a $180 million revolving line of credit, of which $179.1 million remained undrawn as of April 2, 2006, adjusted for outstanding letters of credit. The proceeds from the increased senior credit facility were used, together with approximately $216 million in cash, to redeem all our outstanding 101/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009. Despite reducing some of our long-term debt, we continue to carry substantial indebtedness which could have important consequences. For example, it could:
 
  •  require us to dedicate a portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, research and development efforts and other general corporate purposes;
 
  •  increase the amount of our interest expense, because certain of our borrowings (namely borrowings under our senior credit facility) are at variable rates of interest, which, if interest rates increase, could result in higher interest expense;
 
  •  increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
 
  •  limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;
 
  •  restrict us from making strategic acquisitions, introducing new technologies or exploiting business opportunities;
 
  •  make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the instruments governing our indebtedness;
 
  •  place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less indebtedness; or
 
  •  limit, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants in our debt instruments, among other things, our ability to borrow additional funds, dispose of assets, repurchase stock or pay cash dividends. Failing to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Despite current indebtedness levels, we may still be able to incur substantially more indebtedness. Incurring more indebtedness could exacerbate the risks described above.
 
We may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. The indenture governing Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation’s outstanding 5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008 does not limit the amount of additional debt that we may incur. Although the terms of the credit agreement relating to the senior credit facility contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions and, under certain circumstances, additional indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions or upon further amendment of the credit facility could be substantial. The senior credit facility, as amended in January 2005, permits borrowings of up to $180.0 million in revolving loans under the line of credit, in addition to the outstanding $450 million term loan that is currently outstanding under that facility. As of April 2, 2006, adjusted for outstanding letters of credit, we had up to $179.1 million available under the revolving


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loan portion of the senior credit facility. If new debt is added to our subsidiaries’ current debt levels, the substantial risks described above would intensify.
 
We may not be able to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our indebtedness, which may require us to refinance our indebtedness or default on our scheduled debt payments. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.
 
Our historical financial results have been, and our future financial results are anticipated to be, subject to substantial fluctuations. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, that currently anticipated cost savings and operating improvements will be realized on schedule or at all, or that future borrowings will be available to us under our senior credit facility in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. In addition, because our senior credit facility has variable interest rates, the cost of those borrowings will increase if market interest rates increase. If we are unable to meet our expenses and debt obligations, we may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity, sell assets or raise equity. We cannot assure you that we would be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, sell assets or raise equity on commercially reasonable terms or at all, which could cause us to default on our obligations and impair our liquidity. Restrictions imposed by the credit agreement relating to our senior credit facility restrict or prohibit our ability to engage in or enter into some business operating and financing arrangements, which could adversely affect our ability to take advantage of potentially profitable business opportunities.
 
The operating and financial restrictions and covenants in the credit agreement relating to our senior credit facility may limit our ability to finance our future operations or capital needs or engage in other business activities that may be in our interests. The credit agreement imposes significant operating and financial restrictions that affect our ability to incur additional indebtedness or create liens on our assets, pay dividends, sell assets, engage in mergers or acquisitions, make investments or engage in other business activities. These restrictions could place us at a disadvantage relative to competitors not subject to such limitations.
 
In addition, the senior credit facility also requires us to maintain specified financial ratios. Our ability to meet those financial ratios can be affected by events beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that we will meet those ratios. As of April 2, 2006, we were in compliance with these ratios. A breach of any of these covenants, ratios or restrictions could result in an event of default under the senior credit facility. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the senior credit facility, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the senior credit facility, together with accrued interest, to be immediately due and payable. If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders could proceed against our assets, including any collateral granted to them to secure the indebtedness. If the lenders under the senior credit facility accelerate the payment of the indebtedness, we cannot assure you that our assets would be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and our other indebtedness.
 
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
There were no sales of unregistered equity securities in the first quarter of 2006. The following table provides information with respect to purchases made by the company of its own common stock.
 
                                 
                Total Number of
    Maximum Number (or
 
                Shares Purchased
    Approximate Dollar Value)
 
    Total Number of
    Average
    as Part of Publicly
    of Shares That May yet be
 
    Shares (or Units)
    Price Paid
    Announced Plans
    Purchased Under the Plans
 
Period
  Purchased(1)     per Share     or Programs     or Programs  
 
December 26, 2005 -
January 29, 2006
        $              
January 30, 2006 -
February 26, 2006
    110,000       18.12              
February 27, 2006 -
April 2, 2006
                       
                                 
Total
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(1) All of these shares were purchased by the company in open-market transactions to satisfy its obligations to deliver shares under the company’s employee stock purchase plan. The purchase of these shares satisfied the conditions of the safe harbor provided by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Item 6.   Exhibits
 
         
Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  10 .01   Employment Agreement, dated February 27, 2006, between Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation and Mark S. Frey.
  10 .02   Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan dated February 27, 2006, between Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. and Mark S. Frey.
  10 .03   Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan dated February 10, 2006, between Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. and Mark S. Thompson.
  10 .04   Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan.
  14 .01   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (incorporated by reference from our current report on Form 8-K filed on January 31, 2006).
  31 .01   Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.
  31 .02   Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.
  32 .01   Certification, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Mark S. Thompson.
  32 .02   Certification, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Mark S. Frey.
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.
 
