UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019

or
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 For the transition period from_________ to_________
Commission file number: 001-34501


JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 77-0422528
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
1133 Innovation Way  
Sunnyvale,California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(408) 745-2000
(408) 745-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per shareJNPRNew York Stock Exchange


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. Yesx No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yesx No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company”, and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerx
Accelerated filero
Non-accelerated filero
Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per shareJNPRNew York Stock Exchange
There were 344,325,417334,707,050 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.00001, outstanding as of May 3,November 4, 2019.


 




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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)


Juniper Networks, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019
20182019
2018
2019
2018
Net revenues:          
Product$618.7
 $710.8
$743.2
 $794.7
 $2,075.8
 $2,330.4
Service383.0
 371.8
389.9
 385.1
 1,161.5
 1,136.1
Total net revenues1,001.7
 1,082.6
1,133.1
 1,179.8
 3,237.3
 3,466.5
Cost of revenues:          
Product270.0
 306.4
304.0
 312.5
 888.3
 955.5
Service149.4
 157.8
150.7
 156.3
 451.5
 480.7
Total cost of revenues419.4
 464.2
454.7
 468.8
 1,339.8
 1,436.2
Gross margin582.3
 618.4
678.4
 711.0
 1,897.5
 2,030.3
Operating expenses:          
Research and development227.6
 269.4
244.5
 253.8
 716.1
 772.0
Sales and marketing228.5
 239.4
235.3
 224.8
 692.8
 702.5
General and administrative68.2
 56.0
61.2
 67.9
 189.4
 178.1
Restructuring charges (benefits)15.3
 (1.9)
Restructuring (benefits) charges(1.1) 4.4
 35.6
 2.3
Total operating expenses539.6
 562.9
539.9
 550.9
 1,633.9
 1,654.9
Operating income42.7
 55.5
138.5
 160.1
 263.6
 375.4
Other income (expense), net1.8
 (14.1)
Other expense, net(20.4) (8.1) (23.2) (31.1)
Income before income taxes44.5
 41.4
118.1
 152.0
 240.4
 344.3
Income tax provision13.4
 7.0
Income tax provision (benefit)18.8
 (71.8) 63.8
 (30.4)
Net income$31.1
 $34.4
$99.3
 $223.8
 $176.6
 $374.7

          
Net income per share:          
Basic$0.09
 $0.10
$0.29
 $0.65
 $0.51
 $1.07
Diluted$0.09
 $0.10
$0.29
 $0.64
 $0.50
 $1.05
Shares used in computing net income per share:          
Basic348.1
 355.3
342.2
 346.2
 345.5
 350.1
Diluted352.7
 360.6
345.5
 350.5
 350.1
 355.2


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements



Juniper Networks, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Net income$99.3
 $223.8
 $176.6
 $374.7
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:       
Available-for-sale debt securities:       
Change in net unrealized gains and losses, net of tax (provision) of zero and ($0.8) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and tax (provision) benefit of ($0.3) and $0.9 for the comparable periods in 2018, respectively
 0.9
 3.8
 (0.6)
Net realized losses reclassified into net income, net of tax provisions of zero for each period(0.1) 
 (0.1) 0.9
Net change on available-for-sale debt securities, net of tax(0.1) 0.9
 3.7
 0.3
Cash flow hedges:       
Change in net unrealized gains and losses, net of tax provisions of $0.2 and $1.3 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and tax benefits of $1.5 and $2.7 for the comparable periods in 2018, respectively(12.6) (4.6) (12.3) (5.9)
Net realized (gains) and losses reclassified into net income, net of tax provisions of $0.7 and $1.5 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and tax (benefit) provision of ($0.5) and $0.3 for the comparable periods in 2018, respectively1.5
 2.6
 3.0
 (5.5)
Net change on cash flow hedges, net of tax(11.1) (2.0) (9.3) (11.4)
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments(4.3) (7.0) (3.0) (13.7)
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax(15.5) (8.1) (8.6) (24.8)
Comprehensive income$83.8
 $215.7
 $168.0
 $349.9

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Net income$31.1
 $34.4
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:   
Available-for-sale debt securities:   
Change in net unrealized gains and losses, net of tax (provision) benefit of ($0.6) and $1.4, respectively1.8
 (2.0)
Net realized losses reclassified into net income, net of tax provisions of zero and zero, respectively
 0.9
Net change on available-for-sale debt securities, net of tax1.8
 (1.1)
Cash flow hedges:   
Change in net unrealized gains and losses, net of tax provision of $1.3 and $0.3, respectively2.1
 13.1
Net realized (gains) losses reclassified into net income, net of tax provisions of $0.2 and $0.6, respectively1.2
 (5.1)
Net change on cash flow hedges, net of tax3.3
 8.0
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments2.2
 5.3
Other comprehensive income, net of tax7.3
 12.2
Comprehensive income$38.4
 $46.6


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements



Juniper Networks, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions, except par values)
March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
(Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  
ASSETS      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents$2,155.6
 $2,489.0
$1,204.8
 $2,489.0
Short-term investments1,227.4
 1,070.1
1,040.8
 1,070.1
Accounts receivable, net of allowances645.4
 754.6
635.8
 754.6
Prepaid expenses and other current assets281.2
 268.1
306.1
 268.1
Total current assets4,309.6
 4,581.8
3,187.5
 4,581.8
Property and equipment, net892.4
 951.7
848.7
 951.7
Operating lease assets184.2
 
171.9
 
Long-term investments119.7
 199.0
581.1
 199.0
Purchased intangible assets, net113.5
 118.5
195.7
 118.5
Goodwill3,109.3
 3,108.8
3,338.3
 3,108.8
Other long-term assets409.2
 403.5
430.4
 403.5
Total assets$9,137.9
 $9,363.3
$8,753.6
 $9,363.3
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable$219.1
 $208.8
$229.0
 $208.8
Accrued compensation166.8
 221.0
176.9
 221.0
Deferred revenue860.1
 829.3
741.6
 829.3
Short-term portion of long-term debt
 349.9

 349.9
Other accrued liabilities243.1
 233.5
275.4
 233.5
Total current liabilities1,489.1
 1,842.5
1,422.9
 1,842.5
Long-term debt1,789.6
 1,789.1
1,687.6
 1,789.1
Long-term deferred revenue370.8
 384.3
377.1
 384.3
Long-term income taxes payable407.3
 404.4
402.0
 404.4
Long-term operating lease liabilities176.7
 
163.5
 
Other long-term liabilities53.2
 119.8
58.1
 119.8
Total liabilities4,286.7
 4,540.1
4,111.2
 4,540.1
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)


 


Stockholders' equity:      
Convertible preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 10.0 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
 

 
Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 1,000.0 shares authorized; 352.0 shares and 346.4 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
 
Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 1,000.0 shares authorized; 341.0 shares and 346.4 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
 
Additional paid-in capital7,668.6
 7,672.8
7,501.9
 7,672.8
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(10.9) (18.2)(26.8) (18.2)
Accumulated deficit(2,806.5) (2,831.4)(2,832.7) (2,831.4)
Total stockholders' equity4,851.2
 4,823.2
4,642.4
 4,823.2
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$9,137.9
 $9,363.3
$8,753.6
 $9,363.3


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Juniper Networks, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income$31.1
 $34.4
$176.6
 $374.7
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Share-based compensation expense33.9
 70.4
147.1
 180.2
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion48.7
 55.7
155.5
 159.2
Operating lease assets expense32.0
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt15.3
 
Other(2.2) 1.7
3.6
 3.5
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:      
Accounts receivable, net108.6
 170.8
125.2
 200.9
Prepaid expenses and other assets0.5
 (11.7)(33.8) 43.9
Accounts payable10.1
 (31.2)19.1
 (27.6)
Accrued compensation(54.9) (14.1)(45.4) (4.2)
Income taxes payable(5.7) (7.6)(8.7) (244.0)
Other accrued liabilities(27.9) (51.1)(49.5) (14.5)
Deferred revenue17.2
 53.8
(103.8) (23.4)
Net cash provided by operating activities159.4
 271.1
433.2
 648.7
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Purchases of property and equipment(27.9) (42.2)(83.5) (110.9)
Purchases of available-for-sale debt securities(884.4) (8.1)(2,789.6) (608.1)
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale debt securities232.8
 968.0
1,035.0
 1,012.2
Proceeds from maturities and redemptions of available-for-sale debt securities578.3
 215.4
1,410.1
 446.6
Purchases of equity securities(5.1) (2.0)(10.2) (8.1)
Proceeds from sales of equity securities2.2
 3.3
5.0
 29.8
Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired(270.9) 
Subsequent payments related to acquisitions in prior years

(22.2)

(31.5)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities(104.1) 1,112.2
(704.1) 730.0
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Repurchase and retirement of common stock(2.9) (754.2)(354.9) (755.5)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock29.5
 29.3
55.4
 56.8
Payment of dividends(66.2) (62.1)(196.4) (187.0)
Payment of debt(950.0) 
Issuance of debt, net495.2
 
Payment for debt extinguishment costs(14.6) 
Change in customer financing arrangement
 (16.6)
 (16.9)
Payment of debt(350.0) 
Other
 (1.5)
Net cash used in financing activities(389.6) (803.6)(965.3) (904.1)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash1.6
 6.2
(3.6) (10.9)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash(332.7) 585.9
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash(1,239.8) 463.7
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period2,505.8
 2,059.1
2,505.8
 2,059.1
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period$2,173.1
 $2,645.0
$1,266.0
 $2,522.8


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Juniper Networks, Inc.
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
(In millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
  Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss 
Accumulated
Deficit 
 Total Stockholders' Equity  Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss 
Accumulated
Deficit 
 Total Stockholders' Equity
Shares 
 
Shares 
 
Balance at December 31, 2018346.4
 $7,672.8
 $(18.2) $(2,831.4) $4,823.2
Balance at June 30, 2019344.5
 $7,491.2
 $(11.3) $(2,888.7) $4,591.2
Net income
 
 
 31.1
 31.1

 
 
 99.3
 99.3
Other comprehensive income, net
 
 7.3
 
 7.3
Other comprehensive loss, net
 
 (15.5) 
 (15.5)
Issuance of common stock5.7
 29.5
 
 
 29.5
1.7
 25.7
 
 
 25.7
Repurchase and retirement of common stock(0.1) (1.4) 
 (1.5) (2.9)(5.2) (67.8) 
 (43.3) (111.1)
Purchase of forward contract under accelerated share repurchase program ("ASR")
 60.0
 
 
 60.0
Share-based compensation expense
 33.9
 
 
 33.9

 57.5
 
 
 57.5
Payments of cash dividends ($0.19 per share
of common stock)

 (66.2) 
 
 (66.2)
 (64.7) 
 
 (64.7)
Cumulative adjustment upon adoption of
Accounting Standards Update ("ASU")
2017-12 ("Topic 815"), net

 
 
 0.1
 0.1
Cumulative adjustment upon adoption of
ASU 2016-02 ("Topic 842"), net

 
 
 (4.8) (4.8)
Balance at March 31, 2019352.0
 $7,668.6
 $(10.9) $(2,806.5) $4,851.2
Balance at September 30, 2019341.0
 $7,501.9
 $(26.8) $(2,832.7) $4,642.4
                  
                  
Three Months Ended March 31, 2018Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
  Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income 
Accumulated
Deficit 
 Total Stockholders' Equity  Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss 
Accumulated
Deficit 
 Total Stockholders' Equity
Shares 
 
Shares 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017365.5
 $8,042.1
 $(5.4) $(3,355.8) $4,680.9
Balance at June 30, 2018349.4
 $7,609.8
 $(16.4) $(3,175.7) $4,417.7
Net income
 
 
 34.4
 34.4

 
 
 223.8
 223.8
Other comprehensive income, net
 
 12.2
 
 12.2
Other comprehensive loss, net
 
 (8.1) 
 (8.1)
Issuance of common stock7.0
 29.3
 
 
 29.3
1.7
 27.3
 
 
 27.3
Repurchase and retirement of common stock(23.5) (314.4) 
 (289.8) (604.2)(6.0) (80.2) 
 (71.1) (151.3)
Purchase of equity forward contract
 (150.0) 
 
 (150.0)
 150.0
 
 
 150.0
Share-based compensation expense
 70.6
 
 
 70.6

 53.6
 
 
 53.6
Payments of cash dividends ($0.18 per share
of common stock)

 (62.1) 
 
 (62.1)
 (62.1) 
 
 (62.1)
Cumulative adjustment upon adoption of
ASU 2014-09 ("Topic 606"), net

 
 
 313.6
 313.6
Reclassification of tax effects upon
adoption of ASU 2018-02 ("Topic 220"), net

 
 5.7
 (5.7) 
Balance at March 31, 2018349.0
 $7,615.5
 $12.5
 $(3,303.3) $4,324.7
Balance at September 30, 2018345.1
 $7,698.4
 $(24.5) $(3,023.0) $4,650.9


 See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


Juniper Networks, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Continued)
(In millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
   Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss 
Accumulated
Deficit 
 Total Stockholders' Equity
 
Shares 
 
Balance at December 31, 2018346.4
 $7,672.8
 $(18.2) $(2,831.4) $4,823.2
Net income
 
 
 176.6
 176.6
Other comprehensive loss, net
 
 (8.6) 
 (8.6)
Issuance of common stock8.5
 55.4
 
 
 55.4
Repurchase and retirement of common stock(13.9) (181.7) 
 (173.2) (354.9)
Common stock assumed upon business combination
 4.7
 
 
 4.7
Share-based compensation expense
 147.1
 
 
 147.1
Payments of cash dividends ($0.57 per share
of common stock)

 (196.4) 
 
 (196.4)
 Cumulative adjustment upon adoption of
    Accounting Standards Update ("ASU")
    2017-12 ("Topic 815"), net

 
 
 0.1
 0.1
Cumulative adjustment upon adoption of
   ASU 2016-02 ("Topic 842"), net

 
 
 (4.8) (4.8)
Balance at September 30, 2019341.0
 $7,501.9
 $(26.8) $(2,832.7) $4,642.4
          
          
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
   Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss 
Accumulated
Deficit 
 Total Stockholders' Equity
 
Shares 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017365.5
 $8,042.1
 $(5.4) $(3,355.8) $4,680.9
Net income
 
 
 374.7
 374.7
Other comprehensive loss, net
 
 (24.8) 
 (24.8)
Issuance of common stock9.1
 56.8
 
 
 56.8
Repurchase and retirement of common stock(29.5) (394.6) 
 (360.9) (755.5)
Share-based compensation expense
 181.1
 
 
 181.1
Payments of cash dividends ($0.54 per share
of common stock)

 (187.0) 
 
 (187.0)
Cumulative adjustment upon adoption of
   ASU 2014-09 ("Topic 606"), net

 
 
 324.7
 324.7
Reclassification of tax effects upon
  adoption of ASU 2018-02 ("Topic 220"), net

 
 5.7
 (5.7) 
Balance at September 30, 2018345.1
 $7,698.4
 $(24.5) $(3,023.0) $4,650.9

 See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Juniper Networks, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)


Note 1. Basis of Presentation


Basis of Presentation


The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Juniper Networks, Inc. (the “Company” or “Juniper”) have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, including normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019, or any future period.


The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”) should be read in conjunction with the “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Risk Factors,” “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” and the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (the "Form 10-K").


The preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates that affect the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.




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Juniper Networks, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


Except for the change in certain policies upon adoption of the accounting standards described below, there have been no material changes to the Company's significant accounting policies, compared to the accounting policies described in Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of Part II of the Form 10-K.


Recently Adopted Accounting Standards


Cloud Computing Arrangement: On January 1, 2019, the Company early adopted FASB ASU No. 2018-15 (Subtopic 350-40) Intangibles — Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software: Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, which provides guidance on a customer's accounting for implementation, set-up, and other upfront costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is hosted by a service contract. The Company has adopted the standard prospectively, and had nothe adoption did not have a material impact toon all applicable implementation costs incurred after the adoption date.


Derivatives and Hedging: On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted FASB ASU No. 2017-12 (Topic 815) Derivatives and Hedging — Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, and an amendment thereafter, which expands an entity's ability to hedge financial and nonfinancial risk components and amends how companies assess effectiveness as well as changes to the presentation and disclosure requirements. The Company adopted the standard under the modified retrospective approach, and its amendment and presentation and disclosure requirements on a prospective basis. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 5,6, Derivative Instruments for additional disclosures required upon adopting the standard.


Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities:On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted FASB ASU No. 2017-08 Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs(Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities, which shortens the amortization period for the premium on certain purchased callable debt securities to the earliest call date. The standard will not impact debt securities held at a discount. The Company adopted the standard under the modified retrospective approach. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Leases: On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted FASB ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), and the related subsequent amendments ("ASC 842"), which require recognition by the lessees of right-of-use ("ROU") assets and lease liabilities for most leases on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company adopted the new standard under the modified retrospective approach and recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit as of the effective date. Under the modified retrospective method, financial results reported in periods prior to 2019 are unchanged. The Company elected the package of practical expedients, which did not require the reassessment of existing leases under the new guidance. The Company also elected not to separate non-lease components from lease components and to not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases.



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The cumulative effect of the adjustments made to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of the adoption date is detailed as follows (in millions):

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)

 December 31, 2018   January 1, 2019
 As reported Adjustments due to ASC 842 As adjusted
Assets:     
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$268.1
 $(1.4) $266.7
Property and equipment, net951.7
 (42.9) 908.8
Operating lease assets
 192.5
 192.5
Other long-term assets403.5
 1.3
 404.8
Total assets$9,363.3
 $149.5
 $9,512.8
      
Liabilities:     
Other accrued liabilities$233.5
 $35.6
 $269.1
Long-term operating lease liabilities
 185.5
 185.5
Other long-term liabilities119.8
 (66.7) 53.1
Total liabilities$4,540.1
 $154.4
 $4,694.5
      
Stockholders' equity:     
Accumulated deficit$(2,831.4) $(4.9) $(2,836.3)



The adoption of the standard had no impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows or debt-covenant compliance under its current agreements. See Note 13, Commitment15, Commitments and Contingencies, for additional disclosures required upon adopting the standard.


Leases


The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company evaluates classification of leases at commencement and, as necessary, at modification. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company did not have any finance leases. Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU assets, other accrued liabilities, and operating lease liabilities on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. ROU assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.


Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized aton the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made prior to lease commencement and excludes lease incentives. Variable lease payments not dependent on an index or a rate, are expensed as incurred and are not included within the ROU asset and lease liability calculation. Variable lease payments primarily include reimbursements of costs incurred by lessors for common area maintenance and utilities. The Company's lease terms are the noncancelable period, including any rent-free periods provided by the lessor, and include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that it will exercise that option. At lease inception, and in subsequent periods as necessary, the Company estimates the lease term based on its assessment of extension and termination options that are reasonably certain to be exercised. Lease costs are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.


The Company does not separate non-lease components from lease components for all underlying classes of assets. In addition, the Company does not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases, which have a lease term of twelve months or less and do not include an option to purchase the underlying asset that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise. Lease cost for short-term leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Recent Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted


Fair Value Measurement: In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13 (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which eliminates, adds, and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements under ASC 820. This ASU is to be applied on a prospective basis for certain modified or new disclosure requirements, and all other amendments in the standard are to be applied on a retrospective basis. The new standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on the Consolidated Financial Statements.


Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment: In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04 (Topic 350) Intangibles—Goodwill and Other:Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. Under the amended guidance, a goodwill impairment charge will now be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. This ASU will be applied on a prospective basis and is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted for any impairment tests performed after January 1, 2017. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.


Credit Losses on Financial Instruments: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13 (Topic 326) Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which provides more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and changes the loss impairment methodology. FurtherAn amendment issued by the FASB in November 2018 clarifies that receivables arising from operating leases are not within the scope of Topic 326 and should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 842. This pronouncement and its amendmentamendments are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years, using a modified retrospective adoption method. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on the Consolidated Financial Statements.




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Note 3. Business Combinations

On April 1, 2019, the Company acquired 100% ownership of Mist Systems, Inc. (“Mist”) for $359.2 million. The purchase consideration consisted of cash of $354.5 million and $4.7 million in share-based awards attributable to services prior to the acquisition. The acquisition of Mist, a company that provides cloud-managed wireless networks powered by artificial intelligence, is expected to enhance Juniper's enterprise networking portfolio by combining Mist’s next-generation Wireless LAN platform with Juniper's wired LAN, SD-WAN, and security solutions to deliver integrated end-to-end user and IT experiences. 

The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date (in millions):

Amount
Cash and cash equivalents$38.9
Goodwill228.9
Intangible assets102.0
Other assets acquired15.8
Liabilities assumed(26.4)
Total$359.2


The goodwill recognized in connection with the acquisition is primarily attributable to anticipated synergies from future growth and will not be deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table summarizes the fair value of the separately identifiable intangible assets at the time of acquisition (in millions):
 Amount
Intangible assets(*):
 
Developed technology$81.0
Customer relationships15.0
Trade name6.0
Total intangible assets acquired$102.0
 ________________________________
(*) Estimated useful life of each of the assets is 5 years.

