UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
| þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012
OR
| ¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from__________ to __________
Commission File No. 001-35724
Warwick Valley Telephone Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York | 14-1160510 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
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47 Main Street | |
Warwick, New York | 10990 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
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Registrant’s telephone, including area code: (845) 986-8080
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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. YESR NO¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YESR NO¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer¨ | | Accelerated filerR |
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Non-accelerated filer¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | | Smaller reporting company¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES¨ NOR
The number of shares of Warwick Valley Telephone Company common stock outstanding as ofNovember 5, 2012 was 5,792,404.
Index to Form 10-Q
Part I Financial Information | | |
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Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited) | | |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011 (audited) | | 3 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited) | | 4 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011(unaudited) | | 5 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited) | | 6 |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | | 7 |
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | | 20 |
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | | 25 |
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures | | 25 |
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Part II – Other Information | | |
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Item 5. Other Information | | 26 |
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Item 6. Exhibits | | 26 |
Part I – Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
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Assets | | | | | | | | |
Current assets | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 2,559 | | | $ | 4,575 | |
Short term investments | | | - | | | | 259 | |
Accounts receivable - net of allowance for uncollectibles - $744 and $759 in 2012 and 2011, respectively | | | 3,549 | | | | 2,717 | |
Other accounts receivable | | | 240 | | | | 174 | |
Materials and supplies | | | 763 | | | | 832 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 1,255 | | | | 731 | |
Prepaid income taxes | | | 2,206 | | | | 2,715 | |
Deferred Income taxes | | | 405 | | | | 405 | |
Total current assets | | | 10,977 | | | | 12,408 | |
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Property, plant and equipment, net | | | 25,864 | | | | 25,425 | |
Intangible assets, net | | | 8,287 | | | | 8,605 | |
Investments | | | - | | | | 1,979 | |
Goodwill | | | 9,121 | | | | 9,121 | |
Other assets | | | 416 | | | | 378 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 54,665 | | | $ | 57,916 | |
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Short-term borrowings | | $ | 12,095 | | | $ | 5,600 | |
Current maturities of long-term debt | | | - | | | | 1,139 | |
Accounts payable | | | 1,292 | | | | 1,715 | |
Amounts due in connection with business acquisition | | | 488 | | | | 2,377 | |
Derivative liability in connection with business acquisition | | | - | | | | 131 | |
Advance billing and payments | | | 389 | | | | 390 | |
Accrued taxes | | | 684 | | | | 521 | |
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations | | | 622 | | | | 622 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | 3,907 | | | | 3,398 | |
Total current liabilities | | | 19,477 | | | | 15,893 | |
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Amounts due in connection with business acquisition | | | - | | | | 472 | |
Deferred income taxes | | | 1,575 | | | | 1,358 | |
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations | | | 9,463 | | | | 9,915 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 30,515 | | | | 27,638 | |
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Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | |
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Puttable common stock, $.01 par value, 25,148 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2012 and 272,479 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 | | | 369 | | | | 4,125 | |
Shareholders' equity | | | | | | | | |
Preferred shares - $100 par value; authorized and issued shares of 5,000; $0.01 par value; authorized and unissued shares of 10,000,000 | | | 500 | | | | 500 | |
Common stock - $0.01 par value; authorized shares of 10,000,000 Issued 6,556,081 and 6,217,839 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively | | | 66 | | | | 62 | |
Treasury stock - at cost, 788,825 and 735,391 shares of common stock at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively | | | (7,049 | ) | | | (6,262 | ) |
Additional paid in capital | | | 11,310 | | | | 6,191 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (4,590 | ) | | | (4,979 | ) |
Retained earnings | | | 23,544 | | | | 30,641 | |
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Total shareholders' equity | | | 23,781 | | | | 26,153 | |
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | | $ | 54,665 | | | $ | 57,916 | |
Please see accompanying condensed notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
| | Three Months Ended September 30, | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
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Operating revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 3,621 | | | $ | 2,628 | | | $ | 10,147 | | | $ | 5,269 | |
Telephone | | | 3,429 | | | | 4,201 | | | | 10,870 | | | | 13,549 | |
Total operating revenues | | | 7,050 | | | | 6,829 | | | | 21,017 | | | | 18,818 | |
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Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cost of services and products (exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense) | | | 3,428 | | | | 4,024 | | | | 10,410 | | | | 10,215 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | 6,230 | | | | 4,883 | | | | 17,241 | | | | 12,471 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 1,411 | | | | 1,365 | | | | 3,986 | | | | 4,103 | |
Total operating expenses | | | 11,069 | | | | 10,272 | | | | 31,637 | | | | 26,789 | |
Operating loss | | | (4,019 | ) | | | (3,443 | ) | | | (10,620 | ) | | | (7,971 | ) |
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Other income (expense) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest income (expense), net | | | (123 | ) | | | (55 | ) | | | (292 | ) | | | 4 | |
Income from equity method investment | | | 3,250 | | | | 1,328 | | | | 7,771 | | | | 6,744 | |
Other income (expense), net | | | (468 | ) | | | 31 | | | | (337 | ) | | | 46 | |
Total other income (expense) | | | 2,659 | | | | 1,304 | | | | 7,142 | | | | 6,794 | |
Loss before income taxes | | | (1,360 | ) | | | (2,139 | ) | | | (3,478 | ) | | | (1,177 | ) |
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Income taxes benefit | | | (438 | ) | | | (450 | ) | | | (1,094 | ) | | | (120 | ) |
Net loss | | | (922 | ) | | | (1,689 | ) | | | (2,384 | ) | | | (1,057 | ) |
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Preferred dividends | | | 6 | | | | 6 | | | | 19 | | | | 19 | |
Loss applicable to common stock | | $ | (928 | ) | | $ | (1,695 | ) | | $ | (2,403 | ) | | $ | (1,076 | ) |
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Basic loss per share | | $ | (0.16 | ) | | $ | (0.31 | ) | | $ | (0.42 | ) | | $ | (0.20 | ) |
Basic loss per puttable common share | | $ | (0.16 | ) | | $ | (0.31 | ) | | $ | (0.42 | ) | | $ | (0.20 | ) |
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Diluted loss per share | | $ | (0.16 | ) | | $ | (0.31 | ) | | $ | (0.42 | ) | | $ | (0.20 | ) |
Diluted loss per puttable common share | | $ | (0.16 | ) | | $ | (0.31 | ) | | $ | (0.42 | ) | | $ | (0.20 | ) |
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Weighted average shares of common stock used to calculate loss per share | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic | | | 5,744,020 | | | | 5,424,927 | | | | 5,732,231 | | | | 5,408,603 | |
Diluted | | | 5,744,020 | | | | 5,424,927 | | | | 5,732,231 | | | | 5,408,603 | |
Dividends declared per common share | | $ | 0.27 | | | $ | 0.26 | | | $ | 0.81 | | | $ | 0.78 | |
Please see accompanying condensed notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
($ in thousands)
| | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | |
| | September 30, | | | September 30, | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
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Net loss | | $ | (922 | ) | | $ | (1,689 | ) | | $ | (2,384 | ) | | $ | (1,057 | ) |
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unrealized holding loss arising during the period | | | - | | | | 23 | | | | - | | | | 32 | |
Defined benefit pension plans: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization of transition obligation | | | 5 | | | | 5 | | | | 14 | | | | 14 | |
Prior service cost arising during period | | | (44 | ) | | | (44 | ) | | | (132 | ) | | | (132 | ) |
Net income arising during period | | | 168 | | | | 136 | | | | 507 | | | | 408 | |
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Other comprehensive income (loss) | | | 129 | | | | 120 | | | | 389 | | | | 322 | |
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Comprehensive loss | | $ | (793 | ) | | $ | (1,569 | ) | | $ | (1,995 | ) | | $ | (735 | ) |
Please see accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
($ in thousands)
| | Nine Months Ended | |
| | September 30, | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | | | | | | | | |
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Net loss | | $ | (2,384 | ) | | $ | (1,057 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 3,986 | | | | 4,103 | |
Allowance for uncollectibles | | | 368 | | | | 200 | |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | 688 | | | | 821 | |
Deferred income taxes | | | - | | | | 433 | |
Non cash interest and financing expenses | | | 91 | | | | - | |
Distributions in excess of income from equity investments, net | | | 1,979 | | | | 3,134 | |
Change in fair value of derivative liability | | | (131 | ) | | | - | |
Changes in assets and liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | (1,199 | ) | | | 161 | |
Other accounts receivable | | | (66 | ) | | | (194 | ) |
Materials and supplies | | | 69 | | | | 16 | |
Prepaid income taxes | | | 509 | | | | (1,993 | ) |
Prepaid expenses | | | (461 | ) | | | (139 | ) |
Other assets | | | (92 | ) | | | (91 | ) |
Accounts payable | | | (423 | ) | | | 194 | |
Advance billing and payment | �� | | (1 | ) | | | (55 | ) |
Accrued taxes | | | 163 | | | | (528 | ) |
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations | | | 154 | | | | 13 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | 509 | | | | (407 | ) |
Net cash provided by operating activities | | | 3,759 | | | | 4,611 | |
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CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | | | | | | | | |
Capital expenditures | | | (3,509 | ) | | | (1,939 | ) |