     
Date: May 12, 2006
 
By: /s/  Robin A. Sawyer
        Robin A. Sawyer
Vice President, Corporate Controller
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EX-10.01 2 b60427fsexv10w01.txt EX-10.01 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - MARK S. FREY Exhibit 10.01 EXECUTION COPY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is entered into as of February 27, 2006 (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") between Mark S. Frey (the "EXECUTIVE") and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (the "COMPANY"), a Delaware corporation. For ease of reference, this Agreement is divided into the following parts: PART 1 -- DUTIES AND SCOPE, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS DURING EMPLOYMENT (Sections 1-4) - Position and Duties - Salary - EFIP Bonus - Equity Awards - Other PART 2 -- COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN CASE OF ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE TERMINATION (Sections 5-6) - Termination PART 3 -- COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN CASE OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL (Section 7) PART 4 -- CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE, FORFEITURE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, NON-SOLICITATION, REMEDIES, SUCCESSORS, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, SIGNATURE PAGE (Sections 8-14) - Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure - Forfeiture in Case of Certain Events - Non-Solicitation - Miscellaneous TERMS For good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Executive, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows: PART 1 DUTIES AND SCOPE, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS DURING EMPLOYMENT SECTION 1. TERM OF AGREEMENT; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT (a) Unless sooner terminated as provided in this Agreement, the term of this Agreement will begin on the Effective Date and will end on the first anniversary of the Start Date defined in Section 2(a) below (the "INITIAL TERM"). At the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for additional, successive terms of one year (each a "RENEWAL TERM") unless either the Company or the Executive gives the other written notice of non-renewal at least 180 days before the end of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as the case may be. Such notice of non-renewal given by the Company shall be treated as a termination without Cause hereunder effective as of the termination date specified by the Company in such notice (or, if no date is specified, the date notice is given), which date must be on or after the giving of such notice and on or before the last day of the Term. The Initial Term and any Renewal Terms are collectively referred to as the "TERM". (b) Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, including those in Part 2, on or following the Start Date either the Company or the Executive may terminate the Executive's employment with the Company at any time and for any reason or no reason upon written notice to the other party, with effect as of a subsequent date specified in such notice. Prior to the Start Date either the Company or the Executive may terminate this Agreement for any reason or no reason upon written notice to the other party, provided that any such termination shall be deemed a termination of employment for all purposes under this Agreement, and will be subject to the other terms of this Agreement, including those in Part 2. SECTION 2. DUTIES AND SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT (a) Position. Beginning on March 20, 2006, or such other date which is agreed in writing by the Executive and the Company and which falls within 30 days after the Effective Date (the "START DATE"), and for the remainder of the Term, the Company will employ the Executive in the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, based in the Company's San Jose, California, office, reporting directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that this Agreement shall be effective as of and following the Effective Date, but that the Executive will not become an employee of the Company until the Start Date. (b) Obligations. From and after the Start Date and while employed hereunder, the Executive shall have such duties, responsibilities and authority as customarily held or exercised by a chief financial officer of a public corporation, including but not limited to general supervision over all of the global finance organization of the Company. During the Term, 2 the Executive shall devote the Executive's full business efforts and time to the business and affairs of the Company as needed to carry out his duties and responsibilities hereunder. The foregoing shall not preclude the Executive from engaging in appropriate civic, charitable, religious or other non-profit activities or from devoting a reasonable amount of time to private investments or from serving on the boards of directors of other entities, provided that those activities do not interfere or conflict with the Executive's duties or responsibilities to the Company. SECTION 3. BASE COMPENSATION From and after the Start Date and while employed hereunder, the Company shall pay the Executive, as compensation for services, a base salary of at least $325,000 per year. Salary increases will be considered after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, or sooner in the discretion of President and CEO and consistent with Company policies. SECTION 4. OTHER COMPENSATION (a) EFIP. While employed hereunder, the Executive will be enrolled in the Enhanced Fairchild Incentive Plan (EFIP), at a participation level of at least 90%. By way of example only, if an EFIP bonus is paid at the 100% target level, the Executive would receive a bonus equal to 90% of his qualified earnings under EFIP during the measurement period. Payments are subject to the terms and conditions of the EFIP. (b) Equity Awards. (1) Grants. The Executive shall receive a grant of 20,000 Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. ("FSII") restricted stock units ("RSUS"), a grant of 20,000 FSII performance units ("PERFORMANCE UNITS") and a grant of options to purchase 75,000 shares of FSII common stock ("OPTIONS"), subject to the following terms (collectively, the "EQUITY GRANTS"). The Equity Grants will not be made under any stock or option plan of the Company or FSII, but will be granted, administered and interpreted as if such grants had been made under, and subject to, the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan and standard forms of executive agreements (the "EQUITY AWARD AGREEMENTS") as in effect on the date hereof and as such plan may be amended from time to time (the "PLAN"). The Plan and Equity Award Agreements are hereby incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. The grant date for the Equity Grants will be the Start Date. The RSUs and Options will vest in 25% increments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date, if in each case the Executive remains employed by the Company on such anniversary. The actual number of shares of stock issued under the Performance Units, and the vesting provisions relating to those units and shares received thereunder, will be determined in accordance with the Plan and terms generally applicable to 2006 performance unit grants to executive officers of the Company. The Executive will be solely responsible for any taxes associated with the receipt, vesting, exercise or delivery of shares or cash under the Equity Grants, and the Company will make appropriate withholdings from any distributions of shares or cash thereunder. 3 (2) No Eligibility for Other Grants in 2006. The Equity Grants are made in lieu of any that would otherwise be made to the Executive as part of the Company's annual grant program for 2006, and, accordingly, the Executive shall not receive any grants of RSUs, performance units or options under such program in 2006, other than the Equity Grants. The Executive will be eligible to receive additional awards that the Company may undertake under any other program, with respect to the Executive or otherwise, in 2006. (3) Additional Grants After 2006. So long as he is employed by the Company after 2006, the Executive shall receive grants of stock options, performance shares and other equity-based awards, subject to the applicable Company plans governing such awards, and covering a number of shares determined consistent with Company policies and practices for executive officers. Since the Equity Grants are made in connection with the Executive's recruitment, future annual awards may be smaller than the Equity Grants. (c) Recruitment Bonus. The Company will pay the Executive a one-time recruitment bonus of $80,000, on a tax-assisted or fully grossed-up basis, within 10 days after the Start Date. If the Executive terminates his employment with the Company for any reason other than Good Reason (or his death or disability) within one year after the Start Date, the Executive will repay the foregoing recruitment bonus to the Company on a prorated basis reflecting the portion of such one-year period that the Executive is not employed by the Company. Such repayment will include amounts paid by the Company in respect of tax assistance that are not recovered by the Company as a result of such repayment. (d) Tax and Financial Planning Assistance. The Executive will be entitled to receive up to $8,000 per year in personal tax and financial planning services at the Company's expense and on a tax-assisted (or "fully grossed-up") basis. (e) Other Benefits. While employed hereunder, the Executive will be entitled to participate in Company-paid executive long-term disability insurance, Company-paid executive long-term care insurance, and Company-paid basic life insurance programs, and to participate in the Company's health insurance, dental insurance, vision care, short-term disability and personal savings (including 401(k) and 401(k) benefit restoration) plans, as well as other benefit plans and fringe benefits and perquisites available to senior executives of the Company. (f) Paid Vacation. While employed hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to a minimum of four weeks paid vacation per calendar year, such vacation to extend for such periods and to be taken at such intervals as shall be appropriate and consistent with Company policies and the proper performance of the Executive's duties hereunder. (g) Business Expenses and Travel. While employed hereunder, the Executive shall be authorized to incur and shall be reimbursed for all necessary and reasonable travel, entertainment and other business expenses in connection with the Executive's duties hereunder. 