UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020
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 001-32887
VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 11-3547680
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
  
23 Main Street
Holmdel, NJ
Holmdel,NJ,07733
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) (732528-2600
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report): Not Applicable

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001VGNasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x  No  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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).    Yes  x    No  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a nonacceleratednon-accelerated filer, 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 filer
o
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) 
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. 

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
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
ClassOutstanding atOctober 31, 2017May 1, 2020
Common Stock, par value $0.001 228,671,311245,368,168 shares



 


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
INDEX
 
Part 1 - Financial Information 
   
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Item 4
  
 
   
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Item 2.
   
Item 3.
   
Item 4.
   
Item 5.
   
Item 6.
   
 


Financial Information Presentation
For the financial information discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than per share and per line amounts, dollar amounts are presented in thousands, except where noted.
 


GLOSSARY OF TERMS

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below:

2018 Credit Facility$100 million senior secured term loan and $500 million revolving facility due 2023
Convertible Senior Notes$345 million aggregate principal amount of 1.75% convertible notes due 2024
APIApplication Program Interfaces
API Platform GroupComprised of CPaaS programmable communication solutions for business customers
Applications GroupComprised of UCaaS and CCaaS communication solutions for business customers
ASCThe FASB Accounting Standards Codification, which the FASB established as the source of authoritative GAAP
ASUAccounting Standards Updates - updates to the ASC
CCaaSContact Center as a Service
CPaaSCommunications Platform as a Service
CRMCustomer Relationship Management
Exchange ActThe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
EPSEarnings Per Share
FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board
FCCFederal Communications Commission
IPInternet Protocol
LIBORLondon Inter-Bank Offered Rate
MPLSMulti-Protocol Label Switching
NOLsNet Operating Losses
SaaSSoftware as a Service
SABStaff Accounting Bulletin
SD-WANSoftware-Defined Wide Area Network
SECU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SIPSession Initiation Protocol
SMBSmall to medium-sized business
SMSShort Message Service
UCaaSUnified Communications as a Service
USFFederal Universal Service Fund
VoIPVoice over Internet Protocol

PART 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES
VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except par value)
(Unaudited)

 March 31,
2020
 December 31,
2019
Assets
(Unaudited) 
  
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$43,073
 $23,620
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $6,736 and $5,494, respectively96,238
 101,813
Inventory, net of allowance of $73 and $76, respectively1,346
 1,475
Deferred customer acquisition costs, current portion14,971
 13,834
Prepaid expenses26,263
 22,338
Other current assets11,175
 9,988
Total current assets193,066
 173,068
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $111,169 and $109,646, respectively43,144
 48,371
Operating lease right-of-use assets33,735
 50,847
Goodwill591,022
 602,970
Software, net of accumulated amortization of $103,067 and $102,133, respectively50,678
 40,300
Deferred customer acquisition costs58,891
 55,148
Restricted cash2,039
 2,015
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $233,079 and $221,182, respectively227,979
 249,905
Deferred tax assets106,262
 108,347
Other assets32,813
 33,729
Total assets$1,339,629
 $1,364,700
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   
Current liabilities:   
Accounts payable$32,789
 $42,366
Accrued expenses118,907
 137,589
Deferred revenue, current portion61,022
 59,464
Operating lease liabilities, current portion11,917
 12,477
Total current liabilities224,635
 251,896
Indebtedness under revolving credit facility265,500
 220,500
Convertible senior notes, net280,111
 276,658
Operating lease liabilities28,018
 45,722
Other liabilities2,652
 2,862
Total liabilities800,916
 797,638
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)

 

Stockholders’ Equity:   
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 596,950 shares authorized at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019320
 316
Additional paid-in capital1,506,664
 1,494,469
Accumulated deficit(634,764) (631,009)
Treasury stock, at cost(318,791) (306,043)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income(14,716) 9,329
Total stockholders’ equity538,713
 567,062
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$1,339,629
 $1,364,700
 September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
Assets  
(revised) (1)
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$29,869
 $29,078
Marketable securities
 601
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,897 and $2,093, respectively42,435
 36,688
Inventory, net of allowance of $124 and $117, respectively2,683
 4,116
Deferred customer acquisition costs, current1,466
 2,610
Prepaid expenses23,324
 26,041
Other current assets2,686
 3,147
Total current assets102,463
 102,281
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $143,265 and $129,166, respectively45,760
 48,415
Goodwill371,535
 360,363
Software, net of accumulated amortization of $94,917 and $87,626, respectively23,574
 21,971
Restricted cash1,827
 1,851
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $117,905 and $88,419, respectively181,522
 199,256
Deferred tax assets192,879
 184,210
Other assets15,059
 17,319
Total assets$934,619
 $935,666
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   
Current liabilities:   
Accounts payable$33,070
 $30,751
Accrued expenses76,163
 109,195
Deferred revenue, current portion31,332
 32,442
Current maturities of capital lease obligations206
 3,288
Current portion of notes payable18,750
 18,750
Total current liabilities159,521
 194,426
Indebtedness under revolving credit facility182,000
 209,000
Notes payable, net of debt related costs and current portion77,361
 91,124
Other liabilities6,123
 4,575
Total liabilities425,005
 499,125
    
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7)
 
    
Stockholders’ Equity   
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 596,950 shares authorized at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016; 295,633 and 282,319 shares issued at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively; 228,478 and 219,001 shares outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively295
 282
Additional paid-in capital1,359,975
 1,310,847
Accumulated deficit(617,288) (641,869)
Treasury stock, at cost, 67,155 shares at September 30, 2017 and 63,318 shares at December 31, 2016(243,594) (219,125)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss10,226
 (13,594)
Total stockholders’ equity509,614
 436,541
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$934,619
 $935,666

(1) see Note 3. Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 



VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOMEOPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
   
(revised) (1)
   
(revised) (1)
Total revenues$253,083
 $248,359
 $748,266
 $708,858
        
Operating Expenses:       
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)96,632
 87,377
 281,902
 232,605
Cost of goods sold6,306
 8,591
 19,786
 26,009
Sales and marketing73,576
 83,731
 235,245
 246,676
Engineering and development6,956
 8,075
 21,996
 22,152
General and administrative26,811
 27,538
 98,411
 89,261
Depreciation and amortization18,179
 18,018
 54,520
 53,215
Total operating expenses228,460
 233,330
 711,860
 669,918
Income from operations24,623
 15,029
 36,406
 38,940
Other Income (Expense):       
Interest income3
 19
 12
 65
Interest expense(3,821) (3,974) (11,385) (9,477)
Other income (expense), net465
 (495) 931
 (237)
Total other income (expense), net(3,353) (4,450) (10,442) (9,649)
Income before income taxes21,270
 10,579
 25,964
 29,291
Income tax expense(10,668) (3,539) (4,624) (14,102)
Net income$10,602
 $7,040
 $21,340
 $15,189
Earnings per common share:       
Basic$0.05
 $0.03
 $0.10
 $0.07
Diluted$0.04
 $0.03
 $0.09
 $0.07
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:       
Basic227,943
 217,000
 223,956
 214,872
Diluted242,720
 234,868
 242,552
 227,499
 Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 2020 2019
    
Revenues:   
Service, access and product revenues$283,077
 $260,110
USF revenues14,380
 19,431
Total revenues297,457
 279,541
    
Operating Expenses:   
Service, access and product cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)113,038
 93,980
USF cost of revenues14,380
 19,431
Sales and marketing85,621
 95,523
Engineering and development19,203
 16,526
General and administrative40,882
 35,459
Depreciation and amortization20,485
 21,214
Total operating expenses293,609
 282,133
Income (loss) from operations3,848
 (2,592)
Other Income (Expense):   
Interest expense(8,082) (7,576)
Other income (expense), net229
 (416)
Total other expense, net(7,853) (7,992)
Loss before income tax benefit(4,005) (10,584)
Income tax benefit250
 10,050
Net loss$(3,755) $(534)
    
Loss per common share:   
Basic and diluted$(0.02) $
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:   
Basic and diluted243,627
 240,527

(1) see Note 3. Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) / INCOME
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 

  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
   
(revised) (1)
   
(revised) (1)
Net income$10,602
 $7,040
 $21,340
 $15,189
Other comprehensive income:       
Foreign currency translation adjustment6,390
 3,372
 23,622
 1,659
Unrealized (loss)/gain on available-for-sale securities
 (3) 1
 23
Unrealized gain on derivatives197
 
 197
 
Total other comprehensive income6,587
 3,369
 23,820
 1,682
Comprehensive income$17,189
 $10,409
 $45,160
 $16,871
  Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 2020 2019
    
Net loss$(3,755) $(534)
Other comprehensive income (loss):   
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax (benefit) expense of ($470) and 433, respectively(23,627) 5,208
Unrealized loss on derivatives, net of tax (benefit) expense of ($50) and $28, respectively(418) (687)
Total other comprehensive (loss) income(24,045) 4,521
Comprehensive (loss) income$(27,800) $3,987


(1) see Note 3. Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 2020 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net loss$(3,755) $(534)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:   
Depreciation and amortization6,331
 6,656
Amortization of intangibles14,154
 14,558
Deferred income taxes1,468
 (10,283)
Amortization of deferred customer acquisition costs3,661
 2,530
Allowances for doubtful accounts and obsolete inventory1,448
 80
Amortization of financing costs and debt discount3,656
 270
Loss on disposal of property and equipment741
 514
Share-based expense11,116
 8,015
Changes in derivatives(133) (133)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Accounts receivable2,361
 1,083
Inventory127
 179
Prepaid expenses and other current assets(5,387) 170
Deferred customer acquisition costs(9,042) (7,459)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses(25,459) (10,793)
Deferred revenue2,934
 (312)
Other assets - deferred cloud computing implementation costs(669) (3,022)
Other assets and liabilities(1,049) 1,231
Net cash provided by operating activities2,503
 2,750
Cash flows used in investing activities:   
Capital expenditures(2,887) (5,277)
Purchase of intangible assets(75) 
Acquisition and development of software assets(10,273) (5,497)
Net cash used in investing activities(13,235) (10,774)
Cash flows provided by/(used in) financing activities:   
Payments for short and long-term debt
 (2,500)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt45,000
 41,500
Payments of debt issuance costs
 (128)
Employee taxes paid on withholding shares(12,656) (18,566)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options155
 480
Net cash provided by financing activities32,499
 20,786
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash(2,290) 260
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash19,477
 13,022
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period25,635
 7,104
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period$45,112
 $20,126
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:   
Cash paid during the periods for:   
Interest$2,866
 $6,929
Income taxes$1,249
 $148
Non-cash investing activities:   
Acquisition of long-term assets included in accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,119
 $334
 Nine Months Ended
 September 30,
 2017 
2016 (1)
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net income$21,340
 $15,189
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:   
Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges25,930
 27,841
Amortization of intangibles28,458
 25,374
Deferred income taxes2,475
 11,647
Change in contingent consideration
 (7,362)
Allowance for doubtful accounts562
 720
Allowance for obsolete inventory339
 514
Amortization of debt issuance costs300
 800
Gain on sale of business(1,377) 
Loss on disposal of fixed assets132
 
Share-based expense28,997
 27,128
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:   
Accounts receivable(3,970) (5,244)
Inventory1,156
 582
Prepaid expenses and other current assets3,369
 (2,161)
Deferred customer acquisition costs1,284
 1,906
Accounts payable1,388
 (17,252)
Accrued expenses(32,390) (7,509)
Deferred revenue(1,477) (2,785)
Other assets and liabilities4,084
 226
Net cash provided by operating activities80,600
 69,614
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Capital expenditures(15,790) (19,980)
Purchase of marketable securities
 (5,664)
Maturities and sales of marketable securities602
 9,036
Acquisition and development of software assets(9,438) (8,987)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
 (163,042)
Proceeds from sale of business1,000
 
Net cash used in investing activities(23,626) (188,637)
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Principal payments on capital lease obligations and other financing obligations(5,701) (7,453)
Principal payments on notes and revolving credit facility(56,063) (48,125)
Proceeds received from draw down of revolving credit facility and issuance of notes payable15,000
 181,250
Debt related costs
 (1,316)
Common stock repurchases(9,542) (32,902)
Employee taxes paid on withholding shares(14,927) (4,359)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options14,476
 6,169
Net cash (used)/provided by financing activities(56,757) 93,264
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash550
 518
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash767
 (25,241)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period30,929
 60,313
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period$31,696
 $35,072
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:   
Cash paid during the periods for:   
Interest$10,147
 $8,216
Income taxes$5,395
 $5,165
Non-cash investing and financing activities:   
Capital expenditures included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities$2,231
 $2,962
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of business$
 $31,591
Contingent consideration in connection with acquisition of business$
 $16,472
Assumption of options in connection with acquisition of business$
 $4,779

(1) See Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for reclassification due to the adoptions of new Accounting Standard Updates and Note 3. Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 

 Shares Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
Balance at December 31, 2016 (Revised) (1)
219,001
 $282
 $1,310,847
 $(641,869) $(219,125) $(13,594) $436,541
Cumulative effect adjustment upon the adoption of ASU 2016-09    5,668
 3,241
     8,909
Stock option exercises13,314
 13
 14,463
       14,476
Share-based expense    28,997
       28,997
Employee taxes paid on withholding shares(2,238)       (14,927)   (14,927)
Common stock repurchases(1,599)       (9,542)   (9,542)
Foreign currency translation adjustment          23,622
 23,622
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities          1
 1
Unrealized gain on derivatives          197
 197
Net income      21,340
     21,340
Balance at September 30, 2017228,478
 $295
 $1,359,975
 $(617,288) $(243,594) $10,226
 $509,614
  Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 $310
 $1,415,682
 $(611,985) $(275,009) $6,770
 $535,768
Cumulative effect adjustment upon
  the adoption of Topic 842
     458
     458
Stock option exercises 4
 476
       480
Share-based expense   8,015
       8,015
Employee taxes paid on
  withholding shares
       (18,566)   (18,566)
Foreign currency translation
  adjustment
         5,208
 5,208
Unrealized gain on derivatives         (687) (687)
Net loss     (534)     (534)
Balance at March 31, 2019 $314
 $1,424,173
 $(612,061) $(293,575) $11,291
 $530,142


(1) see Note 3. Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements
  Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 Total
Balance at December 31, 2019 $316
 $1,494,469
 $(631,009) $(306,043) $9,329
 $567,062
Stock option exercises 4
 151
       155
Share-based expense   12,044
       12,044
Employee taxes paid on withholding
  shares
       (12,748)   (12,748)
Foreign currency translation
  adjustment
         (23,627) (23,627)
Unrealized loss on derivatives         (418) (418)
Net loss     (3,755)     (3,755)
Balance at March 31, 2020 $320
 $1,506,664
 $(634,764) $(318,791) $(14,716) $538,713



See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)






