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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

______________

FORM 10-Q

______________

          

               (Mark One)

ý      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)          
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 2006

OR

¨      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: 000-49842

______________

CEVA, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

      

77-0556376

                        

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

2033 Gateway Place, Suite 150
San Jose, California  95110-1002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

(408) 514-2900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

______________

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports 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 ý  No ¨

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

Large Accelerated Filer ¨

Accelerated Filer ý

Non-accelerated Filer ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No ý

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date: 19,149,408 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, as of May 1, 2006.






TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

Page

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

2

 

Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005

2

 

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005

3

 

Interim Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005

4

 

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005

5

 

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6

Item 2.

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

12

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

17

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

17

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

18

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

18

Item 6.

Exhibits

25

SIGNATURES

26





FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INDUSTRY DATA

This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that if they materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of CEVA to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally written in the future tense and/or are preceded by words such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “suggest,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” or other similar words. Forward-looking statements include the following:

·

Our belief that given the complexity of applications for DSPs, there is increasingly an industry shift away from the traditional approach of licensing standalone DSPs, and towards licensing highly integrated application platforms incorporating all the necessary hardware and software for their target applications, and that we are well positioned to take full advantage of these trends;

·

Our understanding is that CEVA is the only company to date that has managed to demonstrate H.264 DVD-quality video and software on silicon, and that this technology generated a good amount of interest from potential customers;

·

Our hope that the adoption of a national 3G standard by the Chinese government in January 2006 will offer CEVA licensing opportunities in China; and

·

Our anticipation that our current cash on hand, short term deposits and marketable securities, along with cash from operations, will provide sufficient capital to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on information that is currently available to us and expectations and assumptions that we deem reasonable at the time the statements were made. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this report or in any of our other communications, except as required by law. All such forward-looking statements should be read as of the time the statements were made and with the recognition that these forward-looking statements may not be complete or accurate at a later date.

Many factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. These factors include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of third-party semiconductor IP, our OEM relationships and competition, as well as those risks described in Part II – Item 1A – “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-Q.




PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data

  

March 31,
2006

 

December 31,
2005

 
  

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

ASSETS

       

Current assets:

       

Cash and cash equivalents

    

$

31,690

    

$

35,111

 

Short term bank deposits

  

9,730

  

8,335

 

Marketable securities and deposits

  

18,694

  

18,174

 

Trade receivables, net

  

9,090

  

6,159

 

Deferred tax assets

  

550

  

600

 

Prepaid expenses

  

928

  

1,040

 

Other current assets

  

1,231

  

1,042

 

Total current assets

  

71,913

  

70,461

 

Severance pay fund

  

2,020

  

1,912

 

Deferred tax assets

  

342

  

292

 

Property and equipment, net

  

2,851

  

3,226

 

Goodwill

  

38,398

  

38,398

 

Other intangible assets, net

  

1,270

  

1,460

 

Total assets

 

$

116,794

 

$

115,749

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

       

Current liabilities:

       

Trade payables

 

$

588

 

$

548

 

Accrued expenses and other payables

  

8,026

  

7,778

 

Taxes payable

  

392

  

442

 

Deferred revenues

  

406

  

453

 

Total current liabilities

  

9,412

  

9,221

 

Long term liabilities:

       

Accrued severance pay

  

2,151

  

2,100

 

Accrued liabilities

  

2,218

  

2,195

 

Total long-term liabilities

  

4,369

  

4,295

 

Stockholders’ equity:

       

Common Stock:

       

$0.001 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; 19,136,491 and 18,923,071 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively

  

19

  

19

 

Additional paid in-capital

  

140,399

  

138,818

 

Accumulated deficit

  

(37,405

)

 

(36,604

)

Total stockholders’ equity

  

103,013

  

102,233

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

116,794

 

$

115,749

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim
condensed consolidated financial statements.

2



INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data

  

Three months ended
March 31,

 
  

2006

 

2005

 
  

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Revenues:

       

Licensing and royalties

    

$

7,160

    

$

8,847

 

Other revenue

  

974

  

1,194

 

Total revenues

  

8,134

  

10,041

 

Cost of revenues

  

895

  

1,293

 

Gross profit

  

7,239

  

8,748

 

Operating expenses:

       

Research and development, net

  

5,016

  

4,926

 

Sales and marketing

  

1,771

  

1,676

 

General and administrative

  

1,484

  

1,471

 

Amortization of intangible assets

  

190

  

223

 

Total operating expenses

  

8,461

  

8,296

 

Operating income (loss)

  

(1,222

)

 

452

 

Financial income, net

  

541

  

335

 

Income (loss)  before taxes on income

  

(681

)

 

787

 

Taxes on income

  

120

  

160

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(801

)

$

627

 

Basic net income (loss) per share

 

$

(0.04

)

$

0.03

 

Diluted net income (loss) per share

 

$

(0.04

)

$

0.03

 

Weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock used in computation of
net income (loss) per share (in thousands):

       

Basic

  

19,061

  

18,675

 

Diluted

  

19,061

  

19,227

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim
condensed consolidated financial statements.

3



INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (unaudited)

U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data

  


Common stock

 

Additional
paid-in
capital

 


Accumulated
deficit

 

Total
stockholders’
equity

 

Three months ended March 31, 2006

 

Shares

 

   Amount   

    
                

Balance as of January 1, 2006

     

18,923,071

   

$

19

   

$

138,818

     

$

(36,604

$

102,233

 

Net loss

 

  

  

  

(801

)

 

(801

)

Stock-based compensation

 

  

  

645

  

     

 

645

 

Issuance of Common Stock upon           
exercise of stock options

 

27,028

  

(*)

 

139

  

  

139

 

Issuance of Common Stock upon
purchase of ESPP shares

 

186,392

  

(*)

 

797

  

  

797

 

Balance as of March 31, 2006

 

19,136,491

 

$

19

 

$

140,399

 

$

(37,405

)

$

103,013

 
                
  


Common stock

 

Additional
paid-in
capital

 


Accumulated
deficit

 

Total
stockholders’
equity

 

Three months ended March 31, 2005

 

Shares

 

Amount

    
                

Balance as of January 1, 2005

 

18,557,818

 

$

19

 

$

136,868

 

$

(34,338

)

$

102,549

 

Net income

 

  

  

  

627

  

627

 

Stock-based compensation

 

  

  

47

  

  

47

 

Issuance of Common Stock upon
exercise of stock options

 

21,997

  

(*)

 

121

  

  

121

 

Issuance of Common Stock upon
purchase of ESPP shares

 

153,238

  

(*)

 

759

  

  

759

 

Balance as of March 31, 2005

 

18,733,053

 

$

19

 

$

137,795

 

$

(33,711

)

$

104,103

 

——————

(*)

Amount less than $1.




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim
condensed consolidated financial statements.

4



INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

U.S. dollars in thousands

  

Three months ended
March 31,

 
  

2006

 

2005

 
  

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

       

Net income (loss)

    

$

(801

)

$

627

 

Adjustments required to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in)
provided by operating activities:

       

Depreciation

  

432

    

 

547

 

Amortization of intangible assets

  

190

  

223

 

Stock-based compensation

  

645

  

47

 

Gain from sale of property and equipment

  

  

(6

)

Loss on marketable securities

  

52

  

37

 

Accrued interest on short term bank deposits

  

(46

)

 

 

Unrealized foreign exchange gain

  

(15

)

 

(60

)

Marketable securities

  

(572

)

 

3,639

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

       

(Increase) decrease in trade receivables

  

(2,931

)

 

1,767

 

Increase in other current assets and prepaid expenses

  

(107

)

 

(1,158

)

Increase in deferred income taxes

  

  

(22

)

Increase (decrease) in trade payables

  

39

  

(99

)

(Decrease) increase in deferred revenues

  

(47

)

 

236

 

Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other payables

  

229

  

(1,733

)

Decrease in taxes payable

  

(50

)

 

(83

)

(Decrease) increase in accrued severance pay, net

  

(57

)

 

23

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

  

(3,039

)

 

3,985

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

       

Purchase of property and equipment

  

(57

)

 

(260

)

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

  

  

6

 

Investment in short term bank deposits

  

(1,349

)

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

  

(1,406

)

 

(254

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

       

Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of options

  

139

  

121

 

Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock under employee stock purchase plan

  

797

  

759

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

  

936

  

880

 

Effect of exchange rate movements on cash

  

88

  

(235

)

Changes in cash and cash equivalents

  

(3,421

)

 

4,376

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

  

35,111

  

28,844

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

 

$

31,690

 

$

33,220

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim
condensed consolidated financial statements.

5



NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 1: Business

The financial information in this quarterly report includes the results of CEVA, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “CEVA”). CEVA licenses to semiconductor companies and electronic equipment manufacturers (also known as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs) digital signal processor (DSP) cores and related intellectual property (IP) solutions that enable a wide variety of electronic devices. The Company’s programmable DSP cores and application-level IP solutions power wireless devices, handheld devices, consumer electronics products, global positioning system (GPS) devices, consumer audio products and automotive applications.

Note 2: Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including non recurring adjustments attributable to reorganization and severance and impairment) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006. For further information, reference is made to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report o n Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2005.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and all of its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

The significant accounting policies applied in the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2005, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2006, as further amended on April 28, 2006 (File No. 000-49842), have been applied consistently in these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 3: Geographic Information and Major Customer Data

a. Summary information about geographic areas:

The Company manages its business on the basis of one industry segment: the licensing of intellectual property to semiconductor companies and electronic equipment manufacturers (see Note 1 for a brief description of the Company’s business).

The following is a summary of operations within geographic areas:

  

Three months ended
March 31,

 
  

2006

  

2005

 
  

(unaudited)

  

(unaudited)

 

Revenues based on customer location:

        

United States

    

$

5,376

 

   

$

2,191

 

Europe, Middle East and Africa

  

1,621

   

2,523

 

Asia Pacific(1)

  

1,137

   

5,327

 
  

$

8,134

  

$

10,041

 

Individual countries representing 10% or more of total revenues included in the table above are as follows:

(1) Japan

 

$

  

$

1,754

 




6



NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 3: Geographic Information and Major Customer Data – (continued)

b. Major customer data as a percentage of total revenues:

The following table sets forth the customers that represented 10% or more of the Company’s net revenue in each of the periods set forth below.

  

Three months ended
March 31,

 
  

2006

  

2005

 
  

(unaudited)

  

(unaudited)

 

Customer A                                                   

    

59

%

    

 

Customer B

 

10

%

 

 

Customer C

 

  

23

%

Note 4: Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during each period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during each period, plus potential dilutive shares of Common Stock considered outstanding during the period, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 128, “Earnings Per Share”.

  

Three months ended
March 31,

 
  

2006

  

2005

 
  

(unaudited)

  

(unaudited)

 

Numerator:

        

Numerator for basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

    

$

(801

)

    

$

627

 

Denominator:

        

Denominator for basic net income (loss) per share

        

Weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock

  

19,061

   

18,675

 

Effect of employee stock options

  

   

552

 
   

19,061

   

19,227

 

Net income (loss) per share

        

Basic

 

$

(0.04

)

 

$

0.03

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.04

)

 

$

0.03

 

The total number of shares related to outstanding options excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share was 4,941,096 for the three months period ended March 31, 2006, and 5,269,174 for the corresponding period of 2005.