Purchase of intangibles | | | (544 | ) | | | (55 | ) |
Sale of short-term investments | | | 259 | | | | 2,409 | |
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired | | | - | | | | (10,250 | ) |
Net cash used in investing activities | | | (3,794 | ) | | | (9,835 | ) |
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CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | | | | | | | | |
Repayment of long-term debt | | | (1,139 | ) | | | (1,139 | ) |
Repayment of capital leases | | | - | | | | (649 | ) |
Increase in restricted cash | | | - | | | | (3,351 | ) |
Amounts due in connection with business acquisition, net | | | (2,420 | ) | | | - | |
Proceeds from short term borrowings | | | 6,400 | | | | 9,000 | |
Treasury stock purchases | | | (107 | ) | | | (336 | ) |
Dividends (Common and Preferred) | | | (4,715 | ) | | | (4,291 | ) |
Net cash used in financing activities | | | (1,981 | ) | | | (766 | ) |
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Net change in cash and cash equivalents | | | (2,016 | ) | | | (5,990 | ) |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | | | 4,575 | | | | 10,899 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | | $ | 2,559 | | | $ | 4,909 | |
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Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | | | | | | | | |
Treasury stock acquired in connection with cashless exercise of stock options | | $ | 677 | | | $ | 1,476 | |
Amounts due in connection with business acquisition | | $ | - | | | $ | 7,340 | |
Capitalization of loan financing costs | | $ | 63 | | | $ | - | |
Reclassification of puttable common stock to equity | | $ | 3,756 | | | $ | - | |
Please see accompanying condensed notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature of Operations
Warwick Valley Telephone Company (the “Company”) is a cloud-based communications company that provides Unified Communications (“UC”) solutions and enterprise hosted Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) and operates as a regional Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (“ILEC”) in southern Orange County, New York and northern New Jersey. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company delivers cloud-based Unified Communications solutions including Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”), hosted Microsoft Communication Services, fixed mobile convergence and advanced voice applications for a broad customer base including enterprise customers, small and medium-sized businesses and other business customers. The Company’s ILEC operations consist of providing historic local and toll telephone service, Internet high speed broadband service, satellite video service and DIRECTV to residential and business customers.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments consisting only of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation have been included. Operating results and cash flows for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and any disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Reclassifications
Certain items in the 2011 segment footnote (see Note 8) have been reclassified in order to conform to the 2012 presentation.
NOTE 2: BUSINESS ACQUISITION
There were no acquisitions completed during the nine month period ended September 30, 2012.
The following unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the Company for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 assumes that the purchase of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Alteva, LLC on August 5, 2011 occurred instead on January 1, 2011. The unaudited pro forma information presents the combined operating results of the purchased lines of business and the Company with the results prior to the asset purchase date adjusted for amortization of intangibles and depreciation of fixed assets based on the purchase price allocation and the elimination of acquisition related costs.
These unaudited pro forma results do not purport to be indicative of the results that would have been obtained if the asset purchase occurred as of January 1, 2011 nor does the unaudited pro forma data intend to be a projection of results that may be obtained in the future.
| | Three Months Ended September 30, | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2011 | | | 2011 | |
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Operating revenues | | $ | 7,471 | | | $ | 22,879 | |
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Loss before income taxes | | $ | (2,505 | ) | | $ | (2,795 | ) |
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Loss per common share: | | | | | | | | |
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Basic | | $ | (0.36 | ) | | $ | (0.47 | ) |
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Diluted | | $ | (0.36 | ) | | $ | (0.47 | ) |
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 3: RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In December 2011, an accounting standards update regarding balance sheet disclosures of offsetting assets and liabilities was issued. This update requires disclosure on information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of an entity’s financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. An entity is required to apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The Company does not believe this will have a material impact on its disclosures or consolidated financial statements.
In July 2012, an accounting standards update regarding “Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment” was issued. This update allows an entity to first assess qualitative factors in determining whether events and circumstances indicate that it is more-likely-than not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. If an entity determines that it is not more-likely-than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired, then the entity is not required to perform a quantitative impairment test. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
NOTE 4: FAIR VALUE
Fair value is the estimated price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company is required by accounting standards to provide the disclosure framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:
| Level 1: | Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities. The Company considers active markets as those in which transactions for the assets or liabilities occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. |
| Level 2: | Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. This category includes those derivative instruments that the Company values using observable market data. Substantially all of these inputs are observable in the marketplace throughout the term of the derivative instruments, can be derived from observable data, or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace. |
| Level 3: | Measured based on prices or valuation models that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and less observable from objective sources (i.e. supported by little or no market activity). The Company’s valuation models are primarily industry standard models. Level 3 instruments include derivative instruments. The Company does not have sufficient corroborating evidence to support classifying these assets and liabilities as Level 1 or Level 2. |
Financial assets and liabilities are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and may affect the valuation of the fair value of assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.
Derivative liability
In connection with the Company’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Alteva, LLC, the members of Alteva, LLC were granted shares of the Company’s common stock as partial consideration in the acquisition (the “Alteva Shares”) and entered into a Lock-Up and Put Agreement with the Company effective October 21, 2011. The Lock-up and Put Agreement included a purchase price protection that provided that if the price of the Company’s common stock for the 30 trading days immediately prior to the October 21, 2012 or December 15, 2012 (but excluding the three trading days prior to and after the record date for any cash dividend declared by the Company ( the “Release Date”) was less than $11.74, then the Company was to issue to the Alteva, LLC members the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the difference between $1,600 and the market value of 50% of the aggregate shares on October 21, 2012 or December 15, 2012, or 100% of the aggregate shares if the Release Date was less than $11.74 on both dates (the “Purchase Price Protection”).
On August 30, 2012, the Company entered into an Agreement for Sale of Shares, effective as of August 22, 2012, (the “Sale Agreement”) with all the members of Avetla, LLC (previously Alteva LLC), except for David Cuthbert (the “Selling Holders”) pursuant to which the Selling Holders were permitted to sell their Alteva Shares in one or more block sales. Pursuant to the terms of the Sale Agreement, the Company and the Selling Holders agreed to terminate the Lock-Up Agreement and the Company permitted the Selling Holders to sell their Alteva Shares in one or more block sales prior to October 22, 2012 (the “Sale Transaction”). If the price obtained by the Selling Holders in the Sale Transaction was less than $14.68 per share, then the Company had to pay each of the Selling Holders the difference between $14.68 and the per share price of the Sale Transaction multiplied by the number of Alteva Shares sold in the Sale Transaction (the “Additional Parent Payment”).The Selling Holders sold all of their Alteva Shares in a block trade on September 21, 2012 for $12.55 per share, resulting in a liability due to the selling shareholders of $527 at September 30, 2012. The expense recorded in connection with this liability was included in other income (expense), net in the statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.
On September 26, 2012, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Lock-Up and Put Agreement with David Cuthbert, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer. The Amendment increased the price at which Mr. Cuthbert may sell his Alteva Shares to the Company (the “Put”) to $14.68 from the greater of (i) the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of exercise of the Put, or (ii) $11.74. The price of the Put equaled the per share price the Selling Holders received under the Sale Agreement after taking into account the Additional Parent Payment. In addition, the Amendment permitted Mr. Cuthbert to exercise the Put for all of his Alteva Shares, not just half, from October 21, 2012 to December 20, 2012. Also on September 26, 2012, Mr. Cuthbert provided the Company with written notice of his intent to exercise the Put for all of his Alteva Shares on October 21, 2012.
The Purchase Price Protection provision of the Lock-Up and Put Agreement is considered to be a derivative instrument and must be valued and recognized at the instrument’s current fair market value as of the date of issuance and adjusted each period the financial statements are presented. The Company employed a binomial pricing model to calculate the fair value of the price protection and recorded the fair value as a current liability on its consolidated balance sheet. Inputs are adjusted each period to reflect changes in the Company’s estimate of value of the underlying common stock.
As a result of the amendments to the Lock-Up and Put Agreement, the derivative liability was derecognized as of September 30, 2012.
