PDF SOLUTIONS INC

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The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “could,” “projected,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “target” or “continue,” the negative effect of terms like these or other similar expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning: expectations about the effectiveness of our business and technology strategies; expectations regarding global economic trends; the impact of global inflation and changed interest rates, expectations regarding recent and future acquisitions; current semiconductor industry trends; expectations of continued adoption of our solutions by new and existing customers; project milestones or delays and performance criteria achieved; cost and schedule of new product development; the provision of technology and services prior to the execution of a final contract; the continuing impact of macroeconomic conditions and other trends on the semiconductor industry, our customers, our operations, and supply and demand for our products; supply chain disruptions; the success of the Company’s strategic growth opportunities and partnerships; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; whether the Company can successfully convert backlog into revenue; customers’ production volumes under contracts that provide Gainshare; possible impacts from the evolving trade regulatory environment and geopolitical tensions; our assessment of the sufficiency of our cash resources and anticipated funds from operations; our ability to obtain additional financing if needed and our ability to obtain support and updates for certain open-source software. These forward-looking statements are only predictions. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or projected. All forward-looking statements and other information included in this document are based on information available to us on the date of filing and we further caution investors that our business and financial performance are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. We assume no obligation to update publicly any such forward-looking statements. In evaluating these statements, you should specifically consider various factors, including the risk factors set forth in Item 1. “Business” and Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operat…

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The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “could,” “projected,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “target” or “continue,” the negative effect of terms like these or other similar expressions.*These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to: the Company’s business strategy and objectives; the Company’s intellectual property and proprietary software, information and technology; the Company’s sales and marketing strategy, expectations regarding strategic alliances and relationships; investments in research and development; industry trends;macroeconomic factors, inventories, and demand;changing export controls and sanctions; U.S. administrative initiatives; investments in semiconductor manufacturing; geopolitical tensions and conflicts; fluctuations in the Company’s quarterly results; and other statements identified by words such as “could,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms, that are subject to future events and circumstances, and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with: the effectiveness of the Company’s business and technology strategies; current semiconductor industry trends and competition; rates of adoption of the Company’s solutions by new and existing customers; project milestones or delays and performance criteria achieved; cost and schedule of new product development and investments in research and development; the continuing impact of macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, changing interest rates and tariffs, the evolving trade regulatory environment and geopolitical tensions, and other trends impacting the semiconductor industry, the Company’s customers, operations, and supply and demand for its products; supply chain disruptions; the success of the Company’s strategic growth opportunities and partnerships; recent and future acquisitions, strategic alliances and relationships and the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; whether the Company can successfully convert backlog into revenue; customers’ production volumes under contracts that provide Gainshare; the sufficiency of the Company’s cash resources and anticipated funds from operations; the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing if needed; the Company’s ability to use support and updates for certain open-source software; and other risks and uncertainties discussed in theCompany’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“S…

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Cimetrix, CV, DFI, Exensio, PDF Solutions, and the PDF Solutions, Exensio, and Cimetrix logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of PDF Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries.

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Cimetrix, CV, DFI, Exensio, PDF Solutions, secureWISE, and the Cimetrix, Exensio, PDF Solutions, and secureWISE logos, are trademarks or registered trademarks of PDF Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries.

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We offer products and services designed to empower organizations across the semiconductor and electronics ecosystems to connect, collect, manage, and analyze data about design, equipment, manufacturing, and test to improve the yield and quality of their products. We derive revenues from two sources: Analytics and Integrated Yield Ramp. Our offerings combine proprietary software, professional services using proven methodologies and third-party cloud-hosting platforms for software-as-a-service (“SaaS”), electrical measurement hardware tools, and physical intellectual property (“IP”) for integrated circuit (“IC”) designs. We primarily monetize our offerings through license fees and contract fees for professional services and SaaS. In some cases, especially on our historical Integrated Yield Ramp engagements, we also receive a value-based variable fee or royalty, which we call Gainshare. Our products, services, and solutions have been sold to integrated device manufacturers (“IDMs”), fabless semiconductor companies, foundries, out-sourced semiconductor assembly and test (“OSATs”), capital equipment manufacturers and system houses.

