The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, selected items from the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income.
Rimage develops, manufactures and markets workflow-integrated digital publishing solutions that are used by businesses to produce recordable CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs with customized digital content and durable disc labeling on an on-demand basis. Rimage distributes its publishing systems from its operations in the United States, Germany, Japan and its joint venture operation in China. The Company also distributes related consumables for use with its systems, consisting of ribbons, ink cartridges, Rimage-branded blank CD-R, DVD-R and Blu-ray media, or media kits, which combine these items for the customer’s convenience. These systems allow customers to benefit from cost savings by eliminating their manual labor efforts in markets and applications such as digital photography, medical imaging, business services, video workflows and law enforcement, including surveillance and evidence management. As Rimage’s sales within North America and Europe have averaged 91% of total sales over the past three years, the strength of the economies in these regions plays an important role in determining the success of Rimage.
Rimage earns revenues through the sale of equipment, consumables and parts (included in Product revenues in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income), as well as maintenance contracts, repair and installation services (included in Service revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of income). Rimage’s recurring revenues (consumables, parts, maintenance contracts and service) comprised 63% and 56% of its consolidated revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
As part of its plan to improve the efficiency of its sales channels, effective April 1, 2010, Rimage discontinued its distributor relationships with distributors in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and now sells products in these regions to end-user customers primarily through value-added resellers or other strategic partners, and also directly to select accounts through its own sales force.
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In August 2010, the Company received approval of its registration of a majority-owned joint venture in China, Rimage Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“RIT”), and was issued a business license which allowed initiation of operations. The Chinese healthcare system’s transition from medical film to optical disc for distribution of patient imaging related information is expected to drive growth in the digital medical imaging market in China. As part of the Company’s strategy to participate in this growth opportunity, RIT will deploy a complete digital publishing solution for medical imaging in hospitals in China. The Company includes the financial statements of RIT in its condensed consolidated financial statements, with the equity and loss attributed to the noncontrolling interest identified separately in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and statements of income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, RIT earned revenues of $437,000 and incurred a net loss of $240,000, of which $117,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, RIT earned no revenues and incurred a net loss of $60,000, of which $30,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. Consolidated stockholders’ equity included $404,000 and $506,000 attributable to the noncontrolling interest as of September 30, 2011, and December 31, 2010, respectively.
In February 2011, the Company made a $2.0 million minority equity investment in BriefCam, Ltd., a surveillance software company, and concurrently converted to equity its $0.3 million convertible note receivable with Briefcam initiated in December 2010. Rimage will utilize Briefcam’s video synopsis software to enhance its video surveillance solutions with analytical capabilities.
On October 10, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the capital stock of Qumu, Inc. (Qumu). Based in San Bruno, California, Qumu is a leading supplier of enterprise video communication solutions. Qumu had 2010 revenues of $10.3 million, and is targeting revenues of approximately $15 million and $21 million in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Qumu’s products are expected to complement Rimage’s virtual publishing solution currently under development, and each company is expected to benefit from the other’s existing customer base.
Results of Operations
Revenues. Total revenues decreased 13% to $20.3 million and 3% to $62.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, from $23.4 million and $64.0 million for the respective prior-year periods. The decrease in total revenues between the third quarter periods reflects a $3.7 million decrease in product revenues, resulting from a $3.4 million decrease in equipment sales and a $0.3 million decrease in consumables and parts sales. The decrease in total revenues between the year-to-date periods reflects a $3.3 million decrease in product revenues, driven by a $5.8 million decrease in equipment sales, partially offset by a $2.5 million increase in consumables and parts sales. Revenues for the current quarter and year-to-date periods reflect an increase in service-related revenues of $0.6 million and a $1.3 million, respectively, over the corresponding prior-year periods.