The fair value of the price protection was estimated utilizing the binomial pricing model with the following assumptions:
| | December 31, 2011 | |
Binomial method | | | |
Model iterations | | | 100.5 | |
Simulated median price | | $ | 13.45 | |
Exercise price per share | | $ | 11.74 | |
Expected volatility | | | 12.03 | % |
Risk free interest rate | | | 0.15 | % |
Yield rate | | | 7.73 | % |
The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2011:
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
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Derivative liability in connection with business acquisition | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | 131 | | | $ | 131 | |
The following table represents a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 derivative liability for the period ended:
| | September 30, 2012 | |
Derivative liability balance December 31, 2011 | | $ | 131 | |
Decrease in fair value of price protection instrument | | | (75 | ) |
Derecognition of derivative liability | | | (56 | ) |
Derivative liability balance September 30, 2012 | | $ | - | |
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 5: EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares adjusted to include the effect of potentially dilutive securities. Potentially dilutive securities include incremental shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options and shares of unvested restricted stock. Diluted earnings (loss) per share exclude all dilutive securities if their effect is anti-dilutive.
The weighted average number of shares of common stock used in basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:
| | Three Months Ended September 30, | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2012 (1) | | | 2011 (1) | | | 2012 (1) | | | 2011 (1) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Weighted average shares of common stock used in basic earnings per share (excluding puttable common) | | | 5,493,255 | | | | 5,424,927 | | | | 5,466,990 | | | | 5,408,603 | |
Effects of puttable common stock | | | 250,765 | | | | - | | | | 265,241 | | | | - | |
| | | 5,744,020 | | | | 5,424,927 | | | | 5,732,231 | | | | 5,408,603 | |
(1) Basic and diluted weighted average shares were the same for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 because the effects of the potentially diluted securities were anti-dilutive and they were excluded from the calculation.
NOTE 6: DEBT OBLIGATIONS
Debt obligations consisted of the following:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Long-term debt (current maturities) : | | | | | | | | |
CoBank ACB, unsecured term credit facility | | $ | - | | | $ | 1,139 | |
Short-term debt: | | | | | | | | |
Cobank ACB promissory note | | | 8,095 | | | | 5,000 | |
Provident Bank credit line | | | 4,000 | | | | 600 | |
| | | 12,095 | | | | 5,600 | |
Total debt obligations | | $ | 12,095 | | | $ | 6,739 | |
Long-term debt:
On August 2, 2012, the CoBank, ACB term credit facility matured and the remaining principal balance was paid in full.
Short-term borrowings:
On August 2, 2012, the Company entered into a third supplement to its master loan agreement with CoBank, ACB. The supplement increased the revolving loan facility to the principal amount of $10,000 (the “CoBank Revolving Loan”). The CoBank Revolving Loan becomes due and payable on August 2, 2013. The CoBank Revolving Loan incurs interest at a variable rate determined by CoBank, ACB or, if selected by the Company, at LIBOR plus 4.50%. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears. The interest rate on the outstanding amount is variable and, as of September 30, 2012, the rate was 4.50%. Under the terms of the CoBank Revolving Loan, the Company is required to comply with certain loan covenants, which include, but are not limited to, the achievement of certain financial ratios, as set forth in the master loan agreement, as well as certain financial reporting requirements. As of September 30, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all loan covenants.
The Company has an unsecured line of credit in the amount of $4,000 with Provident Bank (the “Provident”) of which the entire amount has been drawn as of September 30, 2012.Interest is payable quarterly in arrears. The interest rate on the outstanding amount is fixed at 2.50%.On October 21, 2012, the Provident line of credit was amended to extend the maturity date to April 30, 2013.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
On October 31, 2012, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement (the “Restated MLA”) and an Amended and Restated Third Supplement to the Restated MLA (“Restated Third Supplement”) with CoBank, ACB. The Company’s obligations under the Restated MLA and the Restated Third Supplement are now secured by a pledge of all of the equity of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries and guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries except for Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring Company LLC (“New Telco”). New Telco entered into a negative pledge agreement with CoBank whereby New Telco agreed not to pledge any of its assets as collateral or permit a lien to be placed on any of its assets. In connection with the Restated MLA, CoBank consented to the Company’s restructuring.
NOTE 7: GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The Unified Communications segment had $9,121 of goodwill as of September 30, 2012, resulting from the Company’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Alteva, LLC in 2011.
Acquired goodwill is tested for impairment annually using a fair value approach. Goodwill is also tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of an entity below its carrying value.
Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual value. Identifiable intangible assets that are subject to amortization are evaluated for impairment. The components of other intangible assets are as follows:
| | Estimated | | | Gross | | | Accumulated | | | Net | |
| | Useful Lives | | | Value | | | Amortization | | | Value | |
As of September 30, 2012 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Customer relationships | | | 8 years | | | $ | 5,400 | | | $ | (787 | ) | | $ | 4,613 | |
Trade name | | | 15 years | | | | 2,400 | | | | (187 | ) | | | 2,213 | |
Telephone seat licenses | | | 5 years | | | | 1,916 | | | | (455 | ) | | | 1,461 | |
Total | | | | | | $ | 9,716 | | | $ | (1,429 | ) | | $ | 8,287 | |
| | Estimated | | | Gross | | | Accumulated | | | Net | |
| | Useful Lives | | | Value | | | Amortization | | | Value | |
As of December 31, 2011 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Customer relationships | | | 8 years | | | $ | 5,400 | | | $ | (281 | ) | | $ | 5,119 | |
Trade name | | | 15 years | | | | 2,400 | | | | (67 | ) | | | 2,333 | |
Telephone seat licenses | | | 5 years | | | | 1,372 | | | | (219 | ) | | | 1,153 | |
Total | | | | | | $ | 9,172 | | | $ | (567 | ) | | $ | 8,605 | |
NOTE 8: SEGMENT INFORMATION
Segment Realignment
In the first quarter of 2012, the Company realigned its segment reporting (internal and external) and renamed the Online segment Unified Communications. The Company made these changes as a result of its purchase of substantially all of the assets of and certain liabilities of Alteva, LLC on August 3, 2011. The acquisition was part of the Company’s strategy to transform its operations from one primarily dependent upon its ILEC and related revenues, to operations more focused on developing and implementing a Unified Communications solutions strategy. Accordingly, broadband Internet, dial-up Internet access services and TV services, which previously were included in the Company’s Online segment, became part of the Telephone segment. Concurrently, to align the segments with the Company’s revised management structure and operating model, wholesale carrier services and conference services were moved out of the Telephone segment and into the Unified Communications service segment. The Company believes the new strategy, which realigns the reportable segments, will enable the Company to develop a more sustainable business in the future that will drive earnings growth and provide a better return on our assets.
The Company’s segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services and are managed as Telephone and Unified Communications services. The Company evaluates the performance of the segments based upon factors such as revenue growth, expense containment, market share and operating results.
The Telephone segment provides telecommunications services including local, network access, long distance services, wireless, broadband, TV service and directory services. The Unified Communications segment provides enterprise hosted VoIP services, wholesale carrier services and conference services.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The segment results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations these segments would have achieved had they operated as stand-alone entities during the periods presented.