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We offer products and services designed to empower organizations across the semiconductor and electronics ecosystems to connect, collect, manage, transfer, and analyze data about design, equipment, manufacturing, and test to improve the yield and quality of their products. We derive revenues from two sources: Analytics and Integrated Yield Ramp. Our offerings combine proprietary software, professional services using proven methodologies, third-party cloud-hosting platforms for software-as-a-service (“SaaS”), electrical measurement hardware tools, and physical intellectual property (“IP”) for integrated circuit (“IC”) designs. We primarily monetize our offerings through license fees and contract fees for professional services and SaaS. In some cases, especially on our historical Integrated Yield Ramp engagements, we also receive a value-based variable fee or royalty, which we call Gainshare. Our products, services, and solutions have been sold to integrated device manufacturers (“IDMs”), fabless semiconductor companies, foundries, out-sourced semiconductor assembly and test (“OSATs”), capital equipment manufacturers, and system houses.

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Certain trends may affect our Analytics revenue specifically. In particular, the confluence of Industry 4.0 (i.e. the fourth industrial revolution, or the automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies and processes) and cloud computing (i.e. the on-demand availability of computing resources and data storage without direct active management by the user) is driving increased innovation in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing and analytics, as well as in the organization of information technology (“IT”) networks and computing at semiconductor and electronics companies across the ecosystem. First, the ubiquity of wireless connectivity and sensor technology enables any manufacturing company to augment its factories and visualize its entire production line. In parallel, the cost per terabyte of data storage has generally decreased over time. The combination of these two trends means that more data is collected and stored than ever before. Further, semiconductor companies are striving to analyze these very large data sets in real-time to make rapid decisions that measurably improve manufacturing efficiency and quality. In parallel, the traditional practice of on-site data storage, even for highly sensitive data, is changing. The ability to cost-effectively and securely store, analyze, and retrieve massive quantities of data from the cloud versus on-premise enables data to be utilized across a much broader population of users, frequently resulting in greater demands on analytics programs. The combination of these latter two trends means that cloud-based, analytic programs that effectively manage identity management, physical security, and data protection are increasingly in demand for insights and efficiencies across the organizations of these companies. We believe that all these trends will continue for the next few years, and the challenges involved in adopting Industry 4.0 and secure cloud computing will create opportunities for our combination of advanced analytics capabilities, proven and established supporting infrastructure, and professional services to configure our products to meet customers’ specialized needs.

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Certain trends may affect our Analytics revenue specifically. In particular, the confluence of Industry 4.0 (i.e. the fourth industrial revolution, or the automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies and processes) and cloud computing (i.e. the on-demand availability of computing resources and data storage without direct active management by the user) is driving increased innovation in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing and analytics, as well as in the organization of information technology (“IT”) networks and computing at semiconductor and electronics companies across the ecosystem. First, the ubiquity of wireless connectivity and sensor technology enables any manufacturing company to augment its factories and visualize its entire production line. In parallel, the cost per terabyte of data storage has generally decreased over time. The combination of these two trends means that more data is collected and stored than ever before. Further, semiconductor companies are striving to analyze these very large data sets in real-time to make rapid decisions that measurably improve manufacturing efficiency and quality. In parallel, the traditional practice of on-site data storage, even for highly sensitive data, is changing. The ability to cost-effectively and securely store, analyze, and retrieve massive quantities of data from the cloud versus on-premise enables data to be utilized across a much broader population of users, frequently resulting in greater demands on analytics programs. The combination of these latter two trends means that cloud-based, analytics programs that effectively manage identity management, physical security, anddata protection are increasingly in demand for insights and efficiencies across the organizations of these companies. We believe that all these trends will continue for the next few years, and the challenges involved in adopting Industry 4.0 and secure cloud computing will create opportunities for our combination of advanced analytics capabilities, proven and established supporting infrastructure, and professional services to configure our products to meet customers’ specialized needs.

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Other trends may continue to affect our Characterization services business and Integrated Yield Ramp revenue specifically. For example, semiconductor manufacturers may experience lower wafer shipments due to weakness in the global economy, which would negatively impact the gainshare component of our Integrated Yield Ramp revenue. The logic foundry market at the leading-edge nodes, such as 7nm, 5nm, and smaller, underwent significant change over the past few years. The leading foundry continues to dominate market share. This trend will likely continue to impact our Characterization services business on these nodes. We expect most logic foundries to invest in derivatives of older process nodes, such as 28nm and 14nm, to extract additional value as many of their customers will not move to advanced nodes due to either technological barriers or restrictive economics. Foundries that participate at leading edge nodes are expected to continue to invest in new technologies such as memory, packaging, and multi-patterned and extreme ultraviolet lithography, as well as new innovations in process control and variability management. We expect China’s investment in semiconductors to continue. Compliance with changing U.S. export restrictions limit our possible business with Chinese semiconductor manufacturers on advanced nodes. As a result of these market developments, we have chosen to focus our resources and investments in products (including differentiated data), services, and solutions for analytics.