Note 5: Marketable Securities and Deposits

Marketable securities consist of certificates of deposits, corporate bonds and securities and U.S. government and agency securities. Marketable securities are stated at market value, and by policy, CEVA invests in high grade marketable securities to reduce risk of loss. All marketable securities are defined as trading securities under the provisions of SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”, and holding gains and losses are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

  

As at March 31, 2006

 
  

Cost

 

Gain (loss)

 

Market Value

 
           

Corporate bonds and securities

    

$

8,773

    

$

(2

)  

$

8,771

 

U.S. government and agency securities        

  

9,990

  

(66

)

 

9,923

 
  

$

18,763

 

$

(68

)

$

18,694

 




7



NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 5: Marketable Securities and Deposits – (continued)

Short-term bank deposits are with maturities of more than three months from deposit day but less than one year. The deposits are in U.S. dollars and are presented at their cost, including accrued interest. The deposits bear interest at an average rate of 4.13% annually.

Note 6: Common Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans

During the first quarter of 2006, the Company granted options to purchase 53,500 shares of Common Stock, at exercise prices ranging from $6.05 to $6.59 per share, and the Company issued 213,420 shares of Common Stock under its stock option and purchase programs for consideration of $936. Options to purchase 4,941,096 shares were outstanding at March 31, 2006. During the comparable period of 2005, the Company granted options to purchase 51,000 shares of Common Stock, at exercise prices ranging from $7.93 to $8.51 per share, and the Company issued 175,235 shares of Common Stock under its stock option and purchase programs for consideration of $880. Options to purchase 5,820,471 shares were outstanding at March 31, 2005.

The weighted-average fair value of the options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $6.52 and $8.21 respectively. The exercise prices of such options were equal to the market price of the Company’s Common Stock at the date of the respective option grants.

A summary of activity of options granted to purchase the Company’s Common Stock under the Company’s stock option plans is as follows:

  

Three months ended
March 31, 2006
(unaudited)

 
  

Number of
options

 

Weighted
average
exercise
price

 
       

Outstanding at the beginning of the year

    

5,020,383

    

$

8.54

 

Granted

 

53,500

  

6.52

 

Exercised

 

(27,028

)

 

5.13

 

Forfeited

 

(105,759

)

 

8.61

 

Outstanding at the end of the period

 

4,941,096

 

$

8.53

 

Number of options exercisable as of March  31, 2006        

 

3,066,883

 

$

9.71

 

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”), which requires the Company to measure all employee stock-based compensation awards using a fair value method and record the related expense in the financial statements. The Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company elected to use the modified prospective method of adoption which requires that compensation expense be recorded in the financial statements over the expected requisite service period for any new options granted after the adoption of SFAS 123(R) as well as for existing awards for which the requisite service has not been rendered as of the date of adoption and requires that prior periods not be restated.




8



NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 6: Common Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans – (continued)

The following table shows the total stock-based compensation charge included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:

  

Three
months
ended
March 31,
2006

 
  

(unaudited)

 

Cost of revenue

    

$

15

 

Research and development expenses                                                          

  

219

 

Sales and marketing expenses

  

102

 

General and administrative expenses

  

309

 

Total

 

$

645

 

Under SFAS 123(R), the charge has been determined as if CEVA had accounted for its employee stock options under the fair value method of SFAS 123(R). The fair value for these options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

  

Three months
ended
March 31,
2006

 
  

(unaudited)

 

Dividend yield

    

0

%

Expected volatility

 

35

%

Risk-free interest rate                                                                                          

 

5

%

Expected forfeiture

 

10

%

Expected life

 

4 Years

The fair value for rights to purchase awards under the Employee Share Purchase Plan was estimated at the date of grant using the same assumptions above except the expected life was assumed to be 6 months.

As at March 31, 2006, there was a balance of $2,500 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested awards. There was no capitalized stock-based expense at March 31, 2006. The impact on both basic and diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $0.03 per share.

The Company issues stock options to its employees, directors and certain consultants and provides the right to purchase stock pursuant to approved stock option and employee stock purchase programs. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R) the Company elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Options Issued to Employees” (“APB No. 25”), and related interpretations (collectively “APB No. 25”), in accounting for its stock option plans. Under APB No. 25, when the exercise price of an employee stock option is less than the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, compensation expense is recognized. All options granted under these plans had an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying Common Stock on the date of grant.

Certain stock options issued to non-employee consultants were accounted for under SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation” using the fair value method. A stock compensation charge of $47 in respect of 96,000 fully vested options granted to non-employee consultants is reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, as required under APB No.25. There was no similar charge for the three month period ended March 31, 2006. The fair value for these options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2%; dividend yield of 0%; volatility factor of 80%; and a weighted-average expected life of the options of four years.



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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 6: Common Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans – (continued)

The following table illustrates the pro forma effect on net income and net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2005 had we applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 as expenses:

  

Three months
ended
March 31,
2005

 
     

Net income as reported

 

$

627

 

Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense                  
determined under fair value based method for all awards,
net of related tax effects

    

$

(1,376

)

Pro forma loss

 

$

(749

)

Income (loss) per share:

    

Basic as reported

 

$

0.03

 

Basic pro forma

 

$

(0.04

)

Diluted as reported

 

$

0.03

 

Diluted pro forma

 

$

(0.04

)

Note 7: Reorganization and Severance Charge

Reorganization and restructuring plans implemented in 2005 resulted in a total charge of $3,200. The charge arose in connection with the decision to restructure the Company’s corporate management, reduce overhead and consolidate its activities. Included in the total charges were severance charges and employee related liabilities arising in connection with a head-count reduction of nine employees and provision for future operating lease charges on idle facilities.

The Company was required to make and is required to review certain estimates and assumptions in assessing the under-utilized building operating lease charges arising from the reduction in facility requirements. The Company takes into account current market conditions and the ability of the Company to either exit the lease property or sub-let the property in determining the estimates and assumptions used. The Company expects to revise its assumptions quarterly, as appropriate, in respect of future vacancy rates and sublet rents in light of current market conditions and the applicable discount rate based on projected interest rates.

There was no additional charge to the income statement during the first quarter of 2006. However, if the Company is successful in surrendering the long term lease in respect of one of its properties in Ireland, the Company would expect an associated cash outflow of approximately $3.2 million in 2006. Revisions to the Company’s estimates of this liability could materially impact its operating results and financial position in future periods if anticipated events and assumptions either change or do not materialize.

The major components of the restructuring and other charges of which $854 is included in accrued expenses and other payables and $2,218 is included in long term accrued liabilities, at March 31, 2006, are as follows:

  

Under-
utilized
building
operating
lease
obligations

 

Legal and
professional
fees

 

Total

 
  

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Balance as of December 31, 2005

    

$

2,884

    

$

330

    

$

3,214

 

Cash outlays

  

(120

)

 

  

(120

)

Balance as of March 31, 2006

 

$

2,764

 

$

330

 

$

3,094

 




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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 8: Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments” (“FAS 155”), which amends SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“FAS 133”) and SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities” (“FAS 140”). FAS 155 provides guidance to simplify the accounting for certain hybrid instruments by permitting fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative, as well as, clarifies that beneficial interests in securitized financial assets are subject to FAS 133. In addition, FAS 155 eliminates a restriction on the passive derivative instruments that a qualifying special-purpose entity may hold under FAS 140. FAS 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired, issued or subject to a new basis occurring after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. We believe that the adoption of this statement will not have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets” (“FAS 156”), which amends SFAS No. 140. FAS 156 provides guidance addressing the recognition and measurement of separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities, common with mortgage securitization activities, and provides an approach to simplify efforts to obtain hedge accounting treatment. FAS 156 is effective for all separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006, with early adoption being permitted. We believe that the adoption of this statement will not have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.



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

You should read the following discussion together with the unaudited financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this quarterly report may turn out to be wrong. These forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially include those set forth under in Part II – Item 1A – “Risk Factors”, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this quarterly report. See “Forward-Looking Statements”.

Business Overview

The financial information presented in this quarterly report includes the results of CEVA, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “CEVA”). CEVA is one of the world’s leading licensor of DSP cores and related application solutions to the semiconductor and electronics industry. For more than ten years, CEVA has been licensing DSP cores and application-specific intellectual property “IP” to leading semiconductor and electronics companies worldwide.

CEVA addresses the requirements of the embedded communications and multimedia markets by designing and licensing programmable DSP cores, DSP-based subsystems, application-specific platforms, and range of software components which enable the rapid design of DSP-based chips or application-specific solutions for developing a wide variety of applications. Our offerings include a family of programmable DSP cores with a range of cost, power-efficiency and performance points; DSP-based subsystems (the essential hardware components integrated with the DSP core to form a System-on-Chip (SoC) design); and a portfolio of application platforms, including multimedia, audio, Voice over Packet (VoP), location-based GPS, Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA (SATA). In addition we offer design services to our customers mainly in the form of porting our technology to customer foundries and processes.

Given the complexity of applications for DSPs, there is increasingly an industry shift away from the traditional approach of licensing standalone DSPs and towards licensing highly integrated application platforms incorporating all the necessary hardware and software for their target applications. With more complex designs and shorter design cycles we believe it is no longer cost efficient and becoming  progressively more difficult for most semiconductor companies and designers to develop the technology in-house. Therefore, companies increasingly rely on licensing other intellectual property, such as DSP cores, from third parties like CEVA. Such business models also enable semiconductor companies to further enhance their open-architecture-based offerings with complementary products, available through a third-party community of developers, such as CEVAnet, CEVA’s third-party network.

In order to capitalize on this industry shift and grow our business as well as maintain profitability, we will need to introduce new products and penetrate new markets. In that regard we demonstrated for the first time in February 2006 at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona, Spain the MobileMedia2000 silicon running a full video solution. Our understanding is that CEVA is the only company to date that has managed to demonstrate H.264 DVD-quality video and software on silicon, and this technology generated a good amount of interest from potential customers. We are also encouraged by the adoption of a national 3G standard, the TD-SCDMA, by the Chinese government in January 2006, which we hope will offer CEVA licensing opportunities in China.

However, our business operates in a highly competitive environment. Although our MobileMedia2000 silicon generated a good amount of interest, we anticipate that our customers will take a very cautious approach in adopting such technology and therefore the time to market of products incorporating our new technology may be prolonged and we may not realize any revenue from this technology in the near future, if at all. Similarly, the Chinese market is a highly competitive market with competitors that have greater resources and more established relationships with customers in China. We have no assurances that we will succeed in generating additional licensing revenue in China. Additionally the markets for our technology are rapidly changing with divergent trends and end-user needs emerging at a pace that makes current technology obsolete in a short amount of time. This obsolesce trend as well as aggressive competition has resulted, and could resul t in the future, in substantial declines in the prices that we are able to charge for our existing intellectual property. We will need to enter into additional licensing arrangements to offset the continuing decline of licensing fees from our existing technology or introduce new products and expand into new markets to boost our revenue. However, the introduction of new products and the penetration of new



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markets will require the expenditure of greater research and development resources and cause us to re-assess the viability of our older product lines and less productive business divisions, all of which may increase our operating expenses without the offset of additional revenue. We cannot provide any assurances that we will succeed in growing our business or maintain profitability.

Results of Operations

Total Revenues

Total revenues decreased 19% to $8.1 million for the first quarter of 2006 from $10.0 million for the comparable quarter of 2005. The decrease in total revenues reflects lower licensing and service revenues specifically in the GPS and SATA and SAS product lines partially offset by higher royalty revenues.