Segment balance sheet information as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 is set forth below:
| | September 30, 2012 | | | December 31, 2011 | |
Segment assets | | | | | | | | |
Telephone | | $ | 128,959 | | | $ | 116,215 | |
Unified Communications | | | 24,106 | | | | 21,543 | |
Eliminations | | | (98,400 | ) | | | (79,842 | ) |
Total segment assets | | $ | 54,665 | | | $ | 57,916 | |
Segment statement of operations information for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is set forth below:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Segment operating revenues | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 3,621 | | | $ | 2,628 | |
Telephone | | | 3,429 | | | | 4,201 | |
Total segment operating revenues | | $ | 7,050 | | | $ | 6,829 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Segment depreciation and amortization | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 529 | | | $ | 375 | |
Telephone | | | 882 | | | | 990 | |
Total segment depreciation and amortization | | $ | 1,411 | | | $ | 1,365 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Segment operating loss | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | (3,252 | ) | | $ | (2,844 | ) |
Telephone | | | (767 | ) | | | (599 | ) |
Total segment operating loss | | | (4,019 | ) | | | (3,443 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Interest income, (expense), net | | | (123 | ) | | | (55 | ) |
Income from equity investment | | | 3,250 | | | | 1,328 | |
Other (expenses) income, net | | | (468 | ) | | | 31 | |
Loss before income taxes | | $ | (1,360 | ) | | $ | (2,139 | ) |
Segment income statement information for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is set forth below:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Segment operating revenues | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 10,147 | | | $ | 5,269 | |
Telephone | | | 10,870 | | | | 13,549 | |
Total segment operating revenues | | $ | 21,017 | | | $ | 18,818 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Segment depreciation and amortization | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 1,423 | | | $ | 819 | |
Telephone | | | 2,563 | | | | 3,284 | |
Total segment depreciation and amortization | | $ | 3,986 | | | $ | 4,103 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Segment operating loss | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | (9,201 | ) | | $ | (6,764 | ) |
Telephone | | | (1,419 | ) | | | (1,207 | ) |
Total segment operating loss | | | (10,620 | ) | | | (7,971 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Interest income, (expense), net | | | (292 | ) | | | 4 | |
Income from equity investment | | | 7,771 | | | | 6,744 | |
Other (expenses) income, net | | | (337 | ) | | | 46 | |
Loss before income taxes | | $ | (3,478 | ) | | $ | (1,177 | ) |
Certain regulatory revenue in the telephone segment, which includes USF and NECA pool settlements, represented 7% and 12% of the Company’s revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 9: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
Material and supplies are carried at average cost. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, material and supplies consisted of the following:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Inventory for outside plant | | $ | 270 | | | $ | 322 | |
Inventory for inside plant | | | 273 | | | | 266 | |
Inventory for online equipment | | | 88 | | | | 77 | |
Inventory for video equipment / DIRECTV | | | 6 | | | | 68 | |
Inventory for equipment held for sale or lease | | | 16 | | | | 16 | |
Inventory for VoIP telephone equipment | | | 110 | | | | 83 | |
| | $ | 763 | | | $ | 832 | |
NOTE 10: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost, consisting of the following as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Land, buildings and other support equipment | | $ | 11,806 | | | $ | 10,908 | |
Network communications equipment | | | 38,746 | | | | 36,187 | |
Telephone plant | | | 30,971 | | | | 30,571 | |
Online plant | | | 6,553 | | | | 6,885 | |
Plant in service | | | 88,076 | | | | 84,551 | |
Plant under construction | | | 187 | | | | 297 | |
| | | 88,263 | | | | 84,848 | |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | | | 62,399 | | | | 59,423 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | | $ | 25,864 | | | $ | 25,425 | |
NOTE 11: ORANGE COUNTY-POUGHKEEPSIE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
The Company is a limited partner in the Orange County-Poughkeepsie Limited Partnership (“O-P”) and had an 8.108% equity interest as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, which is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The majority owner and general partner is Verizon Wireless of the East LP.
On May 26, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless of the East LP, the general partner and a limited partner, and Cellco Partnership, the other limited partner, in the O-P to make certain changes to the O-P partnership agreement. The agreement specifies, among other things, specifies that the O-P will provide 4G cellular services (the “4G Agreement”). The 4G Agreement provides that the O-P’s business will be converted from a wholesale business to a retail business in accordance with Amendment 6 to the O-P Limited Partnership Agreement. The 4G Agreement provides for guaranteed annual cash distributions to the Company from the O-P through 2013. For 2011, annual cash distributions from the O-P were $13,600 and for 2012 and 2013 the annual cash distribution will be $13,000. Annual cash distributions are paid in equal quarterly amounts. The 4G Agreement also gives the Company the right (the “Put”) to require one of the O-P’s limited partners to purchase all the Company’s ownership interest in the O-P during April 2013 or April 2014 for an amount equal to the greater of (a) $50,000 or (b) the product of five (5) times 0.081081 times the O-P’s EBITDA, as defined in the 4G Agreement, for the calendar year preceding the exercise of the Put.
The conversion of the O-P from a wholesale business to a retail business pursuant to the 4G Agreement increased the cellular service costs and operating expenses incurred by the O-P, which caused a subsequent reduction in the O-P’s net income due primarily to the inclusion of sales and marketing expenses. Although the O-P’s net income has decreased, the annual cash distributions the Company receives from the O-P will remain unchanged through 2013 pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement.
Pursuant to the equity method accounting, the Company is required to record the income from the O-P as an increase to the Company’s investment account. The Company is required to apply the cash payments made under the 4G Agreement as a return on its investment when received. The cash distributions the Company receives from the O-P that are in excess of the Company’s proportionate share of the O-P income are applied to its investment account. As a result of receiving the fixed guaranteed cash distributions from the O-P in excess of the Company’s proportionate share of the O-P income, the investment account was reduced to zero during the three months ended June 30, 2012. The Company now records any cash distributions received that are in excess of the Company’s proportionate share of the O-P income in the Company’s statement of operations as other income.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The following summarizes the income statement (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 that the O-P provided to the Company:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 (1) | |
Net sales | | $ | 229,102 | | | $ | 193,208 | |
Cellular service cost | | | 106,863 | | | | 73,123 | |
Operating expenses | | | 63,276 | | | | 36,925 | |
Operating income | | | 58,963 | | | | 83,160 | |
Other income | | | 10 | | | | 15 | |
Net income | | $ | 58,973 | | | $ | 83,175 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Company share | | $ | 4,782 | | | $ | 6,744 | |
(1) The O-P’s income statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, represents four months of the O-P operating as a wholesale business and five months of the O-P operating as a retail business in accordance with Amendment 6 to the O-P Limited Partnership Agreement effective May 1, 2011 (“Amendment 6”).
The following summarizes the income statement (unaudited) for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 that O-P provided to the Company:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Net sales | | $ | 78,687 | | | $ | 77,043 | |
Cellular service cost | | | 36,510 | | | | 40,615 | |
Operating expenses | | | 21,901 | | | | 20,057 | |
Operating income | | | 20,276 | | | | 16,371 | |
Other income | | | 4 | | | | 1 | |
Net income | | $ | 20,280 | | | $ | 16,372 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Company share | | $ | 1,644 | | | $ | 1,328 | |
The following summarizes the balance sheet as of September 30, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011 that O-P provided to the Company:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Current assets | | $ | 21,278 | | | $ | 20,525 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | | | 40,111 | | | | 39,596 | |
Total assets | | $ | 61,389 | | | $ | 60,121 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities | | $ | 32,096 | | | $ | 42,500 | |
Partners' capital | | | 29,293 | | | | 17,621 | |
Total liabilities and partners' capital | | $ | 61,389 | | | $ | 60,121 | |
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 12: PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
The components of net periodic cost (gain) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:
| | Pension Benefits | | | Postretirement Benefits | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Service cost | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | 12 | | | $ | 8 | |
Interest cost | | | 575 | | | | 652 | | | | 162 | | | | 184 | |
Expected return on plan assets | | | (657 | ) | | | (615 | ) | | | (130 | ) | | | (121 | ) |
Amortization of transition asset | | | - | | | | - | | | | 21 | | | | 21 | |
Amortization of prior service cost | | | 42 | | | | 42 | | | | (247 | ) | | | (248 | ) |
Amortization of net loss | | | 695 | | | | 654 | | | | 101 | | | | 71 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net periodic benefit cost (gain) | | $ | 655 | | | $ | 733 | | | $ | (81 | ) | | $ | (85 | ) |
The components of net periodic cost (gain) for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:
| | Pension Benefits | | | Postretirement Benefits | |
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Service cost | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | 4 | | | $ | 2 | |
Interest cost | | | 192 | | | | 217 | | | | 54 | | | | 61 | |
Expected return on plan assets | | | (219 | ) | | | (205 | ) | | | (43 | ) | | | (40 | ) |
Amortization of transition asset | | | - | | | | - | | | | 7 | | | | 7 | |
Amortizaton of prior service cost | | | 14 | | | | 14 | | | | (83 | ) | | | (83 | ) |
Amortization of net loss | | | 231 | | | | 218 | | | | 34 | | | | 24 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net periodic benefit cost (gain) | | $ | 218 | | | $ | 244 | | | $ | (27 | ) | | $ | (29 | ) |
The Company expects to contribute a total of $622 to its pension and postretirement benefit plans in 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company has contributed $419 towards this amount.
NOTE 13: INCOME TAXES
Generally, for interim tax reporting, one overall estimated annual effective tax rate is computed for tax jurisdictions not subject to valuation allowance and applied to the year to date ordinary income loss. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012, and 2011 was 32.2% and 21.0%, respectively, and the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was 31.5% and 10.2%, respectively. The adjusted tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 was lower than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to the net tax benefits.
