Notice of 2008 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
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Fellow Shareholders:
2007 was a year marked by significant progress toward our long-term goals and, at the same time, under-
performance in our short-term financial objectives. We are pleased that our product focus, efforts around internal
cost control and improved margins led to better bottom-line results. We are confident that by having improved our
competitive position in the marketplace, Cray is poised for even better results in the future. However, we are clearly
disappointed with our financial results, which fell short of our annual targets both at the top and bottom lines.
We achieved a dramatically better gross margin for the third year in a row, improving to 35.1 percent in 2007.
This was primarily driven by an increase in the value of our systems relative to those of competitors, which we
achieved through both expanded capabilities and better price-performance. We also ended the year in a very strong
cash position, with cash and investments in excess of $179 million. Our 2007 revenue of $186.2 million was lower
than we had anticipated and we did not meet our goal of profitability, although our bottom line improved by more
than 50 percent year-over-year.
Our long-term goals remain consistent — to grow market share and achieve sustained profitability by
providing world-class supercomputers, service and support. Our continued focus on innovation and execution
will ultimately get us there, and we are positioned to turn the corner in 2008.
Focus on Customers
Throughout 2007 we continued to acquire new customers both internationally and domestically and we were
constantly amazed at, and very proud of, the scientific and engineering advancements that our customers are
achieving on their Cray systems. While there are far too many successes to mention in this brief letter, the following
are some highlights:
(cid:129) A Cray XT4 TM supercomputer was installed as the flagship supercomputing resource for the United
Kingdom’s academic community, under the High End Computing Terascale Resource (HECToR) project.
The new system enables the UK’s scientists and researchers to push the boundaries of discovery in a variety
of fields, including materials simulation, computational chemistry, disaster simulation and emergency
response, biomolecular science and engineering modeling. HECToR is a multi-phase program — the next
phase will commence in mid-2008, adding hybrid processing capability through the installation of a Cray
XT5h
TM vector supercomputer.
(cid:129) The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan will utilize a Cray XT4 system with more than 27 teraflops
(trillion floating point operations per second) of computational capability at their Center for Computational
Astrophysics, aiding scientists and researchers in the study of the origin of planetary systems and galaxies
and the formation of stars and star clusters.
(cid:129) We continued to make strong progress in the weather and climate marketplace. The Danish Meteorological
Institute became the first Cray XT5TM customer. Additionally, in partnership with MeteoSwiss, the Swiss
National Supercomputer Centre uses their Cray XT3TM supercomputer for operational weather forecasting
for Switzerland’s intricate Alpine topography. Furthermore, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center part-
nered with researchers from the University of Oklahoma’s Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms and
the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration to employ an innovative combination of applications
that will allow forecasters to better anticipate the formation of severe storms and the supercells that give birth
to destructive tornados.
(cid:129) A system with nearly 20,000 processor cores and a top processing speed of over 100 teraflops was installed
at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley, California. NERSC is
one of the most renowned supercomputing centers in the world and selected the Cray system over the
incumbent and other competitors for both its high sustained performance and scalability for their rigorous
production workload. NERSC has several thousand users who will run applications across a broad number of
scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, fusion, climate change prediction, combustion, energy and
biology.
(cid:129) Our strong partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the United States Department of Energy’s
Leadership Computing Initiative continues, as we march toward our shared goal of a petascale supercom-
puter. We upgraded their Cray XTTM system, nicknamed “Jaguar,” from single-core to dual-core processors,
more than doubling the system’s performance to nearly 120 teraflops.
(cid:129) Boeing used their Cray supercomputer as part of their development efforts on the much-anticipated
Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing engineers dramatically reduced the number of physical wings required
during development from 77 on the earlier Boeing 767 aircraft, to only 11 for the new 787 Dreamliner. This
provided both cost savings and time-to-market benefits to Boeing that will ultimately benefit airlines and
consumers.
(cid:129) Researchers using the Cray Red Storm supercomputer at Sandia National Laboratories have re-created what
could have happened 29 million years ago when an asteroid explosion turned Saharan sand into glass. The
greenish natural glass, which can still be found scattered across remote stretches of the desert, was used by an
artisan in ancient Egypt to decorate one of the breastplates buried in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Physicists at
Sandia ran multiple simulations at such high resolution and fidelity that they were able to see phenomena
that could not be predicted from first principles.
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We are on track to deploy Cray systems to additional sites around the world and expect to see a continuous
influx of scientific and engineering achievements as a result. The endeavors of our customers motivate us to build
the most capable supercomputers in the world, and it is the market’s insatiable demand for supercomputing power
that focuses us on delivering ever increasing performance.
Setting A Course To Success
In November 2007, we made a significant step toward our Adaptive Supercomputing vision with the
introduction of the Cray XT5 family of products at the annual Supercomputing conference. The Cray XT5 family
includes the first truly integrated hybrid supercomputing architecture in the market, combining the benefits of
multiple processor technologies into a single scalable system. The Cray XT5 product was received with tremendous
enthusiasm in the high performance computing community, with interest not only in the hybrid nature of the system,
but also in its enhanced density, balanced architecture and overall performance. With strong, positive customer and
analyst feedback on the Cray XT5 family, along with a robust pipeline, we anticipate its success in the marketplace
and as a driver for our growth in 2008.
We have also continued to add talent to our executive management team, with the additions of Andy Wyatt as
vice president of our Asia-Pacific region, Jill Hopper as vice president of government programs, and, most recently,
Ian Miller as senior vice president of sales and marketing. We are excited to be able to attract such strong people,
who join Cray because of our vision, opportunity and growing presence in the marketplace.
In closing, I would like to acknowledge the passing of Dr. Ken Kennedy, one of our long-time directors, who
provided tremendous technical insight both to Cray and to the supercomputing industry as a whole. Ken was the
founder of Rice University’s nationally-ranked computer science program and one of the world’s foremost high
performance computing experts. In November, Cray announced the Ken Kennedy-Cray Inc. Graduate Fellowship
Fund, providing financial support to graduate students at Rice University and serving as an ongoing contribution to
Ken’s legacy. Ken will be greatly missed by all of us at Cray and the industry as a whole.
On behalf of our Board of Directors and management, I would like to thank all of our customers, partners,
employees and shareholders for your continued confidence and support.
PETER J. UNGARO
President and Chief Executive Officer
NOTICE OF 2008 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Dear Cray Inc. Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held at our principal
executive offices located at 411 First Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98104-2860 on Wednesday, May 14, 2008,
at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on the following matters:
1. To elect eight directors, each to serve a one-year term; and
2. To ratify the appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the Company’s independent auditors.
Shareholders will also have the opportunity to vote on any other business that may properly come before the
Annual Meeting.
Any action on the items of business described above may be considered at the Annual Meeting at the scheduled
time and date specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or
postponed. Your Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of the nominees for director and FOR
ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent auditors.
Only shareholders of record on March 17, 2008, the record date for the Annual Meeting, are entitled to vote on
these matters.
At the Annual Meeting, we will review our performance during the past year and comment on our outlook. You
will have an opportunity to ask questions about Cray and our operations.
We are pleased to announce that we are taking advantage of the new Securities and Exchange Commission
rules allowing us to furnish proxy materials over the Internet. Please read the Proxy Statement for more information
on this alternative, which we believe will allow us to provide shareholders with the information they need while
lowering the costs of delivering the Proxy Statement and related materials and reducing the environmental impact of
the Annual Meeting.
Your vote is important regardless of the number of shares you own or whether you plan to attend the Annual
Meeting in person. You may vote through several different ways, and instructions on the various voting methods are
contained in the accompanying Proxy Statement. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to
vote at your earliest convenience so we avoid further solicitation costs. Any shareholder attending the meeting may
vote in person even if he or she has voted previously.
Details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are more fully described in the accompanying
Proxy Statement.
We look forward to seeing you. Thank you for your ongoing support of and interest in Cray.
Sincerely,
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Seattle, Washington
March 31, 2008
PETER J. UNGARO
President and Chief Executive Officer
PROXY STATEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Information About the Annual Meeting and Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Our Common Stock Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate Governance Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meetings and Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Committees of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chairman of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Director Attendance at Annual Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shareholder Communications, Director Candidate Recommendations and Nominations and Other
Shareholder Proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compensation of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compensation of the Executive Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compensation Discussion and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compensation Committee Report
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Compensation Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transactions with Related Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discussion of Proposals Recommended by the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proposal 1: To Elect Eight Directors for One-Year Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the Company’s Independent
Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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IMPORTANT
Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting in person, we urge you to vote at your earliest
convenience. You may vote by Internet or by telephone or, if this Proxy Statement was mailed to you, sign,
date and return the enclosed proxy card.
Promptly voting by Internet or by telephone or by returning the proxy card will save us the expense
and extra work of additional solicitation. If you wish to return the proxy card by mail, an addressed envelope,
for which no postage is required if mailed in the United States, is enclosed for that purpose. Voting by Internet
or by telephone or by sending in your proxy card will not prevent you from voting your shares at the Annual
Meeting, if you desire to do so, as you may revoke your earlier vote.
CRAY INC.
411 First Avenue South, Suite 600
Seattle, Washington 98104-2860
PROXY STATEMENT FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held At:
411 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104-2860
3:00 P.M. P.D.T.
May 14, 2008
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING
Q: Why am I receiving these materials?
A: Our Board of Directors has made these materials available to you on the Internet, or has delivered printed
versions of these materials to you by mail, in connection with the Board’s solicitation of proxies for use at our
2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will take place at 3:00 P.D.T. on May 14, 2008, at our corporate
headquarters in Seattle, Washington. For a map and/or directions to our corporate headquarters, see our
website, www.cray.com, under “About Cray — Contacts and Locations.”
Q: What is included in these materials?
A: These materials include:
(cid:129) Our Proxy Statement, which summarizes the information regarding the matters to be voted upon at the
Annual Meeting;
(cid:129) Our 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K and audited
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007; and
(cid:129) The proxy card, if you requested printed versions of these materials by mail, or an electronic voting form if
you are viewing these materials on the Internet.
Q: What items will be voted on at the 2008 Annual Meeting?
A: There are two known items that will come before the shareholders at the 2008 Annual Meeting:
(cid:129) The election of eight directors to the Board of Directors, each to serve one-year terms; and
(cid:129) The ratification of the appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as our independent auditors.
It is possible that other business may come before the Annual Meeting, although we currently are not aware of
any such matters.
Q: What are the voting recommendations of our Board of Directors?
A: Our Board recommends that you vote your shares “FOR” each of the named nominees to the Board and
“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as our independent auditors. The Board
also recommends that you authorize the proxy holders with discretion to vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” other
matters that come before the Annual Meeting, as they deem advisable.
Q: Why did I receive a one-page notice in the mail regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials this
year instead of a full set of proxy materials?
A: As permitted by new rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), we are making this
Proxy Statement and the Annual Report available on the Internet. On or about March 31, 2008, we mailed a
Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, sometimes referred to as the “Notice,” to our shareholders of
record and certain beneficial owners. We also then posted the Proxy Statement and Annual Report on the
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Internet. The Notice contains instructions on how to access the Proxy Statement and Annual Report and to vote
online.
Q: Why did I receive a full set of proxy materials rather than the Notice?
A: We are providing shareholders who have previously requested to receive paper copies of the proxy materials
and our shareholders who are participants in the Cray 401(k) Savings Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) with paper
copies of the proxy materials instead of a Notice.
Q: Who may vote at the Annual Meeting?
A:
If you owned shares of our common stock at the close of business on March 17, 2008, the record date for the
Annual Meeting, you are entitled to vote those shares. On the record date, there were 32,817,497 shares of our
common stock outstanding, our only class of stock having general voting rights. You have one vote for each
share of common stock you own.
Q: What is the difference between holding shares as a shareholder of record or as a beneficial owner of
shares held in street name?
A:
Shareholder of Record.
If you have shares registered directly in your name with our stock transfer agent,
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, you are considered the shareholder of record with respect to those shares,
and we sent the Notice or proxy materials directly to you.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in Street Name.
If you have shares held in an account at a brokerage firm,
bank, broker-dealer or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street
name,” and the Notice was forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding the shares in your
account is considered the shareholder of record for those shares for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting.
As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct that organization on how to vote the shares it holds in your
account.
Q: How can I vote?
A: You may vote by using the Internet, by telephone, by returning an enclosed proxy card if one was sent to you, or
by voting in person at the Annual Meeting.
Q: How do I vote by Internet or by telephone?
A:
If You Are the Shareholder of Record:
If your shares are registered directly in your name, you may vote on the Internet or by telephone through
services offered by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”). If you have received a Notice of
Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, then go to the website referred to on the Notice. If you have received a
full set of proxy materials in the mail, go to the website or call the telephone number referred to on the proxy
card. Please have the Notice or proxy card in hand when going online or calling, and follow the instructions on
the form you are using.
You may vote by Internet or by telephone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time/8:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, on May 13, 2008, the day before the Annual Meeting.
If you requested printed copies of the proxy materials, you may also vote by completing and signing the
enclosed proxy card and mailing it to us in the enclosed self-addressed envelope (postage-free in the United
States).
If You Are the Beneficial Owner of Shares Registered in the Name of a Brokerage Firm, Bank or Other
Organization:
A number of brokerage firms, banks and other organizations participate in a program for shares held in “street
name” that offers Internet and telephone voting options. This program is different from the program for shares
registered directly in the name of the shareholder. If your shares are held in an account at an organization
participating in this program, you may vote those shares by using the website or calling the telephone number
referenced on the instructions provided by that organization. Similarly, if you received printed copies of the
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proxy materials through your broker, bank or other nominee organization, you may vote by completing and
signing the voting form and mailing it to that firm in the self-addressed envelope it provided.
Q: May I change my vote or revoke my proxy?
A: Yes. If you change your mind after you have voted by Internet or telephone or sent in your proxy card and wish
to revote, you may do so by following these procedures:
(cid:129) Vote again by Internet or by telephone;
(cid:129) Send in another signed proxy card with a later date;
(cid:129) Send a letter revoking your vote or proxy to our Corporate Secretary at our offices in Seattle, Washington; or
(cid:129) Attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person.
We will tabulate the latest valid vote or instruction that we receive from you.
Q: How do I vote if I hold shares in my Cray 401(k) Plan account?
A: Shares of Cray stock held in the Cray 401(k) Plan are registered in the name of the Trustee of the 401(k) Plan,
Fidelity Management Trust Company. Nevertheless, under the 401(k) Plan, participants may instruct the
Trustee how to vote the shares of Cray common stock allocated to their accounts.
The shares allocated under the 401(k) Plan can be voted by submitting voting instructions by Internet, by
telephone or by mailing in your proxy card. Voting of shares held in the 401(k) Plan must be completed by the
close of business on Friday, May 9, 2008. These shares cannot be voted at the Annual Meeting and prior voting
instructions cannot be revoked at the Annual Meeting. Otherwise, participants can vote these shares in the
same manner as described above for shares held directly in the name of the shareholder.
The Trustee will cast votes for shares in the 401(k) Plan according to each participant’s instructions. If the
Trustee does not receive instructions from a participant in time for the Annual Meeting, the Trustee will vote
the participant’s allocated shares in the same manner and proportion as the shares with respect to which voting
instructions were received.
Q: How do I vote in person?
A:
If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, we will give you a ballot when you arrive. If your
shares are held in the “street name” of your brokerage firm, bank or other organization, you must obtain a
“legal proxy” from the organization that holds your shares. You should contact your account executive about
obtaining a legal proxy.
Q: What happens if I do not give specific voting instructions?
A:
Shareholders of Record.
If you are a shareholder of record and you:
(cid:129) Indicate when voting on the Internet or by telephone that you wish to vote as recommended by our Board of
Directors; or
(cid:129) If you sign and return a proxy card without giving specific voting instructions,
then the proxy holders will vote your shares in the manner recommended by our Board on all matters
presented in this Proxy Statement and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to
any other matters properly presented for a vote at the meeting.
If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name
Beneficial Owners of Shares Held in Street Name.
and do not provide the organization that holds your shares with specific voting instructions, under the rules of
various national and regional securities exchanges, the organization that holds your shares may generally vote
on “routine” matters but cannot vote on non-routine matters.
If the organization that holds your shares does not receive instructions from you on how to vote your shares on a
non-routine matter, the organization will inform our Inspector of Election that it does not have the authority to
vote on this matter with respect to your shares. This is generally referred to as a “broker non-vote.” When our
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Inspector of Election tabulates the votes for any particular matter, broker non-votes will be counted for
purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, but will not otherwise be counted.
Please provide voting instructions to the organizations that hold your shares by carefully following their
instructions.
Q: Which ballot measures are considered “routine” or “non-routine”?
We believe that both Proposal 1 (election of eight directors) and Proposal 2 (ratification of independent
auditors) will be considered “routine” and thus brokers, banks and other organizations that hold your shares in
street name will be able to cast votes on these proposals even if you do not provide them with voting
instructions. In any event, a broker non-vote would have no effect on the outcome of Proposal 1 or Proposal 2,
as discussed below, as only a plurality of votes cast is required to elect a director and a majority of the votes cast
is required to ratify the appointment of the independent auditors.
Q: How are abstentions treated?
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A: Abstentions are counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. For the purpose of
determining whether the shareholders have approved a matter, abstentions are not treated as votes cast
affirmatively or negatively, and therefore will have no effect on the outcome of any matter being voted on at the
Annual Meeting.
Q: What is the quorum requirement for the meeting?
A: The quorum requirement for holding the meeting and transacting business is a majority of the outstanding
shares entitled to be voted. The shares may be present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. Both
abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as present for the purpose of determining the presence of a
quorum.
Q: What vote is required to approve each proposal:
A. Proposal 1: To Elect Eight Directors for One-Year Terms.
The eight nominees for director who receive the most votes will be elected. Accordingly, if you do not vote for
a nominee, or you indicate “withhold authority to vote” for a nominee, your vote will not count either “for” or
“against” the nominee.
Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the Company’s Independent Auditors.
To be approved, the number of votes cast in favor must exceed the number of votes cast against. If you do not
vote, or if you abstain from voting, it has no effect on this proposal.
Q: Who will count the vote?
A: Representatives of Broadridge will serve as the Inspector of Elections and count the votes.
Q:
Is voting confidential?
A: We keep all the proxies, ballots and voting tabulations private as a matter of practice. We let only our Inspector
of Elections examine these documents. We will not disclose your vote to our management unless it is necessary
to meet legal requirements. We will forward to management, however, any written comments that you make on
the proxy card or elsewhere.
Q: Who pays the costs of soliciting proxies for the Annual Meeting?
A: We will pay all the costs of soliciting these proxies. In addition to soliciting proxies by distributing these proxy
materials, our officers and employees may also solicit proxies by telephone, by fax, by mail, via the Internet or
other electronic means of communication, or in person. No additional compensation will be paid to officers or
employees for their assistance in soliciting proxies. We will reimburse banks, brokers, nominees and other
fiduciaries for the expenses they incur in forwarding the proxy materials to you. W. F. Doring & Co., Inc. may
help solicit proxies for an approximate cost of $4,500 plus reasonable expenses.
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Q: Can I view future proxy statements, annual reports and other documents over the Internet, and not
receive any paper copies through the mail?
A: Yes. If you wish to elect to view future proxy statements, annual reports and other documents only over the
Internet, please visit the Broadridge Investor E-Connect web page, www.proxyvote.com, or the Cray web page
at investors.cray.com and check on the link for Electronic Delivery Enrollment, and follow the instructions for
obtaining your documents electronically, or telephone Broadridge at 1-800-579-1639. Please have the Notice
in hand when accessing these sites or calling Broadridge. Your election to view these documents over the
Internet will remain in effect until you revoke it. If you so elect, then next year you would receive an email with
instructions containing links to those materials and to the proxy voting site. Please be aware that if you choose
to access these materials over the Internet, you may incur costs such as telephone and Internet access charges
for which you will be responsible.
Q: How do I receive paper copies of the proxy materials, if I so wish?
A: The Notice contains instructions about how to elect to obtain paper copies of the proxy materials. Your election
will remain in effect until you revoke it. All shareholders who do not receive the Notice will receive a paper
copy of the proxy materials by mail.
Q:
I receive multiple copies of the Notice and/or Proxy Materials. What does that mean, and can I reduce
the number of copies that I receive?
A: This generally means your shares are registered differently or are held in more than one account. Please
provide voting instructions for all proxy cards and Notices that you receive.
If your shares are registered directly in your name, you may be receiving more than one copy of the proxy
materials because our transfer agent has more than one account for you with slightly different versions of your
name, such as different first names (“James” and “Jim,” for example) or with and without middle initials. If this
is the case, you can contact our transfer agent and consolidate your accounts under one name. The contact
information for our transfer agent is set out below in the next Q and A.
If you own shares through a brokerage firm, bank or other organization holding your shares in street name, we
have implemented “Householding”, a process that reduces the number of copies of the annual meeting
materials and other correspondence you receive from us. Householding is available for shareholders who share
the same last name and address and hold shares in “street name,” where the shares are held through the same
brokerage firm, bank or other nominee. Householding has saved us from sending over 7,160 additional copies
this year compared to last year and over 30,000 copies compared to two years ago. If you hold your shares in
street name and would like to start householding, or if you participate in householding and would like to
receive a separate annual report or proxy statement, please call 1-800-542-1061 from a touch-tone phone and
provide the name of your broker, bank or other nominee and your account number(s), or contact Kenneth W.
Johnson, Corporate Secretary, at Cray Inc., 411 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104-2860.
Unfortunately, householding is only possible for shares held through the same brokerage firm, bank or other
nominee. Thus you cannot apply householding to reduce the number of sets of proxy materials you receive in
the mail if you have accounts at different brokers, for example. In those circumstances, one way to reduce the
number of sets of proxy materials you receive in the mail is to sign up to review the materials through the
Internet. See “Can I view future proxy statements, annual reports and other documents over the Internet, and
not receive any paper copies through the mail?” above.
We will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the Annual Meeting materials to a
shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of such materials had been delivered.
Q: What if I have lost or cannot find my stock certificates, need to change my account name, have moved
and need to change my mailing address, or have other questions about my Cray stock?
A: You may contact our transfer agent, BNY Mellon Shareowner Services by calling: 800-522-7762 (for foreign
investors, 201-680-6578), visit its website at: www.melloninvestor.com/isd, or write to: BNY Mellon Share-
owner Services, Shareholder Relations, P.O. Box 3315, South Hackensack, NJ 07606.
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Q: How can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?
A: We announce preliminary results at the Annual Meeting. We will publish final results in our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2008, that we will file with the SEC.
Q: Whom should I call if I have any questions?
A:
If you have any questions about the Annual Meeting or voting, or your ownership of our common stock, please
contact Kenneth W. Johnson, our Corporate Secretary, at (206) 701-2000. Mr. Johnson’s email address is
ken@cray.com.
OUR COMMON STOCK OWNERSHIP
The following table shows, as of March 17, 2008, the number of shares of our common stock beneficially
owned by the following persons: (a) all persons we know to be beneficial owners of at least 5% of our common
stock, (b) our directors, (c) the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table on page 26, and (d) all
current directors and executive officers as a group. As of March 17, 2008, there were 32,817,497 shares of our
common stock outstanding.
Name and Address*(1)
Common
Shares
Owned
Options
Exercisable
Within
60 Days
Total
Beneficial
Ownership
Percentage
5% Shareholders
Wells Fargo & Company(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,521,938
— 5,521,938
16.83%
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Royce & Associates, LLC(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,079,484
— 2,079,484
6.34%
1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Massachusetts Financial Services Company(2) . . . . . . . . . .
1,891,942
— 1,891,942
5.77%
500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
The TCW Group, Inc., on behalf of the TCW Business
Unit(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
865 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Independent Directors
William C. Blake(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
John B. Jones, Jr.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen C. Kiely(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Frank L. Lederman(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sally G. Narodick(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Daniel C. Regis(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen C. Richards(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Named Executives
Peter J. Ungaro(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson(4)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
All current directors and executive officers as a group
1,769,490
— 1,769,490
5.39%
3,003
14,814
29,248
17,218
16,901
22,473
23,757
5,000
12,083
32,250
15,000
12,500
12,500
12,500
164,068
135,743
93,172
23,464
47,072
421,048
136,582
86,583
135,409
113,847
8,003
26,897
61,498
32,218
29,401
34,973
36,257
585,116
272,325
179,755
158,873
160,919
**
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1.76%
**
**
**
**
(13 persons)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
640,933
995,302
1,636,235
4.84%
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* Unless otherwise indicated, all addresses are c/o Cray Inc., 411 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, WA
98104-2860.
** Less than 1%
(1) This table is based upon information supplied by the named executive officers, directors and 5% shareholders,
including filings with the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated in these notes and subject to community property
laws where applicable, each of the listed shareholders has sole voting and investment power with respect to the
shares shown as beneficially owned by such shareholder. The number of shares and percentage of beneficial
ownership includes shares of common stock issuable pursuant to stock options held by the person or group in
question, which may be exercised on March 17, 2008, or within 60 days thereafter.
(2) The information under the column “Common Shares Owned” with respect to Wells Fargo & Company is based
on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 23, 2008, regarding ownership as of December 31, 2007. In
that Schedule 13G, Wells Fargo & Company, as parent company, reported beneficial ownership of
5,521,938 shares, with sole voting power over 5,475,671 shares, shared voting power over 750 shares, sole
dispositive power over 5,520,437 shares and shared dispositive power over 1,500 shares, with one subsidiary,
Wells Capital Management
reporting beneficial ownership of
5,417,017 shares with sole voting power over 1,464,815 shares, and sole dispositive power over
5,417,017 shares, and another subsidiary, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, an investment adviser,
reporting beneficial ownership of 4,010,856 shares, with sole voting power over 4,010,856 shares and sole
dispositive power over 103,420 shares.
The information under the column “Common Shares Owned” with respect to Royce & Associates, LLC
(“Royce”) is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 28, 2008, regarding beneficial ownership
as of December 31, 2007. In that Schedule 13G, Royce reported sole voting power and sole dispositive power
over 2,079,484 shares.
Incorporated, an investment adviser,
The information under the column “Common Shares Owned” with respect to Massachusetts Financial Services
Company (“MFS”) is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 5, 2008, regarding beneficial
ownership as of December 31, 2007. In that Schedule 13G, MFS reported sole voting power and sole dispositive
power over 1,891,942 shares.
The information under the column “Common Shares Owned” with respect to The TCW Group, Inc. on behalf
of the TCW Business Unit (“TCW”), is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 11, 2008,
regarding beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2007. In that Schedule 13G, TCW reported shared voting
power over 578,070 shares and shared dispositive power over 1,769,490 shares.
(3) The number of shares of common stock shown for the indicated directors includes restricted shares which may
first be sold or transferred on June 9, 2008 and May 21, 2009, respectively, and which are forfeitable in certain
circumstances, as follows:
Director
Restricted
Shares-Total
June 9,
2008
May 21,
2009
William C. Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
John B. Jones, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen C. Kiely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Frank L. Lederman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sally G. Narodick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Daniel C. Regis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen C. Richards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,753
10,113
11,157
10,479
12,050
15,523
13,906
1,377
6,432
7,124
6,734
7,825
9,986
8,753
1,376
3,681
4,033
3,745
4,225
5,537
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(4) The number of shares of common stock shown for the indicated executive officers includes restricted shares
which may first be sold on the dates indicated, and are forfeitable in certain circumstances, as follows:
Officer
Restricted
Shares-Total
November 16,
2008
November 16,
2010
Peter J. Ungaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63,150
34,750
34,750
22,100
31,575
17,375
17,375
11,050
31,575
17,375
17,375
11,050
Kenneth W. Johnson has 3,175 restricted shares that can be first sold or transferred on May 16, 2009. Other
executive officers have 50,000 restricted shares, of which 25,000 shares can be first sold or transferred on
March 1, 2010, and 25,000 shares can be first sold or transferred on March 1, 2012.
(5) Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of 25 shares owned by his wife.
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Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) requires that our directors,
executive and other specified officers and greater-than-10% shareholders file reports with the SEC on their initial
beneficial ownership of our common stock and any subsequent changes. They must also provide us with copies of
the reports.
We are required to tell you in this Proxy Statement if we know about any failure to report as required. We
reviewed copies of all reports furnished to us and obtained written representations that no other reports were required.
Based on this, we believe that all of these reporting persons complied with their filing requirements for 2007.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors oversees our business and affairs and monitors the performance of management. In
accordance with corporate governance principles, the Board does not involve itself in day-to-day operations. The
directors keep themselves informed through discussions with the Chief Executive Officer, other key executives and
our principal external advisers (legal counsel and outside auditors), by reading the reports and other materials that
we send them regularly and by participating in Board and committee meetings.
Corporate Governance Principles
The goals of our Board of Directors are to build long-term value for our shareholders and to assure our vitality
for our customers, employees and others that depend on us. Our Board has adopted and follows corporate
governance practices that our Board and our senior management believe promote these purposes, are sound and
represent best practices. To this end we have established the following:
(cid:129) A Code of Business Conduct that sets forth our ethical principles and applies to all of our directors, officers
and employees;
(cid:129) Corporate Governance Guidelines that set forth our corporate governance principles;
(cid:129) A Related Person Transaction Policy that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees;
(cid:129) Charters for our Audit, Compensation, Corporate Governance and Strategic Technology Assessment
Committees; and
(cid:129) A confidential, anonymous system for employees and others to report concerns about fraud, accounting
matters, violations of our policies and other matters, with links on our external and internal websites.
Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the applicable Committee charters, each director has
complete access to the management of the Company, and the Board and each Committee have the right to consult
and retain independent legal counsel, accountants and other advisors at the expense of the Company. All of the
foregoing documents are available on the Internet at our website at: www.cray.com under “Investors — Corporate
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Governance.” We will post on this website any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct or waivers of the Code
for directors and executive officers.
We periodically review our governance practices against requirements of the SEC, the listing standards of the
Nasdaq Global Market System (“Nasdaq”), the laws of the State of Washington and practices suggested by
recognized corporate governance authorities.
Independence
Currently our Board has eight members. The Board has determined that all our directors, except for
Mr. Ungaro, our Chief Executive Officer and President, meet the Nasdaq and SEC standards for independence
and that all members of the Audit Committee meet the heightened independence standards required for audit
committee members under Nasdaq and SEC standards. Only independent directors may serve on our Audit,
Compensation and Corporate Governance Committees.
As set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board believes that at least two-thirds of the Board
should consist of independent directors and that, absent compelling circumstances, the Board should not contain
more than two members from our management. Currently, seven of eight directors are considered independent and
one member of management, Mr. Ungaro, our Chief Executive Officer and President, is on the Board.
In determining the independence of our directors, the Board affirmatively decides whether a non-management
director has a relationship that would interfere with that director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out
the responsibilities of being a director. In coming to that decision, the Board is informed of the Nasdaq and SEC
rules that disqualify a person from being considered as independent, considers the responses to an annual
questionnaire from each director and reviews the applicable standards with each Board member.
In making decisions about independence, the Board reviewed the transaction reported under “Transactions
With Related Persons” and the factors described in that section and determined that the transaction there described
does not affect the independence of Mr. Blake as the transaction has not interfered and would not interfere with his
exercise of independent judgment in carrying out his responsibilities as a Director; in coming to this conclusion the
Board considered that the transaction is of limited size, has commercially reasonable terms, and does not involve
continued Board involvement; Mr. Blake was not involved in our approval of the transaction; and the transaction
does not disqualify Mr. Blake from being considered as independent under Nasdaq’s disqualification rules
regarding director independence.
Meetings and Attendance
The Board met 6 times and the Board’s standing committees held a total of 29 meetings during 2007. Each
director attended all of the meetings of the Board and relevant standing committees on which such director served
and so the attendance in 2007 for all directors at Board and standing committee meetings was 100%.
The non-management directors meet in executive session of the Board on a regular basis, generally at each
scheduled Board meeting. In addition, the Board committees meet periodically without members of Company
management present.
The Committees of the Board
The Board has established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Corporate Governance
Committee and a Strategic Technology Assessment Committee as standing committees of the Board. None of the
directors who serve as members of these committees is, or has ever been, one of our employees.
Audit Committee. The current members of the Audit Committee are: Daniel C. Regis (Chair), Sally G.
Narodick and Stephen C. Richards. The Audit Committee and the Board have determined that each member of the
Audit Committee is “independent,” as that term is defined in SEC and Nasdaq rules and regulations, and that
Mr. Regis is an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in SEC regulations. The Audit Committee
had 14 meetings during 2007. As noted above, the Committee’s charter is available at: www.cray.com under
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“Investors — Corporate Governance.” The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its
responsibility for oversight of:
(cid:129) the quality and integrity of our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of our financial
statements,
(cid:129) the qualifications and independence of the independent registered public accounting firm engaged to issue
an audit report on our financial statements,
(cid:129) the performance of our systems of internal controls, disclosure controls and internal audit functions,
(cid:129) the review and approval or ratification of “related person transactions” under our Related Person Transaction
Policy, and
(cid:129) our procedures for legal and regulatory compliance, risk assessment and business conduct standards.
The Audit Committee reviews all reports submitted on our anonymous, confidential reporting system and is
directly and solely responsible for appointing, determining the compensation payable to, overseeing, terminating
and replacing any independent auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing
other audit, review or attest services for us. See “Discussion Of Proposals Recommended By The Board —
Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the Company’s Independent Auditors —
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy” below.
The report of the Audit Committee regarding its review of the financial statements and other matters is set forth
below beginning on page 37.
Compensation Committee. The current members of the Compensation Committee are: Frank L. Lederman
(Chair), John B. Jones, Jr., Stephen C. Kiely and Stephen C. Richards. In addition, until his death in early February
2007, Kenneth W. Kennedy, Jr. served on the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee and the
Board have determined that each member who currently is on and who served in 2007 on the Compensation
Committee is “independent,” as that term is defined in Nasdaq rules and regulations, and an “outside director”
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Compensation
Committee held 6 meetings in 2007. As noted above, the Committee’s charter is available at: www.cray.com under
“Investors — Corporate Governance.” The Compensation Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling
its responsibilities for the oversight of:
(cid:129) our compensation policies, plans and benefit programs,
(cid:129) the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and other senior officers, and
(cid:129) the administration of our equity compensation plans and our 401(k) Plan.
See “Compensation of the Executive Officers — Compensation Discussion and Analysis” for further infor-
mation regarding the Compensation Committee and its actions with respect to senior officer compensation. The
Compensation Committee’s Report on the Compensation Discussion and Analysis is set forth below on page 25.
Corporate Governance Committee. The current members of the Corporate Governance Committee are:
Stephen C. Kiely (Chair), Frank L. Lederman and Daniel C. Regis. The Corporate Governance Committee and the
Board have determined that each member of the Corporate Governance Committee is “independent,” as that term is
defined in Nasdaq rules and regulations. The Corporate Governance Committee held 6 meetings in 2007. As noted
above, the Committee’s charter is available at: www.cray.com under “Investors — Corporate Governance.” The
Corporate Governance Committee has the responsibility to:
(cid:129) develop and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance principles,
(cid:129) recommend qualified individuals to the Board for nomination as directors,
(cid:129) review the compensation of Board members and recommend to the full Board changes to Board compen-
sation as appropriate to attract and retain qualified directors,
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(cid:129) lead the Board in its annual review of the Board’s performance, and
(cid:129) recommend directors to the Board for appointment to Board committees.
See the section below entitled “Shareholder Communications, Director Candidate Recommendations and
Nominations and Other Shareholder Proposals” regarding the Committee’s processes for evaluating potential Board
members and how shareholders can nominate director candidates, propose matters to come before the shareholders
and communicate with the Board.
Strategic Technology Assessment Committee. The current members of the Strategic Technology Assessment
Committee are William C. Blake (Chair), Frank L. Lederman and John B. Jones, Jr. The Strategic Technology
Assessment Committee and the Board have determined that each member of the Strategic Technology Assessment
Committee is “independent,” as that term is defined in Nasdaq rules and regulations, although such independence is
not a requirement for membership on this Committee. The Strategic Technology Assessment Committee held 3
meetings in 2007. As noted above, the Committee’s charter is available at: www.cray.com under “Investors —
Corporate Governance.” The Strategic Technology Assessment Committee has the responsibility:
(cid:129) to assist the Board in its oversight of our technology development, including our product development
roadmap, and
(cid:129) to assess whether our research and development investments are sufficient and appropriate to support the
competitiveness of our offerings in the marketplace.
From time to time, the Board establishes other committees on an ad-hoc basis to assist in its oversight
responsibilities.
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Kiely has served as Chairman of the Board, a non-executive position, since August 2005. As Chairman,
Mr. Kiely consults with Mr. Ungaro, as Chief Executive Officer, regarding agenda items for Board meetings; chairs
executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors; communicates concerns of the independent directors to the
Chief Executive Officer; and performs such other duties as the Board deems appropriate.
Director Attendance at Annual Meetings
We encourage but do not require our directors to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. We usually
schedule a regular Board meeting on the morning before the Annual Meeting. In 2007, all eight of our directors
attended the 2007 Annual Meeting.
Shareholder Communications, Director Candidate Recommendations and Nominations and Other Share-
holder Proposals
Communications. The Corporate Governance Committee has established a procedure for our shareholders to
communicate with the Board. Communications should be in writing, addressed to: Corporate Secretary, Cray Inc.,
411 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104-2860, and marked to the attention of the Board or any of its
individual committees or the Chairman of the Board. Copies of all communications so addressed will be promptly
forwarded to the chairman of the committee involved, in the case of the communications addressed to the Board as a
whole, to the Corporate Governance Committee or, if addressed to the Chairman, to the Chairman of the Board.
Director Candidates. The criteria for Board membership as adopted by the Board include a person’s
integrity, knowledge, judgment, skills, expertise, collegiality, diversity of experience and other time commitments
(including positions on other company boards) in the context of the then-current composition of the Board. The
Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for assessing the appropriate balance of skills brought to the Board
by its members, and ensuring that an appropriate mix of specialized knowledge (e.g., financial, industry or
technology) is represented on the Board.
Once the Corporate Governance Committee has identified a potential director nominee, the Committee in
consultation with the Chief Executive Officer evaluates the prospective nominee against the specific criteria that the
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Board has established and as set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. If the Corporate Governance
Committee determines to proceed with further consideration, then members of the Corporate Governance
Committee, the Chief Executive Officer and other members of the Board, as appropriate, interview the prospective
nominee. After completing this evaluation and interview, the Corporate Governance Committee makes a recom-
mendation to the full Board, which makes the final determination whether to elect the new director.