Acquisition-related costs were not material during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and were expensed in the period incurred within general and administrative expense in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the operating results of this business combination from the date of acquisition. Pro forma results of operations for this acquisition have not been presented, as the financial impact to the Company's consolidated results of operations is not material. The primary areas of the preliminary purchase price allocation that are subject to change relate to certain legal and income tax matters.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Note 3.4. Cash Equivalents and Investments


Investments in Available-for-Sale Debt Securities


The following table summarizes the Company's unrealized gains and losses and fair value of investments designated as available-for-sale debt securities as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in millions):



As of September 30, 2019
As of December 31, 2018

Amortized
Cost

Gross Unrealized
Gains

Gross Unrealized
Losses

Estimated Fair
Value

Amortized
Cost

Gross Unrealized
Gains

Gross Unrealized
Losses

Estimated Fair
Value
Fixed income securities:














Asset-backed securities$77.4

$0.1

$

$77.5

$46.8

$

$(0.3)
$46.5
Certificates of deposit70.6



(0.1)
70.5

152.9





152.9
Commercial paper259.9





259.9

393.6





393.6
Corporate debt securities713.0

0.6

(0.3)
713.3

416.1



(3.1)
413.0
Foreign government debt securities15.2





15.2

20.0



(0.1)
19.9
Time deposits17.4





17.4

278.6





278.6
U.S. government agency securities52.0





52.0

87.2



(0.2)
87.0
U.S. government securities578.7

0.4

(0.4)
578.7

811.8



(0.5)
811.3
Total fixed income securities1,784.2

1.1

(0.8)
1,784.5

2,207.0



(4.2)
2,202.8
Privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities16.1
 37.4
 
 53.5

16.6

37.4
 
 54.0
Total available-for-sale debt securities$1,800.3

$38.5

$(0.8)
$1,838.0

$2,223.6

$37.4

$(4.2)
$2,256.8






















Reported as:






















Cash equivalents$163.2

$

$

$163.2

$936.5

$

$

$936.5
Short-term investments1,039.4

0.9

(0.1)
1,040.2

1,069.2



(1.9)
1,067.3
Long-term investments581.6

0.2

(0.7)
581.1

201.3



(2.3)
199.0
Other long-term assets16.1
 37.4
 
 53.5
 16.6
 37.4
 
 54.0
Total$1,800.3

$38.5

$(0.8)
$1,838.0

$2,223.6

$37.4

$(4.2)
$2,256.8


As of March 31, 2019
As of December 31, 2018

Amortized
Cost

Gross Unrealized
Gains

Gross Unrealized
Losses

Estimated Fair
Value

Amortized
Cost

Gross Unrealized
Gains

Gross Unrealized
Losses

Estimated Fair
Value
Fixed income securities:














Asset-backed securities$30.4

$

$(0.1)
$30.3

$46.8

$

$(0.3)
$46.5
Certificates of deposit95.4





95.4

152.9





152.9
Commercial paper377.5





377.5

393.6





393.6
Corporate debt securities363.3



(1.3)
362.0

416.1



(3.1)
413.0
Foreign government debt securities38.4



(0.1)
38.3

20.0



(0.1)
19.9
Time deposits84.2





84.2

278.6





278.6
U.S. government agency securities25.7



(0.1)
25.6

87.2



(0.2)
87.0
U.S. government securities746.6

0.1

(0.3)
746.4

811.8



(0.5)
811.3
Total fixed income securities1,761.5

0.1

(1.9)
1,759.7

2,207.0



(4.2)
2,202.8
Privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities14.6
 37.4
 
 52.0

16.6

37.4
 
 54.0
Total available-for-sale debt securities$1,776.1

$37.5

$(1.9)
$1,811.7

$2,223.6

$37.4

$(4.2)
$2,256.8






















Reported as:






















Cash equivalents$414.4

$

$

$414.4

$936.5

$

$

$936.5
Short-term investments1,226.7

0.1

(1.2)
1,225.6

1,069.2



(1.9)
1,067.3
Long-term investments120.4



(0.7)
119.7

201.3



(2.3)
199.0
Other long-term assets14.6
 37.4
 
 52.0
 16.6
 37.4
 
 54.0
Total$1,776.1

$37.5

$(1.9)
$1,811.7

$2,223.6

$37.4

$(4.2)
$2,256.8




The following table presents the contractual maturities of the Company's total fixed income securities as of March 31,September 30, 2019 (in millions):
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Estimated Fair
Value
Due in less than one year$1,202.6
 $1,203.4
Due between one and five years581.6
 581.1
Total$1,784.2
 $1,784.5

 
Amortized
Cost
 
Estimated Fair
Value
Due in less than one year$1,641.1
 $1,640.0
Due between one and five years120.4
 119.7
Total$1,761.5
 $1,759.7




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


The following tables present the Company's total fixed income securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in millions):
 As of September 30, 2019
 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
Fixed income securities:           
Asset-backed securities$11.3
 $
 $12.0
 $
 $23.3
 $
Certificates of deposit4.9
 (0.1) 
 
 4.9
 (0.1)
Corporate debt securities222.6
 (0.3) 64.3
 
 286.9
 (0.3)
Foreign government debt securities
 
 6.8
 
 6.8
 
U.S. government agency securities46.0
 
 
 
 46.0
 
U.S. government securities203.5
 (0.4) 4.0
 
 207.5
 (0.4)
Total fixed income securities$488.3
 $(0.8) $87.1
 $
 $575.4
 $(0.8)

 As of March 31, 2019
 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
Fixed income securities:           
Asset-backed securities$0.2
 $
 $27.7
 $(0.1) $27.9
 $(0.1)
Corporate debt securities47.3
 
 278.1
 (1.3) 325.4
 (1.3)
Foreign government debt securities5.5
 
 17.3
 (0.1) 22.8
 (0.1)
U.S. government agency securities
 
 23.6
 (0.1) 23.6
 (0.1)
U.S. government securities312.0
 
 46.4
 (0.3) 358.4
 (0.3)
Total fixed income securities$365.0
 $
 $393.1
 $(1.9) $758.1
 $(1.9)


 As of December 31, 2018
 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
Fixed income securities:           
Asset-backed securities$3.1
 $
 $43.0
 $(0.3) $46.1
 $(0.3)
Corporate debt securities72.6
 (0.1) 330.7
 (3.0) 403.3
 (3.1)
Foreign government debt securities1.5
 
 18.4
 (0.1) 19.9
 (0.1)
U.S. government agency securities2.0
 
 45.2
 (0.2) 47.2
 (0.2)
U.S. government securities344.0
 
 63.5
 (0.5) 407.5
 (0.5)
Total fixed income securities$423.2
 $(0.1) $500.8
 $(4.1) $924.0
 $(4.2)

 As of December 31, 2018
 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
Fixed income securities:           
Asset-backed securities$3.1
 $
 $43.0
 $(0.3) $46.1
 $(0.3)
Corporate debt securities72.6
 (0.1) 330.7
 (3.0) 403.3
 (3.1)
Foreign government debt securities1.5
 
 18.4
 (0.1) 19.9
 (0.1)
U.S. government agency securities2.0
 
 45.2
 (0.2) 47.2
 (0.2)
U.S. government securities344.0
 
 63.5
 (0.5) 407.5
 (0.5)
Total fixed income securities$423.2
 $(0.1) $500.8
 $(4.1) $924.0
 $(4.2)


For available-for-sale debt securities that have unrealized losses, the Company assesses impairment by evaluating various factors, including whether (i) it has the intention to sell any of these investments and (ii) whether it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell any of these investments before recovery of the entire amortized cost basis. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company had 382290 investments in unrealized loss positions. The gross unrealized losses related to these investments were primarily due to changes in market interest rates. The Company anticipates that it will recover the entire amortized cost basis of such available-for-sale debt securities and has determined that no0 other-than-temporary impairments associated with credit losses were required to be recognized during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and March 31,September 30, 2018.


During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and March 31,September 30, 2018, there were no material gross realized gains or losses from available-for-sale debt securities.




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Investments in Equity Securities


The following table presents the Company's investments in equity securities as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in millions):
As ofAs of
March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Equity investments with readily determinable fair value      
Money market funds(1)
$836.7
 $996.9
$611.9
 $996.9
Mutual funds(2)
26.2
 24.3
26.4
 24.3
Publicly-traded equity securities1.8
 2.8
0.6
 2.8
Equity investments without readily determinable fair value42.1
 36.4
40.9
 36.4
Total equity securities$906.8
 $1,060.4
$679.8
 $1,060.4
      
Reported as:      
Cash equivalents$825.1
 $985.3
$607.5
 $985.3
Short-term investments1.8
 2.8
0.6
 2.8
Prepaid expenses and other current assets11.2
 10.9
5.2
 10.9
Other long-term assets68.7
 61.4
66.5
 61.4
Total$906.8
 $1,060.4
$679.8
 $1,060.4

(1) 
Balance includes $11.6$4.4 million and $11.6 million in restricted investments measured at fair value, related to the Company's acquisition-related escrow accounts as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
(2) 
Balance relates to restricted investments measured at fair value related to the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.


For the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and March 31,September 30, 2018, there were no material unrealized gains or losses recognized for equity investments.


Restricted Cash and Investments


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the carrying value of restricted cash and investments was $55.3$92.0 million, of which $28.8$66.5 million was included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $26.5$25.5 million was included in other long-term assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.


The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in millions):
 As of
 September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Cash and cash equivalents$1,204.8
 $2,489.0
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets61.2
 16.8
  Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash$1,266.0
 $2,505.8

 As of
 March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Cash and cash equivalents$2,155.6
 $2,489.0
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets17.5
 16.8
  Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash$2,173.1
 $2,505.8


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Note 4.5. Fair Value Measurements
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following table provides a summary of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and as reported in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):

Fair Value Measurements at
September 30, 2019

Fair Value Measurements at
December 31, 2018

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other
Observable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant Other
Unobservable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 3)

Total
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other
Observable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant Other
Unobservable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 3)

Total
Assets:














Available-for-sale debt securities:




















Asset-backed securities$

$77.5

$

$77.5

$

$46.5

$

$46.5
Certificates of deposit

70.5



70.5



152.9



152.9
Commercial paper

259.9



259.9



393.6



393.6
Corporate debt securities

713.3



713.3



413.0



413.0
Foreign government debt securities

15.2



15.2



19.9



19.9
Time deposits

17.4



17.4



278.6



278.6
U.S. government agency securities

52.0



52.0



87.0



87.0
U.S. government securities454.6

124.1



578.7

352.8

458.5



811.3
Privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities
 
 53.5
 53.5
 
 
 54.0
 54.0
Total available-for-sale debt securities454.6

1,329.9

53.5

1,838.0

352.8

1,850.0

54.0

2,256.8
Equity securities:               
Money market funds611.9
 
 
 611.9
 996.9
 
 
 996.9
Mutual funds26.4





26.4

24.3





24.3
Publicly-traded equity securities0.6
 
 
 0.6
 2.8
 
 
 2.8
Total equity securities638.9
 
 
 638.9
 1,024.0
 
 
 1,024.0
Derivative assets:






















Foreign exchange contracts

2.5



2.5



5.3



5.3
Interest rate swap contracts
 1.3
 
 1.3
 
 
 
 
Total derivative assets
 3.8
 
 3.8
 
 5.3
 
 5.3
Total assets measured at fair value$1,093.5

$1,333.7

$53.5

$2,480.7

$1,376.8

$1,855.3

$54.0

$3,286.1
Liabilities:




















Derivative liabilities:




















Foreign exchange contracts$

$(14.2)
$

$(14.2)
$

$(7.1)
$

$(7.1)
Interest rate swap contracts
 (0.2) 
 (0.2) 
 
 
 
Total derivative liabilities
 (14.4) 
 (14.4) 
 (7.1) 
 (7.1)
Total liabilities measured at fair value$

$(14.4)
$

$(14.4)
$

$(7.1)
$

$(7.1)






















Total assets, reported as:




















Cash equivalents$621.5
 $149.3
 $
 $770.8
 $1,025.2
 $896.6
 $
 $1,921.8
Short-term investments221.7
 819.1
 
 1,040.8
 297.5
 772.6
 
 1,070.1
Long-term investments219.6
 361.5
 
 581.1
 18.2
 180.8
 
 199.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets5.2
 2.5
 
 7.7
 10.8
 5.3
 
 16.1
Other long-term assets25.5
 1.3
 53.5
 80.3
 25.1
 
 54.0
 79.1
Total assets measured at fair value$1,093.5
 $1,333.7
 $53.5
 $2,480.7
 $1,376.8
 $1,855.3
 $54.0
 $3,286.1


Fair Value Measurements at
March 31, 2019

Fair Value Measurements at
December 31, 2018

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other
Observable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant Other
Unobservable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 3)

Total
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other
Observable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant Other
Unobservable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 3)

Total
Assets:














Available-for-sale debt securities:




















Asset-backed securities$

$30.3

$

$30.3

$

$46.5

$

$46.5
Certificates of deposit

95.4



95.4



152.9



152.9
Commercial paper

377.5



377.5



393.6



393.6
Corporate debt securities

362.0



362.0



413.0



413.0
Foreign government debt securities

38.3



38.3



19.9



19.9
Time deposits

84.2



84.2



278.6



278.6
U.S. government agency securities

25.6



25.6



87.0



87.0
U.S. government securities412.9

333.5



746.4

352.8

458.5



811.3
Privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities
 
 52.0
 52.0
 
 
 54.0
 54.0
Total available-for-sale debt securities412.9

1,346.8

52.0

1,811.7

352.8

1,850.0

54.0

2,256.8
Equity securities:               
Money market funds836.7
 
 
 836.7
 996.9
 
 
 996.9
Mutual funds26.2





26.2

24.3





24.3
Publicly-traded equity securities1.8
 
 
 1.8
 2.8
 
 
 2.8
Total equity securities864.7
 
 
 864.7
 1,024.0
 
 
 1,024.0
Derivative assets:






















Foreign exchange contracts

8.4



8.4



5.3



5.3
Total assets measured at fair value$1,277.6

$1,355.2

$52.0

$2,684.8

$1,376.8

$1,855.3

$54.0

$3,286.1
Liabilities:




















Derivative liabilities:




















Foreign exchange contracts$

$(5.8)
$

$(5.8)
$

$(7.1)
$

$(7.1)
Total liabilities measured at fair value$

$(5.8)
$

$(5.8)
$

$(7.1)
$

$(7.1)






















Total assets, reported as:




















Cash equivalents$825.1

$414.4

$

$1,239.5

$1,025.2

$896.6

$

$1,921.8
Short-term investments406.2

821.2



1,227.4

297.5

772.6



1,070.1
Long-term investments8.5

111.2



119.7

18.2

180.8



199.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets11.3

8.4



19.7

10.8

5.3



16.1
Other long-term assets26.5



52.0

78.5

25.1



54.0

79.1
Total assets measured at fair value$1,277.6

$1,355.2

$52.0

$2,684.8

$1,376.8

$1,855.3

$54.0

$3,286.1






















Total liabilities, reported as:




















Other accrued liabilities$

$(5.8)
$

$(5.8)
$

$(7.1)
$

$(7.1)
Total liabilities measured at fair value$

$(5.8)
$

$(5.8)
$

$(7.1)
$

$(7.1)




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


 
Fair Value Measurements at
September 30, 2019
 
Fair Value Measurements at
December 31, 2018
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant Other
Unobservable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 3)
 Total 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant Other
Unobservable
Remaining Inputs
(Level 3)
 Total
Total liabilities, reported as:               
Other accrued liabilities$
 $(14.2) $
 $(14.2) $
 $(7.1) $
 $(7.1)
Other long-term liabilities
 (0.2) 
 (0.2) 
 
 
 
Total liabilities measured at fair value$
 $(14.4) $
 $(14.4) $
 $(7.1) $
 $(7.1)


The Company's Level 2 available-for-sale debt securities are priced using quoted market prices for similar instruments or non-binding market prices that are corroborated by observable market data. The Company uses inputs such as actual trade data, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency which are obtained from quoted market prices, independent pricing vendors, or other sources, to determine the ultimate fair value of these assets. The Company's derivative instruments are classified as Level 2, as they are not actively traded and are valued using pricing models that use observable market inputs. The Company's policy is to recognize asset or liability transfers among Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 at the beginning of the quarter in which a change in circumstances resulted in a transfer. During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company had no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy of its assets or liabilities measured at fair value.


All of theThe Company's privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities are classified as Level 3 assets due to the lack of observable inputs to determine fair value. The Company estimates the fair value of its privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities on a recurring basis using an analysis of the financial condition and near-term prospects of the investee, including recent valuations at the time of financing activities and the investee's capital structure. During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, there were no0 significant activities related to privately-held debt and redeemable preferred stock securities.


Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis


Certain of the Company's assets, including intangible assets and goodwill, are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, when they are deemed to be other-than temporarily impaired. There were no0 impairment charges recognized during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019.


Equity investments without readily determinable fair value are measured at fair value, when they are deemed to be impaired or when there is an adjustment from observable price changes. For the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, there were no0 material impairment charges or adjustments resulting from observable price changes for equity investments without readily determinable fair value.


As of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had no0 liabilities required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.


Assets and Liabilities Not Measured at Fair Value


The carrying amounts of the Company's accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short maturities. As of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the estimated fair value of the Company's total outstanding debt in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets was $1,856.2$1,807.3 million and $2,158.7 million, respectively, based on observable market inputs (Level 2). The carrying value of the promissory note issued to the Company in connection with the previously completed sale of Junos Pulse, along with the accumulated interest paid in kind, of $73.7 million and $69.0 million approximates its fair value as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.2018, respectively. Notes receivable are generally classified as Level 3 asset due to the lack of observable inputs to determine fair value. The carrying value of a contract manufacturer deposit of $47.6$36.9 million, reported within other long-term assets, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets approximates its fair value as of March 31,September 30, 2019. See Note 6, 7, Other Financial Information, for further information on the contract manufacturer deposit.





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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Note 5.6. Derivative Instruments


The Company uses derivativesderivative instruments to partially offset its market exposuremanage a variety of risks, including risks related to fluctuations in certain foreign currenciescurrency exchange rates and doesinterest rates on debt instruments. We do not enter into derivativesuse derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes.


The notional amount of the Company's foreign currency derivatives areis summarized as follows (in millions):
 As of
 September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Designated derivatives:   
Cash flow hedges$533.4
 $497.7
Interest rate swap contracts300.0
 
Total designated derivatives833.4
 497.7
    
Non-designated derivatives161.9
 158.7
   Total$995.3
 $656.4

 As of
 March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Cash flow hedges$377.0
 $497.7
Non-designated derivatives175.6
 158.7
   Total$552.6
 $656.4


Designated Derivatives
Cash Flow Hedges


The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the Company's planned cost of revenues and operating expenses denominated in foreign currencies. These derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges. Execution of cash flow hedge derivatives typically occurs every month with maturities of eighteen months or less. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, an estimated $2.8$8.8 million of unrealized net gainloss within accumulated other comprehensive loss is expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12twelve months.


The Company recognized an unrealized gainloss of $3.4$12.4 million and $13.4$11.1 million in accumulated other comprehensive income for the effective portion of its derivative instruments for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, respectively; and March 31,an unrealized loss of $6.1 million and $8.6 million for the comparable periods in fiscal 2018, respectively. The Company reclassified a loss of $1.0$0.8 million and a gain of $5.6$1.5 million out of accumulated other comprehensive income to cost of revenues and operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, respectively, and March 31,a loss of $3.1 million and a gain of $5.8 million for the comparable periods in fiscal 2018, respectively.


In September 2019, the Company entered into interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $300.0 million designated as fair value hedges of our fixed-rate 2041 Notes. These swaps convert the fixed interest rates of the notes to floating interest rates based on the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Most of the interest rate swaps will expire within ten years or less. The Company recognizes the change in fair value of the derivative instrument, as well as the offsetting change in the fair value of the hedged item, in Other expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in the period of change. These derivatives are classified in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the same section as the underlying item.

See Note 4, 5, Fair Value Measurements, for the fair values of the Company's derivative instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.


Non-Designated Derivatives


The Company also uses foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate variability in gains and losses generated from the remeasurement of certain monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. These foreign exchange forward contracts typically have maturities of approximately one to threefour months. The outstanding non-designated derivative instruments are carried at fair value. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives recorded in other expense, net within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and March 31,September 30, 2018.



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Note 6.7. Other Financial Information


Inventory


Total inventory consisted of the following (in millions):
 As of

September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Production and service materials$68.1
 $60.6
Finished goods25.3
 21.4
Inventory$93.4
 $82.0
    
Reported as:   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$90.1
 $80.6
Other long-term assets3.3
 1.4
Total$93.4
 $82.0

 As of

March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Production and service materials$72.6
 $60.6
Finished goods21.3
 21.4
Inventory$93.9
 $82.0
    
Reported as:   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$92.4
 $80.6
Other long-term assets1.5
 1.4
Total$93.9
 $82.0


Deposit


The Company has a non-interest bearing deposit balance of $47.6$36.9 million, net of an unamortized discount balance of $2.3$1.9 million, to a contract manufacturer per the terms of the agreement. The discount is calculated based on an imputed interest rate of 4.8%5.0% at March 31,September 30, 2019. The imputed interest will be amortized over the term of the deposit to interest income along with a corresponding charge to cost of revenues. The deposit is due on demand in the secondthird quarter of 2020 and has been classified as other long-term assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.


Warranties


Changes during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 in the Company’s warranty reserve as reported within other accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in millions):
Balance as of December 31, 2018$28.0
Provisions made during the period28.5
Actual costs incurred during the period(25.0)
Balance as of September 30, 2019$31.5

Balance as of December 31, 2018$28.0
Provisions made during the period8.6
Actual costs incurred during the period(7.7)
Balance as of March 31, 2019$28.9




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Deferred Revenue


Details of the Company's deferred revenue, as reported in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, were as follows (in millions):
 As of
 September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Deferred product revenue:   
Undelivered product commitments and other product deferrals$138.4
 $163.3
Deferred gross product revenue138.4
 163.3
Deferred cost of product revenue(9.4) (18.9)
Deferred product revenue, net129.0
 144.4
Deferred service revenue989.7
 1,069.2
Total$1,118.7
 $1,213.6
Reported as:   
Current$741.6
 $829.3
Long-term377.1
 384.3
Total$1,118.7
 $1,213.6

 As of
 March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
Deferred product revenue:   
Undelivered product commitments and other product deferrals$152.3
 $163.3
Deferred gross product revenue152.3
 163.3
Deferred cost of product revenue(12.7) (18.9)
Deferred product revenue, net139.6
 144.4
Deferred service revenue1,091.3
 1,069.2
Total$1,230.9
 $1,213.6
Reported as:   
Current$860.1
 $829.3
Long-term370.8
 384.3
Total$1,230.9
 $1,213.6


Revenue


See Note 10, 12, Segments, for disaggregated revenue by product and service, customer vertical, and geographic region.


Product revenue of $13.7 million and $54.3 million included in deferred revenue at January 1, 2019 was recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Service revenue of $152.3 million and $609.1 million included in deferred revenue at January 1, 2019 was recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

The following table summarizes the transaction price for contracts that have not yet been recognized as revenue as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and when the Company expects to recognize the amounts as gross revenue (in millions):
 Revenue Recognition Expected by Period
 Total Less than 1 year 1-3 years More than 3 years
Product$138.4
 $114.5
 $21.1
 $2.8
Service998.2
 645.0
 297.3
 55.9
Total$1,136.6
 $759.5
 $318.4
 $58.7

 Revenue Recognition Expected by Period
 Total Less than 1 year 1-3 years More than 3 years
Product$152.3
 $122.8
 $26.0
 $3.5
Service1,091.3
 750.0
 285.8
 55.5
Total$1,243.6
 $872.8
 $311.8
 $59.0


Deferred Commissions


Deferred commissions were $26.1$20.4 million as of March 31,September 30, 2019. For the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, amortization expense for the deferred commissions was $34.9 million.$27.9 million and $94.0 million, respectively. There were no0 impairment charges recognized during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019.


Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net, consisted of the following (in millions):
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Interest income$23.5
 $14.9
Interest expense(24.2) (26.0)
Gain (loss) on investments, net1.6
 (0.5)
Other0.9
 (2.5)
Other income (expense), net$1.8
 $(14.1)

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Other Expense, Net

Other expense, net, consisted of the following (in millions):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Interest income$19.7
 $18.9
 $63.0
 $49.8
Interest expense(22.1) (25.8) (68.3) (77.7)
Loss on extinguishment of debt(15.3) 
 (15.3) 
Loss on investments, net(3.4) (1.9) (4.6) (1.8)
Other0.7
 0.7
 2.0
 (1.4)
Other expense, net$(20.4) $(8.1) $(23.2) $(31.1)


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Note 7.8. Restructuring Charges


During the first quarter of 2019, the Company initiated a restructuring plan (the "2019 Restructuring Plan") designed to realign its workforce with the Company's sales strategy, improve productivity, and enhance cost efficiencies. TheDuring the second quarter of 2019, Restructuring Plan consists of workforce reductions and facility closures.

In connection withthe Company amended the 2019 Restructuring Plan and undertook certain further actions that resulted in additional severance, additional facility consolidation, and contract termination costs.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded $15.1$0.3 million and $0.8 million for changes in previous estimates associated with severance and contract termination costs, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded $21.8 million of severance costs and $0.2related to workforce reductions, $2.1 million of facility consolidations, and $11.7 million of contract termination costs, respectively, to restructuring charges in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended March 31, 2019Operations.


Restructuring liabilities are reported within other accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table provides a summary of changes in the restructuring liabilities for the Company's 2019 and prior year restructuring plans (in millions):
 December 31,
2018
 Charges 
Cash
Payments
 

Other
 September 30,
2019
Severance$1.1
 $21.8
 $(20.7) $
 $2.2
Facility consolidations
 2.1
 (0.1) (2.0) 
Contract terminations
 11.7
 (10.9) (0.2) 0.6
Total$1.1
 $35.6
 $(31.7) $(2.2) $2.8

 December 31,
2018
 Charges 
Cash
Payments
 

Other
 March 31,
2019
Severance$1.1
 $15.1
 $(10.1) $(0.1) $6.0
Facility consolidations
 0.2
 (0.1) (0.1) 
Total$1.1
 $15.3
 $(10.2) $(0.2) $6.0


The Company expects to pay the remaining restructuring liabilities by the end of the thirdsecond quarter of 2019.2020.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


Note 8.9. Debt

Debt

The following table summarizes the Company's total debt (in millions, except percentages):
 As of September 30, 2019
 Issuance date Maturity Date Amount 
Effective Interest
Rates
Senior Notes ("Notes"):       
4.500% fixed-rate notes(1) ("2024 Notes")
March 2014 March 2024 $350.0
 4.63%
4.500% fixed-rate notes(1) ("2024 Notes")
February 2016 March 2024 150.0
 4.87%
4.350% fixed-rate notes ("2025 Notes")March 2015 June 2025 300.0
 4.47%
3.750% fixed-rate notes ("2029 Notes")August 2019 August 2029 500.0
 3.86%
5.950% fixed-rate notes ("2041 Notes")March 2011 March 2041 400.0
 6.03%
Total Notes    1,700.0
  
Unaccreted discount and debt issuance costs    (13.5)  
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments(2)
    1.1
  
Total    $1,687.6
  

(1)
2024 Notes issued in March 2014 and February 2016 form a single series and are fully fungible.
(2)
Represents the fair value adjustments for interest rate swap contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $300.0 million designated as fair value hedges of our fixed-rate 2041 Notes. See Note 6, Derivative Instruments, for a discussion of the Company's interest rate swaps.