4 (h) Legal Fee Reimbursement. The Company agrees to directly pay Executive's reasonable advisory and legal fees associated with entering into this Agreement, up to $5,000, upon receiving invoices for such services. Such amounts will be paid on a tax-assisted or "fully grossed-up" basis, to the extent such payments are taxable to the Executive for U.S. federal or state income tax purposes. (i) Indemnification. Executive shall receive indemnification as a corporate officer and director of the Company to the maximum extent extended to the other officers and directors of the Company. Following the termination of Executive's employment or directorship for any reason, the Company agrees to honor the indemnification agreement previously entered into with Executive. PART 2 COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN CASE OF TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE OR FOR GOOD REASON OUTSIDE OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL SECTION 5. TERMINATIONS AND RELATED DEFINITIONS Part 2 of the Agreement, consisting of Sections 5 and 6, describes the benefits and compensation, if any, payable in case of certain terminations of employment prior to six months before a Change in Control and more than twelve months after a Change in Control. In this Agreement, (a) "CAUSE" means (1) a willful failure by the Executive to substantially perform the Executive's duties under this Agreement, other than a failure resulting from the Executive's complete or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment, (2) a willful act by the Executive that constitutes gross misconduct and that is materially injurious to the Company, (3) a willful breach by the Executive of a material provision of this Agreement (including Sections 8 or 10) or (4) a material and willful violation of a federal, state or foreign law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company that is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company, provided that no act, or failure to act, by the Executive shall be considered "willful" unless committed without good faith and without a reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the Company's best interest; and provided, further, that, if the failure, act, breach or other basis for finding Cause under this Agreement is capable of being cured without material injury to the Company, then no finding of Cause shall be made unless the Executive has failed to cure such failure, act, breach or other basis within 30 days after receiving written notice thereof from the Company, and (b) "DISABILITY" means that the Executive, at the time the notice is given, has been unable to perform the Executive's duties under this Agreement for a period of not less than six consecutive months as a result of the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness, and 5 (c) "GOOD REASON" means any of the following or as otherwise provided in this Agreement: (1) a reduction in the Executive's base salary other than as part of a broader executive pay reduction, (2) a reduction in the Executive's incentive compensation (EFIP) participation level other than as part of a broader executive reduction, (3) a material change in the employment benefits available to the Executive, if such change does not similarly affect all employees of the Company eligible for such benefits, (4) a material reduction in Executive's duties, responsibilities or authority as then in effect or (5) a requirement to relocate, except for office relocations that would not increase the Executive's one-way commuting distance by more than 35 miles. SECTION 6. TERMINATION BY COMPANY WITHOUT CAUSE OR BY EXECUTIVE FOR GOOD REASON (a) Severance. If, during the Term, the Company terminates the Executive's employment for any reason other than Cause (including as a result of the Executive's death or Disability), or if the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason, then, provided the Executive (or his legal representative, if applicable) executes the release of claims described in Section 6(b), and subject to Section 6(c), the Company will promptly pay the Executive, in a lump sum, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Executive's base annual salary in effect on such termination date and (ii) the amount of the bonus the Executive would receive under the Company's Enhanced Fairchild Incentive Program (EFIP), assuming a 100% payout based on the Executive's base salary and EFIP incentive level in effect immediately prior to such termination (whether or not such a bonus has been or is expected to be paid to other executives or employees of the Company for the fiscal period in which such termination occurs). If EFIP bonuses are later paid to EFIP participants at a level higher than 100% in respect of the last fiscal period during which the Executive had been employed by the Company, then the Company shall pay the Executive the difference between the amount that would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive remained employed by the Company, and been entitled to receive such bonus, and the amount determined under clause (ii) above. If at the time of such a termination the EFIP program has been discontinued or replaced, then the amount payable under clause (ii) above shall be the target or actual amount that the Executive is entitled to receive under any incentive bonus program in which he is then participating. The Executive will be responsible for all taxes relating to such payments and the Company will make all required withholdings of all such taxes. At the time of such termination, the Company shall pay the Executive in cash for all accrued and unused vacation time. (b) Release of Claims. As a condition to the receipt of the payments described in Section 6(a), the Executive (or his legal representative, if applicable) shall be required to execute a release of all claims arising out of the Executive's employment or the termination thereof, including any claim of discrimination under U.S. state or federal law or any non-U.S. law, but excluding claims for indemnification from the Company under any indemnification agreement with the Company, its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, claims under applicable directors' and officers' insurance policies, or claims for indemnification under Section 2802 of the California Labor Code or similar statutes. 6 (c) Conditions to Receipt of Payments. Without limiting the Company's other rights or remedies in the event of the Executive's breach of any provision of this Agreement, the obligation of the Company to provide the payments described in this Section 6 is subject to the Executive's continuing compliance with Sections 8 and 10 during and after the Term, and also is subject to the related provisions of Section 11. (d) No Mitigation. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment or benefit contemplated by this Section 6, nor shall any such payment or benefit be reduced by any earnings or benefits that the Executive may receive from any other source. PART 3 COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN CASE OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL SECTION 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL (a) Payment; Vesting of Equity Awards. If the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause (including as a result of the Executive's death or Disability), or by the Executive for Good Reason, in either case within the time period beginning six months before the Change in Control and ending 12 months after the Change in Control, then (1) the Company will promptly pay the Executive, in a lump sum, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Executive's base salary in effect on such termination date and (ii) the amount of the bonus the Executive would receive under the Company's Enhanced Fairchild Incentive Program (EFIP), assuming a 100% payout based on the Executive's base salary and EFIP incentive level in effect immediately prior to such termination (whether or not such a bonus has been or is expected to be paid to other executives or employees of the Company for the fiscal period in which such termination occurs). If EFIP bonuses are later paid to EFIP participants at a level higher than 100% in respect of the last fiscal period during which the Executive had been employed by the Company, then the Company shall pay the Executive the difference between the amount that would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive remained employed by the Company, and been entitled to receive such bonus, and the amount determined under clause (ii) above. If at the time of such a termination the EFIP program has been discontinued or replaced, then the amounts payable under clause (ii) above and the preceding sentence shall be the maximum amounts that the Executive is entitled to receive under any incentive bonus program in which he is then participating; and (2) any stock options and stock appreciation rights granted to the Executive that are outstanding as of the date of such termination, and which are not then vested, shall become fully vested, and all stock options of the Executive shall remain vested and exercisable for the full remaining term or terms thereof; and any restrictions and deferral limitations applicable to any performance shares or other restricted stock awards granted to the Executive that are outstanding as of the date of such termination shall lapse, and such awards shall become free of all 7 restrictions and become fully vested and transferable; and all deferred stock units granted to the Executive that are outstanding as of the date such termination shall be considered to be earned and payable in full, and any deferral or other restrictions shall lapse and such deferred stock units shall be settled as promptly as is practicable following such termination. The Executive will be responsible for all taxes relating to such payments and vesting and the Company will make all required withholdings of all such taxes. (b) Definition. A "CHANGE IN CONTROL" means the happening of any of the following events (for purposes of this Section 7 only, the "COMPANY" means FSII, and not any of its subsidiaries) in one or a series of related transactions: (1) An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT")) (any of which, a "PERSON") resulting in such Person having beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the "OUTSTANDING COMPANY COMMON STOCK") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "OUTSTANDING COMPANY VOTING SECURITIES"); excluding, however, the following: (A) Any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company, (B) Any acquisition by the Company, (C) Any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (D) Any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (ii) of Section 7(b)(3); or (2) A change in the composition of the board of directors of the Company (the "BOARD") such that the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (such Board shall be hereinafter referred to as the "INCUMBENT BOARD") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, for purposes of this definition, that any individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; but, provided further, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; or 8 (3) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of shares or assets of another company ("CORPORATE TRANSACTION"); excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or equity interests), and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable), as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or equity interests) of the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable) except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction, and (iii) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable) of the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or (4) The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company. (d) Any obligation of the Company under this Section 7 will survive any termination of this Agreement. PART 4 CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE, FORFEITURE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, NON-SOLICITATION, REMEDIES, SUCCESSORS, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, SIGNATURE PAGE SECTION 8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (a) Acknowledgement. The Company and the Executive acknowledge that the services to be performed by the Executive under this Agreement are unique and extraordinary and that, as a result of the Executive's employment, the Executive will be in a relationship of 9 confidence and trust with the Company and will come into possession of Confidential Information (as defined below) that is (1) owned or controlled by the Company, (2) in the possession of the Company and belonging to third parties or (3) conceived, originated, discovered or developed, in whole or in part, by the Executive. "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means trade secrets and other confidential or proprietary business, technical, personnel or financial information, whether or not the Executive's work product, in written, graphic, oral or other tangible or intangible forms, including specifications, samples, records, data, computer programs, drawings, diagrams, models, customer names, ID's or e-mail addresses, business or marketing plans, studies, analyses, projections and reports, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and software systems and processes. Any Confidential Information that is not readily available to the public shall be considered to be a trade secret and confidential and proprietary, even if it is not specifically marked as such, unless the Company advises the Executive otherwise in writing. (b) Nondisclosure. The Executive agrees that the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, use or disclose Confidential Information to any person, during or after the Executive's employment, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing the Executive's duties under this Agreement. The Executive will keep the Confidential Information in strictest confidence and trust. This Section 8(b) shall apply indefinitely, both during and after the Term. (c) Surrender Upon Termination. The Executive agrees that in the event of the termination of the Executive's employment for any reason, at any time, the Executive will immediately deliver to the Company all property belonging to the Company, including documents and materials of any nature pertaining to the Executive's work with the Company, and will not take with the Executive any documents or materials of any description, or any reproduction thereof of any description, containing or pertaining to any Confidential Information. It is understood that the Executive is free to use information that is in the public domain, but not as a result of a breach of this Agreement (d) Forfeiture in Certain Events. The Company may, in its sole discretion, in the event of (i) any termination of employment of the Executive for Cause, (ii) any material breach by the Executive of Section 10 following his termination of employment for any reason or (iii) following a material breach of Section 10 and any finding of the invalidity or unenforceability of Section 10 as further provided in Section 11, (A) cancel any outstanding award of stock options, restricted stock, deferred stock units or other award granted to the Executive under a Company plan or otherwise (an "AWARD"), in whole or in part, whether or not vested or deferred, such cancellation to be effective as of a date specified in written notice to the Executive, which date shall be no earlier than the date such notice is given, or (B) following the exercise or payment of an Award, the Company may require the Executive to repay to the Company any gain realized or payment received upon the exercise or payment of such Award (with such gain or payment valued as of the date of exercise or payment). Such repayment obligation shall be effective upon notice of demand thereof to Executive, and repayment shall be due and payable to the 10 Company as of a date which is at least 30 days after the Executive receives such notice, which notice may provide for an offset to any future payments owed by the Company or any subsidiary to the Executive if necessary to satisfy the repayment obligation. Any determinations under this paragraph will be made by the Company in good faith and in its sole discretion. This Section 8(d) shall apply during and following the Term of this Agreement, but shall have no application following a Change in Control. SECTION 9. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY The Executive will promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the Company. The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) the Executive's full right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property. The Executive will execute any and all applications for domestic and foreign patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and to do such other acts (including the execution and delivery of instruments of further assurance or confirmation) requested by the Company to assign the Intellectual Property to the Company and to permit the Company and its affiliates to enforce any patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property. "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means inventions, discoveries, developments, methods, processes, compositions, works, concepts and ideas (whether or not patentable or copyrightable or constituting trade secrets) conceived, made, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Executive (whether alone or with others, whether or not during normal businesses hours or on or off Company premises) during the Executive's employment with the Company that relate to any business, venture or activity being conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company or its subsidiaries at any time during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company. SECTION 10. RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE (a) Acknowledgments. The Executive agrees that he is being employed under this Agreement in a key management capacity with the Company, that the Company is engaged in a highly competitive business and that the success of the Company's business in the marketplace depends upon its goodwill and reputation for quality and dependability. The Executive further agrees that reasonable limits may be placed on his ability to compete against the Company and its affiliates as provided in this Agreement so as to protect and preserve their legitimate business interests and goodwill. (b) Agreement Not to Solicit. (1) During the Non-Solicitation Period, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, through any other entity, solicit for employment, hire or to provide services, any officer, director, consultant, executive or employee of the Company or any of its affiliates during his or her engagement with the Company or such affiliate. (2) The "NON-SOLICITATION PERIOD" means the period during which Executive is employed by the Company and the following 12 months. 11 SECTION 11. REMEDIES It is specifically understood and agreed that any breach of the provisions of Section 8 or 10 of this Agreement would likely result in irreparable injury to the Company and that the remedy at law alone would be an inadequate remedy for such breach, and that in addition to any other remedy it may have, the Company shall be entitled to enforce the specific performance of this Agreement by the Executive and to obtain both temporary and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damages. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, it is understood and agreed that the Equity Grants under Section 4(b) and the Company's promise to provide the severance payments described in Section 6(a) are made subject to the condition that (i) the Executive's obligations under Section 10 are and will remain specifically enforceable against the Executive in accordance with those sections and (ii) if, in an action by the Company against the Executive for the breach or alleged breach of Section 10, a court of competent jurisdiction finds that all or any part of that section is invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the Company may, without limiting its other remedies at law or equity, enforce all of the remedies available to it under this Agreement, including without limitation the remedies described in Section 8(d). SECTION 12. SEVERABLE PROVISIONS The provisions of this Agreement are severable and the invalidity of any one or more provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is unenforceable in whole or in part because of the duration of scope thereof, the parties hereby agree that such court, in making such determination, shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent necessary to make it enforceable and that this Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. SECTION 13. SUCCESSORS (a) Company's Successors. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the Company's business or assets, by an agreement in substance and form satisfactory to the Executive, to assume this Agreement and to agree expressly to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform it in the absence of a succession. The Company's failure to obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of a succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to all of the compensation and benefits to which the Executive would have been entitled under this Agreement if the Company had terminated the Executive's employment for any reason other than Cause, on the date when such succession becomes effective. For all purposes under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the term "Company" shall include any successor to the Company's business or assets that executes and delivers the assumption agreement described in this Section 13(a), or that becomes bound by this Agreement by operation of law. 12 (b) Executive's Successors. This Agreement and all rights of the Executive under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. SECTION 14. GENERAL PROVISIONS (a) Amendment; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and by an authorized officer of the Company (other than the Executive). No waiver by either party of any breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at another time. (b) Whole Agreement; Interpretation. No agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) that are not expressly set forth in this Agreement have been made or entered into by either party with respect to the subject matter hereof. The reference table on the first page and the headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The word "or" is used in its non-exclusive sense. Unless otherwise stated, the word "including" should be read to mean "including without limitation" and does not limit the preceding words or terms. All references to "Sections" or other provisions in this Agreement are to the corresponding Sections or provisions in this Agreement. All words in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. (c) Notice. Notices and all other communications contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered, mailed by U.S. registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by a documented overnight courier service. In the case of the Executive, mailed notices shall be addressed to the Executive at the home address maintained in the Company's records. In the case of the Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to its corporate headquarters, and all notices shall be directed to the attention of the President and Chief Executive Officer, with a required copy to the attention of the Corporate Secretary. (d) Setoff. The Company may set off against any payments owed to the Executive under this Agreement any debt or obligation of the Executive owed to the Company. (e) Choice of Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maine, irrespective of Maine's choice-of-law principles. (f) Arbitration. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the enforcement of Sections 8 and 10, any dispute or controversy arising out of the Executive's employment or the termination thereof, including any claim of discrimination under U.S. (state or federal) or non-U.S. law, shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Santa Clara County, California, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in 13 effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction. (g) No Assignment of Benefits. The rights of any person to payments or benefits under this Agreement shall not be made subject to option or assignment, either by voluntary or involuntary assignment or by operation of law, including bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditor's process, and any action in violation of this Section 14(g) shall be void. (h) Limitation of Remedies. If the Executive's employment terminates for any reason, the Executive shall not be entitled to any payments, benefits, damages, awards or compensation other than as provided by this Agreement, including under the severance policies of the Company or any subsidiary. (i) Taxes. Except where specified in this Agreement as "tax protected" or subject to tax assistance or "gross-up", all payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to withholding of applicable taxes. The Company shall have the authority to delay the payment of any amount payable under this Agreement to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate to comply with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (relating to payments made to certain "key employees" of certain publicly-traded companies) ("CODE SECTION 409A") or regulations promulgated thereunder and in such event, any such amounts to which Executive would otherwise be entitled during the six (6) month period immediately following Executive's separation from service will be paid on the first business day following the expiration of such six (6) month period. In the event that any additional taxes or interest are due and payable from Executive to the Internal Revenue Service under Code Section 409A as a result of any payments or benefits payable hereunder, the Company shall provide Executive with additional payments so that Executive is fully grossed-up with the respect to the Code Section 409A payments. (j) Discharge of Responsibility. The payments and other benefits under this Agreement, when made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall fully discharge all responsibilities of the Company to the Executive that existed at the time of termination of the Executive's employment. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement, in the case of the Company, by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written. The Executive has consulted, or has had the opportunity to consult, with counsel (who is other than the Company's counsel) prior to execution of this Agreement. EXECUTIVE /s/ Mark S. Frey -------------------------------------------- Mark S. Frey FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION /s/ Mark S. Thompson -------------------------------------------- By: Mark S. Thompson President and Chief Executive Officer 15 EX-10.02 3 b60427fsexv10w02.txt EX-10.02 RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT - MARK S. FREY Exhibit 10.02 [FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR LOGO] FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT PARTICIPANT: Mark S. Frey EMPLOYEE ID: ___________ GLOBAL ID: ____________ GRANT DATE: March 20, 2006 NUMBER OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED: 20,000 UNITS THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of the Grant Date set forth above, is between Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", "we", "our" or "us") and the Participant named above ("you" or "yours"), with respect to the award of the number of restricted stock units ("Restricted Stock Units") specified above. This award of Restricted Stock Units is not made under any stock or option plan of the Company but shall be governed as if made under, and subject to, the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan, as amended from time to time (the "Plan"). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. By accepting this Grant, you irrevocably agree, on your own behalf and on behalf of your heirs and any other person claiming rights under this Agreement, to all of the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award as set forth in or pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan (as such may be amended from time to time). You and the Company agree as follows: 1. APPLICATION OF PLAN; This Agreement and your rights under this ADMINISTRATION Agreement are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt. It is expressly understood that the Committee that administers the Plan is authorized to administer, construe and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon you to the extent permitted by the Plan. Any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan. 2. VESTING The Restricted Stock Units will vest (becoming "Vested Restricted Stock Units") on the following Vesting Dates provided that you have remained in the full time employment or service of the Company or an Affiliate from the Grant Date set forth above until the respective Vesting Date:
Percentage Vested Vesting Date (including portion that vested the preceding year) First anniversary of the Grant Date 25% Second anniversary of the Grant Date 50% Third anniversary of the Grant Date 75% Fourth anniversary of the Grant Date 100%
The vesting period set forth above may be adjusted by the Committee to reflect the decreased level of employment or service during any period in which you are on an approved leave of absence or are employed on a less than full time basis. 3. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 7 of this Agreement, the right to issuance of Restricted Stock Units and the rights under any Restricted Stock Units that have not become Vested Restricted Stock Units at the time your employment or service with the Company terminates for any reason will be forfeited immediately without consideration and without further notice as of the date of termination. 4. SETTLEMENT OF VESTED Each Vested Restricted Stock Unit will be settled RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS by the delivery of one share of Common Stock AND ISSUANCE OF SHARES (subject to adjustment under Section 3(c) of the Plan, a "Share") to you or, in the event of your death, to your designated beneficiary, promptly following the Vesting Date with respect to such Shares, subject to your satisfaction of any tax withholding obligations as described in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement. You hereby authorize any brokerage service provider determined acceptable to the Company, to open a securities account for you to be used for the settlement of Vested Restricted Stock Units. The date on which Shares are issued may include a delay in order to provide the Company such time as it determines appropriate to address tax withholding and other administrative matters. 1 5. RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any privileges of ownership of the shares of Common Stock underlying your Restricted Stock Units unless and until Shares are actually delivered to you under this Agreement. 6. DIVIDENDS From and after the date that Restricted Stock Units are issued to you under this Agreement, you will be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units having a value equal to declared dividends, if any, with record dates that occur prior to the settlement of any Restricted Stock Units as if such Restricted Stock Units had been actual shares of Common Stock, based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable dividend payment date. Any such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be considered Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement and shall also be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units as dividends, if any, are declared, and shall be subject to the same restrictions and conditions (including the risk of forfeiture under Paragraph 3) as Restricted Stock Units with respect to which they were credited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such additional Restricted Stock Units will be credited with respect to any dividend in connection with which Restricted Stock Units are adjusted pursuant to Section 3(c) of the Plan. 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to acceleration of vesting upon a Change in Control as provided with respect to restricted stock under Section 11(a)(ii) of the Plan, and shall be settled as if pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this Agreement. 8. TRANSFERABILITY (a) Your Restricted Stock Units are not transferable, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided in the Plan. Any assignment, pledge, transfer, or other disposition, voluntary or involuntary, of your Restricted Stock Units made, or any attachment, execution, garnishment, or lien issued against or placed upon the Restricted Stock Units, other than as so permitted, shall be void. (b) You acknowledge that, from time to time, the Company may be in a "blackout period" and/or subject to applicable securities laws that could subject you to liability for engaging in any transaction involving the sale of the Company's shares. You further acknowledge and agree that, prior to the sale of any Shares, it is your responsibility to determine whether or not such sale of Shares will subject you to liability under insider trading rules or other applicable securities laws. 9. TAXES (a) General. You are ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by you in connection with your Restricted Stock Units, regardless of any action the Company takes or any transaction pursuant to this Paragraph 9 with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. As a condition and term of this award, no election under Section 83(b) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, may be made by you or any other person with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock Units. The Company makes no representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant, issuance, vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Units or the subsequent sale of any of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest. The Company does not commit and is under no obligation to structure this Agreement to reduce or eliminate your tax liability. (b) Taxes. You will be subject to federal and state income and other tax withholding requirements on a date (generally, the Vesting Date) determined by applicable law (any such date, the "Taxable Date"), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND OTHER TAXES, INCLUDING ANY STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT TAX OBLIGATION THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE SHARES, INCLUDING ANY SUCH TAXES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE WITHHELD AND PAID OVER TO THE APPLICABLE TAX AUTHORITIES (THE "TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION"). You will be responsible for the satisfaction of such Tax Withholding Obligation in a manner acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion, including through payroll withholding. (i) By Sale of Shares. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes your instruction and authorization to the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on your behalf a whole number of shares from those Shares issuable to you as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the applicable Tax Withholding Obligation. Such shares will be sold on the Taxable Date or as soon thereafter as practicable. You will be responsible for all brokers' fees and other costs of sale, which fees and costs may be deducted from the proceeds of the foregoing sale of Shares, and you agree to 2 indemnify and hold the Company and any brokerage firm selling such Shares harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale. To the extent the proceeds of such sale exceed your Tax Withholding Obligation, such excess cash will be deposited into the securities account established with the brokerage service provider for the settlement of your Vested Restricted Stock Units. Such Shares will be sold through the broker at market prices; however the price you receive will reflect a weighted average sales price based on the sales price of Shares on behalf of you and others for whom the designated broker may be selling shares on the relevant day(s), and you acknowledge that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale may not be sufficient to satisfy your Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, you agree to pay to the Company as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the sale of shares described above. UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMITTEE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THE SALE OF SHARES WILL BE THE PRIMARY METHOD USED BY THE COMPANY TO SATISFY THE APPLICABLE TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION, and accordingly you represent and warrant to the Company as follows: A. You are accepting this Agreement during a permitted trading period, and at the time of accepting this Agreement you are not aware of any Material Nonpublic Information (as defined in the Company's Corporate Legal Insider Trading and Tipping Policy) concerning the Company. B. You will not exercise any subsequent influence over the amount of Shares to be sold hereunder to generate funds for the Tax Withholding Obligation or the price, date or time of such sale. C. You are entering into this Agreement in good faith and have a bona fide intention to carry out the terms of this Agreement, and you will not enter into or alter a corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. (ii) By Share Withholding. If so elected in the sole discretion of the Committee, then in lieu of a market sale pursuant to Paragraph 9(b)(i) you authorize the Company to withhold from the Shares issuable to you the whole number of shares with a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Taxable Date or the first trading day before the Taxable Date, sufficient to satisfy the applicable Tax Withholding Obligation. You acknowledge that the withheld shares may not be sufficient to satisfy your Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, you agree to pay to the Company as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the withholding of Shares described above. 