Note 1.    BasisNature of PresentationBusiness
Nature of Operations
Vonage Holdings Corp. (“Vonage”, “Company”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is incorporated as a Delaware corporation. At Vonage, our strategy is to continually redefine business communications. We are a leading provider ofmaking communications more flexible, intelligent and personal to help enterprises the world over stay ahead. We provide unified communications, contact centers and programmable communications APIs, built on what we believe to be the world's most flexible cloud communications services for business.platform. True to our roots as a technology disruptor, our flexible approach helps us better serve the growing collaboration, communications, and customer experience needs of companies, across all communications channels.
For our Business customers, we provide innovative, cloud-based Applications, comprised of integrated voice, text, video, data, collaboration, and mobile applications over our flexible, scalable SIP based VoIP network. We transformalso offer API solutions designed to enhance the way people work and businesses operate through a portfolio of cloud-based communications solutions that enable internal collaboration among employees, while also keeping companies closely connectedcommunicate with their customers across any mode of communication, on any device.
Through our Nexmo subsidiary which was acquired on June 3, 2016, we are a global leader in the Communications-Platform-as-a-Service ("CPaaS") segment of the cloudby embedding communications market, providing innovative communication application program interfaces ("APIs") for text messaging and voice communications, allowing developers and enterprises to embed contextual communications into mobile apps, websites and business workflows via text, social media, chat appsprocesses. In combination, our products and voice. With just few lines of code, developers can send and receive text messages and build programmable voice applications. Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform can scale from one API call to billions. The platform makes it easy for any ofservices permit our developers to access communication services via software and APIs. Through Nexmo we have a global network of interconnected carriers delivering our API-based communications platform, enabling businessesbusiness customers to communicate with their customers reliably and employees through any cloud-connected device, in any place, at any time without the often costly investment required with ease, no matter where inon-site equipment. We have a robust set of product families tailored to serve the worldfull range of the business value chain, from the SMB market, through mid-market and enterprise markets. We provide customers with multiple deployment options, designed to provide the reliability and quality of service they are located. The addition ofdemand. We provide customers the ability to integrate our Nexmo productscloud communications platform with many cloud-based productivity and CRM solutions, including Google’s G Suite, Zendesk, Salesforce’s Sales Cloud, Oracle, and Clio. With our ability to ourintegrate these cloud-based, workplace tools, Vonage integrates the entire business offering allows our customers to address their full communications needs,value chain - from employee communications that maximize productivity to employee communications through business to customer communications.the direct engagement with customers that APIs provides. When combined with our MPLS network, as well as voice services over customers' broadband networks via our SmartWan solution, we create a differentiated offering.
We also provide a robust suite of feature-rich residential communication solutions.solutions that allow consumers to connect their home phones and mobile phones on one number and we offer attractive international long distance rates that help create a loyal base of satisfied customers.
Customers in the United States represented 84%69% and 89%73% of our consolidated revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016 and 86% and 92% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,2019, respectively, with the balance in Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Singapore, Netherlands, and other countries. Nexmo Inc. ("Nexmo") has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and provides CPaaS solutions to our customers located in many countries around the world.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and information have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and in accordance with the SEC's regulations for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary to present fairly the Company's financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows, and statement of stockholders’ equity for the periods presented. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 201721, 2020.
Use of Estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereof are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reportedof assets and disclosed inliabilities at the condensed consolidateddate of the financial statements and the accompanying notes.reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.
Reclassifications
Reclassifications have been made to our condensed consolidated financial statements for the prior year period to conform to classification usedestimates, including uncertainty in the current year period. The reclassifications did not affect results from operations or net assets.economic environment due to the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
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We base our estimates on historical experience, available market information, appropriate valuation methodologies, and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Estimates are used for such items as depreciable lives for long-lived assets including intangible assets, tax provisions, uncollectible accounts, convertible notes, and assets and liabilities assumed in business combinations, among others. In addition, estimates are used to test long-lived assets and goodwill for impairment.
COVID-19 has created and may continue to create uncertainty in customer payments, reduced usage, and issuance of customer credits to distressed customers served by certain product lines. As of the date of our condensed consolidated financial statements, we are not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require us to update our estimates or judgments. However, these estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, which may result in changes being recognized in our condensed consolidated financial statements in future periods. In particular and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the assumptions and estimates associated with collectability assessment of revenue and credit losses of accounts receivable may have a material impact our consolidated financial statements in future periods, depending on the duration or degree of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy.
Reclassifications
Reclassifications have been made to our condensed consolidated financial statements for the prior year periods to conform to classifications used in the current year periods. The reclassifications did not affect results of operations or net assets.
Note 2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
This footnote should be read in conjunction with the complete description of our significant accounting policies under Note 1, Basis2, Summary of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.
Service, Access, and Product Cost of ServicesRevenues
CostService, access, and product cost of servicesrevenues excludes depreciation and amortization expense of $6,852$9,609 and $7,460$9,418 for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 20162019, respectively. In addition, costs of goods sold included in service, access, and $20,497 and $21,278 forproduct cost of revenues during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016,2019 were $3,676 and $5,628, respectively.
Advertising CostsSales and Marketing Expenses
We incurred advertising costs, which are included in sales and marketing, of $11,423$9,460 and $18,765$17,750 for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016 and $43,760 and $55,723 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,2019, respectively.
Engineering and Development Expenses
Engineering and development expenses primarily include personnel and related costs for developers responsible for new products, and software engineers maintaining and enhancing existing products. Research and development costs related to new product development included in engineering and development were $5,662 and $6,234 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 and $17,357 and $16,544 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Restructuring Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized $4 million of costs associated with restructuring activities included in general and administrative expense and is primarily comprised of costs associated with severance and other employee related costs. As of September 30, 2017, $1.2 million remained accrued related to restructuring activities and $2.8 million was paid during the third quarter of 2017.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company accounts for derivative financial instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which requires the Company to record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value unless they qualify for a normal purchase or normal sale exception. Changes in the fair value of non-hedge derivatives are immediately recognized into earnings. Changes in the fair value of derivatives accounted for as hedges, if elected for hedge accounting, are either recognized in earnings as an offset to the changes in the fair value of the related hedged assets and liabilities or deferred and recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") until the hedged transactions occur and are recognized in earnings.
Beginning the quarter ended September 30, 2017, the Company entered into three interest rate swaps used to mitigate variability in earnings due to fluctuations in interest rates. Each swap has been designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedges. At the inception of the forward contract, the hedging relationship is expected to be highly effective in achieving offsetting cash flows attributed to the hedged risk. The Company assesses hedge effectiveness under the critical terms matched method at inception and at least quarterly through the life of the hedging relationship. If the critical terms of the interest rate swap match the terms of the forecasted transaction, the Company concludes that the hedge is effective.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company records certain of its financial assets at fair value on a recurring basis. TheCertain of the Company's other financial instruments, which includesinclude cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate fair value and are classified as Level 1 because of their short-term maturities. The carrying amounts of our capital leases approximate fair value of these obligations based upon management’s best estimates of interest rates that would be available for similar debt obligations at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. We believe the fair value of our debt2018 Credit Facility at September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was approximately the same as its carrying amount as market conditions, including available interest rates, credit spread relative to our credit rating, and illiquidity, remain relatively unchanged from the issuance date of our debt on June 3, 2016obligations for a similar debt instrument. instrument and are classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy.


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)




We account for financial assets using a framework that establishes a hierarchy that ranks the quality and reliability of the inputs, or assumptions, we use in the determination of fair value, and we classify financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value in one of the following three categories:
Level 1 Measurements - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.
Level 2 Measurements - observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data; and
Level 3 Measurements - unobservable inputs when there is little or no market data available, thereby requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.
The following table presents the assets and liabilities that are measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis classified underhierarchy gives the appropriate levellowest priority to Level 3 inputs.
As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the fair value hierarchyof the 1.75% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “Convertible Senior Notes”) was approximately $277,800 and $309,641, respectively. The fair value was determined based on the quoted price for the Convertible Senior Notes in an inactive market on the last trading day of the reporting period and is classified as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
 September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Level 1 Measurements   
Money market fund (1)
$
 $300
Level 2 Measurements   
Available-for-sale securities (2)
$
 $601
Interest rate swap (3)
$197
 $

(1) IncludedLevel 2 in cash and cash equivalents on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.
(2) Included in marketable securities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.
(3) Included in other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.the fair value hierarchy.
Supplemental Balance Sheet Information

Cash,The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets to amounts included in the consolidated statements of cash flows:
 As of March 31, As of December 31
 2020 2019 2019 2018
Cash and cash equivalents$43,073
 $18,254
 $23,620
 $5,057
Restricted cash2,039
 1,872
 2,015
 2,047
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$45,112
 $20,126
 $25,635
 $7,104

 September 30,
2017
 December 31, 2016
Cash and cash equivalents$29,869
 $29,078
    
Cash collateralized letter of credit-lease deposits$1,561
 $1,578
Cash reserves266
 273
Restricted cash$1,827
 $1,851
    
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash$31,696
 $30,929


Intangible assets, net
 March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Customer relationships$144,956
 $157,184
Developed technology80,903
 89,199
Patents and patent licenses1,083
 1,326
Trade names1,037
 2,196
Finite-lived intangible assets, net$227,979
 $249,905

 September 30,
2017
 December 31, 2016
Customer relationships126,758
 133,774
Developed technology49,054
 57,245
Patents and patent licenses4,410
 5,547
Trade names521
 1,033
Non-compete agreements779
 1,657
Intangible assets, net$181,522
 $199,256

Accrued expenses

 March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Compensation and related taxes and temporary labor$24,258
 $40,101
Marketing17,507
 15,294
Taxes and fees14,846
 22,922
Telecommunications40,148
 40,498
Interest2,426
 873
Customer credits4,067
 2,772
Professional fees4,124
 4,482
Inventory708
 871
Other accruals10,823
 9,776
Accrued expenses$118,907
 $137,589


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)





Goodwill
Accrued expensesThe Company's goodwill is derived primarily from the acquisitions of Vocalocity, Telesphere, iCore, Simple Signal, Nexmo, TokBox, and NewVoiceMedia which are included in the Company's Business segment. The following table provides a summary of the changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill:
Balance at December 31, 2019$602,970
Foreign currency translation adjustment(11,948)
Balance at March 31, 2020$591,022
 September 30,
2017
 December 31, 2016
Compensation and related taxes and temporary labor$25,292
 $35,308
Marketing11,330
 12,754
Taxes and fees8,537
 19,234
Acquisition related consideration accounted for as compensation2,134
 6,608
Telecommunications15,974
 14,896
Settlement
 5,000
Other accruals7,950
 10,473
Customer credits1,143
 2,074
Professional fees2,844
 1,680
Inventory959
 1,168
Accrued expenses$76,163
 $109,195

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The following standard was adopted by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2020:
In August 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-12, "Derivatives and Hedging". The ASU improvesMarch 2020, the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity's risk management activities in its financial statements and simplifies the application of the hedge accounting guidance in current generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). It also amends the disclosures requirements by requiring a tabular disclosure related to the effect on the incomes statement of fair value and cash flow hedges and eliminating the ineffective portion of the change in fair value of hedging instrument disclosures. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period after issuance of this ASU. We do not expect a material impact of adopting ASU 2017-12 on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In January 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other". The ASU simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill and eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. This ASU is effective for an annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2017-04 on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In October 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-16, "Income Taxes"2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)". This ASU improvesprovides an easier and more cost efficient way for companies to modify contracts that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") and other rates that are being phased out. The ASU (1) allows eligible contracts that are modified to be accounted for as a continuation of those contracts - a simplification that eliminates the need for companies to reassess or remeasure the contracts for accounting for income tax consequences of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. This ASUpurposes; (2) permits companies to preserve their hedge accounting during the transition period; and (3) enables companies to make a one-time election to transfer or sell held-to-maturity debt securities that are affected by rate reform. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Company adopted the beginning of the period of adoption. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period for which financial statements have not been issued or made available for issuance. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-16 on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows". This ASU addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 on a retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period.when effective. The adoption of this ASU 2016-15 willdid not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In February 2016,December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases".2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes by removing certain exceptions currently permissible under ASC Topic 740. This ASU increases transparencyalso requires entities to: (1) recognize a franchise tax that is partially based on income as an income-based tax and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assetsaccount for any incremental amounts incurred as non-income based tax; (2) evaluate when a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill should be considered as part of the business combination and lease liabilities onwhen it should be considered a separate transaction;(3) specifying that an entity is not required to allocate the balance sheetconsolidated amount of current and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements.deferred tax expense to a legal entity that is not subject to tax in its separate financial statements; and (4) reflect the effect of an enacted change in tax laws or rates in the annual effective tax rate computation and other minor improvements. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments is permitted, including adoption in any interim period for all entities.public business entities for periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of thisthe ASU will increase our assets and liabilities for real estate and equipment operating leases for which we are the lessee. We will adopt this ASU when effective. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2016-02did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments which requires the use of a new current expected credit loss ("CECL") model in estimating allowances for doubtful accounts with respect to accounts receivable. Receivables from revenue transactions, or trade receivables, are recognized when the corresponding revenue is recognized under ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The CECL model requires that the Company estimate its lifetime expected credit loss with respect to these receivables and record allowances that when deducted from the balance of the receivables, represent the estimated net amounts expected to be collected. Given the generally short term nature of trade receivables, we do not apply a discounted cash flow methodology. However, the Company considers whether historical loss rates are consistent with expectations of forward-looking estimates for our trade receivables. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted of the new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company will continue to actively monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its estimate of expected credit losses.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
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Note 3.  Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers which is further described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 3, Revenue Recognition to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following tables detail our revenue from customers disaggregated by primary geographical market and source of revenue. The tables also include a reconciliation of the disaggregated revenue for our Business and Consumer segments.
 Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
 March 31, 2020 March 31, 2019
 Business Consumer Total Business Consumer Total
Primary geographical markets           
United States$126,547
 $80,007
 $206,554
 $112,438
 $91,866
 $204,304
Canada1,933
 4,566
 6,499
 1,407
 5,168
 $6,575
United Kingdom16,291
 2,631
 18,922
 23,881
 2,910
 $26,791
Other Countries65,482
 
 65,482
 41,871
 
 $41,871
 $210,253
 $87,204
 $297,457
 $179,597
 $99,944
 $279,541
Major Sources of Revenue           
Service revenues$195,649
 $77,243
 $272,892
 $159,345
 $89,000
 $248,345
Access and product revenues10,122
 63
 10,185
 11,697
 68
 11,765
USF revenues4,482
 9,898
 14,380
 8,555
 10,876
 19,431
 $210,253
 $87,204
 $297,457
 $179,597
 $99,944
 $279,541

In January 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Recognitionaddition, the Company recognizes service revenues from its customers through subscription services provided or through usage or pay-per-use type arrangements. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized $156,455 related to subscription services, $93,047 related to usage, and Measurement of Financial$47,955 related to other revenues such as USF, other regulatory fees, and credits. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized $162,546 related to subscription services, $67,847 related to usage, and $49,148 related to other revenues such as USF, other regulatory fees, and credits.
Contract Assets and Financial Liabilities". This ASU provide guidance concerning certain matters involving the recognition, measurement,Liabilities
The following table provides information about receivables and disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities. The guidance does not alter the basic framework for classifying debt instruments held as financial assets. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is not permitted,contract liabilities from contracts with some exceptions. The adoption of ASU 2016-01 will not have a material impactcustomers:
 March 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Receivables (1)
$96,238
$101,813
Contract liabilities (2)
61,022
59,464

(1) Amounts included in accounts receivables on our condensed consolidated financial statementsbalance sheet.
(2) Amounts included in deferred revenues and related disclosures.other liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.
In May 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "RevenueOur deferred revenue represents the advance consideration received from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" which was further amended through various updates issued by the FASB thereafter. The amendments of Topic 606 clarify the principlescustomers for recognizing revenuesubscription services and provide a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP to improve financial reporting. The core principle of these standards are that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Topic 606 also amends the current guidance for the recognition of costs to obtain and fulfill contracts with customers requiring that all incremental costs of obtaining and direct costs of fulfilling contracts with customers such as commissions be deferred andis predominantly recognized over the expected customer life. In August 2015, an ASU was issued byfollowing performance period which is generally a month as transfer of control occurs. During the FASB whichthree months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized revenue of $108,875, related to its contract liabilities. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized revenue of $100,434, related to its contract liabilities. We expect to recognize $61,022 into revenue over the next twelve months related to our deferred the effective date to annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. We will adopt the requirementsrevenue as of the new standard in the first quarter of 2018 and anticipate using the modified retrospective transition method under which the standard will be applied onlyMarch 31, 2020.
Remaining Performance Obligation
Transaction price allocated to the most current period presented andremaining performance obligation represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized. The typical subscription term may range from 1 month to 3 years. Contracted revenue as of March 31, 2020 that has not yet been recognized was approximately $0.4 billion. This excludes contracts with an original expected length of less than one year. The Company expects to recognize the cumulative effectmajority of applying the standard will be recognized at the date of initial application.
We are in the process of evaluating the impact of the standard with respect to the terms of our revenue arrangements and will finalize our expected impact of the pronouncement along with implementation of changes to our internal controls and disclosures as necessary to support the new accounting during the fourth quarter of 2017. We expect the timing of recognition of our sales commissions will also be impacted as a substantial portion of these costs which are currently expensed will be capitalized under the revised standard and amortizedits remaining performance obligation over the period of benefit.

The following standards were adopted by the Company during the current year:
In November 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows". This ASU requires that a statement of cash flows explains the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. As a result, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period, and any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. We adopted this ASU in the first quarter of 2017 and applied the retrospective transition method for each period presented. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, $791 and $11 were reclassified from investing activity and effect of exchange rate changes on cash, respectively, and $51, $2,587 and $1,836 were adjusted to acquisition of business, net of cash acquired, and cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of the period and end of the period balances, respectively.
In March 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting". This ASU is issued as part of its Simplification Initiative. The areas for simplification in this ASU involve several aspects of the accounting for share- based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, recognition of share-based expense, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted this ASU in the first quarter of 2017. We elected to account for forfeitures when they occur versus our prior practice of estimating the number of awards that are expected to vest. The election of this new ASU resulted in a one-time adjustment in 2017 to accumulated deficit and to additional paid-in-capital of $5,668 and the corresponding benefit to our accumulated deficit and deferred tax asset of $2,285 related to the reversal of forfeiture rate as of December 31, 2016. In addition, a benefit to our accumulated deficit and deferred tax asset of $6,624 was recorded for excess tax benefits on equity compensation as of December 31, 2016. We also classified cash paid by us when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes as a financing activity. As a result, $4,359 was reclassified from operating activity to financing activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.next 18 months.


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In July 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory". This ASU appliesContract Acquisition Costs
We have various commission programs for internal sales personnel and channel partners that are incremental to inventory that is measured using first-in, first-out ("FIFO") or average cost. Under the updated guidance, an entity should measure inventory that is within scope at the lower of cost and net realizable value, which is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predicable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory that is measured using last-in, first-out ("LIFO") or the retail inventory. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and is applied prospectively. We adopted ASU 2015-11 in the first quarter of 2017 and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Note 3.  Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements
In connection with the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, and our remediation efforts related to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to our controls over the preparation of the annual tax provision, we identified an error as of December 31, 2016 in our recognition of a deferred tax asset related to contingent consideration with vesting requirements paid in connection with the acquisition of Nexmo. Based in part upon the vesting requirements of contingent consideration, we recorded the consideration as compensation expense in general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of operations. However, for tax purposes the contingent consideration should have beencustomer contracts. These costs are recorded as merger consideration and not deductible compensation. The correction of this error requires the reversal of the deferred tax assetcontract acquisition costs on the consolidated balance sheets which eligible employees and related tax benefitsthird parties may earn a commission on sales of $4,756services and products to customers. We expect that these commission fees are recoverable and, therefore, we have capitalized $73,862 and $68,982 as contract costs, net of accumulated amortization, as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2016. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 99, Materiality,2019, respectively, included within deferred customer acquisitions costs, current portion and SAB No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, we evaluated the errordeferred customer acquisition costs on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Capitalized commission fees are amortized to sales and determined that the related impact was not materialmarketing expense over estimated customer life, which is 7 years for Business customers. The amounts amortized to our results of operations or financial position for any prior annual or interim period, but that correcting the $4,756 cumulative impact of the error would be material to our results of operationssales and marketing expense were $3,661 and $2,530 for the three months ended March 31, 2017. Accordingly, we have corrected2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively. There were no impairment losses recognized in relation to the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and will correct this error in all prior periods presented by revising the appropriate condensed consolidated financial statements. This error had no impact oncosts capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2016. The impact2020 and 2019. In addition, the Company expenses sales commissions for commission plans related to the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016customer arrangements deemed less than a year and the consolidated statements of income for the threeresiduals and six months ended June 30, 2016, the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, and the three months and year ended December 31, 2016 is as follows:renewals.

