Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator instructions) Our first question comes from the line of Rick Schafer with Oppenheimer. Please proceed sir.
Rick Schafer – Oppenheimer
Hi guys, nice quarter. I just had a question actually just on your guidance and sort of what order patterns look like post golden week [ph], can you give us an idea maybe have you seen any unusual slowdown in bookings, can you give us any kind of answer, book to bill still positive, just seems like down 8% at the midpoint for 4Q, seems a little lower than seasonal, can you give us any color there, maybe what turns you need to get there for the fourth quarter?
Michael Hsing
Now we particularly this month we see a pretty normal business seasonal pattern. What I say normal, it's like a couple of years ago or so, and we see the lead times and the booking rate and it seems to me it is not like a couple of quarters ago. It is more normal I'd say.
Rick Neely
Yes, I think I would echo what Michael said, it seems to be behaving pretty normally this quarter. I think our midpoint is down 7% if I did the math right, Rick, but that typically we are down 5% to 10%. We have spent 3% in the best years and 10% in the worst years and last year was another year. So we think it is a reasonable expectation for the general market conditions we have.
Rick Schafer – Oppenheimer
Okay. And Rick, can you give us an idea of turns maybe, Rick, like what you need to do to get the fourth quarter midpoint?
Rick Neely
Nothing out of the ordinary. The bookings were good to support you know what I would call a normal amount of turns we go into the quarter with, so we are not – we don't see anything on the horizon that looks bad, it looks all pretty good for us actually.
Rick Schafer – Oppenheimer
Okay, can you – okay, that is fine. Just got a follow up question on your – I just was curious on the litigation front, you know is there anything that is getting pulled in from 2010 into the third and fourth quarter this year? I mean I guess sort of what's changed it , I know it's really hard to predict that litigation expenses but anyway to handicap what's going on there?
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