The Corporate Governance Committee will consider candidates for director recommended by shareholders
and will evaluate those candidates using the criteria set forth above. Shareholders should accompany their
recommendations with a sufficiently detailed description of the candidate’s background and qualifications to
allow the Corporate Governance Committee to evaluate the candidate in light of the criteria described above, a
document signed by the candidate indicating his or her willingness to serve if elected and evidence of the
nominating shareholder’s ownership of our common stock. Such recommendation and documents should be
submitted in writing to: Corporate Secretary, Cray Inc., 411 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, WA
98104-2860, marked to the attention of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Director Nominations by Shareholders. Our Bylaws permit shareholders to nominate directors at a share-
holders’ meeting. In order to nominate a director at a shareholders’ meeting, a shareholder making a nomination
must notify us not fewer than 60 nor more than 90 days in advance of the meeting or, if later, by the 10th business
day following the first public announcement of the meeting. In addition, the proposal must contain the information
required in our Bylaws for director nominations, including:
(cid:129) the nominating shareholder’s name and address,
(cid:129) a representation that the nominating shareholder is entitled to vote at such meeting,
(cid:129) the number of shares of our common stock which the nominating shareholder owns and when the nominating
shareholder acquired them,
(cid:129) a representation that the nominating shareholder intends to appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy,
(cid:129) the nominee’s name, age, address and principal occupation or employment,
(cid:129) all information concerning the nominee that must be disclosed about nominees in proxy solicitations under
the SEC proxy rules, and
(cid:129) the nominee’s executed consent to serve as a director if so elected.
The Chairman of the Board, in his discretion, may determine that a proposed nomination was not made in
accordance with the required procedures and, if so, disregard the nomination.
Shareholder Proposals.
2008 Annual Meeting.
In order for a shareholder proposal to be raised from the floor during the 2008 Annual
Meeting, written notice of the proposal must be received by us not less than 60 nor more than 90 days prior to the
meeting or, if later, by the 10th business day following the first public announcement of the meeting. The proposal
must also contain the information required in our Bylaws for shareholder proposals, including:
(cid:129) a brief description of the business the shareholder wishes to bring before the meeting, the reasons for
conducting such business and the language of the proposal,
(cid:129) the shareholder’s name and address,
(cid:129) the number of shares of our common stock which the shareholder owns and when the shareholder acquired
them,
(cid:129) a representation that the shareholder intends to appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and
(cid:129) any material interest the shareholder has in the business to be brought before the meeting.
The Chairman of the Board, if the facts so warrant, may direct that any business was not properly brought
before the meeting in accordance with our Bylaws.
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2009 Proxy Statement.
In order for a shareholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in our proxy
statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting, we must receive the written proposal no later than December 2, 2008. Such
proposals also must comply with SEC regulations regarding the inclusion of shareholder proposals in company-
sponsored proxy materials.
If you wish to obtain a free copy of our Articles, Bylaws or any of our corporate governance documents, please
contact Kenneth W. Johnson, Corporate Secretary, Cray Inc., 411 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, WA
98104-2860. These documents also are available on our website: www.cray.com under “Investors — Corporate
Governance.”
Compensation of Directors
In setting director compensation in order to attract and retain highly qualified individuals to serve on our
Board, the Corporate Governance Committee considers the significant amount of time that directors expend in
fulfilling their duties, the skill level required of members of the Board, and a general understanding of director
compensation at companies of similar size and complexity. Directors who are employed by us receive no
compensation for their service on the Board. As described more fully below, director compensation is in the
form of cash and, in order to align further the longer-term interests of the individual directors and shareholders,
equity, with the grant of a vested stock option with a ten-year term upon first joining the Board and annual grants of
restricted stock vesting generally over two years.
The Corporate Governance Committee reviews director compensation annually but has made no changes to
director compensation since 2006 except to increase the compensation of the chair of the Compensation Committee
to $6,000 annually, the same as the chair of the Audit Committee, effective for the fourth quarter of 2007, given the
increased duties and responsibilities of that role. In reaching decisions about director compensation, the Corporate
Governance Committee has used publicly available professional compensation surveys, proxy data and the
individual experience of the Committee members. To date the Committee has decided not to engage a compensation
consultant with respect to director compensation.
Cash Compensation
Each non-employee director receives an annual retainer of $10,000, paid quarterly in advance, and a fee of
$2,500 for each meeting of the Board attended in person or $1,500 if attended telephonically. We pay an annual fee,
paid quarterly in advance, to the Chairman of the Board ($4,000), and the chairs of the Audit ($6,000),
Compensation ($6,000), the Corporate Governance ($2,000) and the Strategic Technology Assessment ($2,000)
committees, and each director receives a fee of $2,000 for each committee meeting attended, whether in person or
telephonically. When the Board creates committees other than the standing committees identified above, the Board
determines whether to extend the same committee fee structure to the members of such committees. We reimburse
all expenses related to participation in meetings of the shareholders, Board and committees.
Equity Compensation
Stock Options. Each non-employee director, upon his or her first election to the Board, is granted an option
for 5,000 shares, vesting immediately, with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our common stock on
the date of such first election.
Restricted Stock Awards. We currently grant to each continuing non-employee director elected by the
shareholders restricted shares of common stock with a value equal to that director’s fees earned in the previous fiscal
year. The per share value of shares granted is determined by using the fair market value of our common stock on the
date of such election. One-half of the shares are restricted against sale or transfer for a period of approximately one
year from date of grant; the balance is restricted against sale or transfer for a period of approximately two years from
the date of grant. The non-employee directors may vote and receive dividends on the restricted shares while the
restrictions remain in place; we have not granted any dividends on our common stock and have no plans to do so.
The restricted shares vest in full if a non-employee director can no longer serve due to death or Disability or if,
following a Change of Control, the non-employee director is removed from the Board or is not nominated to
continue to serve as a Director. The restricted shares are forfeited if, while unvested, a non-employee director
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resigns or retires from the Board (other than with the express approval of the Corporate Governance Committee), is
asked to leave the Board by the Corporate Governance Committee for Cause or is not nominated by the Board to
continue as a director other than following a Change of Control.
For purposes of the director restricted stock agreements, the following definitions apply:
“Cause” means a good faith determination by the Board of Directors that a director has willfully failed or
refused in a material respect to follow reasonable policies or directives established by the Board of Directors,
including the Corporate Governance Guidelines, or willfully failed to attend to material duties or obligations of
the director’s office (other than any such failure resulting from his incapacity due to physical or mental illness),
which the director has failed to correct within a reasonable period following written notice to the director; or
there has been an act by the director involving wrongful misconduct which has a demonstrably adverse impact
on or material damage to us or our subsidiaries, or which constitutes a misappropriation of our assets; or the
director has engaged in an unauthorized disclosure of our confidential information; or the director has
materially breached his or her obligations under the agreement or in another agreement with us.
“Change of Control” means and includes each and all of the following: our shareholders approve a merger or
consolidation of us with any other corporation (other than to change our state of incorporation or which does
not effect a substantial change in ownership), or our shareholders approve a plan of complete liquidation or an
agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of our assets; the acquisition by any person or
entity as “beneficial owner,” directly or indirectly, of securities representing 50% or more of the total voting
power represented by our then outstanding voting securities except pursuant to a negotiated agreement with us
and pursuant to which such securities are purchased from us; a majority of the Board in office at the beginning
of any 36-month period is replaced during the course of such 36-month period (other than by voluntary
resignation of individual directors in the ordinary course of business) and such placement was not initiated by
the Board as constituted at the beginning of such 36-month period.
“Disability” means that, at the time a director’s employment is terminated, the director has been unable to
perform the duties of the director’s position for a period of six consecutive months as a result of the director’s
incapability due to physical or mental illness.
Ownership Guidelines. The Board has established stock ownership guidelines pursuant to which, no later
than two years after receiving restricted shares, non-employee directors should hold shares of common stock with a
value, based on value at acquisition, at least equal to one-year’s Board retainer and Board attendance fees.
Director Compensation for 2007
The following table sets forth information regarding compensation earned by our non-employee directors for
the year ended December 31, 2007, even if paid in 2008. Mr. Ungaro is not included in this table as he is an
employee and he receives no compensation for his service as a director. His compensation as an employee is shown
in the Summary Compensation Table on page 26.
Name
Annual Retainer
William C. Blake . . . . . . . . . .
John B. Jones, Jr. . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Kennedy, Jr.(3). . .
Stephen C. Kiely . . . . . . . . . .
Frank L. Lederman . . . . . . . . .
Sally G. Narodick . . . . . . . . . .
Daniel C. Regis . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen C. Richards . . . . . . . .
$10,000
$10,000
$ 2,500
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Board and
Committee
Chair Fees
$1,500
—
—
$6,000
$3,000
—
$6,000
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Fees
Total Cash
Fees Earned
Stock
Awards(1)
Total(2)
$22,000
$33,000
—
$36,000
$43,000
$39,000
$51,500
$51,000
$33,500
$43,000
$ 2,500
$52,000
$56,000
$49,000
$67,500
$61,000
$ 6,750
$ 40,250
$36,976
$ 79,976
$25,837
$ 28,337
$41,042
$ 93,042
$38,928
$ 94,928
$45,489
$ 94,489
$57,763
$125,263
$50,039
$111,039
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(1) The amounts shown do not reflect an amount paid to or earned or realized by any director but rather reflect the
expense recorded on our 2007 financial statements with respect to all outstanding restricted stock awards held
by each director, disregarding any adjustments for estimated forfeitures; see Note 2 of the Notes to Consol-
idated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, for a
description of the valuation of these restricted stock awards under Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment (“FAS 123R”). The amount any director realizes from these
restricted stock awards, if any, will depend on the future market value of our common stock when these shares
are sold, and there is no assurance that any director will realize amounts at or near the values shown. For further
information regarding equity awards to non-employee directors, see “Additional Information About Non-
Employee Director Equity Awards” below.
(2) The amounts shown reflect the sum of the amounts shown in the columns for total cash fees earned and stock
awards, as required by SEC rules and regulations. Because these sums combine cash payments earned by and
made to the directors and amounts not earned by the directors but rather amounts recorded by us on our 2007
financial statements as an expense for restricted stock awards to the directors, the actual total amount earned in
2007 by a director depends on future events and, for the reasons described in footnote (1) above, there is no
assurance that any director will realize a total sum at or near the values shown in this column.
(3) Dr. Kennedy died on February 7, 2007, and did not attend any Board or Committee meetings in 2007. On that
date, all his restricted shares vested in full.
Additional Information About Non-Employee Director Equity Awards
The following table provides additional information about non-employee director equity awards, including the
stock awards made to non-employee directors during 2007, the grant date fair value of each of those awards, and the
number of stock options and shares of restricted stock held by each non-employee director on December 31, 2007:
Name
William C. Blake . . . . . . .
John B. Jones, Jr.
. . . . . .
Stephen C. Kiely . . . . . . .
Frank L. Lederman . . . . .
Sally G. Narodick . . . . . .
Daniel C. Regis . . . . . . . .
Stephen C. Richards . . . .
Restricted
Shares Granted in
2007(1)
Grant Date
Fair Value(2)
Stock
Options Outstanding
December 31,
2007(3)
Restricted Stock
Awards Outstanding
December 31,
2007(4)
2,753
7,362
8,066
7,490
8,450
11,074
10,306
$21,503
$57,503
$63,002
$58,503
$66,001
$86,497
$80,498
5,000
12,083
32,250
15,000
12,500
12,500
12,500
2,753
10,113
11,157
10,479
12,050
15,523
13,906
(1) Pursuant to the policy described under “Equity Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards” above, on May 16,
2007, we granted to each non-employee director the indicated number of shares of restricted stock, half of
which first may be sold or transferred on June 9, 2008, and half of which first may be sold or transferred on
May 21, 2009.
(2) Amounts in this column represent the fair value of the restricted stock awards granted on May 16, 2007,
pursuant to FAS 123R, calculated by multiplying the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant
by the number of shares awarded. For the reasons described in note (1) to the table titled “Director
Compensation for 2007” above, there is no assurance that any director will realize a total sum at or near
the values shown in this column.
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(3) All stock options shown are fully vested. Except for the options granted to Mr. Blake when he joined the Board
in June 2006, all options shown were granted to directors prior to 2006 when our equity compensation for
directors was through grants of stock options rather than grants of restricted stock.
(4) A portion of the restricted shares may be first sold or transferred on June 9, 2008, and the balance on May 21,
2009 (see note 3 to the table titled “Our Common Stock Ownership” above).
Each of these non-employee directors has been nominated for election to a one-year term at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 14, 2008. If these individuals are elected for another year, then each will
receive additional shares of common stock that will vest 50% one year after grant and the remaining 50% two years
after grant, as discussed under “Equity Compensation — Restricted Stock Awards” above. The number of such
shares issued will be determined by dividing the total amount of cash fees earned for 2007 set forth in the above
table entitled “Director Compensation for 2007” by the fair market value of our common stock on the date of the
2008 Annual Meeting. See “Discussion of Proposals Recommended by the Board — Proposal 1: To Elect Eight
Directors For One-Year Terms” below.
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COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
The following discussion describes the material elements of compensation for our senior officers, including
the executive officers identified in the “Summary Compensation Table” below (the “Named Executive Officers”).
Philosophy and Objectives
Our compensation philosophy for all employees, including our senior officers, is to provide policies, plans and
programs designed to attract, retain and motivate the best personnel at all levels to allow us to achieve our goals and
to enhance our competitive posture. We seek to foster an environment that rewards high performance and that aligns
the interests of our employees to the long-term interests of our shareholders. Pursuant to this overall approach, our
compensation program has the following objectives:
(cid:129) To attract and retain a highly-skilled work force — in all markets we face competition for new and our
current employees from many sources, often including technology companies with far greater resources.
(cid:129) To foster a high performance culture — our compensation is based on the level of job responsibility,
individual performance and Company performance. As employees assume greater levels of responsibility,
an increasing proportion of their compensation is linked to performance and shareholder return.
(cid:129) To align the interests of our employees with the long-term interests of our shareholders — we use grants of
stock options and restricted stock with longer-term vesting periods.
(cid:129) To provide stability — we have provided retention incentives for employees and officers where we believe
appropriate.
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Summary of Compensation Decisions in 2007
For the reasons described in more detail below, there were no increases in base salary in 2007 over 2006 for our
Named Executive Officers, no amounts were paid under our annual cash incentive plan for 2007 to our Named
Executive Officers and no equity grants were made during 2007 to any of the Named Executive Officers.
The Executive Compensation Process
Role and Authority of the Compensation Committee
The current members of the Compensation Committee are: Frank L. Lederman (Chair), John B. Jones, Jr.,
Stephen C. Kiely and Stephen C. Richards. The Compensation Committee and the Board have determined that each
member who currently is on and who served in 2007 on the Compensation Committee is “independent,” as that term
is defined in Nasdaq rules and regulations, and an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
The Compensation Committee assists our Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities for the oversight
of our compensation policies, plans and benefit programs, the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and
other senior officers, and the administration of our equity compensation plans and our 401(k) plan. The Com-
pensation Committee has the authority to determine the annual compensation for our senior officers, other than for
the Chief Executive Officer. In determining compensation levels, after reviewing our corporate goals, business plan
and objectives for the year, the Committee determines base salary, the level of target awards under our annual cash
incentive plan, including the balanced scorecard goals and objectives, and the number and form of equity grants to
be awarded under our long-term equity incentive plans for our senior officers during that year. The Compensation
Committee evaluates the performance of and recommends the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer to the
full Board. In practice, our full Board reviews and approves the compensation of all of our senior officers in
executive sessions of non-employee directors.
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Role of the Chief Executive Officer and Management
The Compensation Committee, which met in person or by telephone 8 times in 2006 and 6 times in 2007,
confers regularly with Mr. Ungaro, our Chief Executive Officer, and other senior officers and members of our
Human Relations department regarding the structure and effectiveness of our compensation plans and proposals for
changes to our compensation programs. As members of our Board, Committee members obtain information
regarding our strategic objectives, goals, operational and financial results, our annual financial plan and the outlook
regarding our future performance. The Committee meets at least annually in executive session with Mr. Ungaro to
review his evaluation of the performance of other senior officers and his recommendations for the compensation of
the other senior officers, including the other Named Executive Officers. These proposals cover base salary, the
general structure of the annual cash incentive plan, including target awards and performance goals and objectives
for each senior officer, and the level and structure of equity grants. When requested by the Committee, Mr. Ungaro
offers suggestions regarding his compensation.
Benchmarking and Other Factors
For 2007 and prior periods, the Committee has established compensation levels for senior officers based on the
reasonableness of their compensation in light of our compensation objectives, our operational and financial
performance and general compensation market competitiveness, and not by benchmarking to a specified level of
compensation at other companies. To obtain marketplace information concerning the general competitiveness of
our compensation programs, the Compensation Committee used publicly available professional compensation
surveys, particularly the most recent Radford Executive Compensation Survey, proxy data, labor market studies and
the individual experience of the Committee members to make informed decisions regarding our overall compen-
sation and benefit practices; for 2007 and prior compensation decisions we did not use a peer group of public
companies. The Committee also considered internal and external relative parity among senior management, and
competitive information obtained in connection with new hires and, when possible, from departing employees. In
2005, our senior executive team was significantly restructured, primarily with new executives joining us from other
companies, and the compensation information gained in each negotiated hire provided the Committee and our
management with significant market compensation information.
Role of Compensation Consultants
In August 2007, the Compensation Committee retained the compensation firm of Watson Wyatt Worldwide to
conduct a competitive review of our compensation programs for senior officers and to prepare a draft total
compensation philosophy. The decision to retain a compensation consultant was in part in recognition that the
market information obtained in connection with the 2005 new hires was aging, and that the Committee could use an
independent broad view of current compensation levels, practices and programs, especially in the technology
industry. Watson Wyatt completed its review in November 2007. Given its timing, this review did not affect 2007
compensation but will be used by the Committee as a basis for its decisions regarding 2008 compensation for senior
officers, including the Named Executive Officers. Watson Wyatt reports directly to the Compensation Committee,
and was not previously retained by our management and has not since performed any tasks for our management. If
our management wishes to retain Watson Wyatt for any services, these services must receive the prior approval of
the Chair of the Compensation Committee.
Compensation Program Components and Purposes
We believe the components of our compensation program provide an appropriate mix of fixed and variable pay,
balance shorter-term operational performance with long-term increases in shareholder value, reinforce a high
performance culture and encourage recruitment and retention of our employees and officers. We review our
compensation program periodically and make adjustments as needed or appropriate in order to meet our objectives.
Our compensation program for all of our employees, including our senior officers, has the following principal
components and purposes:
(cid:129) Base salary, which is fixed annual cash compensation reviewed annually for increases, with the purpose of
providing base compensation that will meet the objectives of attracting and retaining the work force that we
need to accomplish our goals.
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(cid:129) An annual cash incentive plan, which provides performance-based cash incentives based on individual and
Company performance against specific targets, with the purpose of motivating and rewarding achievement
of our critical strategic and financial goals, thus fostering a high performance culture.
(cid:129) Long-term equity awards, through the grant of stock options and restricted stock grants usually vesting over
four years, with the purpose of aligning the interest of recipients with our shareholders, motivating and
rewarding recipients to increase shareholder value over the long-term and providing a retention incentive.
(cid:129) A qualified employee stock purchase plan, pursuant to which all employees are able to purchase shares of
our common stock, with the purpose of providing a convenient means by which employees may purchase
shares of our common stock and a method by which we can assist and encourage employees to become
shareholders.
(cid:129) Retirement savings through a qualified 401(k) savings plan, pursuant to which all U.S. employees can
choose to defer compensation for retirement and to which we make a matching contribution, with the
purpose of encouraging employees to save for their retirement, with account balances affected by contri-
butions and investment decisions made by the participant.
(cid:129) Health and welfare benefits, a fixed component with the same benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability
insurance and life insurance) available for all full-time U.S. employees, with the purpose of providing
benefits to meet the health and welfare needs of our employees and their families and to provide a total
competitive compensation package.
(cid:129) Retention, severance and change of control agreements and plans pursuant to which we provide additional
payments and benefits to certain officers, with the purpose of facilitating our ability to attract and retain
officers in a competitive marketplace for talent and, with the change of control provisions, to encourage
officers to remain focused on our business in the event of rumored or actual fundamental corporate changes.
The foregoing generally describes our compensation program for all employees in the United States. Subject to
local laws and practices, we attempt to provide the same or substantially equivalent programs and benefits to our
employees located in other countries.
We provide no deferred compensation or special retirement or pension plans or perquisites for our senior
officers, including our Named Executive Officers, not available to our employees generally.
Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations
Given our recent operational and financial performance and in light of other factors described below, the
Compensation Committee, with respect to the 2007 compensation of the Named Executive Officers, did not make
any changes to their base salary or the target awards under our annual cash incentive compensation plan from 2006
levels and did not make any new equity grants in 2007. As a result, the Named Executive Officers continued to have
a high percentage of their possible total compensation at risk pursuant to our cash and equity incentive compen-
sation plans.
Base Salary
In making individual base salary decisions for our officers, the Committee considers each officer’s duties, the
contribution the officer has made to our overall performance, the officer’s potential performance and contribution
and retirement plans, compilations of salary and other compensation elements, internal comparisons of salary levels
among officers, the extent and frequency of prior salary adjustments, market compensation practices, our financial
and operational performance and our overall financial status and prospects. The Committee does not objectively
determine individual base salary amounts by targeting to a specific level of salaries at other companies either
directly or through survey data. In order to retain employees in the face of competitive pressure from other
technology companies, we have had to increase base salaries generally, even in the light of financial losses during
the last four years. The level of base salary generally increases with the level of the officer’s responsibility, within
broad ranges depending on each officer’s experience and performance. We have a relatively flat salary structure for
our senior officers, with the significant differences in total compensation among the senior officers being reflected
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in incentive awards and, for 2006 and 2007, the retention agreements with Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Henry and Ms. Williams
discussed below. This approach helps us manage our fixed costs and yet provide the potential for higher
compensation levels based on performance-dependent short-term and longer-term incentives.
In 2005, our senior executive team was significantly restructured, including promoting Peter J. Ungaro first to
President and later to Chief Executive Officer, and adding Margaret A. Williams, Brian C. Henry, Steven L. Scott
and Jan C. Silverman to key executive officer positions. While each hire was negotiated separately, principal
consideration was given to providing competitive compensation in order to attract the individual to come and to
remain with us while attempting to stay within our general compensation structure.
The Compensation Committee did not increase the base salary levels for any Named Executive Officer from
his or her 2005 level in either 2006 or 2007, due to our recent operational and financial performance, and in order to
continue to have a high percentage of each Named Executive Officer’s total compensation at risk pursuant to our
cash and equity incentive compensation plans.
Annual Cash Incentive Compensation Plan
Our annual cash incentive plan is an important element of the compensation program for our officers and
senior managers, including the Named Executive Officers. This plan provides performance-based cash incentives
based on Company and individual performance against specific targets, with the purpose of motivating and
rewarding achievement of our critical strategic and financial goals.
Potential 2007 Incentive Payments. For 2007, as in earlier years, the Committee identified a target award
amount of annual incentive compensation for each participant expressed as a percentage of the participant’s base
salary. This percentage varied in proportion to the level of the individual officer’s responsibility with us. The
Committee did not change the target awards from those assigned in the 2006 plan although, as discussed below,
certain elements of the 2007 incentive plan were modified from the 2006 plan. Mr. Ungaro’s target award continued
to be substantially higher than the other senior officers given his responsibility for our overall operations, his
favorable annual evaluations in difficult circumstances, his relatively low base salary compared to the general
market for chief executive officer compensation and to provide a total compensation target more in line with other
chief executive officers.
The target awards were payable only if specified performance objectives and results were achieved. The
following table shows the 2007 target award amount for each Named Executive Officer under our annual cash
incentive plan:
Executive
Title
Peter J. Ungaro . . . . . . Chief Executive Officer and President
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Margaret A. Williams. . Senior Vice President responsible for Research and
Development
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President
Kenneth W. Johnson . . General Counsel, Senior Vice President, and Corporate
Secretary
Target Award As
% of Base Salary
150%
60%
60%
50%
50%
The Committee set as a pre-condition to any payments under the 2007 annual cash incentive plan that we report
positive net income on our audited financial statements for 2007, which is an after-award calculation as any
payments would be treated as expenses on our income statement. The Committee believed that a positive return to
the shareholders through reported earnings was important before the senior officers, including the Named Executive
Officers, received any incentive compensation. In 2006, the Committee had set as a condition a certain minimum
level of operating loss, which we had achieved. Given our projected improved outlook for 2007, the Committee
believed that positive net income in 2007 was an achievable goal.
The threshold for incentive awards was 50% of the target award, an increase from 25% in 2006 in order to have
a higher level of performance before payment of incentive awards, and ranged to 75% of the target award for
meeting a Board approved plan, to 100% for meeting targets established above plan, and to a maximum of 150% of
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the target award for meeting specified stretch goals. Any payout over 100% of the target award required a specified
level of product bookings, in order to emphasize the need for revenue over a term longer than the year. The Chief
Executive Officer, subject to final approval by the Compensation Committee, retained the right to adjust the formula
incentive award (from 0% to 125%) for each officer, based on his judgment as to the officer’s performance. The
Board, in executive session, approves the final incentive award for the Chief Executive Officer and in practice
approves the final incentive awards to the other senior officers, including the other Named Executive Officers. See
the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below.
In setting performance goals for the 2007 incentive plan, the Committee utilized a balanced scorecard
approach, with different performance goals weighted differently for each senior officer, depending on their areas of
responsibility and factors on which they have the most influence. For most senior officers, the principal financial
targets included:
(cid:129) product bookings (defined as firm contracts for new product sales expected to be recognized as revenue prior
to December 31, 2008) — bookings emphasize the need for revenue over a term longer than a year;
(cid:129) gross margin dollars — our gross margins in recent years, although improving, have not been as desired and
we have targeted improved gross margins as a driver to profitability; and
(cid:129) pre-award operating income — to reward both controlling expenses and increasing gross margin
contributions.
Senior officers responsible for technical areas had similar financial goals and specific product development
and marketing goals for the year, weighted as appropriate for their respective areas of responsibility.
In addition, Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Henry and Ms. Williams were eligible to receive additional cash payments of
$250,000, $75,000 and $75,000, respectively, on the condition that, in addition to reporting positive net income, pre-
award results from operations in 2007 exceeded a pre-determined above-plan level. These potential payments were
in recognition of their lower cash compensation in 2007 under their individual retention agreements, discussed
below, although structured on an incentive basis tied to both gross margin contribution and expense controls.
Actual 2007 Incentive Payments. We made no cash incentive payments under the 2007 plan to any senior
officer, including the Named Executive Officers, because we were not profitable for the year and we reported a net
loss on our financial statements. See the “Summary Compensation Table” below.
Degree of Difficulty. We believe that the Committee and the Board in general have set performance targets
for our annual cash incentive plans that are achievable but require significant effort to be met, with annual incentive
awards at target being at substantial risk and incentive awards above target being very difficult to realize. We paid no
cash incentive awards for 2001, 2004, 2005 or 2007, paid at-target awards for 2006 and paid above-target awards for
2002 and 2003.
Retention Agreements. On December 20, 2005, our Board of Directors approved retention agreements with
each of Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Henry, and Ms. Williams. At that time we had suffered significant operating losses,
experienced product development delays, announced material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial
reporting and faced significant losses in investor confidence. These agreements reflected the Board’s conclusion
that senior management stability in these circumstances was of paramount importance and its concern that these
individuals were well known and highly sought, that they each had contributed significantly to us and that the loss of
any of them during the period covered by the retention agreements could materially adversely affect us. The
agreements provided that if the officer remained employed by us on December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2007, he
or she would receive a specified cash retention payment equal to, for 2006, the sum of the officer’s base pay in 2006
and cash incentive plan award at target and, for 2007, 50% of the sum of the officer’s base pay in 2007 and cash
incentive plan award at target. These agreements expired at the end of 2007 and were not renewed. As noted above,
the potential additional incentive-based cash payments to Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Henry and Ms. Williams for 2007 were
in recognition of their lower cash payments under their retention agreements in 2007. See the “Summary
Compensation Table” below.
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Long-Term Equity Awards
We grant stock options and restricted stock for certain new hire situations, principally for senior engineer and
officer positions and, on an annual basis, as part of the overall compensation plan for senior engineers and officers,
including the Named Executive Officers. These grants are designed to align the interest of recipients with our
shareholders, to motivate and reward recipients to increase shareholder value over the long-term and to provide a
retention incentive. As noted above, in the past several years we have recruited a number of key senior officers and
through that process have learned that the available talent pool in our industry is limited and that candidates have
significant other opportunities. Given these circumstances, the Committee has emphasized the retentive nature of
equity awards to keep our newly-formed senior management team in place.
In order to provide longer-term performance and retention incentives, we generally grant stock options with
ten-year terms and four-year vesting schedules, with exercise prices equal to 100% of grant date fair market value
(determined by the most recent closing price for our common stock prior to the grant decision or, for new hires, the
most recent closing price prior to the first date of employment). As a financial gain from stock options is possible
only if the market price for our common stock increases after the date of grant, we believe option grants encourage
recipients to focus on performance and initiatives that should lead to an increase in the market price of our common
stock, which benefits all of our shareholders. Stock options represent a high-risk and potential high-return
component, as the realizable value of each option can fall to zero if the market price for our common stock falls
below the exercise price. Most of the currently outstanding stock options held by our Named Executive Officers had
exercise prices in excess of the market price of our common stock on December 31, 2007. See the “Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table below.
We grant restricted stock with vesting dependent solely on continued employment, generally with four-year
vesting schedules, with half of the granted shares vesting after two years and the balance vesting after four years (the
actual vesting date is designed to occur during open trading window periods following filing of our quarterly or
annual reports with the SEC). Awards of restricted stock are designed to increase each recipient’s ownership of our
common stock, thereby aligning their interests with shareholders and, with a longer-term vesting schedule, to
provide a significant long-term retention incentive. To emphasize the retentive purposes of the restricted stock
grants, we have not added performance criteria to the grants. The Compensation Committee has undertaken to
review this practice, and to consider adding performance criteria to a portion of future equity grants when it believes
appropriate to do so.
In determining the amount of equity compensation to be awarded to officers on an annual basis, the
Compensation Committee considers the retentive nature of longer-term awards, each officer’s duties, the contri-
bution the officer has made to our overall performance, the officer’s potential performance and contribution and
retirement plans, the current stock ownership of the officer, the extent and frequency of prior option grants and
restricted stock awards, the officer’s unvested stock option and restricted stock position, the range of outstanding
options with exercise prices below or near the current market price for our common stock and the remaining
duration of the outstanding options. To the extent appropriate, the Committee uses the same criteria in approving
new-hire grants, although these commonly are more negotiated situations.
In general, the number and form of equity grants has related to factors such as the perceived value of the equity
awards, using valuation methods analogous to the expensing of these awards for financial reporting purposes and
estimating the potential return assuming certain increases in the market price of our common stock, and the rate of
using the number of shares available for grant under our shareholder-approved plans. The Committee has not used
any one factor in its determinations nor set a specific burn or use rate, although the Committee generally expects that
the pool of options and restricted stock should be available for grants for at least three years following shareholder
approval.
In 2007 and to date in 2008, the Committee did not award any equity grants other than in new-hire situations.
The decision not to make an annual award in 2007 was in recognition of the grants made in late December 2006 and
a determination to grant equity in the first part of each year in connection with the review of base salaries and annual
incentive awards, beginning in 2008. See “Guidelines for Granting Equity Compensation” below.
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under “Compensation Tables” below.
Severance Policy and Change of Control Agreements
We have adopted a severance policy and entered into certain change of control agreements designed to attract
and retain officers in a competitive marketplace for talent, as follows:
Executive Severance Policy.
In October 2002 our Board of Directors adopted an Executive Severance Policy
that covers our officers, including the Named Executive Officers. We consider it likely that it will take more time for
officers to find new employment, and thus officers generally receive continuation of base salary and receive health
and welfare benefits and an extended period to exercise vested options for certain periods, ranging from six to
12 months, depending on their office and how long they have served us as officers, if the officers are terminated
without Cause or resign for Good Reason, as these terms are defined in the Policy. To receive these benefits the
officer must provide us with a general release and continue to comply with his or her confidentiality and other
agreements with us. Our obligations under this Policy are unfunded and our Board has the express right to modify or
terminate this Policy at any time.
Management Continuation Agreements. We have entered into management continuation agreements with
certain of our officers, including each of the Named Executive Officers. These agreements are designed to retain
officers during the uncertainty of rumored or actual fundamental corporate changes and to ensure that the officers
evaluate any potential acquisition situations impartially without concern for how they may be personally affected.
Payments are made under these agreements only if two events occur (often referred to as a “double-trigger” form of
agreement): first, there must be a Change of Control and, secondly, within three years after the Change of Control,
the officer’s employment must be terminated without Cause or the officer resigns for Good Reason, as such terms
are defined in the agreement. In such event, the officer is to receive a lump sum payment equal to two times the
officer’s annual compensation (base salary plus cash incentive plan award at target), continuation of health and
disability benefits and group term life insurance for 24 months following termination, the acceleration of vesting for
all stock options and 12 months to exercise all options after termination or, if earlier, until the options expire. If these
payments are subject to an “excess parachute payment” excise tax, we have agreed to provide a tax gross-up
payment.
Stock Option Plans and Restricted Stock Agreements. Our stock option plans and restricted stock agreements
provide that if we are sold, unless the existing options and restricted stock are continued or assumed by the successor
entity, then each optionee would have the opportunity to exercise his or her options in full, including any portion not
then vested, and the options would terminate upon the sale becoming effective, and the restricted stock would vest in
full. We believe that acceleration of vesting of options and restricted stock is appropriate when the options and
restricted stock grants are not continued or assumed by the successor company, as the recipient has not received the
full contemplated benefit of the equity award, due to circumstances beyond the recipient’s control.
The terms of the Executive Severance Policy and the Management Continuation Agreements were first
established a number of years ago and have not been changed substantively since their commencement in order to
provide consistency for all covered officers, except for changes negotiated from time to time in connection with
hiring new individual executive officers. The Executive Severance Policy, the Management Continuation Agree-
ments and the stock option plans and restricted stock agreements are described in more detail under “Narrative to
the Termination of Employment and Change of Control Payments Table” below. We are in the process of reviewing
the terms of the Executive Severance Policy and Management Continuation Agreements to determine if they reflect
current practices and to assure compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Retirement Plans
Our only retirement plan for all U.S. employees, including the Named Executive Officers, is a qualified
401(k) plan under which employees may contribute a portion of their salary on a pre-tax basis. Participants may
invest in a limited number of mutual funds, but may not direct the purchase of shares of our common stock. We
match 25% of participant contributions, with half of the match paid in shares of common stock on a quarterly basis
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during the year and the balance paid after year-end in cash and/or shares of common stock, as the Board of
Directors, acting through the Compensation Committee, decides.
We do not have any pension plan for any of our U.S. employees, including our Named Executive Officers. We
do not have any plan for any of our employees, including our Named Executive Officers that provides for the
deferral of compensation on a qualified or non-qualified basis under the Internal Revenue Code other than our
401(k) plan.
Additional Benefits and Perquisites
We have health and welfare plans available on a non-discriminatory basis to all employees in the United States
designed to meet the health and welfare needs of our employees and their families and to provide a total competitive
compensation package. We provide these benefits to our senior officers, including the Named Executive Officers,
on the same terms and conditions as provided to all other eligible employees:
(cid:129) Group health insurance and dental and vision benefits
(cid:129) Life insurance, up to a maximum of $500,000
(cid:129) Employee Stock Purchase Plan qualified under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code
(cid:129) Long-term care
(cid:129) Short and long-term disability
(cid:129) Supplemental income protection
(cid:129) Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care
(cid:129) An employee assistance plan and travel assistance.
We do not provide perquisites for our senior officers, including the Named Executive Officers, that are not
available on the same terms to our employees generally.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
We have not implemented formal stock ownership guidelines for our officers. We expect that our executive
officers will discuss potential sales of our common stock with our Chief Executive Officer. We continue to review
the practices regarding such guidelines and may re-evaluate our position with respect to stock ownership guidelines
for officers.
Guidelines for Granting Equity Compensation
In 2005 and 2006, the Committee made decisions regarding base salaries and annual cash incentive awards in
the spring of each year and decisions regarding annual equity grants in December. The Committee has decided to
make all awards to senior officers in the spring concurrent with compensation decisions for all employees in order to
have a more cohesive approach to total compensation for each senior officer, and for that reason made no general
equity grants to senior executive officers in 2007. To date the Committee and the Board have not finalized decisions
regarding 2008 compensation, including equity awards.
As a matter of practice, the Committee does not make annual awards at such time as we are in possession of
non-public information that reasonably could be determined to be material to investors or just before the release of
quarterly or annual financial results. As stated above, while the Compensation Committee has the authority to
determine the equity grants to executive officers, other than the Chief Executive Officer, in practice all grants are
reviewed and approved by the Board, in executive sessions either at an in-person or telephonic meeting.
The Compensation Committee approves new-hire equity grants for vice-presidents and has established
guidelines for equity grants of new hires below that rank for awards approved by the Chief Executive Officer
pursuant to those guidelines. New-hire grants are effective on the first day employment begins, with the exercise
prices for stock options set at the closing price for our common stock of the immediately prior trading day. As the
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date of grants is pre-established, the timing of the release of material nonpublic information does not affect the grant
dates for new-hire equity awards.
Under our option plans, we may not grant stock options at a discount to the fair market value of our common
stock or, except under certain older plans, reduce the exercise price of outstanding options except in the case of a
stock split or other recapitalization events. We do not grant stock options with a so-called “reload” feature, and we
do not loan funds to employees to enable them to exercise stock options.
Securities Trading Policies
Our securities trading policies state that directors, officers and employees may not purchase or sell puts or calls
to sell or buy our common stock, engage in short sales with respect to our common stock, or buy our common stock
on margin or pledge shares of our common stock. Our policies restrict trading in our common stock by directors,
officers and certain specified employees to open window periods following the release of our quarterly and annual
financial results, except for trades pursuant to approved Rule 10b5-1 plans.
Tax Deductibility
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code limits to $1 million per person the amount that we may deduct for
compensation paid in any one year to our Chief Executive Officer and certain of our most highly compensated
officers. This limitation does not apply, however, to “performance-based” compensation, as defined in the Internal
Revenue Code. Stock options generally qualify as “performance-based” compensation and may be fully deductible.
Payments under our annual cash incentive plan and our outstanding restricted stock agreements would not qualify as
“performance-based” compensation. The deductibility of some types of compensation payments depends upon the
timing of the awards and the vesting or exercise of previously granted rights. Interpretations of and changes in
applicable tax laws and regulations, as well as other factors beyond our control, also can affect deductibility of
compensation. Although deductibility of compensation is preferred, tax deductibility is not a primary objective of
our compensation programs, particularly given our considerable net loss carry-forward position for U.S. tax
purposes. Rather, we maintain the flexibility to structure our compensation programs in ways that promote the best
interests of our shareholders.
Compensation Committee Report
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the above Compensation
Discussion and Analysis. Based on that review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended
to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.
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The Compensation Committee
Frank L. Lederman, Chair
John B. Jones, Jr.
Stephen C. Kiely
Stephen C. Richards
Compensation Tables
The tables on the following pages describe, with respect to our Named Executive Officers, the 2006 and 2007
salaries, bonuses, incentive awards and other compensation reportable under SEC rules, plan-based awards granted
in 2007, values of outstanding equity awards as of year-end 2007, exercises of stock options and vesting of restricted
stock awards in 2007, and potential payments upon termination of employment and following a Change of Control.
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Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chief Technology Officer &
Senior Vice President
Kenneth W. Johnson . . . . . . . . . .