Consolidated Balance Sheets      
  As of December 31, 2016
  As Reported Adjustment As Revised
       
Deferred tax assets, non-current $188,966
 $4,756
 $184,210
Total assets 940,422
 4,756
 935,666
Accumulated deficit (637,113) 4,756
 (641,869)
Total stockholders' equity 441,297
 4,756
 436,541
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 940,422
 4,756
 935,666

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income        
  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
  June 30, 2016 June 30, 2016
  As Reported Adjustment As Revised As Reported Adjustment As Revised
             
Income tax expense $(1,562) $679
 $(2,241) $(9,884) $679
 $(10,563)
Net income 897
 679
 218
 8,828
 679
 8,149
Net income per common share:��           
   Basic $
 $
 $
 $0.04
 $
 $0.04
   Diluted $
 $
 $
 $0.04
 $
 $0.04
             
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, 2016 September 30, 2016
  As Reported Adjustment As Revised As Reported Adjustment As Revised
             
Income tax expense $(1,501) $2,038
 $(3,539) $(11,385) $2,717
 $(14,102)
Net income 9,078
 2,038
 7,040
 17,906
 2,717
 15,189
Net income per common share:            
   Basic $0.04
 $0.01
 $0.03
 $0.08
 $0.01
 $0.07
   Diluted $0.04
 $0.01
 $0.03
 $0.08
 $0.01
 $0.07
             
  Three Months Ended Year Ended
  December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016
  As Reported Adjustment As Revised As Reported Adjustment As Revised
             
Income tax expense $(1,553) $2,039
 $(3,592) $(12,938) $4,756
 $(17,694)
Net income 1
 2,039
 (2,038) 17,907
 4,756
 13,151
Net income per common share:            
   Basic $
 $0.01
 $(0.01) $0.08
 $0.02
 $0.06
   Diluted $
 $0.01
 $(0.01) $0.08
 $0.02
 $0.06


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Note 4.    Earnings Per Share
The following table sets forth the computation for basic and diluted earningsloss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016:2019:
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2020 2019
Numerator    
Net loss $(3,755) $(534)
Denominator    
Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share 243,627
 240,527
Basic and diluted loss per share    
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.02) $
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
Numerator   
(revised) (1)
   
(revised) (1)
Net income $10,602
 $7,040
 $21,340
 $15,189
Denominator        
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 227,943
 217,000
 223,956
 214,872
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock units 14,777
 17,868
 18,596
 12,627
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 242,720
 234,868
 242,552
 227,499
Basic earnings per share        
Basic earnings per share $0.05
 $0.03
 $0.10
 $0.07
Diluted earnings per share        
Diluted earnings per share $0.04
 $0.03
 $0.09
 $0.07


(1) see Note 3. Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016,2019, the following were excluded from the calculation of diluted earningsloss per common share because of their anti-dilutive effects:
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2020 2019
Restricted stock units 13,894
 10,997
Stock options 4,878
 5,643
  18,772
 16,640

  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
Restricted stock units 4,938
 8,130
 2,458
 11,120
Stock options 5,362
 9,766
 4,023
 12,017
  10,300
 17,896
 6,481
 23,137


As the Company expects to settle the principal amount of its outstanding convertible senior notes in cash and any excess in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company uses the treasury stock method for calculating any potential dilutive effect of the conversion spread on diluted net income per share, if applicable. The conversion spread will have a dilutive impact on diluted net income per share of common stock when the average market price of the Company’s common stock for a given period exceeds the conversion price of $16.72 per share. The Company's Convertible Senior Notes are further described in Note 6, Long-Term Debt.



VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)




Note 5. Income Taxes

The income tax consisted of the following:
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2020 2019
Loss before income taxes $(4,005) $(10,584)
Income tax benefit 250
 10,050
Effective tax rate 6.2% 95.0%

The Company calculates its provision for income taxes during its interim reporting periods by applying an estimate of the annual effective tax rate for the full year "ordinary" income or loss for the respective reporting period. In addition, adjustments are recorded for discrete period items and changes to our state effective tax rate which can cause the rate to fluctuate from quarter to quarter.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, our effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate primarily due to a discrete period tax benefit of $2,115, which was recognized related to excess tax benefits on equity compensation. In addition, the Company’s actual effective tax rate for the current year has reduced the expected annual benefit as a result of permanent adjustments related to limitations on executive compensation deductibility and inclusion of income in the U.S. due to foreign disregarded entities.
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, our effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate primarily due to a discrete period tax benefit of $4,749, which was recognized related to excess tax benefits on equity compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which is commonly known as the CARES Act, was enacted into law. As permitted by the CARES Act, the Company intends to accelerate the refund request for previously paid Alternative Minimum Taxes and defer the employer portion of the social security payroll tax. We continue to assess the Company's potential benefits of the CARES Act and ongoing government guidance related to COVID-19.
Uncertain Tax Positions
The Company had uncertain tax benefits of $714 and $914 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits in income tax expense. The Company did 0t incur any interest expense or penalties during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively. The following table reconciles the total amounts of uncertain tax benefits:
 March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Balance as of January 1$914
 $1,107
Increase due to current year positions
 155
Decrease due to prior year positions
 (243)
Decrease due to settlements and payments(173) (86)
Decrease due to lapse of applicable statute of limitations
 (71)
(Decrease) increase due to foreign currency fluctuation(27) 52
Uncertain tax benefits as of the end of the period$714
 $914

Net Operating Loss Carry Forwards ("NOLs")
As of March 31, 2020, the Company has U.S. Federal and state NOL carryforwards of $509,313 and $237,667, respectively, which expire at various times through 2037. In addition, we have NOLs for United Kingdom tax purposes of $165,104 with no expiration date.

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Note 6.    Long-Term Note and Revolving Credit FacilityDebt
This footnote should be read in conjunction with the complete description of our financing arrangements under Note 6,8, Long-Term Debt and Revolving Credit Facility, to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.
A scheduleThe following table summarizes the Company's long-term debt as of long-term noteMarch 31, 2020 and revolving credit facility at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 20162019:
 March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Revolving credit facility - due 2023265,500
 220,500
Convertible senior notes - due 2024345,000
 345,000
Long-term debt including current maturities610,500
 565,500
Less unamortized discount58,180
 61,234
Less debt issuance costs6,709
 7,108
Total long-term debt$545,611
 $497,158

Convertible Senior Notes
In June 2019, the Company issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.75% convertible senior notes due 2024 in a private placement and an additional $45.0 million aggregate principal amount of such notes pursuant to the exercise in full of the over-allotment option of the initial purchasers (collectively, "Convertible Senior Notes"). The Convertible Senior Notes are the Company's senior unsecured obligations. The Convertible Senior Notes will mature on June 1, 2024, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or converted. We may not redeem the notes prior to June 5, 2022. The total net proceeds from the offering, after deducting initial purchase discounts and expenses payable by the Company, were $334.8 million.
Each $1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes is initially convertible into 59.8256 shares of the Company's common stock, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $16.72 per share. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, upon the occurrence of a make-whole fundamental change or a redemption period, each as defined in the indenture setting forth the terms of the Convertible Senior Notes, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate by a number of additional shares for a holder that elects to convert its Convertible Senior Notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change or during the relevant redemption period.
Prior to December 1, 2023, the notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods, and thereafter, at any time until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. We will satisfy any conversion election by paying or delivering, as the case may be, cash, shares of common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the conditions allowing holders of the Convertible Senior Notes to convert were not met.
The net carrying amount of the liability component of the Convertible Senior Notes was as follows:
  March 31, 2020
Principal $345,000
Unamortized discount (58,180)
Unamortized issuance cost (6,709)
Net carrying amount $280,111



VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

 September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
2.50-3.25% Term note - due 2020, net of debt related costs$77,361
 $91,124
2.50-3.25% Revolving credit facility - due 2020182,000
 209,000
Total Long-term note and revolving credit facility$259,361
 $300,124


The following table sets forth the interest expense recognized related to the Convertible Senior Notes:
2016 Financing
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Contractual interest expense1,509
Amortization of debt discount3,054
Amortization of debt issuance costs399
Total interest expense related to the Convertible Senior Notes4,962

In connection with the pricing of the Convertible Senior Notes and subsequently in connection with the exercise of the initial purchaser's option to purchase additional notes, the Company entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions with certain counterparties (the "Capped Calls"). The Capped Calls each have a strike price of $16.72 per share, subject to certain adjustments, which corresponds to the initial conversion price of the Convertible Senior Notes. The Capped Calls have initial cap prices of $23.46 per share, subject to certain adjustments. The Capped Calls are expected generally to reduce potential dilution to the Company's common stock upon any conversion of notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the aggregate principal amount of converted notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. The initial cap price of the Capped Call transactions was $23.46. The net cost of $28,325 incurred to purchase the Capped Calls and related income tax benefit of $6,772 was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital on the Company's consolidated balance sheet and are not accounted for as derivatives.
2018 Term Note and Revolving Credit Facility
On June 3, 2016, weJuly 31, 2018, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated2018 Credit Agreement (the “2016 Credit Facility”)Facility consisting of a $125.0$100 million senior secured term noteloan and a $325.0$500 million revolving credit facility. The co-borrowers under the 20162018 Credit Facility are the Company and Vonage America Inc., the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary. Obligations under the 20162018 Credit Facility are guaranteed, fully and unconditionally, by the Company’s other United States material subsidiaries and are secured by substantially all of the assets of each borrower and each guarantor.
We used $197.8 million of the net available proceeds of the 2016 Credit Facility to retire all of the debt under our prior credit facility. We used $179.0 million from our 2016 Credit Facility in connection with the acquisition of Nexmo on June 3, 2016. Remaining proceeds from the term note and the undrawn revolving credit facility under the 2016 Credit Facility will be used for general corporate purposes. During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, we made mandatory repayments of $14.1 million under the term note and made discretionary repayments of $42.0 million under the revolving credit facility, respectively, and borrowed $15.0$45 million under the revolving credit facility. In addition, the effective interest rate was 4.25%3.71% as of September 30, 2017.

March 31, 2020. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we made mandatory repayments of $2.5 million under the 2018 term note and borrowed $41.5 million under the revolving credit facility. As of March 31, 2020, we were in compliance with all covenants, including financial covenants, for the 2018 Credit Facility. On April 6, 2020, the Company drew $30 million of the amounts available under the revolving portion of the 2018 Credit Facility to increase its cash position in light of volatility in capital markets.
Interest Rate SwapSwaps
On July 14, 2017, we executed on three3 interest rate swap agreements in order to hedge the variability of expected future cash interest payments related to the 2016 Credit Facility.payments. The swaps have an aggregate notional amount of $150 million and were effective onfrom July 31, 2017 through June 3, 2020 concurrent with the term of the 2016 Credit Facility.2020. Under the swaps our interest rate is fixed at 4.7%. The interest rate swaps are accounted for as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the fair market value of the swaps was $197,a liability of $218 and an asset of $18, respectively, which is included in other assets and accumulated OCI on the face of our condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2017, the critical terms of the swap agreements have not changed and therefore, there is no ineffectiveness to be recorded and all changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded in accumulated OCI. The following table summarizes the effects of ASC 815 on the Company's accumulated OCI balance attributable to cash flow derivatives:
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2020 2019
     
Accumulated OCI beginning balance $(1,001) $975
Reclassified from accumulated OCI to income:    
Due to reclassification of previously deferred gain (133) (133)
Change in fair value of cash flow hedge accounting contracts, net of tax (285) (554)
Accumulated OCI ending balance, net of tax benefit of $46 and $365, respectively $(1,419) $288
Gains expected to be reclassified from accumulated OCI during the next 12 months $531
 $531

  Three and Nine Months Ended
  September 30,
  2017
   
Accumulated OCI beginning balance $
Mark-to-market of cash flow hedge accounting contracts 197
Accumulated OCI ending balance $197
Gains expected to be realized from accumulated OCI during the next 12 months $

Note 7.  Leases
The Company entered into various non-cancelable operating lease agreements for certain of our existing office and telecommunications co-location space as well as operating leases for certain equipment. The operating leases expire at various times through 2026. We are committed to pay a portion of the buildings’ operating expenses as required under the arrangements which we will separate as a non-lease component when readily determinable. The Company did not have any finance leases as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Company incurred operating lease expense of $2,965 and $3,941, respectively, related to its operating leases and sub-lease income of $319 and $266, respectively. Additionally, the remaining weighted average lease term for our operating leases was 4.10 years and the weighted average discount rate utilized to measure the Company's operating leases was 5.04% as of March 31, 2020.
Supplemental cash flow related to the Company's operating leases is as follows:


 Three Months Ended
 March 31, 2020
  
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities$4,139
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations$1,261


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)




Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
    
2020 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2020 for the period ended March 31, 2020)$10,841
 15,017
202111,879
 11,663
20228,180
 7,599
20236,552
 7,197
20242,252
 6,592
Thereafter4,540
 21,178
Total lease payments44,244
 69,246
Less imputed interest(4,309) (11,047)
Total$39,935
 $58,199



During the first quarter of 2020, the Company amended one of its office leases to remove a renewal period of 5 years beyond the initial lease term.  In the Company's adoption of ASC 842, the Company had included the available renewal term within the transition asset and liability as the renewal was highly probable at the time of adoption.  As a result, the Company's operating lease liability was reduced by $15,825 with a corresponding reduction in the Company's operating lease right-of-use assets as of March 31, 2020.

Note 6.8.    Common Stock
As of September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2016,2019, the Company had 596,950 shares of common stock authorized and had 10,31815,521 shares available for grants under our share-based compensation programs as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2020. For a detailed description of our share-based compensation programs refer to Note 9, 10, Employee Stock Benefit Plans in the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Common Stock Repurchases
On December 9, 2014, Vonage's Board of Directors authorized a program for2019. The following table reflects the Company to repurchase up to $100.0 million of its outstandingchanges in the Company's common stock (the "2014 $100.0 million repurchase program"). Repurchases under the 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program are expected to be made over a four-year period ending on December 31, 2018.
We repurchased the following shares of common stock with cash resources under the 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program during the threeissued and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:outstanding:
For the Three Months Ended     
(in thousands)Issued Treasury Outstanding
Balance at December 31, 2018309,736
 (69,993) 239,743
Shares issued under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan4,497
 
 4,497
Employee taxes paid on withholding shares
 (1,864) (1,864)
Balance at March 31, 2019314,233
 (71,857) 242,376
      
Balance at December 31, 2019315,808
 (72,959) 242,849
Shares issued under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan4,072
 
 4,072
Employee taxes paid on withholding shares
 (1,675) (1,675)
Balance at March 31, 2020319,880
 (74,634) 245,246

  
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Shares of common stock repurchased
 
 1,599
 7,400
Value of common stock repurchased$
 $
 $9,510
 $32,762
As of September 30, 2017, $42,533 remained of our 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program. The repurchase program expires on December 31, 2018 but may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.
In any period under the 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program, cash used in financing activities related to common stock repurchases may differ from the comparable change in stockholders' equity, reflecting timing differences between the recognition of share repurchase transactions and their settlement for cash.

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Note 7.9.    Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
From time to time in addition to those identified below, we are subject to legal proceedings, claims, investigations, and proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment, and other matters. From time to time, we receive letters or other communications from third parties inviting us to obtain patent licenses that might be relevant to our business or alleging that our services infringe upon third party patents or other intellectual property. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we make a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions, if any, are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. Litigation is inherently unpredictable. We believe that we have valid defenses with respect to the legal matters pending against us and are vigorously defending these matters. Given the uncertainty surrounding litigation and our inability to assess the likelihood of a favorable or unfavorable outcome in thesuch matters noted below and our inability to reasonably estimate the amount of loss or range of loss, it is possible that the resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Litigation
IP Matters
RPost Holdings, Inc.On August 24, 2012, RPost Holdings, Inc., RPost Communications Limited, and RMail Limited (collectively, “RPost”) filed a lawsuit against StrongMail Systems, Inc. (“StrongMail”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging that StrongMail’s products and services, including its electronic mail marketing services, are covered by United States Patent Nos. 8,224,913, 8,209,389, 8,161,104, 7,966,372, and 6,182,219. On February 11, 2013, RPost filed an amended complaint, adding 27 new defendants, including Vonage America Inc. RPost’s amended complaint alleges willful infringement of the RPost patents by Vonage and each of the other new defendants because they are customers of StrongMail. StrongMail has agreed to fully defend and indemnify Vonage in this lawsuit. Vonage answered the complaint on May 7, 2013. On September 17, 2015, the Court ordered the consolidation for pre-trial purposes of this case with other cases by RPost. The lead case has been administratively closed and stayed since January 30, 2014 due to multiple pending actions by third parties regarding ownership of the patents at issue. On September 1, 2017, the parties in the consolidated actions filed a joint notice regarding status of the co-pending actions. Plaintiffs requested that the stay be lifted, while defendants maintain that the stay should remain in place.
AIP Acquisition LLC. On January 3, 2014, AIP Acquisition LLC (“AIP”), filed a lawsuit against Vonage Holdings Corp., Vonage America, Inc., and Vonage Marketing LLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Vonage’s products and services are covered by United States Patent No. 7,269,247. Vonage filed an answer and counterclaims on February 25, 2014. AIP filed an amended complaint on March 18, 2014, which Vonage answered on April 4, 2014. On April 8, 2014, the Court stayed the case pending final resolution of non-party Level 3’s inter partes review request of United States Patent No. 7,724,879, which is a continuation of the ‘247 patent. On October 8, 2014, the Patent Office issued a Final Written Decision, finding all challenged claims of the ‘879 patent to be invalid. On November 10, 2015, the Federal Circuit rejected AIP’s appeal and affirmed the Patent Office’s rejection of the ‘879 patent.
Cisco petitioned for inter partes review of the ‘247 patent on November 25, 2014, which was granted on May 20, 2015. On May 18, 2016, the Patent Office issued a Final Written Decision, finding all challenged claims of the ‘247 patent to be invalid. AIP appealed to the Federal Circuit, filing its opening brief on December 15, 2016. On December 20, 2016, the Patent Office filed a notice of intervention in the appellate proceedings. Briefing on the appeal is complete, and oral argument was held on October 3, 2017.
Commercial Litigation
Merkin & Smith, et al.  On September 27, 2013, Arthur Merkin and James Smith filed a putative class action lawsuit against Vonage America, Inc. in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, alleging that Vonage violated California’s Unfair Competition Law by charging its customers fictitious 911 taxes and fees. On October 30, 2013, Vonage filed a notice removing the case to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On November 26, 2013, Vonage filed its Answer to the Complaint. On December 4, 2013, Vonage filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration, which the Court denied on February 4, 2014. On March 5, 2014, Vonage appealed that decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On March 26, 2014, the district court proceedings were stayed pending the appeal. On February 29, 2016, the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s ruling and remanded with instructions to grant the motion to compel arbitration. On March 22, 2016, Merkin and Smith filed a petition for rehearing. On May 4, 2016, the Ninth Circuit withdrew its February 29, 2016 decision and issued a new order reversing the district court’s order and remanded with instructions to compel arbitration. The Ninth Circuit also declared as moot the petition for rehearing. On June 27, 2016, the lower court stayed the case pending arbitration. A joint status report was filed with the District Court on December 23, 2016. A second joint status report was filed with the District Court on March 23, 2017. A third joint status report was filed with the District Court on June 27, 2017. A fourth joint status report was filed with the District Court on September 26, 2017.
DSA Promotions, LLC v. Vonage America, Inc. On September 28, 2017, DSA Promotions, LLC ("DSA") filed suit in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, seeking payment of approximately $162 for goods and materials provided by DSA to Vonage. Vonage was served with the Original Petition and Request for Disclosure on October 13, 2017. DSA makes its claim based upon the doctrine of suit on a sworn account, quantum meruit and unjust enrichment. Vonage removed the matter from Dallas County District Court to the United States Federal Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, on Monday, November 6, 2017. Vonage's responsive pleadings are due on Monday, November 13, 2017.

