SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoMagic Corporation (Nasdaq: NMGC) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of fiscal 2008. Total revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, ended January 27, 2008, was $830 thousand, compared to total revenue of $620 thousand for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, and $117 thousand for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. Net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 was $4.5 million, or $0.36 per share, compared to a net loss of $4.7 million, or $0.38 per share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and a net loss of $3.0 million, or $0.27 per share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. For the fiscal year 2008, total revenue was $2.1 million, compared to $0.6 million for the fiscal year 2007. Net loss for the fiscal year 2008 was $16.7 million, or $1.35 per share, compared to $16.5 million, or $1.65 per share for fiscal year 2007.

The fourth quarter fiscal 2008 non-GAAP net loss was $4.1 million, or $0.33 per share, compared to $4.3 million, or $0.35 per share, in the previous quarter and compared to a $4.4 million net loss, or $0.39 per share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. The fiscal year 2008 non-GAAP net loss was $15.8 million, or $1.28 per share, compared to $17.9 million, or $1.79 per share for the fiscal year of 2007. Non-GAAP results exclude the impact of stock-based compensation expenses, gains and losses on the sale of patents, and gains and losses recorded for the changes in fair value of warrant liabilities.

"I am pleased with our fiscal year 2008 revenue growth. I expect this growth to continue based upon indications from customers who are in production and new customer products anticipated to go into production this year," said Douglas Young, President and CEO of NeoMagic Corporation.

"As we recently announced, we are pleased to have closed the recent patent sale transaction for net proceeds of $9.5 million. This cash infusion, completed in February and therefore not reflected in our January year-end financials, enables us to continue to bring exciting low-power, multimedia solutions to our customers," stated Steve Berry, CFO of NeoMagic.

Dial-in Information

NeoMagic will hold its fourth quarter fiscal 2008 conference call to discuss the information contained in this press release today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time). The call can be accessed via the Internet at http://www.neomagic.com, "Investor Resources." The call can also be accessed by dialing 866-259-1024 in the U.S. and 703-639-1218, internationally. There is no passcode. A replay of the call will be available for 7 days beginning on March 13th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. Pacific Time). The replay number is 888-266-2081 in the U.S. and 703-925-2533, internationally. The pass code for the replay is 1211480.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at http://www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com).

About NeoMagic

NeoMagic Corporation delivers semiconductor chips and software that enable new multimedia features for handheld devices. These solutions offer low power consumption, small form-factor and high performance processing. The Company demonstrated one of the first solutions used for H.264 video decoding in a mobile digital TV phone, and is developing and delivering solutions for audio/video processing of the dominant mobile digital TV standards, including ISDB-T, T-DMB and DVB-H. For its complete system solution, NeoMagic delivers a suite of middleware and sample applications for imaging, video and audio functionality, and provides multiple operating system ports with customized drivers for the MiMagic product family. NeoMagic has a broad patent portfolio that covers NeoMagic's proprietary array processing and other technology. Information on the Company may be found at http://www.neomagic.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the Company's design wins, the expectation of revenue based upon existing orders and expected orders, production timing of our customers' products, availability of new products and revenue opportunities. These forward-looking statements reflect current expectations. However, actual events and results could vary significantly based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to customer acceptance of NeoMagic products, the market acceptance of mobile phones and other devices developed and marketed by customers that use the Company's products, the success of customers' plans to develop multimedia phones, feature phones and other products, the acceptance of advanced multimedia services such as H.264 television on mobile phones and other products, the Company's ability to execute product and technology development plans on schedule, and the timely availability of sufficient manufacturing capacity at the Company's foundry to meet future customer demand for products. There is no certainty that current or future design wins will result in revenue for NeoMagic or that customer forecasts will be accurate. Customers may cancel or delay their production orders, projects or switch to other vendors. In addition, customers may fail to achieve their expected sales objectives due to competitive or other reasons resulting in excess or obsolete inventory requiring write-downs and charges to cost of revenue. Our patent licensing activities involve various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, uncertainties as to the willingness of other companies to pay significant fees to license our intellectual property, the length and uncertain outcome of licensing negotiations, the possibility that litigation may be required to enforce patents, and the risks and costs inherent in any patent litigation. Additional risks that could affect the Company's future operating results are more fully described in the Company's most recent annual report, its most recent quarterly report and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and are available online at http://www.sec.gov. NeoMagic may, from time to time, make additional written or oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in filings with the SEC and reports to shareholders. NeoMagic does not undertake the obligation to update any forward-looking statements that may be made by or on behalf of the company, except as may be required by law.