General Counsel & Senior Vice
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Summary Compensation
The following table summarizes the compensation for the indicated years of our Chief Executive Officer, our
Chief Financial Officer and our three highest paid other executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Name and
Principal Position
Peter J. Ungaro . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chief Executive Officer &
President
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chief Financial Officer &
Executive Vice President
Summary Compensation Table
Year
Salary
Bonus(1)
Stock
Awards(2)
Option
Awards(3)
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation(4)
All Other
Compensation(5)
Total(6)
2007 $350,000 $437,500
2006 $350,000 $875,000
$457,152
$591,607
$80,000
$ 2,537
—
$525,000
$ 4,361
$ 1,345
$1,329,013
$2,345,489
2007 $325,000 $260,000
2006 $325,000 $520,000
$261,161
$344,927
$52,000
$ 1,396
—
$195,000
$ 5,758
$ 1,626
$ 903,919
$1,387,949
Margaret A. Williams . . . . . . . . .
Senior Vice President
2007 $300,000 $240,000
2006 $300,000 $480,000
$261,161
$344,927
2007 $300,000
2006 $300,000
— $ 58,344
1,882
— $
$52,000
$ 1,396
$33,000
888
$
—
$180,000
—
$150,000
$ 4,560
$ 1,613
$21,238
$22,278
$ 857,721
$1,307,936
$ 412,582
$ 475,048
2007 $240,000
2006 $240,000
— $ 93,110
— $ 98,147
$27,000
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$120,000
$11,983
$ 4,220
$ 372,093
$ 462,622
(1) The amounts shown in this column reflect payments under the Retention Agreements with each of the
applicable Named Executive Officers. See “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Annual Cash
Incentive Compensation Plan — Retention Agreements” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above.
(2) The amounts shown in this column do not reflect an amount paid to or earned or realized by any Named
Executive Officer but rather reflect the expense recorded on our financial statements for the indicated year with
respect to all restricted stock awards held by each Named Executive Officer during that year, disregarding any
adjustments for estimated forfeitures. See “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Long-Term
Equity Awards” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above and the “Outstanding Equity Awards at
Fiscal Year-End” and “Option Exercises and Stock Vested” tables below for a more complete description of
these awards.
See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007, for a description of the valuation of these restricted stock awards pursuant to
FAS 123R. The amount any Named Executive Officer realizes, if any, from these restricted stock awards will
depend on the future market value of our common stock when these shares are sold, and there is no assurance
that the Named Executive Officers will realize amounts at or near the values shown.
(3) The amounts shown in this column do not reflect an amount paid to or earned or realized by any Named
Executive Officer but rather reflect our expense for the indicated year with respect to all outstanding stock
options held by each Named Executive Officer during that year, disregarding any adjustments for estimated
forfeitures, and otherwise as recorded on our financial statements. This column reflects our recorded expense in
2007 and 2006 for only the stock options granted on December 19, 2006, as all stock options granted to the
Named Executive Officers before 2006 vested in full before 2006, and we recognized no expense in 2006 or
2007 for such pre-2006 stock option grants. See “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Long-
Term Equity Awards” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above and the “Outstanding Equity
Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table below for a more complete description of these option grants.
See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007, for a description of the valuation of these stock options, including key assumptions,
under the Black-Scholes pricing model pursuant to FAS 123R; the values determined by the Black-Scholes
pricing model are highly dependent on these assumptions, particularly regarding volatility of the market price
for our common stock and expected life of these options. There can be no assurance that the options will ever be
exercised, in which case no value will be realized by the Named Executive Officer. The amount any Named
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Executive Officer realizes, if any, from these options depends on the future excess, if any, of the market value of
our common stock over the exercise price of the options when the Named Executive Officer sells the underlying
shares, and there is no assurance that the Named Executive Officers will realize amounts at or near the values
shown. At December 31, 2007, the exercise price of the stock options granted in December 2006 substantially
exceeded the market value of our common stock and the options had no intrinsic value.
(4) We made no payments for 2007 to any Named Executive Officer under our 2007 annual cash incentive plan. See
“Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Annual Cash Incentive Compensation Plan” in the
Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for a description of the 2007 incentive plan, including conditions
to payment of awards.
(5) “All Other Compensation” for 2007 includes premiums for group term life insurance policies and matching
contributions under our 401(k) plan, as follows:
Officer
Peter J. Ungaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The amount shown in the “All Other Compensation” column for Mr. Scott also includes $16,800 for the cost of
renting an apartment in 2007 in Seattle, Washington, for Mr. Scott and his wife who, at our request, temporarily
moved from their home in Wisconsin in order to become more familiar with our Seattle-based engineers and
their work.
Group Term
Life Insurance
$ 486
$ 633
$ 810
$ 563
$6,858
401(k) Plan
Match
$3,875
$5,125
$3,750
$3,875
$5,125
(6) The amounts shown in the “Total” column are the sum of the amounts shown in the columns for salary, bonus,
stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation and all other compensation, as required
by SEC rules. Because these sums combine cash payments earned by and made to the Named Executive
Officers and amounts not earned by or paid to the Named Executive Officers but rather amounts recorded by us
on our financial statements as an expense for restricted stock awards and options held by the Named Executive
Officers, the actual total amount earned in any year by a Named Executive Officer depends on future events and,
for the reasons described in footnotes (2) and (3) above, there is no assurance that the Named Executive Officers
will realize a total sum at or near the values shown.
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2007
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to potential cash incentive awards for the year
ended December 31, 2007, to the Named Executive Officers, none of which were earned. We did not make any
equity grants during 2007. See “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Long-Term Equity Awards” in
the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above.
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
Name
Peter J. Ungaro(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Award
Grant
Date
2/7/07
2/7/07
2/7/07
2/7/07
2/7/07
Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Awards(1)
Target
Threshold
Maximum
$262,500
$ 97,500
$ 90,000
$ 75,000
$ 60,000
$525,000
$195,000
$180,000
$150,000
$120,000
$787,500
$292,500
$270,000
$225,000
$180,000
(1) Represents threshold, target and maximum payout levels under our annual cash incentive compensation plan
for 2007. No amounts were paid under this plan to any Named Executive Officer for 2007; see the “Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation” column in the “Summary Compensation Table” above.
(2) Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Henry and Ms. Williams were eligible to receive additional cash payments of $250,000,
$75,000 and $75,000, respectively, on the condition that, in addition to reporting positive net income, pre-award
results from operations in 2007 exceeded a pre-determined above-plan level. Because we reported a net loss for
2007 on our audited financial statements, these payments were not made. See “Analysis of 2007 Compensation
Determinations — Annual Cash Incentive Compensation Plan” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis
above.
Narrative to the Summary Compensation and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Tables
The amounts reported in the Summary Compensation Table include base pay, payments under the retention
agreements, annual and long-term incentive amounts and benefits as described more fully above under “Analysis of
2007 Compensation Determinations” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above.
As noted in that analysis, for our Named Executive Officers there were no increases in base salary in 2007 over
2006, no amounts were paid under our annual cash incentive plan for 2007 because the requirement for reported
positive net income was not met, and no equity was granted to any of the Named Executive Officers during 2007.
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Outstanding Equity Awards on December 31, 2007
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to outstanding equity awards at December 31,
2007, held by our Named Executive Officers.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
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Number of
Shares That
Have Not
Vested(4)
Market Value
of Shares
That Have
Not Vested(5)
63,150
$378,269
34,750
$208,153
34,750
$208,153
22,100
$132,379
3,175
$ 19,018
Name
Peter J. Ungaro . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson . . . . . . . .
Option Awards
Number of Shares
Underlying Unexercised Options
Exercisable(1) Unexercisable(2)
Option
Exercise Price
($ per share)(3)
Option
Expiration Date
$36.00
$27.56
$14.76
$ 8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
$10.56
$ 5.92
$10.56
$ 8.32
$10.00
$11.64
$13.32
$ 8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
$10.56
$20.00
$10.12
$10.36
$16.40
$27.56
$14.76
$ 8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
$ 3.80
$10.56
$35.00
$24.50
$ 5.96
$ 5.96
$10.12
$ 8.84
$ 5.96
$15.80
$27.56
$ 8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
$10.56
07/29/2013
02/05/2014
09/20/2014
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
12/19/2016
05/23/2015
12/19/2016
04/27/2015
04/27/2015
04/27/2015
04/27/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
12/19/2016
07/01/2010
02/07/2011
04/29/2012
07/12/2012
02/05/2014
09/20/2014
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
09/26/2015
12/19/2016
08/05/2008
02/03/2009
02/03/2009
02/01/2010
02/07/2011
04/02/2012
08/26/2012
08/26/2012
02/05/2014
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
05/11/2015
12/19/2016
124,999
25,000
75,000
43,750
43,750
43,750
43,750
15,788
124,999
8,688
12,500
12,500
12,500
12,500
6,250
6,250
6,250
6,250
8,688
547
948
7,292
3,907
12,499
6,250
6,250
6,250
6,250
6,250
73,500
5,525
7,500
2,700
7,299
17,500
9,999
10,000
29,375
8,125
12,499
6,250
1,250
6,250
6,250
3,175
47,362
26,062
26,062
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(1) All stock options listed in this column are fully vested.
(2) With respect to the stock options granted on December 29, 2006, 25% of the options vested on December 19,
2007, and are shown in the “exercisable” column, and the remaining balances are shown in this column and vest
monthly over the next 36 months, so that all of these options will be vested in full on December 19, 2010, other
than Mr. Johnson’s options, half of which vested on November 15, 2007, and the remaining half vest in full on
June 19, 2009. Vesting of stock options is accelerated upon the death or Disability of the optionee, and may be
accelerated upon certain other events. Additional information regarding the design and terms of these stock
option grants is included under the captions “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Long-Term
Equity Awards” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above and “Narrative to the Termination of
Employment and Change of Control Payments Table — Stock Options Plans” below.
(3) The option exercise prices were set at 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the respective
dates of grant, except for the options expiring on April 27, 2015, and May 11, 2015, that were granted with per
share exercise prices higher than the grant date fair market values of $8.32 per share and $5.88 per share,
respectively.
(4) Half of these restricted stock awards vest on November 15, 2008, and the remaining half vest on November 15,
2010, other than Mr. Johnson’s which vest in full on May 15, 2009, and are forfeitable upon certain events.
Restricted stock awards also vest in full upon the death or Disability of the recipient, and upon certain other
events. Additional information regarding the design and terms of these long-term equity awards is included
under “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Long-Term Equity Awards” in the Compensation
Discussion and Analysis above and in the “Narrative to the Termination of Employment and Change of Control
Payments Table — Restricted Stock Agreements” below.
(5) Determined by multiplying the closing price of $5.99 per share for our common stock on December 31, 2007, as
reported by the Nasdaq Global Market, by the number of unvested restricted shares then held by the Named
Executive Officer.
2007 Option Exercises and Stock Vested
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to stock option exercises and restricted stock
vesting during the year ended December 31, 2007, by the Named Executive Officers.
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
Stock Option Awards
Restricted Stock Awards
Number of Shares
Acquired on
Exercise
Value
Realized on
Exercise(1)
Number of Shares
Acquired on
Vesting
Value
Realized
on Vesting(2)
Name
Peter J. Ungaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
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1,900
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—
—
—
$19,030
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150,000
87,500
87,500
22,100
28,175
$1,162,800
$ 678,300
$ 678,300
$ 171,319
$ 213,219
(1) As Mr. Scott sold in market sales all of the shares of common stock acquired on the exercise of the stock options
on the same day as exercise, this column reflects the aggregate sales price of the underlying shares of common
stock actually received less the exercise price of the options.
(2) Based on multiplying the fair value of our common stock on the respective vesting dates, as reported on the
Nasdaq Global Market, by the number of shares then vested. The amounts shown do not reflect any amounts
actually received by any of the Named Executive Officers.
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Termination of Employment and Change of Control Arrangements
The following discussion and table summarize the compensation that would have been payable to each Named
Executive Officer upon a termination of his or her employment at the close of business on December 31, 2007. This
discussion and the table below assume the fulfillment on that date of the retention agreements described under
“Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Annual Cash Incentive Compensation — Retention Agree-
ments” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above. The amounts paid under those agreements are
reflected in the “Summary Compensation Table” above and not in the table below.
No special payments are due if the Named Executive Officer terminates his or her employment voluntarily
without Good Reason, is terminated for Cause or retires, except as noted in footnote (2) below. For all terminations,
a terminated employee receives accrued and unpaid salary and the balance in his or her 401(k) plan account; we do
not accrue vacation pay for our senior officers, including the Named Executive Officers.
For a description of the applicable provisions regarding employment terminations in our Executive Severance
Policy, the Management Continuation Agreements, our stock option plans and our restricted stock agreements, see
“Narrative to the Termination of Employment and Change of Control Payments Table” below.
The actual amounts to be paid to and the value of stock options and restricted stock held by a Named Executive
Officer upon any termination of employment can be determined only at the time of such termination, and are
dependent on the facts and circumstances then applicable.
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Peter J. Ungaro
Death/Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation for Good Reason . . . . . . . . .
Termination without Cause . . . . . . . . . . .
After Change of Control-Resignation for
Good Reason or Termination without
Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry
Death/Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation for Good Reason . . . . . . . . .
Termination without Cause . . . . . . . . . . .
After Change of Control-Resignation for
Good Reason or Termination without
Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams
Death/Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation for Good Reason . . . . . . . . .
Termination without Cause . . . . . . . . . . .
After Change of Control-Resignation for
Good Reason or Termination without
Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott
Death/Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation for Good Reason . . . . . . . . .
Termination without Cause . . . . . . . . . . .
After Change of Control-Resignation for
Good Reason or Termination without
Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson
Death/Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation for Good Reason . . . . . . . . .
Termination without Cause . . . . . . . . . . .
After Change of Control-Resignation for
Good Reason or Termination without
Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Severance
Payment(1)
Restricted
Stock
Award(2)
Stock
Options(3)
Continued
Benefit Plan
Coverage(4)
Tax
Gross-Up(5)
Total(6)
— $378,269
—
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$1,750,000
$1,750,000
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— $32,184
— $32,184
$1,750,000
$378,269
— $38,735
— $208,153
—
— $ 8,750
— $ 8,750
—
$35,232
$37,071
$ 297,917
$ 520,000
$1,040,000
$208,153
— $54,206
— $208,153
—
—
$ 275,000
$ 275,000
—
—
— $30,805
— $30,805
$ 960,000
$208,153
— $44,992
— $132,379
—
— $160,965
— $160,965
—
$36,150
$36,150
$ 300,000
$ 300,000
$ 900,000
$132,379
—
47,199
— $ 19,018
—
— $ 1,625
— $ 1,625
—
$32,442
$32,442
$ 240,000
$ 240,000
$ 720,000
$ 19,018
— $84,032
—
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—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$ 378,269
$1,782,184
$1,782,184
$2,167,004
$ 208,153
$ 341,899
$ 565,821
$1,302,359
$ 208,153
$ 305,805
$ 305,805
$1,213,145
$ 132,379
$ 497,115
$ 497,115
$1,079,578
19,018
$
$ 274,067
$ 274,067
$ 823,050
(1) Except for the termination events following a Change of Control, the amounts shown in this column for
Mr. Ungaro, Ms. Williams, Mr. Scott and Mr. Johnson are the amounts due under the Executive Severance
Policy. The amount shown for Mr. Henry is the sum due under the Executive Severance Policy, as amended by
his offer letter. The amounts due under the Executive Severance Policy are assumed to be paid in accordance
with our normal payroll payment practices over a period of months (12 months for Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Scott and
Mr. Johnson, 11 months for Ms. Williams and either 12 months for Mr. Henry if he were terminated other than
for Cause or 11 months if he resigned for Good Reason). For a termination within three years following a
Change of Control due to a resignation for Good Reason or a termination without Cause, the amounts shown in
this column are the amounts due under our Management Continuation Agreements and are payable in a lump
sum within 30 days following termination of employment.
(2) Under our restricted stock agreements, all unvested restricted stock vests in full upon death or Disability or, if
following a Change of Control, there is a termination without Cause or a resignation for Good Reason. The
amounts shown in this column reflect the value of the Named Executive Officer’s outstanding previously
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unvested restricted shares with vesting accelerated to December 31, 2007, based on the closing market price of
$5.99 per share on December 31, 2007. See the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table above for
a description of the unvested restricted stock then held by each Named Executive Officer. As Mr. Johnson is of
retirement age, a pro rata share of his unvested restricted shares would have vested if he had retired on
December 31, 2007, with a value of $4,750.
(3) Under the stock option plans, in the event of death or Disability, all unvested options become exercisable and all
options have a twelve-month exercise period or, if earlier, until the expiration date of the options. As the
exercise price of the accelerated options of $10.56 per share exceeds the closing market price of $5.99 per share
on December 31, 2007, no value for these options is shown.
Under the Executive Severance Policy, in the event of termination without Cause or a resignation for Good
Reason, there is no acceleration of unvested options and the exercise period for all previously vested options
would be 11 months for Ms. Williams and, in the event of resignation for Good Reason, for Mr. Henry, and,
otherwise, 12 months for the Named Executive Officers or, if earlier, until the expiration date of the options.
The amounts shown reflect the value, if any, determined by the difference between the exercise prices of
previously vested options over the closing market price of $5.99 per share on December 31, 2007.
Under the Management Continuation Agreements, if there is either a termination without Cause or a resignation
for Good Reason within three years after a Change of Control, all unvested options become exercisable and the
optionee has 12 months to exercise all of his or her options or, if earlier, until the expiration date of the options.
As the exercise price of the accelerated options of $10.56 per share exceeds the closing market price of $5.99
per share, no value for these accelerated options is shown.
See the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table above for a description of the options vested and
unvested as of December 31, 2007.
(4) The amounts shown in this column reflect the estimated present value of the continued payment under the
Executive Severance Policy of our portion of the medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits for
12 months for Mr. Ungaro, Mr. Scott and Mr. Johnson, for 11 months for Ms. Williams and either 12 months for
Mr. Henry if he were terminated other than for Cause or 11 months if he resigned for Good Reason, plus
$14,500 for outplacement services for all Named Executive Officers except for Mr. Johnson who is of
retirement age. With respect to a termination without Cause or a resignation for Good Reason within three years
after a Change of Control, the amounts shown reflect the estimated present value of the continued payment of
our portion of the medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability benefits for 24 months (for the medical,
dental and vision payments, we have multiplied our monthly cost for this insurance in effect in January 2008 by
the 24 months). In all cases, these payments would cease if, before the applicable time periods were completed,
a Named Executive Officer becomes employed with another company that offers such benefits.
(5) Under the Management Continuation Agreements, if any payments made to the Named Executive Officers
following a Change of Control are subject to the excise tax on “excess parachute payments,” as defined in
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, we are required to make a tax gross-up payment to the officer
sufficient so that the officer will receive the benefits as if no excise tax were payable. The compensation payable
to the Named Executive Officers shown in the table, using taxable wages for the applicable number of years
through 2007 in calculating the base amounts, would not have constituted “excess parachute payments,”
however, and we would not have been required to make any tax-gross up payments.
(6) The actual amounts to be paid to and the value of stock options and restricted stock held by a Named Executive
Officer upon any termination of employment can be determined only at the time of such termination, and are
dependent on the facts and circumstances then applicable.
Narrative to the Termination of Employment and Change of Control Payments Table
While we have offer letters to senior officers, including the Named Executive Officers, that set out terms of
their initial compensation, and agreements regarding confidential information and ownership of intellectual
property, we do not have employment agreements with our senior officers and each of them is employed “at
will.” As described above under “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Severance Policy and Change
of Control Agreements” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and more fully below, our senior officers,
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including all of the Named Executive Officers, are covered by our Executive Severance Policy and a more limited
group of senior officers, including all of our Named Executive Officers, are parties to Management Continuation
Agreements that come into effect upon a Change of Control. In addition, our stock option plans and restricted stock
agreements contain provisions that apply to terminations of employment.
Executive Severance Policy.
In October 2002 our Board of Directors adopted an Executive Severance Policy
that covers our officers, including the Named Executive Officers. This Policy applies to terminations of employ-
ment without Cause or resignations for Good Reason, as such terms are defined in the Policy; this Policy does not
apply if the Management Continuation Agreements described below are applicable and does not apply to
employment terminations due to death, Disability, retirement, Cause or resignations other than for Good Reason.
Our Chief Executive Officer receives the sum of 200% of the total of his base salary for twelve months and his
annual incentive award based on the target established by the Board for each year if his employment were
terminated before the end of March 2008, and 100% of such compensation thereafter. Senior vice presidents
generally receive salary continuation, exclusive of any incentive awards or other bonuses, in an amount equal to
their base salary for a period of nine months plus one month for each year of service as an officer, up to a maximum
of twelve months; and other vice presidents receive salary continuation, exclusive of any incentive awards or other
bonuses, in an amount equal to their base salary for a period of six months plus one month for each year of service as
an officer, up to a maximum of nine months. Our offer letter to Mr. Henry provided that if he were terminated other
than for Cause, he would receive a payment equal to his annual base salary and his annual incentive award at target.
Amounts are paid in accordance with our standard salary payment procedures generally for such periods,
although the Board can modify the period over which such amounts are paid. The Policy also provides for continued
payment of our portion of medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits, extension of the period to exercise
stock options vested at the time of termination and executive outplacement services for the period the former
employee receives salary continuation payments (the provision of benefits terminates earlier if the former officer is
offered such benefits by a subsequent employer). The officer must provide us with a general release and continue to
comply with his or her confidentiality and other agreements with us. Our obligations under this Policy are unfunded
and our Board has the express right to modify or terminate this Policy at any time.
Management Continuation Agreements. We have entered into management continuation agreements with
certain of our senior officers, including each of the Named Executive Officers. Payments are made under these
agreements only if two events occur (often referred to as a “double-trigger” form of agreement): first, there is a
Change of Control, as defined, and, secondly, within three years after the Change of Control, the officer’s
employment is terminated other than for Cause, death, Disability, retirement or resignation other than for Good
Reason, as such terms are defined in the agreement. If both such events occur, then the officer is to receive an
amount equal to two times the officer’s annual compensation, payable in a lump-sum within 30 days of termination.
Under these agreements, “annual compensation” means one year of base salary, at the highest base salary rate that
was paid to the officer in the 12-month period prior to the date of his or her termination of employment, plus the
incentive plan award at target that the officer was eligible to receive in that 12-month period. The officer would also
receive continuation of health and disability benefits and group term life insurance for 24 months following
termination and the acceleration of vesting for all stock options held and the optionee has 12 months to exercise the
options after termination or, if earlier, until the options expire. The agreements provide that in certain circumstances
if the officer incurs excise tax due to the application of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, the officer is
entitled to an additional cash payment so that he or she will be in the same position as if the excise tax were not
applicable. We have also agreed to pay the legal fees and other costs incurred with respect to any challenge by the
IRS to these calculations and payments.
Stock Option Plans. Our stock option plans provide that upon termination of employment, other than for
Cause, death or permanent and total disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), the options cease vesting
and the optionee has three months to exercise the option or, if earlier, until the option expires. If the optionee is
terminated for Cause or “resigns in lieu of dismissal” (that is, a resignation after we have notified the optionee that
he or she would be terminated for Cause), the option is deemed to have terminated at the time of the first act that led
to such termination. Upon termination for death or disability, the options vest in whole and the optionee (or his or
her successor) has 12 months to exercise the options or, if earlier, until the options expire. If an officer receives the
benefit of the Executive Severance Policy and his or her employment is terminated without Cause or due to a
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resignation for Good Reason, as such terms are defined in the Policy, then the officer would receive an extended
period in which to exercise his or her options that are vested at the time of termination, as described above under
“Executive Severance Policy.” In the event of a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or
liquidation, unless the existing options are continued or assumed by the successor entity, if any, with appropriate
adjustments, then the stock options terminate upon the effective date of such transaction, and each optionee would
be provided the opportunity to exercise his or her options in full, including any portion not then vested. Our Board
may extend the period in which to exercise an option, but not beyond the original expiration date of the option.
Restricted Stock Agreements. Under our restricted stock agreements entered into in December 2006 with
each of the Named Executive Officers, the restricted stock vests in full upon the death or Disability of the recipient
or if, following a Change of Control, in addition to death or Disability, the Named Executive Officer is terminated
without Cause or terminates for Good Reason. The restricted shares are forfeited if a Named Executive Officer’s
employment is terminated for any other reason, except if the Named Executive Officer has held the restricted stock
for 18 months and his or her employment is terminated for any reason other than Cause, or if the Named Executive
Officer retires, then the Named Executive Officer receives a pro-rata portion of the unvested shares based on the
time period he or she has held the restricted stock compared to the four-year vesting period. In addition, in the event
of a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or liquidation, the restricted stock vests in full
if we fail to have the restricted stock agreements continued or assumed by the successor entity.
Definitions. The following terms have essentially the same meanings for the Executive Severance Policy,
Management Continuation Agreements, stock option plans and restricted stock agreements:
“Change of Control” includes a merger or consolidation between us and any other corporation (other than to
change our state of incorporation or which does not effect a substantial change in ownership), complete
liquidation or an agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of our assets; the acquisition by
any person or entity, directly or indirectly, of our securities representing 50% or more of the total voting power
represented by our then outstanding voting securities except pursuant to a negotiated agreement with us and
pursuant to which such securities are purchased from us; or, except for our stock option plans, a majority of our
Board in office at the beginning of any 36-month period is replaced during the course of such 36-month period
(other than by voluntary resignation of individual directors in the ordinary course of business) and such
replacement was not initiated by the Board as constituted at the beginning of such 36-month period.
“Cause” means a termination of employment resulting from a good faith determination by our Board of
Directors that there has been a willful failure or refusal in a material respect to follow reasonable policies or
directives or to attend to material duties or obligations (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity
due to physical or mental illness), which has not been corrected within a reasonable period following written
notice; an act involving wrongful misconduct which has a demonstrable adverse impact on or material damage
to us, or which constitutes a misappropriation of our assets; the unauthorized disclosure of confidential
information; the provision of services for another company or person which competes with us, without the
prior written approval of our President; or, except for our stock option plans, a material breach of obligations
under agreements with us.
“Disability” means that, at the time the officer’s employment is terminated, the officer has been unable to
perform the duties of his or her position for a period of six consecutive months as a result of the officer’s
incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
“Good Reason” means a reduction in salary or benefits (other than reductions applicable to employees
generally); a material change or diminution in job responsibilities; a request to relocate, except for office
relocations that would not increase the officer’s one-way commute by more than 25 miles; or the failure by us
to obtain the assumption of the relevant agreement by our successor.
As noted under “Analysis of 2007 Compensation Determinations — Severance Policy and Change of Control
Agreements” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above, we are in the process of reviewing the terms of
the Executive Severance Policy and Management Continuation Agreements to determine if they reflect current
practices and to assure compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
The current members of the Compensation Committee are Frank L. Lederman (Chair), John B. Jones, Jr.,
Stephen C. Kiely and Stephen C. Richards; in addition, until his death in early February 2007, Kenneth W.
Kennedy, Jr. served on the Compensation Committee. No member of the Compensation Committee was an officer
or employee of Cray Inc. or any of our subsidiaries in 2007 or formerly. In addition, none of our executive officers
served on the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity whose executive officers included any of
our directors.
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS
We recognize that transactions between us and any of our significant shareholders, directors, executive officers
and employees can present potential or actual conflicts of interest and create the appearance that our decisions are
based on considerations other than the best interests of us and our shareholders. Therefore, as a general matter and in
accordance with our Code of Business Conduct, it is our preference to avoid such transactions. Nevertheless, we
recognize that there are situations where such transactions may be in, or may not be inconsistent with, our best
interests. Our Board of Directors has adopted a written Related Person Transaction Policy which requires the Audit
Committee of our Board to review and, if appropriate, to approve or ratify any such transactions. Specifically,
pursuant to the policy, the Audit Committee will review any transaction in which we are or will be a participant and
the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any of our 5% shareholders, directors or executive officers, or
any of their immediate family members, has a direct or an indirect material interest. After its review the Audit
Committee will only approve or ratify those transactions that are in, or are not inconsistent with, our best interests,
as the Committee determines, and the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such conditions as it deems
appropriate on us or the related person in connection with approval of the transaction. A copy of our Related Person
Transaction Policy is available on our website: www.cray.com under “Investors — Corporate Governance —
Governance Documents.”
Pursuant to our Related Person Transaction Policy, our Audit Committee approved a transaction in 2007
between the Company and Interactive Supercomputing, Inc. (“ISC”), a privately-held company formed to
commercialize Star-P, an interactive parallel computing platform that acts as a bridge between certain serial
popular scientific and engineering desktop computing tools, particularly multiple Very High Level Language
applications such as MATLAB and Python, and the parallel computing capability of supercomputers. William C.
Blake, one of our Directors, is chief executive officer, a director and a shareholder (owning approximately 8%) of
ISC. In September 2007 we entered into a porting agreement with ISC pursuant to which we and ISC agreed to work
together to port ISC’s Star-P software to our supercomputing systems and we became an authorized OEM reseller of
that software. We agreed to pay ISC the sum of $200,000 for the porting assistance, software licenses and three
years of software maintenance, of which $100,000 was paid in 2007 and $100,000 was paid in 2008. We receive an
OEM discount on any re-licensing transactions with third parties. Although he was not actively involved in the
negotiations between ISC and us, Mr. Blake initially proposed the transaction to us. He did not receive any
commission or special benefit for the transaction from ISC and we have been informed that the transaction
represents slightly less than 5% of ISC’s reported 2007 revenue, with additional revenue to be recognized by ISC
over several years, and represents approximately 21% of ISC’s 2007 invoiced sales. The transaction represents a
very small percentage of our revenue and cash flow. The Audit Committee approved the ISC transaction as being in
our best interests as the terms were commercially reasonable (we have similar partnerships and alliances with
several unrelated entities regarding various solutions and software platforms), ISC offers a unique solution and
opportunity for us to gain future revenue through the capabilities of the Star-P software that are not available
elsewhere, and the transaction should not result in continuing Board involvement.
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing the Company’s accounting and financial reporting
processes and audits of the Company’s financial statements. As set forth in its charter, which can be found at:
www.cray.com under “Investors — Corporate Governance,” the Audit Committee acts only in an oversight capacity
and relies on the work and assurances of management, which has primary responsibility for the Company’s financial
statements and reports, as well as of the independent registered public accounting firm, which is responsible for
expressing an opinion on the conformity of the Company’s audited financial statements to generally accepted
accounting principles. The Audit Committee believes it has satisfied its charter responsibilities for 2007.
The Committee has worked with management over the past several years to improve the depth and quality of
the Company’s accounting staff, and management has implemented continued improvements in its process of
documenting, testing and evaluating its systems of internal controls over financial reporting. The Audit Committee
has been kept apprised of this progress, including reviewing planning and execution updates provided by
management and the independent auditors. The Company reported no material weaknesses in its system of
internal controls over financial reporting and has received favorable opinions from the independent auditors for
each year since 2004, including for 2007. The Company included the 2007 report and opinion in its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
The Audit Committee met in person or by telephone 14 times in 2007. The Committee has been able to reduce
its meeting schedule from 25 meetings in 2005 and 22 meetings in 2006 with the Company’s improvements in the
depth and quality of its accounting staff and in its processes and documentation of its internal controls. In the course
of these meetings, the Audit Committee reviewed the results of audit examinations, evaluations of the Company’s
internal controls and the overall quality of its financial reporting.
The Audit Committee believes that a candid, substantive and focused dialogue with management and the
independent auditors is fundamental to the Committee’s oversight responsibilities. To support this belief, the
Committee periodically meets separately with management, without the auditors present, and with the auditors,
without management present. In the course of its discussions in these meetings, the Audit Committee asked
questions intended to bring to light any areas of potential concern related to the Company’s financial reporting and
internal controls, including but not limited to:
(cid:129) Are there any significant accounting judgments, estimates or adjustments made by management in preparing
the financial statements that would have been made differently had the auditors themselves prepared and
been responsible for these financial statements?
(cid:129) Based on the auditors’ experience and their knowledge of the Company, do the Company’s financial
statements fairly present to investors, with clarity and completeness, the Company’s financial position and
performance for the reporting period in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and SEC
disclosure requirements?
(cid:129) Based on the auditors’ experience and their knowledge of the Company, has the Company implemented
internal controls and audit procedures that are appropriate for the Company?
(cid:129) Are the auditors receiving the support they need from management to execute their duties?
(cid:129) Based on management’s experience, are the auditors adequately prepared and staffed to review properly and
timely the Company financial records and internal control processes and documentation?
Questions raised by the Audit Committee regarding these matters were answered to the Committee’s
satisfaction.
In accordance with Audit Committee policy and the requirements of law, the Audit Committee pre-approves
all services to be provided by any independent auditors responsible for providing an opinion on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements filed with the SEC. Peterson Sullivan PLLC, the Company’s independent
auditors, did not perform any non-audit services for the Company in 2006 or 2007. See “Discussion Of Propos-
als Recommended By The Board — Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the
Company’s Independent Auditors” below.
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The Audit Committee engaged Peterson Sullivan as the Company’s independent auditors for 2007, and
reviewed its overall audit scope and plans. The Audit Committee also has discussed with Peterson Sullivan such
matters relating to the performance of the audit as are required to be discussed by Statement of Auditing Standards
No. 61 (Communications with Audit and Finance Committees, as amended). Additionally, the Audit Committee has
discussed with Peterson Sullivan its independence with respect to the Company. The Company has received the
written disclosures and the letter from Peterson Sullivan required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1.
The Audit Committee has engaged Peterson Sullivan as the Company’s independent auditors for 2008. In
taking this action, the Audit Committee considered carefully Peterson Sullivan’s performance for the Company in
that capacity since its retention in mid-2005, its independence with respect to the services to be performed and its
general reputation for adherence to professional auditing standards. Although the Audit Committee has the sole
authority to appoint the independent public accountants, the Audit Committee has recommended that the Board ask
the shareholders to ratify the appointment of Peterson Sullivan as the Company’s independent auditors at the 2008
Annual Meeting. The Board has followed the Committee’s recommendation. See “Discussion Of Proposals Rec-
ommended By The Board — Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the Company’s
Independent Auditors” below.
The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for 2007 with management,
including a discussion of the quality and acceptability of the financial reporting, the reasonableness of significant
accounting judgments and estimates and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. In connection with
this review and discussion, the Audit Committee asked a number of follow-up questions of management and
Peterson Sullivan to provide comfort to the Committee in connection with its review.
In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee has recommended to the
Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Daniel C. Regis, Chair
Sally G. Narodick
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DISCUSSION OF PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD
Proposal 1: To Elect Eight Directors for One-Year Terms
Our Bylaws fix the number of members of our Board at eight. Eight directors presently serve on our Board of
Directors for terms ending at the 2008 Annual Meeting. The Board has nominated Ms. Narodick and Messrs. Blake,
Jones, Kiely, Lederman, Regis, Richards and Ungaro for re-election to the Board, each to hold office until the
Annual Meeting in 2009.
We know of no reason why any nominee may be unable to serve as a director. If any nominee becomes unable
to serve, your proxy may vote for another nominee proposed by the Board, or the Board may reduce the number of
directors to be elected. If any director resigns, dies or is otherwise unable to serve out his or her term, or the Board
increases the number of directors, the Board may fill the vacancy.
Board Recommendation: The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the election of all
nominees for director.
Information about each nominee for director is set forth below.
William C. Blake
Mr. Blake, 58, joined our Board in June 2006. Mr. Blake is a 25-year veteran of the High Performance
Computing industry. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Supercomputing, Inc., a
software company that develops and sells an interactive parallel computing platform that extends existing desktop
simulation tools for parallel computing on a spectrum of computing architectures. Before assuming this position in
January 2007, he served as the Senior Vice President, Product Development of Netezza Corporation, which
develops, markets and sells data warehouse appliances. Prior to joining Netezza in 2002, he was with Compaq
Computer Corporation for nine years, managing both Compaq’s worldwide High Performance Technical Com-
puting business and its software development group from 1996 to 2002, which included being responsible for
compiler development for the Alpha processor; from 1993 to 1996 he was Compaq’s director of software products
development and long-range operating system strategy. Mr. Blake previously held various key engineering
management positions with Digital Equipment Corporation from 1981 to 1993. Mr. Blake is a member of the
Board of Directors of TotalView Technologies, Inc., a provider of debugging and analysis solutions for complex
computer codes, and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for
Computing Machinery. He received a B.S. from Lowell Technological Institute.
John B. Jones, Jr.
Mr. Jones, 63, joined our Board in December 2004. He was a leading high technology equity research analyst
for nearly twenty years. Until his retirement in the fall of 2004, Mr. Jones was a Senior Managing Director at
Schwab SoundView Capital Markets. He joined SoundView in 2002 as a Senior Equity Research Analyst. From
1992 to 2002, Mr. Jones was a Managing Director and Senior Analyst at Salomon Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney
and Citibank, where he covered the Server and Enterprise Hardware, Printer and Test & Measurement industries.
From 1985 to 1992, he was a partner and senior analyst at Montgomery Securities. Prior to his career as an equity
research analyst, Mr. Jones held various positions in the computer industry at Stratus Computer, Wang Laboratories
and IBM. He is a director of Stratus Technologies Inc., a provider of fault tolerant computer servers, technologies
and services. He received a B.S. from the University of Oregon.
Stephen C. Kiely
Mr. Kiely, 62, joined our Board in 1999, was appointed Lead Director in January 2005 and Chairman of the
Board in August 2005. He is Chairman of Stratus Technologies Inc., a provider of fault tolerant computer servers,
technologies and services. Mr. Kiely has served in his present position at Stratus Technologies since 1999 when
Stratus was purchased from Ascend Communications and he served as Chief Executive Officer of Stratus
Technologies from 1999 through June 2003. Mr. Kiely joined Stratus in 1994 and held various executive positions
with Stratus, becoming President of the Stratus Enterprise Computer division in 1998. Prior to joining Stratus,
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Mr. Kiely held a number of executive positions with several information technology companies, including EON
Corporation, Bull Information Systems, Prisma, Inc., Prime Computer and IBM. Mr. Kiely is a past member of the
Advisory Council for the School of Engineering at Rice University, has served as a board member of the
Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation and was a member of an advisory board to the President of the State
University of New York at New Paltz. Mr. Kiely received a B.A. from Fairfield University and a M.S. in
Management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Frank L. Lederman
Dr. Lederman, 58, joined our Board in May 2004. He served as a Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
of Alcoa, Inc., from 1995 to his retirement in 2002. From 1988 to 1995, Dr. Lederman was with Toronto-based
Noranda Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President, Technology. His responsibilities included directing the
Noranda Technology Center in Montreal. Before joining Noranda, he was with General Electric Company from
1976 to 1988 serving in a number of positions in management and as a physicist, including as manager of
electronics research programs and resources in the Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady,
N.Y. Dr. Lederman received a B.S. and M.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics
from the University of Illinois, and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Electrical Engineering at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Sally G. Narodick
Ms. Narodick, 62, joined our Board in October 2004. She is a retired educational technology and e-learning
consultant. From 2000 to 2004 she was President of Narodick Consulting, an e-learning consulting firm. From 1998
to 2000, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Apex Online Learning, an Internet educational software company.