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Regulation
Telephony services are subject to a broad spectrum of state, federal and federalforeign regulations. Because of the uncertainty over whether Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) should be treated as a telecommunications or information service, we have been involved in a substantial amount of state and federal regulatory activity. Implementation and interpretation of the existing laws and regulations is ongoing and is subject to litigation by various federal and state agencies and courts. Due to the uncertainty over the regulatory classification of VoIP service, there can be no assurance that we will not be subject to new regulations or existing regulations under new interpretations, and that such change would not introduce material additional costs to our business.
Federal - Net Neutrality
Clear and enforceable The Company continues to monitor federal regulations relating to net neutrality, rules make it more difficult for broadband Internet service providers to block or discriminate against Vonage service. In addition, explicitly applying net neutrality rules to wireless broadband Internet service providers could create greater opportunities for VoIP applications that run on wireless broadband Internet service. In December 2010, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted net neutrality rules that applied strong net neutrality rules to wired broadband Internet service providers and limited rules to wireless broadband Internet service providers. On January 14, 2014, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a significant portion of the 2010 rules. On May 15, 2014, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing new net neutrality rules. After public response to the NPRM, the FCC adopted new neutrality rules on February 26, 2015. These rules prohibit broadband Internet service providers from: (1) blocking or throttling lawful content applications, or services; (2) imposing paid prioritization arrangements; and (3) unreasonably interfering or unreasonably disadvantaging consumers or edge providers. In addition, broadband Internet service providers are required to make certain disclosures regarding their network management practices, network performance, and commercial terms. These net neutrality rules apply the same requirements to wired and wireless broadband Internet service providers. Several parties filed appeals which are pending at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral arguments at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals were held on December 4, 2015. On June 14, 2016, the D.C. Circuit of Appeals denied the appeals. Several parties filed a petition for rehearing en banc on July 29, 2016, which was denied on May 1, 2017. On July 2, 2017 Chief Justice John Roberts extended the time within which interested parties could file a petition for a writ of certiorari until September 28, 2017. Multiple interested parties and intervenors filed petitions. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the petitions.
Federal - Rural Call Completion Issues
On February 7, 2013, the FCC released a NPRM on rural call completion issues. The NPRM proposed new detailed reporting requirements to gauge rural call completion performance. Rural carriers have argued that VoIP provider call completion performance to rural areas is generally poor. On October 28, 2013, the FCC adopted an order on rural call completion imposing new reporting obligations and restricting certain call signaling practices. The call signaling rules went into effect on January 31, 2014.  We filed for extensions of the rules, which the FCC granted, and as of April 17, 2014, we were compliant with the FCC call signaling rules.  The effective date for the reporting requirements was April 1, 2015. We could be subject to an FCC enforcement action in the future in the event the FCC took the position that our rural call completion performance is inadequate or we were not compliant with the FCC’s order. On June 22, 2017, the FCC issued a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The FCC has proposed changes to the FCC's rules that allegedly would more effectively address rural call completion problems while reducing burdens on covered providers. Vonage is reviewing and evaluating the FCC's proposed changes.
Federal - NPRM - Number Slamming
On July 13, 2017, the FCC adopted a NPRM regarding ways to protect consumers fromissues, number slamming, 911 access, access to telecommunication equipment and cramming without impeding competition or impairing the abilityservices by persons with disabilities, caller ID services, number portability, unwanted calls to reassigned numbers, and robocalling. As we continue to expand globally, these types of consumersregulations are likely to switch providers. Vonage is monitoring this NPRM.
Federal - NPRM Toll Free Assignment Modernization
On September 26, 2017 the FCC issued a NPRM regarding the modernization of toll free number assignment. The FCC proposes amending its rules to allow for the use of an auction to assign certain toll free numbers - such as vanitybe similarly enacted and repeater numbers - in order to better promote the equitable and efficient use of numbers (especially as affordedenforced by the opening of the 833 toll free code). Vonage will continue to monitor activity with respect to this NPRM.
Federal - NOI - Enterprise Communications Systems Access to 911
On September 26, 2017, the FCC adopted a Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") with respect to 911 access, routing and location in Enterprise Communication Systems. Vonage will monitor activity related to this NOI.

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Federal - Access to Telecommunication Equipment and Services by Persons with Disabilities
At its open meeting scheduled for October 24, 2017, the FCC applied its wireline hearing aid compatibility rules/standards to handsets that provide advanced communication services, which includes interconnected and non-interconnected Voice over IP. The rules include certain coupling and volume control requirements that would allow the handsets to work better for persons with hearing aids. There are also testing and certification requirements, which typically apply to the handset manufacturer. The FCC also adopted a requirement for volume control in wireless handsets. The new rules have a two-year phase in for new phones and do not require the modification to existing handsets.
Federal - Rules and Policies Regarding Caller ID Services
At its open meeting on October 24, 2017, the FCC issued a report and order regarding amendments to the Commission’s rules to exempt threatening calls from current Caller ID blocking roles so that, among other changes, law enforcement and security personnel have timely access to information they need to aid their investigations. The order exempts threatening calls from the CPN privacy rules.
Federal - Part 43 Report and Order
At its open meeting scheduled for October 24, 2017, the FCC issued a report and order based on a March 23, 2017 NPRM to eliminate the filing of annual traffic and revenue reports and streamline circuit capacity reports.
Federal - Number Portability NPRM and NOI
At its open meeting scheduled for October 24, 2017, the FCC released a NPRM that would allow carriers flexibility in conducting number portability database queries to promote nationwide number portability and eliminate the dialing party requirement as it applies to interexchange service. The NOI seeks comments on industry number portability models and how number administration might be improved for more efficient technical, operational, administrative and legal processes. Vonage is monitoring this NPRM and NOI.
State Telecommunications Regulation
In general, the focus of interconnected VoIP telecommunications regulation is at the federal level. On November 12, 2004, the FCC issued a declaratory ruling providing that our service is subject to federal regulation and preempted the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (“MPUC”) from imposing certain of its regulations on us. The FCC's decision was based on its conclusion that our service is interstate in nature and cannot be separated into interstate and intrastate components. On March 21, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed the FCC's declaratory ruling preempting state regulation of our service.
While this ruling does not exempt us from all state oversight of our service, it effectively prevents state telecommunications regulators from imposing certain burdensome and inconsistent market entry requirements and certain other state utility rules and regulations on our service. State regulators continue to probe the limits of federal preemption in their attempts to apply state telecommunications regulation to interconnected VoIP service. On July 16, 2009, the Nebraska Public Service Commission and the Kansas Corporation Commission filed a petition with the FCC seeking a declaratory ruling or, alternatively, adoption of a rule declaring that state authorities may apply universal service funding requirements to nomadic VoIP providers. We participated in the FCC proceedings on the petition. On November 5, 2010, the FCC issued a declaratory ruling that allowed states to assess state USF on nomadic VoIP providers on a going forward basis provided that the states comply with certain conditions to ensure that imposing state USF does not conflict with federal law or policy. 
Minnesota - More recently on July 28, 2015, the MPUC found that it has authority to regulate Charter’s fixed, interconnected VoIP service. Charter challenged the MPUC’s order at the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. This challenge is currently pending. In September 2017 amicus briefs were filed in support of the Minnesota PUC's appeal of the Charter decision by AARP, the AARP Foundation, Professor Barbara Cherry, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the national Association of State Consumer Advocates and the Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
Arizona - on August 14, 2017, the Arizona Corporation Commission issued an opinion and order with respect to amendments to the Arizona Universal Services Fund. The rulemaking allows for, among other things, the collection of additional USF surcharges in Arizona to fund the E-rate Broadband Special Construction Project Matching Fund Program. The Commission held hearing on September 12 and 13, 2017. Vonage will continue to monitor this rulemaking to determine its effect upon its business activities within Arizona.
We expect that state public utility commissions and state legislators will continue their attempts to apply state telecommunications regulations to nomadic VoIP service.

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local regulatory authorities.    
State and Municipal Taxes
In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we make a provision for a liability for taxes when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability or range of liability can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. For a period ofFrom time to time, we did not collect or remit state or municipal taxes (such as sales, excise, utility, use, and ad valorem taxes), fees or surcharges (“Taxes”) on the charges to our customers for our services, except that we historically complied with the New Jersey sales tax. We have received inquiries or demands from a number of statestates and municipallocal taxing agencies with respect to the remittance of sales, use, telecommunications, and 911 agencies seeking paymentexcise taxes. Several jurisdictions are currently conducting tax audits of Taxesthe Company's records. While the Company collects or has accrued for taxes that it believes are appliedrequired to or collected from customers of providers of traditional public switched telephone network services. Although we have consistently maintained that these Taxes do not apply to our service for a variety of reasons depending on the statute or rule that establishes such obligations, we are now collecting and remitting sales taxes in certain of those states including a number of states that have changed their statutes to expressly include VoIP. In addition, many states address how VoIP providers should contribute to support public safety agencies, andbe remitted, it has reviewed its positions in those states we remitvarious jurisdictions as well as other regulatory fees to theand has established appropriate state agencies. We could also be contacted by state or municipal taxing and 911 agencies regarding Taxes that do explicitly apply to VoIP and these agencies could seek retroactive payment of Taxes.reserves. As such, we have established reserves of $901$3,703 and $1,763$3,175 as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2016,2019, respectively, as our best estimate of the potential tax exposure for any retroactive assessment.


Note 8. Acquisitions and Dispositions

Sale of Hosted Infrastructure Product Line

On May 31, 2017, we completed the sale of our Hosted Infrastructure product line for up to $4.0 million consideration comprised of $1.0 million received upon closing an additional $0.5 million of contingent consideration received during the third quarter and the potential for up to $2.5 million further consideration based on the achievement of financial objectives for net sales during the 18 months following closing. The results of our Hosted Infrastructure product line have been included within our business segment. As a result of the sale, we recorded a gain of $1,377 within other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. This disposal did not represent a strategic shift in operations and, therefore, did not qualify for presentation as discontinued operations.
Acquisition of Nexmo
Nexmo is a global leader in the Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (“CPaaS”) segment of the cloud communications market. Nexmo provides innovative communication application program interfaces (“APIs”) for text messaging and voice communications, allowing developers and enterprises to embed contextual communications into mobile apps, websites and business workflows via text, social media, chat apps and voice.
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 5, 2016 and further amended on June 2, 2016, by and among the Company, Neptune Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and newly formed indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Vonage (“Merger Sub”), Nexmo, a Delaware corporation, and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, as representative of the security holders of Nexmo, on June 3, 2016, Merger Sub, on the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, merged with and into Nexmo, and Nexmo became a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Vonage.
Under the agreement, Nexmo shareholders received consideration of $231,122, with an additional earn-out opportunity (the "contingent consideration") of up to $20,000 contingent upon Nexmo achieving certain performance targets. Of the consideration, $194,684 (net of cash acquired of $16,094) was paid at close, consisting of $163,093 of cash (net of $16,094 of cash acquired) and 6,823 in shares of Vonage common stock valued at $31,591. The remaining $36,438 of the $231,122 purchase price is in the form of restricted cash, restricted stock and options held by Nexmo management and employees (the "Employee Payout Amount"), subject to vesting requirements over time and to be amortized to compensation expense quarterly until vested. We financed the transaction with $179,000 from our 2016 Credit Facility.


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The consideration was allocated to acquisition cost as follows:
Cash paid at closing (inclusive of cash acquired of $16,094)$179,186
Stock paid at closing31,591
Contingent consideration (described below)16,472
Employee Payout Amount (described below)4,779
Acquisition Cost$232,028
In addition, Nexmo shareholders were eligible to earn a Variable Payout Amount of up to $20,000, subject to the achievement of certain performance targets during the 12 month period following the closing of the transaction.  We estimated using probability weighting that the value of the contingent consideration was $17,840 at the acquisition date and included that amount in acquisition cost at the net present value amount of $16,472. As of December 31, 2016, Nexmo did not achieve the performance targets necessary to earn the Variable Payout Amount but the parties agreed to a $5,000 settlement that the parties were paid in the first quarter of 2017.
In addition, Nexmo management and employees were eligible to earn an Employee Payout Amount of $36,438 attributable to restricted cash, restricted stock and assumed options, of which $4,779 is included in acquisition cost as service had been provided pre-acquisition and $31,659 will be recorded as post-acquisition expense assuming all amounts vest, of which $31,087 is being recognized as compensation expense and $572 related to interest expense as continued employment is a condition of receiving consideration. Pursuant to the merger agreement, $20,372 of the cash consideration and $5,081 of the stock consideration were placed in escrow for unknown liabilities that may have existed as of the acquisition date.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we incurred approximately $28 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we incurred approximately $257 and $5,316, respectively, in acquisition related transaction costs, which were recorded in general and administrative expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. For the full year 2016, we incurred approximately $5.5 million in acquisition related transaction costs.
The acquisition was accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting under which assets and liabilities of Nexmo were recorded at their respective fair values including an amount for goodwill representing the difference between the acquisition consideration and the fair value of the identifiable net assets. We do not expect any portion of this goodwill to be deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill attributable to the acquisition has been recorded as a non-current asset and is not amortized, but is subject to an annual review for impairment. The factors that contributed to goodwill include synergies that are specific to our consolidated business, the acquisition of a talented workforce that provides us with expertise in the small and medium business markets, as well as other intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition.
The acquisition price was allocated to the tangible and identified intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the closing date. The fair values assigned to identifiable intangible assets assumed were based on management’s current estimates and assumptions. The accounting for the Nexmo acquisition was completed during the three months ended June 30, 2017, at which point the fair values became final. The table below summarizes the provisional amounts recognized for assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of December 31, 2016 as well as adjustments made through the nine months ended September 30, 2017, when the allocation became final. Measurement period adjustments primarily reflect the tax impact of the acquisition date fair values.

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The purchase price was allocated as follows:
 Acquisition Date Fair Value as of December 31, 2016 Measurement period adjustments Revised Acquisition Date Fair Value
Assets     
Current assets:     
Cash and cash equivalents$16,094
 $
 $16,094
Accounts receivable8,764
 
 8,764
Prepaid expenses and other current assets3,507
 
 3,507
Total current assets28,365
 
 28,365
Property and equipment757
 
 757
Software, net242
 
 242
Intangible assets101,770
 
 101,770
Restricted cash51
 
 51
Total assets acquired131,185
 
 131,185
      
Liabilities     
Current liabilities:     
Accounts payable1,841
 
 1,841
Accrued expenses9,299
 
 9,299
Deferred revenue, current portion1,735
 
 1,735
Total current liabilities12,875
 
 12,875
Deferred tax liabilities, net, non-current29,355
 (5,482) 23,873
Total liabilities assumed42,230
 (5,482) 36,748
      
Net identifiable assets acquired88,955
 5,482
 94,437
Goodwill143,073
 (5,482) 137,591
Total purchase price$232,028
 $
 $232,028
Identifiable intangible assets recognized in connection with the acquisition included:
  
 
Customer relationships$85,900
Developed technologies13,768
Non-compete agreements972
Trade names1,130
 $101,770
Goodwill
The following table provides a summary of the changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill which is attributable to our business segment:
Balance at December 31, 2016 $360,363
Decrease in goodwill related acquisition of Nexmo (5,482)
Currency translation adjustments 16,654
Balance at September 30, 2017 $371,535

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Pro forma financial information
The following unaudited supplemental pro forma information presents the combined historical results of operations of Vonage and Nexmo for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, as if the acquisition had been completed at the beginning of 2016.
  Nine Months Ended
  September 30,
  2016
Revenues $743,083
Net income $12,718
Earnings per common share - basic $0.06
Earnings per common share - diluted $0.05
The pro forma financial information includes certain adjustments to reflect expenses in the appropriate pro forma periods as though the companies were combined as of the beginning of 2016 and includes the pro-forma impact of amortization of identifiable intangibles assets and interest expense on borrowings under our revolving line of credit utilized to, in part, finance the acquisition. The pro forma data was also adjusted to eliminate non-recurring transaction costs incurred by us as well as the related tax impact. The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the results that we would have achieved had the transaction actually occurred on January 1, 2016 and does not purport to be indicative of future financial operating results nor does it reflect any operating efficiencies and cost savings that may be realized from the integration of the acquisition.