In August 2019, the Company issued $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% senior notes due 2029. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2029 Notes, together with cash on hand, were used for the repayment of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 3.30% senior notes due 2020 and 4.60% senior notes due 2021. The repayments were made in August and September 2019. The repayments resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $15.3 million, which was recorded under other expense, net within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Notes above are the Company’s senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, ranking equally in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, and senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes.

The Company may redeem the 2025 Notes and the 2029 Notes, either in whole or in part, at any time three months prior to the maturity date of the 2025 Notes, and three months prior to the maturity date of the 2029 Notes, respectively, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes and the 2029 Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments discounted at the Treasury rate plus 37.5 basis points for the 2025 Notes, or the Treasury rate plus 35.0 basis points for the 2029 Notes, plus, in the case of each of the clauses (i) and (ii) above, accrued and unpaid interest, if any. At any time on or after March 15, 2025, in the case of the 2025 Notes, and at any time on or after March 15, 2029, in the case of the 2029 Notes, the Company may redeem Notes of such series, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes and the 2029 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The Company may redeem the other Notes, either in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments discounted to the redemption date, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

In the event of a change of control repurchase event, the holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

Interest on the Notes is payable in cash semiannually. The effective interest rates for the Notes include the interest on the Notes, accretion of the discount, and amortization of issuance costs. The indentures that govern the Notes also contain various covenants, including limitations on the Company's ability to incur liens or enter into sale-leaseback transactions over certain dollar thresholds.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)


As of September 30, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all covenants in the indentures governing the Notes.

Revolving Credit Facility

In April 2019, the Company entered into a new credit agreement with certain institutional lenders that provides for a five-year $500.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), with an option to increase the Revolving Credit Facility by up to an additional $200.0 million, subject to the lenders' approval. Proceeds of loans made under the Revolving Credit Facility may be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate in April 2024, subject to 2 one-year maturity extension options, on the terms and conditions as set forth in the credit agreement. As of September 30, 2019, there were 0 amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest, at either (i) a floating rate per annum equal to the base rate plus a margin of between 0.00% and 0.375%, depending on the Company's public debt rating or (ii) a per annum rate equal to the reserve adjusted Eurocurrency rate, plus a margin of between 0.910% and 1.375%, depending on the Company's public debt rating. Base rate is defined as the greatest of (A) Citibank's base rate, (B) the federal funds rate plus 0.500% or (C) the ICE Benchmark Administration Settlement Rate applicable to dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00%. The Eurocurrency rate is determined for U.S. dollars and Pounds Sterling as the rate at which deposits in such currency are offered in the London interbank market for the applicable interest period and for Euro as the rate specified for deposits in Euro with a maturity comparable to the applicable interest period.

The Revolving Credit Facility requires the Company to maintain a leverage ratio no greater than 3.0x (provided that if a material acquisition has been consummated, the Company is permitted to maintain a leverage ratio no greater than 3.5x for up to four quarters) and an interest coverage ratio no less than 3.0x during the term of the credit facility. As of September 30, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all covenants in the Credit Agreement.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Note 10. Equity


The following table summarizes dividends paid, stock repurchases and retirements under the Company's stock repurchase program (in millions, except per share amounts):

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Dividends       
Per share$0.19
 $0.18
 $0.57
 $0.54
Amount$64.7
 $62.1
 $196.4
 $187.0
        
Repurchased under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program       
Shares5.1
 6.0
 13.7
 29.3
Average price per share(*)
$24.90
 $25.62
 $25.45
 $25.62
Amount$50.0
 $
 $350.0
 $750.0
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 
2018(1)(2)
Dividends   
Per share$0.19
 $0.18
Amount$66.2
 $62.1
    
Stock repurchases   
Shares
 23.3
Average price per share$
 $25.80
Amount$
 $750.0

(1)(*) 
Shares repurchased underRepresents the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program.
(2)
$750.0 million represents the full amountaverage price per share of the accelerated share repurchase program (the "ASR")ASR and open market purchases for which 23.3 million shares were received initially during the first quarter of 2018,three and an additional 6.0 million shares were received at final settlement during the third quarter of 2018.nine months ended September 30, 2019.


Cash Dividends on Shares of Common Stock


During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock on January 29, 2019, April 25, 2019 and July 25, 2019, respectively, which was paid on March 22, 2019, June 24, 2019 and September 25, 2019, respectively, to stockholders of record on March 1, 2019.2019, June 3, 2019 and September 4, 2019, respectively. Any future dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates, are subject to approval by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Juniper or an authorized committee thereof. See Note 14, 16, Subsequent Event, Events, for discussion of the Company's dividend declaration subsequent to March 31,September 30, 2019.


Stock Repurchase Activities


In January 2018, the Board approved a $2.0 billion share repurchase program ("2018 Stock Repurchase Program"). As part of the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, in February 2018, the Company entered into an ASR to repurchase $750.0 million of its common stock. The Company made an up-front payment of $750.0 million pursuant to the ASR to repurchase its common stock. The aggregate number of shares ultimately repurchased of 29.3 million shares of common stock was determined based on a volume weighted average repurchase price, less an agreed upon discount, of $25.62 per share.


On April 29, 2019, the Company entered into an ASR, to repurchase an aggregate of approximately $300.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company made an up-front payment of $300.0 million pursuant to the ASR and received and retired an initial 8.6 million shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate price of $240.0 million, based on the market price of $27.94 per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the transaction. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the ASR was completed and an additional 3.0 million shares were received for a total repurchase of 11.6 million shares of the Company's common stock at a volume weighted average repurchase price, less an agreed upon discount, of $25.79 per share. The shares received by the Company were retired, accounted for as a reduction to stockholder’s equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and treated as a repurchase of common stock for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company also repurchased 2.1 million shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million at an average price of $23.63 per share, under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program.

As of March 31,September 30, 2019, there were $1.3 billionwas approximately $900.0 million of authorized funds remaining under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program. The 2018 Stock Repurchase Program does not have a specified termination date. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for discussion of the Company's stock repurchase activity, increased repurchase authorization and ASR subsequent to September 30, 2019.



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Future share repurchases under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program will be subject to a review of the circumstances at that time and will be made from time to time in private transactions or open market purchases as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements. The Company's 2018 Stock Repurchase Program may be discontinued at any time.


In addition to repurchases under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, the Company also repurchaseswithholds shares of common stock from certain employees in connection with the net issuancevesting of sharesstock awards issued to such employees to satisfy applicable tax withholding requirementsrequirements. Such withheld shares are treated as common stock repurchases in our financial statements as they reduce the number of shares that would have been issued upon the vesting of certain stock awards issued to such employees.vesting. Repurchases associated with tax withholdings were not material during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and March 31,September 30, 2018.



Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of related taxes,for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 were as follows (in millions):
21
 
Unrealized
Gains/Losses
on Available-for-
Sale Debt Securities
 
Unrealized
 Gains/Losses
on Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
 Total
Balance as of December 31, 2018$25.5
 $(0.9) $(42.8) $(18.2)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications3.8
 (12.3) (3.0) (11.5)
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss(0.1) 3.0
 
 2.9
Other comprehensive income, net3.7
 (9.3) (3.0) (8.6)
Balance as of September 30, 2019$29.2
 $(10.2) $(45.8) $(26.8)



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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of related taxes,for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were as follows (in millions):
 
Unrealized
Gains/Losses
on Available-for-
Sale Debt Securities
 
Unrealized
 Gains/Losses
on Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
 Total
Balance as of December 31, 2018$25.5
 $(0.9) $(42.8) $(18.2)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications1.8
 2.1
 2.2
 6.1
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
 1.2
 
 1.2
Other comprehensive income, net1.8
 3.3
 2.2
 7.3
Balance as of March 31, 2019$27.3
 $2.4
 $(40.6) $(10.9)


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Note 9.11. Employee Benefit Plans


Equity Incentive Plans


The Company has stock-based compensation plans pursuant to which it has granted stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), and performance share awards (“PSAs”). The Company also maintains its 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) for all eligible employees. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, 11.416.2 million and 7.46.3 million shares were available for future issuance under the Company's 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2015 Plan") and the ESPP, respectively. In connection with past acquisitions, the Company also assumed or substituted stock options, RSUs, RSAs,restricted stock unit awards ("RSAs"), and PSAs.


On April 1, 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of Mist. In connection with the acquisition, the Company assumed stock options, RSUs and RSAs, including those that had been granted under the Mist Systems, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Mist Plan"), and converted the awards into Juniper Networks' stock options, RSUs and RSAs, respectively, based on an exchange ratio set forth in the acquisition agreement between Juniper Networks and Mist. The Company assumed an aggregate of 1.9 million shares of stock options, RSUs and RSAs in connection with the acquisition of Mist. No additional awards can be granted under the Mist Plan.

Stock Option Activities

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity and related information as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 (in millions, except for per share amounts and years):
 Outstanding Options
 Number of Shares 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
per Share
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(In Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Balance as of December 31, 20180.1
 $20.66
    
Assumed upon the acquisition of Mist1.1
 5.05
    
Exercised(0.1) 16.45
    
Expired/Canceled(0.1) 6.55
    
Balance as of September 30, 20191.0
 $4.95
 8.2 $19.6
        
As of September 30, 2019:       
Vested and expected-to-vest options1.0
 $4.95
 8.2 $19.6
Exercisable options0.2
 $4.09
 7.7 $3.5



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Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Share Award Activities


The Company’s RSU and PSA activity and related information as of and for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 were as follows (in millions, except per share amounts and years):
Outstanding RSUs, RSAs and PSAs(4)
Outstanding RSUs, RSAs and PSAs(4)
Number of Shares 
Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair
Value per Share
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(In Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Number of Shares 
Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair
Value per Share
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(In Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Balance as of December 31, 201817.4
 $25.32
    17.4
 $25.32
    
RSUs granted (1)(3)
5.5
 25.53
  7.3
 25.36
  
RSUs assumed upon the acquisition of Mist0.1
 25.81
  
RSAs assumed upon the acquisition of Mist0.7
 27.20
  
PSAs granted (2)(3)
0.7
 25.06
  1.5
 25.06
  
RSUs vested(3.9) 26.00
  (4.7) 25.93
  
RSAs vested(0.1) 23.13
  (0.1) 23.10
  
PSAs vested(0.5) 26.76
  (0.5) 26.77
  
RSUs canceled(0.8) 26.32
  (2.0) 26.03
  
PSAs canceled(0.6) 23.25
  (0.9) 23.64
  
Balance as of March 31, 201917.7
 $25.21
 1.5 $467.8
Balance as of September 30, 201918.8
 $25.20
 1.2 $465.9

(1) 
Includes service-based and market-based RSUs. The number of shares subject to market-based condition represents the aggregate maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the award over its full term. The aggregate number of shares subject to market-based conditionconditions that would be issued if market criteria determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board are achieved at target is 0.2 million shares. Depending on achievement of such performance goals,market criteria, the range of shares that could be issued under these awards is zero0 to 0.4 million shares.
(2) 
The number of shares subject to PSAs granted represents the aggregate maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the award over its full term. The aggregate number of shares subject to these PSAs that would be issued if performance goals determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board are achieved at target is 0.4 million shares. Depending on achievement of such performance goals, the range of shares that could be issued under these awards is zero0 to 0.7 million shares.
(3) 
The grant date fair value of RSUs and PSAs werewas reduced by the present value of dividends expected to be paid on the underlying shares of common stock during the requisite and derived service period as these awards are not entitled to receive dividends until vested. During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock on January 29, 2019, April 25, 2019 and July 25, 2019.
(4) 
0.31.5 million shares of PSAs were modified during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, which relate to PSAs granted in 2018 and PSAs assumed by the Company in connection with acquisitions consummated in 2016. Compensation cost resulting from the modifications totaled $7.7$30.2 million to be recognized over the remaining terms of the modified awards.



Employee Stock Purchase Plan


The following table summarizes employee stock purchases through the ESPP (in millions, except per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Shares purchased1.2
 1.2
 2.4
 2.5
Average exercise price per share$22.03
 $22.39
 $22.04
 $22.31

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Shares purchased1.2
 1.3
Average exercise price per share$22.04
 $22.23



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On November 6, 2017, the Company’s Compensation Committee amended and restated theThe ESPP to provide that theprovides 24 month offering period that began on February 1, 2018 would be for 24 monthsperiods with four4 6-month purchase periods. A new 24-month offering period will commence every six months thereafter. The purchase price for the Company’s common stock under the ESPP is 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the shares at (1) the beginning of the applicable offering period or (2) the end of each 6-month purchase period during such offering period. The ESPP will continue in effect until February 25, 2028, unless terminated earlier under the provisions of the ESPP.



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Share-Based Compensation Expense


Share-based compensation expense associated with stock options, RSUs, restricted stock awards ("RSAs"),RSAs, PSAs, and the ESPP was recorded in the following cost and expense categories in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Cost of revenues - Product$0.8
 $1.5
 $4.3
 $5.1
Cost of revenues - Service4.1
 4.5
 13.0
 14.2
Research and development29.6
 28.1
 68.0
 101.8
Sales and marketing15.5
 12.9
 40.0
 40.4
General and administrative7.5
 6.2
 21.8
 18.7
Total$57.5
 $53.2
 $147.1
 $180.2

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Cost of revenues - Product$1.9
 $1.9
Cost of revenues - Service4.5
 4.8
Research and development12.2
 44.1
Sales and marketing9.4
 13.5
General and administrative5.9
 6.1
Total$33.9
 $70.4


The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense by award type (in millions):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Stock options$2.3
 $0.1
 $5.6
 $0.3
RSUs, RSAs, and PSAs50.9
 48.2
 127.7
 165.8
ESPP4.3
 4.9
 13.8
 14.1
Total$57.5
 $53.2
 $147.1
 $180.2
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Stock options$0.1
 $0.1
RSUs, RSAs, and PSAs29.1
 65.6
ESPP4.7
 4.7
Total$33.9
 $70.4

As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based awards was $369.5$330.2 million to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.91.7 years.


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Note 10.12. Segments


The Company operates in one1 reportable segment. The Company's chief executive officer, who is the chief operating decision maker, reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance, accompanied by disaggregated information about net revenues by product and service, customer vertical, and geographic region as presented below.


The following table presents net revenues by product and service (in millions):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Routing$407.5
 $496.4
 $1,199.1
 $1,395.1
Switching241.6
 221.1
 633.6
 705.9
Security94.1
 77.2
 243.1
 229.4
Total product743.2
 794.7
 2,075.8
 2,330.4
Total service389.9
 385.1
 1,161.5
 1,136.1
Total$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $3,237.3
 $3,466.5

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Routing$374.7
 $408.1
Switching176.4
 230.0
Security67.6
 72.7
Total product618.7
 710.8
    
Total service383.0
 371.8
Total$1,001.7
 $1,082.6


The following table presents net revenues by customer vertical(*) (in millions):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Cloud$271.9
 $257.1
 $780.0
 $812.4
Service Provider452.5
 545.3
 1,335.3
 1,550.3
Enterprise408.7
 377.4
 1,122.0
 1,103.8
Total$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $3,237.3
 $3,466.5
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Cloud$223.1
 $270.9
Service Provider435.6
 480.1
Enterprise343.0
 331.6
Total$1,001.7
 $1,082.6

(*)
Certain insignificant prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation.


The Company attributes revenues to geographic region based on the customer’s shipping address. The following table presents net revenues by geographic region (in millions):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Americas:       
United States$599.4
 $597.1
 $1,677.2
 $1,754.2
Other49.4
 46.0
 164.0
 152.2
Total Americas648.8
 643.1
 1,841.2
 1,906.4
Europe, Middle East, and Africa301.5
 329.9
 879.6
 946.8
Asia Pacific182.8
 206.8
 516.5
 613.3
Total$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $3,237.3
 $3,466.5

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Americas:   
United States$476.6
 $532.3
Other67.0
 55.3
Total Americas543.6
 587.6
Europe, Middle East, and Africa286.2
 308.0
Asia Pacific171.9
 187.0
Total$1,001.7
 $1,082.6




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
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Note 11.13. Income Taxes


The following table provides details of income taxes (in millions, except percentages):
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Income before income taxes$44.5
 $41.4
Income tax provision$13.4
 $7.0
Effective tax rate30.1% 16.9%
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Income before income taxes$118.1
 $152.0
 $240.4
 $344.3
Income tax provision (benefit)$18.8
 $(71.8) $63.8
 $(30.4)
Effective tax rate (benefit)15.9% (47.2)% 26.5% (8.8)%


The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the tax impact of state taxes, geographic mix of earnings including foreign-derived intangible income deductions and global intangible low-taxed income, research and development (“R&D") tax credits, tax audit settlements, nondeductible compensation, international realignments, and transfer pricing adjustments.

The Company's effective tax rate during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 differs fromreflects a benefit of discrete items, including the federal statutory raterecognition of 21%, primarily$8.3 million in previously unrecognized tax benefits, including interest, due to the benefita lapse in statutes of the federal research and development ("R&D") credit and foreign earnings taxed at lower rateslimitations partially offset in the U.S. by the Base Erosionimpact of an international realignment including the write-down of certain deferred tax assets and Anti-Abuse Tax and state income taxes. The increase in the rate reflects the inability to fully benefit thecertain discrete charges recorded in the period and the net impact of unrecognized tax benefits.prior quarters.


The Company’s effective tax rate during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018 differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the net impact ofincluded a $67.6 million in previously unrecognized tax benefits.benefits, including interest, due to a lapse in statutes of limitations and a $33.2 million benefit as a result of filing a change in accounting method for the tax recognition of deferred product revenue.


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was $181.6$174.9 million, of which $178.2$171.9 million, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.


The Company engages in continuous discussions and negotiations with tax authorities regarding tax matters in various jurisdictions. It is reasonably possible that the balance of unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by up to $30.4$32.6 million within the next twelve months due to lapses of applicable statutes of limitations and the completion of tax review cycles in various tax jurisdictions.


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Note 12.14. Net Income per Share


The Company computed basic and diluted net income per share as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Numerator:       
Net income$99.3
 $223.8
 $176.6
 $374.7
Denominator:       
Weighted-average shares used to compute basic net income per share342.2
 346.2
 345.5
 350.1
Dilutive effect of employee stock awards3.3
 4.3
 4.6
 5.1
Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted net income per share345.5
 350.5
 350.1
 355.2
Net income per share       
Basic$0.29
 $0.65
 $0.51
 $1.07
Diluted$0.29
 $0.64
 $0.50
 $1.05
        
Anti-dilutive shares2.8
 4.2
 2.7
 5.0

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Numerator:   
Net income$31.1
 $34.4
Denominator:   
Weighted-average shares used to compute basic net income per share348.1
 355.3
Dilutive effect of employee stock awards4.6
 5.3
Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted net income per share352.7
 360.6
Net income per share   
Basic$0.09
 $0.10
Diluted$0.09
 $0.10
    
Anti-dilutive shares5.0
 10.4




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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
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Note 13.15. Commitments and Contingencies


Commitments


Except for the items below, there have been no material changes to the Company's commitments compared to the commitments described in Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies, in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of Part II of the Form 10-K.


Leases


The Company leases its facilities and certain equipment under non-cancelable operating leases that have remaining lease terms of 1 to 711 years and 1 to 35 years, respectively. Each leased facility is subject to an individual lease or sublease, which could provide various options to extend or terminate the lease agreement. Facilities are primarily comprised of corporate offices, data centers, and R&D facilities. Equipment includes vehicles and various office equipment. The Company also has variable lease payments that are primarily comprised of common area maintenance and utility charges. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants.


The components of lease costs and other information related to leases were as follows (in millions, except years and percentages):
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease cost$12.2
 $38.1
Variable lease cost3.4
 9.1
Total lease cost$15.6
 $47.2
    
Operating cash outflows from operating leases$12.7
 $36.4
ROU assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities$3.9
 $5.1
    
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)6.0
 6.0
Weighted average discount rate4.4% 4.4%

 Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
Operating lease cost$11.9
Variable lease cost3.1
Total lease cost$15.0
  
Operating cash outflows from operating leases$11.6
ROU assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities$0.6
  
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)6.0
Weighted average discount rate4.4%


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, future minimum operating lease payments for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in millions):
Years Ending December 31,Amount
2019$10.5
202049.9
202142.4
202234.5
202330.4
Thereafter63.7
Total lease payments231.4
Less: interest(27.5)
Total$203.9
  
Balance Sheet Information 
Other accrued liabilities40.4
Long-term operating lease liabilities163.5
Total$203.9

Years Ending December 31,Amount
2019$32.9
202047.3
202140.4
202232.7
202329.8
Thereafter60.3
Total lease payments243.4
Less: interest(30.0)
Total$213.4
  
Balance Sheet Information 
Other accrued liabilities36.7
Long-term operating lease liabilities176.7
Total$213.4




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Purchase Commitments with Contract Manufacturers and Suppliers


In order to reduce manufacturing lead times and in the interest of having access to adequate component supply, the Company enters into agreements with contract manufacturers and certain suppliers to procure inventory based on the Company's requirements. A significant portion of the Company's purchase commitments arising from these agreements consists of firm and non-cancelable commitments. These purchase commitments totaled $632.4$1,370.5 million as of March 31,September 30, 2019.


The Company establishes a liability in connection with purchase commitments related to quantities in excess of its demand forecasts or obsolete materials charges for components purchased by the contract manufacturers based on the Company’s demand forecast or customer orders. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company had accrued $32.8$29.7 million based on its estimate of such charges.

Indebtedness

In February 2019, the Company paid the aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million on its 3.125% senior notes upon maturity.


Legal Proceedings


Investigations


The Company previously disclosed that it has been the subject of investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") into possible violations by the Company of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In cooperation with these investigations, the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, with the assistance of outside counsel and other independent advisors, conducted a thorough internal investigation. As a result of its internal investigation, the Company made significant improvements in its internal controls and carried out a number of disciplinary actions. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the DOJ notified the Company that the DOJ has closed its investigation related to these matters without taking any action against the Company. The Company, is continuing to fully cooperateand in August 2019, the Company, without admitting or denying any fault or wrongdoing, entered into a settlement with the SEC’s ongoing investigation, and based onSEC that resolved this government investigation. As part of the Company’s recent communicationssettlement with the Staff of the SEC, the Company believes that it is likely that the Staffmade a payment of the SEC will seek to bring an enforcement action against the Company.$11.8 million. The Company believes it is probable that it could incur a loss and has established an estimated legal reserve of $12.0had previously accrued approximately $12.0 million related with respect to the ongoing SEC investigation; however, as discussions are continuing, there can be no assurance as to the timing or the terms of any final resolution of this matter.these matters.