The accounting standard regarding accounting for uncertainty in income taxes requires uncertain tax positions to be classified as non-current income tax liabilities, unless expected to be paid within one year. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company has no liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, no interest expense or penalties were incurred relating to unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company and its subsidiaries file a U.S. federal consolidated income tax return. The U.S. federal statute of limitations remains open for the years 2008 and thereafter.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 14: SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
A summary of the changes to shareholders’ equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is provided below:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Shareholders' equity, beginning of period | | $ | 26,153 | | | $ | 36,425 | |
Net loss | | | (2,384 | ) | | | (1,057 | ) |
Dividends paid on common stock | | | (4,696 | ) | | | (4,273 | ) |
Dividends paid on preferred stock | | | (19 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
Reclassification of puttable common stock | | | 3,756 | | | | - | |
Stock and stock option compensation | | | 688 | | | | 821 | |
Treasury stock purchases | | | (783 | ) | | | (1,474 | ) |
Exercise of stock options | | | 677 | | | | 1,138 | |
Changes in unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | | - | | | | 32 | |
Changes in pension and postretirement benefit plans | | | 389 | | | | 290 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shareholders' equity, end of period | | $ | 23,781 | | | $ | 31,883 | |
NOTE 15: STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
The Company has a Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, (the “LTIP”) to assist the Company and its affiliates in attracting, motivating and retaining selected individuals to serve as employees, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company and its affiliates by providing incentives to such individuals through the ownership and performance of the Company’s common stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 1,100,000 shares of common stock under the LTIP. Shares available for grant under the LTIP may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been reacquired by the Company and designated as treasury shares. As of September 30, 2012, 651,425 shares of common stock were available for grant under the LTIP. The LTIP permits the issuance by the Company of awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units and performance shares. The exercise price per share of the Company’s common stock purchasable under any stock option or stock appreciation right may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of one share of common stock on the date of grant. The term of any stock option or stock appreciation may not exceed ten years. The LTIP also provides plan participants with a cashless mechanism to exercise their stock options. Issued restricted stock, stock options and restricted stock units are subject to vesting restrictions.
Restricted Common Stock Awards
The following table summarizes the restricted common stock award activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2012:
| | | | | | | | Grant Date | |
| | Date Issued | | | Shares | | | Fair Value per Share | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Restricted stock granted | | | 1/6/2012 | | | | 14,608 | | | $ | 12.93 | |
Restricted stock granted | | | 2/24/2012 | | | | 31,673 | | | $ | 14.38 | |
Total restricted stock granted | | | | | | | 46,281 | | | | | |
Stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock awards was $543 and $578 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $223and $130 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Restricted stock awards are amortized over their respective vesting periods of two or three years. The Company records stock-based compensation for grants of restricted stock awards on a straight-line basis. The Company has determined expected forfeitures based on recent activity and is recognizing compensation expense only for those shares of restricted stock expected to vest.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The following table summarizes the restricted common stock award activity during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
| | | | | Grant Date Weighted Average | | | | | | Grant Date Weighted Average | |
Unvested Shares | | Shares | | | Price per Share | | | Shares | | | Price per Share | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance - Beginning of period | | | 68,559 | | | $ | 14.15 | | | | 47,373 | | | $ | 12.64 | |
Granted | | | 46,281 | | | | 13.92 | | | | 60,893 | | | | 14.64 | |
Vested | | | (45,580 | ) | | | 13.97 | | | | (37,052 | ) | | | 13.05 | |
Forfeited | | | (1,712 | ) | | | 14.27 | | | | (29 | ) | | | 12.78 | |
Balance - End of period | | | 67,548 | | | $ | 14.11 | | | | 71,185 | | | $ | 14.13 | |
The total fair value of restricted stock vested during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $637 and $484, respectively.
Stock Options
The following tables summarize stock option activity for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, along with stock options exercisable at the end of the period:
| | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Options | | Shares | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | Shares | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Outstanding - beginning of period | | | 203,864 | | | $ | 14.02 | | | | 160,733 | | | $ | 11.33 | |
Stock options granted | | | 144,852 | | | | 14.38 | | | | 148,381 | | | | 14.83 | |
Exercised | | | (45,610 | ) | | | 14.85 | | | | (103,319 | ) | | | 11.01 | |
Forfeited | | | (20,348 | ) | | | 14.41 | | | | - | | | | 0.00 | |
Outstanding - end of period | | | 282,758 | | | $ | 14.04 | | | | 205,795 | | | $ | 13.89 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vested and expected to vest at September 30 | | | 282,758 | | | | | | | | 205,795 | | | | | |
Exercisable at September 30 | | | 90,536 | | | | | | | | 70,740 | | | | | |
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Stock options vest over a three-year period. The following table summarizes information about fixed-price stock options outstanding at September 30, 2012:
| | | | | | Weighted | | | Weighted Average | | | | |
| | | | | | Average | | | Remaining | | | Aggregate | |
| | | Shares | | | Exercise | | | Contractual | | | Instrinsic | |
Exercise Price Per Share | | | Outstanding | | | Price | | | Life (Years) | | | Value | |
$ | 10.78 | | | | 15,166 | | | $ | 10.78 | | | | 5.94 | | | $ | 34 | |
$ | 10.02 | | | | 4,051 | | | | 10.02 | | | | 6.47 | | | | 12 | |
$ | 11.20 | | | | 7,517 | | | | 11.20 | | | | 6.57 | | | | 14 | |
$ | 12.97 | | | | 7,000 | | | | 12.97 | | | | 7.15 | | | | - | |
$ | 12.76 | | | | 333 | | | | 12.76 | | | | - | | | | 3 | |
$ | 12.88 | | | | 22,328 | | | | 12.88 | | | | 7.4 | | | | - | |
$ | 14.70 | | | | 17,025 | | | | 14.70 | | | | 8.4 | | | | - | |
$ | 14.85 | | | | 83,010 | | | | 14.85 | | | | 8.44 | | | | - | |
$ | 14.38 | | | | 126,328 | | | | 14.38 | | | | 9.4 | | | | - | |
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| | | | | 282,758 | | | $ | 14.04 | | | | 9.1 | | | $ | 63 | |
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| Exercisable at September 30, 2012 | | | | 90,536 | | | $ | 13.20 | | | | 7.6 | | | $ | - | |
Stock-based compensation expense for stock option awards was $145 and $243 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $67 and $65 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day, September 29, 2012, and the exercise price multiplied by the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all the option holders exercised in-the-money stock options on September 30, 2012. This amount changes based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock.
The fair value of the above stock-based option awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:
Options | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expected life (in years) | | | 10 | | | | 10 | |
Interest rate | | | 2.70 | % | | | 3.40 | % |
Volatility | | | 27.10 | % | | | 32.77 | % |
Dividend yield | | | 7.23 | % | | | 7.00 | % |
Weighted-average fair value per share at grant date | | $ | 1.37 | | | $ | 2.16 | |
The following table sets forth the total stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options and restricted stock awards granted to employees, as well as the effects of the acceleration of the vesting of stock options and restricted stock of $128 and $345 in 2012 and 2011 repectively:
| | Three Months | | | Nine Months | |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cost of services and products | | $ | 10 | | | $ | 17 | | | $ | 30 | | | $ | 51 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | 280 | | | | 178 | | | | 658 | | | | 770 | |
| | $ | 290 | | | $ | 195 | | | $ | 688 | | | $ | 821 | |
As of September 30, 2012, $898 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options and restricted common stock awards is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.24 years.
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
NOTE 16: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date. Based on this evaluation, the Company has determined that no subsequent events, except for the matters discussed below, have occurred that require disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
In October 2012, the New York State Public Service Commission and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved the application for the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring Company LLC to begin operating as an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The Company can begin to transfer substantially all of its assets and liabilities primarily associated with its Telephone segment to Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring LLC, which will operate the Company’s regulated local telephone business. As a result the Company will be an unregulated holding company providing cloud-based unified communications and local telephone services through its subsidiaries.
Pursuant to the terms of the Sale Agreement (see Note 4), if the price obtained by the Selling Holders in the Sale Transaction was less than $14.68 per share, then the Company was required to pay each of the Selling Holders the Additional Parent Payment. The Selling Holders sold all of their Alteva Shares in a block trade on September 21, 2012 for $12.55 per share. Therefore, on October 22, 2012, the Company paid the Selling Holders the Additional Parent Payment of $527, which represented the difference between $14.68 and $12.55 multiplied by the number of Alteva Shares.
On October 22, 2012, the Company paid $369 to David Cuthbert, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, to repurchase all of his Alteva shares, who elected to his exercise his Put under the Amendment (see Note 4).
On October 31, 2012, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement (the “Restated MLA”) and an Amended and Restated Third Supplement to the Restated MLA (“Restated Third Supplement”) with CoBank, ACB. The Company’s obligations under the Restated MLA and the Restated Third Supplement are now secured by a pledge of all of the equity of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries and guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries except for Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring Company LLC (“New Telco”). New Telco entered into a negative pledge agreement with CoBank whereby New Telco agreed not to pledge any of its assets as collateral or permit a lien to be placed on any of its assets. In connection with the Restated MLA, CoBank consented to the Company’s restructuring.
On November 6, 2012, the Company began trading on the NYSE MKT LLC under the new trading symbol of WVT. The Company had previously traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol WWVY.