Licensing and royalty revenues accounted for 88% of our total revenues in the first quarter of both 2005 and 2006. Two customers accounted for more than 10% of revenues in the first quarter of 2006 compared to one customer in the first quarter of 2005. Due to the nature of our license agreements and the associated large individual contract amounts, our major customers generally vary from quarter to quarter.

We generate our revenues from licensing our IP, which in certain circumstances is modified to customer-specific requirements. Revenues from license fees that involve customization of our IP to customer specifications are recognized in accordance with Statement of Position 81-1, “Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts”. We account for all of our other IP license revenues in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition”, as amended.

We generate royalties from licensing activities in two manners: (1) royalties paid by our customers over the period in which they ship units which we refer to as per unit royalties, and (2) royalties which are paid in a lump sum which cover a fixed number of shipments of future units incorporating our technology which we refer to as prepaid royalties. The prepaid royalties may be negotiated as part of an initial license agreement or may be subsequently negotiated with an existing licensee who has begun or about to begin making shipments of units incorporating our technology and has used up all of the prepayments covered in their initial license agreement. In the latter case, we negotiate an additional lump sum payment to cover a fixed number of additional future unit shipments. In either case, these prepaid royalties are non-refundable payments and are recognized upon invoicing for payment, provided that no future obligation exists. Only royal ty revenue from customers who are paying as they ship units is recognized in our royalty revenue line. These per unit royalties are invoiced and recognized on a quarterly basis as we receive quarterly shipment reports from our licensees for the prior quarter.

Licensing and Royalty Revenues

  

First
Quarter
2006

 

First
Quarter
2005

 
        

Licensing and royalty revenues (in millions)

    

$

7.2

    

$

8.8

 

of which:

       

Licensing revenues (in millions)

 

$

5.4

 

$

7.1

 

Royalty revenues (in millions)

 

$

1.8

 

$

1.8

 

The decrease in licensing revenues for the first three months of 2006 over the corresponding period of 2005 reflects lower revenues from our GPS , SATA and SAS technologies offset by revenue growth from our DSP cores technology.

There was a moderate increase of $47,000 in per-unit royalty revenue in the first quarter of 2006 over the corresponding period in 2005 driven by increases in the underlying unit shipments of customers’ products incorporating our IP. In particular licensees of our Ceva Teak and TeakLite cores continued to report increased unit shipments in 2/2.5G baseband cellular and disk drive controllers. Both our per unit and prepaid royalty customers reported sales of 49 million chips incorporating our technology in the first quarter of 2006 compared with 31 million in the comparable period of 2005. The five largest customers paying per unit royalty accounted for 85% of total royalty revenues in the first quarter of 2006, compared to 75% for the comparable period of 2005.



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We had 23 customers shipping units incorporating our technology offerings in the first quarter of 2006 compared to 22 customers in the first quarter of 2005. At March 31, 2006 we had 16 customers paying per unit royalty and 7 in prepaid royalty compared to 15 customers paying per unit royalty and 7 in prepaid royalty at March 31, 2005.

Other Revenues

Other revenues accounted for 12% of our total revenues in the first quarter of both 2005 and 2006. Other revenues include services, development systems, training and support for licensees. Other revenues decreased by 18% in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the first quarter of 2005 reflecting the completion of a number of services contracts.

Geographic Revenue Analysis

  

First Quarter
2006

 

First Quarter
2005

 
  

(in millions, except percentages)

 

United States

    

$

5.4

    

 

66

%        

$

2.2

    

 

22

%

Europe, Middle East, Africa                                             

 

$

1.6

  

20

%

$

2.5

  

25

%

Asia Pacific

 

$

1.1

  

14

%

$

5.3

  

53

%

Due to the nature of our license agreements and the associated large individual contract amounts, the geographic split of revenues both in absolute and percentage terms generally varies from quarter to quarter depending on the timing of deals in each region.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues accounted for 11% of total revenues for the first quarter of 2006, compared with 13% for the first quarter of 2005. Gross margins for the first quarter of 2006 were 89% compared with 87% for the first quarter of 2005. The decrease in the dollar amount of cost of revenues and the increase in gross margins in the first quarter of 2006 compared with the corresponding period in 2005 reflect a shift in revenue mix towards a greater amount of royalty revenue with higher gross margin as a percentage of total revenues in 2006. Included in the first quarter of 2006 was a non-cash stock compensation charge of $15,000 following the adoption of SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses increased to $8.5 million for the first quarter of 2006 from $8.3 million for the first quarter of 2005. The increase in total operating expenses principally reflects the non-cash stock compensation charge of $630,000 in the first quarter of 2006 following the adoption of SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006 offset by lower general and administration expenses.

Research and Development Expenses, Net

Our research and development expenses were $5.0 million for the first quarter of 2005 and 2006. The net movement reflects an a SFAS 123(R) non-cash stock compensation charge of $219,000 offset by a combination of lower headcount and sub-contract design primarily in our serial ATA research and development programs.

The number of research and development personnel was 162 at March 31, 2006, compared with 177 at March 31, 2005.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Our sales and marketing expenses increased to $1.8 million for the first quarter of 2006 from $1.7 million for the first quarter of 2005. The increase in sales and marketing expenses in 2006 from 2005 principally reflects a SFAS 123(R) non-cash stock compensation charge of $102,000. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 22% and 17% for the first quarter of 2006 and 2005, respectively. The total number of sales and marketing personnel was 19 at March 31, 2006, compared with 20 at March 31, 2005.



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General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses were $1.5 million for the first quarter of 2005 and 2006. The net movement reflects a SFAS 123(R) non-cash stock compensation charge of $309,000 offset by a combination of lower corporate management and overhead costs. The number of general and administrative personnel was 30 at March 31, 2006, compared with 36 at March 31, 2005.

Amortization of Other Intangibles

Our amortization charge decreased to $190,000 for the first quarter of 2006 from $223,000 for the first quarter of 2005. The amount of other intangible assets was $1.3 million at March 31, 2006 and $1.5 million at March 31, 2005. We anticipate ongoing expense in connection with the amortization of remaining intangibles of approximately $190,000 per quarter.

Reorganization and Severance Charge

Reorganization and restructuring plans implemented in 2005 resulted in a total charge of $3.2 million. The charge arose in connection with the decision to restructure the Company’s corporate management, reduce overhead and consolidate its activities. Included in the total charges were severance charges and employee related liabilities arising in connection with a head-count reduction of nine employees and provision for future operating lease charges on idle facilities.

We were required to make and are required to review certain estimates and assumptions in assessing the under-utilized building operating lease charges arising from the reduction in facility requirements. Management takes into account current market conditions and the ability of the company to either exit the lease property or sub-let the property in determining the estimates and assumptions used. We expect to revise our assumptions quarterly, as appropriate in respect of future vacancy rates and sublet rents in light of current market conditions and the applicable discount rate based on projected interest rates.

There was no additional charge to the income statement during the first quarter of 2006. However, if we are successful in surrendering our long term lease in respect of one of our properties in Ireland, we would expect an associated cash outflow of approximately $3.2 million in 2006. Revisions to our estimates of this liability could materially impact our operating results and financial position in future periods if anticipated events and assumptions either change or do not materialize.

Financial Income, Net

  

First Quarter
2006

 

First Quarter
2005

 
        

Interest and other income, net (in millions)

    

$

0.54

    

$

0.33

 

of which:

       

Interest income (in millions)

 

$

0.55

 

$

0.29

 

Foreign exchange gains (losses) (in millions)                            

 

$

(0.01

)

$

0.04

 

Financial income, net, consists of interest earned on investments, gains from marketable securities and foreign exchange movements. The increase in interest earned in the first quarter of 2006 from the corresponding period of 2005 reflects a higher interest rate environment.

We review our monthly expected non-US dollar denominated expenditure and look to hold equivalent non-U.S. dollar cash balances to mitigate currency fluctuations and this resulted in a loss of $7,000 in the first quarter of 2006 and a gain of $42,000 for the corresponding period of 2005.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes in the first quarter of 2005 and 2006 reflects income earned domestically and in certain foreign jurisdictions. The income tax arises primarily due to higher income earned domestically in the first quarter of 2006. We have significant operations in Israel and the Republic of Ireland and a substantial portion of our



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taxable income is generated there. Currently, our Israeli and Irish subsidiaries are taxed at rates substantially lower than U.S. tax rates.

The Irish operating subsidiary currently qualifies for a 10% tax rate, which under current legislation will remain in force until December 31, 2010. The Israeli operating subsidiary’s production facilities have been granted “Approved Enterprise” status under Israeli law in connection with six separate investment plans. Accordingly, income from an “Approved Enterprise” is tax-exempt for a period of two (2) or four (4) years and is subject to a reduced corporate tax rate of ten (10) percent to twenty five (25) percent (based on percentage of foreign ownership) for an additional period of six (6) or eight (8) years. Certain expenditure in connection with the investment plans is allowable as a tax deduction over a three year period which has resulted in higher deferred tax asset in 2005.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2006, we had approximately $31.7 million in cash and cash equivalents and $28.4 million in deposits and marketable securities, totaling $60.1 million compared to $61.6 million at December 31, 2005. During the first quarter of 2006, we invested $12.5 million of our cash in U.S. government and agency securities and corporate bonds and securities. In addition, U.S. government and agency securities and corporate bonds and securities were sold for cash amounting to $11.9 million. These instruments are classified as marketable securities and the purchases and sales are considered part of operating cash flow. Deposits are short-term bank deposits with maturities of more than three months but less than one year. The deposits are in U.S. dollars and are presented at their cost, including accrued interest and purchases and sales are considered part of cash flows from investing activities.

Net cash used in operating activities in the first quarter of 2006 was $3.0 million, compared with $4.0 million of net cash provided by operating activities for the comparable period of 2005. Included in the operating cash inflow in the first quarter of 2006 was a net investment of $0.6 million in marketable securities and $0.1 million outflow in connection with restructuring and reorganization costs. Excluding these items net cash used in operations during the first quarter of 2006 was $2.3 million. Included in the operating cash outflow in the first quarter of 2005 were net proceeds of $3.6 million from marketable securities and $0.7 million outflow in connection with restructuring and reorganization costs. Excluding these items net cash provided by operations during 2005 was $1.1 million.

Cash flows from operating activities may vary significantly from quarter to quarter depending on the timing of our receipts and payments. Of the $3.1 million of restructuring and reorganization costs accrued at March 31, 2006, we expect a cash outflow of approximately $0.9 million in 2006, primarily relating to under-utilized building rental payments. However, if we are successful in surrendering our long term lease relating to an under-utilized premise in Ireland, we would expect an associated cash outflow of approximately $3.2 million in 2006. Our ongoing cash outflows from operating activities principally relate to payroll-related costs and obligations under our property leases and design tool licenses. Our primary sources of cash inflows are receipts from our accounts receivable and interest earned from our cash and marketable securities holdings. The timing of receipts from debtors is based upon the completion of agreed milestones or agre ed dates as set out in the contracts.

Net cash used in investing activities in the first quarter of 2006 was $1.4 million. We had a cash outflow of $1.3 million in respect of investments in short term bank deposits. Capital equipment purchases of computer hardware and software used in engineering development, company vehicles, furniture and fixtures amounted to approximately $57,000 in the first quarter of 2006 compared to $260,000 for the comparable period in 2005.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $0.9 million in both the first quarter of 2005 and 2006 reflects proceeds from the issuance of shares upon exercise of employee stock options and issuance of shares under our employee stock purchase plan.