Other Litigations and Investigations


In addition to the investigations discussed above, the Company is involved in other investigations, disputes, litigations, and legal proceedings. The Company records an accrual for loss contingencies for legal proceedings when it believes that an unfavorable outcome is both (a) probable and (b) the amount or range of any possible loss is reasonably estimable. The Company intends to aggressively defend itself in these matters, and while there can be no assurances and the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, the Company currently believes that none of these existing claims or proceedings are likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial position. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there are many uncertainties associated with any litigation and these matters or other third-party claims against the Company may cause the Company to incur costly litigation and/or substantial settlement charges. In addition, the resolution of any intellectual property litigation may require the Company to make royalty payments, which could adversely affect gross margins in future periods. If any of those events were to occur, the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows could be adversely affected. The actual liability in any such matters may be materially different from the Company's estimates, if any, which could result in the need to adjust the liability and record additional expenses.




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Note 14.16. Subsequent EventEvents

Mist Acquisition

On April 1, 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of Mist Systems, Inc. (“Mist”), a software company that provides cloud-managed wireless networks powered by artificial intelligence ("AI") for approximately $365.0 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustments for cash on hand, up to a certain limit, indebtedness, and certain other closing adjustments. A portion of the consideration includes certain share-based awards attributable to services prior to the acquisition.

Credit Facility

In April 2019, the Company entered into a new credit agreement with certain institutional lenders that provides for a five-year $500.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), with an option to increase the Revolving Credit Facility by up to an additional $200.0 million, subject to the lenders' approval. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate in April 2024, subject to two one-year maturity extension options, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Revolving Credit Facility.


Dividend Declaration


On April 25,October 24, 2019, the Company announced that the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock to be paid on June 24,December 23, 2019 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 3,December 2, 2019.


Stock Repurchase Program and Activities


TheOn October 24, 2019, the Company announced that the Board also authorized the Company to enter into an ASR for an amountrepurchase of up to $300.0 millionan additional $1.0 billion of common stock under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program.


On April 29,October 28, 2019, the Company entered into an ASR with a financial institution to repurchase an aggregate of approximately $300.0$200.0 million of the Company’sCompany's outstanding common stock. The Company made an up-front payment of $300.0$200.0 million pursuant to the ASR and received and retired an initial 8.66.4 million shares of the Company’sCompany's common stock for an aggregate price of $240.0$160.0 million based on the market value of the Company’sCompany's common stock on the date of the transaction. The Company has an aggregate of $1.0$1.7 billion of authorized funds remaining under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


Future share repurchases under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program will be subject to a review of the circumstances at that time and will be made from time to time in private transactions or open market purchases as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements. The Company's 2018 Stock Repurchase Program does not have a specified termination date, but may be discontinued at any time.


Restructuring

In April 2019, the Company amended the 2019 Restructuring Plan to implement certain additional organizational changes resulting in a realignment of the Company's workforce. As a result, the Company expects to record severance charges of approximately $6.0 million to $7.5 million related to headcount reductions in the second quarter of 2019.

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which we refer to as the Report, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future results of Juniper Networks, Inc., which we refer to as “we,” “us,” "Juniper," or the “Company,” that are based on our current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about our business, economic and market outlook, our results of operations, the industry in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “would,” “will,” “could,” “may,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Report under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part II and elsewhere, and in other reports we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. While forward-looking statements are based on reasonable expectations of our management at the time that they are made, you should not rely on them. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by applicable law.


The following discussion is based upon our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part 1, Item I, of this Report, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. In the course of operating our business, we routinely make decisions as to the timing of the payment of invoices, the collection of receivables, the manufacturing and shipment of products, the fulfillment of orders, the purchase of supplies, and the building of inventory and spare parts, among other matters. In making these decisions, we consider various factors, including contractual obligations, customer satisfaction, competition, internal and external financial targets and expectations, and financial planning objectives. Each of these decisions has some impact on the financial results for any given period.


To aid in understanding our operating results for the periods covered by this Report, we have provided an executive overview, which includes a summary of our business and market environment along with a financial results and key performance metrics overview. These sections should be read in conjunction with the more detailed discussion and analysis of our condensed consolidated financial condition and results of operations in this Item 2, our “Risk Factors” section included in Item 1A of Part II of this Report, and our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report, as well as our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes included in Item 8 of Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, or Form 10-K.


Business and Market Environment


Juniper designs, develops, and sells products and services for high-performance networks to enable customers to build scalable, reliable, secure and cost-effective networks for their businesses, while achieving agility and improved operating efficiency through automation.


Our products are sold in three geographic regions: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa, or EMEA; and Asia Pacific, or APAC. We sell our high-performance network products and service offerings across routing, switching, and security technologies. In addition to our products, we offer our customers services, including maintenance and support, professional services, and education and training programs. Our products and services address high-performance network requirements for our customers within our verticals: Cloud, Service Provider, and Enterprise, who view their network as critical to their success. We believe our silicon, systems, and software represent innovations that transform the economics and experience of networking, helping our customers achieve superior performance, greater choice, and flexibility, while reducing overall total cost of ownership.


Further, our intent is to expand our software business by introducing new software solutions to our product portfolio that simplify the operation of networks, and allow our customers across our key verticals flexibility in consumption and deployment. We believe our software and related services revenues as a percentage of total revenues will increase over time as we introduce new software product offerings and business modelssolutions designed to better monetize the value of software functionality in our software offerings.


We believe the network needs for our customers in our Cloud, Service Provider, and Enterprise verticals are converging, as these customers recognize the need for high performance networks and are adopting cloud architectures for their infrastructure and service delivery, such as large public and private data centers and service provider edge data centers, for improved agility and greater levels of operating efficiency.



We remain confident in our strategy and we are executing against our innovation roadmap, as each of our industry verticals transitions to cloud architectures. We believe our understanding of high-performance networking technology and cloud architecture and our strategy position us to capitalize on the industry transition to more automated, cost-efficient, scalable networks.


In the firstthird quarter of 2019, we continued to execute on our product and solutions strategy and announced new metro, edge and core innovations to accelerate service providers’ 5G transformation. Our Metro Fabric line expansion includes one and three rack unit ACX700 Universal Metro Routers. We announced a new edge MPC11E line card in the MX2000 Series 5G Universal Routing Platform, delivering an increase in line card and system capacity using our Penta Silicon chip. We also announced our new Triton Silicon enabling end-to-end secure connectivity at scale with 400 gigabit-Ethernet, or GbE, native Media Access Control Security that will be used in the PTX10008 and PTX10016 Universal Chassis. These new solutions will help service providers with their infrastructure transformation.

On April 1, 2019, we acquired Mist Systems, Inc., or Mist, a software company that provides cloud-managed wireless networks powered by artificial intelligence. We believe that the acquisition of Mist will enhance our enterprise networking portfolio by combining Mist’s next-generation Wireless LAN platform with our wired LAN, SD-WAN, and security solutions to deliver end-to-end user and IT experiences. 

In the first quarter of 2019, we continued to experienceexperienced weakness within our Service Provider vertical, which we believe is due to continued business challenges facing some of our largest Service Provider customers. We believe our relationships with our existing Service Provider customers generally remain strong and we expect Service Provider revenues to decline more modestly year-over-year in 2020 as compared to 2019. Enterprise has increased sequentially over the past two quarters driven by demand in our U.S. federal business as well as broad Enterprise strength, and we expect another sequential increase in the fourth quarter of 2019. Our Cloud vertical has returned to year-over-year growth for the past two quarters and Service provider verticals. Inwe expect our Cloud vertical the pace of deployments in a portion of our Cloud customer’s networks has been slower than expected. Nevertheless, we are focused on the Cloud vertical as well as the transition to 400-gig Ethernet, or 400G, which we believe will present further opportunities for Juniper across our portfolio as our Cloud customers value high-performance, highly compact, power efficient infrastructures, which we support and continue to develop. 

We believe we will continue to experience weakness with our Cloud customers in the near-term, as deployment cycles remain difficult to predict; however, we remain confident in our competitive position with our strategic Cloud customers. We are taking a number of actions that we believe will help Juniper achieve year-over-year revenue growthgrow in the fourth quarter of 2019 such as: (1) introducing new product offerings which include new MX line cardsas compared to capitalize on 5G carrier initiatives, 400G platformsthe same quarter in 2018, as we continued to capture data center footprint, and new enhancements tosee momentum within our Contrail Enterprise Multicloud platform that make it simpler and more cost effective; (2) transitioningcustomers' wide area networks, particularly from certain of our sales organization to better align with our sales strategy; and (3) monetizing our software offerings through subscriptions. Further, we believe the 400G upgrade cycle, 5G deployments, and enterprise multicloud initiatives each represent large opportunities where we are well positioned to benefit over the next several years.switching products.


Financial Results and Key Performance Metrics Overview


The following table provides an overview of our financial results and key financial metrics (in millions, except per share amounts, percentages, and days sales outstanding, or DSO):
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 2018 $ Change % Change2019 2018 $ Change % Change 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Net revenues$1,001.7
 $1,082.6
 $(80.9) (7)%$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $(46.7) (4)% $3,237.3
 $3,466.5
 $(229.2) (7)%
Gross margin$582.3
 $618.4
 $(36.1) (6)%$678.4
 $711.0
 $(32.6) (5)% $1,897.5
 $2,030.3
 $(132.8) (7)%
Percentage of net revenues58.1% 57.1% 

 

59.9% 60.3% 

 

 58.6% 58.6% 

 

Operating income$42.7
 $55.5
 $(12.8) (23)%$138.5
 $160.1
 $(21.6) (13)% $263.6
 $375.4
 $(111.8) (30)%
Percentage of net revenues4.3% 5.1% 

 

12.2% 13.6% 

 

 8.1% 10.8% 

 

Net income$31.1
 $34.4
 $(3.3) (10)%$99.3
 $223.8
 $(124.5) (56)% $176.6
 $374.7
 $(198.1) (53)%
Percentage of net revenues3.1% 3.2%   

8.8% 19.0%   

 5.5% 10.8%   

Net income per share:      

      

       

Basic$0.09
 $0.10
 $(0.01) (10)%$0.29
 $0.65
 $(0.36) (55)% $0.51
 $1.07
 $(0.56) (52)%
Diluted$0.09
 $0.10
 $(0.01) (10)%$0.29
 $0.64
 $(0.35) (55)% $0.50
 $1.05
 $(0.55) (52)%
      

      

       

Operating cash flows$159.4
 $271.1
 $(111.7) (41)%        $433.2
 $648.7
 $(215.5) (33)%
Stock repurchase plan activity$
 $750.0
 $(750.0) (100)%$50.0
 $
 $50.0
 N/M
 $350.0
 $750.0
 $(400.0) (53)%
Cash dividends declared per common stock$0.19
 $0.18
 $0.01
 6 %$0.19
 $0.18
 $0.01
 6 % $0.57
 $0.54
 $0.03
 6 %
DSO58
 57
 1
 2 %51
 49
 2
 4 %        
                      
As of        As of
March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
 $ Change % Change        September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
 $ Change % Change
Deferred revenue$1,230.9
 $1,213.6
 $17.3
 1 %        $1,118.7
 $1,213.6
 $(94.9) (8)%
Product deferred revenue$139.6
 $144.4
 $(4.8) (3)%        $129.0
 $144.4
 $(15.4) (11)%
Service deferred revenue$1,091.3
 $1,069.2
 $22.1
 2 %        $989.7
 $1,069.2
 $(79.5) (7)%

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Net Revenues: Net revenues decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to lower routing and switching revenues from our Cloud and Service Provider verticals, partially offset by an increase in our Enterprise vertical. While Cloud capacity continued to grow year-over-year, the growth in units was not enough to offset the decline in average selling price, or ASP. We experienced a decline in our Service Provider business due to the timing of deployments. Our service net revenues increased during the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to strong renewal and attach rates of support contracts.
N/M - Not meaningful


Net Revenues: Net revenues decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same periods in 2018, primarily due to lower routing revenues from our Service Provider and Cloud verticals. We experienced a decline in our Service Provider vertical, which we believe is due to continued business challenges facing some of our largest Service Provider customers. Our service net revenues increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same periods in 2018, primarily due to strong renewal and attach rates of support contracts.

Of our top ten customers for the firstthird quarter of 2019, three were in Cloud, six were in Service Provider, and one was in Enterprise. Of these customers, fourthree were located outside of the U.S.


Gross Margin: Our gross margin as a percentage of net revenues decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same periods in 2018, primarily due to higher amortization of intangible assets associated with the acquisition of Mist, lower product revenue and to a lesser extent, China tariffs, partially offset by higher service revenues and lower service delivery costs.

Operating Margin: Our operating income as a percentage of net revenues decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same periods in 2018, primarily due to the drivers described in the gross margin discussion above, and higher restructuring costs during the first half of 2019 that we did not incur during the same period in 2018. These decreases, compared to the same periods in 2018, were partially offset by lower litigation settlement charges and lower personnel-related expenses.
Gross Margin: Our gross margin as a percentage of net revenues increased during the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to higher service revenues, growth from our software revenue, and lower service delivery costs.


Operating Cash Flows: Net cash provided by operations decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease was primarily due to lower cash collections from customers as a result of lower invoicing, partially offset by a decrease in cash payments to suppliers.

Capital Return: We continue to return capital to our stockholders. During the second quarter of 2019, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase program (the "ASR") to purchase an aggregate of $300.0 million in shares. Under the ASR, we made an upfront payment of $300.0 million and received and retired 8.6 million shares of our common stock during the second quarter of 2019. During the third quarter of 2019, the ASR was completed, and we received and retired an additional 3.0 million shares for a total repurchase of 11.6 million shares of our common stock. During the third quarter of 2019, we also repurchased 2.1 million shares of our common stock in the open market at an average price of $23.63 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we also paid quarterly dividends of $0.19 per share, for an aggregate amount of $64.7 million and $196.4 million, respectively.
Operating Margin: Our operating income as a percentage of net revenues decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to the drivers described in the gross margin discussion above, partially offset by a net decrease in our operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, as a result of lower personnel-related expenses, driven by a decrease in share-based compensation expense.
DSO: DSO is calculated as the ratio of ending accounts receivable, net of allowances, divided by average daily net revenues for the preceding 90 days. DSO for the third quarter of 2019 slightly increased, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to lower customer collections.

Deferred Revenue: Total deferred revenue decreased as of September 30, 2019, compared to December 31, 2018, primarily due to the timing of the delivery of contractual commitments and contract renewals.

Operating Cash Flows: Net cash provided by operations decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease was primarily due to lower cash collections from customers as a result of lower invoicing, partially offset by a decrease in cash payments to suppliers.


Capital Return: We continue to return capital to our stockholders. In the first quarter of 2019, we paid a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share, for an aggregate amount of $66.2 million.

DSO: DSO is calculated as the ratio of ending accounts receivable, net of allowances, divided by average daily net revenues for the preceding 90 days. DSO for the first quarter of 2019 slightly increased, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to lower revenues, partially offset by lower accounts receivable resulting from lower overall invoicing volume.

Deferred Revenue: Total deferred revenue increased as of March 31, 2019, compared to December 31, 2018, primarily due to additional billings on support renewals, partially offset by the timing of the delivery of contractual commitments.


Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates


The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates that affect the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions are based on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances to determine reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources.


During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, except for the change in accounting estimates and changes in certain accounting policies related to the adoption of Topic 842 described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report, there were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K.


Recent Accounting Pronouncements


See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report, for a full description of the recently adopted accounting standards and recent accounting standards not yet adopted, including the actual and expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition, which is incorporated herein by reference.



Results of Operations


Revenues


The following table presents net revenues by product and service, customer vertical(*), and geographic region (in millions, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 2018 $ Change % Change2019 2018 $ Change % Change 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Routing$374.7
 $408.1
 $(33.4) (8)%$407.5
 $496.4
 $(88.9) (18)% $1,199.1
 $1,395.1
 $(196.0) (14)%
Switching176.4
 230.0
 (53.6) (23)%241.6
 221.1
 20.5
 9 % 633.6
 705.9
 (72.3) (10)%
Security67.6
 72.7
 (5.1) (7)%94.1
 77.2
 16.9
 22 % 243.1
 229.4
 13.7
 6 %
Total Product618.7
 710.8
 (92.1) (13)%743.2
 794.7
 (51.5) (6)% 2,075.8
 2,330.4
 (254.6) (11)%
Percentage of net revenues61.8% 65.7%   

65.6% 67.4%   

 64.1% 67.2% 

 

Total Service383.0
 371.8
 11.2
 3 %389.9
 385.1
 4.8
 1 % 1,161.5
 1,136.1
 25.4
 2 %
Percentage of net revenues38.2% 34.3%   

34.4% 32.6%   

 35.9% 32.8% 

 

Total net revenues$1,001.7
 $1,082.6
 $(80.9) (7)%$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $(46.7) (4)% $3,237.3
 $3,466.5
 $(229.2) (7)%
      

      

     

 

Cloud$223.1
 $270.9
 $(47.8) (18)%$271.9
 $257.1
 $14.8
 6 % $780.0
 $812.4
 $(32.4) (4)%
Percentage of net revenues22.3% 25.0%   

24.0% 21.8%   

 24.1% 23.4% 

 

Service Provider435.6
 480.1
 (44.5) (9)%452.5
 545.3
 (92.8) (17)% 1,335.3
 1,550.3
 (215.0) (14)%
Percentage of net revenues43.5% 44.4%   

39.9% 46.2%   

 41.2% 44.7% 

 

Enterprise343.0
 331.6
 11.4
 3 %408.7
 377.4
 31.3
 8 % 1,122.0
 1,103.8
 18.2
 2 %
Percentage of net revenues34.2% 30.6%   

36.1% 32.0%   

 34.7% 31.9% 

 

Total net revenues$1,001.7
 $1,082.6
 $(80.9) (7)%$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $(46.7) (4)% $3,237.3
 $3,466.5
 $(229.2) (7)%
      

      

     

 

Americas:      

      

     

 

United States$476.6
 $532.3
 $(55.7) (10)%$599.4
 $597.1
 $2.3
  % $1,677.2
 $1,754.2
 $(77.0) (4)%
Other67.0
 55.3
 11.7
 21 %49.4
 46.0
 3.4
 7 % 164.0
 152.2
 11.8
 8 %
Total Americas543.6
 587.6
 (44.0) (7)%648.8
 643.1
 5.7
 1 % 1,841.2
 1,906.4
 (65.2) (3)%
Percentage of net revenues54.2% 54.3%   

57.3% 54.5%   

 56.9% 55.0% 

 

EMEA286.2
 308.0
 (21.8) (7)%301.5
 329.9
 (28.4) (9)% 879.6
 946.8
 (67.2) (7)%
Percentage of net revenues28.6% 28.4%   

26.6% 28.0%   

 27.2% 27.3% 

 

APAC171.9
 187.0
 (15.1) (8)%182.8
 206.8
 (24.0) (12)% 516.5
 613.3
 (96.8) (16)%
Percentage of net revenues17.2% 17.3%   

16.1% 17.5%   

 15.9% 17.7% 

 

Total net revenues$1,001.7
 $1,082.6
 $(80.9) (7)%$1,133.1
 $1,179.8
 $(46.7) (4)% $3,237.3
 $3,466.5
 $(229.2) (7)%

(*)
Certain insignificant prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation.


Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Product net revenues decreased during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to Cloud and Service Provider and Cloud, impacting switching and routing. The decrease in product revenues wasrouting, partially offset by growth in Enterprise.


Routing and switching revenue decreased year-over-year. While Cloud capacity continuedduring the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to grow year-over-year, the growthsame period in units was not enough2018, primarily due to offset the decline in ASP. The declinea decrease in our Service Provider business resultedvertical resulting from lower net revenues from our MX product family.

Switching revenue increased during the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily resulting from higher net revenues from our QFX product family in our Cloud vertical, partially offset by lower net revenues from our EX product family.

Security revenue increased during the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily driven by Enterprise, and to a lesser extent, Service Provider.

Service net revenues increased slightly during the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

Product net revenues decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to Service Provider and Cloud, impacting routing and switching.

Routing revenue decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to a decrease in our Service Provider and Cloud verticals resulting from lower net revenues from our MX product family, partially offset by Enterprise.

Switching revenue decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to a decrease, in the first half of 2019, across all verticals resulting in lower net revenues from our MX, PTX,QFX and QFXEX product families. The decline was partially offset by revenue growth in Enterprise routing. Given the strength in our Enterprise vertical, strong customer interest in our new platforms, such as Contrail Enterprise Multicloud, MX 204 and MX10003, and the investments we are making in our enterprise sales strategy, we believe our Enterprise vertical will continue to contribute to revenue growth in 2019. We also saw strength in APAC driven by the aforementioned revenue growth in Enterprise, resulting from our solutions based sales strategy to enable the Telco Cloud transformation and enterprise multicloud initiatives. We expect to return to year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2019.


Security net revenues decreased year-over-year,revenue increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily driven by Service Provider, and to a decrease in our high-end SRX series as it had been undergoing a product refresh cycle and a decline in our other legacy products.lesser extent, Enterprise.


Service net revenues increased during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, due to strong renewal and attach rates of support contracts. Additionally, we saw year-over-year services revenue growth in EMEA and Americas.


Gross Margins


The following table presents gross margins (in millions, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 2018 $ Change % Change2019 2018 $ Change % Change 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Product gross margin$348.7
 $404.4
 $(55.7) (14)%$439.2
 $482.2
 $(43.0) (9)% $1,187.5
 $1,374.9
 $(187.4) (14)%
Percentage of product revenues56.4% 56.9%    59.1% 60.7%     57.2% 59.0%    
Service gross margin233.6
 214.0
 19.6
 9 %239.2
 228.8
 10.4
 5 % 710.0
 655.4
 54.6
 8 %
Percentage of service revenues61.0% 57.6%    61.3% 59.4%     61.1% 57.7%    
Total gross margin$582.3
 $618.4
 $(36.1) (6)%$678.4
 $711.0
 $(32.6) (5)% $1,897.5
 $2,030.3
 $(132.8) (7)%
Percentage of net revenues58.1% 57.1%    59.9% 60.3%     58.6% 58.6%    


Our gross margins as a percentage of net revenues have been and will continue to be affected by a variety of factors, including the mix and average selling prices of our products and services, new product introductions and enhancements, manufacturing, component and logistics costs, expenses for inventory obsolescence and warranty obligations, cost of support and service personnel, customer mix as we continue to expand our footprint with certain strategic customers, the mix of distribution channels through which our products and services are sold, and import tariffs. For example, the United States imposed a tariff on networking products imported from China, which includes certain products that we import into and sell within the United States. These import tariffs did not have a significant impact to our gross margins during the three months ended March 31, 2019. For more information on the potential impact of tariffs on our business, see the “Risk Factors” section of Item 1A of Part II of this Report.


Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Product gross margin


Product gross margin as a percentage of product revenues decreased slightly during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to higher amortization of intangible assets associated with the recent acquisition of Mist, lower revenue, partially offset by growth in our software revenue.revenues and to a lesser extent, China tariffs. We continue to undertake specific efforts to address certain factors impacting our product gross margin. These efforts include performance and quality improvements through engineering to increase value across our products; optimizing our supply chain and service business; pricing management; and increasing software and solution sales; however, there can be no guarantee that these efforts will be successful or that they will be realized in the time frame we anticipate.


Service gross margin


Service gross margin as a percentage of service net revenues increased during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to lower service delivery costs and a one-time recovery of goods and services tax.higher revenue.



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

Product gross margin

Product gross margin as a percentage of product revenues decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to higher amortization of intangible assets associated with the recent acquisition of Mist, lower revenues and to a lesser extent, China tariffs.

Service gross margin

Service gross margin as a percentage of service net revenues increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to lower service delivery costs and higher revenue.