Previously, Ms. Narodick served as an education technology consultant, both independently and for the Consumer
Division of IBM from 1996 to 1998. From 1989 to 1996, Ms. Narodick served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Edmark Corporation, an educational software company sold to IBM in 1996. From 1973 to 1987, she
served in a variety of financial management capacities at Seafirst Corporation and Seafirst Bank, and was a
securities analyst at Paine Webber from 1970 to 1973. She also serves as a Board member of Penford Corporation,
Puget Energy, Inc. and SumTotal Systems. Ms. Narodick chairs the audit committee of Puget Energy, Inc. A
graduate of Boston University, Ms. Narodick received a M.A. in Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia
University, and a M.B.A. from New York University.
Daniel C. Regis
Mr. Regis, 68, joined our Board in 2003. He currently is Managing Director of Digital Partners, a venture
capital fund specializing in Northwest emerging technology companies, which he co-founded in 2000. From 1996
to 1999, he was President of Kirlan Venture Capital, Inc., where he managed similarly focused technology funds.
Prior to that, Mr. Regis spent over 30 years with Price Waterhouse LLP, including serving as managing partner of the
Seattle office and previously of the Northwest and Portland, Oregon offices. He is a director of Columbia Banking
System, Inc., and Chairman of Art Technology Group, Inc. He is a member of the audit committees of Columbia
Banking Systems, Inc. and Art Technology Group, Inc. He received a B.S. from Seattle University.
Stephen C. Richards
Mr. Richards, 54, joined our Board in October 2004 and is currently a private investor. Previously he served as
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of McAfee, Inc., the leading provider of intrusion prevention
and risk management solutions, a position he held for four years until his retirement in December 2004. He served as
Chief Online Trading Officer of E*TRADE Group, Inc., a position he held from March 1999 to June 2000. From
1998 to February 1999, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and New Ventures at
E*TRADE, following two years as E*TRADE’s Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer. Prior to joining E*TRADE in April 1996, he was Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of
Correspondent Clearing at Bear Stearns & Companies, Inc., Vice President/Deputy Controller of Becker Paribas
and First Vice President/Controller of Jefferies and Company, Inc. Mr. Richards is a member of the Board of
Directors of BigFix, Inc., Guidance Software, Inc., and Tradestation Group Inc., and is a trustee for the UC Davis
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Foundation. Mr. Richards is a Certified Public Accountant. He received a B.A. from the University of California at
Davis and a M.B.A. in Finance from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Peter J. Ungaro
Mr. Ungaro, 39, has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since August
2005 and as President since March 2005; he previously served as Senior Vice President responsible for sales,
marketing and services since September 2004 and before then served as Vice President responsible for sales and
marketing from when he joined us in August 2003. Prior to joining us, he served as Vice President, Worldwide Deep
Computing Sales for IBM since April 2003. Prior to that assignment, he was IBM’s vice president, worldwide HPC
sales, a position he held since February 1999. He also held a variety of other sales leadership positions since joining
IBM in 1991. Mr. Ungaro received a B.A. from Washington State University.
Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan PLLC as the Company’s Independent
Auditors
The Audit Committee has retained Peterson Sullivan to serve as independent auditors to conduct an audit of
our financial statements for 2008 and the Board has directed that management submit the selection of Peterson
Sullivan for ratification by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting. In retaining Peterson Sullivan, the Audit
Committee considered carefully Peterson Sullivan’s performance for us in that capacity since its retention in mid-
2005, its independence with respect to the services to be performed and its general reputation for adherence to
professional auditing standards.
Selection of our independent auditors is not required to be submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the
Company for ratification. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires the Audit Committee to be directly responsible
for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the audit work of the independent auditors. However, the Board
of Directors is submitting this matter to the shareholders as a matter of good corporate practice. If the shareholders
fail to vote on an advisory basis in favor of ratifying this selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether to
retain Peterson Sullivan, and may retain that firm or another without re-submitting the matter to our shareholders.
Even if the shareholders vote on an advisory basis in favor of ratifying the appointment, the Audit Committee, in its
discretion, may direct the appointment of different independent auditors at any time during the year if it determines
that such a change would be in the best interests of us and our shareholders.
Representatives of Peterson Sullivan are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They will have the
opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate
questions.
Services and Fees
The following table lists the fees for services rendered by Peterson Sullivan for 2006 and 2007:
Services
2006
2007
Audit Fees(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Audit-Related Fees(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax Fees(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
All Other Fees(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$605,000
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$530,000
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$605,000
$530,000
(1) Audit services billed in 2006 and 2007 consisted of: audit of our annual financial statements, audits of our
internal controls over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reviews of our quarterly
financial statements, statutory and regulatory audits, consents, comfort letters and other services related to
filings with the SEC and capital raising offerings.
(2) No audit-related services were billed in 2006 or 2007.
(3) No tax services were billed in 2006 or 2007.
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(4) There were no fees billed for other services in 2006 or 2007.
Peterson Sullivan to date has not performed any non-audit services for us.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy
All audit, tax and other services to be performed for us by our independent auditors must be pre-approved by
the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews the description of the services and an estimate of the
anticipated costs of performing those services. Services not previously approved cannot commence until such
approval has been granted. Pre-approval usually is granted at regularly scheduled meetings. If unanticipated items
arise between meetings of the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee has delegated approval authority to the
Chairman of the Audit Committee, in which case the Chairman communicates such pre-approvals to the full
Committee at its next meeting. During 2007, all services performed by Peterson Sullivan were pre-approved by the
Audit Committee in accordance with this policy.
Board Recommendation: The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” this proposal.
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OTHER BUSINESS
The Board knows of no other matters to be brought before the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. If, however,
other matters are properly presented at the meeting, the individuals appointed as proxies will vote your shares
according to their judgment on those matters.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, including financial
statements and schedules, forms a part of our 2007 Annual Report that was provided to shareholders with
this Proxy Statement. The Annual Report is available on our website: www.cray.com under “Investors —
Financials — Annual Reports and Proxy Statements.” Additional copies of the 2007 Annual Report on
Form 10-K may be obtained without charge by writing to Kenneth W. Johnson, Corporate Secretary, Cray
Inc., 411 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104-2860.
Seattle, Washington
March 31, 2008
By order of the Board of Directors,
KENNETH W. JOHNSON
Corporate Secretary
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission File Number: 0-26820
CRAY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
411 First Avenue South, Suite 600
Seattle, Washington
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
93-0962605
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
98104-2860
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(206) 701-2000
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of Each Class
Common Stock, $.01 par value
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: NONE
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act: Yes n
No ¥
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act: Yes n
No ¥
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required 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 ¥
No n
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein,
and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K . ¥
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer n Accelerated filer ¥
Non-accelerated filer n
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company n
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act) Yes n
No ¥
The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of June 29, 2007, was
approximately $254,000,000, based upon the closing price of $7.63 per share reported on June 29, 2007 on the Nasdaq
Global Market.
As of March 3, 2008, there were 32,817,497 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Proxy Statement to be delivered to shareholders in connection with the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on May 14, 2008, are incorporated by reference into Part III.
CRAY INC.
FORM 10-K
For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
INDEX
PART I
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 1B.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item E.O.
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unresolved Staff Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Executive Officers of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 5.
Item 6.
Item 7.
PART II
Market for the Company’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer
Repurchases of Equity Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9B.
Item 7A.
Item 8.
Item 9.
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Item 10.
Item 11.
Item 12.
Item 13.
Item 14.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Shareholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Accountant Fees and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART IV
Cray and Cray-1 are federally registered trademarks of Cray Inc., and Cray X1, Cray X1E, Cray X2, Cray XT3,
Cray XT4, Cray XT5, Cray XT5h, Cray XMT and Cray XD1 are trademarks of Cray Inc. Other trademarks used in
this report are the property of their respective owners.
All numbers of shares of our common stock in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as per share and similar
calculations involving our common stock, reflect the one-for-four reverse stock split effected on June 8, 2006.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as
well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of
historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any projections of
earnings, revenue or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for
future operations; any statements concerning proposed new products, services or developments; any statements
regarding future economic conditions or performance; statements of belief and any statement of assumptions
underlying any of the foregoing. We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
The risks, uncertainties and assumptions referred to above include the following: significantly fluctuating
operating results with the possibility of periodic losses; our reliance on third-party suppliers to build and timely
deliver components that meet our specifications; the need for increased product revenue and margin, particularly
from our Cray XT products and successor massively parallel systems; the timing and level of government support
for supercomputer research and development and system purchases; the technical challenges of developing new
supercomputer systems on time and budget; competitive pressures from established companies well known in the
high performance computer market and system builders and resellers of systems constructed from commodity
components; our ability to attract, retain and motivate key employees; and other risks that are described from time to
time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), including but
not limited to the items discussed in “Risk Factors” set forth in Item 1A below in this Annual Report on Form 10-K,
and in subsequently filed reports.
In this report, we rely on and refer to information and statistics regarding the markets for various products. We
obtained this information from third-party sources, discussions with our customers and our own internal estimates.
We believe that these third-party sources are reliable, but we have not independently verified them and there can be
no assurance that they are accurate.
Item 1. Business
General
PART I
We design, develop, manufacture, market and service high performance computing (“HPC”) systems,
commonly known as supercomputers. Our supercomputer systems provide capability, capacity and sustained
performance far beyond typical server-based computer systems and address challenging scientific and engineering
computing problems.
We believe we are well-positioned to meet the HPC market’s demanding needs by providing superior
supercomputer systems with performance and cost advantages when sustained performance on challenging
applications and total cost of ownership are taken into account. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors
primarily by concentrating our research and development efforts on the processing, interconnect and system
capabilities that enable our systems to scale — that is, to continue to increase performance as our systems grow in
size. Purpose-built for the supercomputer market, our systems balance highly capable processors, highly scalable
system software and very high speed interconnect and communications capabilities.
We focus our sales and marketing activities on government agencies, industrial companies and academic
institutions that purchase high end HPC systems. We sell our products primarily through a direct sales force that
operates throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Our supercomputer systems
are installed at more than 100 sites in over 20 countries.
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington in December 1987 under the name Tera
Computer Company. We changed our corporate name to Cray Inc. in connection with our acquisition of the Cray
Research operating assets from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (“SGI”) in 2000. Our corporate headquarter offices are
located at 411 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, Washington, 98104-2860, our telephone number is
(206) 701-2000 and our website address is www.cray.com. The contents of our website are not incorporated by
reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or our other SEC reports and filings.
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In many ways our current history began in 2000, when we, as Tera Computer Company, acquired the operating
assets of the Cray Research division from SGI and renamed ourselves Cray Inc. Tera Computer Company was
founded in 1987 with the purpose of developing a new supercomputer system based on multithreaded architecture.
Cray Research, Inc., founded in 1972 by Seymour Cray, pioneered the use of supercomputers in a variety of market
sectors and dominated the supercomputer market in the late 1970’s and 1980’s. In 1996 SGI acquired Cray
Research.
On April 1, 2000, we acquired from SGI the Cray product lines and current development projects, a worldwide
service organization supporting Cray supercomputers installed at customer sites, integration and final assembly
operations, software products and related experience and expertise, approximately 775 employees, product and
service inventory, real property located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and the Cray brand name. Pursuant to a
technology agreement, SGI assigned to us various patents and other intellectual property and licensed to us the
rights to other patents and intellectual property.
On April 1, 2004, we acquired OctigaBay Systems Corporation (“OctigaBay”), located in Burnaby, B.C.,
Canada, which was developing a system targeted for the midrange market, which we named our Cray XD1 system.
Initial commercial shipments of the Cray XD1 system began in the third quarter of 2004, with full production ramp
in the first half of 2005. While we stopped building new Cray XD1 systems in 2007, we have incorporated many
features of the Cray XD1 system into our Cray XT4 and Cray XT5 systems and will incorporate additional features
of the Cray XD1’s interconnect system in Cray XT5’s successor system.
In 2005, our senior management changed significantly with a new chief executive officer and new leaders in
technology, engineering, finance, marketing, operations and customer support. Since then we have continued to add
depth in the management team, particularly in engineering, sales, marketing and finance. Under our new
management team, we have expanded our worldwide customer base, refined our product roadmap, established
a lower operating cost model and sharpened our focus on execution to meet customer expectations and improve our
financial operating results.
Our Goals and Strategy
Our goals are to become the leading provider of supercomputers in the HPC markets that we target and to have
sustained annual profitability. Key elements of our strategy to achieve these goals include:
Gain Share in Our Core HPC Market. We intend to leverage our strong product portfolio, product roadmap
and brand recognition in the high end of the HPC market, to gain market share. We believe that most of our
competitors are primarily focused on the lower end of the HPC market where low-bandwidth cluster systems
dominate. We plan to remain focused primarily on the capability and enterprise segments of the HPC market.
Extend Technology Leadership. We are an innovation driven company in a technology driven market. We
plan to maintain a technology leadership position by investing in research and development and partnering with key
customers with interests aligned strongly with ours. We will rely in part on government funding for our research and
development efforts. We intend to execute on our product roadmap, supporting multiple processing technologies
within single, highly scalable systems.
Expand Our Total Addressable Market. Over time, we intend to expand our addressable market by
leveraging our technologies, customer base, Cray brand and introducing complementary products and services
in new segments. We believe we have the opportunity to compete in a broader portion of the HPC market as well as
selective markets outside of traditional HPC.
Maintain Our Focus on Execution and Profitability. We are committed to achieving sustained profitability on
an annual basis. We intend to continue to refine our product roadmap, converge our technologies and development
processes, improve our ability to deliver high quality products on time and on budget and continue our commitment
to financial discipline.
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Industry Background
Since Seymour Cray introduced the Cray-1 system in 1976, supercomputers have contributed substantially to
the advancement of knowledge and the quality of human life. Scientists and engineers typically require vast
computing resources to address problems of major economic, scientific and strategic importance. Many new
products and technologies, as well as improvements of existing products and technologies, would not be possible
without the continued improvement of supercomputer computational speeds, interconnect technologies, scalable
system software and overall performance.
The HPC Market
The overall server market is estimated by the International Data Corporation (“IDC”), in its report entitled
Worldwide Technical Server Taxonomy, 2007: Updating the Comparison of Technical Servers with the Overall
Server Market in Revenue, issued in November 2007, to have been $52.3 billion worldwide in 2006. According to
its preliminary assessment, as set forth in its February 2008 report, IDC 2007 Worldwide HPC Market Revenue
Results Show Continued Strong Growth, the HPC market, which is a sub-sector of the overall server market, totaled
$11.6 billion in 2007, up from $10.1 billion in 2006. We target the high end of the HPC market, which includes the
capability segment and a portion of the enterprise segment, as these segments are defined by IDC. We believe our
current total addressable market within these segments is approximately $1.5 billion in annual product sales.
The capability segment is characterized by intensive research and development necessary to deliver systems
capable of solving the world’s largest and most demanding problems. The enterprise segment is composed primarily
of systems meeting the high capacity requirements of many small and medium-sized technical applications running
concurrently in a high-throughput mode of operation. Systems in these two market segments range in price from
$1 million to $50 million or more.
Vendors that compete in the highest end of the HPC market must commit significant resources to develop
proprietary technologies and computing elements to meet the exacting needs of their customers. We believe that the
technical requirements and high costs required to compete in this market are significant barriers to entry. Many of
our potential competitors focus on the lower segments of the HPC market. These segments comprise a larger market
that is increasingly competitive and in which it is difficult for vendors to add significant value due to the
commoditization of the products sold in that market.
Increasing Demand for Supercomputing Power
Supercomputer users are seeking answers to some of the world’s most complex problems in science and
engineering. Addressing these challenges can require from 10 to up to 1,000 times or more the computing capability
currently available with existing computer systems. Users require very large, powerful computing resources that are
massively scalable, flexible and manageable, and can deliver high levels of sustained performance.
We believe there are three principal factors driving the demand for supercomputing power: first, the increasing
need for advanced design and simulation capability in industry, government agencies and weather and climate
centers; second, continuing concerns about national security issues, heightened by an emphasis on terrorism
prevention; and, third, the recognized national interests of many countries to advance scientific research to enable
innovations to better compete globally and achieve breakthroughs in new energy technologies, biological systems,
nanotechnologies, particle physics and other natural phenomena.
Design and simulation of new products before they are built are invaluable tools to improve time-to-market,
product quality and differentiation for government, industrial and academic users. The need for supercomputers
within government laboratories and agencies and industrial firms is driven by the increasingly complex application
requirements of computer-aided engineering, full-systems analysis, material behavior in composite materials and
real-time stress-strain behavior. Supercomputers are critical for increasingly refined simulations of both aeronau-
tical and automotive performance dynamics. Weather forecasting and climate centers require supercomputers to
process large volumes of data to produce more accurate short-term and medium-range forecasts and to further our
understanding of the long-term impact of various pollutants on the environment and the effects of global climate
changes.
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Governments have a wide range of ongoing and yet unmet security needs, ranging from burgeoning
cryptanalysis and data mining requirements to rapid and accurate analysis of data from a diverse and growing
number of disparate sources. In addition, governments constantly seek better simulation and modeling of missiles
and other weapons systems and the maintenance and reliability of nuclear stockpiles. They also use supercomputers
to simulate real world battlefield conditions rapidly and in increasing levels of detail.
Competition between countries to acquire the best supercomputing technology to enhance their worldwide
competitiveness has increased. The U.S. government and its various agencies have determined that it is in the best
economic and security interest of the country to establish and maintain a leadership position in the development of
supercomputing technologies. One such initiative is the Defense Advanced Research Project (“DARPA”) High
Performance Computer System (“HPCS”) initiative, under which we have received funding for our Cascade
program since 2002 and have a contract to receive funding for our Cascade program through 2010. The DARPA
program is designed to provide government support to develop breakthroughs in high productivity supercomputing
systems for the national security and industrial user communities. This initiative has become increasingly important
due to the trend towards commoditization in the HPC market, which is not expected to provide the advanced
supercomputing capabilities necessary for the United States to achieve important goals and missions. Other
countries such as Japan, China and members of the European Union also have programs in place to increase their
worldwide competitiveness through the aggressive use of supercomputers.
Limitations of Existing and Emerging Solutions
Despite the demand for increased supercomputing power, systems capable of exploiting high end opportunities
have become less common. Today’s HPC market is replete with low bandwidth cluster systems that are often limited
in performance beyond certain system size and capability. These systems loosely link together, or cluster, multiple
commodity servers using widely available processors and subsystems connected through commercially available
interconnect products.
With standard commercial interconnect components, low bandwidth cluster systems are not well-balanced —
they may have fast processors, but performance is severely limited by the rate at which data can be moved
throughout the system, such as to and from memory and among processors over the interconnection network.
Because of the lack of specialized communication capabilities, these systems do not scale well — that is, as these
systems grow in size their full system and per processor efficiencies degrade significantly. Additionally, as these
systems grow in size, they may become unreliable because they lack the necessary management tools and built-in
hardware redundancies to minimize disruptions.
Low bandwidth cluster systems may offer higher theoretical peak performance, for equivalent cost, than do our
systems, but often lack in sustained performance when running real applications at scale. Theoretical peak
performance is the highest theoretical possible speed at which a computer system could, but never does, operate;
this measure is obtained simply by multiplying the number of processors by their peak-rated speed and the number
of floating point operations per cycle it can compute, assuming zero communications bottlenecks or system
inefficiencies. Sustained performance, always lower than peak, is the actual speed at which a supercomputer system
runs an application program. The sustained performance of low bandwidth cluster systems on complex applications
frequently is a small fraction, often less than 5% to 10%, of their theoretical peak performance — as these systems
become larger, their efficiency declines even further, sometimes below 1% for the most challenging applications at
scale.
The recent introduction of dual-core and quad-core processors and planned multi-core processors, which
incorporate more than one processing core on the same integrated circuit, will further stress the capabilities of low
bandwidth cluster systems, resulting in decreased per processor utilization due to the absence of balanced network
and communication capabilities in such systems. Multi-core processors will also increase the power and cooling
requirements for these systems, making packaging an increasingly critical element.
Given these limitations, low bandwidth cluster systems are better suited for applications that can be partitioned
easily into discrete tasks that do not need to communicate often with each other, such as small problems and larger
problems lacking communications complexity; users of such applications comprise the majority of the midrange
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and low end of the HPC market. The effectiveness of low bandwidth cluster systems in our target market, the high
end of HPC, is limited today, and we believe will become increasingly more limited in the future.
Our Solutions
We concentrate on building balanced systems that are purpose-built for supercomputer users. These systems
address the critical computing resource challenges HPC users face today: achieving massive scaling to tens of
thousands of processors, ease of use, and very high levels of sustained performance on real applications. We do this
by designing supercomputers that combine highly capable processors, whether developed by us or by others, high
speed interconnect technology for maximum communication efficiency, innovative packaging to address increased
cooling, power and reliability requirements, and scalable system software that enable performance and usability at
scale.
Our supercomputers utilize components and technologies designed to support the demanding requirements of
high end HPC users. In contrast, low bandwidth cluster system vendors use processors, interconnects and system
software designed to meet the requirements of the significantly larger general purpose server market and then
attempt to leverage these commercially-oriented products into the HPC market. An important benefit of our
purpose-built approach is significantly higher sustained performance on certain important applications, with
performance improvements on the order of 1.5 to 10 or more times that of our competitors. With our supercom-
puters, HPC users are able to focus on their primary objectives: advancing scientific discovery, increasing industrial
capabilities and improving national security.
Our supercomputer systems offer several additional benefits:
(cid:129) upgrade paths that allow customers to leverage their investments over longer periods of time and provide
enhanced total costs of ownership;
(cid:129) custom hardware design of interconnect systems and, in certain systems, proprietary processors;
(cid:129) flexibility of processor type, memory and network configuration and software tools developed towards
implementation of our Adaptive Supercomputing vision; and
(cid:129) the Cray brand name, synonymous with supercomputing, that brings with it a proven research and
development team and a global sales and service organization dedicated to the needs of HPC users.
We expect the emergence of multi-core processors to be advantageous to us, complementing our technical
strengths in networking, scaling system software, and cooling and power management technologies. Additional
cores will amplify the scaling issues that customers face today by putting increased stress on all aspects of the
system. Our balanced approach to system design will likely become increasingly critical in enabling customers to
take advantage of the benefits of multi-core processing.
Our Current Products and Products in Development
Our supercomputers provide capability, capacity and sustained performance far beyond typical server-based
computer systems, allowing users to address challenging scientific and engineering computing problems. Purpose-
built for the supercomputing market, our systems balance highly capable processors, scalable system software and
very high speed interconnect and communications capabilities. We plan to utilize increasingly common infra-
structure pursuant to our Adaptive Supercomputing vision. Our goal is to bring new products and/or major
enhancements to market every 12 to 24 months.
Current Products
Cray XT5 System. The Cray XT5 system is our next-generation massively parallel processing (“MPP”)
system. Introduced in November 2007 as the successor to the Cray XT4 and Cray XT3 systems, the Cray XT5
system combines scalability with manageability, lower cost of ownership with reduced power and cooling
requirements, and broader application support. The system has double the density and memory bandwidth of
previous systems in the same footprint, supporting very high density processor configurations of 192 processor
sockets or up to 768 processor cores and delivering more than seven teraflops (7 trillion floating point operations per
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second) of computational capacity per cabinet, with peak performance designed to exceed one petaflops. Customers
can upgrade to the Cray XT5 system from Cray XT3 or Cray XT4 systems and/or add on to the existing Cray XT
systems, leveraging their investment over a longer life. Cray XT5 cabinets can be configured with Cray XT4
compute blades, for optimized compute-to-communication balance, or with new high-density Cray XT5 compute
blades for memory-intensive and/or compute-biased workloads. Its Linux-based operating system supports a
broader range of applications. We expect first customer shipment of the Cray XT5 system in the second half of
2008.
Cray XT5h Hybrid Supercomputer. The Cray XT5h system is an integrated hybrid supercomputer that takes
the scalar processing capability of the Cray XT5 system and adds vector processing and reconfigurable field
programmable gate array hardware acceleration, allowing a single system to provide a variety of processing
technologies for diverse workflows. The vector compute blades — called Cray X2 blades — provide the vector
processing capabilities enabled by our BlackWidow development program. A Cray X2 compute node, the core
building block of the system, has four vector processors and 64 gigabytes of shared memory resulting in more than
100 gigaflops of peak performance and system scalability to 1,024 processors with 16 terabytes of globally
addressable memory. This combination provides a successor to our Cray X1E system with major improvements to
single thread scalar performance and overall price performance, as well as the ability to interface directly with
scalar technology and reconfigurable computing technology in a single system. Applications originally developed
for the Cray X1 and X1E systems will port easily to the new Cray X2 processing nodes. We shipped our first Cray
XT5h system in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Cray XT4 System. Our Cray XT4 system combines the capabilities of our Cray XT3 system and many
software features of our Cray XD1 system to provide a next generation massively parallel processor supercomputer
system. Our Cray XT4 system uses Dual-Core and Quad-Core AMD OpteronTM processors running a lightweight
Linux operating system and connected to our proprietary second generation high speed network. Dual-core systems
can be upgraded in the field to quad-core systems. The Cray XT4 system is highly scalable and is designed to
provide significant improvements in peak and sustained performance over earlier systems. We shipped our first
dual-core Cray XT4 system in November 2006, first shipped quad-core processors for a field upgrade in late 2007
and shipped our first quad-core Cray XT4 system in the first quarter of 2008.
Products in Development
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Cray XMT System. Our Cray XMT program is directed at developing a third generation multithreaded
supercomputer, which offers global shared memory and high latency tolerance, with 128 threads per processor. The
Cray XMT system will utilize our Cray XT infrastructure. The Cray XMT program is co-funded by the
U.S. government. We shipped an early version of the Cray XMT system in September 2007 and plan subsequent
shipments in the latter part of 2008.
Baker. Our Baker program is directed at creating the successor to our Cray XT5 system and to extend our
leadership position in massively parallel computing. The Baker system will utilize a new high-performance
interconnect that combines technologies of the Cray XT and Cray XD1 systems and will integrate next generation
quad-core and multi-core processors in a more densely packaged air and/or liquid-cooled cabinet. The Baker system
is expected to scale to multiple petaflops of peak performance.
Our Adaptive Supercomputing Vision and Cascade Program
Our Adaptive Supercomputing vision supports the anticipated future needs of HPC customers. With Adaptive
Supercomputing, we expect to expand the concept of heterogeneous computing to a fully integrated view of both
hardware and software supporting multiple processing technologies within a single, highly scalable system. Our
plan is to increasingly integrate these processing technologies into a single Linux-based platform. We expect to
include powerful compilers and related software that will analyze and match application codes to the most
appropriate processing elements — we expect this capability will enable programmers to write code in a more
natural way. We believe our November 2006 DARPA $250 million award validates this vision, which was the center
of our DARPA HPCS Phase III proposal.
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Our Adaptive Supercomputing vision incorporates many of our technical strengths — system scalability,
multiple processing technologies, including custom processors, and high bandwidth networks — into a single
system that we believe will make supercomputing capabilities accessible to a larger set of end-users.
Our Cascade development program implements our Adaptive Supercomputing vision by easing the customer’s
development of parallel software codes, supporting global address space models which exploit shared memory and
providing for new high productivity languages. We plan to develop an adaptive, configurable system that can match
the attributes of a wide variety of applications in order to maximize performance. Systems developed under the
Cascade program are expected to utilize single and multi-cabinet designs that can leverage a variety of network
cards and processor blades, thus providing system flexibility. Our Cascade efforts are substantially co-funded by the
U.S. government through the November 2006 award to us under the DARPA HPCS program.
Our Target Markets
Our supercomputer systems are installed at more than 100 sites in over 20 countries. Our target markets for
2008 and beyond are:
National Security. Classified work in government agencies has represented an important customer market
for us over many years. Certain governmental departments continue to provide funding support for our research and
development efforts to meet their objectives. Current and target customers for our products include a number of
Department of Defense-related classified customers, the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Depart-
ment of Energy, and certain foreign counterparts.
Scientific Research. Scientific research includes both unclassified governmental and academic research
laboratories and centers. The Department of Defense, through its High Performance Computing Modernization
Program, funds a number of research organizations that are target customers. The Office of Science in the
Department of Energy and its laboratories are key target customers, as are the National Science Foundation and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and related agencies around the world.
Earth Sciences. Weather forecasting and climate modeling applications require increasing speed and larger
volumes of data. Forecasting models and climate applications have grown increasingly complex with an ever-
increasing number of interactive variables, making improved supercomputing capabilities increasingly critical. We
have a number of customers doing weather and climate applications, including in Korea, Denmark, India, Spain and
Switzerland.
Computer-Aided Engineering. Supercomputers are used to design lighter, safer and more durable vehicles,
as well as to study wind noise and airflow around the vehicle, to improve airplane flight characteristics and in many
other computer-aided engineering applications in order to improve time-to-market and product quality. We
currently have customers in each of the aerospace, automotive and manufacturing areas around the world.
In target markets such as the national security and scientific research markets, customers have their own
application programs. Other target customers, such as aerospace and automotive firms and some governmental
agencies, require third-party application programs developed by independent software vendors running on more
mature systems.
Agencies of the U.S. government, directly and indirectly through system integrators and other resellers,
accounted for approximately 60% of our 2007 revenue, approximately 48% of our 2006 revenue and 55% of our
2005 revenue. Significant customers with over 10% of our annual revenue were the National Energy Research
Scientific Computing Center, the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and Oak Ridge
National Laboratory in 2007, the Korea Meteorological Administration and AWE Plc in 2006, and Oak Ridge
National Laboratory in 2005. International customers accounted for 38% of our total revenue in 2007, 48% of our
total revenue in 2006 and 32% of our total revenue in 2005.
We currently have one operating segment for financial reporting purposes. Segment information and related
disclosures about products, services and geographic areas are set forth in Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Our Technology
Our leadership in supercomputing is dependent upon the successful development and timely introduction of
new products. We focus our research and development activities on designing system architecture, hardware and
system software necessary to implement our product roadmap.
Architecture
We believe we are the only company in the world with significant demonstrated expertise in four primary
processor technologies: vector processing, massively parallel processing, multithreading and co-processing with
field programmable gate arrays.
Cray Research pioneered the use of vector systems. These systems traditionally have a moderate number of
very fast custom processors utilizing shared memory. Vector processing is the computation of a vector or string of
numbers with a single operation. This technology has proven to be highly effective for many scientific and
engineering applications in areas such as climate modeling, cryptanalysis and computational fluid dynamics. Vector
processing is the basis for our Cray X2 blades, an essential component of our Cray XT5h systems.
Massively parallel processing architectures typically link hundreds or thousands of commodity processors and
local or distributed memory together in a single system. These systems are best suited for large computing problems
that can be segmented into many parts and distributed across a large number of processors. We focus on building
systems with highly scalable architectures using high bandwidth interconnect networks. The Cray XT family of
supercomputer systems is based on this architecture.
Multithreading is designed to provide latency tolerance by supporting a large number of executable threads per
processor, and quickly switching to another thread when a thread waits for data to be computed or to return from
global shared memory. These systems are particularly effective for irregular access to large data sets and graph-
based algorithms. We are currently developing a third generation multithreading system as part of our Cray XMT
development project.
Field programmable gate arrays can be reconfigured or reprogrammed to implement specific functionality
more suitably and more efficiently than on a general-purpose processor. The Cray XT5h system features
reconfigurable computing with field programmable gate arrays.
Hardware
We have extensive experience in designing hardware components of HPC systems — processors, memory
controllers, interconnect systems, I/O subsystems and cooling, power, and packaging infrastructures — and
integrating them into a single system. Our hardware research and development experience includes:
(cid:129) Integrated circuit design. We have experience in designing custom and standard cell integrated circuits,
including vector and multithreaded processors. Our processors and other integrated circuits have special
features that let them use high available memory bandwidth efficiently.
(cid:129) High speed interconnect systems. We design high speed and high bandwidth interconnect systems using a
combination of custom I/O circuits, high density connectors, carefully chosen transmission media and
highly optimized logic.
(cid:129) Packaging and cooling. We use very dense packaging in order to produce systems with high processing
capabilities and complementary bandwidth. This packaging generates more heat per unit volume. We use
specialized cooling techniques to address this issue, including liquid cooling and high volume air cooling.
Our hardware engineers are located primarily in our Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, and
Austin, Texas, offices.
Software
We have extensive experience in designing, developing and adapting system software such as the operating
system, hardware supervisory system and programming environment software as an integral aspect of our scalable
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HPC systems and distribute those systems as part of system sales. Over time we plan to transition to a common
system software and a common programming environment across all of our platforms, an important aspect of our
Adaptive Supercomputing vision. Our software research and development experience includes: operating systems,
with the anticipation that in the future our systems will utilize the Linux operating system for all node architectures;
provision of scalable hardware control infrastructure systems for managing hardware, including power control,
monitoring of environmental data and hardware diagnostics, with the anticipation of providing a common hardware
supervisory system infrastructure for all of our systems; and programming environments, including our own and
commercially available compilers, libraries and tools.
We purchase or license software technologies from third parties when necessary to provide appropriate support
to our customers, while focusing our own resources where we believe we add the highest value. We do not market or
sell application programs.
Our software personnel are located principally in our Mendota Heights, Minnesota and Seattle, Washington
offices.
Services
Our worldwide service organization provides us with a competitive advantage and a predictable flow of
revenue and cash. Support services are important to our customers, and we generally locate our support personnel at
or near customer sites globally, supported by a central service organization located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,
and Mendota Heights, Minnesota. In recent years, annual service revenue has ranged from approximately one-
quarter to one-third of total revenue. Our support services include facility analysis, system installation, application
porting, tuning and support, hardware maintenance and system support.
Support services are provided under separate maintenance contracts with our customers. These contracts
generally provide for support services on an annual basis, although some cover multiple years. While most
customers pay for support on an annual basis, others pay on a monthly or quarterly basis. Customers may select
levels of support and response times, ranging from parts only to 24 x 7 coverage with two-hour response.
Our Cray Technical Services offerings, which include product integration, custom hardware and software
engineering, advanced computer training, project management services, site engineering and application analyst
support, are provided on a project basis.
Sales and Marketing
We focus our sales and marketing activities on government agencies, industrial companies and academic
institutions that purchase HPC systems. We sell our products primarily through a seasoned supercomputing direct
sales force that operates throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. We serve
smaller and remote markets through sales representatives and resellers. About half of our sales force is located in the
United States and Canada, with the rest overseas.
A majority of our sales are driven by a formal request-for-proposal process for HPC systems. We utilize pre-
sales technical experts to develop technical proposals that meet the customer requirements and benchmarking teams
to demonstrate the advantages of our particular supercomputing products being proposed. For a majority of sales
opportunities, the terms of our proposals, including system size, options, pricing and other commitments, are
individually reviewed and approved by our senior executives. While we often tailor our supercomputer solutions for
each customer, there is substantial commonality in the underlying components and systems, allowing us to mitigate
potential impacts on manufacturing and procurement operations.
As government agencies and government funded scientific research institutions comprise a large portion of our
customer base, our government programs office is an integral part of our overall sales and marketing strategy. Our
government programs staff actively manages our relationship with U.S. government agencies and Congress.
Our marketing staff is responsible for product marketing, marketing communications and business develop-
ment. Product marketing bridges our research and development organization and our sales staff to help ensure that
our products meet the demands and requirements of our key customers and a broader set of prospects. Marketing
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communications focus on our overall brand messaging, press releases, conferences, trade shows and marketing
campaigns. Business development focuses on providing products and services to specific customer sets, such as
earth sciences and computer-aided engineering.
Manufacturing and Procurement
We subcontract the manufacture of a majority of the hardware components for all of our products, including
integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, connectors, cables, power supplies and memory parts, on a sole or limited
source basis to third-party suppliers. We use contract manufacturers to assemble our components for all of our
systems. Our manufacturing strategy centers on build-to-order systems, focusing on obtaining competitive
assembly and component costs and concentrating on the final assembly, test and quality assurance stages. This
strategy allows us to avoid the large capital commitment and overhead associated with establishing full-scale
manufacturing facilities and to maintain the flexibility to adopt new technologies as they become available without
the risk of equipment obsolescence, provide near real-time configuration changes to exploit faster and/or less
expensive technologies, and provide a higher level of large scale system quality. We perform final system
integration, testing and quality check out of our systems. Our manufacturing personnel are located primarily in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Our systems incorporate some components that are available from single or limited sources, often containing
our proprietary designs. Such components include integrated circuits, interconnect systems and certain memory
devices. Prior to development of a particular product, proprietary components are competitively bid to a short list of
technology partners. The technology partner that provides the best solution for the component is generally awarded
the contract for the life of the component. Once we have engaged a technology partner, changing our product
designs to utilize another supplier’s integrated circuits can be a costly and time-consuming process. We also have
sole or limited sources for less critical components, such as peripherals, power supplies, cooling and chassis
hardware. We obtain key integrated circuits from IBM for our Cray XT systems, from Texas Instruments
Incorporated for our Cray X2 blades and from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for our Cray
XMT system, and processors from AMD for our Cray XT3, Cray XT4, Cray XT5, Cray XT5h and successor Cray
XT systems. Our procurements from these vendors are primarily through purchase orders. We have chosen to deal
with sole sources in specific cases due to the availability of specific technologies, economic advantages and other
factors. Reliance on single or limited source vendors involves several risks, including the possibility of shortages of
key components, long lead times, reduced control over delivery schedules and changes in direction by vendors, and
we have been adversely affected by delays in qualified components in 2007 and recent years. See “Our reliance on
third-party suppliers poses significant risks to our operating results, business and prospects” in Item 1A. “Risk
Factors” below.
Competition
The HPC market is very competitive. Many of our competitors are established companies well known in the
HPC market, including IBM, NEC, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Fujitsu, SGI, Dell, Bull S.A. and Sun Microsystems.
Most of these competitors have substantially greater research, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and financial
resources than we do.
We also compete with systems builders and resellers of systems that are constructed from commodity
components using processors manufactured by Intel, AMD, IBM and others. These competitors include the
previously named companies as well as smaller firms that assemble systems from commercially available
commodity products. These companies have capitalized on developments in parallel processing and increased
computer performance in commodity-based networking and cluster systems. While these companies’ products are
more limited in applicability and scalability, they have achieved growing market acceptance as they offer significant
peak/price performance on larger problems lacking complexity. Such companies, because they can offer high peak
performance per dollar, can put pricing pressure on us in certain procurements.
Internationally, we compete primarily with IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Bull S.A., Hitachi,
Fujitsu, SGI and NEC. While the first seven companies offer large systems based on commodity processors, NEC
also offers vector-based systems with a large suite of ported application programs. As in the United States,
commodity HPC suppliers can offer systems with significantly better price/peak performance on certain
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applications. In addition, to the extent that Intel, IBM and other processor suppliers develop processors with greater
capabilities than the processors we use from AMD, our Cray XT systems, including upgrades and successor
products, may be at a competitive disadvantage to systems utilizing such other processors.
We compete primarily on the basis of product performance, breadth of features, price/performance, scalability,
quality, reliability, upgradeability, service and support, corporate reputation, brand image and account relationships.