Non-GAAP Reporting -- The Company's management uses non-GAAP measures to evaluate the performance of our business and to estimate future performance. Since management finds this measure to be useful, we believe that our investors benefit from seeing our results "through the eyes" of management in addition to seeing our GAAP results. For comparison purposes, the Company makes reference to certain gross margin, operating margin, net loss and net loss per share. These non-GAAP results were reached by excluding stock-based compensation expense, gains and losses on the sale of patents, and gains and losses recorded for the changes in fair value of warrant liabilities. We reference those results to allow a better comparison of results in the current period to those in prior periods and to provide meaningful insight to the Company's on-going operating performance. We have reconciled such non-GAAP results to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Our reference to these non-GAAP results should be considered in addition to results that are prepared under current accounting standards but should not be considered a substitute for results that are presented as consistent with GAAP. It should also be noted that our non-GAAP information may differ from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.

NeoMagic and the NeoMagic circle logo are registered trademarks, and MiMagic and NeoMobileTV are trademarks, of NeoMagic Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. NeoMagic disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.


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    NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
    (In thousands, except per share data)
    (Unaudited)
                                     Three Months Ended    Twelve Months Ended
                                  January  October  January  January   January
                                    27,      28,      28,       27,       28,
                                   2008     2007     2007      2008      2007

    Net revenue                    $830     $620     $117    $2,083      $572

    Cost of revenue                 703      383      126     1,666       524

    Gross profit (loss)             127      237       (9)      417        48

    Operating expenses:

    Research and development      2,872    2,945    3,477    11,762    13,763
    Sales, general and
     administrative               1,781    2,037    1,198     7,066     6,080
    Gain on sale of patents         -        -        -         -      (1,044)

    Total operating expenses      4,653    4,982    4,675    18,828    18,799

    Loss from operations         (4,526)  (4,745)  (4,684)  (18,411)  (18,751)

    Interest income and other         7       57      231       469       915
    Interest expense                (12)     (13)    (292)      (66)     (381)
    Gain from change
     in fair value of
     warrant liability               71       15    1,835       829     1,835

    Loss before income taxes     (4,460)  (4,686)  (2,910)  (17,179)  (16,382)

    Income tax expense
     (benefit)                      (10)       7       94      (454)      137

    Net loss                    $(4,450) $(4,693) $(3,004) $(16,725) $(16,519)

    Basic and diluted
     net loss
     per share                   $(0.36)  $(0.38)  $(0.27)   $(1.35)   $(1.65)

    Weighted average common
     shares outstanding
     for basic and
     diluted                     12,420   12,379   11,329    12,356    10,015



    NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
    Reconciliation of GAAP Gross Profit (Loss) to Non-GAAP Gross Profit (Loss)
    (In thousands)
    (Unaudited)
                                     Three Months Ended    Twelve Months Ended
                                 January  October  January  January    January
                                    27,      28,      28,      27,        28,
                                   2008     2007     2007     2008       2007

    GAAP - Gross profit (loss)     $127     $237      $(9)     $417       $48

         Stock-based
          compensation expense
          included in:
             Cost of revenue          6        7        6        23        20

    Non-GAAP Gross profit (loss)   $133     $244      $(3)     $440       $68


    NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
    Reconciliation of GAAP Loss from Operations to Non-GAAP Loss from
     Operations
    (In thousands)
    (Unaudited)
                                   Three Months Ended      Twelve Months Ended
                                January  October   January  January   January
                                  27,       28,      28,       27,       28,
                                 2008      2007     2007      2008      2007