On November 8, 2012, the Company entered into a credit agreement with TriState Capital Bank (“TriState”) that provides for borrowings up to $2.5 million. All borrowings become due and payable on April 30, 2013. The TriState borrowings incur interest at a variable rate based on either LIBOR or a Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus an applicable margin 4.00% or 3.00%, respectively. Under the terms of the TriState credit agreement, the Company is required to comply with certain loan covenants, which include, but are not limited to, the achievement of certain financial ratios as well as certain financial reporting requirements. The Company’s obligations under the TriState credit facility are guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries except for New Telco. New Telco entered into a negative pledge agreement with CoBank whereby New Telco agreed not to pleadge any of its assets as collateral or lien to be placed on any of its assets. There are currently no outstanding borrowings under the TriState credit facility.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “expects” and words of similar import, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: general economic and business conditions, both nationally and in the geographic regions in which we operate; industry capacity;our ability to successfully integrate the operations of Alteva; goodwill impairment; demographic changes; technological changes and changes in consumer demand; existing governmental regulations and changes in or our failure to comply with, governmental regulations; legislative proposals relating to the businesses in which we operate; changes to the USF; risks associated with our unfunded pension liability; competition; the loss of any significant ability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel and any other factors that are described in Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and herein. Given these uncertainties, current and prospective investors should be cautioned regarding reliance on such forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revision to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments.
Overview
We are a cloud-based communications company that provides Unified Communication (“UC”) solutions that unify an organization’s communications systems; enterprise hosted Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) and we operate a regional Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (“ILEC”) in southern Orange County, New York and northern New Jersey. Through our Alteva and USA Datanet subsidiaries, we deliver cloud-based UC solutions including enterprise hosted VoIP, hosted Microsoft Communication Services, fixed mobile convergence and advanced voice applications for the desktop. By combining voice service with Microsoft Communications Services products, our customers receive a voice-enabled UC solution that integrates with existing business applications. Alteva’s solutions are designed for the enterprise market of 35 or more users, whereas USA Datanet services organizations with 35 or less users. Our ILEC operations consist of providing our historic local and toll telephone service to residential and business customers, Internet high speed broadband service, and DIRECTV.
In the first quarter of 2012, we realigned our segment reporting (internal and external) and renamed our Online segment Unified Communications. We made these changes to take into account the changes in our business resulting from the Alteva transaction. The acquisition was part of our strategy as we continue to transform our operations from one primarily dependent upon our ILEC business, to one more focused on developing and implementing a UC solutions strategy. Accordingly, Broadband Internet, dial-up Internet access services and TV services, which previously were included in our Online segment, became part of our Telephone segment. Concurrently, to align the segments with our revised management structure and operating model, we moved Wholesale carrier services and Conference services out of the Telephone segment and into our Unified Communications segment. We believe our new strategy, which realigned our reportable segments, will enable us to develop a more sustainable business in the future that will drive earnings growth and a better return on our assets.
In October 2012, the New York State Public Service Commission and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved the application of our wholly-owned subsidiary Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring Company LLC to begin operating as an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. We can begin to transfer substantially all of our assets and liabilities primarily associated with our Telephone segment to Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring LLC, which will operate our regulated local telephone business. We will be an unregulated holding company providing cloud-based unified communications and local telephone services through our subsidiaries.
On August 30, 2012, we entered into an Agreement for Sale of Shares, effective as of August 22, 2012, (the “Sale Agreement”) with all the members of Avetla, LLC (previously Alteva LLC), except for David Cuthbert (the “Selling Holders”) pursuant to which the Selling Holders were permitted to sell the shares of our common stock (the “Alteva Shares”) they acquired in connection with the Alteva transaction that was subject to the Lock-Up and Put Agreement in one or more block sales. Pursuant to the terms of the Sale Agreement, we and the Selling Holders agreed to terminate the Lock-Up Agreement and we permitted the Selling Holders to sell their Alteva Shares in one or more block sales prior to October 22, 2012 (the “Sale Transaction”). If the price obtained by the Selling Holders in the Sale Transaction was less than $14.68 per share, then we had to pay each of the Selling Holders the difference between $14.68 and the per share price of the Sale Transaction multiplied by the number of Alteva Shares sold in the Sale Transaction (the “Additional Parent Payment”).The Selling Holders sold all of their Alteva Shares in a block trade on September 21, 2012 for $12.55 per share. On October 22, 2012, we paid the Selling Holders $527 in satisfaction of the Additional Parent Payment.
On September 26, 2012, we entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Lock-Up and Put Agreement with David Cuthbert, our President and Chief Operating Officer. The Amendment increased the price at which Mr. Cuthbert may sell his Alteva Shares to us (the “Put”) to $14.68 from the greater of (i) the closing price of our common stock on the date of exercise of the Put, or (ii) $11.74. The price of the Put equaled the per share price the Selling Holders received under the Sale Agreement after taking into account the Additional Parent Payment. In addition, the Amendment permitted Mr. Cuthbert to exercise the Put for all of his Alteva Shares, not just half, from October 21, 2012 to December 20, 2012. Also on September 26, 2012, Mr. Cuthbert provided the Company with written notice of his intent to exercise the Put for all of his Alteva Shares on October 21, 2012. On October 22, 2012, we paid Mr. Cuthbert $369 for his Alteva Shares.
As a result, we have no further obligations under the Lock-Up and Put Agreement, Sale Agreement or Amendment.
This discussion and analysis provides information about the important aspects of our operations and investments, both at the consolidated and segment levels, and includes discussions of our results of operations, financial position and sources and uses of cash. The presentation of dollar amounts in this discussion is in thousands. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes therein contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Executive Summary
Revenues increased $221 or 3% to $7,050 for the three months ended September 30, 2012, in comparison to $6,829 for the three months ended September 30, 2011. The increase in revenues resulted from a 38% increase in revenues from our UC segment that was caused by the impact of the Alteva transaction partially offset by an 18% decrease in revenues from our telephone segment caused by reductions in network access service and DIRECTV revenue. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2012, we had a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $257, compared to net loss applicable to common shareholders of $1,689 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011. This decrease of $1,438 in net loss applicable to common shareholders was primarily attributable to the increase of $1,922 or 145% in income from equity method investment to $3,250 is due to recording O-P distributions in excess of our proportionate share of the O-P’s income as other income as opposed to being applied to our investment account for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 compared to $1,328 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011. This decrease was offset by the increase in our operating loss of $576 or 17% to $4,019 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 from an operating loss of $3,443 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011. This increase in operating loss was primarily attributable to the increase in operating expenses for the quarter which grew at a rate faster than revenue.
As of September 30, 2012, we had a working capital deficit of $8,500 which was primarily due to short-term borrowings of $12,095 we incurred primarily in connection with the Alteva transaction. We expect to satisfy these short-term obligations by extending and refinancing our debt and, if necessary, utilizing cash distributions received from the O-P. We believe that our future operating results and our guaranteed payments from the O-P in 2012 and 2013, along with the O-P put option, will allow us to refinance our debt on favorable terms.
Consistent with the past several years, we have continued to experience overall declines in telephone access lines due to sustained competition and cellular substitution for landline telephone services in our regulated franchise area that has reduced revenue in our Telephone segment. In transforming our ILEC business, we will continue to focus our efforts on identifying and pursuing growth opportunities to increase our ILEC broadband Internet business to offset the reduction in residential access lines.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 AND 2011
The following table presents a summary of operating results for our Telephone and UC operating segments for the periods indicated:
| | Three months ended September 30, 2012 | | | Three months ended September 30, 2011 | |
| | Revenue | | | % of Total | | | Segment | | | Segment | | | Revenue | | | % of Total | | | Segment | | | Segment | |
| | | | | Revenue | | | Profit (loss) | | | Margin | | | | | | Revenue | | | Profit (loss) | | | Margin | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 3,621 | | | | 51 | % | | $ | (3,252 | ) | | | (90 | %) | | $ | 2,628 | | | | 38 | % | | $ | (2,844 | ) | | | (108 | %) |
Telephone | | | 3,429 | | | | 49 | % | | | (767 | ) | | | (22 | %) | | | 4,201 | | | | 62 | % | | | (599 | ) | | | (14 | %) |
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Total | | $ | 7,050 | | | | 100 | % | | $ | (4,019 | ) | | | (57 | %) | | $ | 6,829 | | | | 100 | % | | $ | (3,443 | ) | | | (50 | %) |
OPERATING RevenueS
Operating revenues for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $221 or 3% to $7,050 from $6,829 in the same period in 2011. This increase was due primarily to a 38% increase in revenues from our UC segment resulting from the addition of the operations of Alteva in August of 2011, partially offset by an 18% decrease in revenue from our Telephone segment.
Revenues for our UC segment increased $993 or 38% from $2,628 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $3,621 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase reflects the continued growth in our VoIP revenue as a result of the operations of Alteva.