10. DATA PRIVACY As an essential term of this Agreement, you consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this Agreement for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Restricted Stock Units, you acknowledge that the Company holds certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, tax rates and amounts, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all awards or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan ("Data"). You acknowledge that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in jurisdictions that may have different data privacy laws and protections, and you authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you or the Company may elect to deposit any shares of stock acquired under this Agreement. You acknowledges that Data may be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage your participation in the Plan as determined by the Company, and that you may request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, provided however, that refusing or withdrawing your consent may adversely affect your ability to participate in the Plan. 3 11. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to any awards granted under the Plan by electronic means or to request your consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company, and such consent shall remain in effect throughout your term of employment or service with the Company and thereafter until withdrawn in writing by you. 12. MISCELLANEOUS (a) This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue as an employee, or otherwise in the service of, the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company's or such Affiliate's right to terminate your employment or service at any time. (b) Without limiting the generality of Paragraph 12(a) above, this Agreement and the Plan may be amended without your consent to the extent provided in Section 14(b) of the Plan. (c) This Agreement will be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock exchanges as may be required. The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by you or other subsequent transfers by you of any shares of Common Stock issued as a result of or under this Agreement, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions that may be necessary in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the Restricted Stock Units and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm or other agent for such resales or other transfers. Any sale of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the sale of such shares. (d) To the extent not preempted by U.S. federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. (e) Any question concerning the interpretation of this Agreement or the Plan, any adjustments required to be made under the Plan, and any controversy that may arise under the Plan or this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee (including any person(s) to whom the Committee has delegated its authority) in its sole and absolute discretion. Such decision by the Committee shall be final and binding. 13. SIGNATURES By the signatures below, you and the authorized representative of the Company acknowledge agreement to this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement as of the Grant Date specified above. PARTICIPANT: FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. /s/ Mark S. Frey /s/ Mark. S. Thompson ---------------- ----------------------- Mark S. Thompson President and CEO TO ACCEPT YOUR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT: (a) Sign BOTH copies of this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement; (b) Retain one copy of each for your records; (c) Return one copy of each in the enclosed envelope by WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE GRANT DATE. 4
EX-10.03 4 b60427fsexv10w03.txt EX-10.03 RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT - MARK S. THOMPSON Exhibit 10.03 [FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR LOGO] FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR STOCK PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT PARTICIPANT: Mark Thompson EMPLOYEE ID: GLOBAL ID: GRANT DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2006 NUMBER OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED: 24,800 UNITS THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of the Grant Date set forth above, is between Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", "we", "our" or "us") and the Participant named above ("you" or "yours"), pursuant to the provisions of the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan (the "Plan") with respect to the award of the number of restricted stock units ("Restricted Stock Units") specified above. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. By accepting this Grant, you irrevocably agree, on your own behalf and on behalf of your heirs and any other person claiming rights under this Agreement, to all of the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award as set forth in or pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan (as such may be amended from time to time). You and the Company agree as follows: 1. APPLICATION OF PLAN; This Agreement and your rights under this ADMINISTRATION Agreement are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt. It is expressly understood that the Committee that administers the Plan is authorized to administer, construe and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon you to the extent permitted by the Plan. Any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan. 2. VESTING The Restricted Stock Units will vest (becoming "Vested Restricted Stock Units") on the following Vesting Dates provided that you have remained in the full time employment or service of the Company or an Affiliate from the Grant Date set forth above until the respective Vesting Date:
Percentage Vested Vesting Date (including portion that vested the preceding year) First anniversary of the Grant Date 25% Second anniversary of the Grant Date 50% Third anniversary of the Grant Date 75% Fourth anniversary of the Grant Date 100%
The vesting period set forth above may be adjusted by the Committee to reflect the decreased level of employment or service during any period in which you are on an approved leave of absence or are employed on a less than full time basis. 3. TERMINATION OF Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 7 of EMPLOYMENT this Agreement, the right to issuance of Restricted Stock Units and the rights under any Restricted Stock Units that have not become Vested Restricted Stock Units at the time your employment or service with the Company terminates for any reason will be forfeited immediately without consideration and without further notice as of the date of termination. 4. SETTLEMENT OF VESTED Each Vested Restricted Stock Unit will be settled RESTRICTED STOCK by the delivery of one share of Common Stock UNITS AND ISSUANCE OF (subject to adjustment under Section 3(c) of the SHARES Plan, a "Share") to you or, in the event of your death, to your designated beneficiary, promptly following the Vesting Date with respect to such Shares, subject to your satisfaction of any tax withholding obligations as described in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement. You hereby authorize any brokerage service provider determined acceptable to the Company, to open a securities account for you to be used for the settlement of Vested Restricted Stock Units. The date on which Shares are issued may include a delay in order to provide the Company such time as it determines appropriate to address tax withholding and other administrative matters. 1 5. RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any privileges of ownership of the shares of Common Stock underlying your Restricted Stock Units unless and until Shares are actually delivered to you under this Agreement. 6. DIVIDENDS From and after the date that Restricted Stock Units are issued to you under this Agreement, you will be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units having a value equal to declared dividends, if any, with record dates that occur prior to the settlement of any Restricted Stock Units as if such Restricted Stock Units had been actual shares of Common Stock, based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable dividend payment date. Any such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be considered Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement and shall also be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units as dividends, if any, are declared, and shall be subject to the same restrictions and conditions (including the risk of forfeiture under Paragraph 3) as Restricted Stock Units with respect to which they were credited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such additional Restricted Stock Units will be credited with respect to any dividend in connection with which Restricted Stock Units are adjusted pursuant to Section 3(c) of the Plan. 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to acceleration of vesting upon a Change in Control as provided with respect to restricted stock under Section 11(a)(ii) of the Plan, and shall be settled as if pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this Agreement. 8. TRANSFERABILITY (a) Your Restricted Stock Units are not transferable, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided in the Plan. Any assignment, pledge, transfer, or other disposition, voluntary or involuntary, of your Restricted Stock Units made, or any attachment, execution, garnishment, or lien issued against or placed upon the Restricted Stock Units, other than as so permitted, shall be void. (b) You acknowledge that, from time to time, the Company may be in a "blackout period" and/or subject to applicable securities laws that could subject you to liability for engaging in any transaction involving the sale of the Company's shares. You further acknowledge and agree that, prior to the sale of any Shares, it is your responsibility to determine whether or not such sale of Shares will subject you to liability under insider trading rules or other applicable securities laws. 9. TAXES (a) General. You are ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by you in connection with your Restricted Stock Units, regardless of any action the Company takes or any transaction pursuant to this Paragraph 9 with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. As a condition and term of this award, no election under Section 83(b) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, may be made by you or any other person with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock Units. The Company makes no representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant, issuance, vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Units or the subsequent sale of any of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest. The Company does not commit and is under no obligation to structure this Agreement to reduce or eliminate your tax liability. (b) Taxes. You will be subject to federal and state income and other tax withholding requirements on a date (generally, the Vesting Date) determined by applicable law (any such date, the "Taxable Date"), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND OTHER TAXES, INCLUDING ANY STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT TAX OBLIGATION THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE SHARES, INCLUDING ANY SUCH TAXES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE WITHHELD AND PAID OVER TO THE APPLICABLE TAX AUTHORITIES (THE "TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION"). You will be responsible for the satisfaction of such Tax Withholding Obligation in a manner acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion, including through payroll withholding. (i) By Sale of Shares. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes your instruction and authorization to the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on your behalf a whole number of shares from those Shares issuable to you as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the applicable Tax Withholding Obligation. Such shares will be sold on the Taxable Date or as soon thereafter as practicable. You will be responsible for all brokers' fees and other costs of sale, which fees and costs may be deducted from the proceeds of the foregoing sale of Shares, and you agree to 2 indemnify and hold the Company and any brokerage firm selling such Shares harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale. To the extent the proceeds of such sale exceed your Tax Withholding Obligation, such excess cash will be deposited into the securities account established with the brokerage service provider for the settlement of your Vested Restricted Stock Units. Such Shares will be sold through the broker at market prices; however the price you receive will reflect a weighted average sales price based on the sales price of Shares on behalf of you and others for whom the designated broker may be selling shares on the relevant day(s), and you acknowledge that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale may not be sufficient to satisfy your Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, you agree to pay to the Company as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the sale of shares described above. UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMITTEE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THE SALE OF SHARES WILL BE THE PRIMARY METHOD USED BY THE COMPANY TO SATISFY THE APPLICABLE TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION, and accordingly you represent and warrant to the Company as follows: A. You are accepting this Agreement during a permitted trading period, and at the time of accepting this Agreement you are not aware of any Material Nonpublic Information (as defined in the Company's Corporate Legal Insider Trading and Tipping Policy) concerning the Company. B. You will not exercise any subsequent influence over the amount of Shares to be sold hereunder to generate funds for the Tax Withholding Obligation or the price, date or time of such sale. C. You are entering into this Agreement in good faith and have a bona fide intention to carry out the terms of this Agreement, and you will not enter into or alter a corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. (ii)By Share Withholding. If so elected in the sole discretion of the Committee, then in lieu of a market sale pursuant to Paragraph 9(b)(i) you authorize the Company to withhold from the Shares issuable to you the whole number of shares with a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Taxable Date or the first trading day before the Taxable Date, sufficient to satisfy the applicable Tax Withholding Obligation. You acknowledge that the withheld shares may not be sufficient to satisfy your Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, you agree to pay to the Company as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the withholding of Shares described above. 10. DATA PRIVACY As an essential term of this Agreement, you consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this Agreement for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Restricted Stock Units, you acknowledge that the Company holds certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, tax rates and amounts, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all awards or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan ("Data"). You acknowledge that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in jurisdictions that may have different data privacy laws and protections, and you authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you or the Company may elect to deposit any shares of stock acquired under this Agreement. You acknowledge that Data may be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage your participation in the Plan as determined by the Company, and that you may request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, provided however, that refusing or withdrawing your consent may adversely affect your ability to participate in the Plan. 3 11. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to any awards granted under the Plan by electronic means or to request your consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company, and such consent shall remain in effect throughout your term of employment or service with the Company and thereafter until withdrawn in writing by you. 12. MISCELLANEOUS (a) This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue as an employee, or otherwise in the service of, the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company's or such Affiliate's right to terminate your employment or service at any time. (b) Without limiting the generality of Paragraph 12(a) above, this Agreement and the Plan may be amended without your consent to the extent provided in Section 14(b) of the Plan. (c) This Agreement will be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock exchanges as may be required. The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by you or other subsequent transfers by you of any shares of Common Stock issued as a result of or under this Agreement, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions that may be necessary in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the Restricted Stock Units and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm or other agent for such resales or other transfers. Any sale of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the sale of such shares. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the Plan, this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of any employment agreement between you and the Company, including without limitation any terms therein relating to the vesting, settlement or exercisability of equity awards, and any conflicts between any such employment agreement and this Agreement or the Plan shall be resolved in favor of your employment agreement. (e) To the extent not preempted by U.S. federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. (f) Any question concerning the interpretation of this Agreement or the Plan, any adjustments required to be made under the Plan, and any controversy that may arise under the Plan or this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee (including any person(s) to whom the Committee has delegated its authority) in its sole and absolute discretion. Such decision by the Committee shall be final and binding. 13. SIGNATURES By the signatures below, you and the authorized representative of the Company acknowledge agreement to this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement as of the Grant Date specified above. PARTICIPANT: FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. /s/ Mark S. Thompson /s/ Paul D. Delva ____________________ __________________________ MARK THOMPSON Paul D. Delva Sr. V.P., General Counsel and Corporate Secretary TO ACCEPT YOUR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT: (a) Sign BOTH copies of this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement; (b) Retain one copy of each for your records; (c) Return one copy of each in the enclosed envelope WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE GRANT DATE. 4
EX-10.04 5 b60427fsexv10w04.txt EX-10.04 FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.04 On February 10, 2006, we granted Restricted Stock Units pursuant to our form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement included below, to the named executive officers and in the amounts set forth below: Izak Bencuya ....................................... 4,400 Thomas A. Beaver ................................... 4,400 Laurenz Schmidt .................................... 3,200 Robert J. Conrad ................................... 3,600
[FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR LOGO] FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR STOCK PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT PARTICIPANT: ________ EMPLOYEE ID: ________ GLOBAL ID: _________ GRANT DATE: NUMBER OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED: ____________ UNITS THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of the Grant Date set forth above, is between Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", "we", "our" or "us") and the Participant named above ("you" or "yours"), pursuant to the provisions of the Fairchild Semiconductor Stock Plan (the "Plan") with respect to the award of the number of restricted stock units ("Restricted Stock Units") specified above. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. By accepting this Grant, you irrevocably agree, on your own behalf and on behalf of your heirs and any other person claiming rights under this Agreement, to all of the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award as set forth in or pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan (as such may be amended from time to time). You and the Company agree as follows: 1. APPLICATION OF PLAN; This Agreement and your rights under this ADMINISTRATION Agreement are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt. It is expressly understood that the Committee that administers the Plan is authorized to administer, construe and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon you to the extent permitted by the Plan. Any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan. 2. VESTING The Restricted Stock Units will vest (becoming "Vested Restricted Stock Units") on the following Vesting Dates provided that you have remained in the full time employment or service of the Company or an Affiliate from the Grant Date set forth above until the respective Vesting Date:
Percentage Vested Vesting Date (including portion that vested the preceding year) First anniversary of the Grant Date 25% Second anniversary of the Grant Date 50% Third anniversary of the Grant Date 75% Fourth anniversary of the Grant Date 100%
The vesting period set forth above may be adjusted by the Committee to reflect the decreased level of employment or service during any period in which you are on an approved leave of absence or are employed on a less than full time basis. 3. TERMINATION OF Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 7 of EMPLOYMENT this Agreement, the right to issuance of Restricted Stock Units and the rights under any Restricted Stock Units that have not become Vested Restricted Stock Units at the time your employment or service with the Company terminates for any reason will be 1 forfeited immediately without consideration and without further notice as of the date of termination. 4. SETTLEMENT OF VESTED Each Vested Restricted Stock Unit will be settled UNITS RESTRICTED by the delivery of one share of Common Stock STOCK AND ISSUANCE OF (subject to adjustment under Section 3(c) of the SHARES Plan, a "Share") to you or, in the event of your death, to your designated beneficiary, promptly following the Vesting Date with respect to such Shares, subject to your satisfaction of any tax withholding obligations as described in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement. You hereby authorize any brokerage service provider determined acceptable to the Company, to open a securities account for you to be used for the settlement of Vested Restricted Stock Units. The date on which Shares are issued may include a delay in order to provide the Company such time as it determines appropriate to address tax withholding and other administrative matters. 5. RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any privileges of ownership of the shares of Common Stock underlying your Restricted Stock Units unless and until Shares are actually delivered to you under this Agreement. 6. DIVIDENDS From and after the date that Restricted Stock Units are issued to you under this Agreement, you will be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units having a value equal to declared dividends, if any, with record dates that occur prior to the settlement of any Restricted Stock Units as if such Restricted Stock Units had been actual shares of Common Stock, based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable dividend payment date. Any such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be considered Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement and shall also be credited with additional Restricted Stock Units as dividends, if any, are declared, and shall be subject to the same restrictions and conditions (including the risk of forfeiture under Paragraph 3) as Restricted Stock Units with respect to which they were credited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such additional Restricted Stock Units will be credited with respect to any dividend in connection with which Restricted Stock Units are adjusted pursuant to Section 3(c) of the Plan. 