The decrease in equipment revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was the result of a decrease in the volume of Professional Series product sales of $3.5 million and $6.6 million, respectively, as well as a decrease in the volume of Desktop product sales of $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, partially offset by an increase in sales of Producer Series products of $0.3 million and $1.5 million compared to the respective prior-year periods. The reduction in sales of Professional Series equipment was largely driven by a $2.6 million and $5.9 million decline in sales of these products in the U.S. retail market segment for the current quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively, due primarily to the completion in the first quarter of 2011 of a multi-system sales agreement with a retail customer obtained in the second quarter of 2010. A $1.1 million sale to a federal law enforcement agency in the third quarter of 2010 also contributed to the decline in Professional equipment revenues as compared to the prior-year periods. The increase in sales of Producer Series products in the current-year periods was primarily impacted by a $1.4 million sale in the third quarter to a federal law enforcement agency, and also for the year-to-date period, sales to a U.S. retail customer in the second quarter. The shift in the distribution of sales in the current-year periods from Professional to Producer Series equipment resulted in an aggregate increase in average selling prices, which partially offset the impact of decreased sales volumes.
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The decrease in sales of consumable products in the current quarter relative to the prior-year period occurred as a result of a $0.9 million decrease in sales of media and media kits, partially offset by a $0.3 million increase in sales of ribbons and ink cartridges. The decline in media and media kit sales was driven by a $1.1 million decrease in sales in the U.S. retail market, impacted primarily by the timing of purchases. The growth in sales of consumable products during the current year-to-date period was driven by a $2.2 million increase in sales of media and media kits primarily to U.S. and Asian channel partners and also the U.S. retail market. The increase in channel partner sales was impacted by the Company’s sales model change in 2010, which caused key distributors in the U.S. to reduce purchases and sell through remaining media kit inventories in the first quarter of 2010, pending termination of the distributor agreements effective March 31, 2010.
The increase in service-related revenues in the current-year periods was driven by a significant increase in the installed base of systems covered by a maintenance contract, driven largely by the multi-system sales to a retail customer starting in the second quarter of 2010 and continuing through the first quarter of 2011.
Recurring revenues comprised 60% and 63% of total revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to 51% and 56% for the respective prior-year periods. Sales of Producer Series product line equipment comprised 23% and 19% of total revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to 18% and 16% of total revenues in each of the respective prior-year periods. Sales of Professional Series product line equipment comprised 13% and 15% of total revenues in the current year’s third quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively, compared to 27% and 25%, in the respective periods of the prior year. Remaining revenues in each period were generated by sales of Desktop product line equipment, representing 4% and 3% of revenues in the current quarter and year-to-date periods, compared to 4% in each of the respective prior-year periods.
International sales, before the impact of currency changes, decreased $0.2 million, or 2% and increased $0.2 million, or 1% during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to the same periods last year, and comprised 34% and 37% of total sales, compared to 30% and 36% in the respective prior-year periods. The changes in international sales were driven by an 8% and 14% aggregate increase in sales in the Company’s Asian and Latin American markets for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011, respectively, countered by decreases in the Company’s European markets of 6% and 4% compared to the respective prior-year periods. Without the favorable impact of currency changes, international revenues would have decreased $0.7 million, or 10%, and $1.2 million, or 5%, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. In the aggregate, currency fluctuations, generated primarily by the Company’s European operations, increased reported consolidated revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 by 2.7% and 2.2%, respectively.
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The Company expects annual 2011 consolidated revenues to range between $86 million and $88 million, including revenues expected to be generated in the fourth quarter from the Company’s recently acquired subsidiary, Qumu, Inc., ranging from $4 million to $5 million. Future revenues will be dependent upon many factors, including the continued growth of Qumu’s enterprise video communications business, the Company’s ability to successfully commercialize its virtual publishing solution currently under development, the success of the Company’s deployment of a complete digital publishing solution for medical imaging in hospitals in China and the rate of adoption of other new solutions-based products introduced by the Company. Other factors that will influence future revenues include the timing of new product introductions, the rate of adoption of other new applications for the Company’s products in its targeted markets, the performance of the Company’s channel partners, the timing of customer orders and related product deliveries, the Company’s ability to maintain continuous supply of its products and components, the impact of changes in economic conditions and the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Gross profit. Gross profit as a percentage of total revenues was 51.3% and 50.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to 50.0% and 48.4% for the same periods in 2010. Contributing to the higher margins in the current-year periods were improvements in service-related margins, stemming from an increase in maintenance contract revenues coupled with reductions in support costs as a result of changes initiated in 2010 in the Company’s global service model. The service cost reductions included lower compensation from a reduction in personnel, a reduced requirement for replacement parts under maintenance contracts, and the sale of lower cost on-site maintenance contracts. Also favorably impacting gross profit as a percentage of revenue in the current-year periods was a shift in the mix of equipment sales to higher margin products, due primarily to the decrease in sales of Professional Series products relative to Producer Series products, driven primarily by decreased sales in the U.S. retail market segment. The improvement in equipment margins occurred as Professional Series products generally carry lower selling prices and gross margins than Producer Series products, and sales in the retail market generally carry lower selling prices than other markets. Gross profit as a percentage of revenues for the current year-to-date period also benefitted from increased selling prices primarily for consumable products in the Company’s U.S. and major European markets, reflecting the impact of removing distributors from these markets effective April 1, 2010.