Operating Expenses


The following table presents operating expenses (in millions, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 2018 $ Change % Change2019 2018 $ Change % Change 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Research and development$227.6
 $269.4
 $(41.8) (16)%$244.5
 $253.8
 $(9.3) (4)% $716.1
 $772.0
 $(55.9) (7)%
Percentage of net revenues22.7% 24.9 %    21.6 % 21.5%     22.1% 22.3%    
Sales and marketing228.5
 239.4
 (10.9) (5)%235.3
 224.8
 10.5
 5 % 692.8
 702.5
 (9.7) (1)%
Percentage of net revenues22.8% 22.1 %   

20.8 % 19.0%   

 21.4% 20.2%    
General and administrative68.2
 56.0
 12.2
 22 %61.2
 67.9
 (6.7) (10)% 189.4
 178.1
 11.3
 6 %
Percentage of net revenues6.8% 5.2 %   

5.4 % 5.8%   

 5.9% 5.1%    
Restructuring charges (benefits)15.3
 (1.9) 17.2
 N/M
Restructuring (benefits) charges(1.1) 4.4
 (5.5) N/M
 35.6
 2.3
 33.3
 N/M
Percentage of net revenues1.6% (0.2)%   

(0.1)% 0.4%   

 1.1% 0.1%    
Total operating expenses$539.6
 $562.9
 $(23.3) (4)%$539.9
 $550.9
 $(11.0) (2)% $1,633.9
 $1,654.9
 $(21.0) (1)%
Percentage of net revenues53.9% 52.0 %    47.6 % 46.7%     50.5% 47.7%    
______________________
N/M - Not meaningful


Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, total operating expenses decreased primarily due to lower research and development, or R&D costs, and general and administrative, or G&A costs. Our R&D costs decreased primarily due to lower project related spending and the impact of favorable foreign currency rates. Our G&A costs decreased primarily related to the accrual established during the three months ended September 30, 2018, for the FCPA settlement with the SEC. The decrease in total operating expenses was partially offset by higher sales and marketing, or S&M, costs related to share-based compensation expense and travel.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, total operating expenses decreased primarily due to lower personnel-related expenses, driven by a decrease in share-based compensation expense, specifically in research and development, or R&D, and lower salaries and wages driven by a decrease in headcount as a result of restructuring actions.actions, specifically in S&M. Our G&A increased primarily due to costs related to the acquisition of Mist Systems, partially offset by the accrual established during the three months ended September 30, 2018, for the FCPA settlement with the SEC. The decrease in total operating expenses was also partially offset by higher restructuring charges in connection with a restructuring plan that was initiated in the first quarter of 2019 (the "2019 Restructuring Plan"), which was designed to realign our workforce with our sales strategy, improve productivity, and enhance cost efficiencies, and by costs related to. During the acquisitionsecond quarter of Mist Systems.

Subsequent to March 31, 2019, wethe Company amended the 2019 Restructuring Plan to implementand undertook certain further actions that resulted in additional organizational changes resulting in a realignment of our workforce. As a result, we expect to record severance, charges of approximately $6.0 million to $7.5 million related to headcount reductions in the second quarter of 2019.additional facility consolidation, and contract termination costs.

Other Income (Expense),Expense, Net


The following table presents other income (expense),expense, net (in millions, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 2018 $ Change % Change2019 2018 $ Change % Change 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Interest income$23.5
 $14.9
 $8.6
 58 %$19.7
 $18.9
 $0.8
 4 % $63.0
 $49.8
 $13.2
 27 %
Interest expense(24.2) (26.0) 1.8
 (7)%(22.1) (25.8) 3.7
 (14)% (68.3) (77.7) 9.4
 (12)%
Gain (loss) on investments, net1.6
 (0.5) 2.1
 N/M
Loss on extinguishment of debt(15.3) 
 (15.3) N/M
 (15.3) 
 (15.3) N/M
Loss on investments, net(3.4) (1.9) (1.5) 79 % (4.6) (1.8) (2.8) 156 %
Other0.9
 (2.5) 3.4
 N/M
0.7
 0.7
 
  % 2.0
 (1.4) 3.4
 N/M
Total other income (expense), net$1.8
 $(14.1) $15.9
 N/M
Total other expense, net$(20.4) $(8.1) $(12.3) 152 % $(23.2) $(31.1) $7.9
 (25)%
Percentage of net revenues0.2% (1.3)%    (1.8)% (0.7)%     (0.7)% (0.9)%    
______________________
N/M - Not meaningful


Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Total other income (expense),expense, net increased during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to a loss on extinguishment of debt.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

Total other expense, net decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to an increase in interest income related to our fixed income investment portfolio, as a result of higher yields.yields, partially offset by a loss on extinguishment of debt.



Income Tax Provision (Benefit)
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Income tax provision$13.4
 $7.0
 $6.4
 91%
Effective tax rate30.1% 16.9%    
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 $ Change % Change 2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Income tax provision (benefit)$18.8
 $(71.8) $90.6
 (126)% $63.8
 $(30.4) $94.2
 (310)%
Effective tax rate (benefit)15.9% (47.2)%     26.5% (8.8)%    


The effective tax rate increased during the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same periodperiods in 2018, primarily due to a change in the level of discrete items in the comparative period. For further explanation of our income tax provision, see Note 11, 13, Income Taxes, in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.


On July 24, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, or the Court, issued an opinion in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner requiring related parties in an intercompany cost-sharing arrangement to share expenses related to share-based compensation. On AugustJune 7, 2018,2019, the Court withdrew its opinionupheld the cost-sharing regulations, subject to allow timethe right of appeal by Altera. On July 22, 2019, Altera petitioned the Court for a reconstituted panel to confer.rehearing. We will continue to monitor ongoing developments and potential impacts to theour financial statements. HadIf a judicial decision against Altera had been finalized in the Ninth Circuit not withdrawn its opinion,reporting period, our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 would have been higher.


Our effective tax rate may fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and may be adversely affected by lower than anticipated earnings in countries that have lower statutory rates or higher than anticipated earnings in countries that have higher statutory rates, by the effect of U.S. income tax on certain foreign earnings and through the imposition of base-erosion prevention measures, which may limit the deduction of certain transfer pricing payments. Our effective tax rate may also fluctuate due to changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. See the "Risk Factors" section of Item 1A of Part II of this Report for a description of relevant risks which may adversely affect our results.


As a result of recommendations by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development or OECD,(OECD), on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, certain countries in EMEA and APAC have either enacted new corporate tax legislation or are considering enacting such legislation in the near future. We expect the effect of these reform measures to potentially impact long-standing tax principles, particularly in regard to transfer pricing. Consequently, we expect global tax authorities to increasingly challenge our cost sharing and other intercompany arrangements, and the related sourcing of taxable profits in global jurisdictions. 



Liquidity and Capital Resources


We have funded our business primarily through our operating activities and the issuance of our long-term debt. The following table presents our capital resources (in millions, except percentages):
 As of    
 March 31,
2019
 December 31,
2018
 $ Change % Change
Working capital$2,820.5
 $2,739.3
 $81.2
 3 %
        
Cash and cash equivalents$2,155.6
 $2,489.0
 $(333.4) (13)%
Short-term investments1,227.4
 1,070.1
 157.3
 15 %
Long-term investments119.7
 199.0
 (79.3) (40)%
Total cash, cash equivalents, and investments3,502.7
 3,758.1
 (255.4) (7)%
Short-term portion of long-term debt
 349.9
 (349.9) N/M
Long-term debt1,789.6
 1,789.1
 0.5
  %
Cash, cash equivalents, and investments, net of debt$1,713.1
 $1,619.1
 $94.0
 6 %

N/M - percentage is not meaningful.
 As of    
 September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
 $ Change % Change
Working capital$1,764.6
 $2,739.3
 $(974.7) (36)%
        
Cash and cash equivalents$1,204.8
 $2,489.0
 $(1,284.2) (52)%
Short-term investments1,040.8
 1,070.1
 (29.3) (3)%
Long-term investments581.1
 199.0
 382.1
 192 %
Total cash, cash equivalents, and investments2,826.7
 3,758.1
 (931.4) (25)%
Short-term portion of long-term debt
 349.9
 (349.9) (100)%
Long-term debt1,687.6
 1,789.1
 (101.5) (6)%
Cash, cash equivalents, and investments, net of debt$1,139.1
 $1,619.1
 $(480.0) (30)%



Summary of Cash Flows


The following table summarizes cash flow activity from our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in millions, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 2018 $ Change % Change2019 2018 $ Change % Change
Net cash provided by operating activities$159.4
 $271.1
 $(111.7) (41)%$433.2
 $648.7
 $(215.5) (33)%
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$(104.1) $1,112.2
 $(1,216.3) (109)%
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities(704.1) 730.0
 (1,434.1) (196)%
Net cash used in financing activities$(389.6) $(803.6) $414.0
 (52)%$(965.3) $(904.1) $(61.2) 7 %


Operating Activities


Net cash provided by operations decreased during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease was primarily due to lower cash collections from customers as a result of lower invoicing, partially offset by a decrease in cash payments to suppliers.


Investing Activities


Net cash used in investing activities was $104.1$704.1 million during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $1,112.2$730.0 million for the same period in 2018. During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, the payment for the acquisition of Mist was $270.9 million and net purchases of investments was $349.7 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, net proceeds from sales, maturities and redemptions of investments was $1,175.3$872.4 million, primarily from the liquidation of repatriated offshore investments to fund the accelerated share repurchase program ("2018 ASR")ASR discussed below.


Financing Activities


Net cash used in financing activities decreasedincreased during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease wasnine months ended September 30, 2019 payments were primarily due tocomprised of $454.8 million net repayments of debt and payments of $350.0 million under the payment2018 Stock Repurchase Program. The nine months ended September 30, 2018 payments were primarily comprised of $750.0 million pursuant tounder the 2018 ASR during the three months ended March 31, 2018 as described further below, partially offset by the payment of $350.0 million for our Senior Notes that matured during the three months ended March 31, 2019.Stock Repurchase Program.



Capital Return


In January 2018, our Board of Directors, which we refer to as the Board, approved a $2.0 billion share repurchase program, which we refer to as the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program. As part of the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, in February 2018, we entered into the 2018an ASR to repurchase $750.0 million of our common stock. We made an up-front payment of $750.0 million pursuant to the 2018 ASR to repurchase our common stock. The aggregate number of shares ultimately repurchased of 29.3 million shares of common stock was determined based on a volume weighted average repurchase price, less an agreed upon discount, of $25.62 per share.

As of March 31, 2019, there was $1.3 billion of authorized funds remaining under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program.


On April 29, 2019, we entered into a new accelerated share repurchase program (the "2019 ASR") with a financial institution,an ASR, to repurchase an aggregate of approximately $300.0 million of our outstanding common stock. WeDuring the second quarter of 2019, we made an up-front payment of $300.0 million pursuant to the 2019 ASR and received and retired an initial 8.6 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate price of $240.0 million based on the market value of our common stock on the date of the transaction. During the third quarter of 2019, the ASR was completed, and we received and retired an additional 3.0 million shares, based on volume weighted average repurchase price, less an agreed upon discount, of $25.79 per share. The completion of the ASR resulted in a total repurchase of 11.6 million shares of our common stock.


During the third quarter of 2019, we also repurchased 2.1 million shares of our common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million at an average price of $23.63 per share.

As of September 30, 2019, there was approximately $900.0 million of authorized funds remaining under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program.

On October 24, 2019, we announced that the Board authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $1.0 billion of common stock under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program. On October 28, 2019, we entered into an ASR with a financial institution to repurchase an aggregate of $200.0 million of our outstanding common stock (the “October 2019 ASR”). We made an up-front payment of $200.0 million pursuant to the October 2019 ASR and received and retired an initial 6.4 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate price of $160.0 million based on the market value of our common stock on the date of the transaction. We have an aggregate of $1.7 billion of authorized funds remaining under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, as of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Future share repurchases under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program will be subject to a review of the circumstances at that time and will be made from time to time in private transactions or open market purchases as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements. Our 2018 Stock Repurchase Program does not have a specified termination date, but may be discontinued at any time. See Note 8,10, Equity, in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report for further discussion of our share purchase program.


We declared and paid a quarterly cash dividendsdividend of $0.19 per share, totaling $66.2$64.7 million and $196.4 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019.September 30, 2019, respectively. Any future dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates, are subject to approval by the Board or an authorized committee thereof. See Note 14, 16, Subsequent Event, Events, in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report for discussion of our dividend declaration subsequent to MarchSeptember 30, 2019.

Contractual Obligations

As of September 30, 2019, our principal commitments consist of obligations under operating leases, purchase commitments, debt, and other contractual obligations. There have been no significant changes to these obligations, during the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the contractual obligations disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, set forth in Part II, Item 7, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.2018, other than the obligations listed in the table below (in millions):

 Payments Due by Period
 Total 
Less than
1 year
 1-3 years 3-5 years 
More than
5 years
3.750% fixed-rate notes(*)
$500.0
 $
 $
 $
 $500.0

(*)
See Note 9, Debt, in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report for additional information regarding our debt.


Revolving Credit Facility

As of March 31, 2019, we had an unsecured revolving credit facility that was due to expire in June 2019 (the “Prior Revolving Credit Facility”), which enabled borrowings of up to $500.0 million, with the option, subject to the lenders' approval, to increase the amount of the credit facility by up to an additional $200.0 million. As of March 31, 2019, we were in compliance with all covenants, and there were no amounts outstanding under our Prior Revolving Credit Facility,


In April 2019, we entered into a new credit agreement with certain institutional lenders that provides for a five-year $500.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), with an option to increase the Revolving Credit Facility by up to an additional $200.0 million, subject to the lenders' approval. The Prior Revolving Credit Facility was terminated substantially concurrently with our entering into the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate in April 2024, subject to two one-year maturity extension options, on the terms and conditions as set forth in the Revolvingcredit agreement. As of September 30, 2019, we were in compliance with all covenants in the Credit Facility.Agreement, and no amounts were outstanding.


Liquidity and Capital Resource Requirements


Liquidity and capital resources may be impacted by our operating activities as well as acquisitions, investments in strategic relationships, repurchases of additional shares of our common stock, and payment of cash dividends on our common stock. Following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”), we repatriated approximately $3.0 billion of our cash, cash equivalents, and investments balance from outside of the U.S. as of March 31,September 30, 2019. We expect the new territorial tax system to provide us with lower cost access to nearly all of our global free cash flow on an ongoing basis. Free cash flow is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. We intend to use the repatriated cash to invest in the business, support value-enhancing merger and acquisitions, or M&A, and fund our return of capital to stockholders. See Note 14, 16, Subsequent EventEvents, in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report for our subsequent events impacting liquidity.
Based on past performance and current expectations, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, short-term, and long-term investments, together with cash generated from operations and access to capital markets and the revolving credit facility will be sufficient to fund our operations; planned stock repurchases and dividends; capital expenditures; commitments and other liquidity requirements; and anticipated growth for at least the next twelve months. However, our future liquidity and capital requirements may vary materially from those now planned depending on many factors, including, but not limited to, our growth rate; the timing and amount we spend to support development efforts; the expansion of sales and marketing activities; the introduction of new and enhanced products and services; the costs to acquire or invest in businesses and technologies; an increase in manufacturing or component costs; and the risks and uncertainties detailed in the “Risk Factors” section of Item 1A of Part II of this Report.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk


Our exposures to market risk have not changed materially since December 31, 2018. For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk, in our Form 10-K.


Item 4. Controls and Procedures


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


Attached as exhibits to this Report are certifications of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, which are required in accordance with Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This “Controls and Procedures” section includes information concerning the controls and related evaluations referred to in the certifications and it should be read in conjunction with the certifications for a more complete understanding of the topics presented.


We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered in this Report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.


Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting


We adopted the new lease accounting standard Topic 842 on January 1, 2019. Except for the implementation of certain Topic 842 adoption controls on a one-time basis and some changes to existing controls over accounting for leases, thereThere were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the firstthird quarter of 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1. Legal Proceedings


The information set forth under the “Legal Proceedings” section in Note 13, 15, Commitments and Contingencies, in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report, is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 1A. Risk Factors


Factors That May Affect Future Results


Investments in our securities involve significant risks. Even small changes in investor expectations for our future growth and earnings, whether as a result of actual or rumored financial or operating results, changes in the mix of the products and services sold, acquisitions, industry changes, or other factors, could trigger, and have triggered in the past, significant fluctuations in the market price of our common stock. Investors in our securities should carefully consider all of the relevant factors disclosed by us, including, but not limited to, the following factors, that could affect our business, operating results, and stock price.


Our quarterly results are unpredictable and subject to substantial fluctuations; as a result, we may fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts and investors, which could adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.


Our revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter due to a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control and any of which may cause our stock price to fluctuate.


The factors that may cause our quarterly results to vary quarter by quarter and be unpredictable include, but are not limited to:


unpredictable ordering patterns and limited or reduced visibility into our customers’ spending plans and associated revenue;
changes in customer mix;
changes in the demand for our products and services;
changes in the mix of products and services sold;
changes in the mix of geographies in which our products and services are sold;
changing market and economic conditions;conditions, including the impact of tariffs;
current and potential customer, partner and supplier consolidation and concentration;
price and product competition;
long sales, qualification and implementation cycles;
success in new and evolving markets and emerging technologies;
how well we execute on our strategy and operating plans and the impact of changes in our business model that could result in significant restructuring charges;
ability of our customers, channel partners, contract manufacturers and suppliers to purchase, market, sell, manufacture or supply our products (or components of our products) and services;
financial stability of our customers, including the solvency of private sector customers and statutory authority for government customers to purchase goods and services;
our ability to achieve targeted cost reductions;
changes in tax laws or accounting rules, or interpretations thereof;
changes in the amount and frequency of share repurchases or dividends;
regional economic and political conditions; and
seasonality.


For example, we, and many companies in our industry, experience adverse seasonal fluctuations in customer spending, particularly in the first quarter. In addition, while we may have backlog orders for products that have not shipped, we believe that our backlog may not be a reliable indicator of future operating results for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, project delays, changes in project scope and the fact that our customers may cancel purchase orders or change delivery schedules without significant penalty. Furthermore, market trends, competitive pressures, commoditization of products, rebates and discounting, increased component, manufacturing or logistics costs, issues with product or service quality (including the quality of our components), regulatory impacts, tariffs and other factors may result in reductions in revenue or pressure on gross margins in a given period, which may necessitate adjustments to our operations. Such adjustments may be difficult or impossible to execute in the short or medium term.


As a result of the factors described above, as well as other variables affecting our operating results, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of operating results are not necessarily a good indication of what our future performance will be. In the past,

some prior periods, our operating results have been below our guidance, our long-term financial model or the expectations of securities analysts or investors, and thiswhich has at times coincided with a decline in the price of our common stock. This may happen again in the future, in which case the price of our common stock may decline and has declined in the past.decline. Such a decline could also occur, and has occurred in the past, even when we have met our publicly stated revenues and/or earnings guidance.


We expect our gross margins and operating margins to vary over time.


We expect our product and service gross margins to vary, both in the near-term and in the long-term, and may be adversely affected in the future by numerous factors, some of which have occurred and may occur in the future, including customer, vertical, product and geographic mix shifts, an increase or decrease in our software sales or services we provide, increased price competition in one or more of the markets in which we compete, changes in the actions of our competitors or their pricing strategies, which may be difficult to predict and respond to, modifications to our pricing strategy in order to gain footprint in certain markets or with certain customers, currency fluctuations that impact our costs or the cost of our products and services to our customers, increases in material, labor, logistics, warranty costs, or inventory carrying costs, excess product component or obsolescence charges from our contract manufacturers, issues with manufacturing or component availability, quality or efficiencies, increased costs due to changes in component pricing or charges incurred due to inaccurately forecasting product demand, warranty related issues, the impact of tariffs, or our introduction of new products and enhancements or entry into new markets with different pricing and cost structures. For example, in fiscal year 2018, our margins decreased as compared to fiscal year 2017, primarily due to lower net revenues and product mix. In fiscal year 2017, our margins decreased as compared to fiscal year 2016, primarily due to lower product net revenues and product mix, resulting from the year-over-year decline in routing revenues, our customers' architectural shifts, and higher costs of certain memory components. In fiscal year 2016, our margins decreased compared to fiscal year 2015, primarily due to elevated pricing pressure and product mix. Failure to sustain or improve our gross margins reduces our profitability and may have a material adverse effect on our business and stock price.


Further, while we will continue to remain diligent in our long-term financial objective to increase revenue and operating margins and manage our operating expenses as a percentage of revenue. Werevenue, we expect that our margins will vary with our ability to achieve these goals. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to achieve all or any of the goals of these plans or meet our announced expectations, in whole or in part, or that our plans will have the intended effect of improving our margins on the expected timeline, or at all.


A limited number of our customers comprise a material portion of our revenues and any changes in the way they purchase products and services from us could affect our business. In addition, there is an ongoing trend toward consolidation in the industry in which our customers and partners operate. Any decrease in revenues from our customers or partners could have an adverse effect on our net revenues and operating results.


A material portion of our net revenues, across each customer vertical, depends on sales to a limited number of customers and distribution partners. Changes in the business requirements or focus, vendor selection, project prioritization, financial prospects, capital resources, and expenditures, or purchasing behavior (including product mix purchased or delays in deployment) of our key customers could significantly decrease our sales to such customers or could lead to delays or cancellations of planned purchases of our products or services, which increases the risk of quarterly fluctuations in our revenues and operating results. Any of these factors could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


In addition, in recent years, there has been movement towards consolidation in the telecommunications industry (for example, CenturyLink, Inc.'s acquisition of Level 3 Communications, Inc., Vodafone India’s acquisition of Idea Cellular Ltd. and T-Mobile US, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Sprint Corp., which was recently approved by the U.S. Justice Department.) and that consolidation trend has continued. Certain telecommunications companies have also moved towards vertical consolidation through acquisitions of media and content companies, such as Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo, AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, and Comcast's acquisition of Sky. If our customers or partners are parties to consolidation transactions they may delay, suspend or indefinitely reduce or cancel their purchases of our products or other direct or indirect unforeseen consequences could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


Fluctuating economic conditions make it difficult to predict revenues and gross margin for a particular period and a shortfall in revenues or increase in costs of production may harm our operating results.


Our revenues and gross margin depend significantly on general economic conditions and the demand for products in the markets in which we compete. Economic weakness or uncertainty, customer financial difficulties, and constrained spending on network

expansion and enterprise infrastructure have in the past resulted in, and may in the future result in, decreased revenues and earnings. Such factors could make it difficult to accurately forecast revenues and operating results and could negatively affect our ability to provide accurate forecasts to our contract manufacturers and manage our contract manufacturer relationships and other expenses.

In addition, economic instability or uncertainty, as well as continued turmoil in the geopolitical environment in many parts of the world, have, and may continue to, put pressure on economic conditions, which has led and could lead, to reduced demand for our products, to delays or reductions in network expansions or infrastructure projects, and/or higher costs of production. More generally-speaking, economic weakness may also lead to longer collection cycles for payments due from our customers, an increase in customer bad debt, restructuring initiatives and associated expenses, and impairment of investments. Furthermore, instability in the global markets may adversely impact the ability of our customers to adequately fund their expected expenditures, which could lead to delays or cancellations of planned purchases of our products or services. Our operating expenses are largely based on anticipated revenue trends and a high percentage of our expenses is, and will continue to be, fixed in the short and medium term. Uncertainty about future economic conditions also makes it difficult to forecast operating results and to make decisions about future investments. Future or continued economic weakness, failure of our customers and markets to recover from such weakness, customer financial difficulties, increases in costs of production, and reductions in spending on network maintenance and expansion could result in price concessions in certain markets or have a material adverse effect on demand for our products and consequently on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


Our success depends upon our ability to effectively plan and manage our resources and restructure our business through rapidly fluctuating economic and market conditions, and such actions may have an adverse effect on our financial and operating results.


Our ability to successfully offer our products and services in a rapidly evolving market requires an effective planning, forecasting, and management process to enable us to effectively scale and adjust our business and business models in response to fluctuating market opportunities and conditions.