Our market approach is more focused than our competitors, as we concentrate on supercomputing with products
designed for the needs of this specific market. We offer systems that provide greater performance on the largest,
most difficult computational problems and superior price/performance on many important applications in the
capability market. Our systems often offer superior total cost of ownership advantages as they typically use less
electric power and cooling and occupy less space than low bandwidth cluster systems.
Intellectual Property
We attempt to protect our trade secrets and other proprietary rights through formal agreements with our
employees, customers, suppliers and consultants, and through patent protection. Although we intend to protect our
rights vigorously, there can be no assurance that our contractual and other security arrangements will be successful.
Our general policy is to seek patent protection for those inventions and improvements likely to be incorporated
into our products and services and give us a competitive advantage. We have a number of patents and pending patent
applications relating to our hardware and software technologies. While we believe our patents and applications have
value, no single patent or group of patents is in itself essential to us as a whole or to any of our key products. Any of
our proprietary rights could be challenged, invalidated or circumvented and may not provide significant competitive
advantage.
We license certain patents and other intellectual property from SGI as part of our acquisition of the Cray
Research operations. These licenses contain restrictions on our use of the underlying technology, generally limiting
the use to historic Cray products and vector processor computers. We have also entered into cross-license
arrangements with other companies involved in the HPC industry.
See “We may not be able to protect our proprietary information and rights adequately” and “We may infringe
or be subject to claims that we infringe the intellectual property rights of others” in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” below.
Employees
As of December 31, 2007, we had 800 employees. We have no collective bargaining agreement with our
employees. We have not experienced a work stoppage and believe that our employee relations are very good.
Available Information
Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and
amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the “Exchange Act”) are available free of charge at our website at www.cray.com as soon as reasonably
practicable after we file such reports with the SEC electronically. In addition, we have set forth our Code of
Business Conduct, Corporate Governance Guidelines, the charters of the Audit, Compensation, Corporate Gov-
ernance and Strategic Technology Assessment Committees of our Board of Directors and other governance
documents on our website, www.cray.com, under “Investors — Corporate Governance.”
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The following factors should be considered in evaluating our business, operations, prospects and common
stock as they may affect our future results and financial condition and they may affect an investment in our
securities.
Our operating results may fluctuate significantly and we may not achieve profitability in any given
period. Our operating results are subject to significant fluctuations due to the factors listed below, which make
estimating revenue and operating results for any specific period very difficult, particularly as the product revenue
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recognized in any given quarter may depend on a very limited number of system sales planned for that quarter, the
timing of product acceptances by customers and contractual provisions affecting revenue recognition. For example,
we expect a substantial portion of our potential product revenue in the first half of 2008 to come from a few major
transactions involving our quad-core Cray XT4 and Cray XT5h systems and a significant portion of our product
revenue in the second half of 2008 to come from new Cray XT5 systems which currently are in varying stages of
development. Delays in recognizing revenue from any transaction due to development delays, not receiving needed
components timely or with anticipated performance, not achieving product acceptances, contractual provisions or
for other reasons, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results in any quarter, and could shift
associated revenue, margin and cash receipts into subsequent quarters or calendar years.
We have experienced net losses in recent periods. For example, in 2005 we had a net loss of $64.3 million; in
2006 we had a net loss of $12.1 million, with net losses in the first three quarters of the year offsetting net income in
the fourth quarter; and in 2007 we had a net loss of $5.7 million with net income in the third quarter of $5.1 million
offset by losses in the other three quarters.
Whether we will be able to increase our revenue and achieve and sustain profitability on a quarterly and annual
basis depends on a number of factors, including:
(cid:129) successfully selling our Cray XT4, Cray XT5 and Cray XT5 h systems, including upgrades and successor
systems;
(cid:129) the level of revenue recognized in any given period, which is affected by the very high average sales prices
and limited number of system sales in any quarter, the timing of product acceptances by customers and
contractual provisions affecting the timing and amount of revenue recognition;
(cid:129) our expense levels, including research and development net of government funding, which are affected by
the level and timing of such funding;
(cid:129) maintaining our product development projects on schedule and within budgetary limitations;
(cid:129) the level of product margin contribution in any given period due to product mix, strategic transactions,
product life cycle and component costs;
(cid:129) the level and timing of maintenance contract renewals with existing customers;
(cid:129) revenue delays or losses due to customers postponing purchases to wait for future upgraded or new systems,
delays in delivery of upgraded or new systems and longer than expected customer acceptance cycles;
(cid:129) the terms and conditions of sale or lease for our products; and
(cid:129) the impact of expensing our share-based compensation under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment (“FAS 123R”).
The timing of orders and shipments impacts our quarterly and annual results and is affected by events outside
our control, such as:
(cid:129) the timely availability of acceptable components in sufficient quantities to meet customer delivery
schedules;
(cid:129) the timing and level of government funding for product acquisitions and research and development
contracts;
(cid:129) price fluctuations in the commodity electronics and memory markets;
(cid:129) the availability of adequate customer facilities to install and operate new Cray systems;
(cid:129) general economic trends, including changes in levels of customer capital spending;
(cid:129) the introduction or announcement of competitive products;
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(cid:129) currency fluctuations, international conflicts or economic crises; and
(cid:129) the receipt and timing of necessary export licenses.
Because of the numerous factors affecting our revenue and results of operations, we cannot assure our investors
that we will have net income on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. We anticipate that our quarterly results will
vary significantly, and include losses. Delays in component availability, product development, receipt of orders or
product acceptances had a substantial adverse effect on our quarterly and full year results for 2007 and prior years
and could continue to have such an effect on our quarterly and full year results in 2008 and future years.
Our reliance on third-party suppliers poses significant risks to our operating results, business and
prospects. We subcontract the manufacture of a majority of the hardware components for all of our products,
including integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, connectors, cables, power supplies and memory parts, on a sole
or limited source basis to third-party suppliers. We use contract manufacturers to assemble our components for all of
our systems. We also rely on third parties to supply key capabilities, such as file systems and storage subsystems.
We use key service providers to co-develop key technologies, including integrated circuit design and verification.
We are subject to substantial risks because of our reliance on limited or sole source suppliers. For example:
(cid:129) if a supplier does not provide components that meet our specifications in sufficient quantities on time, then
production and sales of our systems would be delayed or result in decreased gross margin, adversely
affecting revenue and cash flow — these risks are accentuated during steep production ramp periods as we
introduce new or successor products;
(cid:129) if an interruption of supply of our components occurs, because of a significant problem with a supplier
providing parts that later prove to be defective or because a single-source supplier imposes allocations on its
customers, decides to no longer provide those components to us or increases the price of those parts
significantly, it could take us a considerable period of time to identify and qualify alternative suppliers, to
redesign our products as necessary and to begin to manufacture the redesigned components. In some cases,
we may not be able to redesign such components. Defective components may need to be replaced, which
may result in increased costs and obsolete inventory;
(cid:129) if a supplier provides us with hardware, software or other intellectual property that contains bugs or other
errors or is different from what we expected, our development projects may be adversely affected through
additional design testing and verification efforts and respins of integrated circuits;
(cid:129) if a supplier providing us with key research and development services with respect to integrated circuit
design, network communication capabilities or internal software is late, fails to provide us with effective
designs or products or loses key internal talent, our development programs may be delayed or prove to be not
possible to complete;
(cid:129) if a supplier cannot provide a competitive key component, our systems may be less competitive than systems
using components with greater capability;
(cid:129) some of our key component and service suppliers are small companies with limited financial and other
resources, and consequently may be more likely to experience financial and operational difficulties than
larger, well-established companies; and
(cid:129) if a key supplier is acquired or has a significant business change, production and sales of our systems may be
delayed or our development programs may be delayed or may not be possible to complete.
To the extent that Intel, IBM or other processor suppliers develop processors with greater capabilities, even for
a short time, our systems, including upgrades and successor products, may be at a competitive disadvantage to
systems utilizing such other processors. Our Cray XT4, Cray XT5 and successor systems, including our Baker
system, are based on certain Opteron processors from AMD, while our Cray XT5h system is based on custom
integrated circuits manufactured for us by Texas Instruments, Inc. Delays in the availability of Quad-Core AMD
OpteronTM processors adversely affected our revenue and operating results in the fourth quarter of 2007, and could
continue to adversely affect results through the first half of 2008. If any of our integrated circuit suppliers suffers
delays or cancels the development of enhancements to its processors, our product revenue would be adversely
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affected. Changing our product designs to utilize another supplier’s integrated circuits would be a costly and time-
consuming process.
Our products must meet demanding specifications. For example, integrated circuits must perform reliably at
high frequencies in large systems to meet acceptance criteria. From time to time during the last three years, we
incurred significant delays in the receipt of key components from single source suppliers that delayed product
development, shipments and acceptances. These delays adversely affected product revenue and margins in those
years, including 2007, and, to the extent that we continue to experience similar problems, such delays may
adversely affect revenue, margins and operating results in 2008 and future years.
The achievement of our business plan in 2008 and future periods is highly dependent on increased
product revenue and margins from our Cray XT4, Cray XT5h, Cray XT5 and successor systems. Product
revenue in recent years, including 2007, was adversely affected by the unavailability of key components from third-
party vendors and by development delays, including system software development for large systems. We expect that
a substantial majority of our product revenue in 2008 will come from a limited number of sales of quad-core Cray
XT4 and Cray XT5 systems in the United States and overseas. We began delivering quad-core Cray XT4 processors
for field-upgrades late in the fourth quarter of 2007, and we delivered our first quad-core Cray XT4 system in the
first quarter of 2008; we expect that initial revenue from those transactions will be recognized in the first half of
2008. Delays in component availability and development led to delays in the delivery of the quad-core Cray XT4
system, adversely impacting our expected 2007 operating results, and additional delays in acceptable components
would delay delivery of Cray XT4 and Cray XT5 systems and would impact 2008 and future operating results
adversely.
Several factors affect our ability to obtain higher margins for our products, such as:
(cid:129) We need increased product differentiation in our Cray XT4, Cray XT5 and successor systems, including our
Baker system. The market for such products is large but is replete with low bandwidth cluster systems. Our
long-term success may be adversely affected if we are not successful in demonstrating the value of our
balanced high bandwidth systems with the capability of solving challenging problems quickly to a market
beyond our current core of customers, largely certain agencies of the U.S. and other governments, that
require systems with the performance and features we offer;
(cid:129) In the past, product margins have been adversely impacted by lower volumes than planned and higher than
anticipated manufacturing variances, including scrap, rework and excess and obsolete inventory; and
(cid:129) We sometimes do not meet all of the contract requirements for customer acceptance of our systems, which
have resulted in contract penalties. Most often these penalties adversely affect the gross margin on a sale
through the provision of additional equipment and services to satisfy delivery delays and performance
shortfalls, although there is the risk of contract defaults and product return. Such penalties adversely
impacted gross margins in 2007, and we expect additional penalties in 2008. The risk of contract penalties is
increased when we bid for new business prior to completing development of new products when we must
estimate future system performance.
To improve our financial performance, we need to have greater product differentiation and to limit negative
manufacturing variances, contract penalties and other charges that adversely affect product margin, and failure to do
so will adversely affect our operating results.
If government support for development of our supercomputer systems is delayed, reduced or lost, our
net research and development expenditures and capital requirements would increase significantly and our
ability to conduct research and development would decrease. A few government agencies and research
laboratories fund a significant portion of our development efforts, including our Cascade project through the
DARPA HPCS program and to a lesser extent our Cray XMT project through another government agency; this
combined funding significantly reduces our reported level of net research and development expenses. The DARPA
program calls for the delivery of prototype systems by late 2010, and provides for a contribution by DARPA to us of
up to $250 million payable over approximately four years, assuming we meet ten milestones. We have met three of
these milestones through December 31, 2007. We are negotiating with DARPA changes to the scope and schedule of
this program. If we are unable to meet any of the remaining milestones, or fail to renegotiate the terms of the
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program, either of which may lead to a termination of the program, our cash flows and expenses would be adversely
impacted and our product development programs would be at risk. DARPA’s future financial commitments are
subject to subsequent Congressional and federal inter-agency action, and our Cascade development efforts and the
level of reported research and development expenses would be adversely impacted if DARPA did not receive
expected funding, delayed payment for completed milestones, delayed the timing of milestones or decided to
terminate the program before completion. We incurred some delays in payments and program milestones by
DARPA in 2007 and additional delays are possible. By the project’s completion, we must have contributed at least
$125 million towards the project’s total development cost; failure to do so would result in a lower level of DARPA
contribution and could result in a termination of the contract. The DARPA program will result in increased net
research and development expenditures by us for the cost-sharing portion of the program and will adversely affect
our cash flow, particularly in the later years of the program. Government funding for the Cray X2 blade in our Cray
XT5h system, formerly our “BlackWidow” program, has ended, and our continued development work on this
product results in increased research and development expense. We require additional funding and a contract
extension for development work on our Cray XMT system after June 2009. Future funding and contract extensions
for this project may be at risk, especially given the development delays we have encountered on this project.
Agencies of the U.S. government historically have facilitated the development of, and have constituted a
market for, new and enhanced very high performance computer systems. U.S. government agencies may delay or
decrease funding of our future product development efforts due to product development delays, a change of
priorities, international political developments, overall budgetary considerations or other reasons. In recent years,
the U.S. government has delayed enacting significant appropriations bills substantially past the commencement of
its October 1 fiscal year. Any delay, decrease or cessation of governmental support could cause an increased need
for capital, increase significantly our research and development expenditures and have a material adverse impact on
our operating results and our ability to implement our product roadmap.
Failure to overcome the technical challenges of completing the development of our supercomputer
systems on our product roadmap would adversely affect our revenue and operating results in subsequent
years.
In addition to developing the scalable system software and hardware for quad-core Cray XT4, Cray XT5
and Cray XT5h systems for revenue generation in 2008, we continue work on our product roadmap, including the
Cray XMT system for second half 2008 deliveries, successor systems to the Cray XT5 system, and our Cascade
program under the DARPA HPCS Phase III award in subsequent years. These development efforts are lengthy and
technically challenging processes, and require a significant investment of capital, engineering and other resources.
Unanticipated performance and/or development issues may require more engineers, time or testing resources than
are currently available. Directing engineering resources to solving current issues has adversely affected the timely
development of successor or future products. Given the breadth of our engineering challenges and our limited
engineering and technical personnel resources, we periodically review the anticipated contributions and expense of
our product programs to determine their long-term viability. We may not be successful in meeting our development
schedules for technical reasons and/or because of insufficient engineering resources, which could cause a lack of
confidence in our capabilities among our key customers. To the extent we incur delays in completing the design,
development and production of hardware components, delays in development of requisite system software,
cancellation of programs due to technical infeasibility or uncover stability issues, our revenue, results of operations
and cash flows, and the reputation of such systems in the market, could be adversely affected. Future sales of our
products may be adversely affected by any of these factors.
If the U.S. government purchases fewer supercomputers, our revenue would be reduced and our
operating results would be adversely affected. Historically, sales to the U.S. government and customers
primarily serving the U.S. government have represented a significant market for supercomputers, including our
products. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, approximately 55%, 45% and 64% respectively, of our product revenue was
derived from such sales. Our 2008 and future plans contemplate significant sales to U.S. government agencies. Sales
to government agencies, including cancellations of existing contracts, may be affected by factors outside our
control, such as changes in procurement policies, budgetary considerations including Congressional delays in
completing appropriation bills, domestic crises, and international political developments. If agencies and depart-
ments of the United States or other governments were to stop, reduce or delay their use and purchases of
supercomputers, our revenue and operating results would be adversely affected.
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If we are unable to compete successfully in the HPC market, our revenue will decline. The performance
of our products may not be competitive with the computer systems offered by our competitors. Many of our
competitors are established companies well known in the HPC market, including IBM, NEC, Hewlett-Packard,
Fujitsu, Hitachi, SGI, Dell, Bull S.A. and Sun Microsystems. Most of these competitors have substantially greater
research, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and financial resources than we do. We also compete with systems
builders and resellers of systems that are constructed from commodity components using processors manufactured
by Intel, AMD, IBM and others. These competitors include the previously named companies as well as smaller
firms that benefit from the low research and development costs needed to assemble systems from commercially
available commodity products. These companies have capitalized on developments in parallel processing and
increased computer performance in commodity-based networking and cluster systems. While these companies’
products are more limited in applicability and scalability, they have achieved growing market acceptance. They
offer significant peak/price performance on larger problems lacking complexity. Such companies, because they can
offer high peak performance per dollar, can put pricing pressure on us in certain competitive procurements. In
addition, to the extent that Intel, IBM and other processor suppliers develop processors with greater capabilities than
the processors we use from AMD, our Cray XT4, Cray XT5 and successor systems may be at a competitive
disadvantage to systems utilizing such other processors.
Periodic announcements by our competitors of new HPC systems or plans for future systems and price
adjustments may reduce customer demand for our products. Many of our potential customers already own or lease
very high performance computer systems. Some of our competitors may offer trade-in allowances or substantial
discounts to potential customers, and engage in other aggressive pricing tactics, and we have not always been able to
match these sales incentives. We have in the past and may again be required to provide substantial discounts to make
strategic sales, which may reduce or eliminate any positive margin on such transactions, or to provide lease
financing for our products, which could result in a deferral of our receipt of cash and revenue for these systems.
These developments limit our revenue and resources and reduce our ability to be profitable.
Our market is characterized by rapidly changing technology, accelerated product obsolescence and contin-
uously evolving industry standards. Our success depends upon our ability to sell our current products, and to
develop successor systems and enhancements in a timely manner to meet evolving customer requirements, which
may be influenced by competitive offerings. We may not succeed in these efforts. Even if we succeed, products or
technologies developed by others may render our products or technologies noncompetitive or obsolete. A
breakthrough in technology could make low bandwidth cluster systems even more attractive to our existing
and potential customers. Such a breakthrough would impair our ability to sell our products and would reduce our
revenue and operating results.
If we cannot retain, attract and motivate key personnel, we may be unable to effectively implement our
business plan. Our success also depends in large part upon our ability to retain, attract and motivate highly skilled
management, technical, marketing, sales and service personnel. The loss of and failure to replace key engineering
management and personnel could adversely affect multiple development efforts. Recruitment and retention of
senior management and skilled technical, sales and other personnel is very competitive, and we may not be
successful in either attracting or retaining such personnel. From time to time, we have lost key personnel to
Microsoft, Google and other high technology companies. As part of our strategy to attract and retain key personnel,
we may offer equity compensation through stock options and restricted stock grants. Potential employees, however,
may not perceive our equity incentives as attractive, and current employees who have significant options with
exercise prices significantly above current market values for our common stock may seek other employment. In
addition, due to the intense competition for qualified employees, we may be required to increase the level of
compensation paid to existing and new employees, which could materially increase our operating expenses.
Lower than anticipated sales of new supercomputers and the termination of maintenance contracts on
older and/or decommissioned systems may reduce our service revenue and margins from maintenance
service contracts. Our HPC systems are typically sold with maintenance service contracts. These contracts
generally are for annual periods, although some are for multi-year periods, and provide a predictable revenue base.
Our revenue from maintenance service contracts declined from approximately $95 million in 2000 to approxi-
mately $42 million in 2005 while increasing to approximately $50 million in 2006 and since then has stabilized at
about this level. We may have periodic revenue and margin declines as our older, higher margin service contracts are
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ended and newer, lower margin contracts are established, based on the timing of system withdrawals from service.
Adding service personnel to new locations when we win contracts where we have previously had no presence and
servicing installed products to replace defective components in the field create additional pressure on service
margins.
Expansion of new Technical Services could reduce our overall service margins. We plan to continue to
expand our capabilities to deliver Cray Technical Services in 2008 through the addition of experienced managers
and personnel, marketing of these services and commencing new projects. These services usually are rendered on a
project basis. To the extent that we incur additional expenses in this effort prior to receiving additional revenue, our
overall service margins will be adversely affected.
Our stock price is volatile. The trading price of our common stock is subject to significant fluctuations in
response to many factors, including our quarterly operating results (particularly if they are less than our or analysts’
previous estimates), changes in analysts’ estimates, our capital raising activities, announcements of technological
innovations by us or our competitors and general conditions in our industry.
The adoption of FAS 123R has and will continue to adversely affect our operating results and may
adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Beginning in 2006, in light of the adoption of
FAS 123R, we granted stock options and restricted stock awards to a limited number of new employees and granted
options and restricted stock to less than a majority of employees, generally with four-year vesting periods. We also
changed the purchase price under our employee stock purchase plan in order to designate the plan as non-
compensatory, and thereby avoid expense that would have otherwise been incurred under FAS 123R. Our estimates
for stock option expense are based on the Black-Scholes valuation method, which provides significantly different
values depending on certain assumptions. We recorded approximately $3.2 million as non-cash compensation
expense in 2007 for stock options and restricted stock grants, equal to approximately 56% of our reported net loss
for the year, and we anticipate that this expense amount will increase in future years. We do not know how analysts
and investors will react to the additional expense recorded in our statements of operations rather than disclosed in
the notes thereto, and thus such additional expense may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
We may infringe or be subject to claims that we infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
Third parties in the past have asserted, and may in the future assert intellectual property infringement claims against
us, and such future claims, if proved, could require us to pay substantial damages or to redesign our existing
products or pay fees to obtain cross-license agreements. Regardless of the merits, any claim of infringement would
require management attention and could be expensive to defend.
We incorporate software licensed from third parties into the operating systems for our products and any
significant interruption in the availability of these third-party software products or defects in these products
could reduce the demand for our products. The operating system software we develop for our HPC systems
contains components that are licensed to us under open source software licenses. Our business could be disrupted if
this software, or functional equivalents of this software, were either no longer available to us or no longer offered to
us on commercially reasonable terms. In either case we would be required to redesign our operating system software
to function with alternative third-party software, or develop these components ourselves, which would result in
increased costs and could result in delays in product shipments. Our Cray XT4, Cray XT5 and successor systems
utilize software system variants that incorporate Linux technology. The open source licenses under which we have
obtained certain components of our operating system software may not be enforceable. Any ruling by a court that
these licenses are not enforceable, or that Linux-based operating systems, or significant portions of them, may not
be copied, modified or distributed as provided in those licenses, would adversely affect our ability to sell our
systems. In addition, as a result of concerns about the risks of litigation and open source software generally, we may
be forced to protect our customers from potential claims of infringement. In any such event, our financial condition
and results of operations may be adversely affected.
We also incorporate proprietary incidental software from third parties, such as for file systems, job scheduling
and storage subsystems. We have experienced some functional issues in the past with implementing such software
with our supercomputer systems. These issues, if repeated, may result in additional expense by us and/or loss of
customer confidence.
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Our indebtedness may adversely affect our financial strength.
In December 2004 we sold $80.0 million
in aggregate principal amount of our 3.0% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”). Holders
may require us to purchase all or a part of their Notes for cash at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount of
the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014 or December 1, 2019, or upon
the occurrence of certain events provided in the indenture governing the Notes. As of December 31, 2007, we had no
other outstanding indebtedness for money borrowed and no material equipment lease obligations. We have a
$10.0 million cash secured credit facility which supports the issuance of letters of credit. As of December 31, 2007,
we had approximately $8.0 million available to use under this credit facility. Our current credit facility constitutes
senior debt with respect to the Notes. We may incur additional indebtedness for money borrowed, which may
include borrowing under new credit facilities or the issuance of new debt securities. Over time, the level of our
indebtedness could, among other things:
(cid:129) increase our vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions, including recessions;
(cid:129) require us to use cash from operations to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing our ability to fund
working capital, capital expenditures, research and development efforts and other expenses;
(cid:129) limit our flexibility investing in significant research and development projects with long paybacks, as well as
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business, including merger and acquisition
opportunities;
(cid:129) place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to competitors that have less indebtedness; and
(cid:129) limit our ability to borrow additional funds that may be needed to operate and expand our business.
We may not have the funds necessary to purchase the Notes on December 1, 2009, upon a fundamental
change or other purchase date, and our ability to purchase the Notes in such events may be limited. On
December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014 or December 1, 2019, holders of the Notes may require us to purchase their
Notes for cash, and we currently expect that we likely will be required to purchase all the Notes on December 1,
2009. In addition, holders may also require us to purchase their Notes upon a fundamental change, as defined in the
indenture governing the Notes, which includes among other matters, a change of control. Our ability to repurchase
the Notes in such events may be limited by law and by the terms of other indebtedness, including the terms of senior
indebtedness, we may have outstanding at the time of such events. If we do not have sufficient funds, we will not be
able to repurchase the Notes tendered to us for purchase. While our existing credit facility does not prohibit us from
repurchasing any of the Notes, any subsequent credit facility may include such a covenant or a requirement for prior
written consent from the lender. If a repurchase event occurs, we may require third-party financing to repurchase the
Notes, but we may not be able to obtain that financing on favorable terms or at all. Our failure to repurchase
tendered Notes at a time when the repurchase is required by the indenture would constitute a default under the
indenture. In addition, a default under the indenture would constitute a default under our existing senior secured
credit facility and could lead to defaults under other existing and future agreements governing our indebtedness. In
these circumstances, the subordination provisions in the indenture governing the Notes may limit or prohibit
payments to Note holders. If, due to a default, the repayment of the related indebtedness were to be accelerated after
any applicable notice or grace periods, we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness or repurchase the
Notes.
We will require a significant amount of cash to repay our indebtedness and to fund planned capital
expenditures, research and development efforts and other corporate expenses. Our ability to make payments
on our indebtedness, including the potential repurchase of the Notes in December 2009, and to fund planned capital
expenditures, research and development efforts and other corporate expenses will depend on our future operating
performance and on economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors. Many of these
factors are beyond our control. Our business may not generate sufficient cash from operations, and we expect to
have a net use of cash in 2008, and future borrowings may not be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us
to pay our indebtedness, including the Notes, or to fund our other needs. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash
to enable us to pay our indebtedness, we may need to pursue one or more alternatives, such as reducing our
operating expenses, reducing or delaying capital expenditures or research and development, selling assets, raising
additional equity capital and/or debt, and seeking legal protection from our creditors.
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We are required to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 at the end of each fiscal year, and any adverse results from such future
evaluations could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial reports and have an adverse effect on
our stock price. Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to furnish a report by
our management and our independent registered public accounting firm on our internal control over financial
reporting in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K. We received favorable opinions from our independent registered
public accounting firm and we reported no material weaknesses for 2005, 2006 and 2007. Each year, we must
continue to monitor and assess our internal control over financial reporting and determine whether we have any
material weaknesses. Depending on their nature and severity, any future material weaknesses could result in our
having to restate financial statements, could make it difficult or impossible for us to obtain an audit of our annual
financial statements or could result in a qualification of any such audit. In such events, we could experience a
number of adverse consequences, including our inability to comply with applicable reporting and listing require-
ments, a loss of market confidence in our publicly available information, delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market,
loss of financing sources such as our line of credit, and litigation based on the events themselves or their
consequences.
New environmental rules in Europe and other jurisdictions may adversely affect our operations.
In
2006 members of the European Union (“EU”) and certain other European countries began implementing the
Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (“RoHS”) Directive, which prohibits or limits the use in electrical and
electronic equipment of the following substances: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated
biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. After July 1, 2006, a company shipping products that do not comply
with RoHS to the EU or such other European countries could have its products detained and could be subject to
penalties. We did not ship any Cray X1E or Cray XD1 systems to Europe after July 1, 2006, because of these
restrictions. We believe we are RoHS-compliant with our Cray XT4, Cray XT5, Cray XT5h and Cray XMT systems.
If a regulatory authority determines that any of our products is not RoHS-compliant, we will have to redesign and
requalify certain components to meet RoHS requirements, which could result in increased engineering expenses,
shipment delays, penalties and possible product detentions or seizures.
A separate EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“WEEE”) was scheduled to become
effective in August 2005. Under the WEEE Directive, companies that put electrical and electronic equipment on the
EU market must register with individual member states, mark their products, submit annual reports, provide
recyclers with information about product recycling, and either recycle their products or participate in or fund
mandatory recycling schemes. In addition, some EU member states require recycling fees to be paid in advance to
ensure funds are available for product recycling at the end of the product’s useful life. We mark our products as
required by the WEEE Directive and are registered with those EU member states where our products have been
shipped since August 2005. Each EU member state is responsible for implementing the WEEE Directive and some
member states have not yet established WEEE registrars or established or endorsed the recycling schemes required
by the WEEE Directive. We are monitoring implementation of the WEEE Directive by the member states.
Compliance with the WEEE Directive could increase our costs and any failure to comply with the WEEE Directive
could lead to monetary penalties.
Other jurisdictions are considering adoption of rules similar to the RoHS and WEEE regulations. To the extent
that any such rules differ from the RoHS and WEEE regulations, they may result in additional expense for us to
redesign and requalify our products, and may delay us from shipping products into such jurisdictions.
U.S. export controls could hinder our ability to make sales to foreign customers and our future
prospects. The U.S. government regulates the export of HPC systems such as our products. Occasionally we
have experienced delays for up to several months in receiving appropriate approvals necessary for certain sales,
which have delayed the shipment of our products. Delay or denial in the granting of any required licenses could
make it more difficult to make sales to foreign customers, eliminating an important source of potential revenue.
We may not be able to protect our proprietary information and rights adequately. We rely on a
combination of patent, copyright and trade secret protection, nondisclosure agreements and licensing arrangements
to establish, protect and enforce our proprietary information and rights. We have a number of patents and have
additional applications pending. There can be no assurance, however, that patents will be issued from the pending
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applications or that any issued patents will protect adequately those aspects of our technology to which such patents
will relate. Despite our efforts to safeguard and maintain our proprietary rights, we cannot be certain that we will
succeed in doing so or that our competitors will not independently develop or patent technologies that are
substantially equivalent or superior to our technologies. The laws of some countries do not protect intellectual
property rights to the same extent or in the same manner as do the laws of the United States. Additionally, under
certain conditions, the U.S. government might obtain non-exclusive rights to certain of our intellectual property.
Although we continue to implement protective measures and intend to defend our proprietary rights vigorously,
these efforts may not be successful.
A substantial number of our shares are eligible for future sale and may depress the market price of our
common stock and may hinder our ability to obtain additional financing. As of December 31, 2007, we had
outstanding:
(cid:129) 32,638,415 shares of common stock;
(cid:129) 1,284,852 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants;
(cid:129) 3,328,798 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options, of which options to purchase
2,767,801 shares of common stock were then exercisable; and
(cid:129) Notes convertible into an aggregate of 4,144,008 shares of common stock at a current conversion price of
approximately $19.31 per share, subject to adjustment, or, under certain circumstances specified in the
indenture governing the Notes, a maximum of 5,698,006 shares of common stock.
Almost all of our outstanding shares of common stock may be sold without substantial restrictions, with certain
exceptions including 376,206 shares held by Board members, executive officers and key managers that may be
forfeited and are restricted against transfer until vested.
Almost all of the shares of common stock that may be issued on exercise of the warrants and options will be
available for sale in the public market when issued, subject in some cases to volume and other limitations. The
warrants outstanding at December 31, 2007, consisted of warrants to purchase 1,284,852 shares of common stock,
with an exercise price of $10.12 per share, expiring on June 21, 2009. The Notes are not now convertible, and only
become convertible upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the indenture governing the Notes. Sales in
the public market of substantial amounts of our common stock, including sales of common stock issuable upon the
exercise or conversion of warrants, options and Notes, may depress prevailing market prices for the common stock.
Even the perception that sales could occur may impact market prices adversely. The existence of outstanding
warrants, options and Notes may prove to be a hindrance to our future financings. Further, the holders of warrants,
options and Notes may exercise or convert them for shares of common stock at a time when we would otherwise be
able to obtain additional equity capital on terms more favorable to us. Such factors could impair our ability to meet
our capital needs. We also have authorized 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, although no shares of
preferred stock currently are outstanding.
Provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws could make a proposed acquisition that
is not approved by our Board of Directors more difficult. Provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us. These provisions could limit the price that
investors might be willing to pay in the future for our common stock. For example, our Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws provide for:
(cid:129) removal of a director only in limited circumstances and only upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-
thirds of the shares entitled to vote to elect directors;
(cid:129) the ability of our board of directors to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without shareholder
approval, with rights senior to those of the common stock;
(cid:129) no cumulative voting of shares;
(cid:129) the right of shareholders to call a special meeting of the shareholders only upon demand by the holders of not
less than 30% of the shares entitled to vote at such a meeting;
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(cid:129) the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on an amendment,
unless the amendment was approved by a majority of our continuing directors, who are defined as directors
who have either served as a director since August 31, 1995, or were nominated to be a director by the
continuing directors;
(cid:129) special voting requirements for mergers and other business combinations, unless the proposed transaction
was approved by a majority of continuing directors;
(cid:129) special procedures to bring matters before our shareholders at our annual shareholders’ meeting; and
(cid:129) special procedures to nominate members for election to our board of directors.
These provisions could delay, defer or prevent a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business transaction
between us and a third party that is not approved by our Board of Directors.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
Our principal properties as of March 1, 2008, were as follows:
Location of Property
Uses of Facility
Approximate
Square Footage
Chippewa Falls, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing, hardware development,
227,800
central service and warehouse
Seattle, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive offices, hardware and software
development, sales and marketing
Mendota Heights, MN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software development, sales and marketing
59,600
55,300
We own 179,000 square feet of manufacturing, development, service and warehouse space in Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin, and lease the remaining space described above.
We also lease a total of 7,200 square feet of office space, primarily for hardware development, in Austin, Texas.
We also lease a total of approximately 5,700 square feet, primarily for sales and service offices, in various domestic
locations. In addition, various foreign sales and service subsidiaries have leased an aggregate of approximately
14,100 square feet of office space. Our Seattle lease expires on November 1, 2008. We are in negotiations with our
current landlord regarding a new lease and are exploring other leasing opportunities in the Seattle area. We believe
our facilities are adequate to meet our needs at least through 2008.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We have no material pending litigation.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of our shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2007.
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Item E.O. Executive Officers of the Company
Our executive officers, as of March 1, 2008, were as follows:
Name
Peter J. Ungaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian C. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenneth W. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ian W. Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven L. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margaret A. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Age
39
51
65
50
41
49
Position
Chief Executive Officer and President
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Senior Vice President
Our executive officers are elected annually by the Board of Directors and serve at the Board’s discretion. There
are no family relationships among any of our directors, nominees for directors or executive officers.
Peter J. Ungaro has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since August
2005 and as President since March 2005; he previously served as Senior Vice President responsible for sales,
marketing and services from September 2004 and before then served as Vice President responsible for sales and
marketing from when he joined us in August 2003. Prior to joining us, he served as Vice President, Worldwide Deep
Computing Sales for IBM since April 2003. Prior to that assignment, he was IBM’s vice president, worldwide HPC
sales, a position he held since February 1999. He also held a variety of other sales leadership positions since joining
IBM in 1991. Mr. Ungaro received a B.A. from Washington State University.
Brian C. Henry has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since joining us in May
2005. Mr. Henry previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Onyx Software
Corporation, a full suite customer relationship management company, which he joined in 2001. He previously
served from 1999 to 2001 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lante Corporation, a public
internet consulting company focused on e-markets and collaborative business models. From 1998 to 1999 he was
Chief Operating Officer, Information Management Group, of Convergys Corporation, which he helped spin-off
from Cincinnati Bell Inc., a diversified service company where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer from 1993 to 1998. From 1983 to 1993 he was with Mentor Graphics Corporation in key financial
management roles, serving as Chief Financial Officer from 1986 to 1993. Mr. Henry received his B.S. from Portland
State University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University where he was a Baker Scholar.
Kenneth W. Johnson serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. He has held
the position of General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since joining us in September 1997. From September 1997
to December 2001 he also served as Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer and he again served as
Chief Financial Officer from November 2004 to May 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Johnson practiced law in Seattle
for 20 years with Stoel Rives LLP and predecessor firms, where his practice emphasized corporate finance.
Mr. Johnson received an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School.
Ian W. Miller serves as Senior Vice President responsible for sales and marketing. He joined us in February
2008, after having served as Vice President of Sales for PolyServe Software, a unit of Hewlett-Packard, since May
2007, and for the five previous years as Vice President of World-Wide Sales for PolyServe Inc. PolyServe provides
software that unifies many servers and storage devices to form a modular utility that acts and can be managed as a
single entity. Prior to joining PolyServe in 2002, Mr. Miller spent three years as Vice President-Sales at IBM
responsible for its high-end xSeries servers and the two previous years as Vice President, Global Marketing for
Sequent Computer, before and after IBM’s acquisition of Sequent. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Senior Vice
President-Asia Pacific for Software AG and from 1978 through 1995 he held various sales and marketing positions
in the United Kingdom and Asia for Unisys Corporation. Mr. Miller received a Bsc. in Economics from London
University.
Steven L. Scott has served as Senior Vice President since September 2005. He originally served as an
employee, having joined Cray Research in 1992, through mid-July 2005, and rejoined us in September 2005. He
was named as Chief Technology Officer in October 2004 and then again in September 2005. He is responsible for
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designing the integrated infrastructure that will drive our next generation of supercomputers. Prior to his
appointment as Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Scott held a variety of technology leadership positions. He was
formerly the chief architect of the Cray X1 system and was instrumental in the design of the Red Storm
supercomputer system. Dr. Scott holds 17 U.S. patents in the areas of interconnection networks, cache coherence,
synchronization mechanisms, and scalable parallel architectures. Dr. Scott has served on numerous program
committees and as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, and is a noted
expert in HPC architecture and interconnection networks. In 2005 he was the recipient of both the Seymour Cray
Computing Award from the IEEE Computer Society and the Maurice Wilkes Award from the Association of
Computing Machinery. He received his B.S. in electrical and computing engineering, M.S. in computer science and
Ph.D. in computer architecture all from the University of Wisconsin where he was a Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation and Hertz Foundation Fellow.
Margaret A. “Peg” Williams is Senior Vice President responsible for our software and hardware research and
development efforts, including our current and future products and projects. Dr. Williams joined us in May 2005.
From 1997 through 2005, she held various positions with IBM, including Vice President of Database Technology
and Director and then Vice President of HPC Software and AIX Development. She also led the user support team at
the Maui High Performance Computing Center from 1993 through 1996. From 1987 through 1993, Dr. Williams
held various positions in high performance computing software development at IBM. Dr. Williams holds a B.S. in
mathematics and physics from Ursinus College and an M.S. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics
from Lehigh University.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Company’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Repurchases
of Equity Securities
Price Range of Common Stock and Dividend Policy
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol CRAY. On March 3, 2008, we had
32,817,497 shares of common stock outstanding that were held by 597 holders of record.
The quarterly high and low sales prices of our common stock for the periods indicated are as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2006:
First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Year Ended December 31, 2007:
First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High
Low
$10.16
$10.16
$14.36
$13.45
$14.40
$14.33
$ 8.30
$ 7.38
$ 5.20
$ 5.88
$ 9.95
$ 8.36
$11.32
$ 6.50
$ 6.02
$ 5.52
We have not paid cash dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on
our common stock in the foreseeable future.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
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The following table provides information as of December 31, 2007, with respect to compensation plans under
which shares of our common stock are authorized for issuance, including plans previously approved by our
shareholders and plans not previously approved by our shareholders.