Gross profit as a percentage of total revenue in the current year-to-date period was unfavorably impacted by higher media prices and air freight costs in the second quarter to secure alternative supply sources and to expedite shipments stemming from supply disruptions caused by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, reducing gross margin by nearly 0.5 percentage points. The unfavorable impact of this event was primarily confined to the second quarter of 2011, as the Company’s suppliers had restored their operations and the transportation network had recovered by the end of the second quarter. Gross margins were also unfavorably impacted in the current year-to-date period by an increased volume and concentration of sales of media and media kits, which have lower margins than sales of ribbons and ink cartridges, and comprised 23% of sales in the current year-to-date period compared to 19% in the prior-year period.
Future gross profit margins will continue to be affected by many factors, including product mix, the timing of new product introductions, the timing of customer orders and related product deliveries, changes in material costs and supply sources, manufacturing volume, the growth rate of service-related revenues relative to associated service support costs and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Future gross margins will also be impacted by the integration of Qumu’s enterprise video communications business, which has historically generated higher gross margins than the Company’s current gross margins.
Operating expenses. Research and development expenses totaled $1.5 million and $4.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, representing 8% and 7% of revenues, respectively. Expenses for the same prior-year periods totaled $1.8 million and $4.7 million, also representing 8% and 7% of revenues, respectively. The decrease in the current-year periods was primarily due to a lower level of expenses incurred to support new development projects, impacted by a higher level of outside services in 2010 to support initial development work on a new virtual publishing solution, which continues under development in 2011. Partially offsetting these declines was the impact of costs incurred to build an infrastructure and initial employee base for a newly established development center in India, amounting to approximately $75,000 and $168,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Additionally, compensation related costs increased for the year-to-date period, reflecting the impact of personnel additions during 2010 to support the development of a virtual publishing solution and other new products in the Company’s disc publishing business.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 amounted to $6.7 million and $20.2 million, respectively, or 33% of revenues in each period, compared to expenses in the same prior-year periods of $6.4 million and $18.7 million, or 27% and 29% of revenues, respectively. Expenses in the current-year periods include $0.4 million of nonrecurring transaction costs associated with the acquisition of Qumu as of October 10, 2011. Additionally, currency fluctuations primarily affecting the Company’s European operations increased expenses by $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Other factors that increased expenses in the current-year periods included the impact of investments made to strengthen the Company’s core business and implementation of its growth strategy. Such costs included investments in the Company’s sales and marketing organization to support solutions-based sales, increased compensation-related costs stemming from personnel additions, including costs to restructure the European sales organization, increased consulting costs, and expenses incurred by the Company’s majority-owned Chinese joint venture as it continued to establish its employee base and support infrastructure. Increased legal expenses associated with the acquisition of a minority equity interest in BriefCam further impacted the current year-to-date period. Factors that decreased expenses in the current-year periods included the impact of $0.3 million of onetime separation costs in the third quarter of 2010 associated with the departure of an executive officer and expenses to establish the Company’s majority-owned Chinese joint venture in the third quarter of 2010. Additionally, the Company incurred a lower level of expenses in the current-year periods for recruiting activities and promotional programs.
Other income, net. The Company recognized net interest income on cash and marketable securities of $50,000 and $169,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $110,000 and $406,000 for the comparable periods in 2010. The reduction in interest income in the current-year periods was the result of a decline in average effective yields relative to the same prior-year periods due to a shift in investments to lower yield money market and U.S. Treasury securities. Partially offsetting the impact of the reduction in effective yields were increases of $6.7 million and $7.5 million in average cash equivalent and marketable securities balances for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. Other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 also includes a net gain of $26,000 and a net loss of $4,000, respectively, on foreign currency transactions, compared to net gains of $38,000 and $6,000 for the same periods in the prior year.