From time to time, we have increased investment in our business by, for example, increasing headcount, acquiring companies, and increasing our investment in R&D, sales and marketing, and other parts of our business. Conversely, in 2017, 2018, and 2019, we initiated restructuring plans to realign our workforce as a result of organizational and leadership changes, align our execution priorities, increase operational efficiencies, and to consolidate facilities which resulted in restructuring charges in each of these years. Some of our expenses related to such efforts are fixed costs that cannot be rapidly or easily adjusted in response to fluctuations in our business or numbers of employees. Rapid changes in the size, alignment or organization of our workforce, including sales account coverage, could adversely affect our ability to develop and deliver products and services as planned or impair our ability to realize our current or future business and financial objectives. Our ability to achieve the anticipated cost savings and other benefits from our restructuring initiatives within the expected time frame is subject to many estimates and assumptions, which are subject to significant economic, competitive and other uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control. If these estimates and assumptions are incorrect, if we are unsuccessful at implementing changes, or if other unforeseen events occur, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.


We face intense competition that could reduce our revenues and adversely affect our business and financial results.


Competition is intense in the markets that we serve. The routing and switching markets have historically been dominated by Cisco Systems, Inc., or Cisco, with competition coming from other companies such as Nokia Corporation, Arista HPE,Networks, Inc., and Huawei.Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. In the security market, we face intense competition from Cisco and Palo Alto Networks, Inc., as well as companies such as Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd., and Fortinet.Fortinet, Inc. Further, a number of other small public and private companies have products or have announced plans for new products to address the same challenges and markets that our products address.


In addition, actual or speculated consolidation among competitors, or the acquisition by, or of, our partners and/or resellers by competitors can increase the competitive pressures faced by us as customers may delay spending decisions or not purchase our products at all. A number of our competitors have substantially greater resources and can offer a wider range of products and services for the overall network equipment market than we do. In addition, some of our competitors have become more integrated, including through consolidation and vertical integration, and offer a broader range of products and services, which could make their solutions more attractive to our customers. Many of our competitors sell networking products as bundled solutions with other IT products, such as computecomputer and storage systems. If we are unable to compete successfully against existing and future competitors on the basis of product offerings or price, we could experience a loss in market share and revenues and/or be required to reduce prices, which could reduce our gross margins, and which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Our partners and resellers generally sell or resell competing products on a non-exclusive basis and consolidation could delay spending or require us to increase discounts to compete, which could also adversely affect our business.


The long sales and implementation cycles for our products, as well as our expectation that some customers will sporadically place large orders with short lead times, may cause our revenues and operating results to vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter.


A customer's decision to purchase certain of our products, particularly new products, involves a significant commitment of its resources and a lengthy evaluation and product qualification process. As a result, the sales cycle may be lengthy. In particular, customers making critical decisions regarding the design and implementation of large network deployments may engage in very lengthy procurement processes that may delay or impact expected future orders. Throughout the sales cycle, we may spend considerable time educating and providing information to prospective customers regarding the use and benefits of our products. Even after making the decision to purchase, customers may deploy our products slowly and deliberately. Timing of deployment can vary widely and depends on the skill set of the customer, the size of the network deployment, the complexity of the customer's network environment, and the degree of hardware and operating system configuration necessary to deploy the products. Customers with large networks usually expand their networks in large increments on a periodic basis. Accordingly, we may receive purchase orders for significant dollar amounts on an irregular basis. These long cycles, as well as our expectation that customers will tend to sporadically place large orders with short lead times, both of which may be exacerbated by the impact of global economic weakness, may cause revenues and operating results to vary significantly and unexpectedly from quarter-to-quarter.


The timing of product orders and deliveries and/or our reliance on revenue from sales of certain software or subscriptions and professional, support and maintenance services may cause us to recognize revenue in a different period than the one in which a transaction takes place.


Due to the cost, complexity and custom nature of configurations required by our customers, we generally build our network equipment products as orders are received. The volume of orders received late in any given fiscal quarter remains unpredictable. If orders for certain products are received late in any quarter, we may not be able to recognize revenue for these orders in the same period, which could adversely affect our ability to meet our expected revenues for such quarter. Similarly, if we were to take actions to encourage customers to place orders or accept deliveries earlier than anticipated, our ability to meet our expected revenues in future quarters could be adversely affected.


In addition, services revenue accounts for a significant portion of our revenue, comprising 33%, 31%, and 29% of total revenue in fiscal year 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively. Sales of new or renewal professional services, support and maintenance contracts may decline and/or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including end-customers’ level of satisfaction with our products and services, the prices of our products and services or those offered by our competitors, and reductions in our end-customers’ spending levels. We recognize professional services, support and maintenance revenue periodically over the term of the relevant service period.


The introduction of new software products and services is part of our intended strategy to expand our software business, and certain software revenues may be recognized periodically over the term of the relevant use period or subscription period. As a result, certain software, subscription and support and maintenance revenue we report each fiscal quarter is the recognition of deferred revenue from contracts entered into during previous fiscal quarters. Consequently, a decline in such new or renewed contracts in any one fiscal quarter will not be fully or immediately reflected in revenue in that fiscal quarter but will negatively affect our revenue in future fiscal quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant downturns in new or renewed sales of certain software products, subscriptions or support and maintenance is not reflected in full in our operating results until future periods. Also, it is difficult for us to rapidly increase such software or services revenue through additional sales in any period, as revenue from those software, subscription and support and maintenance contracts must be recognized over the applicable period.


Additionally, we determine our operating expenses largely on the basis of our anticipated revenues and technology roadmap and a high percentage of our expenses are fixed in the short and medium term. As a result, a failure or delay in generating or recognizing revenue could cause significant variations in our operating results and operating margin from quarter-to-quarter.


We sell our products to customers that use those products to build networks and IP infrastructure, and if the demand for network and IP systems does not continue to grow, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.


A substantial portion of our business and revenues depends on the growth of secure IP infrastructure and customers that depend on the continued growth of IP services to deploy our products in their networks and IP infrastructures. As a result of changes in the economy, capital spending or the building of network capacity in excess of demand (all of which, have in the past, particularly affected telecommunications service providers), spending on IP infrastructure can vary, which could have a material adverse effect

on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, a number of our existing customers are evaluating the build-out of their next generation networks. During the decision-making period when our customers are determining the design of those networks and the selection of the software and equipment they will use in those networks, such customers may greatly

reduce or suspend their spending on secure IP infrastructure. For example, in recent years, our switching and routing results were adversely affected by spending delays from our largest Cloud customers, who we believe are in the process of implementing a networking architectural shift. The duration of the delay is difficult to predict, in part because each Cloud customer will migrate their network architecture based on their own constraints. Such delays in purchases can make it more difficult to predict revenues from customers, can cause fluctuations in the level of spending by customers and, even where our products are ultimately selected, can have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


If we do not successfully anticipate technological shifts, market needs and opportunities, and develop products, product enhancements and business strategies that meet those technological shifts, needs and opportunities, or if those products are not made available or strategies are not executed in a timely manner or do not gain market acceptance, we may not be able to compete effectively and our ability to generate revenues will suffer.


The markets for our products are characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product introductions, changes in customer requirements, continuous pricing pressures and a constantly evolving industry. We may not be able to anticipate future technological shifts, market needs and opportunities or be able to develop new products, product enhancements or business strategies to meet such technological shifts, needs or opportunities in a timely manner or at all. For example, the move from traditional wide area network, or WAN, infrastructures towards software-defined WAN, or SD-WAN, has been receiving considerable attention. In our view, it will take several years to see the full impact of SD-WAN, and we believe the successful products and solutions in this market will combine hardware and software elements. If we fail to anticipate market requirements or opportunities or fail to develop and introduce new products, product enhancements or business strategies to meet those requirements or opportunities in a timely manner, it could cause us to lose customers, and such failure could substantially decrease or delay market acceptance and sales of our present and future products and services, which would significantly harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, if we invest time, energy and resources in developing products for a market that doesn'tdoes not develop, it could likewise significantly harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Even if we are able to anticipate, develop, and commercially introduce new products, enhancements or business strategies, there can be no assurance that new products, enhancements or business strategies will achieve widespread market acceptance.


In recent years, we have announced a number of new products and enhancements to our hardware and software products across routing, switching and security. The success of our new products depends on several factors, including, but not limited to, component costs, timely completion and introduction of these products, prompt resolution of any defects or bugs in these products, our ability to support these products, differentiation of new products from those of our competitors and market acceptance of these products.


The introduction of new software products is part of our intended strategy to expand our software business. We have also begun to disaggregate certain software from certain hardware products, such that customers would be able to purchase or license our hardware and software products independently, which we expect could in time enable our hardware to be deployed with third- party networking applications and services and our software to be used with third-party hardware. The success of our strategy to expand our software business, including our strategy to disaggregate software from certain hardware products, is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including:


the additional development efforts and costs required to create new software products and/or to make our disaggregated products compatible with multiple technologies;


the possibility that our new software products or disaggregated products may not achieve widespread customer adoption;


the possibility that our strategy could erode our revenue and gross margins;


the impact on our financial results of longer periods of revenue recognition for certain types of software products
and changes in tax treatment associated with software sales;


the additional costs associated with regulatory compliance and changes we need to make to our distribution chain in connection with increased software sales;


the ability of our disaggregated hardware and software products to operate independently and/or to integrate with current and future third-party products; and


issues with third-party technologies used with our disaggregated products may be attributed to us.


If any of our new products or business strategies do not gain market acceptance or meet our expectations for growth, our ability

to meet future financial targets may be adversely affected and our competitive position and our business and financial results could be harmed.


We are dependent on contract manufacturers with whom we do not have long-term supply contracts, and changes to or disruptions in those relationships or manufacturing processes, expected or unexpected, may result in delays that could cause us to lose revenues and damage our customer relationships.


We depend on independent contract manufacturers (each of which is a third-party manufacturer for numerous companies) to manufacture our products. Although we have contracts with our contract manufacturers, these contracts do not require them to manufacture our products on a long-term basis in any specific quantity or at any specific price. In addition, it is time-consuming and costly to qualify and implement additional contract manufacturer relationships. Therefore, if we fail to effectively manage our contract manufacturer relationships, which could include failing to provide accurate forecasts of our requirements, or if one or more of them experiences delays, disruptions, or quality control problems in their manufacturing operations, or if we had to change or add additional contract manufacturers or contract manufacturing sites, our ability to ship products to our customers could be delayed. We have experienced in the past and may experience in the future an increase in the expected time required to manufacture our products or ship products. Such delays could result in supply shortfalls that damage our ability to meet customer demand for those products and could cause our customers to purchase alternative products from our competitors. Also, the addition of manufacturing locations or contract manufacturers or the introduction of new products by us would increase the complexity of our supply chain management. Moreover, a significant portion of our manufacturing is performed in China and other foreign countries and is therefore subject to risks associated with doing business outside of the United States, including import tariffs, disruptions to our supply chain, or regional conflicts. For example, the United States recently imposed a tariff on networking products imported from China; this includes certain products that we import into and sell within the United States. If we cannot fully mitigate the impact of the tariffs, the increased cost could translate into higher prices for our customers, reduced customer demand or increased cost of goods sold. Similarly, many of the products that we source from China are transported by air cargo from Hong Kong, which has experienced recent political demonstrations that have resulted in cancellations or delays in flights in and out of Hong Kong. If these demonstrations and their impact on air shipments continue, we could experience delays in product deliveries or be required to change our shipping practices. In addition, increased costs of production or delays in production caused by any relocation of contract manufacturing facilities or delays in product deliveries could impact the global competitiveness of our products. Each of these factors could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


We are dependent on sole source and limited source suppliers, including for key components, which makes us susceptible to shortages, quality issues or price fluctuations in our supply chain, and we may face increased challenges in supply chain management in the future.


We rely on single or limited sources for many of our components. During periods of high demand for electronic products, component shortages are possible, and the predictability of the availability of such components may be limited. For example, we have recently experienced industry-wide supply constraints related to power management components. In addition, some components used in our networking solutions have in the past and may in the future experience extended lead times and higher pricing, given the demand in the market. Any future spike in growth in our business, the use of certain components we share in common with other companies, in IT spending or the economy in general, is likely to create greater short-term pressures on us and our suppliers to accurately forecast overall component demand and to establish optimal component inventories. If shortages or delays persist, we may not be able to secure enough components at reasonable prices or of acceptable quality to build and deliver products in a timely manner, and our revenues, gross margins and customer relationships could suffer. Additionally, if certain components that we receive from our suppliers have defects or other quality issues, we may have to replace or repair such components, and we could be subject to claims based on warranty, product liability, epidemic or delivery failures that could lead to significant expenses. We maintain product liability insurance, but there is no guarantee that such insurance will be available or adequate to protect against all such claims. We have experienced, and from time-to-time may experience, component shortages or quality issues that resulted, or could result, in delays of product shipments, revenue charges that impact our gross margins, and/or warranty or other claims or costs. We also currently purchase numerous key components, including ASICs and other semiconductor chips, from single or limited sources and many of our component suppliers are concentrated in China and Korea. In addition, there has been consolidation among certain suppliers of our components. For example, GLOBALFOUNDRIES acquired IBM’s semiconductor manufacturing business, Avago Technologies Limited acquired Broadcom Corporation and Intel Corporation acquired Altera Corporation. Consolidation among suppliers can result in the reduction of the number of independent suppliers of components available to us, which could negatively impact our ability to access certain component parts or the prices we have to pay for such parts.parts which may impact our gross margins. In addition, our suppliers may determine not to continue a business relationship with us for other reasons

that may be beyond our control.control or may seek to impose significant price increases. Any disruptions to our supply chain or significant increase in components cost could decrease our sales, earnings and liquidity or otherwise adversely affect our business and result in increased costs. Such a disruption could occur as a result of any number of events, including, but not limited to, increases in wages that drive up prices, the imposition of regulations, quotas or embargoes on components, labor stoppages, transportation failures affecting the supply chain and shipment of materials and finished goods, third-party interference in the integrity of the products sourced through the supply chain, the unavailability of raw materials, severe weather conditions, natural disasters, civil unrest, military conflicts, geopolitical developments, war or terrorism and disruptions in utility and other services.


The development of alternate sources for components is time-consuming, difficult, and costly. In addition, the lead times associated with certain components are lengthy and preclude rapid changes in quantities and delivery schedules. Also, long-term supply and maintenance obligations to customers increase the duration for which specific components are required, which may further increase the risk of component shortages or the cost of carrying inventory. In the event of a component shortage, or supply interruption or significant price increase from these suppliers, we may not be able to develop alternate or second sources in a timely manner. If we are unable to buy these components in quantities sufficient to meet our requirements on a timely basis, we will not be able to deliver products and services to our customers, which would seriously affect present and future sales, which would, in turn, adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


In addition, the development, licensing, or acquisition of new products in the future may increase the complexity of supply chain management. Failure to effectively manage the supply of components and products would adversely affect our business.


If we fail to accurately predict our manufacturing requirements, we could incur additional costs or experience manufacturing delays, which would harm our business.


We provide demand forecasts for our products to our contract manufacturers and original design manufacturers, who order components and plan capacity based on these forecasts. If we overestimate our requirements, our original design or contract manufacturers may assess charges, or we may have liabilities for excess inventory, each of which could negatively affect our gross margins. For example, in certain prior quarters, our gross margins were reduced as a result of an inventory charge resulting from inventory we held in excess of forecasted demand. In addition, some optical modules we use are experiencing faster product transitions than our other products, which increases the risk that we could have excess inventory of those modules. Conversely, lead times for required materials and components vary significantly and depend on factors such as the specific supplier, contract terms, and the demand for each component at a given time. Given that our contract manufacturers are third-party manufacturers for numerous other companies, if we underestimate our requirements, as we have in certain prior quarters with respect to certain products, our contract manufacturers may have inadequate time, materials, and/or components required to produce our products. This could increase costs or delay or interrupt manufacturing of our products, resulting in delays in shipments and deferral or loss of revenues and could negatively impact customer satisfaction.


System security risks, data protection breaches, and cyber-attacks could compromise our and our customers’ proprietary information, disrupt our internal operations and harm public perception of our products, which could cause our business and reputation to suffer and adversely affect our stock price.


In the ordinary course of business, we store sensitive data, including intellectual property, personal data, our proprietary business information and that of our employees, contractors, customers, suppliers and business partners on our networks. In addition, we store sensitive data through cloud-based services that may be hosted by third parties and in data center infrastructure maintained by third parties. The secure maintenance of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. The growing cyber risk environment means that individuals, companies, and organizations of all sizes, including Juniper, have been and are increasingly subject to the threat ofattacks and attempted intrusions, including recent attempts, on their and their vendors' networks and systems by a wide range of actors, including but not limited to nation states, criminal enterprises, and terrorist organizations, on an ongoing and regular basis. Despite our security measures, and those of our third-party vendors, our information technology and infrastructure has experienced breaches and may be subject or vulnerable in the future to breachbreaches or attacks by computer programmers, hackers or sophisticated nation-state and nation-state supported actors or breachedbreaches due to employee error or wrongful conduct, malfeasance, or other disruptions. If any breach or attack compromises our networks or those of our vendors', creates system disruptions or slowdowns or exploits security vulnerabilities of our products, the information stored on our networks or those of our customers, suppliers or business partners could be accessed and modified, publicly disclosed, lost, destroyed or stolen, and we may be subject to liability to our customers, suppliers, business partners and others, including regulatory entities, and suffer reputational and financial harm. In addition, hardware, components and software (including operating system softwaresoftware) and applications that we produce or procure from third parties may contain defects in design or manufacture, including "bugs", vulnerabilities and other problems that could unexpectedly interfere with the operation of our networks, or expose us or our products to cyber attacks.attacks, or be exploited to gain unauthorized access to our or our customers’ systems or information we maintain. This can be true even for “legacy”

“legacy” products that have been determined to have reached an end of life engineering status but will continue to operate for a limited amount of time. Furthermore, third parties may attempt to exfiltrate data through the introduction into the Information and Communications Technology supply chain of malicious products and components that are designed to defeat or circumvent encryption and other cybersecurity measures, and if successful, such actions could diminish customer trust in our products, harm our business reputation, and adversely affect our business and financial condition.


When vulnerabilities are discovered, we evaluate the risk, apply patches or take other remediation actions as required and notify customers, business partners, and suppliers whenas appropriate. All of this requires significant resources and time and attention from management and our employees.



As a result of any actual or perceived breach of network security that occurs in our network or in the network of a customer of our products, regardless of whether the breach is attributable to our products, the market perception of the effectiveness of our products and our overall reputation could be harmed. As a large, well known provider of networking products, cyber attackers mayregularly and specifically target our products or attempt to imitate us or our products in order to compromise a network. Because the techniques used by attackers, many of whom are highly sophisticated and well-funded, to access or sabotage networks change frequently and generally are not recognized until after they are used, we may be unable to anticipate or immediately detect these techniques or the vulnerabilities they have caused. This could impede our sales, manufacturing, distribution or other critical functions, which could have an adverse impact on our financial results. The economic costs to us to eliminate or alleviate cyber or other security problems, bugs, viruses, worms, malicious software systems and security vulnerabilities could be significant and may be difficult to anticipate or measure, because the damage may differ based on the identity and motive of the attacker, which are often difficult to pinpoint. Additionally, we could be subject to regulatory investigations, potential fines and litigation in connection with a security breach or related issue and be liable to third parties for these types of breaches.


We rely on value-added and other resellers, as well as distribution partners, to sell our products, and disruptions to, or our failure to effectively develop and manage, our distribution channel and the processes and procedures that support it could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues from the sale of our products.


Our future success is highly dependent upon establishing and maintaining successful relationships with a variety of value-added and other reseller and distribution partners, including our worldwide strategic partners such as Ericsson, IBM, Dimension Data and NEC Corporation. The majority of our revenues are derived through value-added resellers and distributors, most of which also sell our competitors’ products, and some of which sell their own competing products. Our revenues depend in part on the performance of these partners. The loss of or reduction in sales to our resellers or distributors could materially reduce our revenues. Our competitors may in some cases be effective in leveraging their market share positions or in providing incentives to current or potential resellers and distributors to favor their products or to prevent or reduce sales of our products. If we fail to develop and maintain relationships with our partners, fail to develop new relationships with value-added resellers and distributors in new markets, fail to expand the number of distributors and resellers in existing markets, fail to manage, train or motivate existing value-added resellers and distributors effectively, determine that we cannot continue to do business with these partners for any reason or if these partners are not successful in their sales efforts, sales of our products may decrease, and our business, financial condition, and results of operations would suffer.


In addition, we recognize a portion of our revenues at the time we sell products to our distributors. If these sales are made based on inaccurate or untimely information, the amount or timing of our revenues could be adversely impacted. Further, our distributors may increase orders during periods of product shortages, cancel orders if their inventory is too high, or delay orders in anticipation of new products. They also may adjust their orders in response to the supply of our products and the products of our competitors that are available to them, and in response to seasonal fluctuations in end-user demand.


We are also vulnerable to third parties who illegally distribute or sell counterfeit, stolen or unfit versions of our products, which has happened in the past and could happen in the future. Such sales could have a negative impact on our reputation and business.


Further, in order to develop and expand our distribution channel, we must continue to offer attractive channel programs to potential partners and scale and improve our processes and procedures that support the channel. As a result, our programs, processes and procedures may become increasingly complex and inherently difficult to manage. We have previously entered into OEM agreements with partners pursuant to which they rebrand and resell our products as part of their product portfolios. These types of relationships are complex and require additional processes and procedures that may be challenging and costly to implement, maintain and manage. Our failure to successfully manage and develop our distribution channel and the programs, processes and procedures that support it could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues from the sale of our products. We also depend on our global channel partners to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. To the extent that they fail to do so, that could have

a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition.


Our ability to process orders and ship products in a timely manner is dependent in part on our business systems and performance of the systems and processes of third parties as well as the interfaces between our systems and the systems of such third parties. Dependence on outsourced information technology and other administrative functions may impair our ability to operate effectively.


Some of our business processes depend upon our IT systems, the systems and processes of third parties, and the interfaces between the two. For example, on December 31, 2018, we entered into a Master Services Agreement and certain Statements of Work with IBM pursuant to which we will outsource significant portions of our IT and other administrative functions following a transition

period. These cloud providers, third party providers, and off-site facilities are vulnerable to damage, interruption, orincluding performance problems from earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, equipment failure, adverse events caused by operator error, cybersecurity attacks and similar events. In addition, because we lease off-site data center facilities, we cannot be assured that we will be able to expand our data center infrastructure to meet user demand in a timely manner, or on favorable economic terms. If we have issues receiving and processing data, this may delay our ability to provide products and services to our customers and business partners and damage our business. We also rely upon the performance of the systems and processes of our contract manufacturers to build and ship our products. If those systems and processes experience interruption or delay, our ability to build and ship our products in a timely manner may be harmed. Since IT is critical to our operations, any failure to perform on the part of our IT providers could impair our ability to operate effectively. In addition to the risks outlined above, problems with any of the third parties we rely on for our IT systems could result in liabilities to our customers and business partners, lower revenue and unexecuted efficiencies, and impact our results of operations and our stock price.


Integration of acquisitions could disrupt our business and harm our financial condition and stock price and may dilute the ownership of our stockholders.


We have made, and may continue to make, acquisitions in order to enhance our business. For example, we acquired Mist Systems in 2019, HTBase in 2018 and Cyphort in 2017. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including, but not limited to, problems combining the purchased operations, technologies or products, unanticipated costs, liabilities, litigation, and diversion of management's attention from our core businesses, adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers and customers, risks associated with entering markets in which we have no or limited prior experience, and where competitors in such markets have stronger market positions, initial dependence on unfamiliar supply chains or relatively small supply partners, and the potential loss of key employees, customers, distributors, vendors and other business partners of the companies we acquire. There can be no assurance that we will be able to integrate successfully any businesses, products, technologies, or personnel that we might acquire. The integration of businesses that we may acquire is likely to be a complex, time-consuming, and expensive process and we may not realize the anticipated revenues or other benefits associated with our acquisitions. If we fail to successfully manage, operate or integrate any acquired business or if we are unable to efficiently operate as a combined organization, utilizingincluding through the use of common information and communication systems, operating procedures, financial controls, and human resources practices, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected.