We believe that our current cash on hand and marketable securities, along with cash from operations, will provide sufficient capital to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months. We cannot assure you, however, that the underlying assumed levels of revenues and expenses will prove to be accurate.




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Payments Due
by Period
(in thousands)

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

 

Less than
1 year

 

1-3 Years

 

3-5 Years

 

More than
5 years

 
            

Operating Lease Obligations – Leasehold properties

    

$

25,162

    

$

2,426

    

$

3,678

    

$

3,352

    

$

15,706

 

Operating Lease Obligations – Other          

  

3,386

  

1,483

  

1,903

  

  

 

Purchase Obligations

  

113

  

113

  

  

  

 

Total

 

$

28,661

 

$

4,022

 

$

5,581

 

$

3,352

 

$

15,706

 

Operating leasehold obligations are principally on our leasehold properties located in the United States, Ireland, Israel and the United Kingdom.

Other operating lease obligations relate to license agreements entered into for design tools maintenance of $2.6 million and obligations under motor vehicle leases of $0.8 million. Purchase obligations consist of capital commitments of $113,000.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

A majority of our revenues and a portion of our expenses are transacted in U.S. dollars and our assets and liabilities together with our cash holdings are predominately denominated in U.S. dollars. However, the bulk of our expenses are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, principally the euro and the Israeli NIS. Increases in the volatility of the exchange rates of the euro and the NIS versus the U.S. dollar could have an adverse effect on the expenses and liabilities that we incur when remeasured into U.S. dollars. We review our monthly expected non-U.S. dollar denominated expenditure and look to hold equivalent non-U.S. dollar cash balances to mitigate currency fluctuations and this has resulted in a foreign exchange gain of $42,000 and loss of $7,000 in the first quarter of 2005 and 2006, respectively.

As a result of such currency fluctuations and the conversion to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes, we may experience fluctuations in our operating results on an annual and a quarterly basis going forward. We have not in the past, but may in the future, hedge against fluctuations in exchange rates. Future hedging transactions may not successfully mitigate losses caused by currency fluctuations. We expect to continue to experience the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on an annual and quarterly basis, and currency fluctuations could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

We invest our cash in high grade certificates of deposits, U.S. government and agency securities and corporate bonds. Cash held by foreign subsidiaries is generally held in short-term time deposits denominated in the local currency.

Interest income and gains from marketable securities were $548,000 and $293,000 in the first quarter of 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in interest and gains from marketable securities earned is reflective of higher interest rates.

We are exposed primarily to fluctuations in the level of U.S. and EMU (European Monetary Union) interest rates. To the extent that interest rates rise, fixed interest investments may be adversely impacted, whereas a decline in interest rates may decrease the anticipated interest income for variable rate investments.

We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates. We typically do not attempt to reduce or eliminate our market exposures on our investment securities because the majority of our investments are short-term. We do not have any derivative instruments.

The fair value of our investment portfolio or related income would not be significantly impacted by either a 100 basis point increase or decrease in interest rates due mainly to the short-term nature of our investment portfolio. All the potential changes noted above are based on sensitivity analysis performed on our balances as of March 31, 2006.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and



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operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information required to be included in this report.

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The Company is not party to any litigation or other legal proceedings that the Company believes could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

This Form 10-Q contains forward looking statements concerning our future products, expenses, revenue, liquidity and cash needs as well as our plans and strategies. These forward looking statements are based on current expectations and we assume no obligation to update this information. Numerous factors could cause our actual results to differ significantly from the results described in these forward looking statements, including the following risk factors.

There are no material changes to the Risk Factors described under the title “Factors That May Affect Future Performance” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 other than (1) changes to the Risk Factor below entitled “We rely significantly on revenue derived from a limited number of customers”; and (2) changes to the Risk Factor below entitled “Because we have significant international operations, we may be subject to political, economic and other conditions relating to our international operations that could increase our operating expenses and disrupt our revenues and business”.

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and as a result we could experience a loss of sales, lower prices and lower revenue.

The markets for the products in which our technology is incorporated are highly competitive; for example, semiconductor customers may choose to adopt a multi-chip, off-the-shelf chip solution versus licensing or using highly integrated chips that embed our technologies. Aggressive competition could result in substantial declines in the prices that we are able to charge for our intellectual property. Many of our competitors are large companies that have significantly greater financial and other resources than we have. The following factors may have an impact on our competitiveness:

·

Microprocessor IP providers, such as ARM , MIPS , Tensilica , ARC, recently began to offer DSP extensions to their IP.

·

SATA IP market is highly standardized with several vendors offering similar products, leading to price pressure for both licensing and royalty revenue;

·

Our video solution is software based and competes with hardware implementation offered by companies such as Hantro and other software solution offered by Hantro, Sci Works offered by ARM and StarCore cores.

·

Our GPS solution competes with IP offerings from companies such as SiRF, eRIDe, UnAV. These companies  offer chips in addition to IP which could  provide customers with shorter time to market through a discrete chip-set solution which can later be integrated with the rest of the chips.

·

We also lack RF design expertise needed for further development of GPS applications.

In addition, we may face increased competition from smaller, niche semiconductor design companies in the future. Some of our customers may also decide to satisfy their needs through in-house design. We compete on the basis of price, product quality, design cycle time, reliability, performance, customer support, name recognition and



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reputation, and financial strength. Our inability to compete effectively on these basis could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our quarterly operating results fluctuate from quarter to quarter due to a variety of factors, including our lengthy sales cycle, and may not be a meaningful indicator of future performance.

In some quarters our operating results could be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, which could cause our stock price to fall. Factors that may affect our quarterly results of operations in the future include, among other things:

·

the timing of the introduction of new or enhanced technologies by us and our competitors, as well as the market acceptance of such technologies;

·

the timing and volume of orders and production by our customers, as well as fluctuations in royalty revenues resulting from fluctuations in unit shipments by our licensees;

·

our lengthy sales cycle;

·

the gain or loss of significant licensees;

·

delays in the commercialization of end products that incorporate our technology;

·

changes in our pricing policies and those of our competitors; and

·

restructuring, asset impairment and related charges.

We rely significantly on revenue derived from a limited number of customers.

We expect that a limited number of customers, varying in identity from period-to-period, will account for a substantial portion of our revenues in any period. One customer accounted for 59% and another customer accounted for 10% of our total revenues for the first quarter of 2006. Moreover, license agreements for our DSP cores have not historically provided for substantial ongoing license payments. Significant portions of our anticipated future revenue, therefore, will likely depend upon our success in attracting new customers or expanding our relationships with existing customers. Our ability to succeed in these efforts will depend on a variety of factors, including the performance, quality, breadth and depth of our current and future products, as well as our sales and marketing skills. In addition, some of our licensees may decide to satisfy their needs through in-house design and production. Our failure to obtain future customer licenses wo uld impede our future revenue growth and could materially harm our business.

We depend on market acceptance of third-party semiconductor intellectual property.

The semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) industry is a relatively new and emerging trend. Our future growth will depend on the level of acceptance by the market of our third-party licensable intellectual property model, the variety of intellectual property offerings available on the market, and a shift in customer preference away from the traditional approach of licensing standalone DSPs, and towards licensing highly integrated application platforms incorporating all the necessary hardware and software for their target applications. These trends that will enable our growth are largely beyond our control. Semiconductor customers may choose to adopt a multi-chip, off-the-shelf chip solution versus licensing or using highly integrated chips that embed our technologies. Semiconductor customers may also decide to design programmable DSP core products in-house rather than license them from us. If the market shifts and third-party SIP is no long er desired by our customers, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially harmed.

Because our IP solutions are components of end products, if semiconductor companies and electronic equipment manufacturers do not incorporate our solutions into their end products or if the end products of our customers do not achieve market acceptance, we may not be able to generate adequate sales of our products.

We do not sell our IP solutions directly to end-users; we license our technology primarily to semiconductor companies and electronic equipment manufacturers, who then incorporate our technology into the products they sell. As a result, we rely upon our customers to incorporate our technology into their end products at the design stage. Once our customer incorporates a competitor’s technology into its end product, it becomes significantly more



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difficult for us to sell our technology to that customer because changing suppliers involves significant cost, time, effort and risk for the customer. As a result, we may incur significant expenditures on the development of a new technology without any assurance that our customer will select our technology for incorporation into its own product and without this “design win,” it becomes significantly difficult to sell our IP solutions. Moreover, even after our customer agrees to incorporate our technology into its end products, the design cycle is long and may be delayed due to factors beyond our control which may result in the end product incorporating our technology not to reach the market until long after the initial “design win” with the our customer. From initial product design-in to volume production, many factors could impact the timing and/or amount of sales actually realized from the design-in. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the competitive position of our technology, our customers’ financial stability, and our ability to ship products according to our customers’ schedule.

Further, because we do not control the business practices of our customers, we do not influence the degree to which they promote our technology or set the prices at which they sell products incorporating our technology. We cannot assure you that our customers will devote satisfactory efforts to promote our IP solutions. In addition, our unit royalties from licenses are totally dependent upon the success of our customers in introducing products incorporating our technology and the success of those products in the marketplace. The primary customers for our products are semiconductor design and manufacturing companies, system OEMs and electronic equipment manufacturers, particularly in the telecommunications field. These industries are highly cyclical and have been subject to significant economic downturns at various times, particularly in recent periods. These downturns are characterized by production overcapacity and reduced revenues, which at times may encourage semiconductor companies or electronic product manufacturers to reduce their expenditure on our technology. If we do not retain our current customers and continue to attract new customers, our business may be harmed.

We depend on a limited number of key personnel who would be difficult to replace.

Our success depends to a significant extent upon certain of our key employees and senior management; the loss of the service of these employees could materially harm our business. Competition for skilled employees in our field is intense. We cannot assure you that in the future we will be successful in attracting and retaining the required personnel.

The sales cycle for our IP solutions is lengthy, which makes forecasting of our customer orders and revenues difficult.

The sales cycle for our IP solutions is lengthy, often lasting more than a year. Our customers generally conduct significant technical evaluations, including customer trials, of our technology as well as competing technologies prior to making a purchasing decision. In addition, purchasing decisions may also be delayed because of a customer’s internal budget approval process. Because of the lengthy sales cycle and the size of customer orders, if orders forecasted for a specific customer for a particular period do not occur in that period, our revenues and operating results for that particular quarter could suffer. Moreover, a portion of our expenses related to an anticipated order is fixed and difficult to reduce or change, which may further impact our operating results for a particular period.

We may dispose of or discontinue existing product lines and technology developments, which may adversely impact our future results.

On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our various product offerings and technology developments in order to determine whether any should be discontinued or, to the extent possible, divested. For example, in connection with our reorganization and restructuring plans in 2003 and 2005, we ceased manufacturing of our hard IP products and certain non-strategic technology areas. We cannot guarantee that we have correctly forecasted, or will correctly forecast in the future, the right product lines and technology developments to dispose or discontinue or that our decision to dispose of or discontinue various investments, products lines and technology developments is prudent if market conditions change. In addition, there are no assurances that the discontinuance of various product lines will reduce our operating expenses or will not cause us to incur material charges associated with such decision. Furthermore, the discontinuance of existing product lines entails various risks, including the risk that we will not be able to find a purchaser for a product line or the purchase price obtained will not be equal to the book value of the assets for the product line. Other risks include managing the expectations of, and maintaining good relations with, our customers who previously purchased products from our disposed or discontinued product lines, which could



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prevent us from selling other products to them in the future. We may also incur other liabilities and costs associated with our disposal or discontinuance of product lines.