Income taxes. The provision for income taxes represents federal, state and foreign income taxes on income. Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 amounted to $0.8 million and $2.4 million, respectively, or 35.0% and 36.9% of income before taxes for the respective periods. Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 amounted to $1.3 million and $3.0 million, respectively, or 36.8% and 37.2% of income before taxes for each respective period. The effective tax rate in the current quarter and year-to-date periods benefitted compared to the same prior-year periods from adjustments in the current quarter to relieve reserves established in prior years for unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations and an Internal Revenue Service audit validating the amounts of prior credits and deductions claimed. Other favorable impacts to the effective tax rate in the current-year periods included the reinstatement of the federal research credit, for which no benefit was available in the same periods last year, and a small projected increase in the relative benefit from the Section 199 deduction. The effective tax rate for the current-year periods was unfavorably impacted as a result of not recording a tax benefit on a projected increase in foreign operating losses related to the operations of the Company’s joint venture in China, and the impact of a reduced amount of projected tax-exempt interest income comprising a smaller percentage of pre-tax income.
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Net income / net income per share. Resulting net income attributable to Rimage for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $1.5 million and $4.2 million, respectively, or 7% of revenues in both periods, compared to $2.3 million and $5.1 million, respectively, or 10% and 8% of revenues, for the same prior-year periods. Related net income per diluted share was $0.16 and $0.44 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to $0.24 and $0.53 per diluted share for the respective prior-year periods. Consolidated annual earnings per share for 2011 are expected to range between $0.42 and $0.45, including the impact of the integration of Qumu’s video communications business and nonrecurring transaction and restructuring costs.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company expects it will be able to maintain current operations and anticipated capital expenditure requirements for the foreseeable future through its internally generated funds and cash reserves. At September 30, 2011, the Company had working capital of $118.5 million, down $1.7 million from working capital reported at December 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily the result of the repurchase of $4.2 million of the Company’s stock, the use of $2.0 million in cash to purchase a minority equity interest in BriefCam, payment of $2.8 million in dividends, purchases of property and equipment of $0.7 million, and the issuance of a $0.5 million note receivable, partially offset by the generation of net income adjusted for non-cash items of $5.7 million, a $2.1 million increase in non-current deferred income from sales of maintenance contracts and proceeds of $0.2 million from stock option exercises. Exclusive of a small amount of capital lease obligations, Rimage has no long-term debt and does not require significant capital investment for its ongoing operations as all fabrication of tooling-intensive parts is outsourced to vendors.
Effective October 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the continuation of common stock repurchases under original Board authorizations providing for the repurchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Shares may be purchased at prevailing market prices in the open market or in private transactions, subject to market conditions, share price, trading volume and other factors. The repurchase program may be discontinued at any time. The Company repurchased 117,377 shares of its common stock during the fourth quarter of 2010. The Company did not purchase any shares during the first half of 2011, but resumed repurchases under the program in July 2011, and purchased an additional 292,079 shares through September 30, 2011 at an average price of $14.25 per share. On July 26, 2011, the Board authorized the repurchase of an additional 500,000 shares under the program. The repurchase program has been funded to date using cash on hand. As of September 30, 2011, 513,461 shares were available for repurchase under the authorizations.
On February 23, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly dividend policy and authorized the first dividend of $0.10 per share payable April 15 to shareholders of record as of March 31, resulting in the payment of $950,000 in the second quarter. On June 15, 2011, the Board declared a dividend of $0.10 per share to shareholders of record on June 30 payable on July 15, 2011. On July 26, 2011, the Board declared a third dividend of $0.10 per share to shareholders of record on September 1 payable on September 15, 2011. The timing of these dividends resulted in two cash payments totaling $1,895,000 during the third quarter of 2011. On October 7, 2011, the Board declared a dividend of $0.17 per share to shareholders of record as of November 30, 2011, payable December 15, 2011. The Company expects future quarterly dividend payments of approximately $1.7 million.
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On October 10, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the capital stock of Qumu, Inc. The aggregate purchase price totaled $52 million, consisting of approximately $39 million in cash and 1,000,000 shares of Rimage’s common stock. The Company continues to evaluate options for productive use of its cash in future periods, including consideration of investments to support its organic growth, potential additional strategic initiatives, alliances or acquisitions and continued dividend and share repurchase programs.