In connection with certain acquisitions, we may agree to issue common stock , or assume equity awards, that dilute the ownership of our current stockholders, use a substantial portion of our cash resources, assume liabilities (both known and unknown), record goodwill and amortizable intangible assets that will be subject to impairment testing on a regular basis and potential periodic impairment charges, incur amortization expenses related to certain intangible assets, and incur large and immediate write-offs and restructuring and other related expenses, all of which could harm our financial condition and results of operations.


We are a party to lawsuits, investigations, proceedings, and other disputes, which are costly to defend and, if determined adversely to us, could require us to pay fines or damages, undertake remedial measures or prevent us from taking certain actions, any or all of which could harm our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.


We, and certain of our current and former officers and current and former members of our Board of Directors, have been or are subject to various lawsuits. We have been served with lawsuits related to employment matters, commercial transactions and patent infringement, as well as securities laws. TheIn addition, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, is conducting, and the U.S. Department of Justice, or the DOJ, was previously conductingconducted investigations into possible violations by the Company of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the FCPA, in a number of countries. The Company's Audit Committee,countries which ultimately resulted in the Company, without admitting or denying any fault or wrongdoing, entering into a settlement with the assistance of independent advisors, conducted a thorough internal review of possible violations ofSEC in August 2019. The SEC settlement concerned alleged conduct in two specific countries, found that the FCPA,specific accounting controls over customer entertainment and travel were ineffective during the period from 2009 through 2013, and required the Company made improvements in its internal controls and carried outto make a numberpayment of disciplinary actions. The Company is continuing to fully cooperate with the SEC’s ongoing investigation, and based on the recent communications with the Staff of the SEC, the Company believes it is likely that the Staff of the SEC will seek to bring an enforcement action against the Company. The Company believes it is probable that it could incur a loss and has established an estimated legal reserve of $12.0 million related to the ongoing SEC investigation. Litigation and investigations are inherently uncertain. We therefore$11.8 million.


Generally, we cannot predict the duration, scope, outcome or consequences of litigation and government investigations. In connection with any government investigations, including those in which we are currently involved as described above, if the government takes action against us or we agree to settle the matter, we may be required to pay substantial fines and incur other sanctions, which may be material, and suffer reputational harm. In addition, if we fail to comply with the terms of any settlement agreement, we could face more substantial fines or sanctions. The lawsuits and investigations are expensive and time-consuming to defend, settle, and/or resolve, and may require us to implement certain remedial measures that could prove costly or disruptive to our business and operations. The unfavorable resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.



We are a party to litigation and claims regarding intellectual property rights, resolution of which may be time-consuming and expensive, as well as require a significant amount of resources to prosecute, defend, or make our products non-infringing.


Our industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. We expect that infringement claims may increase as the number of products and competitors in our market increases and overlaps occur. Third parties have asserted and may in the future assert claims or initiate litigation related to patent, copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights to technologies and related standards that are relevant to our products. The asserted claims and/or initiated litigation may include claims against us or our manufacturers, suppliers, partners, or customers, alleging that our products or services infringe proprietary rights. In addition, increased patent litigation brought by non-practicing entities in recent years may result, and in some cases has resulted, in our customers requesting or requiring us to absorb a portion of the costs of such litigation or providing broader indemnification for litigation, each of which could increase our expenses and negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Regardless of the merit of these claims, they have been and can be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, and may require us to develop non-infringing technologies, enter into license agreements, or cease engaging in certain activities or offering certain products or services. Furthermore, because of the potential for high awards of damages or injunctive relief that are not necessarily predictable, even arguably unmeritorious claims may be settled for significant amounts of money. If any infringement or other intellectual property claim made against us or anyone we are required to indemnify by any third-party is successful, if we are required to settle litigation for significant amounts of money, if we fail to develop non-infringing technology, if we incorporate infringing technology in our products or if we license required proprietary rights at material expense, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.


As we seek to sell more products to telecommunications, cable and cloud service provider companies and other large customers, we may be required to agree to terms and conditions that could have an adverse effect on our business or impact the amount of revenues to be recognized.


Telecommunications, cable and cloud service provider companies, which comprise a significant portion of our customer base, and other large companies, generally have greater purchasing power than smaller entities and, accordingly, often request and receive more favorable terms from suppliers. For example, our customers France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom AG have formed a company for the purpose of purchasing products from, and negotiating more favorable contractual terms with, suppliers. As we seek to sell more products to this class of customer, we may be required to agree to such terms and conditions, which may include terms that affect the timing of our ability to recognize revenue, increase our costs and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Consolidation among such large customers can further increase their buying power and ability to require onerous terms.


In addition, service providers have purchased products from other vendors who promised but failed to deliver certain functionality and/or had products that caused problems or outages in the networks of these customers. As a result, these customers may request additional features from us and require substantial penalties for failure to deliver such features or may require substantial penalties for any network outages that may be caused by our products. These additional requests and penalties, if we are required to agree to them, may impact the amount of revenue recognition from such sales, which may negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, increased patent litigation brought against customers by non-practicing entities in recent years, may result, and in some cases has resulted, in customers requesting or requiring vendors to absorb a portion of the costs of such litigation or providing broader indemnification for litigation, each of which could increase our expenses and negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


Regulation of our industry in general and the telecommunications industry in particular could harm our operating results and future prospects.


We are subject to laws and regulations affecting the sale of our products in a number of areas. For example, some governments have regulations prohibiting government entities from purchasing security products that do not meet country-specific safety, conformance or security certification criteria or in-country test requirements. Other regulations that may negatively impact our business include local content or local manufacturing requirements most commonly applicable for government, state-owned enterprise or regulated industry procurements. These types of regulations are in effect or under consideration in several jurisdictions where we do business.


The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes disclosure requirements applicable to public companies regarding the use of “conflict minerals” mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries, which we refer to collectively as the DRC, and procedures regarding a manufacturer's efforts to prevent the sourcing of such “conflict minerals.” These minerals are present in our products. In addition, the European Union reached agreement in late 2016 on an EU-wide conflict

minerals rule under which most EU importers of tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold and their ores will have to conduct due diligence to ensure the minerals do not originate from conflict zones and do not fund armed conflicts. Large manufacturers also will have to disclose how they plan to monitor their sources to comply with the rules. The regulation was adopted in 2017 with compliance required by 2021.


In addition, environmental laws and regulations relevant to electronic equipment manufacturing or operations, including laws and regulations governing the hazardous material content of our products and laws relating to the collection of and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment, may adversely impact our business and financial condition. These laws and regulations include, among others, the European Union, or EU, Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS. The EU RoHS and the similar laws of other jurisdictions limit the content of certain hazardous materials, such as lead, mercury, and cadmium, in electronic equipment, including our products. Currently, our products comply with the EU RoHS requirements. However, certain exemptions are scheduled to lapse. The lapse of any exemption, further changes to this or other laws, or passage of similar laws in the EU or other jurisdictions, would require us to cease selling non-compliant products and to reengineer our products to use components compatible with these regulations. This reengineering and component substitution could result in additional costs to us, disrupt our operations or logistics, and result in an adverse impact on our operating results. In addition, in validating the compliance of our products with applicable hazardous materials restrictions, we rely substantially on affirmations by our component suppliers as to the compliance of their products with respect to those same restrictions. Failure by our component suppliers to furnish accurate and timely information could subject us to penalties or liability for violation of such hazardous materials restrictions, interrupt our supply of products to the EU, and result in our customers refusing or being unable to purchase our products. Additionally, the EU and a number of other jurisdictions have adopted regulations requiring producers of electrical and electronic equipment to assume certain responsibilities for collecting, treating, recycling and disposing of products when they have reached the end of their useful life. Finally, the EU REACH regulations regulate the handling of certain chemical substances that may be used in our products.


In addition, as a contractor and subcontractor to U.S. government departments and agencies, we are subject to federal regulations pertaining to our IT systems. For instance, as a subcontractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, or DOD, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, or DFARS, required that our IT systems comply with the security and privacy controls described in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171, or NIST SP 800-171. The DFARS also requires that we flow the security control requirement down to certain of our own subcontractors. Failure to comply with these requirements could result in a loss of federal government business, subject us to claims or other remedies for non-compliance and negatively impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


The telecommunications industry is highly regulated, and our business and financial condition could be adversely affected by changes in regulations relating to the Internet telecommunications industry. Similarly, while there are currently few laws or regulations that apply directly to access to or commerce on IP networks, future regulations could include sales taxes on products sold via the Internet and Internet service provider access charges. We could be adversely affected by regulation of IP networks and commerce in any country where we market equipment and services to service providers or cloud provider companies. Regulations governing the range of services and business models that can be offered by service providers or cloud provider companies could adversely affect those customers' needs for products. For instance, in December 2017, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission repealed its 2015 regulations governing aspects of fixed broadband networks and wireless networks. This change in regulatory treatment of networks might impact service provider and cloud provider business models and their need for Internet telecommunications equipment and services. At the same time, several states have enacted their own laws and regulations governing certain aspects of fixed and wireless networks in the manner of the 2015 FCC regulations. These laws and regulations enacted by the states are or will be subject to legal challenges from the federal government and/or regulated providers. Also, many

jurisdictions are evaluating or implementing regulations relating to cyber security, supply chain integrity, privacy and data protection, any of which can affect the market and requirements for networking and security equipment.


The adoption and implementation of additional regulations could reduce demand for our products, increase the cost of building and selling our products, result in product inventory write-offs, impact our ability to ship products into affected areas and recognize revenue in a timely manner, require us to spend significant time and expense to comply, and subject us to fines and civil or criminal sanctions or claims if we were to violate or become liable under such regulations. Any of these impacts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


Governmental regulations and economic sanctions affecting the import or export of products generally or affecting products containing encryption capabilities, in particular, could negatively affect our revenues and operating results.


The United States and various foreign governments have imposed controls and restrictions on the export of, among other things, products that contain or use encryption technology. Most of our products contain or use encryption technology and, consequently,

are subject to such controls, requirements and restrictions. Certain governments, like those of Russia and China, control importation and in-country use of encryption items and technology. The scope, nature and severity of such controls vary widely across different countries and may change frequently over time.


Increasingly, governments have begun using export and import controls not only to further national security objectives but also to protect local industries and restrict proliferation of locally developed “emerging or foundational technology." For example, in 2018 the U.S. enacted the Export Control Reform Act, which expands the power of the Commerce Department to use export controls to protect domestic industry and to restrict the export of emerging and foundational technologies not currently subject to controls. In furtherance of that law, on November 19, 2018, the United States Department of Commerce sought public comment on how to define emerging technologies. Our ability to market and sell our products overseas may be impacted by such export controls.


In addition, the U.S. and other governments have especially broad sanctions and embargoes prohibiting provision of goods or services to certain countries, and territories, and to certain sanctioned governments, legal entities and individuals. Some of these restrictions have been imposed not just to protect national security but also to protect domestic industries and to achieve political aims. For instance, the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2018 added to its Entity List a Chinese semiconductor manufacturer on the express basis that it threatens the viability of U.S. competitors; the Entity List traditionally is used to restrict exports to end users that pose a security risk. Particularly far reaching and complex are restrictions imposed by the U.S. and EU on exports to Russia and, in particular, to the disputed region of Crimea. We have implemented systems to detect and prevent sales into these restricted countries or to prohibited entities or individuals, but there can be no assurance that our third party, downstream resellers and distributors will abide by these restrictions or have processes in place to ensure compliance, especially where local government regulation might prohibit adherence to such restrictions.


Certain governments also impose special local content, certification, testing, source code review, escrow and governmental recovery of private encryption keys, or other cybersecurity feature requirements to protect network equipment and software procured by or for the government. Similar requirements also may be imposed in procurements by state owned entities (“SOE’s”) or even private companies forming part of “critical network infrastructure” or supporting sensitive industries. For example, China, Vietnam and India have promulgated cybersecurity regulations affecting networking products that may impair our ability to profitably market and sell our products there. China, in particular, is expected to require implementation of non-standard Chinese encryption algorithms in products sold into certain government, SOE, critical infrastructure and sensitive industry (such as financial institutions) markets. In the U.S., there are new restrictions on the use of certain Chinese-origin components or systems either (1) in items sold to the U.S. government or (2) in the internal networks of government contractors and subcontractors (even if those networks are not used for government-related projects). The U.S. government also might restrict or ban the use of certain Chinese-origin components and systems in next generation mobile communications networks (e.g. 5G).


In addition, governments sometimes impose additional taxes on certain imported products. For example, the United States and Chinese governments each have imposed tariffs on certain products originating from the other country. In 2018, the United States imposed tariffs on a large variety of products of China origin. As a result, beginning September 24, 2018, a large portion of Juniper products manufactured in China became subject to a 10% tariff on importation into the U.S. Whilepursuant to the United States government postponed a planned rate increase to 25% while bilateral trade negotiations were on-going, theU.S. government’s List 3 tariff proceeding. The U.S. President announced on May 5, 2019, that the 25% rate would go into effect on May 10, 2019 due to the lack of negotiation progress. On May 5,August 1, 2019, the President stated his intent to increase the List 3 tariff to 30%, which he announced would occur on October 15, 2019; this planned increase to 30% has been postponed indefinitely. Similarly, in July 2019, the U.S. President also reiterated his readiness to further expand the scope of theimpose - tariffs on all remaining Chinese goodsimports (List 4 tariff proceeding) if US-China negotiations are not successful; such action could subject an even wider range of Juniper products toremained unresolved. In August 2019, he announced that he would impose a 15% tariff on importation into the U.S.all remaining

Chinese imports effective September 1, 2019. Depending upon itstheir duration and implementation, as well as our ability to mitigate their impact, these tariffs could materially affect our business, including in the form of increased cost of goods sold, increased pricing for customers, and reduced sales.


On May 30, 2019, the U.S. President announced his intention to impose a tariff on imports from Mexico effective June 10, 2019. The tariff rate was to start at 5% and gradually increase to 25% over the course of several months unless and until Mexico took steps to reduce the number of migrant crossings over the US-Mexico border. While the President subsequently announced a delay of the tariff, he left open the possibility that the United States could impose a tariff in the near future. As the President never issued an order imposing the tariff, its exact scope was not known. Juniper does obtain products having Mexico as their country-of-origin, so it is possible that we would be subject to any such tariff. Should the United States impose the tariff, we will determine its impact on our operations and conditions.

Governmental regulation of encryption or IP networking technology and regulation of imports or exports, or our failure to obtain required import or export approval for our products, or related economic sanctions could harm our international and domestic sales and adversely affect our revenues and operating results. In addition, failure to comply with such regulations could result in harm to our reputation and ability to compete in international markets, penalties, costs, seizure of assets (including source code) and restrictions on import or export privileges or adversely affect sales to government agencies or government-funded projects.


Our actual or perceived failure to adequately protect personal data could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


A wide variety of provincial, state, national, foreign, and international laws and regulations apply to the collection, use, retention, protection, disclosure, transfer, and other processing of personal data. These privacy- and data protection-related laws and regulations are evolving, with new or modified laws and regulations proposed and implemented frequently and existing laws and

regulations subject to new or different interpretations. Further, our legal and regulatory obligations in foreign jurisdictions are subject to unexpected changes, including the potential for regulatory or other governmental entities to enact new or additional laws or regulations, to issues rulings that invalidate prior laws or regulations, or to increase penalties significantly. Compliance with these laws and regulations can be costly and can delay or impede the development and offering of new products and services.


For example, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which became effective in May 2018, imposes more stringent data protection requirements, and provides for significantly greater penalties for noncompliance, than the EU laws that previously applied. Additionally, California recently enacted legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which will become effective January 1, 2020. The CCPA will, among other requirements, require covered companies to provide new disclosures to California consumers, and allow such consumers new abilities to opt-out of certain sales of personal information. Legislators have stated that they intend to propose amendments to the CCPA before the effective date. It remains unclear the extent or timing of theany modifications that will be made to the CCPA, or how such modifications will be interpreted. The effects of the CCPA potentially are significant and may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply. We may also be subject to additional obligations relating to personal data by contract that industry standards apply to our practices. Our actual or perceived failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations or other obligations to which we may be subject relating to personal data, or to protect personal data from unauthorized access, use, or other processing, could result in enforcement actions and regulatory investigations against us, claims for damages by customers and other affected individuals, fines, damage to our reputation, and loss of goodwill, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial performance, and business. Further, evolving and changing definitions of personal data and personal information, within the EU, the U.S., U.K., and elsewhere, including the classification of IP addresses, machine identification information, location data, and other information, may limit or inhibit our ability to operate or expand our business, including limiting business relationships and partnerships that may involve the sharing or uses of data, and may require significant costs, resources, and efforts in order to comply.


Our ability to develop, market, and sell products could be harmed if we are unable to retain or hire key personnel.


Our future success depends upon our ability to recruit and retain the services of executive, engineering, sales and marketing, and support personnel. The supply of highly qualified individuals, in particular engineers in very specialized technical areas, or sales people with specialized industry expertise, is limited and competition for such individuals is intense. None of our officers or key employees is bound by an employment agreement for any specific term. The loss of the services of any of our key employees, the inability to attract or retain personnel in the future or delays in hiring required personnel, engineers and sales people, and the complexity and time involved in replacing or training new employees, could delay the development and introduction of new products, and negatively impact our ability to market, sell, or support our products.


A number of our team members are foreign nationals who rely on visas and entry permits in order to legally work in the United States and other countries. In recent years, the United States has increased the level of scrutiny in granting H-1(B), L-1 and other business visas. In addition, the current U.S. administration has made immigration reform a priority. Compliance with United States immigration and labor laws could require us to incur additional unexpected labor costs and expenses or could restrain our ability to retain skilled professionals. Any of these restrictions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial conditions.


Our financial condition and results of operations could suffer if there is an impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets with indefinite lives.


We are required to test intangible assets with indefinite lives, including goodwill, annually or more frequently if certain circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit and intangible assets below their carrying values. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, our goodwill was $3,109.3$3,338.3 million and our intangible assets with indefinite lives was $49.0 million. When the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value of goodwill, or if the carrying amount of an intangible asset with an indefinite life exceeds its fair value, a charge to operations is recorded. Either event would result in incremental expenses for that quarter, which would reduce any earnings or increase any loss for the period in which the impairment was determined to have occurred. We have in the past recorded goodwill impairment charges. Declines in our level of revenues or declines in our operating margins, or sustained declines in our stock price, increase the risk that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives may become impaired in future periods.

Our goodwill impairment analysis is sensitive to changes in key assumptions used in our analysis, such as expected future cash flows, the degree of volatility in equity and debt markets, and our stock price. If the assumptions used in our analysis are not realized, it is possible that an impairment charge may need to be recorded in the future. We cannot accurately predict the amount and timing of any impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets. However, any such impairment would have an adverse effect on our results of operations.


Changes in effective tax rates or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could adversely affect our results.


Our future effective tax rates could be subject to volatility or adversely affected by the following: earnings being lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated earnings in countries where we have higher statutory rates; changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities; expiration of, or lapses in, the R&D tax credit laws applicable to us; transfer pricing adjustments related to certain acquisitions, including the license of acquired intangibles under our intercompany R&D cost sharing arrangement; costs related to intercompany restructuring; tax effects of share-based compensation; challenges to our methodologies for valuing developed technology or intercompany arrangements; limitations on the deductibility of net interest expense; or changes in tax laws, regulations, accounting principles, or interpretations thereof. For example, on July 24, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, or the Court, issued an opinion in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner requiring related parties in an intercompany cost-sharing arrangement to share expenses related to share-based compensation. On AugustJune 7, 2018,2019, the Court withdrew its opinion to allow timeupheld the cost-sharing regulations. On July 22, 2019, Altera petitioned the Court for a reconstituted panelrehearing. Pending final resolution of the Altera case, the Company’s position on cost-sharing of share-based compensation remains unchanged. If the final judicial decision is not in favor of Altera, we expect our effective tax rate and current income tax payable to confer.be higher. We are monitoring this case and any impact the final opinionresolution may have on our financial statements. In addition, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017, made significant changes to the taxation of U.S. business entities that may have a meaningful impact to our provision for income taxes. These changes included a reduction to the federal corporate income tax rate, the current taxation of certain foreign earnings, the imposition of base-erosion prevention measures which may limit the deduction of certain transfer pricing payments, and possible limitations on the deductibility of net interest expense or corporate debt obligations. Accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act required significant judgments and estimates that are based on current interpretations of the Tax Act. The U.S. Department of the Treasury continues to issue Proposed Regulationsregulations that affect various components of the Act. Our future effective tax rate may be impacted by changes in interpretation of the regulations, as well as additional legislation and guidance regarding the Act.


Furthermore, on October 5, 2015, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, an international association of 35 countries including the U.S., published final proposals under its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, or BEPS, Action Plan. The BEPS Action Plan includes fifteen Actions to address BEPS in a comprehensive manner and represents a significant change to the international corporate tax landscape. These proposals, as adopted by countries, may increase tax uncertainty and adversely affect our provision for income taxes. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, and other tax authorities. It is possible that tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken and any adverse outcome of such a review or audit could have a negative effect on our financial position and operating results. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the

adequacy of our provision for income taxes, but the determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities requires significant judgment by management, and there are transactions where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe that our estimates are reasonable, the ultimate tax outcome may differ from the amounts recorded in our consolidated financial statements and may materially affect our financial results in the period or periods for which such determination is made. There can be no assurance that the outcomes from continuous examinations will not have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


We may face difficulties enforcing our proprietary rights, which could adversely affect our ability to compete.


We generally rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secret laws and contractual restrictions on disclosure of confidential and proprietary information, to establish and maintain proprietary rights in our technology and products. Although we have been issued numerous patents and other patent applications are currently pending, there can be no assurance that any of our patent applications will result in issued patents or that any of our patents or other proprietary rights will not be challenged, invalidated, infringed or circumvented or that our rights will, in fact, provide competitive advantages to us or protect our technology, any of which could result in costly product redesign efforts, discontinuance of certain product offerings and other competitive harm.


In addition, despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. We generally enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants, vendors, and customers, and generally limit access to and distribution of our proprietary information. However, we cannot assure you that we have entered into such agreements with all parties who may have or have had access to our confidential information or that the agreements we have entered into will not be breached. We cannot guarantee that any of the measures we have taken will prevent misappropriation of our technology.


Furthermore, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. The outcome of any actions taken in these foreign countries may be different than if such actions were determined

under the laws of the United States. Although we are not dependent on any individual patents or group of patents for particular segments of the business for which we compete, if we are unable to protect our proprietary rights in a market, we may find ourselves at a competitive disadvantage to others who need not incur the substantial expense, time, and effort required to create innovative products that have enabled our success.


We are subject to risks arising from our international operations, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


We derive a substantial portion of our revenues from our international operations, and we plan to continue expanding our business in international markets. We conduct significant sales and customer support operations directly and indirectly through our distributors and value-added resellers in countries throughout the world and depend on the operations of our contract manufacturers and suppliers that are located outside of the United States. In addition, a portion of our R&D and our general and administrative operations are conducted outside the United States. In some countries, we may experience reduced intellectual property protection.


As a result of our international operations, we are affected by economic, business regulatory, social, and political conditions in foreign countries, including the following:


changes in general IT spending,


the imposition of government controls, inclusive of critical infrastructure protection;


changes or limitations in trade protection laws or other regulatory requirements, which may affect our ability to import or export our products from various countries;


laws that restrict sales of products developed or manufactured outside of the country;


varying and potentially conflicting laws and regulations;


political uncertainty, including demonstrations, that could have an impact on product delivery from and into the China region.

fluctuations in local economies;

wage inflation or a tightening of the labor market;


tax policies that could have a business impact;


import tariffs imposed by the United States and reciprocal tariffs imposed by foreign countries;


data privacy rules and other regulations that affect cross border data flow; and


the impact of the following on customer spending patterns: political considerations, unfavorable changes in tax treaties or laws, natural disasters, epidemic disease, labor unrest, earnings expatriation restrictions, misappropriation of intellectual property, military actions, acts of terrorism, political and social unrest and difficulties in staffing and managing international operations.


