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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2000
[_] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 333-15627
NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
Delaware 77-0142404
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2445 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 727-1885
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [_]
The number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock outstanding as of February
9, 2001 was 25,673,243.
The exhibit index begins on page 35.
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NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
INDEX
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION Page
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Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at
December 31, 2000 and March 31, 2000..................................... 1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2000 and 1999........... 2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for the nine months ended December 31, 2000 and 1999..................... 3
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements............... 4
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations............................................................ 11
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.................. 22
PART II- OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K............................................ 35
Signatures........................................................................... 35
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, unaudited)
December 31, March 31,
2000 2000
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents ............... $ 34,443 $ 48,576
Accounts receivable, net ................ 2,174 2,394
Inventory ............................... 1,481 1,367
Prepaid expenses and other assets ....... 3,174 1,043
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Total current assets .................. 41,272 53,380
Property and equipment, net ............... 7,645 2,687
Intangibles and other assets .............. 36,874 3,136
Deferred debt issuance costs .............. 564 780
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$ 86,355 $ 59,983
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable ........................ $ 2,500 $ 1,887
Accrued compensation .................... 2,599 2,154
Accrued warranty ........................ 559 694
Deferred revenue ........................ 5,823 731
Other accrued liabilities ............... 1,875 1,629
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Total current liabilities ............ 13,356 7,095
Long-term debt .......................... 717 --
Convertible subordinated debentures ..... 6,053 5,498
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Total liabilities .................... 20,126 12,593
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Stockholders' equity:
Common stock ............................ 27 23
Additional paid-in capital .............. 150,414 101,559
Notes receivable from stockholders ...... (1) (69)
Deferred compensation ................... (463) (376)
Cumulative translation adjustment ....... 30 --
Accumulated deficit ..................... (83,778) (53,747)
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Total stockholders' equity ................ 66,229 47,390
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$ 86,355 $ 59,983
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
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NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999 2000 1999
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Product revenues ..................................... $ 2,388 $ 4,941 $ 9,962 $ 15,715
License and other revenues ........................... 1,063 1,297 2,758 3,127
Service revenues ..................................... 653 -- 1,099 --
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Total revenues ................................... 4,104 6,238 13,819 18,842
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Cost of product revenues ............................. 1,175 1,937 3,968 6,678
Cost of license and other revenues ................... 85 56 196 114
Cost of service revenues ............................. 688 -- 1,127 --
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Gross profit ..................................... 2,156 4,245 8,528 12,050
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Operating expenses:
Research and development ......................... 4,868 2,854 13,870 8,137
Selling, general and administrative .............. 4,497 3,545 12,924 10,918
In-process research and development .............. -- -- 4,563 10,100
Amortization of intangibles ...................... 3,612 189 7,375 424
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Total operating expenses ...................... 12,977 6,588 38,732 29,579
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Loss from operations ................................. (10,821) (2,343) (30,204) (17,529)
Other income, net .................................... 460 156 2,354 2,232
Interest expense ..................................... (393) (47) (1,088) (47)
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Loss before provision for income taxes ............... (10,754) (2,234) (28,938) (15,344)
Provision for income taxes ........................... -- -- 12 66
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Net loss before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle ............................. (10,754) (2,234) (28,950) (15,410)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle .. (1,081) -- (1,081) --
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Net loss ............................................. $ (11,835) $ (2,234) $ (30,031) $ (15,410)
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Net loss before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle per basic and diluted share . $ (0.42) $ (0.12) $ (1.19) $ (0.88)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle .. (0.05) -- (0.05) --
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Net loss per basic and diluted share ................. $ (0.47) $ (0.12) $ (1.24) $ (0.88)
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Shares used in per share calculation:
Basic and diluted ................................ 25,337 18,035 24,281 17,421
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