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $8.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to $6.0 million in the same prior-year period. The $2.0 million increase in cash provided by operating activities resulted from a $4.5 million increase in cash provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by a $2.5 million decrease in net income adjusted for non-cash items. Primarily contributing to the change in operating assets and liabilities compared to the prior-year period were favorable changes of $4.5 million in deferred income, $1.5 million in income taxes payable and $1.1 million in receivables, partially offset by unfavorable changes of $2.8 million in trade accounts payable and $0.6 million in prepaid expenses and other current assets. The favorable change in deferred income was impacted primarily by a $3.5 million sale of new maintenance contracts to a retail customer in the current year’s first quarter under a multi-system sales agreement obtained in the second quarter of 2010, followed by a significant volume of retail contract renewals in the second quarter and the sale of $0.4 million of new maintenance contracts associated with a large equipment sale to a federal law enforcement agency in the third quarter. The favorable change in receivables was primarily impacted by a smaller increase in sales in the last two months of the third quarter 2011 from the last two months in 2010 compared to the change in the same prior-year periods. The unfavorable change in trade accounts payable in the current period occurred as a result of a $1.3 million reduction in trade payables in the current period compared to a $1.5 million increase in the same period last year. This change was largely driven by $0.6 million in payments in the current-year period to reduce a $1.5 million liability initially established in 2009 for non-recurring engineering charges associated with a development arrangement with a third party supplier to develop the 5400N and 3400 Professional Series products launched by the Company in the first quarter of 2010.
Investing activities used net cash of $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $17.2 million for the same prior-year period. The fluctuations in investing activities were primarily the result of $21 million in maturities of marketable securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $2.1 million of maturities in the current period, and additionally, a $2 million equity investment in BriefCam and the issuance of a $0.5 million note receivable to a software developer in the current period. Purchases of property and equipment during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $0.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively. Capital expenditures in the current-year period consisted primarily of the first installment payment of $0.4 million for software source code, acquired and capitalized by the Company’s Chinese joint venture in late 2010. Capital expenditures in the prior-year period included $2.4 million of production tooling capitalized by the Company in late 2009 associated with a new product line launched during the first quarter of 2010. Remaining capital expenditures in the prior-year period consisted primarily of costs to support the Company’s information technology related requirements.
Financing activities used net cash of $6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, and generated net cash of $1.1 million for the same prior-year period. The primary uses of cash for financing in the current period consisted of $4.2 million of share repurchases and $2.8 million in dividend payments, partially offset by proceeds from stock option exercises of $0.2 million. Sources of financing cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, included a $0.6 million contribution from the noncontrolling interest in the Company’s majority-owned Chinese joint venture and proceeds from stock option exercises of $0.5 million.
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Critical Accounting Policies
Management utilizes its technical knowledge, cumulative business experience, judgment and other factors in the selection and application of the Company’s accounting policies. The accounting policies considered by management to be the most critical to the presentation of the condensed consolidated financial statements because they require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory provisions, deferred tax asset valuation allowances, accruals for uncertain tax positions, stock-based compensation and impairment of long-lived assets. These accounting policies are discussed in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Management made no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
In applying its critical accounting policies, management reassesses its estimates each reporting period based on available information. Changes in such estimates did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In June 2011, the FASB issued amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification relating to the financial statement presentation of comprehensive income. The amendments eliminate the option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity, and require that all nonowner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements of income and comprehensive income. Under either method, the statement would need to be presented with equal prominence as the other primary financial statements. This new guidance is to be applied retrospectively beginning with the first quarter of 2012. These amendments will not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, but will impact the presentation of its consolidated financial statements.