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Other trends may continue to affect our Characterization services business and Integrated Yield Ramp revenue specifically. For example, semiconductor manufacturers may experience lower wafer shipments due to weakness in the global economy, which would negatively impact the gainshare component of our Integrated Yield Ramp revenue. The logic foundry market at the leading-edge nodes, such as 7nm, 5nm, and smaller, underwent significant change over the past few years. The leading foundry continues to dominate market share. This trend will likely continue to impact our Characterization services business on these nodes. We expect most logic foundries to invest in derivatives of older process nodes, such as 14nm, to extract additional value as many of their customers will not move to advanced nodes due to either technological barriers or restrictive economics. Foundries that participate at leading edge nodes are expected to continue to invest in new technologies such as memory,2.5D and 3Dpackaging, extreme ultraviolet lithography, and 3D architectures such as backside power and gate-all-around transistors, as well as new innovations in process control and variability management. We expect China’s investment in semiconductors to continue. Compliance with changing U.S. export restrictions limit our possible business with Chinese semiconductor manufacturers on advanced nodes. As a result of these market developments, we have chosen to focus our resources and investments in products (including differentiated data), services, and solutions for analytics.

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Our discussion and analysis of our financial conditions, results of operations and cash flows are based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. The most significant estimates

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Our discussion and analysis of our financial conditions, results of operations and cash flows are based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. The most significant estimates and assumptions relate to revenue recognition, valuation of long-lived assets including goodwill and intangible assets, stock-based compensation and the realization of deferred tax assets (“DTAs”). Actual amounts may differ from such estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

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There were no material changes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2024.

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For additional information about our critical accounting policies, see Note 1,Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, and Note 2,Revenue from Contracts with Customers to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part II Item 7**,** *Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation, under the heading of “Critical Accounting Estimates”*in our Annual Report. There were no material changes during the three months ended March 31, 2025, to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in Part II, Item 7 of the Annual Report.

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Discussion of Financial Data for the Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

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Discussion of Financial Data for the Three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

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Analytics revenue increased $5.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in Analytics revenue was driven by increases in revenues from Exensio and Cimetrix software licenses and CV systems, partially offset by a decrease in revenues from DFI systems.

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Analytics revenue increased $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in Analytics revenue was driven by increases in revenues from Exensio and Cimetrix software licenses, the addition of revenues related to SecureWise products and services, and CV systems, partially offset by a decrease in revenues from DFI systems.

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Integrated Yield Ramp revenue decreased $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in hours worked on fixed-fees engagements, partially offset by higher Gainshare from increased customer wafer shipments at non-leading-edge nodes.

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Integrated Yield Ramp revenue increased $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to higher Gainshare from increased customer wafer shipments at non-leading-edge nodes, partially offset by a decrease in hours worked on fixed-fees engagements.

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Costs of revenues consist primarily of costs incurred to provide and support our services, costs recognized in connection with licensing our software, IT and facilities-related costs and amortization of acquired technology. Service costs include material costs, hardware costs (including cost of leased assets under sales-type lease), personnel-related costs (including compensation, employee benefits, bonus and stock-based compensation expense), subcontractor costs, overhead costs, travel expenses, and allocated facilities-related costs. Software license costs consist of costs associated with third-party cloud-delivery related expenses and licensing third-party software used by us in providing services to our customers in solution engagements or sold in conjunction with our software products.

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Costs of revenues consist primarily of costs incurred to provide and support our services, costs recognized in connection with licensing our software, IT and facilities-related costs and amortization of acquired technology. Service costs include material costs, hardware costs (including cost of leased assets under sales-type lease), personnel-related costs (including compensation, employee benefits, bonus and stock-based compensation expense), subcontractor costs, overhead costs, travel expenses, and allocated facilities-related costs. Software license costs consist of costs associated with third-party cloud-

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The decrease in costs of revenues of $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily due to (i) a $2.0 million decrease in hardware costs and (ii) a $0.5 million decrease in facilities and IT-related costs including depreciation and amortization expense. These decreases were partially offset by (a) a $0.3 million increase in subcontractor costs, (b) a $0.3 million increase in third-party cloud-delivery costs, and (c) a $0.2 million increase in personnel-related costs mostly resulting from higher stock-based compensation expenses.