Revenues for our Telephone segment decreased $772, or 18% from $4,201 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $3,429 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. This decrease was primarily due to decreases in network access services of $278, or 16%, and DIRECTV revenue of $228, or 84%. The decrease in DIRECTV revenue was due to the termination of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (“NRTC”) as of August 15, 2011. We no longer bill and collect for the monthly recurring revenue for NRTC and instead we now only receive a commission on DIRECTV sales and reimbursement for installations costs. The decrease in network access services during the third quarter of 2012 was mainly due to lower regulatory USF revenues of $209 due to recent FCC reforms of USF funding and lower billing to carriers of $60.
OPERATING EXPENSES
Operating expenses for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $797 or 8% to $11,069 from $10,272 for the same period in 2011. This increase was primarily due to an increase of $675 or 14% in selling, general and administrative expenses associated with the growth of our UC segment and professional fees associated with our reorganization that will allow us to operate as an unregulated holding company with a wholly-owned regulated ILEC subsidiary.
Cost of Services and Products
The cost of services and products for the three months ended September 30, 2012 decreased $596 or 15% to $3,428 from $4,024 for the same period in 2011 primarily as a result of the growth in our UC segment.
Cost of services and products for our UC segment increased $30 or 1% from $2,155 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $2,185 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase was primarily from the operations of Alteva since its acquisition in August of 2011.
Cost of services and products for our Telephone segment decreased $626 or 34% from $1,869 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $1,243 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. This decrease was primarily attributable to decreases in content costs for landline video due to the elimination of channel offerings resulting from exiting our landline video service on June 30, 2012, as well as transitioning employees into the UC segment.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $1,347 or 28% to $6,230 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 from $4,883 for the same period in 2011. This increase was primarily from increased professional fees incurred in connection with our corporate restructuring to transfer substantially all of our regulated assets to a newly formed wholly-owned regulated ILEC subsidiary that will allow us to operate as an unregulated holding company.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for our UC segment increased $1,300 or 45% from $2,879 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $4,179 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase was primarily from the operations of Alteva since its acquisition in August of 2011.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for our Telephone segment increased $47 or 2% from $2,004 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $2,051 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012.
Depreciation and Amortization Expense
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $46 or 3% to $1,411 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 from $1,365 for the same period in 2011. This was associated with a decrease of $111 in our Telephone segment primarily due to the full depreciation of central office switches, computer equipment and leasehold improvements, offset by an increase of $154 of amortization of the trade name and customer relationships associated with Alteva in our UC segment.
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Total other income (expense) for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $1,355 or 104% to $2,659 from $1,304 in the same period of 2011. This increaseis primarily due to to O-P distributions in excess of the Company’s proportionate share of the O-P’s income being recorded as other income as opposed to being applied to its investment account.Although our share of the O-P’s net income decreased, the annual cash distributions we receive from the O-P remained unchanged pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement.For more information on the 4G Agreement and the accounting treatment of the distributions we receive from the O-P, see Note 11 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. This increase was partially offset by the Additional Parent Payment paid to the Selling Holders (as described in the Overview section), which was recorded as an expense of $527.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 AND 2011
The following table presents a summary of operating results for our Telephone and UC operating segments for the periods indicated:
| | Nine months ended Semptember 30, 2012 | | | Nine months ended September 30, 2011 | |
| | Revenue | | | % of Total | | | Segment | | | Segment | | | Revenue | | | % of Total | | | Segment | | | Segment | |
| | | | | Revenue | | | Profit (loss) | | | Margin | | | | | | Revenue | | | Profit (loss) | | | Margin | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unified Communications | | $ | 10,147 | | | | 48 | % | | $ | (9,201 | ) | | | (91 | %) | | $ | 5,269 | | | | 28 | % | | $ | (6,764 | ) | | | (128 | %) |
Telephone | | | 10,870 | | | | 52 | % | | | (1,419 | ) | | | (13 | %) | | | 13,549 | | | | 72 | % | | | (1,207 | ) | | | (9 | %) |
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Total | | $ | 21,017 | | | | 100 | % | | $ | (10,620 | ) | | | (51 | %) | | $ | 18,818 | | | | 100 | % | | $ | (7,971 | ) | | | (42 | %) |
OPERATING RevenueS
Operating revenues for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $2,199, or 12% to $21,017 from $18,818 in the same period in 2011. This increase was due primarily to a 93% increase in revenues from our UC segment resulting from the operations of Alteva being included since its acquisition in August of 2011, partially offset by a decrease of 20% in revenue from our Telephone segment.
Revenues for our UC segment increased $4,878, or 93% from $5,269 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $10,147 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase was primarily due to an increase in VoIP revenue of $6,023, additional revenue from the operations of Alteva since its acquisition in August of 2011 offset by the decrease in wholesale carrier services of $1,103, or 71% resulting from lower usage from wholesale customers.
Revenues for our Telephone segment decreased $2,679, or 20% from $13,549 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $10,870 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012. This decrease was primarily due to lower DIRECTV revenues of $721, 100% as a result of the termination of the NRTC as of August 15, 2011. We no longer bill and collect for the monthly recurring revenue for NRTC and instead we now only receive a commission on DIRECTV sales and reimbursement for installations costs. Additional decreases were attributable to lower network access services revenue of $1,057, or 48% mainly due to lower USF revenues of $677 or 31% due to recent FCC reforms of USF funding and lower billing to carriers; decrease in long distance revenue of $344, or 25% primarily associated with customers switching to our promotional prices and lower usage; decrease in video revenue of $334, or 90% resulting from our exit of landline video services and a decrease in directory advertising of $93, or 14% mainly due to lower sales of yellow page advertising.
OPERATING EXPENSES
Operating expenses for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $4,848 or 18% to $31,637 from $26,789 for the same period in 2011. This increase was primarily due to an increase of 33% in selling, general and administrative expenses associated with the growth of our UC segment and professional fees associated with our reorganization that will allow us to operate as an unregulated holding company with a wholly-owned regulated ILEC subsidiary.
Cost of Services and Products
The cost of services and products increased $195, or 2% to $10,410 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, from $10,215 for the same period in 2011 primarily as a result of the growth in our UC segment.
Cost of services and products for our UC segment increased $2,020, or 42% from $4,813 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $6,833 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase was primarily from the operations of Alteva since its acquisition in August of 2011.
Cost of services and products for our Telephone segment decreased $1,825, or 34% from $5,402 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $3,577 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012. This decrease was primarily attributable to decreases in content costs for landline video due to the elimination of channel offerings resulting from exiting our landline video service on September 30, 2012, as well as reclassifying employees into the UC segment.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $4,770, or 38% to $17,241 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, from $12,471 for the same period in 2011. This increase was primarily from increased professional fees incurred in connection with our corporate restructuring
Selling, general and administrative expenses for our UC segment increased $4,721, or 74% from $6,402 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $11,123 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase was primarily from the operations of Alteva since its acquisition in August of 2011.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for our Telephone segment increased $49, or 1% from $6,069 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to $6,118 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012. This increase was primarily due to professional fees associated with (i) the dispute with a local exchange carrier, (ii) our corporate restructuring that will allow us to operate as an unregulated holding company, and (iii) the review of our 2011 annual report on Form 10-K. Also contributing to the increase was the increases in compensation expenses associated with our growth initiatives, business plan and the transition of our business.
Depreciation and Amortization Expense
Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012 decreased $117 or 3% to $3,986 from $4,103 for the same period in 2011. This was associated with a decrease of $613 in our Telephone segment primarily due to the full depreciation of central office switches, computer equipment and leasehold improvements, offset by an increase of $267 of amortization of the intangible trade name and customer lists associated with Alteva in our UC segment.
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Total other income (expense) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 increased $348 or 5% to $7,142 from $6,794 in the same period 2011. Thisis due to O-P distributions in excess of our proportionate share of the O-P’s income being recorded as other income as opposed to be being applied to our investment account as a result of the transition the O-P from a wholesale to a retail business pursuant to the 4G Agreement.Although our share of the O-P’s net income decreased, the annual cash distributions we receive from the O-P remained unchanged pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement.For more information on the 4G Agreement and the accounting treatment of the distributions we receive from the O-P, see Note 11 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. This increase was partially offset by the Additional Parent Payment paid to the Selling Holders (as described in the Overview section), which was recorded as an expense of $527.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We had $2,559 of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments available atSeptember 30, 2012 as compared with $4,834 at December 31, 2011. This decrease was primarily related to additional purchases of network equipment and seat licenses, the payment of dividends and increases in operating expenses. Our short-term investments at December 31, 2011 consisted primarily of bank certificates of deposit.Our primary source of liquidity continues to be our guaranteed payments from the O-P pursuant to the 4G Agreement. In 2012 and 2013, we will receive guaranteed aggregate annual cash distributions from the O-P of $13,000.