Our restructuring efforts in 2003 and 2005 could disrupt the operation of our business, distract our management from focusing on revenue-generating efforts, result in the erosion of employee morale, and impair our ability to respond rapidly to growth opportunities in the future.

We implemented reorganization and restructuring plans in 2003 and 2005, including personnel reduction of 9 people in 2005 and 40 people in 2003. The employee reductions and changes in connection with our restructuring activities could result in an erosion of morale, and affect the focus and productivity of our remaining employees, including those directly responsible for revenue generation, which in turn may adversely affect our revenue in the future. Additionally, employees directly affected by the reductions may seek future employment with our business partners, customers or competitors. Such matters could divert the attention of our employees, including management, away from our operations, harm productivity, harm our reputation and increase our expenses.

Because our IP solutions are complex, the detection of errors in our products may be delayed, and if we deliver products with defects, our credibility will be harmed, the sales and market acceptance of our products may decrease and product liability claims may be made against us.

Our IP solutions are complex and may contain errors, defects and bugs when introduced. If we deliver products with errors, defects or bugs, our credibility and the market acceptance and sales of our products could be significantly harmed. Furthermore, the nature of our products may also delay the detection of any such error or defect. If our products contain errors, defects and bugs, then we may be required to expend significant capital and resources to alleviate these problems. This could result in the diversion of technical and other resources from our other development efforts. Any actual or perceived problems or delays may also adversely affect our ability to attract or retain customers. Furthermore, the existence of any defects, errors or failure in our products could lead to product liability claims or lawsuits against us or against our customers. A successful product liability claim could result in substantial cost and divert management ’s attention and resources, which would have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our operating results may fluctuate significantly due to the cyclicality of the semiconductor industry, which could adversely affect the market price of our stock.

Our primary operations are in the semiconductor industry, which is cyclical and subject to rapid technological change and evolving industry standards. From time to time, the semiconductor industry has experienced significant downturns such as the one we experienced during the 2000 and 2001 periods and from which the industry is slowly recovering. These downturns are characterized by diminished product demand, excess customer inventories, accelerated erosion of prices and excess production capacity. These factors could cause substantial fluctuations in our revenues and in our results of operations. The downturn we inexperienced during the 2000 and 2001 periods was, and future downturns in the semiconductor industry may be, severe and prolonged. Also the slow recovery from the downturn during the 2000 and 2001 periods and the failure of this industry to fully recover or any future downturn could seriously impact our revenue and harm our business , financial condition and results of operations. The semiconductor industry also periodically experiences increased demand and production capacity constraints, which may affect our ability to ship products in future periods. Our financial results may vary significantly as a result of the general conditions in the semiconductor industry, which could cause our stock price to decline.

Our success will depend on our ability to successfully manage our geographically dispersed operations.

Most of our employees are located in Israel and Ireland. Accordingly, our ability to compete successfully will depend in part on the ability of a limited number of key executives located in geographically dispersed offices to integrate management, address the needs of our customers and respond to changes in our markets. If we are unable to effectively manage and integrate our remote operations, our business may be materially harmed.

Our operations in Israel may be adversely affected by instability in the Middle East region.

One of our principal research and development facilities is located in, and our executive officers and some of our directors are residents of, Israel. Although substantially all of our sales currently are being made to customers outside Israel, we are nonetheless directly influenced by the political, economic and military conditions affecting



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Israel. Any major hostilities involving Israel could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

In addition, certain of our officers and employees are currently obligated to perform annual reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces and are subject to being called to active military duty at any time. Although we have operated effectively under these requirements since our inception, we cannot predict the effect of these obligations on the company in the future. Our operations could be disrupted by the absence, for a significant period, of one or more of our key officers or key employees due to military service.

Our research and development expenses may increase if the grants we currently receive from the Israeli and Irish governments are reduced or withheld.

We currently receive research grants from programs of the Chief Scientist of Israel and under the funding programs of Enterprise Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland. To be eligible for these grants, we must meet certain development conditions and comply with periodic reporting obligations. Although we have met such conditions in the past, should we fail to meet such conditions in the future our research grants may be repayable, reduced or withheld. The repayment or reduction of such research grants may increase our research and development expenses which in turn may reduce our operating income.

We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

A significant portion of our business is conducted outside the United States. Although most of our revenue is transacted in U.S. Dollars, we may be exposed to currency exchange fluctuations in the future as business practices evolve and we are forced to transact business in local currencies. Moreover, a portion of our expenses in Israel and Europe are paid in Israeli currency (NIS) and Euros, which subjects us to the risks of foreign currency fluctuations. Our primary expenses paid in NIS and Euro are employee salaries and lease payments on our Israeli and Dublin facilities. In the future, we may use derivative instruments in order to minimize the effects of currency fluctuations, but any hedging positions may not succeed in minimizing our foreign currency fluctuation risks.

Because we have significant international operations, we may be subject to political, economic and other conditions relating to our international operations that could increase our operating expenses and disrupt our revenues and  business.

Approximately 34% of our total revenues for the first quarter of 2006 and 65% of our total revenues in 2005 are derived from license agreements with customers located outside of the United States. We expect that international customers will continue to account for a significant portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. As a result, the occurrence of any negative international political, economic or geographic events could result in significant revenue shortfalls. These shortfalls could cause our business, financial condition and results of operations to be harmed. Some of the risks of doing business internationally include:

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unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;

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fluctuations in the exchange rate for the United States dollar;

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imposition of tariffs and other barriers and restrictions;

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burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws;

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political and economic instability; and

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changes in diplomatic and trade relationships.

If we are unable to meet the changing needs of our end-users or to address evolving market demands, our business may be harmed.

The markets for programmable DSP cores and application IP are characterized by rapidly changing technology, emerging markets and new and developing end-user needs, requiring significant expenditure for research and development. We cannot assure you that we will be able to introduce systems and solutions that reflect prevailing industry standards on a timely basis, to meet the specific technical requirements of our end-users or to avoid significant losses due to rapid decreases in market prices of our products, and our failure to do so may seriously harm our business. For example, we have already licensed our multimedia solutions; however, this technology has



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not yet been deployed by our licensees to their end markets and may be subject to further modifications to address evolving market demands. In addition, the reduction in the number of our employees in connection with our recent restructuring efforts could adversely affect our ability to attract or retain customers who require certain research and development capabilities from their IP providers.

We may seek to expand our business through acquisitions that could result in diversion of resources and extra expenses.

We may pursue acquisitions of businesses, products and technologies, or establish joint venture arrangements in the future that could expand our business. The negotiation of potential acquisitions or joint ventures, as well as the integration of acquired or jointly developed businesses, technologies or products could cause diversion of management’s time and our resources. We may not be able to successfully integrate acquired businesses or joint ventures with our operations. If we were to make any acquisition or enter into a joint venture, we may not receive the intended benefits of the acquisition or joint venture. If future acquisitions or joint ventures disrupt our operations, or if we have difficulty integrating the businesses or technologies we acquire, our business, financial condition and results of operations could suffer.

We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property.

Our success and ability to compete depend in large part upon the protection of our proprietary technologies. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, mask work and other intellectual property rights, confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements to establish and protect our proprietary rights. These agreements and measures may not be sufficient to protect our technology from third-party infringement or to protect us from the claims of others. As a result, we face risks associated with our patent position, including the potential need to engage in significant legal proceedings to enforce our patents, the possibility that the validity or enforceability of our patents may be denied, the possibility that third parties will be able to compete against us without infringing our patents and the possibility that our products may infringe patent rights of third parties.

Our trade names or trademarks may be registered or utilized by third parties in countries other than those in which we have registered them, impairing our ability to enter and compete in these markets. If we were forced to change any of our brand names, we could lose a significant amount of our brand equity.

Our business will suffer if we are sued for infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties or if we cannot obtain licenses to these rights on commercially acceptable terms.

Although we are not currently involved in any litigation, we are subject to the risk of adverse claims and litigation alleging infringement of the intellectual property rights of others. There are a large number of patents held by others, including our competitors, pertaining to the broad areas in which we are active. We have not, and cannot reasonably, investigate all such patents. From time to time, we have become aware of patents in our technology areas and have sought legal counsel regarding the validity of such patents and their impact on how we operate our business, and we will continue to seek such counsel when appropriate in the future. Claims against us may require us to enter into license arrangements or result in protracted and costly litigation, regardless of the merits of these claims. Any necessary licenses may not be available or, if available, may not be obtainable on commercially reasonable terms. If we cannot obtain necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms, we may be forced to stop licensing our technology, and our business would be seriously harmed.

Our business depends on our customers and their suppliers obtaining required complementary components.

Some of the raw materials, components and subassemblies included in the products manufactured by our OEM customers are obtained from a limited group of suppliers. Supply disruptions, shortages or termination of any of these sources could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations due to the delay or discontinuance of orders for products containing our IP, especially our DSP cores, until those necessary components are available.



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The future growth of our business depends in part on our ability to license to system OEMs and small-to-medium-sized semiconductor companies directly and to expand our sales geographically.

Historically, a substantial portion of our licensing revenues has been derived in any period from a relatively small number of licensees. Because of the substantial license fees we charge, our customers tend to be large semiconductor companies or vertically integrated system OEMs. Part of our current growth strategy is to broaden the adoption of our products by small and mid-size companies by offering different versions of our products, targeted at these companies. In addition we plan to continue expanding our sales to include additional geographic areas. Asia, in particular, is a region we have targeted for growth. If we are unable to develop and market effectively our intellectual property through these models, our revenues will continue to be dependent on a smaller number of licensees and a less geographically dispersed pattern of licensees, which could materially harm our business and results of operations.

We will be exposed to risks relating to evaluations of internal control over financial reporting required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

We have spent and are spending a substantial amount of management time and resources to comply with changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations and the NASDAQ Stock Exchange rules. In particular, Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires management’s annual review and evaluation of our internal control systems, and attestations as to the effectiveness of these systems by our independent public accounting firm. We have expended and expect to continue to expend significant resources and management time documenting and testing our internal control systems and procedures. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, as such standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to ensure that we can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control ov er financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Failure to maintain an effective internal control environment could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our stock.

Newly adopted accounting standard that requires companies to expense stock options will result in a decrease in our earnings and our stock price may decline.

Our adoption of the accounting standard SFAS 123(R) as of January 1, 2006 requires us to account for share-based compensation transactions using a fair-value-based method and record as compensation expense in our consolidated statement of income the unvested portion of previously granted awards that remain outstanding as of, and new options granted after, January 1, 2006. The adoption of this new accounting standard has had a significant impact on our results of operations as our reported earnings decreased as a result of including these non-cash equity-based compensation expenses. Furthermore, if we reduce or alter our use of stock-based compensation to minimize the recognition of these expenses or if we are unable to introduce alternative methods of compensation, our ability to recruit, motivate and retain employees may be impaired, which could put us at a significant disadvantage in the employee marketplace relative to our competitors.