In May 2011, the FASB issued amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification relating to fair value measurements. The amendments clarify the application of existing fair value measurement requirements and result in common measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The Company will apply these amendments prospectively beginning in the first quarter of 2012. The Company does not believe the application of these amendments will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate” or “continue” or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could differ significantly from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
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Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following, as well as other factors not now identified: the economic health of the markets from which Rimage derives its sales and, in particular, the strength of the economies within North America and Europe where the Company has averaged 91% of total sales over the past three years; the Company’s ability to keep pace with changes in technology in the computer and storage media industries as well as technology changes in the Company’s targeted markets; increasing competition and the ability of the Company’s products to successfully compete with products of competitors and newly developed media storage products; the ability of the Company’s newly developed products to gain acceptance and compete against products in their markets; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate the Qumu business; the Company’s ability to realize the benefits and synergies of the acquisition of Qumu; the Company’s ability to retain and expand business with Qumu’s customers; the Company’s ability to successfully commercialize its virtual publishing solution currently under development; the significance of the Company’s international operations and the risks associated with international operations including currency fluctuations, local economic health and management of these operations over long distances; the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to defend claims of others relating to its intellectual property; the Company’s ability to effectively market its products and serve customers through its value-added resellers, distributors, strategic partners and its own sales force; the Company’s ability to maintain adequate inventory of products; the Company’s ability to secure alternative sources of supply given its reliance on single source suppliers for certain key products; the negative impact of potential increases in material costs from the Company’s key suppliers due to changes in their material costs and foreign exchange rate fluctuations; the ability of the Company’s products to operate effectively with the computer products developed and to be developed by other manufacturers; the negative effect upon the Company’s business from manufacturing or design defects; the effect of U.S. and international regulation; fluctuations in the Company’s operating results; the Company’s dependence upon its key personnel; the volatility of the price of the Company’s common stock; provisions governing the Company relating to a change of control, compliance with corporate governance and securities disclosures rules and other risks, including those set forth in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Item 1A of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this report and the Company assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
The Company is exposed to market risk from foreign exchange rate fluctuations of the European Euro, Japanese Yen and Chinese Yuan to the U.S. dollar as the financial position and operating results of the Company’s German subsidiary, Rimage Europe GmbH, its Japanese subsidiary, Rimage Japan Co., Ltd. and its majority-owned Chinese joint venture, Rimage Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. are translated into U.S. dollars for consolidation. Resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.
The Company enters into forward exchange contracts principally to hedge intercompany receivables denominated in Euros arising from sales to its subsidiary in Germany. Gains or losses on forward exchange contracts are calculated at each period end and are recognized in net income in the period in which they arose. The Company records the fair value of its open forward foreign exchange contracts in other current assets or other current liabilities depending on whether the net amount is a gain or a loss. The Company does not utilize financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Sherman L. Black, and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, James R. Stewart, have evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2011. Based upon such evaluation, they have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer used the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” as set forth in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act in making their conclusion as to the effectiveness of such controls and procedures.
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(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the third quarter ended September 30, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company is exposed to a number of asserted and unasserted legal claims encountered in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of any such legal action cannot be predicted, management believes that there are no pending legal proceedings against or involving the Company for which the outcome is likely to have a material adverse effect upon its financial position or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Not Applicable.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Effective October 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the continuation of common stock repurchases under original Board authorizations providing for the repurchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. On July 26, 2011, the Board authorized the repurchase of an additional 500,000 shares under the program. Shares may be purchased at prevailing market prices in the open market or in private transactions, subject to market conditions, share price, trading volume and other factors. The repurchase program may be discontinued at any time. The repurchase program has been funded to date using cash on hand.
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Information on the Company’s repurchases of its common stock during each month of the third quarter ended September 30, 2011 is as follows:
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Monthly Period | | Total Number of Shares Purchased | | Average Price Paid per Share | | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | | Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (at end of period) | |
July 2011 | | | 118,486 | | $ | 15.12 | | | 118,486 | | | 687,054 | |
August 2011 | | | 120,361 | | $ | 13.78 | | | 120,361 | | | 566,693 | |
September 2011 | | | 53,232 | | $ | 13.35 | | | 53,232 | | | 513,461 | |
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved]
Item 5. Other Information
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Exhibits
(a) The following exhibits are included herein:
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| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act. |
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act. |
| 32 | Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized.
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| | | | RIMAGE CORPORATION |
| | | | Registrant |
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Date: | November 7, 2011 | | By: | /s/ Sherman L. Black |
| | | | Sherman L. Black |
| | | | Chief Executive Officer |
| | | | (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: | November 7, 2011 | | By: | /s/ James R. Stewart |
| | | | James R. Stewart |
| | | | Chief Financial Officer |
| | | | (Principal Financial Officer) |
| | | | (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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