    GAAP - Loss from
     operations                 $(4,526) $(4,745) $(4,684) $(18,411) $(18,751)

         Stock-based
          compensation expense
          included in:
             Cost of revenue          6        7        6        23        20
             Research and
              Development           208      223      255       917       896
             Sales, general,
              and
              administrative        189      207      170       821       542

         Gain on sale of patents    -        -        -         -      (1,044)

    Non-GAAP Loss from
     operations                 $(4,123) $(4,308) $(4,253) $(16,650) $(18,337)



    NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
    Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss
    (In thousands)
    (Unaudited)
                                   Three Months Ended      Twelve Months Ended
                                January  October  January   January   January
                                   27,      28,      28,       27,       28,
                                  2008     2007     2007      2008      2007

    GAAP - Net loss             $(4,450) $(4,693) $(3,004) $(16,725) $(16,519)

         Stock-based
          compensation expense
          included in:
             Cost of revenue          6        7        6        23        20
             Research and
              Development           208      223      255       917       896
             Sales, general,
              and
              administrative        189      207      170       821       542

         Gain on sale of
          patents                   -        -        -         -      (1,044)

         Gain from change in
          fair value of warrant
          liability                 (71)     (15)  (1,835)     (829)   (1,835)

    Non-GAAP Net loss           $(4,118) $(4,271) $(4,408) $(15,793) $(17,940)



    NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
    Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss
    (In thousands, except per share data)
    (Unaudited)
                                                               Twelve Months
                                         Three Months Ended        Ended
                                      January October January January January
                                         27,     28,     28,     27,     28,
                                        2008    2007    2007    2008    2007

    GAAP - Net loss per share          $(0.36) $(0.38) $(0.27) $(1.35) $(1.65)

         Stock-based compensation
          expense included in:
             Cost of revenue              -       -       -       -       -
             Research and Development    0.02    0.02    0.02    0.07    0.09
             Sales, general, and
              administrative             0.02    0.02    0.02    0.07    0.05

         Gain on sale of patents          -       -       -       -     (0.10)

         Gain from change in fair
          value of warrant liability    (0.01)    -     (0.16)  (0.07)  (0.18)

    Non-GAAP Net loss per share (1)    $(0.33) $(0.35) $(0.39) $(1.28) $(1.79)

    Weighted average common shares
     outstanding for basic and
     diluted                           12,420  12,379  11,329  12,356  10,015

    (1) Amounts may not aggregate to the total due to rounding



    NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
    (In thousands)


                                           January 27, October 28, January 28,
                                              2008         2007       2007
                                           (unaudited)  (unaudited)
    ASSETS

    Current assets:
      Cash and cash equivalents                 $964      $1,800     $16,468
      Short-term investments                     500       4,490       4,014
      Accounts receivable, net                   529         247          65
      Inventory                                3,715       4,081       1,068
      Other current assets                       426         505         397
    Total current assets                       6,134      11,123      22,012

    Property, plant and equipment, net           692         712       1,494
    Other assets                                 787         841         584

    Total assets                              $7,613     $12,676     $24,090

    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

    Current liabilities:
      Accounts payable                        $1,448      $1,907      $1,662
      Compensation and related benefits        1,057       1,320       1,017
      Income taxes payable                       583         544       1,112
      Other accruals                             196         514         100
      Current portion of capital lease
       obligations                               316         311         866
      Warrant liability                           38         109       3,853
    Total current liabilities                  3,638       4,705       8,610

    Capital lease obligations                    339         420         655
    Other long-term liabilities                   89         102         148

    Stockholders' equity:
      Common stock                                39          39          39
      Additional paid-in-capital             122,071     121,484     116,850
      Accumulated other comprehensive
       loss                                      271         310          (2)
      Accumulated deficit                   (118,834)   (114,384)   (102,210)
    Total stockholders' equity                 3,547       7,449      14,677

    Total liabilities and stockholders'
     equity                                   $7,613     $12,676     $24,090

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