The Israeli tax benefits that we currently receive and the government programs in which we participate require us to meet certain conditions and may be terminated or reduced in the future, which could increase our costs.

We enjoy certain tax benefits in Israel, particularly as a result of the “Approved Enterprise” status of our facilities and programs. To maintain our eligibility for these tax benefits, we must continue to meet certain conditions, relating principally to adherence to the investment program filed with the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade and to periodic reporting obligations. We believe that we will be able to continue to meet such conditions. Should we fail to meet such conditions in the future, however, these benefits would be cancelled and we would be subject to corporate tax in Israel at the standard rate of 34%-36% and could be required to refund tax benefits already received. In addition, we cannot assure you that these tax benefits will be continued in the future at their current levels or otherwise. The termination or reduction of certain programs and tax benefits (particularly benefits available to us as a result of the Approved Enterprise status of our facilities and programs) or a requirement to refund tax benefits already received may seriously harm our business, operating results and financial condition.



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Our corporate tax rate may increase, which could adversely impact our cash flow, financial condition and results of operations.

We have significant operations in Israel and the Republic of Ireland and a substantial portion of our taxable income historically has been generated there. Currently, some of our Israeli and Irish subsidiaries are taxed at rates substantially lower than the United States of America (U.S.) tax rates. Although there is no expectation of any changes to Israeli and Irish tax law, if our Israeli and Irish subsidiaries were no longer to qualify for these lower tax rates or if the applicable tax laws were rescinded or changed, our operating results could be materially adversely affected. In addition, because our Israeli and Irish operations are owned by subsidiaries of a U.S. corporation, distributions to the U.S. corporation, and in certain circumstances undistributed income of the subsidiaries, may be subject to U.S. tax. Moreover, if U.S. or other authorities were to change applicable tax laws or successfully challenge the manner in which our subs idiaries’ profits are currently recognized, our overall taxes could increase, and our business, cash flow, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

   

10.8

   

Amended and Restated CEVA, Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

31.1

 

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

31.2

 

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

32

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer



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SIGNATURES

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

 

 

 

 

CEVA, INC.

  

  

  

Date: May 10, 2006

By: 

 /s/ GIDEON WERTHEIZER

 

 Gideon Wertheizer

 

 Chief Executive Officer

 

 (principal executive officer)

  

Date: May 10, 2006

By: 

 /s/ YANIV ARIELI

 

 Yaniv Arieli

 

 Chief Financial Officer

 

 (principal financial officer and principal
 accounting officer)




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EX-10.8 2 v042388_ex10-8.htm

CEVA, INC.
 
2002 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
 
(Amended and Restated Effective August 1, 2004)
 
(Amended and Restated Effective March 29, 2006)
 

 
The following constitute the provisions of the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of CEVA, Inc.
 
1.       Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide Employees of the Company and its Designated Parents or Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock of the Company through accumulated payroll deductions. It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an "Employee Stock Purchase Plan" under Section 423 of the Code and the applicable regulations thereunder. The provisions of the Plan, accordingly, shall be construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section of the Code.
 
2.       Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
 
(a)       "Administrator" means either the Board or a committee of the Board that is responsible for the administration of the Plan as is designated from time to time by resolution of the Board.
 
(b)       "Applicable Laws" means the legal requirements relating to the administration of employee stock purchase plans, if any, under applicable provisions of federal securities laws, state corporate and securities laws, the Code and the applicable regulations thereunder, the rules of any applicable stock exchange or national market system, and the rules of any foreign jurisdiction applicable to participation in the Plan by residents therein.
 
(c)       "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
(d)       "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
(e)       "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company.
 
(f)       "Company" means CEVA, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
 
(g)       "Compensation" means an Employee's base salary from the Company or one or more Designated Parents or Subsidiaries (as reported on the Employee's Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement (Form W-2) or equivalent thereof), including (A) such amounts of base salary as are deferred by the Employee (i) under a qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in Section 401(k) of the Code, or (ii) to a plan qualified under Sections 125 or 129 of the Code and (B) sales commissions. Compensation does not include overtime, bonuses, annual awards, other incentive payments, reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash or noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, third party sick or disability pay, income or gains attributable to restricted stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights or other similar equity-based compensation, imputed income or other non-cash items, such as life insurance premiums and similar items, contributions (other than contributions described in the first sentence) made on the Employee's behalf by the Company or one or more Designated Parents or Subsidiaries under any employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter established, and any other payments not specifically referenced in the first sentence.

(h)       "Corporate Transaction" means any of the following transactions:
 
(1)       a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, except for a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the state in which the Company is incorporated;
 
(2)       the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the capital stock of the Company's subsidiary corporations);
 
(3)       the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
 
(4)       any reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving entity but in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from those who held such securities immediately prior to such merger; or
 
(5)       acquisition in a single or series of related transactions by any person or related group of persons (other than the Company or by a Company-sponsored employee benefit plan) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities, but excluding any such transaction or series of related transactions that the Administrator determines shall not be a Corporate Transaction.
 
(i)       "Designated Parents or Subsidiaries" means the Parents or Subsidiaries of the Company which have been designated by the Administrator from time to time as eligible to participate in the Plan.
 
(j)       "Effective Date" means a date selected by the Board in its sole discretion. However, should any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company become a Designated Parent or Subsidiary after such date, then the Administrator, in its discretion, shall designate a separate Effective Date with respect to the employee-participants of such Designated Parent or Subsidiary.
 
(k)       "Employee" means any individual, including an officer or director, who is an employee of the Company or a Designated Parent or Subsidiary for purposes of Section 423 of the Code. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the individual's employer. Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months and the individual's right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated on the day three (3) months and one (1) day following the expiration of such three (3) month period, for purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the Plan.
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(l)       "Enrollment Date" means the first day of each Offer Period.
 
(m)      "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(n)       "Exercise Date" means the last day of each Purchase Period.
 
(o)       "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
 
(1)        If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation The Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination (or, if no closing sales price or closing bid was reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing sales price or closing bid was reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
 
(2)       If the Common Stock is regularly quoted on an automated quotation system (including the OTC Bulletin Board) or by a recognized securities dealer, but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination (or, if no such prices were reported on that date, on the last date such prices were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
 
(3)       In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock of the type described in (1) and (2), above, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined by the Administrator in good faith.
 
(p)       "Offer Period" means an Offer Period established pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
 
(q)       "Parent" means a "parent corporation," whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
 
(r)       "Participant" means an Employee of the Company or Designated Parent or Subsidiary who has completed a subscription agreement as set forth in Section 5(a) and is thereby enrolled in the Plan.
 
(s)       "Plan" means this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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(t)       "Purchase Period" means a period of approximately six months, commencing on February 1 and August 1 of each year and terminating on the next following July 31 or January 31, respectively; provided, however, that the first Purchase Period shall commence on the Effective Date and shall end on a date determined by the Administrator that shall be no later than twenty-seven (27) months after the Effective Date. The duration and timing of Purchase Periods may be changed pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Plan.
 
(u)       "Purchase Price" shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower.
 
(v)       "Reserves" means, as of any date, the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each then outstanding option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not then subject to an outstanding option.
 
(w)       "Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary corporation," whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
 
3.       Eligibility.
 
(a)       General. Any individual who is an Employee on a given Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for the Offer Period commencing with such Enrollment Date. No individual who is not an Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
 
(b)       Limitations on Grant and Accrual. Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) if, immediately after the grant, such Employee (taking into account stock owned by any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own stock and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) which permits the Employee's rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its Parents or Subsidiaries to accrue at a rate which exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the shares at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time. The determination of the accrual of the right to purchase stock shall be made in accordance with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. In the event that an Employee may not be granted an option under the Plan because of the foregoing restrictions, the Employee shall be granted an option to purchase the maximum number of shares that would not violate the foregoing restrictions.
 
(c)       Other Limits on Eligibility. Notwithstanding Subsection (a), above, the following Employees shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan for any relevant Offer Period: (i) Employees whose customary employment is less than 20 hours per week; (ii) Employees whose customary employment is for not more than 5 months in any calendar year; and (iii) Employees who are subject to rules or laws of a foreign jurisdiction that prohibit or make impractical the participation of such Employees in the Plan.
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4.       Offer Periods.
 
(a)       The Plan shall be implemented through overlapping or consecutive Offer Periods until such time as (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner amended or terminated in accordance with Section 19 hereof. The maximum duration of an Offer Period shall be twenty-seven (27) months. Initially, the Plan shall be implemented through overlapping Offer Periods of twenty-four (24) months' duration commencing each February 1 and August 1 following the Effective Date (except that the initial Offer Period shall commence on the Effective Date and shall end on a date determined by the Administrator that shall be no later than twenty-seven (27) months after the Effective Date).
 
(b)       A Participant shall be granted a separate option for each Offer Period in which he or she participates. The option shall be granted on the Enrollment Date and shall be automatically exercised in successive installments on the Exercise Dates ending within the Offer Period.
 
(c)       If on the first day of any Purchase Period in an Offer Period in which an Employee is a Participant, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock is less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Enrollment Date of the Offer Period (after taking into account any adjustment during the Offer Period pursuant to Section 18(a)), the Offer Period shall be terminated automatically and the Participant shall be enrolled automatically in the new Offer Period which has its first Purchase Period commencing on that date, provided the Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan on that date and has not elected to terminate participation in the Plan.
 
(d)       Except as specifically provided herein, the acquisition of Common Stock through participation in the Plan for any Offer Period shall neither limit nor require the acquisition of Common Stock by a Participant in any subsequent Offer Period.
 
5.       Participation.
 
(a)       An eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan by completing a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions in the form of Exhibit A to this Plan (or such other form or method (including electronic forms) as the Administrator may designate from time to time) and filing it with the designated payroll office of the Company at least five (5) business days prior to the Enrollment Date for the Offer Period in which such participation will commence, unless a later time for filing the subscription agreement is set by the Administrator for all eligible Employees with respect to a given Offer Period.
 
(b)       Payroll deductions for a Participant shall commence with the first partial or full payroll period beginning on the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last complete payroll period during the Offer Period, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10.
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6.       Payroll Deductions.
 
(a)       At the time a Participant files a subscription agreement, the Participant shall elect to have payroll deductions made during the Offer Period in amounts equal to or greater than one percent (1%) but not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Compensation which the Participant receives during the Offer Period. Prior to April 1, 2006, a Participant could elect to have payroll deductions made during the Offer Period in amounts up to twenty percent (20%) of the Compensation which the Participant received during the Offer Period. Such payroll deductions shall be in whole percentages only.
 
(b)       All payroll deductions made for a Participant shall be credited to the Participant's account under the Plan and will be withheld in whole percentages only. A Participant may not make any additional payments into such account.
 
(c)       A Participant may discontinue participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10, or may increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions during the Offer Period by completing and filing with the Company a change of status notice in the form of Exhibit B to this Plan (or such other form or method (including electronic forms) as the Administrator may designate from time to time) authorizing an increase or decrease in the payroll deduction rate. Any increase or decrease in the rate of a Participant's payroll deductions shall be effective with the first full payroll period commencing five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the change of status notice unless the Company elects to process a given change in participation more quickly. A Participant's subscription agreement (as modified by any change of status notice) shall remain in effect for successive Offer Periods unless terminated as provided in Section 10. The Administrator shall be authorized to limit the number of payroll deduction rate changes during any Offer Period.
 