Plan Category
Number of Shares of
Common Stock to be
Issued Upon Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
Number of Shares of
Common Stock Available
for Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (excluding shares
reflected in 1st column)
Equity compensation plans approved by
shareholders (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity compensation plans not
2,674,934
approved by shareholders (2) . . . . . . .
653,864
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,328,798
$15.67
$10.61
$14.68
2,869,538
143,666
3,013,204
(1) The shareholders approved our 1988, 1995 Independent Director, 1995, 1999 and 2003 stock option plans, our
2004 long-term equity compensation plan, our 2006 long-term equity compensation plan and our
2001 employee stock purchase plan; the 1988, the 1995 Independent Director and the 1995 stock option
plans have been terminated and no more options may be granted under those plans. Pursuant to these stock
option plans, incentive and nonqualified options may be granted to employees, officers, directors, agents and
consultants with exercise prices at least equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the
time of grant. While the Board may grant options with varying vesting periods under these plans, most options
granted to employees vest over four years, with 25% of the options vesting after one year and the remaining
options vesting monthly over the next three years, and most option grants to non-employee directors vesting
monthly over the twelve months after grant. In 2005, the vesting of all employee stock options with per share
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exercise prices of $5.88 or higher was accelerated; the vesting of stock options granted to non-employee
directors and contractors was not accelerated. Most options granted in 2005 vested in full on or before
December 31, 2005. Under the 2004 and 2006 long-term equity compensation plans, the Board may grant
restricted and performance stock grants in addition to incentive and nonqualified stock options. As of
December 31, 2007, under the option and equity compensation plans approved by shareholders under which
we may grant stock options, an aggregate of 2,456,840 shares remained available for grant as options and, under
the option and equity compensation plans approved by shareholders under which we may grant restricted and
bonus awards, an aggregate of 1,556,439 shares were available for such awards.
Under the 2001 employee stock purchase plan, all employees are eligible to participate. Effective December 16,
2005, the formula for determining the purchase price of shares under this plan was changed to 95% of the fair
market value of our common stock on the fourth business day after the end of each offering period. The
2001 employee stock purchase plan covers a total of 1,000,000 shares; at December 31, 2007, we had issued a
total of 587,302 shares under the 2001 plan and had a total of 412,698 shares available for future issuance. The
first two columns do not include the shares to be issued under the 2001 employee stock purchase plan for the
offering period that began on December 16, 2007 and will end on March 15, 2008, as neither the number of
shares to be issued in that offering period nor the offering price is now determinable.
(2) The shareholders did not approve the 2000 non-executive employee stock option plan. Under the 2000 non-
executive employee stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors on March 30, 2000, an aggregate of
1,500,000 shares pursuant to non-qualified options could be issued to employees, agents and consultants but not
to officers or directors. Otherwise, the 2000 non-executive employee stock option plan is similar to the stock
option plans described in footnote (1) above. At December 31, 2007, under the 2000 non-executive employee
stock plan we had options for 603,309 shares outstanding and options for 896,691 shares available for future
grant.
On April 1, 2004, in connection with the acquisition of OctigaBay, subsequently renamed Cray Canada Inc., we
assumed that company’s key employee stock option plan, including existing options. Options could be granted
to Cray Canada employees, directors and consultants. Otherwise the Cray Canada key employee stock option
plan is similar to the stock option plans described in footnote (1) above. On March 8, 2006, the Cray Canada
plan was terminated, which ended future grants but did not affect then outstanding options. Under the Cray
Canada key employee stock option plan, we had 50,555 options outstanding as of December 31, 2007.
From time to time we have issued warrants as compensation to consultants and others for services without
shareholder approval. As of December 31, 2007, we had no such warrants outstanding.
Unregistered Sales of Securities
We had no unregistered sales of our securities in 2007 not previously reported.
Issuer Repurchases
We did not repurchase any of our equity securities in the fourth quarter of 2007.
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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph below compares the cumulative total return to shareholders for our common stock with the
comparable return of the Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S. companies) Index and the Nasdaq Computer Manufacturer
Stocks Index.
The graph assumes that a shareholder invested $100 in our common stock on December 31, 2002, and that all
dividends were reinvested. We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. All return information is
historical and is not necessarily indicative of future performance.
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN AMONG OUR COMMON STOCK,
THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET (U.S. COMPANIES) INDEX AND THE NASDAQ
COMPUTER MANUFACTURER STOCKS INDEX THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007
Cray Inc.
Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S.)
Nasdaq Computer Manufacturer Stocks
400
300
200
100
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2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Cray Inc.
Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S.)
Nasdaq Computer Manufacturer Stocks
12/31/02
12/31/03
12/31/04
12/30/05
12/29/06
12/31/07
100.0
100.0
100.0
129.5
149.5
138.9
60.8
162.7
181.1
17.3
166.2
185.1
38.7
182.6
189.1
19.5
198.0
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following table presents selected historical consolidated financial data for Cray Inc. and its subsidiaries,
which is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements:
Operating Data:
2007
Year Ended December 31,
2005
(In thousands, except for per share data)
2006
2004
2003
Product revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$133,455
52,698
$162,795
58,222
$152,098
48,953
$ 95,901
49,948
$175,004
61,958
Total revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186,153
221,017
201,051
145,849
236,962
Cost of product revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost of service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89,475
31,247
124,728
32,466
139,518
29,032
104,196
30,338
97,354
40,780
Total cost of revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120,722
157,194
168,550
134,534
138,134
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65,431
63,823
32,501
11,315
98,828
Research and development, net
. . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring, severance and impairment . . .
In-process research and development
charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37,883
22,137
14,956
(48)
29,042
21,977
18,785
1,251
41,711
25,808
16,145
9,750
53,266
34,948
19,451
8,182
37,762
27,038
10,908
4,019
—
—
—
43,400
—
Operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74,928
71,055
93,414
159,247
79,727
Income (loss) from operations . . . . . . . . . . .
Other income (expense), net . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest income (expense), net . . . . . . . . . . .
Income (loss) before income taxes . . . . . . . .
(Provision) benefit for income taxes . . . . . . .
(9,497)
1,112
3,840
(4,545)
(1,174)
(7,232)
(2,141)
(2,095)
(11,468)
(602)
(60,913)
(1,421)
(3,462)
(65,796)
1,488
(147,932)
(699)
365
(148,266)
(59,092)
19,101
1,496
444
21,041
42,207
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ (5,719)
$ (12,070)
$ (64,308)
$(207,358)
$ 63,248
Net income (loss) per common share
Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
(0.18)
(0.18)
$
$
(0.53)
(0.53)
$
$
(2.91)
(2.91)
$
$
(9.95)
(9.95)
$
$
3.77
3.25
Weighted average outstanding shares
Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31,892
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31,892
22,849
22,849
22,125
22,125
20,847
20,847
16,775
19,465
Cash Flow Data:
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of property and equipment . . . . . .
$ 38,650
(35,426)
1,695
13,359
2,768
$ 12,608
(27,372)
83,909
16,181
2,611
$ (36,705)
41,731
(137)
19,578
3,982
$ (52,656)
(29,908)
84,153
17,179
12,518
$ (8,713)
(41,169)
65,079
15,860
6,599
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Year Ended December 31,
2005
(In thousands, except for per share data)
2006
2004
2003
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and
short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Obligations under capital leases . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$179,121
150,839
355,902
—
80,000
148,202
$140,328
136,324
337,503
31
80,000
141,374
$ 46,026
52,204
273,005
154
80,000
65,947
$ 87,422
93,616
310,504
823
80,000
121,965
$ 74,343
115,815
291,589
152
—
222,633
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
The information set forth in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” below includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those
Sections. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements
are set forth in this section and earlier in this report under Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” beginning on page 12. The
following discussion should also be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accom-
panying Notes thereto.
Overview and Executive Summary
We design, develop, manufacture, market and service high performance computing (“HPC”) systems,
commonly known as supercomputers. Our supercomputer systems provide capability, capacity and sustained
performance far beyond typical server-based computer systems and address challenging scientific and engineering
computing problems.
We believe we are well-positioned to meet the HPC market’s demanding needs by providing superior
supercomputer systems with performance and cost advantages when sustained performance on challenging
applications and total cost of ownership are taken into account. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors
primarily by concentrating our research and development efforts on the processing, interconnect and system
capabilities that enable our supercomputers to scale — that is, to continue to increase performance as they grow in
size. In addition, we have demonstrated expertise in the four primary processor technologies. Purpose-built for the
supercomputer market, our systems balance highly capable processors, highly scalable system software and very
high speed interconnect and communications capabilities.
In 2005, our senior management team changed significantly with a new chief executive officer and new leaders
in technology, finance, marketing, operations and customer support. Since then we have continued to add depth in
the management team, particularly in engineering, sales, marketing and finance, and have continued our focus on
our announced goals of obtaining market leadership in the HPC markets that we target and having sustained annual
profitability. In early 2006 we announced our Adaptive Supercomputing vision to expand the concept of hybrid
computing to a fully integrated view of supporting multiple processing technologies within a single, highly scalable
system. Our November 2006 $250 million award from DARPA under its HPCS program will co-fund our Cascade
development project to implement this vision. In 2006 and 2007, we obtained significant market penetration
internationally, particularly in Europe. In 2007, we introduced the Cray XT5 family of products, a significant step
toward realizing our Adaptive Supercomputing vision, and made progress on our financial goals with significantly
improved product gross margins and a stronger balance sheet.
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Summary of 2007 Results
Revenue decreased by $34.9 million, or 16%, in 2007 from 2006, with $29.4 million coming from decreases in
product revenue and the remaining $5.5 million coming from decreases in service revenue. The decrease in product
revenue was principally due to delays in completing new products in time to recognize revenue in 2007 because of
delays in product development and component availability, and anticipated lower project revenue largely due to the
completion of the DARPA Phase II contract in 2006.
Loss from operations increased in 2007 to a loss of $9.5 million compared to a loss from operations of
$7.2 million in 2006. Gross margin contribution increased $1.6 million despite lower revenue, with a $5.9 million
increase in product gross margin contribution offset in part by a decrease in service gross margin contribution.
Operating expenses, excluding restructuring, severance and impairment expense, increased $5.2 million principally
due to higher net research and development expense, which more than offset lower general and administrative
expense.
Net cash provided by operations in 2007 was $38.7 million compared to $12.6 million in 2006. Cash and short-
term investment balances, including restricted cash balances, increased by $38.8 million during 2007. We did not
borrow under our line of credit during the year.
Market Overview and Challenges
In recent years the most significant trend in the HPC market has been the continuing expansion and acceptance
of low-bandwidth cluster systems using processors manufactured by Intel, AMD, IBM and others with commer-
cially available commodity networking and other components throughout the HPC market, especially in capacity
computing situations. These systems may offer higher theoretical peak performance for equivalent cost, and
vendors of such systems often put pricing pressure on us in competitive procurements, even at times in capability
market procurements.
In the capability market and in large capacity procurements in the enterprise market, the use of commodity
processors and networking components is resulting in increasing data transfer bottlenecks as these components do
not balance faster processor speeds with network communication capability. With the arrival of dual and quad-core
processors, these unbalanced systems have even lower productivity, especially in larger systems running more
complex applications, a trend that is likely to increase with the arrival of ever larger multi-core processors in future
years. In response, vendors have begun to augment standard microprocessors with other processor types in order to
solve complex problems faster. In addition, with increasing numbers of multi-core processors, large computer
systems use progressively higher amounts of power to operate and require special cooling capabilities.
We believe we are well-positioned to meet the market’s demanding needs, as we concentrate our research and
development efforts on the processing, interconnect, system software and packaging capabilities that enable our
supercomputers to scale — that is, to continue to increase performance as, purpose built for the supercomputer
market, they grow in size. We have demonstrated expertise in the four primary processor technologies — vector
processing, massively parallel processing, multithreading and co-processing with field programmable gate arrays.
Our experience and capabilities across each of these fronts are becoming ever more important, especially in larger
procurements. We expect to be in a comparatively advantageous position as larger multi-core processors become
available and as multiple processing technologies become integrated into single systems.
Nevertheless, to compete against cluster systems in the longer term, we need to incorporate greater perfor-
mance differentiation across our products. We believe we will have such differentiation through our vector-based
technology incorporated in our Cray XT5h system and our multithreaded Cray XMT system. These products, which
focus on narrower markets than our commodity processor products, are expected to be available in 2008. We must
add greater performance differentiation to our high-bandwidth, massively parallel commodity processor-based
products, such as our Cray XT4, Cray XT5 and successor systems. While increasing performance differentiation,
we must balance the business strategy trade-offs between using commodity parts, which are available to our
competitors, and proprietary components, which are both expensive and time-consuming to develop but provide
customers with higher levels of performance and capability.
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Key Performance Indicators
Our management monitors and analyzes several key performance indicators in order to manage our business
and evaluate our financial and operating performance, including:
Revenue. Product revenue generally constitutes the major portion of our revenue in any reporting period and,
for the reasons discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, is subject to significant variability from
period to period. In the short term, we closely review the status of product shipments, installations and acceptances
in order to forecast revenue and cash receipts; longer-term, we monitor the status of the pipeline of product sales
opportunities and product development cycles. Revenue growth is the best indicator of whether we are achieving
our objective of increased market share in the markets we address. The introduction of the quad-core Cray XT4
system and the Cray XT5 family and our longer-term product roadmap are efforts to increase product revenue. We
also plan to increase our Cray Technical Services offerings to increase revenue. Maintenance service revenue is
more constant in the short run and assists, in part, to offset the impact that the variability in product revenue has on
total revenue.
Gross margins. Our total gross margin and our product gross margin for 2007 was 35% and 33%,
respectively, a significant increase from the respective 2006 levels of 29% and 23%. We need to continue to
maintain and improve our product gross margins, which we believe is best achieved through increased product
differentiation. We also monitor service margins and have been proactive in reducing service costs where possible.
Operating expenses. Our operating expenses are driven largely by headcount, contracted research and
development services and the level of recognized co-funded research and development. As part of our ongoing
efforts to control operating expenses, we monitor headcount levels in specific geographic and operational areas.
During 2006 we received increased levels of co-funding for our research and development projects. Our November
2006 DARPA Phase III award is in line with our long-term development path. This award, however, likely will result
in potentially large increases in gross and net research and development expenditures by us in future periods due to
the size of the overall program and the cost-sharing requirement on our part. Our operating expenses for 2007 were
approximately $3.9 million greater than 2006, with higher net research and development expenses in 2007 due to
lower amounts recognized from government co-funding arrangements and increased headcount offset in part by
lower general and administrative and restructuring and severance expenses.
Liquidity and cash flows. Due to the variability in product revenue, our cash position also varies from quarter
to quarter and within a quarter. We closely monitor our expected cash levels, particularly in light of potential
increased inventory purchases for large system installations and the risk of delays in product shipments and
acceptances and, longer-term, in product development. Sustained profitability over annual periods is our primary
objective, which should improve our cash position and shareholder value.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
This discussion as well as disclosures included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are based upon
our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements
requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and
expenses, and related disclosure of contingencies. In preparing our financial statements in accordance with
U.S. GAAP, there are certain accounting policies that are particularly important. These include revenue recognition,
inventory valuation, goodwill and intangible assets, income taxes, accounting for loss contracts, research and
development expenses and share-based compensation. We believe these accounting policies and others set forth in
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements should be
reviewed as they are integral to understanding our results of operations and financial condition. In some cases, these
policies represent required accounting. In other cases, they may represent a choice between acceptable accounting
methods or may require substantial judgment or estimation.
Additionally, we consider certain judgments and estimates to be significant, including those relating to the fair
value determination used in revenue recognition, percentage of completion accounting on the Red Storm contract,
estimates of proportional performance on co-funded engineering contracts, determination of inventory at the lower
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of cost or market, useful lives for depreciation and amortization, determination of future cash flows associated with
impairment testing for goodwill and long-lived assets, determination of the fair value of stock options and
assessments of fair value, estimation of restructuring costs, calculation of deferred income tax assets, potential
income tax assessments and other contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience, current conditions
and on other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from
these estimates and assumptions.
Our management has discussed the selection of significant accounting policies and the effect of judgments and
estimates with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when it is realized or realizable and earned. In accordance with the Securities and
Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements,
we consider revenue realized or realizable and earned when we have persuasive evidence of an arrangement, the
product has been shipped or the services have been provided to our customer, the sales price is fixed or
determinable, no significant unfulfilled obligations exist and collectibility is reasonably assured. We record
revenue in our Consolidated Statements of Operations net of any sales, use, value added or certain excise taxes
imposed by governmental authorities on specific sales transactions. In addition to the aforementioned general
policy, the following are our statements of policy with regard to multiple-element arrangements and specific
revenue recognition policies for each major category of revenue.
Multiple-Element Arrangements. We commonly enter into transactions that include multiple-element
arrangements, which may include any combination of hardware, maintenance and other services. In accordance
with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables, when some
elements are delivered prior to others in an arrangement and all of the following criteria are met, revenue for the
delivered element is recognized upon delivery and acceptance of such item:
(cid:129) The element could be sold separately;
(cid:129) The fair value of the undelivered element is established; and
(cid:129) In cases with any general right of return, our performance with respect to any undelivered element is within
our control and probable.
If all of the criteria are not met, revenue is deferred until delivery of the last element as the elements would not
be considered a separate unit of accounting and revenue would be recognized as described below under our product
or service revenue recognition policies. We consider the maintenance period to commence upon acceptance of the
product, which may include a warranty period and accordingly allocate a portion of the sales price as a separate
deliverable which is recognized as service revenue over the entire service period.
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Products. We recognize revenue from product sales upon customer acceptance of the system, when we have
no significant unfulfilled obligations stipulated by the contract that affect the customer’s final acceptance, the price
is fixed or determinable and collection is reasonably assured. A customer-signed notice of acceptance or similar
document is typically required from the customer prior to revenue recognition.
DARPA Phase II and Red Storm Project Revenue. Revenue from contracts that require us to design, develop,
manufacture or modify complex information technology systems to a customer’s specifications is recognized using
the percentage of completion method for long-term development projects under American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position 81-1, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and
Certain Production-Type Contracts. Percentage of completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to
date compared to the total estimated costs. Total estimated costs are based on several factors, including estimated
labor hours to complete certain tasks and the estimated cost of purchased components or services. Estimates may
need to be adjusted from quarter to quarter, which would impact revenue and margins on a cumulative basis. To the
extent the estimate of total costs to complete the contract indicates a loss, such amount is recognized in full in the
period that the determination is made. Revenue from these arrangements was included in Product Revenue on our
accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2007, 2006 and 2005. Funding under DARPA Phase III,
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however, was reflected as reimbursed research and development expense, and as such was deducted to arrive at net
research and development expenses as recorded on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2007.
Services. Maintenance services are provided under separate maintenance contracts with our customers.
These contracts generally provide for maintenance services for one year, although some are for multi-year periods,
often with prepayments for the term of the contract. We consider the maintenance period to commence upon
acceptance of the product, which may include a warranty period. We allocate a portion of the sales price to
maintenance service revenue based on estimates of fair value. Revenue for the maintenance of computers is
recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance contract. Maintenance contracts that are paid in advance are
recorded as deferred revenue. We consider fiscal funding clauses as contingencies for the recognition of revenue
until the funding is virtually assured. Revenue from Cray Technical Services is recognized as the services are
rendered.
Inventory Valuation
We record our inventory at the lower of cost or market. We regularly evaluate the technological usefulness and
anticipated future demand of our inventory components. Due to rapid changes in technology and the increasing
demands of our customers, we are continually developing new products. Additionally, during periods of product or
inventory component upgrades or transitions, we may acquire significant quantities of inventory to support
estimated current and future production and service requirements. As a result, it is possible that older inventory
items we have purchased may become obsolete, be sold below cost or be deemed in excess of quantities required for
production or service requirements. When we determine it is not likely we will recover the cost of inventory items
through future sales, we write down the related inventory to our estimate of its market value.
Because the products we sell have high average sales prices and because a high number of our prospective
customers receive funding from U.S. or foreign governments, it is difficult to estimate future sales of our products
and the timing of such sales. It also is difficult to determine whether the cost of our inventories will ultimately be
recovered through future sales. While we believe our inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market and that our
estimates and assumptions to determine any adjustments to the cost of our inventories are reasonable, our estimates
may prove to be inaccurate. We have sold inventory previously reduced in part or in whole to zero, and we may have
future sales of previously written down inventory. We also may have additional expense to write down inventory to
its estimated market value. Adjustments to these estimates in the future may materially impact our operating results.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Approximately 18% of our total assets as of December 31, 2007 consisted of goodwill resulting from our
acquisition of the Cray Research business unit assets from SGI in 2000 and our acquisition of OctigaBay in 2004.
We no longer amortize goodwill associated with these acquisitions, but we are required to conduct periodic analyses
of the recorded amount of goodwill in comparison to its estimated fair value. We currently have one operating
segment and reporting unit. As such, we evaluate any potential goodwill impairment by comparing our net assets
against the market value of our outstanding shares of common stock. We performed an annual impairment test
effective January 1, 2008, and determined that our recorded goodwill was not impaired.
The analysis of whether the fair value of recorded goodwill is impaired and the number and nature of our
reporting units involves a substantial amount of judgment. Future charges related to the amounts recorded for
goodwill could be material depending on future developments and changes in technology and our business.
In connection with our 2004 acquisition of OctigaBay, we assigned $6.7 million of value to core technology. In
December 2005 we announced plans to further integrate our technology platforms, and combine the Cray XD1 and
the Cray XT3 products into a unified product offering. We determined that the core technology asset was impaired
and recorded a charge of $4.9 million charge in 2005 to “Restructuring, Severance and Impairment” in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations. In connection with this charge, we reversed the remaining deferred tax
liability of $1.5 million that was established in the purchase accounting as amortization of this intangible asset was
not deductible for income tax purposes.
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Accounting for Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax
bases of assets and liabilities and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and are measured using the enacted tax
rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences and carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled.
In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“FAS”) No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes
(“FAS 109”), a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is provided when we estimate that it is more likely than
not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets may not be realized through future operations. This assessment is
based upon consideration of available positive and negative evidence, which includes, among other things, our most
recent results of operations and expected future profitability. We consider our actual historical results to have
stronger weight than other more subjective indicators when considering whether to establish or reduce a valuation
allowance on deferred tax assets.
As of December 31, 2007, we had approximately $143.3 million of deferred tax assets, against which we
provided a $140.8 million valuation allowance. Our net deferred tax assets were generated in foreign jurisdictions
where we believe it is more likely than not that we will realize these assets through future operations.
On January 1, 2007, we implemented the provisions of FAS interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement 109 (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for
uncertainty in income taxes and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial
statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Estimated
interest and penalties are recorded as a component of interest expense and other expense, respectively. Such
amounts were not material for 2007, 2006 and 2005. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on our
financial position.
Accounting for Loss Contracts
In accordance with our revenue recognition policy, certain production contracts are accounted for using the
percentage of completion accounting method. We recognize revenue based on a measurement of completion
comparing the ratio of costs incurred to date with total estimated costs multiplied by the contract value. Inherent in
these estimates are uncertainties about the total cost to complete the project. If the estimate to complete results in a
loss on the contract, we will record the amount of the estimated loss in the period the determination is made. On a
regular basis, we update our estimates of total costs. Changes to the estimate may result in a charge or benefit to
operations.
As of December 31, 2007, our estimate of loss on the Red Storm contract totaled $15.5 million. As of
December 31, 2006 and 2005, our estimate of loss on the Red Storm contract was a cumulative loss of $15.3 million.
As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Red Storm loss contract accrual balance was $1.3 million and $157,000,
respectively, and is included in “Other accrued liabilities” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development costs include costs incurred in the development and production of our hardware and
software, costs incurred to enhance and support existing software features and expenses related to future product
development. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred, and may be offset by co-funding from the
U.S. government.
Amounts to be received under co-funding arrangements with the U.S. government are based on either
contractual milestones or costs incurred. These co-funding milestone payments are recognized in operations as
performance is estimated to be completed and are measured as milestone achievements occur or as costs are
incurred. These estimates are reviewed on a periodic basis and are subject to change, including in the near term. If an
estimate is changed, net research and development expense could be impacted significantly. In 2007, 2006 and
2005, certain of these co-funding payments were recognized as product revenue. See “Revenue Recognition —
DARPA Phase II and Red Storm Project Revenue” above.
We do not record a receivable from the U.S. government prior to completing the requirements necessary to bill
for a milestone or cost reimbursement. Funding from the U.S. government is subject to certain budget restrictions
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and milestones may be subject to completion risk, and as such, there may be periods in which research and
development costs are expensed as incurred for which no reimbursement is recorded, as milestones have not been
completed or the U.S. government has not funded an agreement.
We classify amounts to be received from funded research and development projects as either revenue or a
reduction to research and development expense, based on the specific facts and circumstances of the contractual
arrangement, considering total costs expected to be incurred compared to total expected funding and the nature of
the research and development contractual arrangement. In the event that a particular arrangement is determined to
represent revenue, the corresponding research and development costs are classified as cost of revenue.
Share-Based Compensation
We account for share-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of FAS 123R. Estimates of fair
value of stock options are based upon the Black-Scholes option pricing model. We utilize assumptions related to
stock price volatility, stock option term and forfeiture rates that are based upon both historical factors as well as
management’s judgment.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued FAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 defines
fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements
but does not require any new fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, except for nonfinancial
assets and liabilities which has been delayed until after November 15, 2008. We do not expect the adoption of
FAS 157 to have a significant impact on our financial statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities (“FAS 159”). FAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other
items at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to
mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having
to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. FAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007. We do not expect the adoption of FAS 159 to have a significant impact on our
financial statements.
In June 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force of the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 07-3, Accounting for
Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to be Used in Future Research and Development Activities
(“EITF 07-3”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. EITF 07-3 requires that
nonrefundable advance payments for future research and development activities be deferred and capitalized. Such
amounts will be recognized as an expense as the goods are delivered or the related services are performed. We do not
expect the adoption of EITF 07-3 to have a material impact on our financial results.
In December 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force of the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 07-1, Accounting for
Collaborative Arrangements (“EITF 07-1”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008.
EITF 07-1 provides income statement classification and related disclosure guidance for participants in a collab-
orative arrangement. We do not expect the adoption of EITF 07-1 to have a material impact on our financial results.
In December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial
Statements — an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (“FAS 160”), which amends Accounting
Research Bulletin No. 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a
subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. FAS 160 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2009. We do not expect the adoption of FAS 160 to have a material impact on our financial results.
In December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 141R, Business Combinations (“FAS 141R”), which establishes
principles and requirements for recognizing and measuring identifiable assets and goodwill acquired, liabilities
assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in an acquisition, at their fair value as of the acquisition date. FAS 141R is
effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual
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business combinations on a prospective basis.
Results of Operations
Revenue and Gross Margins
Our product and service revenue for the indicated years ended December 31 were (in thousands, except for
percentages):
Year Ended December 31,
2006
2007
2005
Product revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $133,455
89,475
Less: Cost of product revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$162,795
124,728
$152,098
139,518
Product gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,980
$ 38,067
$ 12,580
Product gross margin percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 52,698
31,247
Less: Cost of service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33%
23%
$ 58,222
32,466
8%
$ 48,953
29,032
Service gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21,451
$ 25,756
$ 19,921
Service gross margin percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $186,153
120,722
Less: Total cost of revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41%
44%
$221,017
157,194
41%
$201,051
168,550
Total gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 65,431
$ 63,823
$ 32,501
Total gross margin percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35%
29%
16%
Product Revenue
Product revenue in 2007 decreased $29.3 million, or 18%, over 2006 due to delays in component availability
and product development that adversely affected our ability to deliver and recognize revenue from our quad-core
Cray XT4, Cray XT5h and Cray XMT systems that had been anticipated at the beginning of the year. Additionally,
as anticipated, project revenue decreased to $1.4 million in 2007 compared to project revenue of $21.4 million in
2006, largely due to the termination of the DARPA Phase II project that ended in 2006.
Product revenue in 2006 increased $10.7 million, or 7%, over 2005 due to increased sales of Cray XT3 systems
that offset sales decreases of Cray X1E and Cray XD1 systems. Revenue from the DARPA Phase II and Red Storm
development projects totaled $21.4 million in 2006 compared to $22.1 million in 2005.
For 2008, while a wide range of results are possible, we expect significantly improved product revenue over
2007, weighted heavily toward the second half of the year. Our expectations are based on anticipated initial revenue
from quad-core Cray XT4 and Cray XT5h systems in the first half of 2008 and from Cray XT5 systems later in the
year.
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Service Revenue
Service revenue for 2007 decreased $5.5 million, or 9%, over 2006, as a result of decreased maintenance
revenue and lower revenue from Cray Technical Services due to the end of a refurbishment contract in 2006. Service
revenue for 2006 increased $9.3 million, or 19%, over 2005, due to a growth in maintenance revenue from new
contracts and revenue from Cray Technical Services.
We target overall service revenue to increase in 2008 to near 2006 levels. Although we expect our maintenance
service revenue to stabilize and grow modestly over the next year, we may have periodic revenue and margin
declines as our older, higher margin service contracts end. Our newer products will likely require less hardware
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maintenance and therefore generate less maintenance revenue than our historic vector systems. We are targeting
modest growth in Cray Technical Services revenue through new project offerings.
Product Gross Margin
Product gross margin improved 10 percentage points in 2007 compared to 2006. This improvement in product
gross margin was due primarily to increased gross margins across all product lines, including lower charges for
excess and obsolete inventory and lower Red Storm and DARPA Phase II low margin project revenue. This was
partially offset by the settlement of certain contract penalties for deliveries that were delayed and/or did not meet
contractual performance requirements.
Product gross margin improved 15 percentage points for 2006 compared to 2005. This improvement in product
gross margin was due to increased gross margins across all product lines, including lower charges for excess and
obsolete inventory and no amortization of core technology intangible assets that were written off during the fourth
quarter of 2005. Additionally, gross margins for 2005 were negatively impacted by a $7.7 million loss on the Red
Storm project.
The Red Storm and DARPA Phases I and II project costs, totaling $2.0 million, $19.8 million and $28.6 million
in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, are reflected on our financial statements as cost of product revenue and the
related reimbursements are recorded in our financial statements as product revenue. Excluding these low margin
development projects, product gross margin in 2007, 2006 and 2005 would have been 34%, 26% and 15%,
respectively.
Revenue for 2007, 2006 and 2005 included $200,000, $256,000 and $2.1 million, respectively, from the sale of
obsolete inventory recorded at a zero cost basis. In 2005, this amount consisted mainly of the sale of a refurbished
Cray T3E supercomputer, one of our legacy systems.
We expect our product gross margin percentage in 2008 to be similar to 2007 levels, although to fluctuate
significantly on a quarter-to-quarter basis. We expect to recognize approximately $7 million of low margin project
revenue during 2008.
Service Gross Margin
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Despite a decrease in cost of service revenue of $1.2 million in 2007 compared to 2006, service gross margin
declined 3 percentage points in 2007 compared to 2006 due to the decreases in maintenance revenue and the end of a
high margin Cray Technical Services refurbishment contract in 2006. Service gross margin improved 3 percentage
points in 2006 compared to 2005 due to the increases in maintenance and Cray Technical Services revenue while
increasing costs at a lower rate.
Service gross margin percentage for 2008 is expected to decrease somewhat from 2007 levels, although gross
margin contribution should increase with an increase in Cray Technical Services revenue offset somewhat by
additional costs associated with expanding our Cray Technical Services offerings.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development
Research and development expenses for the indicated years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands,
except for percentages):
2007
December 31,
2006
2005
Gross research and development expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,090
Less: Amounts included in cost of product revenue . . . . . . . . . . .
(793)
Less: Reimbursed research and development (excludes amounts
in revenue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(51,414)
Net research and development expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,883
$ 99,061
(17,012)
$ 96,257
(19,724)
(53,007)
$ 29,042
(34,822)
$ 41,711
Percentage of total revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20%
13%
21%
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Gross research and development expenses in the table above reflect all research and development expendi-
tures, including expenses related to our research and development activities on the Red Storm and DARPA Phases II
and III projects. Research and development expenses on the Red Storm and DARPA Phase II projects are reflected
in our Statements of Operations as cost of product revenue, and government co-funding on our other projects,
including DARPA Phase III, is recorded in our Statements of Operations as reimbursed research and development.
Research and development expenses include personnel expenses, depreciation, allocations for certain overhead
expenses, software, prototype materials and outside contracted engineering expenses.
In 2007, gross research and development expenses decreased from 2006 levels primarily due to decreases in
expenses for our Cray XT5h systems (formerly known as our BlackWidow project) and our Cray XT3, Cray XD1
and other scalar systems, offset in part by increased expenditures on our DARPA Phase III project. We are required
to spend $375 million on our DARPA Phase III project in order to receive $250 million of co-funding. During the
fourth quarter of 2007, we increased our estimate to complete the DARPA Phase III project which negatively
impacted research and development expense by approximately $500,000 for the fourth quarter. For 2007, net
research and development expenses increased as compared to 2006 due principally to decreases in government
reimbursement for our Cray XT5h system and Cray XMT system, offset in part by increased co-funding for our
DARPA Phase III project, with the aggregate decreases in government reimbursements exceeding the decrease in
gross research and development expenses.
For 2006, net research and development expenses decreased as compared to 2005 due principally to increases
in reimbursement for our BlackWidow, Cray XMT and DARPA project and reduced research and development
expenses for the Cray XD1 product line, which was offset in part by a $2.8 million charge related to an intellectual
property license agreement.
For 2008, we anticipate net research and development expenses to increase about 20% from 2007 levels, with
decreases in gross research and development expenses to be more than offset by decreases in the total level of
government funding. Government funding for our vector system, the Cray XT5h system has ended. We plan to fund
further development of that system internally. We have commenced discussions with DARPA regarding the scope
and timing of the DARPA Phase III project. Any modification to or termination of the DARPA Phase III contract
could have an adverse impact on future reported research and development expense.
Other Operating Expenses
Our sales and marketing, general and administrative and restructuring, severance and impairment charges for
the indicated years ended December 31 were (in thousands, except for percentages):
Year Ended December 31,
2006
2005
2007
Sales and marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percentage of total revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percentage of total revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring, severance and impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$22,137
12%
$14,956
8%
$
(48)
Percentage of total revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (cid:2)1%
$21,977
10%
$18,785
8%
$ 1,251
(cid:2)1%
$25,808
13%
$16,145
8%
$ 9,750
5%
Sales and Marketing. The slight increase in sales and marketing expenses for 2007 compared to 2006 was
primarily due to higher personnel costs partially offset by lower sales commissions for product sales.
The decrease in sales and marketing expenses for 2006 compared to 2005 was primarily due to a decrease in
headcount and related expenses as a result of a personnel reduction that took place in 2005, offset in part by higher
commission expense on increased product revenues.
We expect that 2008 sales and marketing expenses will be higher than 2007 levels primarily due to increased
sales commissions on higher anticipated product sales and increased headcount, including a new Senior Vice
President for sales and marketing.
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General and Administrative. The decrease in general and administrative costs for 2007 compared to 2006
was primarily due to decreases in variable pay and retention compensation program expense, decreases in
headcount expenses and lower costs for audit, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and legal fees.
The increase in general and administrative costs for 2006 over 2005 was primarily due to increases in expense
for variable pay and retention compensation programs and in non-cash, stock-based compensation incurred in
connection with restricted stock awards and stock option grants, which were partially offset by a general decrease in
headcount expenses and lower costs for audit, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and legal fees.
We expect 2008 general and administrative expenses to be higher than 2007 expense levels due to higher
expected variable incentive pay amounts.
Restructuring, Severance and Impairment. Restructuring, severance and impairment charges include costs
related to our efforts to reduce our overall cost structure by reducing headcount. During 2005, we reduced our
workforce by approximately 150 employees and incurred additional severance charges primarily for the retirement
of our former Chief Executive Officer, James Rottsolk. During 2006, we incurred $1.3 million of severance and
other exit costs related to these 2005 actions. During 2007, we recognized a $48,000 favorable impact due to a
change in estimate for certain benefits. We undertook no new restructuring efforts in 2007 or 2006.
In 2005, we recorded an impairment charge of $4.9 million on the unamortized balance of a core technology
intangible asset acquired in connection with the 2004 OctigaBay acquisition.
Other Income (Expense), Net
For the year ended December 31, 2007, we recognized net other income of $1.1 million due principally to
foreign exchange transaction gains, including approximately $369,000 related to a foreign exchange gain on a
forward foreign exchange contract prior to its designation as a cash flow hedge. For the years ended December 31,
2006 and 2005, we recognized net other expense of $2.1 million and $1.4 million, respectively. Net other expense
for the year ended December 31, 2006, was principally the result of foreign exchange losses in connection with a
forward foreign exchange contract, while net other expense for the year ended December 31, 2005 was principally
foreign currency losses on the remeasurement of foreign currency balances, principally intercompany balances.
Interest Income (Expense), Net
Our interest income and interest expense for the indicated years ended December 31 were (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2006
2005
2007
Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 7,046
(3,206)
$ 2,525
(4,620)
741
$
(4,203)
Net interest income (expense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 3,840
$(2,095)
$(3,462)
Interest income increased in 2007 compared to 2006 as a result of higher average invested cash balances
primarily as a result of the December 2006 common stock offering and higher short-term interest rates. Interest
income increased in 2006 compared to 2005 as a result of higher average invested cash balances and higher short-
term interest rates.
Interest expense for 2007, 2006 and 2005 includes $2.4 million of interest on our Notes. Additionally, interest
expense for 2007, 2006 and 2005 includes $.7 million, $1.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively, of non-cash
amortization of fees capitalized in connection with both our line of credit and our long-term debt offering costs and
$13,000, $390,000 and $765,000, respectively, of interest and related fees on our line of credit.
For 2008, we expect interest income and therefore overall net interest income to decrease significantly due to
lower average cash balances and lower short-term interest rates.
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Taxes
We recorded income tax expense of $1.2 million and $602,000 in 2007 and 2006, respectively, which reflects
tax expense for local, state and foreign tax jurisdictions. In 2005, we recorded an income tax benefit of $1.5 million,
which consisted of a $2.3 million benefit for foreign deferred taxes, partially offset by current tax expense for local,
state and foreign tax jurisdictions.
There has been no current provision for U.S. federal income taxes for any period presented. We have income
taxes currently payable due to our operations in certain foreign countries, particularly in Canada and certain
European and Asian countries and in certain states.
As of December 31, 2007, we had federal income tax net operating loss carryforwards of approximately
$292 million that will begin to expire in 2010 if not utilized.
Net Income (Loss)
Net loss was $5.7 million in 2007, $12.1 million in 2006 and $64.3 million in 2005.
The 2007 loss included higher net research and development expense offsetting increased gross margin
contribution, higher interest and other income and lower general and administrative and restructuring, severance
and impairment expense.
The 2006 loss included low gross margin on product revenue recognized for our Cray X1/X1E installation at
the Korea Meteorological Administration, $1.6 million in inventory write-downs and a $2.8 million charge for an
intellectual property license agreement.