Note 9.10.  Industry Segment and Geographic Information
ASC 280, "Segment Reporting"Segment Reporting establishes reporting standards for an enterprise's business segments and related disclosures about its products, services, geographic areas and major customers. Under ASC 280, the method for determining what information to report is based upon the way management organizes the operating segments within the Company for making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. Our chief operating decision-maker reviews revenue and gross margin information for each of our reportable segments, but does not review operating expenses on a segment by segment basis. In addition, with the exception of goodwill and intangible assets, we do not identify or allocate our assets by the reportable segments.
Business
For our Business customers, we provideour Applications Group provides innovative, cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service, or UCaaS and CCaaS solutions, comprised of integrated voice, text, video, data, collaboration, and mobile applications over our flexible, scalable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)SIP based Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP network. Through Nexmo, the VonageThe API Platform weGroup also offer Communications Platform as a Service, oroffers CPaaS solutions designed to enhance the way businesses communicate with their customers embedding communications into apps, websites and business processes. Together we have a robust set of product families tailored to serve the full range of the business value chain, from the small and medium business, or SMB market through mid-market and enterprise markets. We provide customers with multiple deployment options, designed to provide the reliability and quality of service they demand. We provide customers the ability to integrate our cloud communications platform with many cloud-based productivity and CRM solutions, including Google’s G Suite, Zendesk, Salesforce’s Sales Cloud, Oracle, Clio, and other CRM solutions. In combination, our products and services permit our business customers to communicate with their customers and employees through any cloud-connected device, in any place, at any time without the often costly investment required with on-site equipment.
Consumer
For our Consumer customers, we enable users to access and utilize our UCaaS services and features, via their existing internet connections,a single “identity,” either a number or user name, regardless of how they are connected to the Internet, including over 3G/4G, LTE, Cable, or DSL broadband networks. This technology enables us to offer our Consumer customers attractively priced voice communicationand messaging services and other features around the world on a variety of devices.

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For our segments we categorize revenues as follows:
Services revenues. Services revenues consists primarily of revenue attributable to our communication services for Consumer and Software Defined Wide Area Network, or SD-WAN, UCaaS and CPaaS services for Business,
ProductAccess and product revenues. Product revenues include equipment sold to customers, shipping and handling, professional services, and broadband access.access, as well as revenues associated with providing access services to Business customers.
USF revenues. USF revenues represent fees passed on to customers to offset required contributions to the Federal Universal Service Fund (“USF”) and related fees.USF.
For our segments we categorize cost of revenues as follows:
Services cost of revenues. Services cost of revenues consists of costs associated with network operations and technical support personnel, communication origination, and termination services provided by third party carriers and excludes depreciation and amortization.
ProductAccess and product cost of revenues. Product cost of revenues includes equipment sold to customers, shipping and handling, professional services, cost of certain products including equipment or services that we give customers as promotions, and broadband access.access, as well as costs associated with providing access services to Business customers.
USF cost of revenues. USF cost of revenues represents contributions to the Federal Universal Service Fund (“USF”)USF and related fees.


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Information about our segment results for the three and ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 were as follows:
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended
September 30, 2017 September 30, 2017March 31, 2020
Business Consumer Total Business Consumer TotalBusiness Consumer Total
Revenues                
Service revenues$109,483
 $111,913
 $221,396
 $305,599
 $346,666
 $652,265
$195,649
 $77,243
 $272,892
Product revenues (1)
13,085
 94
 13,179
 39,837
 498
 40,335
Service and product revenues122,568
 112,007
 234,575
 345,436
 347,164
 692,600
Access and product revenues (1)
10,122
 63
 10,185
Service, access and product revenues excluding USF205,771
 77,306
 283,077
USF revenues6,738
 11,770
 18,508
 19,386
 36,280
 55,666
4,482
 9,898
 14,380
Total revenues129,306
 123,777
 253,083
 364,822
 383,444
 748,266
210,253
 87,204
 297,457
                
Cost of revenues                
Service cost of revenues (2)
50,777
 19,434
 70,211
 139,218
 62,969
 202,187
92,357
 8,512
 100,869
Product cost of revenues (1)
12,702
 1,517
 14,219
 38,360
 5,475
 43,835
Service and product cost of revenues63,479
 20,951
 84,430
 177,578
 68,444
 246,022
Access and product cost of revenues (1)
11,596
 573
 12,169
Service, access and product cost of revenues excluding USF103,953
 9,085
 113,038
USF cost of revenues6,738
 11,770
 18,508
 19,386
 36,280
 55,666
4,482
 9,898
 14,380
Total cost of revenues70,217
 32,721
 102,938
 196,964
 104,724
 301,688
108,435
 18,983
 127,418
                
Segment gross margin                
Service margin58,706
 92,479
 151,185
 166,381
 283,697
 450,078
103,292
 68,731
 172,023
Product margin383
 (1,423) (1,040) 1,477
 (4,977) (3,500)
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin)59,089
 91,056
 150,145
 167,858
 278,720
 446,578
Access and product margin(1,474) (510) (1,984)
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin)101,818
 68,221
 170,039
USF margin
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Segment gross margin$59,089
 $91,056
 $150,145
 $167,858
 $278,720
 $446,578
$101,818
 $68,221
 $170,039
                
Segment gross margin %                
Service margin %53.6% 82.6% 68.3% 54.4% 81.8% 69.0%52.8% 89.0% 63.0%
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin %)48.2% 81.3% 64.0% 48.6% 80.3% 64.5%
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin %)49.5% 88.2% 60.1%
Segment gross margin %45.7% 73.6% 59.3% 46.0% 72.7% 59.7%48.4% 78.2% 57.2%

(1) Includes customer premise equipment, access, professional services, and shipping and handling.
(2) Excludes depreciation and amortization of $5,053$8,519 and $1,799$1,090 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and $14,931 and $5,566 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, respectively.


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Information about our segment results for the three and ninethree months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 were as follows:
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended
September 30, 2016 September 30, 2016March 31, 2019
Business Consumer Total Business Consumer TotalBusiness Consumer Total
Revenues                
Service revenues$86,662
 $128,167
 $214,829
 $210,214
 $399,401
 $609,615
$159,345
 $89,000
 $248,345
Product revenues (1)
13,618
 207
 13,825
 39,795
 514
 40,309
Service and product revenues100,280
 128,374
 228,654
 250,009
 399,915
 649,924
Access and product revenues (1)
11,697
 68
 11,765
Service, access and product revenues excluding USF171,042
 89,068
 260,110
USF revenues6,029
 13,676
 19,705
 15,832
 43,102
 58,934
8,555
 10,876
 19,431
Total revenues106,309
 142,050
 248,359
 265,841
 443,017
 708,858
179,597
 99,944
 279,541
                
Cost of revenues                
Service cost of revenues (2)
34,858
 24,973
 59,831
 72,788
 77,220
 150,008
69,854
 9,258
 79,112
Product cost of revenues (1)
13,101
 3,331
 16,432
 38,465
 11,196
 49,661
Service and product cost of revenues47,959
 28,304
 76,263
 111,253
 88,416
 199,669
Access and product cost of revenues (1)
13,871
 997
 14,868
Service, access and product cost of revenues excluding USF83,725
 10,255
 93,980
USF cost of revenues6,029
 13,676
 19,705
 15,843
 43,102
 58,945
8,555
 10,876
 19,431
Total cost of revenues53,988
 41,980
 95,968
 127,096
 131,518
 258,614
92,280
 21,131
 113,411
                
Segment gross margin                
Service margin51,804
 103,194
 154,998
 137,426
 322,181
 459,607
89,491
 79,742
 169,233
Product margin517
 (3,124) (2,607) 1,330
 (10,682) (9,352)
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin)52,321
 100,070
 152,391
 138,756
 311,499
 450,255
Access and product margin(2,174) (929) (3,103)
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin)87,317
 78,813
 166,130
USF margin
 
 
 (11) 
 (11)
 
 
Segment gross margin$52,321
 $100,070
 $152,391
 $138,745
 $311,499
 $450,244
$87,317
 $78,813
 $166,130
                
Segment gross margin %                
Service margin %59.8% 80.5% 72.1% 65.4% 80.7% 75.4%56.2% 89.6% 68.1%
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin %)52.2% 78.0% 66.6% 55.5% 77.9% 69.3%
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin %)51.1% 88.5% 63.9%
Segment gross margin %49.2% 70.4% 61.4% 52.2% 70.3% 63.5%48.6% 78.9% 59.4%

(1) Includes customer premise equipment, access, professional services, and shipping and handling.
(2) Excludes depreciation and amortization of $5,015$8,214 and $2,445$1,204 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and $13,807 and $7,471 for nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectivelyMarch 31, 2019, respectively.


VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)




A reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments' gross margin to consolidated income before provision for income taxes is as follows:
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended
September 30, September 30,March 31,
2017 2016 2017 20162020 2019
Total reportable gross margin$150,145
 $152,391
 $446,578
 $450,244
$170,039
 $166,130
Sales and marketing73,576
 83,731
 235,245
 246,676
85,621
 95,523
Engineering and development6,956
 8,075
 21,996
 22,152
19,203
 16,526
General and administrative26,811
 27,538
 98,411
 89,261
40,882
 35,459
Depreciation and amortization18,179
 18,018
 54,520
 53,215
20,485
 21,214
Income from operations24,623
 15,029
 36,406
 38,940
Income (Loss) from operations3,848
 (2,592)
          
Interest income3
 19
 12
 65
Interest expense(3,821) (3,974) (11,385) (9,477)(8,082) (7,576)
Other income (expense), net465
 (495) 931
 (237)229
 (416)
Income before income taxes$21,270
 $10,579
 $25,964
 $29,291
Loss before income tax benefit$(4,005) $(10,584)
Information about our operations by geographic location is as follows:
  March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Long-lived assets:   
United States$637,027
 $640,277
United Kingdom274,274
 299,660
Israel1,522
 1,609
 $912,823
 $941,546

 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
         
Revenues:       
United States$212,346
 $220,262
 $639,852
 $655,350
Canada6,877
 6,878
 23,324
 19,491
United Kingdom7,175
 5,021
 15,419
 12,636
Other Countries (1)
26,685
 16,198
 69,671
 21,381
 $253,083
 $248,359
 $748,266
 $708,858
(1) No individual other international country represented greater than 10% of total revenue during the periods presented.
  September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Long-lived assets:   
United States$621,750
 $629,269
United Kingdom392
 450
Israel249
 286
 $622,391
 $630,005

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)


Note 10. Income Taxes

Effective Tax Rate

The income tax provision consisted of the following:
  Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
  September 30,September 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
Income before income taxes $21,270
 $10,579
 $25,964
 $29,291
Income tax expense (10,668) (3,539) (4,624) (14,102)
Effective tax rate 50.2% 33.5% 17.8% 48.1%
We recognize income tax expense equal to pre-tax income multiplied by our effective income tax rate. In addition, adjustments are recorded for discrete period items and changes to our state effective tax rate which can cause the rate to fluctuate from quarter to quarter.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, our effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate due to discrete period tax benefits of $9,539 and $1,433 which were recognized related to excess tax benefits on equity compensation recognized primarily in the first quarter of 2017 as well as an adjustment to our deferred asset related to stock compensation.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, our effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate due to a discrete period tax expense of $1,220 recorded due to expired stock options recognized in the first quarter of 2016 which was partially offset by $389 which was recorded during the second quarter of 2016 and $661 which was recorded in the third quarter of 2016. The provision also includes the federal alternative minimum tax and state and local income taxes.
We do not have any uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.
Net Operating Loss Carry Forwards ("NOLs")
As of December 31, 2016, we had cumulative domestic Federal NOLs of $575,476 and cumulative state NOLs of $158,848, expiring at various times from years ending 2017 through 2036. In addition, we had NOLs for United Kingdom tax purposes of $43,006 with no expiration date. In connection with the completion of our accounting of the acquisition of Nexmo, we adjusted our cumulative domestic Federal NOLs to $585,622 as of September 30, 2017 and did not impact our cumulative state NOLs or the United Kingdom.
On June 8, 2017, at the Vonage 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, stockholders ratified the extension of the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan ("Preservation Plan") through June 30, 2019. Refer to Note 8, Common Stock to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for a complete description of the Preservation Plan.



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


You should read the following discussion together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made and/or management’s belief as of that time with respect to future events and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to be materially different. Important factors that could cause such differences include but are not limited to: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (as discussed in "Risk Factors" in Item 1A below); the competition we face; the expansion of competition in the cloud communications market; risks related to the acquisition or integration of businesses we have acquired; our ability to adapt to rapid changes in the cloud communications market; the nascent state of the cloud communications for business market; our ability to retain customers and attract new customers;customers cost-effectively; the risk associated with developing and maintaining effective internal sales teams and effective distribution channels; risks related to the acquisition or integration of businesses we have acquired; security breaches and other compromises of information security; risks associated with sales of our services to medium-sized and enterprise customers; our reliance on third partythird-party hardware and software; our dependence on third partythird-party facilities, equipment, systems and services; system disruptions or flaws in our technology and systems; our ability to comply with data privacy and related regulatory matters; our ability to scale our business and grow efficiently; our dependence on third party vendors; the impact of fluctuations in economic conditions, particularly on our small and medium business customers; our ability to comply with data privacy and related regulatory matters; our ability to obtain or maintain relevant intellectual property licenses; failurelicenses or to protect our trademarks and internally developed software; restrictions in our debt agreements that may limit our operating flexibility; our ability to obtain additional financing if required; our ability to raise funds necessary to settle conversion of the 2024 convertible senior notes; conditional conversion features of the convertible senior notes; the cash settlement of the convertible senior notes; the effects of the capped call transactions in connection with the convertible senior notes; fraudulent use of our name or services; intellectual property and other litigation that have been and may be brought against us; reliance on third parties for our 911 services; uncertainties relating to regulation of VoIPbusiness services; risks associated with legislative, regulatory or judicial actions regarding our CPaaSbusiness products; the impact of governmental export controls or sanctions on our CPaaS products; our ability to establish and expand strategic alliances; risks associated with operating abroad; risks associated with the taxation of our business; risks associated with a material weakness in our internal controls; our dependence upon key personnel; governmental regulation and taxes in our international operations; liability under anti-corruption laws;laws or from governmental export controls or economic sanctions; our dependence on our customers' existingunimpeded access to broadband connections; differences between our services and traditional telephone service; restrictions in our debt agreements that may limit our operating flexibility; foreign currency exchange risk; the market for our stock; our ability to obtain additional financing if required; any reinstatement of holdbacks by our credit card processors; our history of net losses and ability to achieve consistent profitability in the future; our ability to fully realize the benefits of our net operating loss carry-forwards if an ownership change occurs; certain provisions of our charter documents; and other factors that are set forth in theunder “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our Current Reports on Form 8-K.for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, and therefore, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date this Form 10-Q is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Overview and Strategy

We are a leading provider of cloud communications services for businesses and consumers. Our business services transform the way people work and businesses operate through a portfolio of communications solutions that enable internal collaboration among employees, while also keeping companies closely connected with their customers, across any mode of communication, on any cloud-connected device. Vonage customers can choose among or combine two separate service delivery options to suit their specific cloud communication needs. They can buy Vonage BusinessApplications Group solutions as a subscription and they can buy our Vonage API Platform Group offerings and consume our cloud communication as a service product as programmable modules, delivered via application program interfaces.APIs. We also provide a robust suite of feature-rich residential communication solutions.


Business
For our Business customers, we provide innovative, cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service, or UCaaS, solutions,Applications, comprised of integrated voice, text, video, data, collaboration, and mobile applications over our flexible, scalable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)SIP based Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP network. Through our acquisition of Nexmo in 2016, wenetwork along with contact center solutions. We also offer CPaaSAPI solutions designed to enhance the way businesses communicate with their customers by embedding communications into apps, websites and business processes. In combination, our products and services permit our business customers to communicate with their customers and employees through any cloud-connected device, in any place, at any time without the often costly investment required with on-site equipment. We have a robust set of product families tailored to serve the full range of the business value chain, from the small and medium business, or SMB market, through mid-market and enterprise markets. We provide customers with multiple deployment options, designed to provide the reliability and quality of service they demand. We provide customers the ability to integrate our cloud communications platform with many cloud-based productivity and CRM solutions, including Google’s G Suite, Zendesk, Salesforce’s Sales Cloud, Oracle, and Clio.