(d)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) herein, a Participant's payroll deductions shall be decreased to 0%. Payroll deductions shall recommence at the rate provided in such Participant's subscription agreement, as amended, at the time when permitted under Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) herein, unless such participation is sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10.
 
(e)       At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time any of the Company's Common Stock issued under the Plan is disposed of, the participant must make adequate provision for the Company's federal, state, or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock. At any time, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from the participant's compensation the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or other disposition of Common Stock by the Employee.
 
7.       Grant of Option. On the Enrollment Date of each Offer Period, each Participant shall be granted an option to purchase (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a whole number of shares of Common Stock (the "Option Shares") determined by dividing $50,000 by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 18), and provided that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b), 6 and 12 hereof. The option shall be exercisable as to 25% of the Option Shares on each Exercise Date during the Offer Period. Exercise of the option shall occur as provided in Section 8, unless the Participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10, and the option, to the extent not exercised, shall expire on the last day of the Offer Period with respect to which such option was granted.
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8.       Exercise of Option. Unless a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10, below, the Participant's option for the purchase of shares of Common Stock will be exercised automatically on each Exercise Date, by applying the accumulated payroll deductions in the Participant's account to purchase the number of full shares subject to the option by dividing such Participant's payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Participant's account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price. No fractional shares will be purchased; any payroll deductions accumulated in a Participant's account which are not sufficient to purchase a full share shall be carried over to the next Purchase Period or Offer Period, whichever applies, or returned to the Participant, if the Participant withdraws from the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amount remaining in a Participant's account following the purchase of shares on the Exercise Date due to the application of Section 423(b)(8) of the Code or Section 7, above, shall be returned to the Participant and shall not be carried over to the next Offer Period or Purchase Period. During a Participant's lifetime, a Participant's option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by the Participant.
 
9.       Delivery. Upon receipt of a request from a Participant after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of shares occurs, the Company shall arrange the delivery to such Participant, as promptly as practicable, of a certificate representing the shares purchased upon exercise of the Participant's option. The Company may, in its sole discretion, and in compliance with applicable laws, authorize the book entry registration of shares in lieu of issuing certificates.
 
10.      Withdrawal; Termination of Employment.
 
(a)       A Participant may either (i) withdraw all but not less than all the payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account and not yet used to exercise the Participant's option under the Plan or (ii) terminate future payroll deductions, but allow accumulated payroll deductions to be used to exercise the Participant's option under the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Company in the form of Exhibit B to this Plan (or such other form or method (including electronic forms) as the Administrator may designate from time to time). If the Participant elects withdrawal alternative (i) described above, all of the Participant's payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account will be paid to such Participant as promptly as practicable after receipt of notice of withdrawal, such Participant's option for the Offer Period will be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions for the purchase of shares will be made during the Offer Period. If the Participant elects withdrawal alternative (ii) described above, no further payroll deductions for the purchase of shares will be made during the Offer Period, all of the Participant's payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account will be applied to the exercise of the Participant's option on the next Exercise Date (subject to Sections 3(b), 6, 7 and 12), and after such Exercise Date, such Participant's option for the Offer Period will be automatically terminated and all remaining accumulated payroll deduction amounts shall be returned to the Participant. If a Participant withdraws from an Offer Period, payroll deductions will not resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offer Period unless the Participant delivers to the Company a new subscription agreement. A Participant's withdrawal from an Offer Period shall not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan that may be hereafter adopted by the Company or in succeeding Offer Periods.
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(b)       With respect to the termination of employment of a Participant whose new Offer Period does not begin until either August 1, 2007 or February 1, 2008, upon termination of such Participant's employment relationship (as described in Section 2(k)) at a time more than three (3) months from July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be, the payroll deductions credited to such Participant's account during the Offer Period ending on July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be, but not yet used to exercise the option will be returned to such Participant or, in the case of his/her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 14, and such Participant's option will be automatically terminated without exercise of any portion of such option. With respect to the termination of employment of a Participant whose new Offer Period does not begin until either August 1, 2007 or February 1, 2008, upon termination of such Participant's employment relationship (as described in Section 2(k)) within three (3) months of July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be, the payroll deductions credited to such Participant's account during the Offer Period ending on July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be, but not yet used to exercise the option will be applied to the purchase of Common Stock on July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be, unless the Participant (or in the case of the Participant's death, the person or persons entitled to the Participant's account balance under Section 14) withdraws from the Plan by submitting a change of status notice in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 10. In such a case, no further payroll deductions will be credited to the Participant's account following the Participant's termination of employment and the Participant's option under the Plan will be automatically terminated after the purchase of Common Stock on July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be. If, prior to July 31, 2007 or January 31, 2008, as the case may be, the Designated Parent or Subsidiary by which the Employee is employed shall cease to be a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or if the Employee is transferred to a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Designated Parent or Subsidiary, the Employee shall be deemed to have been terminated for purposes of the Plan.
 
(c)       With respect to the termination of employment of a Participant whose new Offering Period begins on or after August 1, 2006, upon termination of such Participant's employment relationship (as described in Section 2(k)), the payroll deductions credited to such Participant's account during the Offer Period but not yet used to exercise the option will be returned to such Participant or, in the case of his/her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 14, and such Participant's option will be automatically terminated without exercise of any portion of such option. If, prior to the last day of the Offer Period, the Designated Parent or Subsidiary by which the Employee is employed shall cease to be a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or if the Employee is transferred to a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Designated Parent or Subsidiary, the Employee shall be deemed to have been terminated for purposes of the Plan.
 
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11.      Interest. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions credited to a Participant's account under the Plan.
 
12.      Stock.
 
(a)       The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares (all share numbers in this Plan reflect the adjustments from actions taken in connection with the spin-off of Ceva from DSP Group, Inc.), subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 18. With respect to any amendment to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock under the Plan, the Administrator shall have discretion to disallow the purchase of any increased shares of Common Stock for Offer Periods in existence prior to such increase. If the Administrator determines that on a given Exercise Date the number of shares with respect to which options are to be exercised may exceed (x) the number of shares then available for sale under the Plan or (y) the number of shares available for sale under the Plan on the Enrollment Date(s) of one or more of the Offer Periods in which such Exercise Date is to occur, the Administrator may make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available for purchase on such Enrollment Dates or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable, and shall either continue all Offer Periods then in effect or terminate any one or more Offer Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 19, below. Any amount remaining in a Participant's payroll account following such pro rata allocation shall be returned to the Participant and shall not be carried over to any future Purchase Period or Offer Period, as determined by the Administrator.
 
(b)       A Participant will have no interest or voting right in shares covered by the Participant's option until such shares are actually purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such purchase.
 
(c)       Shares to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the Participant or in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse as designated in the Participant's subscription agreement.
 
13.      Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator which shall have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to determine eligibility and to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan. Every finding, decision and determination made by the Administrator shall, to the full extent permitted by Applicable Law, be final and binding upon all persons.
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14.      Designation of Beneficiary.
 
(a)       Each Participant will file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares and cash, if any, from the Participant's account under the Plan in the event of such Participant's death. If a Participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent shall be required for such designation to be effective.
 
(b)       Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant (and the Participant's spouse, if any) at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living (or in existence) at the time of such Participant's death, the Company shall deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Administrator), the Administrator shall deliver such shares and/or cash to the spouse (or domestic partner, as determined by the Administrator) of the Participant, or if no spouse (or domestic partner) is known to the Administrator, then to the issue of the Participant, such distribution to be made per stirpes (by right of representation), or if no issue are known to the Administrator, then to the heirs at law of the Participant determined in accordance with Section 27.
 
15.      Transferability. No payroll deductions credited to a Participant's account, options granted hereunder, or any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or as provided in Section 14 hereof) by the Participant. Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, treat such act as an election to withdraw funds from an Offer Period in accordance with Section 10.
 
16.      Use of Funds. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions or hold them exclusively for the benefit of Participants. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company are subject to the claims of the Company's general creditors, and no Participant shall have rights greater than those of any unsecured creditor of the Company.
 
17.      Reports. Individual accounts will be maintained for each Participant in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to Participants at least annually, which statements will set forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the Purchase Price, the number of shares purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.
 
18.      Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization; Corporate Transactions.
 
(a)       Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the Reserves, the Purchase Price, the maximum number of shares that may be purchased in any Offer Period or Purchase Period, as well as any other terms that the Administrator determines require adjustment shall be proportionately adjusted for (i) any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, (ii) any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, or (iii) as the Administrator may determine in its discretion, any other transaction with respect to Common Stock to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies; provided, however that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected without receipt of consideration." Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as the Administrator determines, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason hereof shall be made with respect to, the Reserves and the Purchase Price.
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(b)       Corporate Transactions. In the event of a proposed Corporate Transaction, each option under the Plan shall be assumed by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the Administrator, in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of such assumption, determines to shorten the Offer Period then in progress by setting a new Exercise Date (the "New Exercise Date"). If the Administrator shortens the Offer Period then in progress in lieu of assumption in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the Administrator shall notify each Participant in writing at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant's option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that either:
 
(1)       the Participant's option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offer Period as provided in Section 10; or
 
(2)       the Company shall pay to the Participant on the New Exercise Date an amount in cash, cash equivalents, or property as determined by the Administrator that is equal to the difference in the Fair Market Value of the shares subject to the option and the Purchase Price due had the Participant's option been exercised automatically under Subsection (b)(i) above.
 
For purposes of this Subsection, an option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to be assumed if, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, the option is replaced with a comparable option with respect to shares of capital stock of the successor corporation or Parent thereof. The determination of option comparability shall be made by the Administrator prior to the Corporate Transaction and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.
 
19.      Amendment or Termination.
 
(a)       The Administrator may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18, no such termination can affect options previously granted, provided that the Plan or any one or more Offer Periods may be terminated by the Administrator on any Exercise Date or by the Administrator establishing a new Exercise Date with respect to any Offer Period and/or any Purchase Period then in progress if the Administrator determines that the termination of the Plan or such one or more Offer Periods is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Except as provided in Section 18 and this Section 19, no amendment may make any change in any option theretofore granted which adversely affects the rights of any Participant without the consent of affected Participants. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision or any other Applicable Law), the Company shall obtain stockholder approval in such a manner and to such a degree as required.
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(b)       Without stockholder consent and without regard to whether any Participant rights may be considered to have been "adversely affected," the Administrator shall be entitled to limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during Offer Periods, change the length of Purchase Periods within any Offer Period, determine the length of any future Offer Period, determine whether future Offer Periods shall be consecutive or overlapping, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, establish additional terms, conditions, rules or procedures to accommodate the rules or laws of applicable foreign jurisdictions, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company's processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each Participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the Participant's Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion advisable and which are consistent with the Plan.
 
20.      Notices. All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Administrator at the location, or by the person, designated by the Administrator for the receipt thereof.
 
21.      Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. Shares shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all Applicable Laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance. As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned Applicable Laws.
 
22.      Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the stockholders of the Company. It shall continue in effect for a term of twenty (20) years unless sooner terminated under Section 19.
 
23.      Stockholder Approval. The Plan is effective as of the date it is adopted by the Board. The Plan shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted for approval to obtain the benefits of Section 423 of the Code. However, the Plan shall not be conditioned upon such approval.
 