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The decrease in costs of revenues of $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, was primarily due to (i) a $1.5 million decrease in hardware costs and (ii) a $0.3 million decrease in facilities and IT-related costs including depreciation and amortization expense. These decreases were partially offset by (a) a $0.6 million increase in personnel-related costs due to higher wages, (b) a $0.4 million increase in subcontractor costs, and (c) a $0.1 million increase in third-party cloud-delivery costs.

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Gross margin increased seven percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2024, to 73%, compared to 66% for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The higher gross margin during the three months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to higher Analytics revenue and lower cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024.

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Gross margin increased 6 percentage points for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 73%, compared to 67% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The higher gross margin during the three months ended March 31, 2025, was primarily due to higher Analytics and Gainshare revenues and lower costs of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

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Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs (including compensation, employee benefits, bonus, and stock-based compensation expense), outside development services, travel expenses, third-party cloud-services related costs, laboratory supplies, IT and facilities cost allocations to support product development activities.

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Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs (including compensation, employee benefits, bonus and stock-based compensation expense), outside development services, travel expenses, third-party cloud-services related costs, IT and facilities cost allocations to support product development activities.

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Research and development expenses increased $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to (i) a $0.3 million increase in subcontractor fees primarily related to Cimetrix and Exensio software and (ii) a $0.2 million increase in personnel-related costs mostly resulting from higher stock-based compensation expenses, higher other compensation expenses (including employee benefit costs and bonuses), increased headcount, and worldwide salary increases.

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Research and development expenses increased $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to (i) a $0.8 million increase in subcontractor fees primarily related to Cimetrix software, (ii) a $0.3 million increase in facilities and IT-related costs, (iii) a $0.3 million increase in personnel-related costs due to increased headcount, worldwide salary increases, and stock-based compensation expense, and (iv) a $0.2 million increase in third-party cloud-delivery costs.

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Interest and other expense (income), net decreased $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to net unfavorable fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

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Other income (expense), net, primarily consists of interest income and foreign currency transaction exchange gains and losses. Other income (expense), net decreased $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to (i) a $0.6 million decrease in interest income from cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and (ii) $0.2 million net unfavorable fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

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Income tax expense decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to changes in the foreign and state taxes and year-to-date recognition of worldwide pre-tax income in relation to their forecasted amounts for full years.

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Income tax expense decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to changes in the foreign, federal and state taxes and year-to-date recognition of worldwide pre-tax income in relation to their forecasted amounts for full years.

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Any significant change in our future effective tax rates could adversely impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Our future tax rates may be adversely affected by a number of factors including increase in expenses not deductible for tax purposes, new or changing tax legislation in the United States and in foreign countries where we are subject to tax jurisdictions, the geographic composition of our pre-tax income, the amount of our pre-tax income as business activities fluctuate, our ability to use tax attributes such as research and development tax credits and net operation losses, the tax effects of employee stock activity, audit examinations with adverse outcomes, changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the effectiveness of our tax planning strategies.

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we are subject to tax jurisdictions, the geographic composition of our pre-tax income, the amount of our pre-tax income as business activities fluctuate, our ability to use tax attributes such as research and development tax credits and net operation losses, the tax effects of employee stock activity, audit examinations with adverse outcomes, changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the effectiveness of our tax planning strategies.

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As of September 30, 2024, our working capital, defined as total current assets less total current liabilities, was $133.7 million, compared to $147.0 million as of December 31, 2023. Total cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were $120.2 million as of September 30, 2024, compared to cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $135.5 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries were $12.2 million and $10.0 million, respectively. We believe that our existing cash resources and anticipated funds from operations will satisfy our cash requirements to fund our operating activities, capital expenditures, other obligations for at least the next twelve months, and thereafter for the foreseeable future; however, we will continue to evaluate if we require additional funding to meet our longer-term needs.

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As of March 31, 2025, our working capital, defined as total current assets less total current liabilities, was $76.3 million, compared to $145.4 million as of December 31, 2024. Total cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were $54.1 million as of March 31, 2025, compared to cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $114.9 million as of December 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries were $15.0 million and $13.3 million, respectively.