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to acceleration of vesting upon a Change in Control as provided with respect to restricted stock under Section 11(a)(ii) of the Plan, and shall be settled as if pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this Agreement. 8. TRANSFERABILITY (a) Your Restricted Stock Units are not transferable, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided in the Plan. Any assignment, pledge, transfer, or other disposition, voluntary or involuntary, of your Restricted Stock Units made, or any attachment, execution, garnishment, or lien issued against or placed upon the Restricted Stock Units, other than as so permitted, shall be void. (b) You acknowledge that, from time to time, the Company may be in a "blackout period" and/or subject to applicable securities laws that could subject you to liability for engaging in any transaction involving the sale of the Company's shares. You further acknowledge and agree that, prior to the sale of any Shares, it is your responsibility to determine whether or not such sale of Shares will subject you to liability under insider trading rules or other applicable securities laws. 9. TAXES (a) General. You are ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by you in connection with your Restricted Stock Units, regardless of any action the Company takes or any transaction pursuant to this Paragraph 9 with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. As a condition and term of this award, no election under Section 83(b) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, may be made by you or any other person with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock Units. The Company makes no representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant, issuance, vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Units or the subsequent sale of any of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest. The Company does not commit and is under no obligation to structure this Agreement to reduce or eliminate your tax liability. (b) Taxes. You will be subject to federal and state income and other tax withholding requirements on a date (generally, the Vesting Date) determined by applicable law (any such date, the "Taxable Date"), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND OTHER TAXES, INCLUDING ANY STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT TAX OBLIGATION THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE SHARES, INCLUDING ANY SUCH TAXES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE WITHHELD AND PAID OVER 2 TO THE APPLICABLE TAX AUTHORITIES (THE "TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION"). You will be responsible for the satisfaction of such Tax Withholding Obligation in a manner acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion, including through payroll withholding. (i) By Sale of Shares. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes your instruction and authorization to the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on your behalf a whole number of shares from those Shares issuable to you as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the applicable Tax Withholding Obligation. Such shares will be sold on the Taxable Date or as soon thereafter as practicable. You will be responsible for all brokers' fees and other costs of sale, which fees and costs may be deducted from the proceeds of the foregoing sale of Shares, and you agree to indemnify and hold the Company and any brokerage firm selling such Shares harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale. To the extent the proceeds of such sale exceed your Tax Withholding Obligation, such excess cash will be deposited into the securities account established with the brokerage service provider for the settlement of your Vested Restricted Stock Units. Such Shares will be sold through the broker at market prices; however the price you receive will reflect a weighted average sales price based on the sales price of Shares on behalf of you and others for whom the designated broker may be selling shares on the relevant day(s), and you acknowledge that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale may not be sufficient to satisfy your Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, you agree to pay to the Company as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the sale of shares described above. UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMITTEE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THE SALE OF SHARES WILL BE THE PRIMARY METHOD USED BY THE COMPANY TO SATISFY THE APPLICABLE TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION, and accordingly you represent and warrant to the Company as follows: A. You are accepting this Agreement during a permitted trading period, and at the time of accepting this Agreement you are not aware of any Material Nonpublic Information (as defined in the Company's Corporate Legal Insider Trading and Tipping Policy) concerning the Company. B. You will not exercise any subsequent influence over the amount of Shares to be sold hereunder to generate funds for the Tax Withholding Obligation or the price, date or time of such sale. C. You are entering into this Agreement in good faith and have a bona fide intention to carry out the terms of this Agreement, and you will not enter into or alter a corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. (ii)By Share Withholding. If so elected in the sole discretion of the Committee, then in lieu of a market sale pursuant to Paragraph 9(b)(i) you authorize the Company to withhold from the Shares issuable to you the whole number of shares with a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Taxable Date or the first trading day before the Taxable Date, sufficient to satisfy the applicable Tax Withholding Obligation. You acknowledge that the withheld shares may not be sufficient to satisfy your Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, you agree to pay to the Company as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the withholding of Shares described above. 3 10. DATA PRIVACY As an essential term of this Agreement, you consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this Agreement for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Restricted Stock Units, you acknowledge that the Company holds certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, tax rates and amounts, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all awards or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan ("Data"). You acknowledge that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in jurisdictions that may have different data privacy laws and protections, and you authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you or the Company may elect to deposit any shares of stock acquired under this Agreement. You acknowledges that Data may be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage your participation in the Plan as determined by the Company, and that you may request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, provided however, that refusing or withdrawing your consent may adversely affect your ability to participate in the Plan. 11. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to any awards granted under the Plan by electronic means or to request your consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company, and such consent shall remain in effect throughout your term of employment or service with the Company and thereafter until withdrawn in writing by you. 12. MISCELLANEOUS (a) This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right to continue as an employee, or otherwise in the service of, the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company's or such Affiliate's right to terminate your employment or service at any time. (b) Without limiting the generality of Paragraph 12(a) above, this Agreement and the Plan may be amended without your consent to the extent provided in Section 14(b) of the Plan. (c) This Agreement will be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock exchanges as may be required. The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by you or other subsequent transfers by you of any shares of Common Stock issued as a result of or under this Agreement, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions that may be necessary in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the Restricted Stock Units and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm or other agent for such resales or other transfers. Any sale of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the sale of such shares. (d) To the extent not preempted by U.S. federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. (e) Any question concerning the interpretation of this Agreement or the Plan, any adjustments required to be made under the Plan, and any controversy that may arise under the Plan or this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee (including any person(s) to whom the Committee has delegated its authority) in its sole and absolute discretion. Such decision by the Committee shall be final and binding. 13. SIGNATURES By the signatures below, you and the authorized representative of the Company acknowledge agreement to this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement as of the Grant Date specified above. 4 PARTICIPANT: FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. _________________ /s/ Mark S. Thompson ------------------------------------ Mark S. Thompson President and CEO TO ACCEPT YOUR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT: (a) Sign BOTH copies of this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement; (b) Retain one copy of each for your records; (c) Return one copy of each in the enclosed envelope by WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE GRANT DATE. 5
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Exhibit 31.01
 
CERTIFICATION
 
I, Mark S. Thompson, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.;
 
  2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
  3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
  a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
  5.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:
 
  a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
     
Date: May 12, 2006  
By: /s/  Mark S. Thompson
Mark S. Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 31.02
 
CERTIFICATION
 
I, Mark S. Frey, certify that:
 
  1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.;
 
  2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
  3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
  a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
  5.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:
 
  a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
     
Date: May 12, 2006  
By: /s/  Mark S. Frey
Mark S. Frey
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 32.01
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the quarterly report of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (the “company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mark S. Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of the company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
  (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the operations of the company.
 
     
    /s/  Mark S. Thompson
Mark S. Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
    May 12, 2006

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Exhibit 32.02
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the quarterly report of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (the “company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mark S. Frey, Chief Financial Officer of the company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
  (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the operations of the company.
 
     
    /s/  Mark S. Frey
Mark S. Frey
Chief Financial Officer
    May 12, 2006

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