As of September 30, 2012, we had a working capital deficit of $8,500, which was primarily due to short-term borrowings of $12,095 we incurred in connection with the Alteva transaction. We believe this working capital deficiency is short-term in nature and we expect to satisfy these short-term borrowings by extending or refinancing our debt and, if necessary, utilizing cash distributions received from the O-P. We believe that our future operating results and guaranteed payments from the O-P in 2012 and 2013 will allow us to refinance our debt on favorable terms.
As of September 30, 2012, we borrowed $8,095 under the revolving loan with CoBank ACB (“CoBank”) to fund a portion of the purchase price of the transaction with Alteva, LLC. The CoBank Revolving Loan is due and payable on August 2, 2013.
On August 2, 2012, we entered into a third supplement to our Master Loan Agreement with CoBank. Under the third supplement to the Master Loan Agreement, this revolving loan facility was increased from $5,000 to $10,000 and matures on August 2, 2013. Under the third supplement, if we exercise the O-P Put, then we must prepay any amounts outstanding under the revolving loan facility and the revolving loan facility may terminate.
Under the third supplement, interest accrues on outstanding indebtedness under the revolving loan facility at an interest rate selected by us. We may select a variable rate option or a LIBOR plus 4.50% option. We required to also pay an unused line fee of 0.50% per annum. Also under the third supplement, the Leverage Ratio and Debt Service Coverage Ratio, as such terms are defined in the Master Loan Agreement, were changed to 2.50x and a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as such term is defined in the Master Loan Agreement, of not less than 1.00x was added to the Master Loan Agreement.
Under the terms of the CoBank facility, we are required to comply with certain loan covenants, which include, but are not limited to, the achievement of certain financial ratios as described above and restrictions on dividends, as set forth in the Master Loan Agreement, as well as certain financial reporting requirements. Dividend payments are limited to our level of net income until the facility matures in August 2013. We obtained a waiver that permits us to pay up to $6,480 in dividends during 2012. We have paid $4,715 in dividends through September 30, 2012. As of September 30, 2012, we were in compliance with these loan covenants.
On October 31, 2012, we entered into an Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement (the “Restated MLA”) and an Amended and Restated Third Supplement to the Restated MLA (“Restated Third Supplement”) with CoBank. Our obligations under the Restated MLA and the Restated Third Supplement are now secured by a pledge of all of the equity of our wholly-owned subsidiaries and guaranteed by all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries except for Warwick Valley Telephone Restructuring Company LLC (“New Telco”). New Telco entered into a negative pledge agreement with CoBank whereby New Telco agreed not to pledge any of its assets as collateral or permit a lien to be placed on any of its assets. In connection with the Restated MLA, CoBank consented to our restructuring.
We have an unsecured $4,000 line of credit with Provident Bank. As of September 30, 2012, $4,000 was outstanding on the line of credit. On October 21, 2012, the line of credit was amended to extend the maturity date until April 30, 2013. Interest is at a variable rate and borrowings are on a demand basis without restrictions. At September 30, 2012, we are in compliance with all loan covenants under this line of credit.
On November 8, 2012, we entered into a credit agreement with TriState Capital Bank (“TriState”) that provides for borrowings up to $2.5 million. All borrowings become due and payable on April 30, 2013. The TriState borrowings incur interest at a variable rate based on either LIBOR or a Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus an applicable margin 4.00% or 3.00%, respectively. Under the terms of the TriState credit agreement, we are required to comply with certain loan covenants, which include, but are not limited to, the achievement of certain financial ratios as well as certain financial reporting requirements.Our obligations under TriState credit agreement are guaranteed by all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries except for New Telco. New Telco entered into a negative pledge agreement with TriState whereby New Telco agreed not to pledge any of its assets as collateral or permit a lien to be placed on any of its assets. There are currently no outstanding borrowings under the TriState credit facility.
In connection with the Alteva transaction, we agreed to pay up to a total of $2,000 in cash to Alteva, LLC, in August 2012 and 2013 (or prior to January 1, 2013 depending on certain tax law changes), if certain performance-based conditions are satisfied. We also withheld $750 from the purchase price as security for a potential working capital adjustment, the payment of certain liabilities and for possible indemnification claims. As of September 30, 2012 we paid $1,500 to Alteva LLC for attaining certain performance conditions and we returned $750 to Alteva, LLC that was withheld from the purchase price.
CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Our source of funds continues to be primarily generated from cash distributions from the O-P which differs from the income from equity method investments reported in our statement of income. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, we recorded $4,782 of income from the O-P and we received $9,750 in cash distributions. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011, we recorded $6,744 of income from the O-P and received $9,877 in cash distributions. Pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement, we are guaranteed annual cash distributions from the O-P of $13,000 for both 2012 and 2013. The O-P’s cash distributions are made to us on a quarterly basis.
CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures totaled $3,509 during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared to $1,939 for the corresponding period in 2011. The increase in capital expenditures was primarily a result of $1,499 capital expenditures related to the build out of Alteva’s innovation center and the UC headquarters in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania during 2012. Intangible asset expenditures totaled $544 during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to $55 for the corresponding period in 2011. The increase was primarily due to the purchase of additional seat licenses.
CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
We used $1,981 in financing activities during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 as compared to $766 for the corresponding period in 2011. Dividends declared on our common shares by the Board of Directors were $0.27 per share for the three-months ended September 30, 2012 and were $0.26 for the three-months ended September 30, 2011. The total amount of dividends paid on our common shares by us for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $4,696 and $4,272, respectively. We drew down $3,400 from our line of credit with Provident Bank and $3,095 from our line of credit with CoBank during the nine-months ended September 30, 2012 primarily for paymentsincurred in connection with the Alteva transaction and capital expenditures.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are not subject to any material market risk. We do not hold or issue derivative instruments forany purposes or other financial instruments for trading purposes. Our only asset exposed to market risk is our interest bearing bank account.At September 30, 2012, our unsecured lines of credit with Provident Bank and the CoBank revolving loan were subject to variable interest rates that exposes us to interest rate risks. During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, there were no material changes to our quantitative disclosures about market risk as presented in Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2012. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Shareholders in 401(k) Plan
As of September 30, 2012, 0.7% of our outstanding common shares were held by employees in our 401(k) plan. These percentages fluctuate quarterly.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
10.1 | Third Supplement to the Master Loan Agreement dated as of August 2, 2012 by and between CoBank, ACB and Warwick Valley Telephone Company |
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10.2 | Promissory Note dated August 2, 2012 made by Warwick Valley Telephone Company in favor of CoBank, ACB |
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10.3 | CoBank, ACB Master Loan Agreement Letter Amendment dated August 2, 2012 |
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#10.4 | Employment Agreement effective as of August 3, 2012 by and between Warwick Valley Telephone Company and Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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10.5 | Agreement for Sale of Shares dated as of August 22, 2012 by and between Warwick Valley Telephone and the Selling Holders named therein |
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10.6 | Amendment No. 1 to the Lock-Up and Put Agreement dated as of September 25, 2012 by and between David Cuthbert and Warwick Valley Telephone Company |
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(31) | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications |
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| 31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by Duane W. Albro, Chief Executive Officer |
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| 31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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(32) | Section 1350 Certifications |
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| 32.1 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by Duane W. Albro, Chief Executive Officer |
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| 32.2 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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(101) | Interactive Data File |
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* | 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document |
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* | 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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* | 101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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* | 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
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* | 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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* | 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
| * | Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in this exhibit is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Warwick Valley Telephone Company |
| (Registrant) |
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Date: November 9, 2012 | By: | /s/ Duane W. Albro |
| | Duane W. Albro |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: November 9, 2012 | By: | /s/ Brian H. Callahan |
| | Brian H. Callahan |
| | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| | and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Index to Exhibits
10.1 | Third Supplement to the Master Loan Agreement dated as of August 2, 2012 by and between CoBank, ACB and Warwick Valley Telephone Company |
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10.2 | Promissory Note dated August 2, 2012 made by Warwick Valley Telephone Company in favor of CoBank, ACB |
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10.3 | CoBank, ACB Master Loan Agreement Letter Amendment dated August 2, 2012 |
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#10.4 | Employment Agreement effective as of August 3, 2012 by and between Warwick Valley Telephone Company and Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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10.5 | Agreement for Sale of Shares dated as of August 22, 2012 by and between Warwick Valley Telephone and the Selling Holders named therein |
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10.6 | Amendment No. 1 to the Lock-Up and Put Agreement dated as of September 25, 2012 by and between David Cuthbert and Warwick Valley Telephone Company |
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| 31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by Duane W. Albro, Chief Executive Officer |
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| 31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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| 32.1 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by Duane W. Albro, Chief Executive Officer |
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| 32.2 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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| *101.INS | XBRL Instance Document |
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| *101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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| *101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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| *101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
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| *101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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| *101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
| # | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement |
| * | Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in this exhibit is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections. |