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The 2022 Program expired on April 11, 2024, and on April 15, 2024, the Board of Directors adopted a new program to repurchase up to $40.0 million of the Company’s common stock both on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, including through Rule 10b5-1 plans, from time to time, over the next two years. The Company has not repurchased any shares under the 2024 Program.

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On April 15, 2024, the Board of Directors adopted a stock repurchase program (the “2024 Program”) to repurchase up to $40.0 million of the Company’s common stock both on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, including through Rule 10b5-1 plans, from time to time, over the next two years from the adoption date. The actual timing and amount of repurchases are subject to business and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, stock price, acquisition opportunities and other factors. The 2024 Program does not obligate the Company to acquire a minimum amount of shares and may be modified, suspended or terminated without prior notice. The Company has not repurchased any shares under the 2024 Program.

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Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

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Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities

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Cash flows provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, consisted of net income, adjusted for certain non-cash items which primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible expense, amortization of costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts, net accretion of discounts on short-term investments, accretion of unguaranteed residual assets and net change in operating assets and liabilities.

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Cash flows provided by operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025, consisted of net loss, adjusted for certain non-cash items which primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible expense, amortization of costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts, net accretion of discounts on short-term investments, accretion of unguaranteed residual assets and net change in operating assets and liabilities.

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Net cash flows provided by operating activities was $8.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $12.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities between the periods was driven primarily by lower collections from customers, partially offset by (i) a decrease in bonus payments under the Company’s bonus plan, (ii) a decrease in payments of vendor invoices, (iii) an increase in interest income, and (iv) an increase in net income between comparable periods. Net income was $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

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Net cash flows provided by operating activities was $8.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in cash provided by operating activities between the periods was driven primarily by higher collections from customers, partially offset by (i) an increase in bonus payments under the Company’s bonus plan, and (ii) an increase in payments of vendor invoices.

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Net Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities

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Net Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, cash used in investing activities primarily related to purchases of short-term investments of $32.3 million, purchases of and prepayments for property and equipment of $8.9 million primarily related to our DFI and CV systems, payment for business acquisition, net of cash acquired, of $1.8 million, partially offset by proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments of $28.8 million.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2025, cash used in investing activities primarily related to $129.7 million payments for the acquisition of SecureWise, net of cash acquired, $2.9 million purchases of short-term investments, and $8.2 million purchases and prepayments of property and equipment primarily related to our DFI systems, partially offset by $17.0 million proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments.

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, cash provided by investing activities primarily related to proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments of $57.1 million, partially offset by purchases of short-term investments of $43.1 million, purchases of and prepayments for property and equipment of $11.9 million primarily related to our DFI systems, and purchase of a convertible promissory note of $2.0 million.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash used in investing activities primarily related to $19.6 million purchases of short-term investments, and $2.0 million purchases of property and equipment primarily related to our DFI systems, partially offset by $19.0 million proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments.

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net cash used in financing activities primarily consisted of $9.1 million in cash payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards, repurchases of common stock of $0.7 million, partially offset by $4.3 million of proceeds from our employee stock purchase plans and exercise of stock options.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash provided by financing activities primarily consisted of $69.2 million proceeds from long-term debt, net of debt financing costs, that was used in financing the acquisition of SecureWise, and $2.1 million proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan, offset by $3.3 million in cash payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards.

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net cash used in financing activities primarily consisted of $8.2 million in cash payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards, repurchases of common stock of $6.9 million, partially offset by $4.2 million of proceeds from our employee stock purchase plans and exercise of stock options.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2024, net cash used in financing activities primarily consisted of $6.9 million repurchases of common stock, $3.8 million cash payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards, partially offset by $1.9 million proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options.

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Refer to Note 12,Strategic Partnership Agreement with Advantest and Related Party Transactions, to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the discussion about related party transactions between the Company and Advantest (as defined therein).

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Refer to Note 12,Strategic Partnership Agreement with Advantest and Related Party Transactions, to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the discussion about related party transactions between the Company and Advantest (as defined therein).

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We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, investments in special purpose entities or undisclosed borrowings or debt.

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As of March 31, 2025, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, investments in special purpose entities or undisclosed borrowings or debt.