Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Note 1 – Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. is a Delaware corporation originally incorporated in 1965 under the name Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. In 1983, the Company completed an initial public offering, and in 1996, changed its name to Maxwell Technologies, Inc. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California and has two manufacturing locations, in San Diego, California and Rossens, Switzerland, and is in the process of opening a manufacturing facility in Peoria, Arizona. In addition, the Company has two contract manufacturers located in China. Maxwell operates as one operating segment called High Reliability, which is comprised of three product lines:

• Ultracapacitors: The Company’s primary focus, ultracapacitors, are energy storage devices that possess a unique combination of high power density, extremely long operational life and the ability to charge and discharge very rapidly. The Company’s ultracapacitor cells and multi-cell packs and modules provide highly reliable energy storage and power delivery solutions for applications in multiple industries, including transportation, automotive, information technology, renewable energy and consumer and industrial electronics.

• High-Voltage Capacitors: The Company’s CONDIS ^® high-voltage capacitors are extremely robust devices that are designed and manufactured to perform reliably for decades. These products include grading and coupling capacitors and capacitive voltage dividers that are used to ensure the safety and reliability of electric utility infrastructure and other applications involving transport, distribution and measurement of high-voltage electrical energy.

• Radiation-Hardened Microelectronic Products: The Company’s radiation-hardened microelectronic products include high-performance, high-density power modules, memory modules and single board computers that incorporate our proprietary RADPAK^® packaging and shielding technology and novel architectures that enable them to withstand environmental radiation effects and perform reliably in space.

The Company’s products are designed to perform reliably for the life of the products and systems into which they are integrated. The Company achieves high reliability through the application of proprietary technologies and rigorously controlled design, development, manufacturing and test processes.

Financial Statement Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and the standards of accounting measurement set forth in the Interim Reporting Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). Consequently, the Company has not necessarily included in this Form 10-Q all information and footnotes required for audited financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, except as otherwise indicated) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. for all periods presented. The results reported in these condensed consolidated financial statements should not be regarded as necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any subsequent period or for the entire year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. These estimates include, but are not limited to, assessing the collectability of accounts receivable, applied and unapplied production costs, production capacities, the usage and recoverability of inventories and long-lived assets, including deferred income taxes, the incurrence of warranty obligations, impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, estimation of the cost to complete certain projects, accruals for estimated losses from legal matters, and estimation of the value of stock-based compensation awards, including the probability that the performance criteria of restricted stock awards will be met.

Warranty Obligation

The Company provides warranties on all product sales. The majority of the Company’s warranties are for one to two years in the normal course of business. The Company accrues for the estimated warranty costs at the time of sale based on historical warranty experience plus any known or expected changes in warranty exposure.

Net Income (Loss) per Share

In accordance with the Earnings Per Share Topic of the FASB ASC, basic net income (loss) per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share includes the impact of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if potentially dilutive common shares were issued. Potentially dilutive securities are not considered in the calculation of diluted net loss per share, as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2012		2011			2012		2011
Numerator
Net income (loss)	$	2,658	$	(1,217	)	$	3,162	$	(1,021	)
Denominator
Weighted-average common shares outstanding		28,672		27,669			28,397		27,478
Effect of potentially dilutive securities:
Options to purchase common stock		85		—			223		—
Restricted stock awards		5		—			23		—
Restricted stock unit awards		—		—			4		—
Employee stock purchase plan		18		—			33		—
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, assuming dilution		28,780		27,669			28,680		27,478
Net income (loss) per share
Basic	$	0.09	$	(0.04	)	$	0.11	$	(0.04	)
Diluted	$	0.09	$	(0.04	)	$	0.11	$	(0.04	)

The following table summarizes instruments that may be convertible into common shares that are not included in the denominator used in the diluted net income (loss) per share calculation because to do so would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Outstanding options to purchase common stock		637		1,404		318		1,404
Restricted stock awards		340		259		238		259
Restricted stock unit awards		21		22		—		22
Employee stock purchase plan		—		19		—		19

Change in Additional Paid in Capital

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, additional paid in capital increased $13.3 million. This increase includes $10.2 million related to proceeds from shares of common stock sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement, net of offering costs, and $3.4 million associated with the Company’s stock-based compensation plans, offset by $318,000 for the repurchase of shares that were withheld by the Company to satisfy employee tax liabilities upon the vesting of restricted stock awards.

Pending Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210), Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which requires companies to disclose information about financial instruments that have been offset and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. Companies will be required to provide both net (offset amounts) and gross information in the notes to the financial statements for relevant assets and liabilities that are offset. This standard will be effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The Company does not expect the adoption of the standard update to impact its financial position or results of operations, as it only requires additional disclosure in the Company’s financial statements.