CUPERTINO, Calif. – Aug. 21, 2008 – Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, today reported financial results for its third quarter, ended July 31, 2008.

Third quarter revenue was $179 million, a 10 percent increase from $162 million in the prior quarter, and a decrease of 12 percent from the prior year period. Orders for the third quarter were $165 million, a 7 percent decrease from the prior quarter, and a decrease of 21 percent from the prior year period.

Net income for the third quarter was $18 million or $0.29 per fully diluted share, compared with net income of $14 million or $0.23 per fully diluted share in the prior quarter, and $30 million or $0.50 per fully diluted share in the prior year period.

"While the memory market has been in a downturn, we have used this time as an opportunity to drive three strategic initiatives—expanding our customer base, investing in new products and placing an emphasis on our SOC business," said Keith Barnes, Verigy chairman, chief executive officer and president. "As a result, we have won several customer evaluations, received repeat orders and further expanded our footprint in the RF and high speed memory markets. We believe our ability to quickly respond to our customers' changing test requirements has contributed to our ongoing success."

"Verigy again delivered solid financial results in a very challenging environment due to strong demand for our consumer mixed-signal and Port Scale RF products," added Bob Nikl, Verigy chief financial officer. "We shipped significant quantities of our 93K systems from China, achieved our revenue and earnings expectations, and initiated our recently authorized share repurchase program."

Financial Tables for Third Quarter 2008
Q308 Financial Tables   (35 KB)
Q308 Financial Tables   (39 KB)

Outlook for Q4 2008
For the fourth quarter ending Oct. 31, 2008, the company is providing the following guidance:

• Revenue is expected to be in the range of $155 to $165 million.
• Net income is expected to be in the range of $7 to $10 million, or $0.12 to $0.17 per fully diluted share, and will include between $4.4 to $4.6 million of share-based compensation expense.

Conference Call and Webcast
Verigy's management will present more details on its third quarter fiscal year 2008 financial results on a conference call with investors today beginning at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific). This event will be webcast live in listen-only mode. Listeners may log on at http://investor.verigy.com and select "Q3 Verigy Earnings Conference Call" in the "Webcasts & Presentations" section. The webcast will remain available on the company's Web site for fourteen days.

A telephone replay of the conference call will be available from 4:30 p.m. (Pacific) today through Sept. 4, 2008. The replay number is +1 888-286-8010 toll-free, or international callers may dial +1 617-801-6888; enter pass code 66890180.

About Verigy
Verigy designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services advanced test systems and solutions for the memory and system-on-chip segments of the semiconductor industry. Verigy's scalable platform systems are used by leading semiconductor companies worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high volume manufacturing test. Formerly part of Agilent Technologies, the company began doing business as Verigy on June 1, 2006, and completed its initial public offering on June 13, 2006. Information about Verigy can be found at www.verigy.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This earnings release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Verigy's guidance for the fourth quarter. These forward-looking statements are based on current information and estimates, and are not guarantees of future performance or events. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, unforeseen changes in demand for semiconductors and thus for semiconductor test solutions, the strength of our customers' businesses and unforeseen changes in the demand for current and new products and technologies. Additional factors that may cause results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are discussed in our most recent Form 10-Q and 10-K filings. In those filings you will find descriptions of risk factors that could impact our future results. These forward-looking statements, including our guidance, are only valid as of this date, and Verigy undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.


View all Verigy press releases here.

Investor Contact:
Judy Davies
VP, Investor Relations
+1 (408)864-7549

Media Contact:
Jana Knezovich
Media Relations Manager
+1 (408)864.7549