Our Business strategy is With our ability to supportintegrate these cloud-based, workplace tools, Vonage integrates the full range ofentire business communications value chain - from employee communications that maximize productivity to the direct engagement with customers using two product families: Vonage Essentials, based onthat APIs provides. When combined with our proprietary call processing platform that is purpose-built for SMB and mid-market customers; and Vonage Premier, based on Broadsoft’s call processing platform in combination with other Vonage cloud based solutions, which serves larger customers, from mid-market businesses through large enterprises. We also organized our salesforce to address the full business market. We believe operating two platforms at scale enables us to deliver the right products and solutions to address the needs of diverse customers while maximizing our subscriber economics, regardless of segment served. Revenues are generated primarily through the sale of subscriptions for our UCaaS services. Our revenue generation efforts are focused on customer acquisition and retentionMPLS network, as well as providing additionalvoice services to existing customers as they grow and scale.
Our diverse customer base spansover customers' broadband networks via our SmartWan solution, we create a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, automotive, legal, information technology, financial services, construction, real estate, engineering, healthcare, and non-profit.
Vonage Essentials. Vonage Essentials customers subscribe to our cloud-based communication services, delivered through our proprietary platform that is purpose-built for SMB and mid-market customers. Essentials provides a cost-effective, scalable, feature-rich solution, delivered over-the-top of a customer’s broadband, typically month-to-month without a commitment. Vonage Essentials is sold primarily through our direct telesales and online channels, and is increasingly sold through our channel partners and field sales teams. We believe the strength of the Vonage brand directly contributes to a lower-cost customer acquisition model and provides attractive subscriber economics.
Vonage Premier. Our Vonage Premier offerings are tailor-made for the large mid-market and enterprise segments. Vonage Premier is a feature-rich/fully managed solution that utilizes Broadsoft Inc.’s ("Broadsoft") enterprise-grade call processing platform, in combination with other cloud services like advanced contact center, video conferencing and speak2dial, and can be provided with high-level quality of service ("QoS"), which is generally delivered over our national MPLS network, with 21 network Points of Presence (POPs) across the country. Vonage can also provide QoS-level quality over-the-top of the customer’s broadband through our Smart-WAN router solution. Customers value our proprietary provisioning and feature-management tool, named Zeus, which enables the rapid deployment of solutions directly by Vonage while giving full visibility to our channel partners and our customers. Further differentiating Vonage is our robust service delivery team comprised of team members specializing in project management, voice and data provisioning, and line number porting. This team is intensely focused on providing an outstanding customer experience, and is rapidly becoming a competitive differentiator.
Our Vonage Premier offering is sold primarily through our channel partners, and our field and enterprise sales teams, and generally requires a three-year contract. We are a preferred provider for many of the largest master agents in the country, harnessing a network of over 20,000 sub agents selling both Vonage Premier and Vonage Essentials. We believe we have one of the largest multi-channel distribution sales platforms in our industry to serve the full range of business customers. We plan to capitalize on the growing adoption of cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions by continuing to expand our salesforce, expand into new markets, and enhance our relationships with existing customers to provide additional functionality and overall business value that can be achieved with our UCaaS platform.
Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform. We are a global leader in the CPaaS segment of the cloud communications market, providing innovative communication APIs for text messaging and voice communications, allowing developers and enterprises to embed contextual communications into mobile apps, websites and business workflows via text, social media, chat apps and voice. With just few lines of code, developers can send and receive text messages and build programmable voice applications. Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform can scale from one API call to billions. The platform makes it easy for any of our over 200,000 developers to access communication services via software and APIs. Through Nexmo we have a global network of interconnected carriers delivering our API-based communications platform, enabling businesses to communicate with their customers reliably and with ease, no matter where in the world they are located. The addition of our Nexmo products to our Business offering allows our customers to address their full communications needs, from employee to employee communications through business to customer communications.differentiated offering.
Consumer
For our Consumer customers, we enable users to access and utilize our services and features, via their existing internet connections, including over 3G/4G, LTE, Cable, or DSL broadband networks. This technology enables us to offer our Consumer customers attractively priced voice communicationand messaging services and other features around the world on a variety of devices.
Our Consumer strategy is focused on the continued penetration of our core North American markets, where we will continue towhich provide value in domestic and international long distance and target under-served segments.
We generate revenue through the acquisition and retention of Consumer customers. We are focused on optimizing the Consumer business for profitability to improve the strong cash flows of the business. During 2017, we continued our disciplined focus on marketing efficiency by shifting customer acquisition spend to our higher performing channels, improving the quality of customers we acquire and driving lower churn, all of which drive higher customer life-time value. This focus has led to a reallocation of marketing spend to our Business segment.

The result of these initiatives has been to create a strong cash flow business which provides financial stability, as well as cost synergies and structural advantages to our Business segment.
Services outsideOutside of the United States. States
We currently have UCaaSApplications and consumerConsumer operations in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada and believe that our low-cost Internet based communications platform enables us to cost effectively deliver voice and messaging services to other locations throughout the world. Through Nexmo, weWe also have operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and provide CPaaSApplications solutions to our customers located in many countries around the world.
We had approximately 2.3 million combined consumer subscriber linesImpact of COVID-19
A novel strain of coronavirus, or COVID-19, was first identified in China in December 2019 and subsequently declared a pandemic in March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization. To date, COVID-19 has surfaced in nearly all regions around the world and resulted in travel restrictions and business seatsslowdowns in affected areas. The full impact of the pandemic on our business, operations and financial results will depend on various factors that continue to evolve which we may not accurately predict. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have enacted measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus including ordering the closure of all businesses not deemed "essential," restricting residents to their homes, and practice social distancing when engaging in authorized activities. These actions along with the global pandemic have negatively impacted parts of our business and the Company expects this trend to continue for an uncertain period of time. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all travel has been severely curtailed to protect the health of our employees and comply with local guidelines, and we have temporarily closed the majority of Vonage offices worldwide (including our corporate headquarters), both of which disrupt how we typically operate our business. COVID-19 has impacted some of our customers more than others, including customers in the travel, hospitality, retail, and other industries where physical interaction is critical. We have experienced and expect that we will continue to experience slowdowns in bookings and customer payments, customer churn and reduced usage, and issuance of customer credits to distressed customers served by certain product lines, including SMS API, Vonage Business Cloud, and Vonage Business Enterprise. In addition, COVID-19 may have impacts on many additional aspects of our operations, directly and indirectly, including with respect to its impacts on customer behaviors, our business and our employees, and the market generally, and the scope and nature of these impacts continue to evolve each day. See Part II, Risk Factors for additional information.
Recent Significant Events
On February 18, 2020, the Company announced that it was initiating a strategic review of its Consumer segment, including the feasibility of its divestiture, in order to further the Company's goal of becoming a pure-play Business SaaS company. The review is ongoing as of September 30, 2017. Customers in the United States represented 84% of our consolidated revenues at September 30, 2017, with the balance in Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Nexmo has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and provides CPaaS solutions to our customers located in many countries around the world.March 31, 2020.


Trends in Our Industry
A number of trends in our industry have a significant effect on our results of operations and are important to an understanding of our financial statements.
Competitive landscape. The business cloud communications markets and consumer services market in which we participate are highly competitive. We face intense competition from a broad set of companies, including (i) SaaS companies, CCaaS companies, other alternative communication providers, other providers of cloud communication services and (ii) traditional telephone, companies, wireless companies,service providers, cable companies, and alternative communication providers. Most traditional wirelinecommunications providers with consumer offerings. As the cloud communications market evolves, and wireless telephone service providersthe convergence of voice, video, messaging, mobility and cable companies are substantially larger and better capitalized thandata networking technologies accelerates, we are and have the advantage of a large existing customer base. In addition, because our competitors provide other services, they often choose to offer VoIP services or other voice services as part of a bundle that includes other products, such as video, high speed Internet access, and wireless telephone service, which we do not offer. In addition, such competitors may face competition in the future require newfrom companies that do not currently compete in the market, including companies that currently compete in other sectors, companies that serve consumers rather than business customers, or existing customers making changescompanies which expand their market presence to their serviceinclude cloud communications. Moreover, as businesses and educational institutions are quickly pivoting to purchase voice services when purchasing high speed Internet access. Further, as wireless providers offer more minutes at lower prices, better coverage,cloud-based communications in light the increased need for remote work and companion landline alternative services, their services have become more attractiveremote learning due to households as a replacement for wireline service. We also compete against alternative communication providers, such as Twilio, Ooma, magicJack, Skype, WhatsApp, and Google Voice. Some of these service providers have chosen to sacrifice telephony revenue in order to gain market share and have offered their services at low prices or for free. As we continue to introduce applications that integrate different forms of voice and messaging services over multiple devices,the COVID-19 pandemic, we are facingexperiencing intense competition from our existing competitors, and also emerging competitors, focused on similar integration, as well as from alternative voice communication providers. In addition, our competitors have partnered and may in the future partner with other competitorsseeking to offer products and services, leveraging their collective competitive positions. We also are subject to the risk of future disruptive technologies. In connection with our emphasiscapitalize on the international long distance market in the United States, we face competition from low-cost international calling cardsgrowing needs for businesses and VoIP providers in additioneducators to traditional telephone companies, cable companies, and wireless companies, each of which may implement promotional pricing targeting international long distance callers.transform their operations.

Regulation. Our business has developed in a relatively lightly regulated environment. The United States and other countries, however, are examining how VoIP services should be regulated. In particular, state telecommunications regulators continue to try to regulate VoIP service despite the FCC’s 2004 Vonage Preemption Order that preempted state regulation. For example, on July 28, 2015, the Minnesota Public Utility Commission found that it has authority to regulate Charter’s ‘fixed' interconnected VoIP service. In addition to regulatory matters that directly address VoIP, a number of other regulatory initiatives could impact our business. One such regulatory initiative is net neutrality. On February 26, 2015, the FCC adopted strong net neutrality rules. Several parties filed appeals which are pending at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral arguments at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals were held on December 4, 2015. On June 14, 2016, the D.C. Circuit of Appeals denied the appeals. Several parties filed a petition for rehearing en banc on July 29, 2016, which was denied on May 1, 2017. See also the discussion under "Regulation" in Note 79 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of regulatory issues that impact us. On July 2, 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts extended the time within which interested parties could file a petition for a writ of certiorari until September 28, 2017. Multiple interest parties and intervenors filed petitions. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the petitions.



Key Operating Data

The table below includes key operating data that our management uses to measure the growth and operating performance of the Business segment:
 Business
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
Revenues (1)
 $129,306
 $106,309
 $364,822
 $265,841
Average monthly revenues per seat (2)
 $43.53
 $45.50
 $43.70
 $44.96
Seats (at period end) (2)
 709,736
 615,728
 709,736
 615,728
Revenue churn (2)
 1.2% 1.4% 1.3% 1.4%
 Business
 Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2020 2019
Service revenue per customer $475
 $408
Business revenue churn 0.8% 1.2%
(1) Includes revenue from CPaaS of $38,364 and $99,780 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $23,909 and$31,607 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.
(2) UCaaS only.
Revenues. Includes revenues from our business customers from acquired entities and excludes revenues from our legacy business customers.
Average monthlyService Revenue per Customer. Service revenues per seat. Average monthly revenues per seatcustomer for a particular period is calculated by dividing the average monthly service revenues for thatthe period by the simple average number of seats for the period, and dividing the result bycustomers over the number of months in the period. The simple average number of seats for the periodcustomers is the number of seatscustomers on the first day of the period, plus the number of seatscustomers on the last day of the period, divided by two. Our average monthlyService revenues excludes revenues from trading and auction customers. Service revenue per seat decreasedcustomer increased from $45.50 and $44.96$408 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively,March 31, 2019 to $43.53 and $43.70$475 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 dueMarch 31, 2020 primarily driven by the Company's successful efforts to attract larger business customers and to expand services provided to our plan to sell access more selectively and the removal of revenues associated with our Hosted Infrastructure product line which was sold at the end of May 2017.existing business customers.
Seats. Seats include, as of a particular date, all paid seats from which a customer can make an outbound telephone call on that date and virtual seats. Seats exclude electronic fax lines and toll free numbers, which do not allow outbound telephone calls by customers. Seats increased from 615,728 as of September 30, 2016 to 709,736 as of September 30, 2017. This increase is due to continued growth in our business customers as we have increased marketing investment to attract these more profitable customers.
Business Revenue Churn.  RevenueChurn. Business revenue churn is calculated by dividing the monthly recurring revenue from customers or customer locations that have terminatedbeen confirmed to be foregone during a period by the simple average of the total monthly recurring revenue from all customers in that period. Revenue for purposes of determining Business revenue churn is service revenue excluding revenue from our trading and auction customers, and usage in excess of a given period.customer’s contracted service plan, regulatory fees charged to customers, and credits. The simple average of total monthly recurring revenue from all customers during the period is the total monthly recurring revenue as defined herein on the first day of the period, plus the total monthly recurring revenue as defined herein on the last day of the period, divided by two. Terminations, as used in the calculation of churn statistics, do not include customers terminated during the period if termination occurred within the first month after activation. Other companies may calculate business revenue churn differently, and their business revenue churn data may not be directly comparable to ours. RevenueBusiness revenue churn was 1.4%decreased from 1.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and 1.2% and 1.3%March 31, 2019 to 0.8% for the three and nine months ended months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.March 31, 2020.  Our revenue churn willmay fluctuate over time due to economic conditions, seasonality in certain customer's operations, loss of customers who are acquired, and competitive pressures including promotional pricing. We are continuing to invest in our overall quality of service which includes customer care headcount and systems, billing systems, on-boarding processes and self-service options to ensure we scale our processes to our growth and continue to improve the overall customer experience.
 


The table below includes key operating data that our management uses to measure the growth and operating performance of the Consumer segment:
Consumer Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
 September 30, September 30, March 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016 2020 2019
Revenues $123,777
 $142,050
 $383,444
 $443,017
Average monthly revenues per subscriber line $26.29
 $26.36
 $26.18
 $26.55
 $27.35
 $26.43
Subscriber lines (at period end) 1,543,760
 1,767,212
 1,543,760
 1,767,212
 1,037,794
 1,232,857
Customer churn 1.9% 2.2% 2.0% 2.2% 1.8% 1.9%
Revenues. Represents revenue from our Consumer customers including revenues from our legacy business customers using Vonage VoIP products.
Average monthly revenuesMonthly Revenues per subscriber line. Subscriber Line. Average monthly revenues per subscriber line for a particular period is calculated by dividing our revenues for that period by the simple average number of subscriber lines for the period, and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. The simple average number of subscriber lines for the period is the number of subscriber lines on the first day of the period, plus the number of subscriber lines on the last day of the period, divided by two. Our average monthly revenues per subscriber line decreasedincreased from $26.36 and $26.55$26.43 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectivelyMarch 31, 2019 to $26.29 and $26.18$27.35 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively,March 31, 2020 due primarily to lower international long distance pay-per-use revenue.the Company's ability to retain its more tenured customers.
Subscriber lines. Lines. Our subscriber lines include, as of a particular date, all paid subscriber lines from which a customer can make an outbound telephone call on that date. Our subscriber lines include fax lines, including fax lines bundled with subscriber lines in our small office home office calling plans and soft phones, but do not include our virtual phone numbers and toll free numbers, which only allow inbound telephone calls to customers. Subscriber lines decreased from 1,767,2121,232,857 as of September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 to 1,543,7601,037,794 as of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, reflecting planned actions to enhance the profitability of the assisted sales channel by eliminating lower performing locations and restructuring the pricing offers, and to shift investment to our business market.
Customer churn. Churn. Customer churn is calculated by dividing the number of customers that have terminated during a period by the simple average of number of customers in a given period. The simple average number of customers during the period is the number of customers on the first day of the period, plus the number of customers on the last day of the period, divided by two. Terminations, as used in the calculation of churn statistics, do not include customers terminated during the period if termination occurred within the first month after activation. Other companies may calculate customer churn differently, and their customer churn data may not be directly comparable to ours. Customer churn decreased from 2.2% for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, to 1.9% and 2.0% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2019 to 1.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. We maximize customer value by focusing marketing spend on higher return channels and away from assisted selling channels which had higher early life churn. We monitor customer churn on a daily basis and use it as an indicator of the level of customer satisfaction. Customers who have been with us for a year or more tend to have a lower churn rate than customers who have not. In addition, our customers who are international callers generally churn at a lower rate than customers who are domestic callers. Our customer churn will fluctuate over time due to economic conditions, competitive pressures including promotional pricing targeting international long distance callers, marketplace perception of our services, and our ability to provide high quality customer care and network quality and add future innovative products and services. See the discussion above for detail regarding churn impacting our business customers.


REVENUE
Revenues consist of services revenue and customer equipment and shipping fee revenue. Substantially all of our revenues are services revenue. For Consumer customers in the United States, we offer domestic and international rate plans, including a variety of residential plans and mobile plans. For our Business customers, we offer SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers several service plans with different pricing structures and contractual requirements ranging in duration from month-to-month to three years. In addition, we provide managed equipment to Business customers for which the customers pay a monthly fee. Customers also have the opportunity to purchase premium features for additional fees. In addition, we derive revenue from usage-based fees earned from customers using our cloud-based software products. These usage-based software products include our messaging, voice, Verify and chat APIs. Usage-based fees include number of text messages sent or received using our messaging APIs, minutes of call duration activity for our voice APIs, and number of converted authentications for our Verify API. Services revenue is offset by the cost of certain customer acquisition activities, such as rebates and promotions. In addition, in certain instances, we charge disconnect fees which are recognized as revenue at the time the disconnect fees are collected from our customer.
In the United States, we charge regulatory, compliance and intellectual property, and E-911 recovery fees on a monthly basis to defray costs, and to cover taxes that we are charged by the suppliers of telecommunications services. In addition, we recognize revenue on a gross basis for contributions to the USF and related fees. All other taxes are recorded on a net basis.
 


Revenues are generated from sales of customer equipment directly to customers for replacement devices, or for upgrading their device at the time of customer sign-up for which we charge an additional fee. In addition, customer equipment and shipping revenues include revenues from the sale of VoIP telephones in order to access our small and medium business services. Customer equipment and shipping revenues also include the fees that customers are charged for shipping their customer equipment to them.

OPERATING EXPENSES
Operating expenses consist of cost of revenues, sales and marketing expense, engineering and development expense, general and administrative expense, and depreciation and amortization.

Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, as a percentage of total revenues, our condensed consolidated statementstatements of operations for the periods indicated:
 
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2020 2019
     
Total revenues 100 % 100 %
     
Operating Expenses:    
Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 43
 41
Sales and marketing 29
 34
Engineering and development 6
 6
General and administrative 14
 12
Depreciation and amortization 7
 8
Total operating expenses 99
 101
Income from operations 1
 (1)
Other Income (Expense):    
Interest expense (3) (3)
Other income (expense), net 
 
Total other income (expense), net (3) (3)
Loss before income tax benefit (2) (4)
Income tax benefit 
 3
Net loss (2)% (1)%
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
         
Total revenues 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
         
Operating Expenses:        
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 38
 35
 38
 33
Cost of goods sold 3
 4
 3
 4
Sales and marketing 29
 34
 31
 35
Engineering and development 3
 3
 3
 3
General and administrative 11
 11
 13
 13
Depreciation and amortization 7
 7
 7
 7
Total operating expenses 91
 94
 95
 95
Income from operations 9
 6
 5
 5
Other Income (Expense):        
Interest income 
 
 
 
Interest expense (1) (2) (1) (1)
Other income (expense), net 
 
 
 
Total other income (expense), net (1) (2) (1) (1)
Income before income taxes 8
 4
 4
 4
Income tax benefit (expense) (4) (1) (1) (2)
Net income 4 % 3 % 3 % 2 %




Management's discussionDiscussion of the resultsResults of operationsOperations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 20162019
The Company reported a loss before income taxes of $4,005 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and a loss before income taxes of $10,584 for the three months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. The improvement in performance was primarily due to higher gross margin of $3,909 mainly driven by the Business segment and lower other operating expenses of $2,531 for the three months ended March 31, 2020, driven by decrease in sales and marketing expenses due lower media marketing costs along with certain marketing events being cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, offset by increases in general and administrative expense due to increased compensation costs and engineering and development expenses in connection with the Company's continued focus on innovation.
The Company reported a net loss of $3,755 and $534 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase in net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019 was mainly due to the aforementioned decrease in loss before income taxes and the increase in income tax of $9,800 due to a large tax benefit during the three months ended March 31, 2019 related to stock compensation.

We calculate gross margin in order to evaluate operating revenues as total revenues less cost of service,revenues, which primarily consists of fees that we pay to third parties on an ongoing basis in order to provide our services and cost of goods sold which primarily includes costs incurred when a customer first subscribes to our service. The following table presents consolidated revenues, cost of revenues and the composition of gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and nine month periods ending September 30, 2017 and 2016:2019:
(in thousands, except percentages) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
 September 30, September 30, March 31,
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2017 2016 
Dollar
Change
 
Percent
Change
 2020 2019 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
Service, access and product revenues $283,077
 $260,110
 $22,967
 9 %
USF revenues 14,380
 19,431
 (5,051) (26)%
Total revenues $253,083
 $248,359
 $4,724
 2 % $748,266
 $708,858
 $39,408
 6 % 297,457
 279,541
 17,916
 6 %
Cost of service 96,632
 87,377
 9,255
 11 % 281,902
 232,605
 49,297
 21 %
Cost of goods sold 6,306
 8,591
 (2,285) (27)% 19,786
 26,009
 (6,223) (24)%
        
Service, access and product cost of revenues 113,038
 93,980
 19,058
 20 %
USF cost of revenues 14,380
 19,431
 (5,051) (26)%
Total cost of revenues (1)
 127,418
 113,411
 14,007
 12 %
Gross margin $150,145
 $152,391
 $(2,246) (1)% $446,578
 $450,244
 $(3,666) (1)% $170,039
 $166,130
 $3,909
 2 %
(1) Excludes depreciation and amortization of $6,852$9,609 and $7,460$9,418 for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016, respectively2019, respectively.
Total revenues and $20,497cost of revenues were impacted by the following trends and $21,278uncertainties:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
Total revenues increased 6% for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 as compared to the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to the Business customer growth driving an increase in revenues of $30,656 despite a decline in USF revenues as more of the Company's Business services are based upon software service rather than telecommunication services. This was partially offset by declining Consumer revenues of $12,740 in connection with the continued decline of Consumer subscriber lines. The Company continues to expect that the Consumer portion of the Company's overall business will become less significant as the Company reallocates resources to increase market share in its Business communications platforms.
Total cost of revenues increased 12% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the prior year period driven by increased costs incurred in servicing our Business customers of $16,155 due to the increase in customers. This was partially offset by a decrease in costs in Consumer of $2,148 as subscriber lines continue to decline resulting in lower international and 2016, respectively.

long-distance termination costs.
 


Business Gross Margin for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
 September 30, September 30, March 31,
(in thousands, except percentages) 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2020 2019 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
Revenues                        
Service revenues $109,483
 $86,662
 $22,821
 26 % $305,599
 $210,214
 $95,385
 45 % $195,649
 $159,345
 $36,304
 23 %
Product revenues (1)
 13,085
 13,618
 (533) (4)% 39,837
 39,795
 42
  %
Service and product revenues 122,568
 100,280
 22,288
 22 % 345,436
 250,009
 95,427
 38 %
Access and product revenues(1)
 10,122
 11,697
 (1,575) (13)%
Service, access and product revenues excluding USF 205,771
 171,042
 34,729
 20 %
USF revenues 6,738
 6,029
 709
 12 % 19,386
 15,832
 3,554
 22 % 4,482
 8,555
 (4,073) (48)%
Total revenues 129,306
 106,309
 22,997
 22 % 364,822
 265,841
 98,981
 37 % 210,253
 179,597
 30,656
 17 %
                        
Cost of revenues                        
Service cost of revenues (2)
 50,777
 34,858
 15,919
 46 % 139,218
 72,788
 66,430
 91 % 92,357
 69,854
 22,503
 32 %
Product cost of revenues (1)
 12,702
 13,101
 (399) (3)% 38,360
 38,465
 (105)  %
Service and product cost of revenues 63,479
 47,959
 15,520
 32 % 177,578
 111,253
 66,325
 60 %
Access and product cost of revenues (1)
 11,596
 13,871
 (2,275) (16)%
Service, access and product cost of revenues excluding USF 103,953
 83,725
 20,228
 24 %
USF cost of revenues 6,738
 6,029
 709
 12 % 19,386
 15,843
 3,543
 22 % 4,482
 8,555
 (4,073) (48)%
Total cost of revenues 70,217
 53,988
 16,229
 30 % 196,964
 127,096
 69,868
 55 % 108,435
 92,280
 16,155
 18 %
                        
Segment gross margin                        
Service margin 58,706
 51,804
 6,902
 13 % 166,381
 137,426
 28,955
 21 % 103,292
 89,491
 13,801
 15 %
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin) 59,089
 52,321
 6,768
 13 % 167,858
 138,756
 29,102
 21 %
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin) 101,818
 87,317
 14,501
 17 %
Segment gross margin $59,089
 $52,321
 $6,768
 13 % $167,858
 $138,745
 $29,113
 21 % $101,818
 $87,317
 $14,501
 17 %
Segment gross Margin %              
Service margin % 53.6% 59.8% 54.4% 65.4%  52.8% 56.2% 
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin) % 48.2% 52.2% 48.6% 55.5% 
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin) % 49.5% 51.1% 
Segment gross margin % 45.7% 49.2% 46.0% 52.2%  48.4% 48.6% 
(1)Includes customer premise equipment, access, professional services, and shipping and handling.
(2)
Excludes depreciation and amortization of $8,519 and $8,214 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $5,053 March 31, 2020 and $14,931, respectively and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 of $5,015, and $13,807,2019, respectively.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019
Service revenues. Service revenues increased by $22,821, or 26%, due primarily to Nexmo which represents 17% ofThe following table describes the total increase in business gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the prior year quarter asthree months ended March 31, 2019:
 (in thousands)
Service gross margin increase is primarily due to overall growth in our Business customer base of 3% as compared to the prior year quarter$13,801
Access and product gross margin increased due to lower costs providing access services to Business customers during the current quarter700
Increase in segment gross margin$14,501

Business service gross margin percentage decreased to 52.8% for the Company has continued to focus on growththree months ended March 31, 2020 from 56.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in CPaaS since the acquisitionbusiness service gross margin percentage is a result of Nexmo in June 2016. In addition, the prior year results excludes a current year correction in reporting a portiongreater proportion of revenues on a gross basis rather than net which also has resulted in an increase in revenue. This correction did not have a material impact. Service revenues were also favorably impacted by an increase in the number of UCaaS seats as we have shifted marketing investments from Consumer to attract more profitable Business customers. During 2017, our CPaaS revenue growth has predominately come from lower margin business for whichservices across our strategy of increasing higher margin CPaaS integrated voice business is currently underway. This increase is slightly offset by decrease in service revenues attributed toBusiness segment during the sale of our Hosted Infrastructure product line completed on Mayquarter ended March 31, 2017.
Service cost of revenues. Service cost of revenues increased by $15,919, or 46%, primarily driven by an increase in costs associated with Nexmo due to higher usage volumes2020 as compared to the prior year.

USF revenues and USF cost of revenues. USF revenues increased by $709, or 12% and USF cost of revenues increased by $709, or 12%, due to synchronization of methodologies across Business segment and increasesame period in the number of UCaaS seats.
Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2017 comparedprior quarter. Our gross margin percentage may continue toNine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2016
Service revenues. Service revenues increased be impacted by $95,385, or 45%, due primarily to the acquisition of Nexmo on June 3, 2016 which attributed to approximately 32% of the increase as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Also attributing to the increasechanges in the current year was an increase in the numbermix of UCaaS seats as we have shifted marketing investments from Consumerservice offerings provided to attract more profitableour customers across our Business customers.segment.
Service cost of revenues. Service cost of revenues increased by $66,430, or 91%, due primarily to the acquisition of Nexmo along with the prospective presentation beginning the quarter ended June 30, 2017 of costs associated with Nexmo's trading activities on a gross basis as discussed above. Costs during the current year period are also slightly higher due to increased technical care costs and network operations cost in support of growth in the segment.
USF revenues and USF cost of revenues. USF revenues increased by $3,554, or 22% and USF cost of revenues increased by $3,543, or 22%, due to synchronization of methodologies across Business segment and increase in the number of UCaaS seats.

Consumer Gross Margin for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
 September 30, September 30, March 31,
(in thousands, except percentages) 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2020 2019 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
Revenues                        
Service revenues $111,913
 $128,167
 $(16,254) (13)% $346,666
 $399,401
 $(52,735) (13)% $77,243
 $89,000
 $(11,757) (13)%
Product revenues (1)
 94
 207
 (113) (55)% 498
 514
 (16) (3)%
Service and product revenues 112,007
 128,374
 (16,367) (13)% 347,164
 399,915
 (52,751) (13)%
Access and product revenues(1)
 63
 68
 (5) (7)%
Service, access and product revenues excluding USF 77,306
 89,068
 (11,762) (13)%
USF revenues 11,770
 13,676
 (1,906) (14)% 36,280
 43,102
 (6,822) (16)% 9,898
 10,876
 (978) (9)%
Total revenues 123,777
 142,050
 (18,273) (13)% 383,444
 443,017
 (59,573) (13)% 87,204
 99,944
 (12,740) (13)%
                        
Cost of revenues                        
Service cost of revenues (2)
 19,434
 24,973
 (5,539) (22)% 62,969
 77,220
 (14,251) (18)% 8,512
 9,258
 (746) (8)%
Product cost of revenues (1)
 1,517
 3,331
 (1,814) (54)% 5,475
 11,196
 (5,721) (51)%
Service and product cost of revenues 20,951
 28,304
 (7,353) (26)% 68,444
 88,416
 (19,972) (23)%
Access and product cost of revenues (1)
 573
 997
 (424) (43)%
Service, access and product cost of revenues excluding USF 9,085
 10,255
 (1,170) (11)%
USF cost of revenues 11,770
 13,676
 (1,906) (14)% 36,280
 43,102
 (6,822) (16)% 9,898
 10,876
 (978) (9)%
Total cost of revenues 32,721
 41,980
 (9,259) (22)% 104,724
 131,518
 (26,794) (20)% 18,983
 21,131
 (2,148) (10)%
                        
Segment gross margin                        
Service margin 92,479
 103,194
 (10,715) (10)% 283,697
 322,181
 (38,484) (12)% 68,731
 79,742
 (11,011) (14)%
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin) 91,056
 100,070
 (9,014) (9)% 278,720
 311,499
 (32,779) (11)%
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin) 68,221
 78,813
 (10,592) (13)%
Segment gross margin $91,056
 $100,070
 $(9,014) (9)% $278,720
 $311,499
 $(32,779) (11)% $68,221
 $78,813
 $(10,592) (13)%
Segment gross Margin %            
Service margin %82.6% 80.5% 81.8% 80.7% 89.0% 89.6% 
Gross margin ex-USF (Service and product margin) %81.3% 78.0% 80.3% 77.9% 
Gross margin excluding USF (Service, access and product margin) %88.2% 88.5% 
Segment gross margin %73.6% 70.4% 72.7% 70.3% 78.2% 78.9% 
(1)Includes customer premise equipment professional services, and shipping and handling.
(2)
Excludes depreciation and amortization of $1,090 and $1,204 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $1,799 March 31, 2020 and $5,566, respectively and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 of $2,445, and $7,471,2019, respectively.



Three Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019
Service revenues. Service revenues decreased by $16,254, or 13%, due to a decline in subscriber lines reflecting planned actions to enhance profitability by modulating marketing spend, restructuring pricing offers, and targeting consumers with lower subscriber acquisition cost and churn profiles.
Service cost of revenues. Service cost of revenues decreased by $5,539, or 22% due to the corresponding decrease in service revenues of 13% in line with planned actions to enhance profitability.
Product cost of revenues. Product cost of revenues decreased by $1,814, or 54%, due toThe following table describes the decrease in customers' equipment costsconsumer gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019:
 (in thousands)
Service gross margin decreased primarily due to a decrease in subscriber lines of 16% resulting in lower gross margin of $11,493 as we have reallocated resources to focus on attracting Business customers. This was offset by a slight increase in average revenue per customer and lower overall costs incurred by the Consumer segment resulting in increased gross margin of $482$(11,011)
Access and product gross margin increased 45% primarily due lower equipment costs associated with sales to customers during the current quarter419
Decrease in segment gross margin$(10,592)
Consumer service gross margin percentage decreased to 89.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 from 89.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to lower new customer additions.slightly higher international and domestic termination rates. Consumer service margin percentage decreased slightly as the Company shifts resources towards attracting more profitable Business customers.
USF revenues. USF revenues decreased by $1,906, or 14%, and USF cost of revenues decreased by $1,906, or 14% due to lower subscriber lines.

Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2017 compared toNine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2016
Service revenues. Service revenues decreased by $52,735, or 13%, due to a decline in subscriber lines of 10% from December 31, 2016 reflecting planned actions to enhance profitability by modulating marketing spend, restructuring pricing offers, and targeting consumers with lower subscriber acquisition cost and churn profiles.
Service cost of revenues. Service cost of revenues decreased by $14,251, or 18% due to fewer subscriber lines reflecting planned actions to enhance profitability by modulating marketing spend, restructuring pricing offers, and targeting consumers with lower subscriber acquisition cost and churn profiles.
Product cost of revenues. Product cost of revenues decreased by $5,721, or 51%, due to the decrease in customers' equipment costs due to lower new customer additions and a decrease in reserve related to inventory.
USF revenues and USF cost of revenues. USF revenues decreased by $6,822, or 16%, and USF cost of revenues decreased by $6,822, or 16% due to lower subscriber lines.
Other Operating Expenses


The following table presents our other operating costs during the three and ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and 2016,2019, respectively:
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
 September 30, September 30, March 31,
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
(in thousands, except percentages) 2020 2019 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
Sales and marketing $73,576
 $83,731
 $(10,155) (12)% $235,245
 $246,676
 $(11,431) (5)% $85,621
 $95,523
 $(9,902) (10)%
Engineering and development 6,956
 8,075
 (1,119) (14)% 21,996
 22,152
 (156) (1)% 19,203
 16,526
 2,677
 16 %
General and administrative 26,811
 27,538
 (727) (3)% 98,411
 89,261
 9,150
 10 % 40,882
 35,459
 5,423
 15 %
Depreciation and amortization 18,179
 18,018
 161
 1 % 54,520
 53,215
 1,305
 2 % 20,485
 21,214
 (729) (3)%
Total other operating expenses $125,522
 $137,362
 $(11,840) (9)% $410,172
 $411,304
 $(1,132)  % $166,191
 $168,722
 $(2,531) (2)%
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019

Total other operating expenses decreased by $11,840$2,531 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 due to the following:
Sales and marketing expense decreased by $10,155$9,902, primarily due to a reductiondecreased spending in Consumerthe current period related to media marketing through traditional media outlets reflecting planned actionsinitiatives, less travel by the Company's sales force, and attending fewer sales conferences this period than in the prior period due to enhance profitability by targeting consumers with lower subscriber acquisition cost and churn profiles which was largely offset by an increase in Business marketing as we have shifted marketing investment to attract these more profitable customers.the COVID-19 pandemic.
Engineering and development expense decreasedincreased by $1,119 due to decreased employee costs associated$2,677, in connection with engineering coststhe Company's continued transformation focused on innovation and developing further functionality related to Consumer as comparedits proprietary platform in order to support customers through the prior year as the Company has focused on the ongoing growth of the Business segment.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

Total other operating expenses decreased by $1,132 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016 due to the following:
Salesmid-market and marketing expense decreased by $11,431 primarily due to a shift in traditional media marketing investments from Consumer to Business customers as part of an effort to attract these more profitable customers during the current year.enterprise sector.
General and administrative expense increased by $9,150$5,423, primarily due the acquisition of Nexmo during the prior year along withto higher personnel costs associated with restructuring activities during the current year period.and stock compensation due to an overall increase in employee headcount.
 