24.      No Employment Rights. The Plan does not, directly or indirectly, create any right for the benefit of any employee or class of employees to purchase any shares under the Plan, or create in any employee or class of employees any right with respect to continuation of employment by the Company or a Designated Parent or Subsidiary, and it shall not be deemed to interfere in any way with such employer's right to terminate, or otherwise modify, an employee's employment at any time.
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25.      No Effect on Retirement and Other Benefit Plans. Except as specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or a Designated Parent or Subsidiary, participation in the Plan shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or a Designated Parent or Subsidiary, and shall not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan of any kind or any benefit plan subsequently instituted under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation. The Plan is not a "Retirement Plan" or "Welfare Plan" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
 
26.      Effect of Plan. The provisions of the Plan shall, in accordance with its terms, be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, all successors of each Participant, including, without limitation, such Participant's estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, heirs and legatees, and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of creditors of such Participant.
 
27.      Governmental Regulations. The Company's obligation to sell and deliver Common Stock under this Plan is subject to listing on an established stock exchange or quotation on a national market system or an over the counter market (to the extent the Common Stock is then so listed or quoted) and the approval of all governmental authorities required in connection with the authorization, issuance, or sale of such stock.
 
28.      Source of Shares. Shares may be issued upon exercise of an option from authorized but unissued Common Stock, from shares held in the treasury of the Company, or from any other proper source.
 
29.      Notification Upon Sale of Shares. Each employee agrees, by participating in the Plan, to promptly give notice to the Company of any disposition of shares purchased under the Plan where such disposition occurs within two years after the date of the grant of the option pursuant to which such shares were purchased or within one year of the date of exercise of such option pursuant to which such shares were purchased.
 
30.      Governing Law. The Plan is to be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of Delaware to the rights and duties of the parties, except to the extent the internal laws of the State of Delaware are superseded by the laws of the United States. Should any provision of the Plan be determined by a court of law to be illegal or unenforceable, the other provisions shall nevertheless remain effective and shall remain enforceable.
 
31.      Dispute Resolution. The provisions of this Section 31 (and as restated in the Subscription Agreement) shall be the exclusive means of resolving disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan. The Company and the Participant, or their respective successors (the "parties"), shall attempt in good faith to resolve any disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan by negotiation between individuals who have authority to settle the controversy. Negotiations shall be commenced by either party by notice of a written statement of the party's position and the name and title of the individual who will represent the party. Within thirty (30) days of the written notification, the parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to resolve the dispute. If the dispute has not been resolved by negotiation, the parties agree that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (or should such court lack jurisdiction to hear such action, suit or proceeding, in a California state court in the County of San Francisco) and that the parties shall submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection the party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Section 31 shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.
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32.      Plan Approval. The Plan was initially approved by the Board and the stockholders of the Company in 2002. Effective August 1, 2004, the Board approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan, which amendment and restatement was not subject to stockholder approval. On March 29, 2006, the Board approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 Shares, which amendment is subject to stockholder approval. Also on March 29, 2006, the Board approved the following amendments: (a) for Offer Periods commencing on or after August 1, 2006, decrease the maximum payroll withholding from 20% to 10% of Compensation, and (b) make certain other administrative changes, which amendments were not subject to stockholder approval.
 
 


 
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Exhibit A
 
CEVA, Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
 
Effective with the Offer Period beginning on:
 o<February 1, 200_> or  o<August 1, 200_>
 
1.
Personal Information. <modify data requested as appropriate>
 
 Legal Name (Please Print)              
   
(Last)
(First)
(MI)
 
Location
 
Department
                 
 
Street Address
             
       
 
Daytime Telephone
         
 
City, State/Country, Zip
             
       
 
E-Mail Address
 
 
Social Security No. _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _
Employee I.D. No.
             
         
Manager
Mgr Location
 
2.
Eligibility. Any Employee whose customary employment is 20 hours or more per week and more than 5 months per calendar year, and who does not hold (directly or indirectly) five percent (5%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company, a parent or a subsidiary, whether in stock or options to acquire stock is eligible to participate in the CEVA, Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"); provided, however, that Employees who are subject to the rules or laws of a foreign jurisdiction that prohibit or make impractical the participation of such Employees in the ESPP are not eligible to participate.
 
3.
Definitions. Each capitalized term in this Subscription Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the ESPP.
 
4.
Subscription. I hereby elect to participate in the ESPP and subscribe to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock in accordance with this Subscription Agreement and the ESPP. I have received a complete copy of the ESPP and a prospectus describing the ESPP and understand that my participation in the ESPP is in all respects subject to the terms of the ESPP. The effectiveness of this Subscription Agreement is dependent on my eligibility to participate in the ESPP.
 
5.
Payroll Deduction Authorization. I hereby authorize payroll deductions from my Compensation during the Offer Period in the percentage specified below (payroll reductions may not exceed 10% of Compensation nor $21,250 per calendar year):


Percentage to be Deducted (circle one) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%

 
6.
ESPP Accounts and Purchase Price. I understand that all payroll deductions will be credited to my account under the ESPP. No additional payments may be made to my account. No interest will be credited on funds held in the account at any time including any refund of the account caused by withdrawal from the ESPP. All payroll deductions shall be accumulated for the purchase of Company Common Stock at the applicable Purchase Price determined in accordance with the ESPP.
 
7.
Withdrawal and Changes in Payroll Deduction. I understand that I may discontinue my participation in the ESPP at any time prior to an Exercise Date as provided in Section 10 of the ESPP, but if I do not withdraw from the ESPP, any accumulated payroll deductions will be applied automatically to purchase Company Common Stock. I may increase or decrease the rate of my payroll deductions in whole percentage increments to not less than one percent (1%) on one occasion during any Purchase Period by completing and timely filing a Change of Status Notice. Any increase or decrease will be effective for the full payroll period occurring after five (5) business days from the Company's receipt of the Change of Status Notice.
 
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8.
Perpetual Subscription. I understand that this Subscription Agreement shall remain in effect for successive Offer Periods until I withdraw from participation in the ESPP, or termination of the ESPP.
 
9.
Taxes. I have reviewed the ESPP prospectus discussion of the federal tax consequences of participation in the ESPP and consulted with tax consultants as I deemed advisable prior to my participation in the ESPP. I hereby agree to notify the Company in writing within thirty (30) days of any disposition (transfer or sale) of any shares purchased under the ESPP if such disposition occurs within two (2) years of the Enrollment Date (the first day of the Offer Period during which the shares were purchased) or within one (1) year of the Exercise Date (the date I purchased such shares), and I will make adequate provision to the Company for foreign, federal, state or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the disposition of the shares. In addition, the Company may withhold from my Compensation any amount necessary to meet applicable tax withholding obligations incident to my participation in the ESPP, including any withholding necessary to make available to the Company any tax deductions or benefits contingent on such withholding.
 
10.
Dispute Resolution. The provisions of this Section 10 and Section 31 of the ESPP shall be the exclusive means of resolving disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan. The Company and I, or our respective successors (the "parties"), shall attempt in good faith to resolve any disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan by negotiation between individuals who have authority to settle the controversy. Negotiations shall be commenced by either party by notice of a written statement of the party's position and the name and title of the individual who will represent the party. Within thirty (30) days of the written notification, the parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to resolve the dispute. If the dispute has not been resolved by negotiation, the Company and I agree that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (or should such court lack jurisdiction to hear such action, suit or proceeding, in a California state court in the County of San Francisco) and that we shall submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The Company and I irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection we may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE COMPANY AND I ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT WE HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Section 10 or Section 28 of the ESPP shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the Company and I that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.
 
11.
Designation of Beneficiary. In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following person or trust as my beneficiary to receive all payments and shares due to me under the ESPP: I am single I am married
 
Beneficiary (please print)
 
 
   
Relationship to Beneficiary(if any)
 
(Last)
(First)
(MI)
   
           
Street Address
         
           
City, State/Country, Zip
         

12.
Termination of ESPP. I understand that the Company has the right, exercisable in its sole discretion, to amend or terminate the ESPP at any time, and a termination may be effective as early as an Exercise Date, including the establishment of an alternative date for an Exercise Date within each outstanding Offer Period.
 
 
Date:
   
Employee Signature:
  
           
         
spouse's signature (if beneficiary is other than spouse)
 
 
A-2


Exhibit B
 
CEVA, Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
CHANGE OF STATUS NOTICE
   
 
Participant Name (Please Print)
 
   
 
Social Security Number
 
     
     
 
Withdrawal From ESPP
 
I hereby withdraw from the CEVA, Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") and agree that my option under the applicable Offer Period will be automatically terminated and all accumulated payroll deductions credited to my account will be refunded to me or applied to the purchase of Common Stock depending on the alternative indicated below. No further payroll deductions will be made for the purchase of shares in the applicable Offer Period and I shall be eligible to participate in a future Offer Period only by timely delivery to the Company of a new Subscription Agreement.
 
 
 
Withdrawal and Purchase of Common Stock
 
Payroll deductions will terminate, but your account balance will be applied to purchase Common Stock on the next Exercise Date. Any remaining balance will be refunded.
 
 
 
Withdrawal Without Purchase of Common Stock
 
Entire account balance will be refunded to me and no Common Stock will be purchased on the next Exercise Date provided this notice is submitted to the Company ten (10) business days prior to the next Exercise Date.
 
 

 
 
 
Change in Payroll Deduction
 
I hereby elect to change my rate of payroll deduction under the ESPP as follows (select one):
 

Percentage to be Deducted (circle one) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%

 
An increase or a decrease in payroll deduction will be effective for the first full payroll period commencing no fewer than five (5) business days following the Company's receipt of this notice, unless this change is processed more quickly.
 
 


 
B-1

 
 

 
Change of Beneficiary
I am married
I am single
 
This change of beneficiary shall terminate my previous beneficiary designation under the ESPP. In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following person or trust as my beneficiary to receive all payments and shares due to me under the ESPP:
 
Beneficiary (please print)
 
 
   
Relationship to Beneficiary(if any)
 
(Last)
(First)
(MI)
   
           
Street Address
         
           
City, State/Country, Zip
         
 

 
 
Date:
   
Employee Signature:
  
           
         
spouse's signature (if beneficiary is other than spouse)
 

 
 

 
B-2

EX-31.1 3 v042388_ex31-1.htm
EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
 
SECTION 302(a) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Gideon Wertheizer, certify that:
 
1.
 
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CEVA, Inc. (the “Company”);
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 (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(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 10, 2006   
 
/s/    GIDEON WERTHEIZER
 
Gideon Wertheizer
  Chief Executive Officer


EX-31.2 4 v042388_ex31-2.htm
EXHIBIT 31.2
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
 
SECTION 302(a) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Yaniv Arieli, certify that:
 
1.
 
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CEVA, Inc. (the “Company”);
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
 
(c)
 
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 (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(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 10, 2006   
 
/s/    YANIV ARIELI
 
Yaniv Arieli
  Chief Financial Officer

 
 

 
EX-32 5 v042388_ex32.htm
Exhibit 32

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 on Form 10-Q of CEVA, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Gideon Wertheizer, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Yaniv Arieli, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, 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 operations of the Company.

This certification will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. This certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.

Date: May 10, 2006
 
 
/s/    GIDEON WERTHEIZER
 
Gideon Wertheizer
 
Chief Executive Officer
   
 
/s/    YANIV ARIELI
 
Yaniv Arieli
 
Chief Financial Officer



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