Any or all of these factors could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


In addition, the U.K.’s exit from the EU, commonly referred to as Brexit, has caused, and may continue to cause, uncertainty in the global markets. Brexit, if implemented,will take some period of time to complete and could result in regulatory changes that impact our business. For example, changes to the way service providers conduct business and transmit data between the U.K. and the EU could require us to make changes to the way we handle customer data. We will also review the impact of any resulting changes to EU or U.K. law that could affect our operations, such as labor policies, financial planning, product manufacturing, and product distribution. Political and regulatory responses to the vote are still developing and we are in the process of assessing the impact the vote may have on our business as more information becomes available. Nevertheless, because we conduct business in the EU, including the U.K., any of the effects of Brexit, including those we cannot anticipate, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.


There remains significant risk that the U.K. will exit from the EU without agreement between the EU and U.K. on terms addressing customs and trade matters. The U.K.’s new Prime Minister has indicated that the U.K. must prepare for a no-deal Brexit. If it occurs, this “Hard Brexit” scenario would mean, among other things, that U.K. Customs would have to clear a far greater daily volume of imports than it has ever had to before. If U.K. Customs is not able to handle such

increased volume, significant delays in imports may very well result, thereby potentially producing a short-term material adverse effect on our business. Hard Brexit could result in further short-term uncertainty and currency volatility. Additional currency volatility could drive a weaker British pound, which increases the cost of goods imported into our U.K. operations and may decrease the profitability of our U.K. operations. A weaker British pound versus the U.S. dollar also causes local currency results of our U.K. operations to be translated into fewer U.S. dollars during a reporting period. Any adjustments we make to our business and operations as a result of Brexit could result in significant time and expense to complete.

Our business is also impacted by the negotiation and implementation of free trade agreements between the United States and other nations. Such agreements can reduce barriers to international trade and thus the cost of conducting business overseas. For instance, the United States recently reached a new trilateral trade agreement with the Governments of Canada and Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). If the United States either withdraws from NAFTA and the three countries failor fails to approveratify the new agreement, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (U.S.MCA), our cost of doing business within the three countries could increase.


Many of the products that we have manufactured in China are transported by air cargo from Hong Kong. Recently, there have been political demonstrations in Hong Kong that have resulted in cancellations or delays in flights in and out of China. If these demonstrations and their impact on air shipments continue, we could experience delays in product deliveries from China or be required to change our shipping practices, which could adversely impact our business.

Moreover, local laws and customs in many countries differ significantly from or conflict with those in the United States or in other countries in which we operate. In many foreign countries, it is common for others to engage in business practices that are prohibited by our internal policies and procedures or U.S. regulations applicable to us. There can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, channel partners, and agents will not take actions in violation of our policies and procedures, which are designed to ensure compliance with U.S. and foreign laws and policies. Violations of laws or key control policies by our employees, contractors, channel partners, or agents could result in termination of our relationship, financial reporting problems, fines, and/or penalties for us, or prohibition on the importation or exportation of our products, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


Our products are highly technical and if they contain undetected defects, errors or malware or do not meet customer quality expectations, our business could be adversely affected, and we may be subject to additional costs or lawsuits or be required to pay damages in connection with any alleged or actual failure of our products and services.


Our products are highly technical and complex, are critical to the operation of many networks, and, in the case of our security products, provide and monitor network security and may protect valuable information. Our products have contained and may contain one or more undetected errors, defects, malware, or security vulnerabilities. These errors may arise from hardware or software we produce or procure from third parties. Some errors in our products may only be discovered after a product has been installed and used by end-customers.


Any errors, defects, malware or security vulnerabilities discovered in our products after commercial release could result in monetary penalties, negative publicity, loss of revenues or delay in revenue recognition, loss of customers, loss of future business and reputation, penalties, and increased service and warranty cost, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, in the event an error, defect, malware, or vulnerability is attributable to a component supplied by a third-party vendor, we may not be able to recover from the vendor all of the costs of remediation that we may incur. In addition, we could face claims for product liability, tort, or breach of warranty or indemnification. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, is costly and may divert management’s attention. If our business liability insurance coverage is inadequate, or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our financial condition and results of operations could be harmed. Moreover, if our products fail to satisfy our customers' quality expectations for whatever reason, the perception of and the demand for our products could be adversely affected.


We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.


Because a substantial portion of our business is conducted outside the United States, we face exposure to adverse movements in non-U.S. currency exchange rates. These exposures may change over time as business practices evolve and could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.


The majority of our revenues and expenses are transacted in U.S. Dollars. We also have some transactions that are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the British Pound, Chinese Yuan, Euro, and Indian Rupee related to our sales and service operations outside of the United States. An increase in the value of the U.S. Dollar could increase the real cost to our customers of our products in those markets outside the United States in which we sell in U.S. Dollars. This could negatively affect our ability to meet our customers' pricing expectations in those markets and may result in erosion of gross margin and market share. A weakened U.S. Dollar could increase the cost of local operating expenses and procurement of raw materials to the extent we must purchase components in foreign currencies.



Currently, we hedge currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities denominated in nonfunctional currencies and periodically hedge anticipated foreign currency cash flows, with the aim of offsetting the impact of currency fluctuations on these exposures. However, hedge activities can be costly, and hedging cannot fully offset all risks, including long-term declines or appreciation in the value of the U.S. Dollar. If our attempts to hedge against these risks are not successful, or if long-term declines or appreciation in the value of the U.S. Dollar persist, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted.


If we fail to adequately evolve our financial and managerial control and reporting systems and processes, our ability to manage and grow our business will be negatively affected.


Our ability to successfully offer our products and implement our business plan in a rapidly evolving market requires an effective planning, forecasting, and management process to enable us to effectively scale and adjust our business and business models in response to fluctuating market opportunities and conditions. We will need to continue to improve our financial and managerial control and our reporting systems and procedures in order to manage our business effectively in the future. If we fail to effectively improve our systems and processes or we fail to monitor and ensure that these systems and processes are being used correctly, our ability to manage our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be negatively affected.


If our products do not interoperate with our customers’ networks, installations will be delayed or cancelled and could harm our business.


Our products are designed to interface with our customers’ existing networks, each of which have different specifications and utilize multiple protocol standards and products from other vendors. Many of our customers’ networks contain multiple generations of products that have been added over time as these networks have grown and evolved. Our products must interoperate with many

or all of the products within these networks as well as future products in order to meet our customers’ requirements. If we find errors in the existing software or defects in the hardware used in our customers’ networks, we may need to modify our software or hardware to fix or overcome these errors so that our products will interoperate and scale with the existing software and hardware, which could be costly and could negatively affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, if our products do not interoperate with those of our customers’ networks, demand for our products could be adversely affected or orders for our products could be cancelled. This could hurt our operating results, damage our reputation, and seriously harm our business and prospects.


Our products incorporate and rely upon licensed third-party technology, and if licenses of third-party technology do not continue to be available to us or are not available on terms acceptable to us, our revenues and ability to develop and introduce new products could be adversely affected.


We integrate licensed third-party technology into certain of our products. From time to time, we may be required to renegotiate our current third-party licenses or license additional technology from third-parties to develop new products or product enhancements or to facilitate new business models. Third-party licenses may not be available or continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms. The failure to comply with the terms of any license, including free open source software, may result in our inability to continue to use such license. Some of our agreements with our licensors may be terminated for convenience by them. In addition, we cannot be certain that our licensors are not infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties or that our licensors have sufficient rights to the licensed intellectual property in all jurisdictions in which we may sell our products. Third- party technology we incorporate into our products that is deemed to infringe on the intellectual property of others may result, and in some cases has resulted, in limitations on our ability to source technology from those third parties, restrictions on our ability to sell products that incorporate the infringing technology, increased exposure to liability that we will be held responsible for incorporating the infringing technology in our products and increased costs involved in removing that technology from our products or developing substitute technology. Our inability to maintain or re-license any third-party licenses required in our products or our inability to obtain third-party licenses necessary to develop new products and product enhancements, could require us, if possible, to develop substitute technology or obtain substitute technology of lower quality or performance standards or at a greater cost, any of which could delay or prevent product shipment and harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


We rely on the availability and performance of information technology services provided by third parties, including IBM which will manage a significant portion of our systems.


Under the terms of our recent Master Services Agreement and certain Statements of Work, following a transition period, IBM will provide us with a broad range of information technology services, such as applications, including support, development and maintenance; infrastructure management and support, including for servers storage and network devices; and end user support including service desk. We expect that our businesses will become dependent on the services provided and systems operated for us by IBM and its third-party providers. While we believe that we conducted appropriate due diligence before entering into this

agreement, theThe failure of one or more of these entities to meet our performance standards and expectations, including with respect to data security, may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.


Our success is dependent on our ability to maintain effective relationships with IBM and other third-party technology and service providers as well as the ability of IBM and any other third-party providers to perform as expected. We may terminate our agreement with IBM and any and all Statements of Work at any time on short notice for cause, convenience, certain specific performance failures, a breach of warranties by IBM, failure to transition, failure to transform, changes in law, force majeure, or a change in the control of either IBM or us. Depending on the type and timing of a termination, we may be required to pay certain termination amounts to IBM. IBM's only right to terminate the agreementMaster Services Agreement is based on our failure to comply with certain terms applying to disputed payments.


Our ability to realize the expected benefits of this arrangement is subject to various risks, some of which are not within our complete control. These risks include, but are not limited to, disruption in services and the failure to protect the security and integrity of the Company'sour data under the terms of the agreement. We are unable to provide assurances that some or all of these risks will not occur. Failure to effectively mitigate these risks, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial results. In addition, we could face significant additional costs or business disruption if our arrangement with IBM is terminated or impaired and we cannot find alternative IT services or support on commercially reasonable terms or on a timely basis or if we are unable to hire new employees in order to return these services in-house.


We are required to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and publicly disclose material weaknesses in our controls. Any adverse results from such evaluation may adversely affect investor perception, and our stock price.


Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires our management to assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and to disclose in our filing if such controls were unable to provide assurance that a material error would be prevented or detected in a timely manner. We have an ongoing program to review the design of our internal controls framework in keeping with changes in business needs, implement necessary changes to our controls design and test the system and process controls necessary to comply with these requirements. If in the future, our internal controls over financial reporting are determined to be not effective resulting in a material weakness or significant deficiency, investor perceptions regarding the reliability of our financial statements may be adversely affected which could cause a decline in the market price of our stock and otherwise negatively affect our liquidity and financial condition.


Failure to maintain our credit ratings could adversely affect our cost of funds and related margins, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital markets.


The major credit rating agencies routinely evaluate our indebtedness. This evaluation is based on a number of factors, which include financial strength as well as transparency with rating agencies and timeliness of financial reporting. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain our credit ratings and failure to do so could adversely affect our cost of funds and related margins, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital markets.


We may be unable to generate the cash flow to satisfy our expenses, make anticipated capital expenditures or service our debt obligations, including the Notes and the Revolving Credit Facility.


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we have issued $1,800.0$1,700.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes, which we refer to collectively as the Notes, and had $1,789.6$1,687.6 million in total outstanding debt. In April 2019, we entered into a new credit agreement with certain institutional lenders that provides for a five-year $500.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility, which we refer to as the Revolving Credit Facility, with an option to increase the Revolving Credit Facility by up to an additional $200.0 million.million, subject to the lenders' approval. The Credit Agreementcredit agreement will terminate in April 2024, at which point all amounts borrowed must be repaid (subject to two one-year maturity extension options). As of March 31, 2019, no amounts were outstanding under our prior revolving credit agreement that was due to expire in June 2019 and was terminated in connection with our entry into the Revolving Credit Facility.


We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flow to enable us to satisfy our expenses, make anticipated capital expenditures or service our indebtedness, including the Notes and the Revolving Credit Facility (if drawn upon). Our ability to pay our expenses, satisfy our debt obligations, refinance our debt obligations and fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our future performance, which will be affected by general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond our control. Based upon current levels of operations, we believe cash flow from operations and available cash will be adequate for at least the next twelve months to meet our anticipated requirements for working capital, capital expenditures and scheduled payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness, including the Notes and the Revolving Credit Facility (if drawn upon).

However, if we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or to borrow sufficient funds in the future to service our debt, we may be required to sell assets, reduce capital expenditures, refinance all or a portion of our existing debt (including the Notes) or obtain additional financing. There is no assurance that we will be able to refinance our debt, sell assets or borrow more money on terms acceptable to us, or at all.


The indentures that govern the Notes contain various covenants that limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things:


incur liens;


incur sale and leaseback transactions; and


consolidate or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of our assets to, another person.


The Credit Agreement contains two financial covenants along with customary affirmative and negative covenants that include the following:


maintenance of a leverage ratio no greater than 3.0x (provided that theif a material acquisition has been consummated,
we are permitted to maintain a leverage ratio can beno greater than 3.5x under material M&A for up to four quarters) and an interest coverage ratio no less than 3.0x


covenants that limit or restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to, among other things, grant liens, merge or consolidate, dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, change their accounting or reporting policies, change their business and incur subsidiary indebtedness, in each case subject to customary exceptions for a credit facility of this size and type.


As a result of these covenants, we are limited in the manner in which we can conduct our business, and we may be unable to engage in favorable business activities or finance future operations or capital needs. Accordingly, these restrictions may limit our ability to successfully operate our business. A failure to comply with these restrictions could lead to an event of default, which could result in an acceleration of the indebtedness.indebtedness, which could result in an event of default under our other debt instruments. Our future operating results may not be sufficient to enable compliance with these covenants to remedy any such default. In addition, in the event of an acceleration, we may not have or be able to obtain sufficient funds to make any accelerated payments, including those under the Notes, and the Revolving Credit Facility (if drawn upon).


In addition, certain changes under the Tax Act may result in limitations on the deductibility of our net business interest expenses. The Tax Act generally limits the annual deduction for net business interest expense to an amount equal to 30% of adjusted taxable income. As a result, if our taxable income were to decline, we may not be able to fully deduct our net interest expense. These changes, among others under the Tax Act, could result in increases to our future U.S. tax expenses, which could have a material impact on our business.


A portion of the transaction consideration we received from the divestiture of our Junos Pulse product portfolio is in the form of a non-contingent seller promissory note and we may not receive the amount owed to us (including accrued interest), including in the time frame contemplated, by the buyer under the note.


In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, we completed the sale of our Junos Pulse product portfolio to an affiliate of Siris Capital, a private equity firm, for total consideration of $230.7 million, of which $125.0 million was in the form of an 18-month non-contingent interest-bearing promissory note issued to the Company. On May 1, 2017, we received a principal payment in the amount of $75.0 million and outstanding interest on the note, and we and the issuer agreed to further amend the terms of the note with respect to the remaining approximately $58.0 million to, among other things, extend the maturity date from December 31, 2018 to September 30, 2022, provided that interest due can be paid in kind by increasing the outstanding principal amount of the note and subordinate the note to other debt issued by senior lenders. Since a portion of the transaction consideration is in the form of a non-contingent seller promissory note and the note is subordinated to debt issued by senior lenders, there is the risk that we may not receive the amount owed to us (including accrued interest), including in the time frame contemplated, under the note. In the event that the promissory note is not repaid on the terms we contemplate, any collection or restructuring efforts we undertake may be costly and require significant time and attention from our management and there is no guarantee that we will be able to recover the amounts owed to us in full.



Our failure to pay quarterly dividends to our stockholders or the failure to meet our commitments to return capital to our stockholders could have a material adverse effect on our stock price.


Our ability to pay quarterly dividends or achieve our intended capital return policy will be subject to, among other things, our financial position and results of operations, available cash and cash flow, capital and debt service requirements, use of cash for acquisitions and other factors. Any failure to pay or increase future dividends as announced, or a reduction or discontinuation of quarterly dividends could have a material adverse effect on our stock price.


In November 2018, we announced that for 2019, we intend to target a capital return policy, inclusive of share repurchases and dividends, of approximately 75% of annual free cash flow. Free cash flow is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. In January 2018, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a new $2.0 billion buyback authorization, which replaced our prior authorization. In Februaryauthorization and in October 2019, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $1.0 billion of common stock under the 2018 as a part of our new buyback authorization, we entered into a $750.0 million accelerated share repurchase program, or ASR, which was completed in the third quarter of 2018, and our Board of Directors declared an increase to our quarterly cash dividend to $0.18 per share, which reflects an increase of 80% compared to previous quarterly dividends.Stock Repurchase Program. In January 2019, our Board of Directors declared an increase to our quarterly cash dividend to $0.19 per share. In October 2019, we entered into an ASR for an amount up to $200.0 million under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program. Any failure to meet our commitments to return capital to our stockholders could have a material adverse effect on our stock price.


The investment of our cash balance and our investments in government and corporate debt securities and equity securities are subject to risks, which may cause losses and affect the liquidity of these investments.


At March 31,September 30, 2019, we had $2,155.6$1,204.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and $1,347.1$1,621.9 million in short-and long-term investments. We have invested these amounts primarily in asset-backed securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate debt securities, foreign government debt securities, money market funds, mutual funds, time deposits, U.S. government agency securities, and U.S. government securities. We also have $94.1$94.4 million in other long-term assets for our investments in privately-held companies. Certain of our investments are subject to general credit, liquidity, market, sovereign debt, and interest rate risks. Our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or if the decline in fair value of our publicly traded debt or equity investments is judged to be other-than-temporary. These market risks associated with our investment portfolio may have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.


Changes in the method of determining the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate, may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Certain of our financial obligations and instruments, including our credit facility, Pulse note, supplier finance programs, and floating rate notes that we have invested in, as well as interest rate swaps that we use as fair value hedges of our fixed-rate 2041 Notes, are or may be made at variable interest rates that use LIBOR (or metrics derived from or related to LIBOR) as a benchmark for establishing the interest rate. On July 27, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced that it intends to stop persuading or compelling banks to submit LIBOR rates after 2021. These reforms may cause LIBOR to perform differently than in the past or to disappear entirely. These reforms may also result in new methods of calculating LIBOR to be established, or alternative reference rates to be established. For example, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has begun publishing a Secured Overnight Funding Rate, or SOFR, which is intended to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR, and central banks in several other jurisdictions have also announced plans for alternative reference rates for other currencies. The potential consequences of these actions cannot be fully predicted and could have an adverse impact on the market value for or value of LIBOR-linked securities, loans, and other financial obligations or extensions of credit held by or due to us. Changes in market interest rates may influence our financing costs, returns on financial investments and the valuation of derivative contracts and could reduce our earnings and cash flows. In addition, any transition process may involve, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that rely on LIBOR, reductions in the value of certain instruments or the effectiveness of related transactions such as hedges, increased borrowing costs, uncertainty under applicable documentation, or difficult and costly consent processes. This could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows, and liquidity.

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.


Our amended and restated bylaws provide that, unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) is the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers, or other employees to us or to our stockholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our restated certificate of incorporation, or our bylaws; (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim as to which Delaware General Corporation Law confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery or (v) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The exclusive forum provisions in our bylaws may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our current or former directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our current or former directors, officers, and other employees. Alternatively, if a court were to find the exclusive forum provisions contained in our bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could have a material and adverse impact on our business.


Uninsured losses could harm our operating results.


We self-insure against many business risks and expenses, such as intellectual property litigation, cybersecurity and our medical benefit programs, where we believe we can adequately self-insure against the anticipated exposure and risk or where insurance is either not deemed cost-effective or is not available. We also maintain a program of insurance coverage for various types of property, casualty, and other risks. We place our insurance coverage with various carriers in numerous jurisdictions. The types and amounts of insurance that we obtain vary from time to time and from location to location, depending on availability, cost, and our decisions with respect to risk retention. The policies are subject to deductibles, policy limits, and exclusions that result in our retention of a level of risk on a self-insurance basis. In addition, our insurance coverage may not be adequate to compensate us for all losses or

failures that may occur. Losses not covered by insurance could be substantial and unpredictable and could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.


Our stock price may fluctuate.


Historically, our common stock has experienced substantial price volatility, particularly as a result of variations between our actual financial results and the published expectations of analysts and as a result of announcements by our competitors and us. Furthermore, speculation in the press or investment community about our strategic position, financial condition, results of operations, business, security of our products, liabilities or significant transactions can cause changes in our stock price. In addition, the stock market has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market price of many technology companies in particular and that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. From time to time, economic weakness has contributed to extreme price and volume fluctuations in global stock markets that have also reduced the market price of many technology company stocks, including ours. These factors, as well as general economic and political conditions and the announcement of proposed and completed acquisitions or other significant transactions, or any difficulties associated with such transactions, by us or our current or potential competitors, may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock in the future.



Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds


Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers


The following table provides stock repurchase activity during the three months ended September 30, 2019 (in millions, except per share amounts):
Period 
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
 
Average
Price Paid
per Share (1)(2)
 
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs(1)
 
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs(1)
July 1 - July 31, 2019 
 $
 
 $1,010.0
August 1 - August 31, 2019 5.1
 $24.90
 5.1
 $900.0
September 1 - September 30, 2019 
 $
 
 $900.0
Total 5.1
 $
 5.1
 
________________________________
(1)
Shares were repurchased under our Board approved 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, which authorized us to purchase an aggregate of up to $2.0 billion of our common stock. Future share repurchases will be subject to a review of the circumstances in place at that time and will be made from time to time in private transactions or open market purchases as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, including Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act. This program may be discontinued at any time. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for discussion of the Company's stock repurchase activity, increased repurchase authorization and ASR subsequent to September 30, 2019. For the majority of restricted stock units granted to executive officers of the Company, the number of shares issued on the date the restricted stock units vest is net of shares withheld to meet applicable tax withholding requirements. Although these withheld shares are not issued or considered common stock repurchases under our stock repurchase program and therefore are not included in the preceding table, they are treated as common stock repurchases in our financial statements as they reduce the number of shares that would have been issued upon vesting, see Note 10, Equity, in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.
(2)
Represents the average price per share of the ASR and open market purchases.

As part of the 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, on April 29, 2019, we entered into an ASR to repurchase an aggregate of approximately $300.0 million of our outstanding common stock. During the second quarter of 2019, we made an up-front payment of $300.0 million pursuant to the ASR and received and retired an initial 8.6 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate price of $240.0 million, based on the market price of $27.94 per share of our common stock on the date of the transaction. During the third quarter of 2019, the ASR was completed and we received and retired an additional 3.0 million shares, based on volume weighted average repurchase price, less an agreed upon discount, of $25.79 per share. The completion of the ASR resulted in a total repurchase of 11.6 million shares of our common stock.

During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, there were nothe Company also repurchased 2.1 million shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million at an average price of $23.63 per share, repurchases under our Board approvedthe 2018 Stock Repurchase Program, which authorizedProgram.

The shares received by us were retired, accounted for as a reduction to purchase an aggregatestockholder’s equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and treated as a repurchase of up to $2.0 billioncommon stock for purposes of calculating earnings per share. For further explanation of our common stock. Future share repurchases will be subjectASR, see Note 10, Equity, in Notes to a reviewCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of the circumstances in place at that time and will be made from time to time in private transactions or open market purchases as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, including Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act. This program may be discontinued at any time.Part I of this Report.



Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
 Description of Document
10.14.1 
   
10.24.2 
10.1
   
31.1 
   
31.2 
   
32.1 
   
32.2 
   
101 The following materials from Juniper Network Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,September 30, 2019, formatted in XBRL (ExtensibleiXBRL (inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text*
   
101.INS XBRL Instance Document*Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
   
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
   
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
   
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
   
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
   
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*
104The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101).


 *Filed herewith.
 **Furnished herewith.
 +Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant had duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
                                                                                 Juniper Networks, Inc.
    
May 9,November 6, 2019 By:/s/ Kenneth B. MillerThomas A. Austin
   Kenneth B. MillerThomas A. Austin
   
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial OfficerCorporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)




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