Other Income (Expense)
 
(in thousands, except percentages) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
 September 30, September 30, March 31,
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2017 2016 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
 2020 2019 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
Interest income $3
 $19
 $(16) (84)% $12
 $65
 $(53) (82)%
Interest expense (3,821) (3,974) 153
 4 % (11,385) (9,477) (1,908) (20)% $(8,082) $(7,576) $(506) (7)%
Other income (expense), net 465
 (495) 960
 (194)% 931
 (237) 1,168
 (493)% 229
 (416) 645
 155 %
 $(3,353) $(4,450) $1,097
   $(10,442) $(9,649) $(793)   $(7,853) $(7,992) $139
  
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019
Interest expense. The decrease in interest expense of $153, or 4%, was driven by lower interest associated with the Company's capital lease as compared to the prior year.
Other income (expense), net. The increase in other income (expense), net of $960, or 194%, was attributable to losses associated with foreign currency in the prior year along with additional gain recognized during the quarter associated with contingent consideration from the sale of the Hosted Infrastructure product line.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Interest expense. The increase in interest expense of $1,908,$506, or 20%7%, was mainly due mainly to interest expense associated with the funds we borrowed from the 2016 Credit FacilityConvertible Senior Notes issued in June 2016 in connection with the acquisition of Nexmo and the additional funds we borrowed in the first quarter of 20172019 offset by interest expense due to fund operations.lower principal balances on our 2018 Credit Facility.
OtherIncome Taxes
(in thousands, except percentages)Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 2020 2019 Dollar
Change
 Percent
Change
Income tax benefit$250
 $10,050
 $(9,800) 98%
Effective tax rate6% 95%    
The Company has calculated its provision for income (expense), net. The increased in other income (expense), net of $1,168, or 493%, was due the saletaxes during its interim reporting periods by applying an estimate of the Hosted Infrastructure product line duringannual effective tax rate for the secondfull year "ordinary" income or loss for the respective reporting period. In addition, adjustments are recorded for discrete period items and changes to our state effective tax rate which can cause the rate to fluctuate from quarter of 2017.to quarter.
Provision for Income TaxesThree Months Ended March 31, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017, we recognizedMarch 31, 2020, the income tax expense includes a discrete period tax benefits of $9,539 and $1,433 which were recognizedbenefit related to excess tax benefits on equity compensation. In addition, the Company’s actual effective tax rate for the current year reflects a reduced expected annual benefit as a result of permanent adjustments related to limitations on executive compensation recognized primarilydeductibility and inclusion of income in the first quarter of 2017 as well as an adjustmentU.S. due to our deferred assetforeign disregarded entities.
During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company has recorded a benefit related to excess share-based stock compensation.compensation driving the majority of the income tax benefit recognized.
In the first quarter of 2016 a discrete period tax expense of $1,220 was recorded related to expired stock options which was partially offset by $389 which was recorded during the second quarter of 2016 and $661 which was recorded in the third quarter of 2016. The provision also includes the federal alternative minimum tax and state and local income taxes.


 


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview
For the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, we generatedhad lower net cash from operations.operations compared to the prior year quarter mainly due to lower net income. We expect to continue to balance efforts to grow our revenue whilewith seeking to consistently achievingachieve operating profitability. To grow our revenue, we continue to make investments in growth initiatives, marketing, applicationapplications development, network quality and expansion, and customer care. Although we believe we will achieve consistent profitability in the future, we ultimately may not be successful and we may not achieve consistent profitability. We believe that cash flow from operations and cash on hand will fund our operations for at least the next twelve months.
The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:
 
Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended
September 30,  March 31,
2017 2016 Dollar
Change
(in thousands)  
(in thousands)2020 2019 Dollar
Change
Net cash provided by operating activities$80,600
 $69,614
 10,986
$2,503
 $2,750
 $(247)
Net cash used in investing activities(23,626) (188,637) 165,011
(13,235) (10,774) (2,461)
Net cash (used)/provided by financing activities(56,757) 93,264
 (150,021)
Net cash used in financing activities32,499
 20,786
 11,713
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(2,290) 260
 (2,550)


Operating Activities
CashThe following table describes the changes in cash provided by operating activities increased to $80,600 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $69,614 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, primarily due to an increase in earningsMarch 31, 2020 as compared to the prior period attributed to decrease in deferred taxes of $9,172 and contingent consideration of $7,362 during the prior year period, offset by an increase in stock compensation expense during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017 associated with the acquisition of Nexmo of $1,869.March 31, 2019:
Changes in working capital requirements include changes in accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid and other assets, accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities, and deferred revenue and costs. Cash used for working capital requirements decreased by $5,681 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the prior year period.
 (in thousands)
Increase in operating income adjusted for non-cash items primarily due to higher deferred income tax and stock compensation expense$17,014
Decrease in working capital driven primarily by timing of accounts receivable collections, payments to acquire customers, and vendor payments(17,261)
Decrease in cash provided by operating activities$(247)
Investing Activities
CashThe following table describes the changes in cash used inin/provided by investing activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017 of $23,626 was mainly attributableMarch 31, 2020 as compared to the purchase of capital expenditures of $15,790 and development of software assets of $9,438, offset by the sales of marketable securities of $602 and cash proceeds of $1,000 associated with the sale of the Hosted Infrastructure product line in the second quarter of 2017.
Cash used in investing activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016 of $188,637 was mainly attributable to the acquisition of Nexmo for cash proceeds of $163,042, purchase of capital expenditures of $19,980 and development of software assets of $8,987, offset by the sales of marketable securities, net of purchase of $3,372.March 31, 2019:

 (in thousands)
Increase in payments to acquire and develop software assets(4,776)
Decrease in payments related to capital expenditures2,390
Increase in payments to acquire new patents(75)
Increase in cash used in investing activities$(2,461)


Financing Activities
CashThe following table describes the changes in cash used in financing activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019:
 (in thousands)
Increase in borrowings under the 2018 Credit Facility net of repayments$6,000
Decrease in payments associated with taxes on share based compensation due to lower vesting in 20205,910
Decrease in payments for debt financing costs during the first quarter of 2020128
Decrease in proceeds received from exercise of stock options due to fewer exercises in 2020(325)
Increase in cash used in financing activities$11,713

Sources of $56,757 was primarily attributableLiquidity
The principal sources of liquidity are derived from available borrowings under our existing financing arrangements, existing cash on hand, and cash flows from operations. As described in Note 6, Long-Term Debt, to $14,063 in 2016the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company's financing arrangements consist of its Convertible Senior Notes and the 2018 Credit Facility comprised of a $100,000 term note principal payments, $42,000 in 2016and a $500,000 revolving credit facility principal payments, $2,500facility. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption in patent license payments, $3,201global capital markets. This could result in capital lease payments, $9,542 in common stock repurchases, and $14,927 in employee taxes paidfuture financing becoming more difficult or expensive to obtain or the Company may not be able to obtain financing on withholding shares, offset by $14,476 in proceeds received from the exercise of stock options and $15,000 in proceeds received from issuance of notes payable.
Cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 of $93,264 was primarily attributable to $181,250 in net proceeds received from our 2016 Credit Facility and $6,169 in proceeds received from the exercise of stock option, offset by $9,375 in 2016 term note principal payments, $25 million in 2016 revolving credit facility principal payments, $3,750 in 2015 term note principal payments, $10 million in 2015 revolving credit facility principal payments, $4,250 in patent license payments, $3,203 in capital lease payments, $32,902 in common stock repurchases, $1,316 in debt related costs payments, and $4,359 in employee taxes paid on withholding shares.


Available Borrowings Under the 2016 Credit Facilityacceptable terms or at all.
We maintain significant availability under our lines of credit to meet our short-term liquidity requirements. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, amounts available under the 20162018 Credit Facility totaled $143$234.5 million. On April 6, 2020, the Company drew $30 million of the amounts available under the 2018 Credit Facility to increase its cash position to aid in offsetting volatility in the capital markets.
State
Uses of Liquidity
The Company's requirements for liquidity and Local Sales Taxes
We also have contingent liabilitiescapital resources are generally for statethe purposes of operating activities, debt service obligations, and local sales taxes. As of September 30, 2017, we had a reserve of $901. If our ultimate liability exceeds this amount, it could affect our liquidity unfavorably. However, we do not believe it will significantly impair our liquidity.
Capital Expenditures
capital expenditures. For the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, capital expenditures were primarily for the implementation of software solutions and purchase of network equipment as we continue to expand our network. Our capital expenditures for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020, were $25,228,$13,160, of which $9,438$10,273 was for software acquisition and development. The majority of these expenditures are comprised of investments in information technology and systems infrastructure, including an electronic data warehouse, online customer service, and customer management platforms. For 2017,full year 2020, we believe our capital and software expenditures will be approximately $35,000. This amount is net of Tenant Improvement capital dollars we are investing in our Holmdel, New Jersey headquarters which are being refunded by the building owner in connection with the long-term lease renewal we executed in the fourth quarter of 2015.$60 million.
Common Stock RepurchasesState and Local Sales Taxes
On December 9, 2014, Vonage's Board of Directors authorized a new programWe have contingent liabilities for the Company to repurchase up to $100.0 million of its outstanding common stock. Repurchases under the new program are expected to be made over a four-year period ending on December 31, 2018.
 Under the current program, the timingstate and amount of repurchases will be determined by management based on its evaluation of market conditions, the trading price of the stock and will vary based on available capital resources and other financial and operational performance, market conditions, securities law limitations, and other factors. Repurchases may be made in the open market or through private transactions from time to time. The repurchases will be made using available cash balances. In any period, under each repurchase program, cash used in financing activities related to common stock repurchases may differ from the comparable change in stockholders' equity, reflecting timing differences between the recognition of share repurchase transactions and their settlement for cash.
local sales taxes. As of September 30, 2017, approximately $42,533 remainedMarch 31, 2020, we had a reserve of $3,703. If our 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program. The repurchase program expires on December 31, 2018 but may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.ultimate liability exceeds this amount, it could affect our liquidity unfavorably. However, we do not believe it will significantly impair our liquidity.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Obligations under Certain Guarantee Contracts
We enter guarantee arrangements in the normal course of business to facilitate transactions with third parties. These arrangements include financial and performance guarantees, stand-by letters of credit, debt guarantees and indemnifications. As of September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and December 31, 20162019 we had stand-by letters of credit totaling $1,561$1,501 and $1,578,$1,528, respectively.


Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Except as set forth below and in Note 7. 9. Commitments and Contingencies included in Part 1, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, there were no significant changes in our commitments under contractual obligations as disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.

Contingencies
There has been and may be in the future substantial litigation in the areas in which we operate regarding alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment and other matters. We recordrecognize a provision for a liabilityloss when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Such legal proceedings are inherently unpredictable and subject to further uncertainties. Should any of these estimates and assumptions change it is possible that the resolution of the matters described in Note 7. 9, Commitments and Contingencies included in Part 1, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q could have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 1, Basis2, Summary of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2019. The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in compliance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The application of these policies involves judgment regarding future events and these judgments could materially affect the financial statements and disclosures based on varying assumptions, which may be appropriate to use.assumptions.
We identify our most critical accounting policies as those that are the most pervasive and important to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations, and those that require the most difficult, subjective or complex judgments by management regarding estimates. Our critical accounting policies include revenue recognition, impairmentvaluation of goodwill and long livedintangible assets, income taxes and valuation allowance for deferred taxes, share-based compensation, inventory and accounting for business combinations.
capitalized software. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, our goodwill is attributable to our Business operating segment. We perform our annual test of goodwill on October 1st. Additionally, we will assess our goodwill for impairment between annual tests when specific circumstances dictate.

COVID-19 has created and may continue to create uncertainty in bookings and customer payments, reduced usage, and issuance of customer credits to distressed customers served by certain product lines. As of the date of our condensed consolidated financial statements, we are not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require us to update our estimates or judgments. However, these estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, which may result in changes being recognized in our condensed consolidated financial statements in future periods. In particular and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the assumptions and estimates associated with collectability assessment of revenue and credit losses of accounts receivable may have a material impact our consolidated financial statements in future periods, depending on the duration or degree of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates.
Foreign Exchange Risk
We sell our products and services primarily in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Changes in currency exchange rates affect the valuation in our financial statements of the assetsUnion, and liabilities of these operations. We also have aAsia. A portion of our sales denominated in Euros, the Canadian Dollar, and the British Pound Sterling, which are also affected by changes in currency exchange rates. Our financial results could be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates, although foreign exchange risks have not been material to our financial position or results of operations to date.
On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom officially withdrew from the European Union or , "EU". While the UK will no longer be a member of the EU, it will still be subject to EU rules and remain a member of the Customs Union for a period of time as it negotiates the rules to be applied to future trading, taxes, and other relationships. Uncertainty and currency volatility in the British Pound Sterling exchange rate is expected to continue in the short term. In the longer term, any impact from the Brexit on the Company's operations and financial statements will depend on the outcome of future negotiations.
Interest Rate and Debt Risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates primarily relates to our long-term debt. In order to hedge the variability of expected future cash interest payments related to the 2016 Credit Facilityour credit facilities we have entered into three interest rate swap agreements which were executed on July 14, 2017. The swaps have an aggregate notional amount of $150 million and are effective on July 31, 2017 through June 3, 2020 concurrent with the term of the 2016 Credit Facility.2020. Under the swaps our interest rate is fixed at 4.7%. The interest rate swaps will beare accounted for as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, if the interest rate on our variable rate debt changed by 1% on our 2016 term note,2018 Revolving Credit Facility, our annual debt service payment would change by approximately $1 million. $1,155.
As of September 30, 2017, if theMarch 31, 2020, we had $345.0 million outstanding on our 1.75% convertible senior notes due 2024. The Notes have 1.75% percent fixed annual interest rates and, therefore, our economic interest rate exposure on our variableconvertible senior notes is fixed. However, the values of the convertible senior notes are exposed to interest rate debt changedrisk. Generally, the fair market value of our fixed interest rate convertible senior notes will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. In addition, the fair values of the convertible senior notes are affected by 1%our stock price. The fair value of the convertible senior notes will generally increase as our common stock price increases and will generally decrease as our common stock price declines in value. Additionally, we carry the convertible senior notes at face value less unamortized discount on our 2016 revolving credit facility, our annual debt service payment would change by approximately $1.8 million.balance sheet, and we present the fair value for required disclosure purposes only.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) required by Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b), our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of such date due to the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting that was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 related to our controls over the preparation of the annual tax provision.effective.


Material Weakness. As disclosed in Part II. Item 9A. Controls and Procedures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, in connection with the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to our controls over the preparation of the annual tax provision.


Changes in Internal Controls. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except for changes in connection with the implementationreporting. In response to COVID-19, we have undertaken measures to protect our employees, partners, and clients, including encouraging employees to work remotely. These measures have compelled us to modify some of the remediation plan described below.

Remediation Plan. Management has begun implementing a remediation plan to address theour control deficiency that led to the material weakness. The remediation plan includes (i) the implementation of additional review procedures, designed to enhance our tax provision controls and (ii) strengthening our tax provision controls with improved documentation standards, oversight, and training. In the course of this remediation, we identified an additional error caused by the control deficiency identified at year-end, as described in more detail in Note 3 Correction of Prior Period Financial Statements.however, those modifications have so far not been material. We are implementing enhanced review procedurescontinually monitoring and documentation standardsassessing the COVID-19 situation in order to minimize the impact on the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of our plan is to remediate this material weakness by the end of 2017, subject to there being sufficient opportunities to conclude, through testing, that the enhanced control is operating effectively.internal controls.


 


Part II—Other Information
 
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
We are subject to a number of lawsuits, government investigations and claims arising out of the conduct of our business. See a discussion of our litigation matters in Note 79 of Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 1A.Risk Factors
There
Other than the risk factor set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.2019.


The recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the global attempt to contain it has harmed and may continue to harm our business and results of operations.

The global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the various measures to contain its effects have created significant volatility, uncertainty, and economic disruption worldwide. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all travel has been severely curtailed and we have temporarily closed the majority of Vonage offices worldwide (including our corporate headquarters), both of which disrupt how we typically operate our business. COVID-19 has impacted some of our customers more than others, including customers in the travel, hospitality, retail, and other industries where physical interaction is critical. We have experienced and expect that we will continue to experience slowdowns in bookings and customer payments; increased customer churn and reduced usage; and issuance of customer credits to distressed customers served by certain product lines, including SMS API, Vonage Business Cloud, and Vonage Business Enterprise. Moreover, as businesses and educational institutions are quickly pivoting to cloud-based communications in light of social distancing, we are experiencing and expect to experience intense competition from our existing competitors, and also emerging competitors seeking to capitalize on the growing industry.

The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and the various responses to it impact our business, operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict, including: the duration and scope of the pandemic; governmental, business and individuals’ actions that have been and continue to be taken in response to the pandemic; the effect on our customers and customer demand for and ability to pay for our services; disruptions or restrictions on our employees’ ability to work and travel; and any secondary and tertiary effects of the foregoing on our customers, partners, and other entities in our supply and demand chain, including long-term or permanent impairments to individual businesses and industrial segments. If we need to access the capital markets and other sources of liquidity, there can be no assurance that financing may be available on attractive terms, if at all.

The COVID-19 pandemic also may have the effect of heightening other risks, such as cybersecurity threats, disclosed in the Risk Factors section included in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. We will continue to actively monitor the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic and may take further actions that alter our business operations that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, vendors and stockholders. It is not clear what the potential effects of any such alterations or modifications may have on our business, including the effects on our customers, suppliers or vendors, or on our financial results.




Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 2(a) and (b) are notNot applicable.
(c) Common stock repurchases (in thousands, except per share value):
During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we did not repurchase Vonage Holdings Corp. common stock pursuant to the 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program. When executed, repurchases occur in the open market and pursuant to a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As of September 30, 2017, approximately $42,533 remained of our 2014 $100.0 million repurchase program.


Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.


Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5.Other Information
None.


 


Item 6.Exhibits
 
See accompanying Exhibit Index for a list of the exhibits filed or furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

EXHIBIT INDEX
   
31.1
10.1
 
31.1
   
31.2
 
   
32.1
 
   
101
101.INS
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104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and nine months ended September 30, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2017, formattedcontained in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit; and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.Exhibit 101)


(1)* Filed herewith.
*Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.








 












 


SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
   VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
    
Dated:NovemberMay 7, 20172020 By: /s/ David T. Pearson
     
David T. Pearson
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)




EXHIBIT INDEX

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31.1
31.2
32.1
101
The following financial statements from Vonage Holdings Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2017, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit; and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



(1) Filed herewith.
*Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.














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