The 2005 loss included a $7.7 million charge for additional estimated losses identified during 2005 on the Red
Storm development contract and restructuring, severance and impairment charges of $9.8 million, which includes a
$4.9 million write-down for core technology impairment.
For 2008, while there is a wide range of potential outcomes for the reasons discussed above, we target
profitability for the year.
We anticipate using cash over the course of the year, very heavily in the first two quarters, as we build inventory
for planned customer shipments in the second half of the year. This use of cash combined with anticipated lower
interest rates is expected to result in decreased interest income in 2008.
Our quarterly and annual results in 2008 will be affected by many factors, including the level and timing of
government funding, the timing and success of planned product rollouts, the timing and success of meeting certain
product development milestones and the timing of customer orders, shipments, acceptances, revenue recognition
and margin contribution. We expect quarterly results to fluctuate significantly.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments and accounts receivable totaled $202.8 million
as of December 31, 2007 compared to $185.1 million as of December 31, 2006; cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash decreased by $9.8 million, short-term investments increased $48.6 million and accounts receivable decreased
by $21.2 million in 2007. As of December 31, 2007, we had working capital of $150.8 million compared to
$136.3 million as of December 31, 2006.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $38.7 million compared to
$12.6 million in 2006. Net cash used in operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $36.7 million. For the
year ended December 31, 2007, cash provided by operating activities was principally the result of non-cash
depreciation and amortization being greater than our net loss for the year and cash generated from changes in
operating assets and liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2006, cash provided by operating activities was
principally the result of non-cash depreciation and amortization being greater than our net loss for the year and cash
generated from changes in operating assets and liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2005, cash used by
operating activities was principally the result of our net loss for the period and increases in inventory and accounts
receivable, partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue.
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Net cash used in investing activities was $35.4 million in 2007 and $27.4 million in 2006. Net cash provided by
investing activities in 2005 was $41.7 million. For the year ended December 31, 2007, net cash used in investing
activities was principally as a result of short-term investment purchases in excess of sales of $47.7 million offset by
a decrease in restricted cash of $15.0 million due to the December 2007 amendment of our line of credit agreement
with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. For the year ended December 31, 2006, net cash used in investing activities was
principally as a result of an increase in restricted cash, required under the provisions of our then line of credit
agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. For the year ended December 31, 2005, net cash provided by investing
activities consisted of the sale of short-term investments, partially offset by the purchases of short-term investments
and equipment as well as a decrease in restricted cash.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $1.7 million in 2007 and $83.9 million in 2006. Net cash used in
financing activities was $137,000 in 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, cash provided by financing
activities included $1.7 million of proceeds from stock option exercises and our employee stock purchase plan. For
the year ended December 31, 2006, cash provided by financing activities included $81.3 million from our
December 2006 common stock offering and $3.2 million of proceeds from stock option exercises and our employee
stock purchase plan. For the year ended December 31, 2005, net cash used in financing activities consisted primarily
of $755,000 paid for line of credit issuance costs and $731,000 for payments on capital leases, offset by $1.3 million
in proceeds from the issuance of common stock through the employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock
options.
Over the next twelve months, our significant cash requirements will relate to operational expenses, consisting
primarily of personnel costs, costs of inventory and spare parts, outside engineering expenses, particularly as we
continue development of our Cray XT4, Cray XT5, Cray XT5h, Cray XMT and successor systems and internally
fund a portion of the expenses on our Cascade project pursuant to the DARPA Phase III award, interest expense and
acquisition of property and equipment. Our 2008 capital budget for property and equipment is approximately
$12.5 million. In addition, we lease certain equipment and facilities used in our operations under operating or
capital leases in the normal course of business. The following table summarizes our contractual cash obligations as
of December 31, 2007 (in thousands):
Amounts Committed by Year
Contractual Obligations
Total
Development agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,040
6,250
Operating leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
990
Unrecognized income tax benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less than
1 Year
$22,793
2,798
—
$6,247
1,625
730
Total contractual cash obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,280
$25,591
$8,602
$ —
674
260
$934
$ —
1,153
—
$1,153
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
Thereafter
We have $80.0 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes due in 2024. The Notes bear interest
at an annual rate of 3.0%, or $2.4 million per year, and holders of the Notes may require us to purchase the Notes on
December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014 and December 1, 2019 or upon the occurrence of certain events provided in
the indenture governing the Notes. We expect that we likely will have to purchase all of the Notes in December
2009. In December 2007, we amended our line of credit reducing the maximum line of credit to $10.0 million from
$25.0 million and extending the expiration date to June 2009. No amounts were outstanding under this line as of
December 31, 2007. As of the same date, we were eligible to use $8.0 million of this line of credit; the borrowing
limitation relates to restrictions from our outstanding letters of credit.
In our normal course of operations, we have development arrangements under which we engage outside
engineering resources to work on our research and development projects. For the twelve months ended Decem-
ber 31, 2007, we incurred $17.0 million for such arrangements.
At any particular time, our cash position is affected by the timing of cash receipts for product sales,
maintenance contracts, government co-funding for research and development activities and our payments for
inventory, resulting in significant fluctuations in our cash balance from quarter-to-quarter and within a quarter. Our
principal sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and cash from operations.
With the acceptances and payment for large new systems and the benefit from our restructuring activities and other
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recent cost reduction efforts offset by expenditures for working capital purposes, we anticipate that our cash flow
from operations will likely be negative for 2008 as a whole, particularly in the first half of the year, although a wide
range of results is possible. We do not anticipate borrowing from our credit line and we expect our cash resources to
be adequate for at least the next twelve months.
We have been focusing on expense controls, negotiating sales contracts with advance partial payments where
possible, implementing tighter purchasing and manufacturing processes and improving working capital manage-
ment in order to maintain adequate levels of cash. Additionally, the adequacy of our cash resources is dependent on
the amount and timing of government funding as well as our ability to sell our products, particularly the Cray XT4,
Cray XT5, Cray XT5h and Cray XMT systems, with adequate margins. Beyond the next twelve months, the
adequacy of our cash resources will largely depend on our success in re-establishing profitable operations and
positive operating cash flows on a sustained basis. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” above.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates and equity price fluctuations.
Interest Rate Risk: We invest our available cash in investment-grade debt instruments of corporate issuers
and in debt instruments of the U.S. government and its agencies. We do not have any derivative instruments or
auction rate securities in our investment portfolio. We protect and preserve invested funds by limiting default,
market and reinvestment risk. Investments in both fixed-rate and floating-rate interest earning instruments carry a
degree of interest rate risk. Fixed-rate securities may have their fair market value adversely affected due to a rise in
interest rates, while floating-rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part
to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or we
may suffer losses in principal if forced to sell securities, which have declined in market value due to changes in
interest rates. At December 31, 2007, we held a portfolio of highly liquid investments.
Foreign Currency Risk: We sell our products primarily in North America, Asia and Europe. As a result, our
financial results could be affected by factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic
conditions in foreign markets. Our products are generally priced in U.S. dollars, and a strengthening of the dollar
could make our products less competitive in foreign markets. While we commonly sell products with payments in
U.S. dollars, our product sales contracts may call for payment in foreign currencies and to the extent we do so, or
engage with our foreign subsidiaries in transactions deemed to be short-term in nature, we are subject to foreign
currency exchange risks. As of December 31, 2007, we have entered into forward exchange contracts that hedge
approximately $41 million of anticipated cash receipts on specific foreign currency denominated sales contracts.
These forward contracts hedge the risk of foreign exchange rate changes between the time that the related contracts
were signed and when the cash receipts are expected to be received. Our foreign maintenance contracts are typically
paid in local currencies and provide a natural hedge against foreign exchange exposure. To the extent that we wish to
repatriate any of these funds to the United States, however, we are subject to foreign exchange risks. As of
December 31, 2007, a 10% change in foreign exchange rates could impact our annual earnings and cash flows by
approximately $1 million.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS*
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years
F-1
F-2
F-3
ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 . . . . . .
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F-5
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-29
* The Financial Statements are located following page 52.
The selected quarterly financial data required by this item is set forth in Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to
management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, with the
participation and supervision of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer/
Corporate Controller, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the
period covered by this report and determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the 2007 fourth quarter that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting as defined by Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of
assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management
and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting
based on the framework in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that
our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007.
Peterson Sullivan PLLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, has expressed an unqualified
opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Cray Inc.
We have audited Cray Inc. and Subsidiaries’ (“the Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is
responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report
on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal
control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting,
assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of
internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. A company’s internal control
over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, and our report dated March 7, 2008, expressed an
unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
/s/ PETERSON SULLIVAN PLLC
Seattle, Washington
March 7, 2008
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Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures
Not Applicable.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
PART III
Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this Report as we will file a definitive proxy statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 14, 2008, pursuant to Regulation 14A (the “Proxy
Statement”) not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Report, and certain information
included in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference. Only those sections of the Proxy Statement
which specifically address the items set forth herein are incorporated by reference.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Information with respect to our directors is set forth in the section titled “The Board of Directors” and in the
section titled “Proposal 1: To Elect Eight Directors For One-Year Terms” in our Proxy Statement, and information
with respect to our Audit Committee is set forth in the section titled “The Board of Directors” in our Proxy
Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference. Information with respect to executive officers is
set forth in Part I, Item E.O., beginning on page 22 above, under the caption “Executive Officers of the Company.”
Information with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act by the persons subject thereto is set
forth under the section titled “Our Common Stock Ownership — Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct applicable to all of our directors, officers and
employees. The Code of Business Conduct, our Corporate Governance Guidelines, charters for the Audit,
Compensation, Corporate Governance and Strategic Technology Assessment Committees and other governance
documents may be found on our website: www.cray.com under “Investors — Corporate Governance.”
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information in the Proxy Statement set forth in the section titled “The Board of Directors — Compen-
sation of Directors” and “Compensation of the Executive Officers” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder
Matters
The information in the Proxy Statement set forth in the section “Our Common Stock Ownership” is
incorporated herein by reference.
Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans is set forth in
Part II, Item 5 above.
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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information in the Proxy Statement set forth in the sections titled “The Board of Directors — Indepen-
dence” and “Transactions With Related Persons” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information set forth in the section titled “Proposal 2: To Ratify the Appointment of Peterson Sullivan
PLLC as the Company’s Independent Auditors” in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1) Financial Statements
PART IV
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts — The financial statement schedule for the years ended
December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of
Cray Inc. filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Schedules other than that listed above have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or
because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.
(a)(3) Exhibits
The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears immediately following the signature page and is
incorporated herein by reference, are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Each management contract
or compensatory plan or agreement listed on the Exhibit Index is identified by an asterisk.
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Seattle, State of Washington, on March 11, 2008.
SIGNATURES
CRAY INC.
By
/s/ PETER J. UNGARO
Peter J. Ungaro
Chief Executive Officer and President
Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Peter J. Ungaro, Brian C. Henry and Kenneth W.
Johnson and each of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable, to enable Cray Inc. to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents
and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities indicated on March 11, 2008.
Signature
Title
By /s/ PETER J. UNGARO
Peter J. Ungaro
By /s/ BRIAN C. HENRY
Brian C. Henry
By /s/ KENNETH D. ROSELLI
Kenneth D. Roselli
By /s/ WILLIAM C. BLAKE
William C. Blake
By /s/
JOHN B. JONES, JR.
John B. Jones, Jr.
By /s/ STEPHEN C. KIELY
Stephen C. Kiely
By /s/ FRANK L. LEDERMAN
Frank L. Lederman
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Principal Financial Officer
Principal Accounting Officer
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Director
Director
Director
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Signature
By /s/ SALLY G. NARODICK
Sally G. Narodick
By /s/ DANIEL C. REGIS
Daniel C. Regis
By /s/ STEPHEN C. RICHARDS
Stephen C. Richards
Title
Director
Director
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Description
Exhibit
Number
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
Restated Articles of Incorporation (1)
Amended and Restated Bylaws (8)
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants due June 21, 2009 (14)
Indenture dated as of December 6, 2004, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee (and Form of 3.0% Convertible Senior Subordinated Note included as
Exhibit A to the Indenture) (12)
1999 Stock Option Plan (32)
2000 Non-Executive Employee Stock Option Plan (5)
2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (11)
2003 Stock Option Plan (2)
2004 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (13)
Cray Canada Inc. Amended and Restated Key Employee Stock Option Plan (18)
2006 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (30)
Form of Officer Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (19)
Form of Officer Incentive Stock Option Agreement (19)
Form of Director Stock Option Agreement (19)
Form of Director Stock Option Agreement, immediate vesting (19)
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Agreement, current form (35)
Form of Director Restricted Stock Agreement (1)
2005 Executive Bonus Plan (17)
Cray 2006 Bonus Plan (9)
Cray 2007 Cash Incentive Plan (8)
Letter Agreement between the Company and Peter J. Ungaro, effective March 7, 2005 (16)
10.0*
10.1*
10.2*
10.3*
10.4*
10.5*
10.6*
10.7*
10.8*
10.9*
10.10*
10.11*
10.12*
10.13*
10.14*
10.15*
10.16*
10.17* Offer Letter between the Company and Margaret A. Williams, dated April 14, 2005 (23)
10.18* Offer Letter between the Company and Brian C. Henry, dated May 16, 2005 (24)
10.19*
Form of Management Continuation Agreement between the Company and its Executive Officers and
certain other Employees (10)
Executive Severance Policy, as amended (21)
Retention Agreement between the Company and Peter J. Ungaro, dated December 20, 2005 (26)
Retention Agreement between the Company and Brian C. Henry, dated December 20, 2005 (26)
Retention Agreement between the Company and Margaret A. Williams, dated December 20, 2005 (26)
Summary sheet setting forth amended compensation arrangements for non-employee Directors (27)
Lease Agreement between Merrill Place, LLC and the Company, dated November 21, 1997 (6)
Fourth Amendment to the Lease between Merrill Place LLC and the Company, dated as of October 31,
2005 (22)
FAB I Building Lease Agreement between Union Semiconductor Technology Corporation and the
Company, dated June 30, 2000 (7)
Amendment No. 1 to the FAB Building Lease Agreement between Union Semiconductor Technology
Corporation and the Company, dated as of August 19, 2002 (3)
Conference Center Lease Agreement between Union Semiconductor Technology Corporation and the
Company, dated June 30, 2000 (7)
Amendment No. 1 to the Conference Center Lease Agreement between Union Semiconductor
Technology Corporation and the Company, dated as of August 19, 2002 (3)
10.20*
10.21*
10.22*
10.23*
10.24*
10.25
10.26
10.27
10.28
10.29
10.30
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Number
Description
10.31
10.32
10.33
10.34
10.35
10.36
10.37
10.38
10.39
10.40
10.41
10.42
21.1
23.1
24.1
31.1
31.2
32.1
Development Building and Conference Center Lease Agreement between Northern Lights
Semiconductor Corporation and the Company, dated as of February 1, 2008 (33)
Mendota Heights Office Lease Agreement between the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of
Illinois and the Company, dated as of August 10, 2000 (7)
First Amendment to the Mendota Heights Office Lease Agreement between the Teachers’ Retirement
System of the State of Illinois and the Company, dated as of January 17, 2003 (3)
Technology Agreement between Silicon Graphics, Inc. and the Company, effective as of March 31,
2000 (4)
Amendment No. 2, dated as of March, 30, 2007, to the Technology Agreement between Silicon
Graphics, Inc. and the Company, effective as of March 31, 2000 (34)
Senior Secured Credit Agreement among the Company, Cray Federal Inc. and Wells Fargo Foothill,
Inc., dated May 31, 2005 (20)
Amendment No. One to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement among the Company, Cray Federal Inc.
and Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., dated November 9, 2005 (25)
Amendment Number Two to Senior Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2006, among
Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., the Company and Cray Federal Inc. (28)
Amendment Number Three to Senior Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2006, among
Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., the Company. and Cray Federal Inc. (31)
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2006, between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
and the Company (29)
First Amendment, dated January 31, 2007, to Credit Agreement between Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association and the Company (35)
Second Amendment, effective December 31, 2007, to Credit Agreement between Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, and the Company (36)
Subsidiaries of the Company
Consent of Peterson Sullivan PLLC, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Power of Attorney for directors and officers (included on the signature page of this report)
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Mr. Ungaro, Chief Executive Officer
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Mr. Henry, Chief Financial Officer
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
June 8, 2006.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2003 Annual Meeting, as filed
with the Commission on March 31, 2003.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on
May 15, 2000.
(5) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC No. 333-57970), as
filed with the Commission on March 30, 2001.
(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
(7) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.
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(8) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
February 12, 2007.
(9) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
May 4, 2006.
(10) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on
May 17, 1999.
(11) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC No. 333-70238), filed
on September 26, 2001.
(12) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
December 7, 2004.
(13) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting, as filed
with the Commission on March 24, 2004.
(14) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement, as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2001.
(15) [Reserved]
(16) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
March 8, 2005.
(17) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
March 25, 2005.
(18) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC No. 333-114243), filed
on April 6, 2004.
(19) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
(20) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
June 1, 2005.
(21) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
August 10, 2005.
(22) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
November 15, 2005.
(23) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
May 9, 2005.
(24) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on
November 9, 2005.
(25) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
November 16, 2005.
(26) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
December 22, 2005.
(27) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
February 21, 2006.
(28) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
March 17, 2006.
(29) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
January 4, 2007.
(30) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting, as filed
with the Commission on April 28, 2006.
(31) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on
August 9, 2006.
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(32) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-57970,
as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2001.
(33) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
February 1, 2008.
(34) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on
August 7, 2007.
(35) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 on March 9, 2007.
(36) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
January 4, 2008.
* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
Excluded from this list of exhibits, pursuant to Paragraph (b)(4)(iii)(a) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K, may be
one or more instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the Company. The Company hereby
agrees that it will, upon request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, furnish to the Commission a copy of
any such instrument.
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CRAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
December 31,
2007
December 31,
2006
Current assets:
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short-term investments, available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts receivable, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses and other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service inventory, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred tax asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intangible assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other non-current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 120,539
10,000
48,582
23,635
55,608
4,120
262,484
17,044
2,986
65,411
512
1,181
6,284
$ 115,328
25,000
—
44,790
58,798
2,156
246,072
21,564
4,292
57,138
722
1,404
6,311
TOTAL ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 355,902
$ 337,503
Current liabilities:
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued payroll and related expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advance research and development payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other non-current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Convertible notes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL LIABILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 14,148
12,023
29,669
7,488
48,317
111,645
11,745
4,310
80,000
207,700
$ 22,450
17,411
21,518
5,121
43,248
109,748
2,475
3,906
80,000
196,129
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12)
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock — Authorized and undesignated, 5,000,000 shares; no shares
issued or outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
—
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, par value $.01 per share —
Authorized, 75,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 32,638,415 and
32,236,888 shares, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
513,196
13,562
(378,556)
507,356
6,855
(372,837)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
148,202
141,374
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 355,902
$ 337,503
See accompanying notes
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
Years Ended December 31,
2006
2007
2005
Revenue:
Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$133,455
52,698
$162,795
58,222
$152,098
48,953
Total revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186,153
221,017
201,051
Cost of revenue:
Cost of product revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost of service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89,475
31,247
124,728
32,466
139,518
29,032
Total cost of revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120,722
157,194
168,550
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65,431
63,823
32,501
Operating expenses:
Research and development, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring, severance and impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37,883
22,137
14,956
(48)
Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74,928
Loss from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other income (expense), net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest income (expense), net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income tax benefit (expense). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9,497)
1,112
3,840
(4,545)
(1,174)
29,042
21,977
18,785
1,251
71,055
(7,232)
(2,141)
(2,095)
(11,468)
(602)
41,711
25,808
16,145
9,750
93,414
(60,913)
(1,421)
(3,462)
(65,796)
1,488
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ (5,719)
$ (12,070)
$ (64,308)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
(0.18)
$
(0.53)
$
(2.91)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31,892
22,849
22,125
See accompanying notes
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands)
Common Stock
and Additional
Paid In Capital
Exchangeable
Shares
Number
of Shares Amount
Number
of Shares Amount
Deferred
Compensation
21,837 $413,911
3,597
1,211
138
770
219
2,881
—
124
200
22
52
—
491
—
144
(124)
—
—
—
—
—
—
$ 4,173
(3,597)
—
—
—
—
—
—
$(4,220)
—
—
—
—
—
(2,881)
4,106
BALANCE, December 31, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exchangeable shares converted into common shares . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of shares under Employee Stock Purchase Plan . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of shares under Company 401(k) Plan match . . . . . . . . .
Warrants issued in connection with financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted shares issued for compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of deferred compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reversal of deferred compensation for stock options due to
employee terminations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common shares issued in exchange for lease amendment . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income:
Reclassification adjustment for available-for-sale realized losses
included in net loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Currency translation adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(116) —
—
80
—
17
—
—
—
—
—
—
81,250
576
532
2,625
394
(2,811) —
—
2,099
—
—
—
—
—
20
—
(20)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
BALANCE, December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22,743
422,691
Common stock offering, less issuance costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exchangeable shares converted into common shares . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of shares under Employee Stock Purchase Plan . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of shares under Company 401(k) Plan match . . . . . . . . .
Restricted shares issued for compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reclassification of deferred compensation to additional paid in
capital upon adoption of FAS 123R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Share-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income:
Currency translation adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8,625
20
64
382
48
355
—
—
—
BALANCE, December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32,237
507,356
Issuance of shares under Employee Stock Purchase Plan . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of shares under Company 401(k) Plan match . . . . . . . . .
Restricted shares issued for compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Share-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities . . . . . . . . . . .
Currency translation adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedges, net of reclassification
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
163
95
58
25
—
—
—
—
—
453
1,273
925
—
—
3,189
—
—
—
—
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
$ 4,560
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
24
1,674
—
6,258
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$(296,459) $121,965
—
1,211
138
770
219
—
4,106
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
80
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(64,308)
24
1,742
(64,308)
24
1,674
(64,308)
(360,767)
65,947
$(62,610)
— 81,250
—
—
532
—
2,625
—
394
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,099
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
597
—
—
(12,070)
597
(12,070)
597
(12,070)
6,855
(372,837)
141,374
$(11,473)
—
—
—
—
—
—
54
7,952
(1,299)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
453
1,273
925
—
—
3,189
54
7,952
—
—
—
—
—
—
54
7,952
—
(5,719)
(1,299)
(5,719)
(1,299)
(5,719)
—
—
—
—
—
116
—
—
68
—
576
(2,811)
—
(576)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,811
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
BALANCE, December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32,638 $513,196
— $ — $ —
$13,562
$(378,556) $148,202
$
988
See accompanying notes
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Years Ended December 31,
2006
2007
2005
Operating activities:
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Share-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory write-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of core technology intangible asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of issuance costs, convertible notes payable and line of credit
. . . . . .
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash provided by (used in) due to changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses and other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued payroll and related expenses, other accrued liabilities and advance research
and development payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other non-current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investing activities:
$ (5,719)
$ (12,070)
$(64,308)
13,359
3,189
727
—
688
210
—
19,725
(2,221)
(2,697)
—
(8,531)
6,642
(665)
13,943
38,650
16,181
2,099
1,644
—
1,644
(124)
—
10,305
2,410
337
—
7,562
19,578
4,106
5,751
4,912
1,008
(2,260)
80
(21,623)
(10,628)
3,908
141
(8,422)
23,720
36
(41,136)
833
473
29,746
12,608
(36,705)
Sales/maturities of short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sale of investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27,894
(75,552)
—
15,000
(2,768)
—
44,437
— (10,161)
—
239
11,437
(25,000)
(3,982)
(2,611)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(35,426)
(27,372)
41,731
Financing activities:
Sale of common stock, net of issuance costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan . . .
Proceeds from exercise of options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Convertible notes payable and line of credit issuance costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal payments on capital leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
453
1,273
—
(31)
1,695
292
5,211
81,250
532
2,625
(375)
(123)
83,909
157
69,302
—
1,211
138
(755)
(731)
(137)
(595)
4,294
Cash and cash equivalents
Beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
115,328
46,026
41,732
End of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$120,539
$115,328
$ 46,026
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash paid for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 2,414
964
$ 3,329
279
$ 2,972
312
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Inventory transfers to fixed assets and service inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shares issued for 401(k) match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Warrants issued in connection with line of credit arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 4,684
925
—
$ 4,860
394
—
$ 8,703
770
219
See accompanying notes
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Cray Inc. (“Cray” or the “Company”) designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services high performance
computer systems, commonly known as supercomputers. These systems provide capability and capacity far beyond
typical server-based computer systems and address challenging scientific and engineering computing problems.
In 2007, the Company incurred a net loss of $5.7 million but generated $38.7 million in cash from operating
activities. Management’s plans project that the Company’s current cash resources and cash to be generated from
operations in 2008 will be adequate to meet the Company’s liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months.
These plans assume sales, shipment, acceptance and subsequent collections from several large customers, as well as
cash receipts on new bookings.
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting Principles
The consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation. There has
been no impact on previously reported net income (loss) or shareholders’ equity.
Use of Estimates
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 the amounts reported in the
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates are based on management’s best
knowledge of current events and actions the Company may undertake in the future. Estimates are used in accounting
for, among other items, fair value determination used in revenue recognition, percentage of completion accounting,
estimates of proportional performance on co-funded engineering contracts, determination of inventory at the lower
of cost or market, useful lives for depreciation and amortization, determination of future cash flows associated with
impairment testing for goodwill and long-lived assets, determination of the fair value of stock options and
assessments of fair value, estimation of restructuring costs, calculation of deferred income tax assets, potential
income tax assessments and other contingencies. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, current
conditions and on other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid financial instruments that are readily convertible to cash and
have original maturities of three months or less at the time of acquisition. The Company maintains cash and cash
equivalent balances with financial institutions that exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not expe-
rienced any losses related to these balances, and management believes its credit risk to be minimal. As of
December 31, 2007, the Company has pledged cash, cash equivalents and other securities valued at $10 million as
required by its line of credit agreement, as described in Note 14 — Convertible Notes Payable and Lines of Credit.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Short-term investments
Investments generally mature between three months and two years from the purchase date. Investments with
maturities beyond one year are classified as short-term based on their highly liquid nature and because such
marketable securities are readily convertible into cash which could be used in current operations. All short-term
investments are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at fair value, based on quoted market prices; as
such, unrealized gains and losses are reflected in “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” unless losses are
considered other than temporary, in such case, losses would be included in results of operations.
Foreign Currency Derivatives
From time to time the Company may utilize forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the impact
of foreign currency exchange rate risks. Forward contracts are cash flow hedges of the Company’s foreign currency
exposures and are recorded at the contract’s fair value. The effective portion of the forward contract is initially
reported in “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” a component of shareholders’ equity, and when the
hedged transaction is recorded, the amount is reclassified into results of operations in the same period. Any
ineffectiveness is recorded to operations in the current period. The Company measures hedge effectiveness by
comparing changes in fair values of the forward contract and expected cash flows based on changes in the spot
prices of the underlying currencies. Cash flows from forward contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges are
classified in the same category as the cash flows from the items being hedged.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company currently derives a significant portion of its revenue from sales of products and services to
different agencies of the U.S. government or commercial customers primarily serving various agencies of the
U.S. government. See Note 17 — Segment Information for additional information. Given the type of customers, the
Company does not believe its accounts receivable represent significant credit risk.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at principal amounts and are primarily comprised of amounts contractually due
from customers for products and services and amounts due from government reimbursed research and development
contracts. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts based on an evaluation of customer account
balances past due ninety days from the date of invoicing. In determining whether to record an allowance for a
specific customer, the Company considers a number of factors, including prior payment history and financial
information for the customer. The Company had no pledges nor any restrictions on its accounts receivable balances
at December 31, 2007.
Fair Values of Financial Instruments
The Company generally has the following financial instruments: cash and cash equivalents, short-term
investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and convertible notes payable. The carrying
value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their
fair value based on the short-term nature of these financial instruments. The Company adjusts the carrying value of
its short-term investments to fair value with any unrecognized gains or losses recorded as a component of
“Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” and thus the carrying value equals fair value. The fair value of
convertible notes payable is based on quoted market prices. The Company’s convertible notes payable are traded in
a market with low liquidity and are therefore subject to price volatility. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the fair
value of these convertible notes payable was approximately $71.5 million and $77 million, respectively, compared
to their carrying value of $80 million.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Inventories
Inventories are valued at cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) which is not in excess of estimated current market
prices. The Company regularly evaluates the technological usefulness and anticipated future demand for various
inventory components and the expected use of the inventory. When it is determined that these components do not
function as intended, or quantities on hand are in excess of estimated requirements, the costs associated with these
components are charged to expense. The Company had no pledges nor any restrictions on any inventory balances at
December 31, 2007.
In connection with certain of its sales agreements, the Company may receive used equipment from a customer.
This inventory generally will be recorded at no value based on the expectation that the Company will not be able to
resell or otherwise use the equipment. In the event that the Company has a specific contractual plan for resale at the
date the inventory is acquired, the inventory is recorded at its estimated fair value.
Property and Equipment, net
Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is
calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from 18 months to
seven years for furniture, fixtures and computer equipment, and eight to 25 years for buildings and land
improvements. Equipment under capital lease is amortized over the lesser of the lease term or its estimated useful
life. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of their estimated useful lives or the term of the lease.
The cost of software obtained or inventory transferred for internal use is capitalized and depreciated over their
estimated useful lives, generally four years. The Company had no pledges nor any restrictions on any of its net
property and equipment balance at December 31, 2007.
In accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position
(“SOP”) 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use, the
Company may capitalize certain costs associated with the implementation of software developed for internal use.
Costs capitalized primarily consist of employee salaries and benefits allocated to the implementation project. The
Company capitalized no such costs in 2007 or 2006.
Service Inventory
Service inventory is valued at the lower of cost or estimated market and represents inventory used to support
service and maintenance agreements with customers. As inventory is utilized, replaced items are returned and are
either repaired or scrapped. Costs incurred to repair inventory to a usable state are charged to expense as incurred.
Service inventory is recorded at cost and is amortized over the estimated service life of the related product platform
(generally four years). The Company had no pledges nor any restrictions on any service inventory balances at
December 31, 2007.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“FAS”) No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets, the Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis as of January 1, or if indicators of
potential impairment exist, using a fair-value based approach. The Company currently has one operating segment
and reporting unit. As such, the Company evaluates impairment based on certain external factors, such as its market
capitalization. No impairment of goodwill has been identified during any of the periods presented.
The Company previously capitalized certain external legal costs incurred for patent filings. The Company
begins amortization of these costs as each patent is awarded. Patents are amortized over their estimated useful lives
(generally five years). The Company performs periodic review of its capitalized patent costs to ensure that the
patents have continuing value to the Company.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
In accordance with FAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,
management tests long-lived assets to be held and used for recoverability whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. No impairment of intangible assets
was recorded during 2007 and 2006. The Company wrote off the unamortized balance of its core technology
intangible asset acquired in its OctigaBay acquisition of $4.9 million which is included in “Restructuring,
Severance and Impairment” in the accompanying 2005 Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it is realized or realizable and earned. In accordance with the
Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition in
Financial Statements, the Company considers revenue realized or realizable and earned when persuasive evidence
of an arrangement exists, the product has been shipped or the services have been provided to customers, the sales
price is fixed or determinable, no significant unfulfilled obligations exist and collectibility is reasonably assured.
The Company records revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Operations net of any sales, use, value added or
certain excise taxes imposed by governmental authorities on specific sales transactions. In addition to the
aforementioned general policy, the following are the specific revenue recognition policies for multiple-element
arrangements and major categories of revenue.
Multiple-Element Arrangements. The Company commonly enters into transactions that include multiple-
element arrangements, which may include any combination of hardware, maintenance and other services. In
accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables,
when some elements are delivered prior to others in an arrangement and all of the following criteria are met, revenue
for the delivered element is recognized upon delivery and acceptance of such item:
(cid:129) The element could be sold separately;
(cid:129) The fair value of the undelivered element is established; and
(cid:129) In cases with any general right of return, our performance with respect to any undelivered element is within
our control and probable.
If all of the criteria are not met, revenue is deferred until delivery of the last element as the elements would not
be considered a separate unit of accounting and revenue would be recognized as described below under our product
or service revenue recognition policies. The Company considers the maintenance period to commence upon
acceptance of the product, which may include a warranty period and accordingly allocates a portion of the sales
price as a separate deliverable which is recognized as service revenue over the entire service period.
Products. The Company recognizes revenue from product sales upon customer acceptance of the system,
when no significant unfulfilled obligations stipulated by the contract that affect the customer’s final acceptance
exist, the price is fixed or determinable and collection is reasonably assured. A customer-signed notice of
acceptance or similar document is typically required from the customer prior to revenue recognition.
DARPA Phase II and Red Storm Project Revenue. Revenue from contracts that require the Company to
design, develop, manufacture or modify complex information technology systems to a customer’s specifications is
recognized using the percentage of completion method for long-term development projects under AICPA Statement
of Position 81-1, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.
Percentage of completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date compared to the total estimated
costs. Total estimated costs are based on several factors, including estimated labor hours to complete certain tasks
and the estimated cost of purchased components or services. Estimates may need to be adjusted from quarter to
quarter, which would impact revenue and margins on a cumulative basis. To the extent the estimate of total costs to
complete the contract indicates a loss, such amount is recognized in full in the period that the determination is made.
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Revenue from these arrangements was included in Product Revenue on our accompanying Consolidated Statements
of Operations in 2007, 2006 and 2005. Funding under DARPA Phase III, however, is reflected as reimbursed
research and development expense, and as such is deducted to arrive at net research and development expenses as
recorded on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006.
As of December 31, 2006, cumulative losses on the Red Storm contract totaled $15.3 million, which included a
$7.7 million charge in 2005. During 2007, the Company entered into an amendment of the Red Storm contract
which increased the hardware deliverables and increased amounts due to be received by the Company. As a result of
this amendment, the cumulative loss on the Red Storm contract increased to $15.5 million with the $200,000
increase charged to “Cost of Product Revenue” in 2007 on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of
Operations. The Company expects to deliver the final hardware deliverables in the second half of 2008. As of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, the balance in the Red Storm loss contract accrual was $1.3 million and $157,000,
respectively, and is included in “Other Accrued Liabilities” on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Services. Maintenance services may be provided under separate maintenance contracts with the Company’s
customers. These contracts generally provide for maintenance services for one year, although some are for multi-
year periods, often with prepayments for the term of the contract. The Company considers the maintenance period
to commence upon acceptance of the product, which may include a warranty period. The Company allocates a
portion of the sales price to maintenance service revenue based on estimates of fair value. Revenue for the
maintenance of computers is recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance contract. Maintenance contracts
that are paid in advance are recorded as deferred revenue. The Company considers fiscal funding clauses as
contingencies for the recognition of revenue until the funding is virtually assured. Revenue from Cray Technical
Services is recognized as the services are rendered.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities of
foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at year-end exchange rates, and revenue and expenses are
translated at average rates prevailing during the year. Translation adjustments are included in “Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss),” a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses arising
from transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity involved are included in
the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Aggregate transaction gains included in net loss were $844,000 in 2007
compared to aggregate transaction losses included in net loss of $1.8 million and $1.4 million in 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
Research and Development
Research and development costs include costs incurred in the development and production of the Company’s
high performance computing systems, costs incurred to enhance and support existing software features and
expenses related to future product development. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred, and may
be offset by co-funding from the U.S. government.
Amounts to be received under co-funding arrangements with the U.S. government are based on either
contractual milestones or costs incurred. These co-funding milestone payments are recognized as an offset to
research and development expenses as performance is estimated to be completed and is measured as milestone
achievements or as costs are incurred. These estimates are reviewed on a periodic basis and are subject to change,
including in the near term. If an estimate is changed, net research and development expense could be impacted
significantly.
The Company does not record a receivable from the U.S. government prior to completing the requirements
necessary to bill for a milestone or cost reimbursement. Funding from the U.S. government is subject to certain
budget restrictions and as such, there may be periods in which research and development costs are expensed as
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incurred for which no reimbursement is recorded, as milestones have not been completed or the U.S. government
has not funded an agreement. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had advance payment liabilities
(milestones billed in advance of amounts recognized) under co-funded research and development arrangements of
$29.7 million and $21.5 million, respectively.
The Company classifies amounts to be received from funded research and development projects as either
revenue or a reduction to research and development expense, based on the specific facts and circumstances of the
contractual arrangement, considering total costs expected to be incurred compared to total expected funding and the
nature of the research and development contractual arrangement. In the event that a particular arrangement is
determined to represent revenue, the corresponding research and development costs are classified as cost of
revenue.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under FAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“FAS 109”).
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between financial reporting and
tax bases of assets and liabilities, operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, and are measured using the enacted
tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Realization of
certain deferred tax assets is dependent upon generating sufficient taxable income in the appropriate jurisdiction.
The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to
be realized. The initial recording and any subsequent changes to valuation allowances are based on a number of
factors (positive and negative evidence), as required by FAS 109. The Company considers its actual historical
results to have stronger weight than other more subjective indicators when considering whether to establish or
reduce a valuation allowance.
The Company accounts for uncertain income tax positions in accordance with FAS interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement 109 (“FIN 48”). Accordingly,
the Company reports a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain income tax positions taken or
expected to be taken in an income tax return. Estimated interest and penalties are recorded as a component of
interest expense and other expense, respectively.
Share-Based Compensation
On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FAS No. 123(R), Share-
Based Payment (“FAS 123R”). Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock-based payments under
the recognition and measurement provisions of APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
(“APB 25”), and related Interpretations, as permitted by FAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
(“FAS 123”). In accordance with APB 25, no compensation cost was required to be recognized for options granted
that had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.
The Company adopted FAS 123R using the modified-prospective transition method. Under that transition
method, compensation cost recognized for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 includes: (a) compensation
cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date
fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of FAS 123, and (b) compensation cost for all share-
based payments granted subsequent to January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance
with the provisions of FAS 123R. The financial results for the prior periods have not been restated. The Company
typically issues stock options with a four-year vesting period (defined by FAS 123R as the requisite service period),
and no performance or service conditions, other than continued employment. The Company amortizes stock
compensation cost ratably over the requisite service period.
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The fair value of unvested restricted stock grants is based on the price of a share of the Company’s common
stock on the date of grant. In determining the fair value of stock options, the Company uses the Black-Scholes
option pricing model that employs the following key weighted average assumptions:
Risk-free interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expected dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expected life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weighted average Black-Scholes value of options granted . . . . .
4.4%
0%
72%
4.0 years
$5.09
4.5%
0%
73%
4.0 years
$6.00
4.1%
0%
85%
4.6 years
$5.44
2007
2006
2005
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The Company
does not anticipate declaring dividends in the foreseeable future. Volatility is based on historical data. For the years
ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the expected life of an option was based on the assumption that options will be
exercised, on average, about two years after vesting occurs, which approximates historical exercise practices; for
most options, 25% vest after one year with the balance vesting monthly over the subsequent three years. FAS 123R
also requires that the Company recognize compensation expense for only the portion of options or stock units that
are expected to vest. Therefore, management applies an estimated forfeiture rate that is derived from historical
employee termination data and adjusted for expected future employee turnover rates. The estimated forfeiture rate
applied for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was 9.6% and 10%, respectively. If the actual number of
forfeitures differs from those estimated by management, additional adjustments to compensation expense may be
required in future periods. The Company’s stock price volatility, option lives and expected forfeiture rates involve
management’s best estimates at the time of such determination, all of which impact the fair value of the option
calculated under the Black-Scholes methodology and, ultimately, the expense that will be recognized over the life of
the option.
The Company also has an employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) which allows employees to purchase shares
of the Company’s common stock at 95% of the closing market price on the fourth business day after the end of each
offering period. The ESPP is deemed non-compensatory and therefore is not subject to the provisions of FAS 123R.
For 2006, the Company recognized $123,000 of additional non-cash, share-based compensation expense due
to the adoption of FAS 123R, which increased the loss from operations and net loss by such amount. This expense
increased the Company’s net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2006, by $.01, from $(0.52) to $(0.53).
If compensation cost for the Company’s stock option plans and its ESPP had been determined based on the fair
value at the grant dates for awards under those plans in accordance with a fair value based method of FAS 123, the
Company’s net loss and net loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2005 would have been the pro
forma amounts indicated below (in thousands). For purposes of this pro forma disclosure, the value of the options is
amortized ratably to expense over the options’ vesting periods. Because the estimated value is determined as of the
date of grant, the actual value ultimately realized by the employee may be significantly different.
Net loss, as reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Add:
2005
$(64,308)
Stock-based employee compensation included in reported net loss, net of related
tax effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,106
Less:
Amortized stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair
value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(30,524)
Pro forma net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(90,726)
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Amortization of pro forma stock-based employee compensation expense increased significantly in 2005 due to
the actions taken to accelerate vesting, as described in Note 15 — Shareholders’ Equity — Stock Option Plans.
Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2005 is as follows:
2005
Basic and diluted net loss per common share:
As reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(2.91)
Pro forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(4.10)
Shipping and Handling Costs
Costs related to shipping and handling are included in “Cost of Product Revenue” and “Cost of Service
Revenue” on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Advertising Costs
Sales and marketing expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations include advertising
expenses of $633,000, $871,000 and $697,000 in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Company incurs
advertising costs for representation at certain trade shows, promotional events and sales lead generation, as well as
design and printing costs for promotional materials. The Company expenses all advertising costs as incurred.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share (“EPS”)
Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average
number of common shares, including exchangeable shares but excluding unvested restricted stock, outstanding
during the period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the
weighted average number of common and potential common shares outstanding during the period, which includes
the additional dilution related to conversion of stock options, unvested restricted stock and common stock purchase
warrants as computed under the treasury stock method and the common shares issuable upon conversion of the
outstanding convertible notes. For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, outstanding stock options,
unvested restricted stock, warrants, and shares issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes are antidilutive
because of net losses, and, as such, their effect has not been included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share.
Potentially dilutive securities of 10.7 million, 11.7 million and 12.1 million, respectively, have been excluded from
the denominator in the computation of diluted EPS for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively, because they are antidilutive.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity, consisted of the following at
December 31 (in thousands):
2007
2006
2005
Accumulated unrealized net gain on available-for-sale investments . . . $
Accumulated unrealized net loss on cash flow hedges. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated currency translation adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
(1,299)
14,807
$ — $ —
—
6,258
—
6,855
Accumulated other comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,562
$6,855
$6,258
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued FAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 defines
fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements
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but does not require any new fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, except for nonfinancial
assets and liabilities which has been delayed until after November 15, 2008. The Company does not expect the
adoption of FAS 157 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities (“FAS 159”). FAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other
items at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to
mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having
to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. FAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the adoption of FAS 159 to have a significant
impact on its financial statements.
In June 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force of the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 07-3, Accounting for
Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to be Used in Future Research and Development Activities
(“EITF 07-3”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. EITF 07-3 requires that
nonrefundable advance payments for future research and development activities be deferred and capitalized. Such
amounts will be recognized as an expense as the goods are delivered or the related services are performed. The
Company does not expect the adoption of EITF 07-3 to have a material impact on its financial results.
In December 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force of the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 07-1, Accounting for
Collaborative Arrangements (“EITF 07-1”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008.
EITF 07-1 provides income statement classification and related disclosure guidance for participants in a collab-
orative arrangement. The Company does not expect the adoption of EITF 07-1 to have a material impact on its
financial results.
In December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial
Statements — an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (“FAS 160”), which amends Accounting
Research Bulletin No. 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a
subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. FAS 160 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption of FAS 160 to have a material impact on its financial
results.
In December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 141R, Business Combinations (“FAS 141R”), which establishes
principles and requirements for recognizing and measuring identifiable assets and goodwill acquired, liabilities
assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in an acquisition, at their fair value as of the acquisition date. FAS 141R is
effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual
reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. This standard will change the Company’s accounting
treatment for business combinations on a prospective basis.
NOTE 3 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
As of December 31, 2006, the Company held no short-term investments. As of December 31, 2007, the
Company’s short-term investments have been classified as available-for-sale and consisted of the following (in
thousands):
Amortized
Cost
Basis
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Corporate notes and bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asset-backed securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$43,364
5,164
Total short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$48,528
$46
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$ (5)
—
$ (5)
Fair Value
$43,405
5,177
$48,582
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Any realized gains (losses) for the year ended December 31, 2007 were not significant. The Company uses the
specific identification method to determine the cost basis for calculating realized gains or losses. As of Decem-
ber 31, 2007, the Company had no auction rate securities in its short-term investments.
Contractual maturities for short-term investments at December 31, 2007 are as follows (in thousands):
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$39,684
3,722
2,184
2,992
$48,582
NOTE 4 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Net accounts receivable consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
Trade accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unbilled receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advance billings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$11,569
5,627
6,538
$39,766
4,045
1,078
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23,734
(99)
44,889
(99)
Accounts receivable, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$23,635
$44,790
2007
2006
Unbilled receivables represent amounts where the Company has recognized revenue in advance of the
contractual billing terms. Advance billings represent billings made based on contractual terms for which no revenue
has yet been recognized.
As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, accounts receivable included $9.7 million and $34.7 million, respectively,
due from U.S. government agencies and customers primarily serving the U.S. government. Of this amount,
$5.6 million and $4.0 million, respectively, were unbilled, based upon contractual billing arrangements with these
customers. Additionally, as of December 31, 2007, accounts receivable included $4.1 million due from another
customer.
NOTE 5
INVENTORY
A summary of inventory is as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
2007
2006
Components and subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Work in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finished goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$20,814
15,839
18,955
$22,536
15,310
20,952
$55,608
$58,798
As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, $19.0 million and $17.7 million, respectively, of finished goods inventory
was located at customer sites pending acceptance. At December 31, 2007, two customers accounted for $13.3 mil-
lion of finished goods inventory. As of December 31, 2006, one customer accounted for $16.4 million of finished
goods inventory. Revenue for 2007, 2006 and 2005 includes $200,000, $256,000 and $2.1 million, respectively,
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from the sale of refurbished inventory recorded at a zero cost basis. In 2005, the amount consisted mainly of the sale
of a refurbished Cray T3E supercomputer, one of the Company’s legacy systems.
During 2007, the Company wrote off $727,000 of inventory, primarily related to inventory on the Cray XT3
product line. During 2006, the Company wrote off $1.6 million of inventory, primarily related to inventory on the
Cray XT3 product line. During 2005, the Company wrote off $5.8 million of inventory, primarily related to the Cray
X1E and Cray XD1 product lines.
NOTE 6 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
A summary of property and equipment is as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
2007
2006
Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furniture and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computer equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leasehold improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
131
10,022
12,232
76,634
2,959
$
131
9,965
14,753
73,825
3,060
Accumulated depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101,978
(84,934)
101,734
(80,170)
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,044
$ 21,564
Depreciation expense for 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $11.2 million, $16.1 million and $17.9 million,
respectively.
NOTE 7 SERVICE INVENTORY, NET
A summary of service inventory is as follows (in thousands):
Service inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28,890
(25,904)
Accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 28,797
(24,505)
Service inventory, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,986
$ 4,292
December 31,
2007
2006
NOTE 8 GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The following table provides information about activity in goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2007
and 2006, respectively (in thousands):
Goodwill, at January 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign currency translation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$57,138
8,273
$56,839
299
Goodwill, at December 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$65,411
$57,138
2007
2006
Intangible assets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 consisted of net capitalized patent costs of $1.2 million
and $1.4 million, respectively.
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Amortization expense for 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $223,000, $101,000 and $1.6 million, respectively.
Amortization decreased significantly for the year ended December 31, 2006 as, in December 2005, the Company
wrote off its core technology intangible asset arising from its 2004 acquisition of OctigaBay Systems Corporation.
NOTE 9 DEFERRED REVENUE
Deferred revenue consisted of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
2007
2006
Deferred product revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 28,592
31,470
$26,993
18,730
Total deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less long-term deferred revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60,062
(11,745)
45,723
(2,475)
Deferred revenue in current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 48,317
$43,248
At December 31, 2007, two customers accounted for 51% of total deferred revenue. At December 31, 2006,
two customers accounted for 45% of total deferred revenue.
NOTE 10 RESTRUCTURING AND SEVERANCE CHARGES
During 2007, the Company did not have any restructuring actions. Activity during 2007 included payments of
previously announced actions and an adjustment to amounts previously estimated of $48,000.
During 2006, the Company recognized net restructuring charges of $1.3 million, which is included in
“Restructuring, Severance and Impairment” on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, all of
which originated from actions arising during 2005. There were no new actions taken during 2006.
During 2005, the Company recognized restructuring charges of $4.8 million, which is included in “Restruc-
turing, Severance and Impairment” on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, net of adjust-
ments for previously accrued amounts. These restructuring charges were the result of two actions taken during
2005.
Activity related to the Company’s restructuring liability during the years ended December 31 is as follows (in
thousands):
Balance, January 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additional restructuring charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments to previously accrued amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign currency translation adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total restructuring and severance liability, December 31 . . . . . . . . . .
Less long-term restructuring and severance liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2007
2006
2005
$1,063
—
(665)
(48)
11
361
(203)
$ 3,582
1,284
(3,849)
(33)
79
1,063
—
$ 4,690
5,092
(5,724)
(255)
(221)
3,582
(362)
Current restructuring and severance liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 158
$ 1,063
$ 3,220
The current restructuring and severance liability is included in “Accrued Payroll and Related Expenses” and
the long-term restructuring and severance liability is included in “Other Non-current Liabilities” on the accom-
panying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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NOTE 11 FOREIGN CURRENCY DERIVATIVES
In order to reduce the impact of foreign currency exchange rate risk related to certain sales contracts, the
Company has entered into foreign exchange forward contracts. As of December 31, 2007, the outstanding notional
amounts were approximately: 11.8 million British pound sterling, 8 million euro and 36 million Norwegian kroner.
The Company will receive approximately $41.0 million upon settlement of these foreign exchange forward
contracts. As of December 31, 2007, all of these forward contracts have been designated as cash flow hedges, with
the fair value of a net loss of $823,000 recorded as a component of “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” in
the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. During 2007, a forward contract designated as a cash flow hedge
was settled. The amount reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income was a $1,029,000 reduction
to revenue. The Company recognized a gain of approximately $369,000 in 2007 on the change in fair value of a
forward contract between its inception and its designation as a cash flow hedge, which is included in “Other Income
(Expense), net” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2007, the
Company has recorded approximately $1.3 million of net foreign exchange losses in “Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income,” which is expected to be reclassified into earnings during 2008 as associated product
revenue is recognized.
NOTE 12 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company has recorded rent expense under leases for buildings or office space accounted for as operating
leases in 2007, 2006 and 2005 of $3.5 million, $3.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively.
Minimum contractual commitments as of December 31, 2007, were as follows (in thousands):
Operating
Leases
Development
Agreements
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$2,798
1,106
519
430
244
1,153
Minimum contractual commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$6,250
$22,793
4,137
2,110
—
—
—
$29,040
The above table excludes principal and interest due on the convertible notes payable described in Note 14 —
Convertible Notes Payable and Lines of Credit. In its normal course of operations, the Company engages in
development arrangements under which it hires outside engineering resources to augment its existing internal staff
in order to complete research and development projects, or parts thereof. For the years ended December 31, 2007,
2006 and 2005, the Company incurred $17.0 million, $23.9 million and $20.3 million, respectively, for such
arrangements.
Litigation
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had no material pending litigation.
Other
From time to time the Company is subject to various other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of
business or are not material to the Company’s business. Additionally, the Company is subject to income taxes in the
U.S. and several foreign jurisdictions and, in the ordinary course of business, there are transactions and calculations
where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although the Company cannot predict the outcomes of these
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matters with certainty, the Company’s management does not believe that the disposition of these matters will have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE 13
INCOME TAXES
Under FAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, income taxes are recognized for the amount of taxes payable for
the current year and for the impact of deferred tax assets and liabilities, which represent consequences of events that
have been recognized differently in the financial statements under GAAP than for tax purposes. As of December 31,
2007, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $292.0 million, of which
approximately $21.0 million related to stock-based income tax deductions in excess of amounts that have been
recognized for financial reporting purposes and foreign net operating loss carryforwards of approximately
$27.0 million. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had gross federal research and experimentation tax credit
carryforwards of approximately $13.2 million. The federal net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, will
expire from 2010 through 2027, and research and development tax credits will expire from 2008 through 2027, if
not utilized. Generally, the Company’s foreign net operating losses can be carried forward indefinitely. Utilization
of the Company’s federal net operating loss carryforwards may be limited in any one year if an ownership change, as
defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, has occurred.
Loss before provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2006
2005
2007
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(7,658)
3,113
$(10,550)
(918)
$(63,304)
(2,492)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(4,545)
$(11,468)
$(65,796)
The provision (benefit) for income taxes related to operations consists of the following (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2006
2005
2007
Current provision:
Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ — $ — $ —
128
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
644
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
109
617
35
929
Total current provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
964
726
772
Deferred provision (benefit):
Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total deferred provision (benefit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
—
210
210
—
—
(124)
(124)
—
—
(2,260)
(2,260)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,174
$ 602
$(1,488)
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The following table reconciles the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate:
Federal statutory income tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State taxes, net of federal benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deemed dividends for U.S. income tax purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meals and entertainment expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nondeductible expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development tax credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Effect of change in valuation allowance on deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . .
2007
2006
2005
(35.0)% (35.0)% (35.0)%
(3.6)
(6.3)
5.0
(0.3)
4.5
23.7
1.3
2.2
3.1
2.4
(7.6)
(17.5)
(4.5)
0.3
42.7
55.6
(3.1)
1.0
0.9
0.2
0.4
(2.1)
(0.4)
35.8
Effective income tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25.8%
5.2%
(2.3)%
Significant components of the Company’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in
thousands):
December 31,
2007
2006
Current:
Deferred Income Tax Assets
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
Gross current deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,421
2,741
1,369
6,531
(6,531)
$
2,610
4,292
815
7,717
(7,717)
Net current deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
0
$
0
Long-Term:
Deferred Income Tax Assets:
Property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and experimentation credit carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net operating loss carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued restructuring charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,625
13,209
118,056
—
2,853
455
12,587
117,454
240
518
Gross long-term deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
136,743
(134,259)
131,254
(130,532)
Net long-term deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,484
722
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities:
Amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net long-term deferred tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(637)
(1,335)
(1,972)
—
—
—
Net long-term deferred tax asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
512
$
722
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The valuation allowance on deferred tax assets for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
increased $2.5 million, $3.8 million and $29.6 million, respectively.
Undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are considered to be permanently reinvested;
accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income taxes has been provided thereon. Upon repatriation of
those earnings, in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company would be subject to both U.S. income taxes
(subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to the various foreign countries.
Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability is not practicable due to the
complexities associated with this hypothetical calculation.
The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. There was no financial statement impact
from the adoption of FIN 48. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had recorded approximately $990,000 in
liabilities related to unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain income tax positions, which is included in “Other Non-
current Liabilities” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Recognition of these income tax benefits
would affect the Company’s effective income tax rate.
The following table summarizes changes in the amount of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits during the
year ended December 31, 2007 (in thousands):
Balance at January 1, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $480
510
Increase related to current year income tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $990
The Company or its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and
foreign jurisdictions. The Company defines its major tax jurisdictions to include Australia, Canada, Korea, the
United Kingdom and the United States and is subject to income tax examination in those jurisdictions with respect
to any year that an examination is not barred pursuant to the application of the applicable statute of limitations.
Estimated interest and penalties are recorded as a component of interest expense and other expense, respectively.
Such amounts were not material for 2007, 2006 and 2005.
NOTE 14 CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE AND LINES OF CREDIT
In December 2004, the Company issued $80 million aggregate principal amount of 3.0% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2024 (“Notes”) in a private placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. These unsecured Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 3.0%, payable semiannually on June 1
and December 1 of each year through the maturity date of December 1, 2024.
The Notes are convertible, under certain circumstances, into the Company’s common stock at an initial
conversion rate of 51.8001 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an
initial conversion price of approximately $19.31 per share of common stock (subject to adjustment in certain
events). Upon conversion of the Notes, in lieu of delivering common stock, the Company may, at its discretion,
deliver cash or a combination of cash and common stock.
The Notes are general unsecured senior subordinated obligations, ranking junior in right of payment to the
Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness, equally in right of payment with the Company’s existing and
future indebtedness or other obligations that are not, by their terms, either senior or subordinated to the Notes and
senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that, by its terms, is subordinated to the Notes. In
addition, the Notes are effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness to
the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness and structurally subordinated to the claims of all creditors of the
Company’s subsidiaries.
Holders may convert the Notes during a conversion period beginning with the mid-point date in a fiscal quarter
to, but not including, the mid-point date (or, if that day is not a trading day, then the next trading day) in the
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immediately following fiscal quarter, if on each of at least 20 trading days in the period of 30 consecutive trading
days ending on the first trading day of the conversion period, the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock
exceeds 120% of the conversion price in effect on that 30th trading day of such period. The “mid-point dates” for the
fiscal quarters are February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15. Holders may also convert the Notes if the
Company has called the Notes for redemption or, during prescribed periods, upon the occurrence of specified
corporate transactions or a fundamental change, in each case as described in the indenture governing the Notes. As
of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, none of the conditions for conversion of the Notes were satisfied.
The Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of the Notes for cash at any time beginning on
December 1, 2007, and prior to December 1, 2009, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest plus a make whole premium of $150.00 per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes, less the amount of any interest actually paid or accrued and unpaid on the Notes prior to the redemption date,
if the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock exceeds 150% of the conversion price for at least 20 trading
days in the 30-trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the date of mailing of the redemption notice. On
or after December 1, 2009, the Company may redeem for cash all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price of
100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. Holders may require the Company to
purchase all or a part of their Notes for cash at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus
accrued and unpaid interest on December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014, and December 1, 2019, or upon the
occurrence of certain events provided in the indenture governing the Notes.
In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company incurred $3.4 million of issuance costs, which
primarily consisted of investment banker fees, legal and other professional fees. These costs are being amortized
using the effective interest method to interest expense over the five-year period from December 2004 through
November 2009. A total of $688,000, $683,000 and $676,000, respectively, was amortized into interest expense
during 2007, 2006 and 2005. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the unamortized balance of these costs was
$1.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively, and is included in “Other non-current assets” on the accompanying
Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Lines of Credit
In December 2007, the Company amended its existing Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which
reduced the total availability under the line of credit to $10.0 million from $25.0 million and extended the term of
the agreement through June 2009. The Company’s requirement to maintain a pledged collateral account containing
cash, cash equivalents and other securities valued at not less than the maximum amount allowed under the line of
credit was reduced to $10.0 million. The Company receives all interest and other earnings on the collateral account,
unless otherwise notified by the lender. In addition, the Company has covenants to maintain liquid assets with an
aggregate fair market value of not less than $10.0 million. The Company designated $10.0 million of its cash as
restricted at December 31, 2007. The Credit Agreement provides support for the Company’s existing letters of
credit, the balance of which was $2.0 million as of December 31, 2007. The available borrowing base under the
Credit Agreement is reduced by the amount of outstanding letters of credit at that date. Therefore, the Company was
eligible to use $8.0 million of the line of credit as of December 31, 2007.
NOTE 15 SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Stock: The Company has 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock authorized, and no
shares of preferred stock outstanding.
Common Stock: On December 19, 2006, the Company completed a public offering of 8,625,000 shares of
newly issued common stock at a public offering price of $10.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of
$81.3 million from the offering, after underwriting discount and selling expenses.
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On June 6, 2006, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s articles of
incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 150 million to 300 million
and also approved a one-for-four reverse stock split of the Company’s authorized and outstanding common stock.
These concurrent approvals resulted in 75 million authorized shares of the Company’s common stock with a par
value of $0.01 per share. The reverse stock split was effective with respect to shareholders of record at the opening
of trading on June 8, 2006, and the Company’s common stock began trading as adjusted for the reverse stock split on
that same day. As a result of the reverse stock split, each four shares of common stock were combined into one share
of common stock and the total number of shares outstanding was reduced from approximately 92 million shares to
approximately 23 million shares. The Company has retroactively adjusted all share and per share information to
reflect the reverse stock split in the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto, as well as throughout the
rest of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for all periods presented.
Exchangeable Shares: Shares of exchangeable stock were issued by one of the Company’s Nova Scotia
subsidiaries in connection with the April 2004 acquisition of OctigaBay. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, no
exchangeable shares were outstanding.
Shareholder Warrants: At December 31, 2007, the Company had outstanding and exercisable warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 1,284,852 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $10.12 per share. These warrants
expire on June 21, 2009.
On February 27, 2007, a warrant for 50,000 shares of common stock was exercised, and the Company issued
25,194 shares in the net exercise transaction.
Restricted Stock: During 2007, the Company issued an aggregate of 65,501 shares of restricted stock to
certain directors, executives and managers. The Company will record approximately $492,000 in stock compen-
sation expense for these issuances ratably over the vesting period, which is generally two years for non-employee
directors and four years for officers and employees of the Company. During 2006, the Company issued an aggregate
of 354,993 shares of restricted stock to certain directors, executives and managers. The Company will record
approximately $3.6 million in stock compensation expense for these issuances ratably over the vesting period,
which is generally two years for non-employee directors and four years for officers and employees of the Company.
In 2005, the Company issued an aggregate of 491,250 shares of restricted stock to certain executives and managers.
These shares became fully vested on June 30, 2007. The Company recorded a stock compensation expense of
$2.9 million over the vesting period. As of December 31, 2007, $4.1 million of expense has been recognized as
stock based compensation expense for these restricted stock issuances, and an aggregate of $2.7 million remains to
be expensed over the respective vesting periods of the grants.
Stock Option Plans: As of December 31, 2007, the Company had five active stock option plans that provide
shares available for option grants to employees, directors and others. Options granted to employees under the
Company’s option plans generally vest over four years or as otherwise determined by the plan administrator;
however, options granted during 2005 were generally granted with full vesting on or before December 31, 2005, in
order to avoid additional expense related to the options under the implementation of FAS 123R and to enhance
short-term retention. Options to purchase shares expire no later than ten years after the date of grant.
On December 20, 2005, the Company announced a stock option repricing for certain outstanding options as of
that date, the purpose of which was to reduce the number of new options needed for grant at the same time, since the
Company had a limited number of shares available for such grant. A total of 318,565 options with original exercise
prices from $14.52 to $34.12 per share were repriced to an exercise price of $5.96 per share (the market price of the
Company’s common stock on that date), all of which were fully vested at the time of repricing. Per the requirements
of FIN No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, the stock option modification
resulted in variable stock option accounting from the date of repricing until the end of the year; however, because the
closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2005, was less than the re-grant price, no
compensation expense was recorded.
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Twice during 2005, the Board of Directors approved the acceleration of the vesting of all unvested outstanding
stock options previously granted to employees and executive officers under the Company’s stock option plans
which exceeded certain exercise price thresholds. In March 2005 the threshold for accelerated vesting was all
options with a per share exercise price of $9.44 or higher (the market price of the Company’s common stock on the
date of the change), while in May 2005 the threshold was all options with a per share exercise price of $5.88 or
greater (the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the change). This acceleration resulted in
options to acquire approximately 1.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock becoming immediately
exercisable. Options granted to consultants and to non-employee directors were not accelerated. All other terms and
conditions applicable to outstanding stock option grants, including the exercise prices and numbers of shares
subject to the accelerated options, were unchanged. The acceleration resulted in a charge to income of approx-
imately $1.1 million related to the deferred compensation of previously unvested options granted as part of the
OctigaBay acquisition in April 2004. The acceleration eliminated future compensation expense that the Company
would have recognized in its Consolidated Statements of Operations with respect to these options upon the adoption
of FAS 123R, on January 1, 2006.
In connection with a restructuring plan announced in June 2005, the Company amended the stock option grants
for certain terminated employees to extend the exercise period of vested stock options, which is normally three
months from the date of termination. No compensation expense was recorded as the fair market value of the
Company’s stock (the closing market price of the Company’s stock on the date of the change) was less than the
respective stock option exercise prices.
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information follows:
Options
Outstanding at January 1, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,571,098
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278,567
(22,295)
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(327,225)
Canceled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2005(a) . . . . . . . . . . 4,500,145
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Canceled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
725,430
(381,890)
(976,270)
Outstanding at December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,867,415
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Canceled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60,500
(163,189)
(435,928)
Outstanding at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,328,798
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
$20.64
8.56
6.24
16.60
16.56
10.44
6.87
23.25
14.68
8.80
7.80
16.44
14.68
Remaining
Contractual
Term
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
6.2 years
$200,000
Exercisable at December 31, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,767,801
15.56
5.6 years
$200,000
Available for grant at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . 2,600,506
(a) The weighted average exercise price of outstanding options at December 31, 2005 includes the impact of the
2005 repricing of 318,565 options, as described above.
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value for all “in-the-
money” options (i.e., the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of 2007 and
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the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all
option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2007. This amount changes, based on the fair market value
of the Company’s stock. Total intrinsic value of options exercised was $884,000 for the year ended December 31,
2007. Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year ended December 31, 2007 was $5.09 per share.
A summary of the Company’s unvested restricted stock grants and changes during the years ended Decem-
ber 31 is as follows:
Outstanding at January 1, 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted during 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted during 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shares
0
491,250
491,250
354,993
Outstanding at December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted during 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited during 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vested during 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
846,243
65,501
(7,900)
(527,638)
Outstanding at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
376,206
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
$ —
5.96
5.96
10.08
7.69
7.51
10.56
6.10
9.82
The aggregate fair value of restricted shares vested during 2007 was $4.1 million.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $6.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to
unvested stock options and unvested restricted stock grants, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted
average period of 2.9 years.
Outstanding and exercisable options by price range as of December 31, 2007, are as follows:
Outstanding Options
Exercisable Options
Number
Outstanding
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (Years)
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Range of Exercise
Prices per Share
$ 0.00 – $ 4.00
$ 4.01 – $ 8.00
$ 8.01 – $10.00
$10.01 – $12.00
$12.01 – $14.00
$14.01 – $16.00
$16.01 – $32.00
$32.01 – $54.75
83,779
724,875
236,146
982,292
193,206
352,725
449,599
306,176
$ 0.00 – $54.75
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6.0
6.0
7.6
6.5
5.8
3.9
4.9
6.2
$ 3.79
$ 6.30
$ 9.34
$10.70
$13.64
$14.84
$25.21
$39.17
$14.68
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Number
Exercisable
83,779
685,634
223,748
477,934
188,206
352,725
449,599
306,176
2,767,801
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
$ 3.79
$ 6.25
$ 9.37
$10.80
$13.68
$14.84
$25.21
$39.17
$15.56
CRAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
The following table (in thousands) sets forth the share-based compensation cost resulting from stock options
and unvested stock grants recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended
December 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
2007
2006
2005
Cost of product revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Cost of service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
143
1,085
422
1,453
$
60
101
386
334
1,218
$ —
—
3,444
579
83
Total share-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . $3,189
$2,099
$4,106
Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
In 2001, the Company established an ESPP, which received shareholder
approval in May 2002. The maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that employees could
acquire under the ESPP is 1,000,000 shares. Eligible employees are permitted to acquire shares of the Company’s
common stock through payroll deductions not exceeding 15% of base wages. The purchase price per share under the
ESPP is 95% of the closing market price on the fourth business day after the end of each offering period. As of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, 587,302 and 526,710 shares, respectively, had been issued under the ESPP.
NOTE 16 BENEFIT PLANS
401(k) Plan
The Company has a retirement plan covering substantially all U.S. employees that provides for voluntary
salary deferral contributions on a pre-tax basis in accordance with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended. Prior to 2005, the Company matched 25% of employee contributions each calendar year,
comprised of a 12.5% match of employee contributions in cash within 45 days after each quarter and a 12.5% match
determined annually by the Board of Directors and payable in cash and/or common stock of the Company. The
Company eliminated its matching obligation as of June 30, 2005. However, the Company reinstated its match for
2006 at 6.25% of total employee contributions, which was satisfied in 2007 through issuance of common stock. The
Company reinstituted its 25% match of employee contributions for 2007, comprised of a 12.5% match of employee
contributions primarily in common stock within 45 days after each quarter and a 12.5% match determined annually
by the Board of Directors and payable in cash and/or the Company’s common stock; the contributions for 2007 were
paid in shares of the Company’s common stock plus cash for fractional shares. The Company’s 2007, 2006 and 2005
matching contribution expenses were $1.6 million, $347,000 and $795,000, respectively.
Pension Plan
The Company’s German subsidiary maintains a defined benefit pension plan. At December 31, 2007 and 2006,
the Company recorded a liability of $2.2 million and $1.9 million, respectively, which approximates the excess of
the projected benefit obligation over plan assets of $788,000 and $671,000, respectively. Plan assets are invested in
insurance policies payable to employees. Net pension expense was not material for any period. Contributions to the
plan are not expected to be significant to the financial position of the Company. The Company’s adoption of
FAS No. 158 “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans — an
amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)” did not have a material impact on the financial
position of the Company.
NOTE 17 SEGMENT INFORMATION
FAS No. 131, Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“FAS 131”), establishes
standards for reporting information about operating segments and for related disclosures about products, services
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and geographic areas. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate
discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker, or decision-making
group, in making decisions regarding allocation of resources and assessing performance. Cray’s chief decision-
maker, as defined under FAS 131, is the Chief Executive Officer. During 2007, 2006 and 2005, Cray had one
operating segment.
Product and service revenue and long-lived assets classified by significant country are as follows (in
thousands):
United
States
All
Other
Countries
Total
For the year ended December 31, 2007:
Product revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,704
$49,751
$133,455
Service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,724
$20,974
$ 52,698
Long-lived assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,012
$57,894
$ 92,906
For the year ended December 31, 2006:
Product revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 76,370
$86,425
$162,795
Service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,979
$20,243
$ 58,222
Long-lived assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,554
$49,155
$ 90,709
For the year ended December 31, 2005:
Product revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $104,274
$47,824
$152,098
Service revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,377
$15,576
$ 48,953
Long-lived assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,464
$50,255
$100,719
Revenue attributed to foreign countries are derived from sales to external customers. Revenue derived from
U.S. government agencies or commercial customers primarily serving the U.S. government, and therefore under its
control, totaled approximately $110.9 million, $105.4 million and $111.2 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively. In 2007, three customers accounted for an aggregate of approximately 58% of total revenue. In 2006,
two customers accounted for an aggregate of approximately 33% of total revenue. In 2005, one customer
contributed approximately 18% of total revenue. In 2007, revenue in the United Kingdom accounted for 24%
of total revenue. In 2006, revenue in Korea accounted for 20% of total revenue, and revenue in the United Kingdom
accounted for 15% of total revenue. No single foreign country accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s
revenue in 2005.
Goodwill makes up a significant portion of the long-lived asset balances of the Company’s foreign subsid-
iaries. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, goodwill comprised $53.6 million and $45.4 million, respectively, or 93%
and 92%, respectively, of foreign long-lived asset balances.
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NOTE 18 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The details for the Company’s net research and development costs for the years ended December 31 are as
follows (in thousands):
Gross research and development expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,090
Less: Amounts reimbursed or included in cost of product
$ 99,061
$ 96,257
revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(52,207)
(70,019)
(54,546)
Net research and development expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,883
$ 29,042
$ 41,711
2007
December 31,
2006
2005
NOTE 19
INTEREST INCOME (EXPENSE)
The detail of interest income (expense) for the years ended December 31 is as follows (in thousands):
Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 7,046
(3,206)
$ 2,525
(4,620)
$
741
(4,203)
Net interest income (expense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 3,840
$(2,095)
$(3,462)
2007
2006
2005
Interest income is earned by the Company on cash and cash equivalent and short-term investment balances.
Interest expense in 2007, 2006 and 2005 consisted of $2.4 million on the Notes in each year, $688,000,
$1.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively, of noncash amortization of capitalized issuance costs, and $13,000,
$390,000 and $765,000, respectively, of interest and fees on the line of credit.
NOTE 20 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
In September 2007, the Company entered into a porting and software reseller agreement with Interactive
Supercomputing Inc. (“ISC”). The Chief Executive Officer of ISC is a director of the Company. Under the terms of
the agreement, the Company made payments to ISC of $100,000 in 2007 and $100,000 in February 2008 for
software licenses and services. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors reviewed and approved the terms of
this agreement prior to its execution.
NOTE 21 QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)
The following table presents unaudited quarterly financial information for the two years ended December 31,
2007. In the opinion of management, this information contains all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation thereof. Certain 2006 quarterly reclassifications have been made to
conform to the 2007 presentation.
The operating results are not necessarily indicative of results for any future periods. Quarter-to-quarter
comparisons should not be relied upon as indicators of future performance. Our operating results are subject to
quarterly fluctuations as a result of a number of factors.
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(In thousands, except per share data)
For the Quarter Ended
3/31
6/30
9/30
12/31
3/31
6/30
9/30
12/31
Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,109
31,575
Cost of revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$26,625
15,887
$54,989 $57,430
40,420
32,840
$48,515
34,370
$38,513
26,000
$32,565 $101,424
75,655
21,169
2007
2006
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development, net . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring, severance and
impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income (loss) per common share,
15,534
7,880
5,268
4,280
10,738
8,859
5,123
3,822
22,149
9,067
5,423
3,340
17,010
12,077
6,323
3,514
14,145
7,215
4,985
5,594
12,513
6,371
5,682
4,600
11,396
9,692
4,924
4,134
25,769
5,764
6,386
4,457
10
(841)
—
(6,384)
—
5,101
(58)
(3,595)
738
(5,305)
549
(7,173)
3
(8,324)
(39)
8,732
basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (0.03) $ (0.20) $ 0.16 $ (0.11) $ (0.24) $ (0.32) $ (0.37) $
0.36
Net income (loss) per common share,
diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (0.03) $ (0.20) $ 0.16 $ (0.11) $ (0.24) $ (0.32) $ (0.37) $
0.33
Diluted net income per common share for the third quarter of 2007 includes approximately 155,000 equivalent
shares for outstanding employee stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock grants and shares issuable if the
Notes were converted. Diluted net income per common share for the fourth quarter of 2006 includes approximately
5 million equivalent shares for outstanding employee stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock grants and
shares issuable if the Notes were converted. Additionally, the Notes’ fourth quarter 2006 interest expense and
issuance fee amortization of $770,000 has been added back to net income to determine diluted net income per
common share under the if-converted method. These items are antidilutive in any period with an overall net loss.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Cray Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cray Inc. and Subsidiaries as of Decem-
ber 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and compre-
hensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of Cray Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole. The financial statement schedule listed in the index at Item 15(a)(2) is presented
for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic consolidated financial statements. This
schedule, for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005, has been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in the audits of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material
respects in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), Cray Inc. and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based
on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 7, 2008, expressed an unqualified
opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ PETERSON SULLIVAN PLLC
Seattle, Washington
March 7, 2008
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Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
December 31, 2007
(In Thousands)
Description
Balance at
Beginning
of Period
Charge/(Benefit)
to Expense
Deductions
Balance at
End of
Period
Year ended December 31, 2005:
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1,439
Warranty accrual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ —
Year ended December 31, 2006:
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 193
Warranty accrual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ —
Year ended December 31, 2007:
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
99
Warranty accrual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ —
(1) Represents uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
$165
$ —
$ (17)
$ —
$327
$ —
$(1,411)(1)
$193
$ —
$ —
$
(77)(1)
$ 99
$ —
$ —
$ (327)(1)
$ 99
$ —
$ —
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Investor Information
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephen C. Kiely
Chairman, Stratus
Technologies Inc.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, our
transfer agent and registrar, can be contacted
as indicated below to help you with a variety
of shareholder-related services including:
CRAY ANNUAL MEETING
MAY 14, 2008 - 3:00 P.M.
411 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104-2860
William C. Blake
Chief Executive Officer
Interactive Supercomputing, Inc.
John B. Jones, Jr.
Private Investor
Frank L. Lederman
Private Investor
Sally G. Narodick
Private Investor
Daniel C. Regis
Managing Director
Digital Partners
Stephen C. Richards
Private Investor
Peter J. Ungaro
President and
Chief Executive Officer Cray Inc.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Peter J. Ungaro
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Brian C. Henry
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Kenneth W. Johnson
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Ian W. Miller
Senior Vice President
Steven L. Scott
Senior Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer
Margaret A. Williams
Senior Vice President
• Change of address
• Lost stock certificates
• Transfer of stock to
another person
• Additional administrative
services
• Account consolidation
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
Shareholder Relations
P. O. Box 3315
South Hackensack, NJ 07606
or
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310-1900
www.melloninvestor.com/isd
Telephone: 800-522-7762
TDD for Hearing Impaired:
800-231-5469
Foreign Shareholders:
201-680-6578
TDD Foreign Shareholders:
201-680-6610
CORPORATE
HEADQUARTERS
Cray Inc.
411 First Avenue South
Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104-2860
206-701-2000
206-701-2500 fax
OTHER PRINCIPAL OFFICES
1050 Lowater Road
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729-0080
1340 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-1128
INTERNET
E-Mail
info@cray.com
Website
www.cray.com
LEGAL COUNSEL
Stoel Rives LLP
Seattle, WA
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our
other SEC reports and filings, our Code of
Business Conduct, Corporate Governance
Guidelines, the charters of our Board
committees and other governance
documents and information are available on
our website, www.cray.com, under
“Investors.”
You may also obtain a copy of our Form
10-K filed with the SEC and other
company information, without charge, by
writing or calling:
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Peterson Sullivan PLLC
Seattle, WA
STOCK MARKET
INFORMATION
Cray Inc. common stock is traded on
the Nasdaq Global Market under the
symbol CRAY.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Cray is an equal opportunity employer.
Cray Inc.
Investor Relations
411 First Avenue South
Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104-2860
Telephone: 866-729-2729
Shareholders who own Cray stock through
a brokerage account and receive multiple
copies of this annual report can contact
their broker to request consolidation of
their accounts.
Cray Inc.
411 First Avenue South
Suite 600
Seattle, Washington 98104