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NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands, unaudited)
Nine months ended
December 31,
2000 1999
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss .................................................. $ (30,031) $ (15,410)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash
used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization ......................... 1,778 886
Stock compensation expense ............................ 716 87
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle ... 1,081 --
Amortization of debt discount ......................... 555 --
Amortization of intangibles ........................... 7,375 424
Purchased in-process research and development ......... 4,563 10,100
Gain on sale of investments, net ...................... (225) (1,687)
Other ................................................. 57 --
Net effect of changes in assets and liabilities, net of
businesses acquired ........................................ (1,653) 3,265
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Net cash used in operating activities .................. (15,784) (2,335)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment ....................... (5,463) (950)
Proceeds from sale of nonmarketable equity investment ..... 225 1,880
Cash paid for acquisitions, net ........................... (553) (133)
Proceeds from disposition of business, net ................ 5,160 --
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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities .... (631) 797
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Long-term debt repayment .................................. (174) --
Proceeds from issuance of common stock .................... 2,396 577
Proceeds from issuance of convertible subordinated
debentures .............................................. -- 7,500
Debt issuance costs ....................................... -- (556)
Loan to stockholders ...................................... -- (76)
Repurchase of common stock ................................ -- (10)
Repayment of notes receivable from stockholders ........... 60 74
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Net cash provided by financing activities ............. 2,282 7,509
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Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents ......... (14,133) 5,971
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period ..... 48,576 15,810
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period ........... $ 34,443 $ 21,781
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
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NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS
Netergy Networks, Inc. (the "Company" or "Netergy") was incorporated in
California in February 1987. In December 1996, the Company was reincorporated in
Delaware and in August 2000 the Company officially changed its name from 8x8,
Inc. to Netergy Networks, Inc.
The Company is a provider of Internet Protocol (IP) network services
solutions and embedded network appliance technology for converged voice and data
networks. Additionally, the Company markets embedded technology for
videoconferencing applications. The Company markets its IP network service
solutions to both telecommunications equipment manufacturers and to emerging
communications service providers. The Company markets its embedded network
appliance technology products mainly to telecommunications equipment
manufacturers, while embedded video technology products are marketed primarily
to videoconferencing equipment manufacturers.
In addition, until May 19, 2000, the Company developed and marketed
remote video monitoring systems to dealers and distributors of security
products. See Note 6 regarding the sale of net assets and the license of certain
related technologies associated with the Company's video monitoring business.
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Effective as of December 19, 2000, the Company approved a change in its
fiscal year from a year ending on the Thursday closest to March 31 to a year
ending on March 31. Additionally, each fiscal quarter will end on the last day
of the last month of each calendar quarter. Since the Company enacted this
change during fiscal 2001, the quarter end dates for the first three quarters of
fiscal 2001 were June 29, 2000, September 28, 2000 and December 31, 2000. The
Company's fiscal year end will be March 31, 2001.
Fiscal 2001 will be 52 weeks and 2 days, while fiscal 2000 was a 53 week
year. The three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2000 included 13 weeks
and 3 days, and 39 weeks and 3 days of operations, respectively. The three and
nine month periods ended December 31, 1999 included 13 and 40 weeks of
operations, respectively. For purposes of these condensed consolidated financial
statements, we have indicated our fiscal year as ending on March 31 and our
interim periods as ending on December 31.
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements are
unaudited and have been prepared on substantially the same basis as our annual
financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. In the opinion of
management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only
of normal recurring adjustments except for acquired in-process research and
development, and other non-recurring charges as discussed in Notes 7 and 9)
considered necessary for a fair statement of our financial position, results of
operations and cash flows for the periods presented. These financial
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statements should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements
for the year ended March 31, 2000, including notes thereto, included in our
fiscal 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated
condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
The results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods
included in these financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the
results to be expected for any future period or the entire fiscal year.
3. BALANCE SHEET DETAIL
(in thousands)
December 31, March 31,
2000 2000
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Inventory:
Raw materials ........ $ 392 $ 65
Work-in-process ...... 755 797
Finished goods ....... 334 505
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$ 1,481 $ 1,367
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4. NET LOSS PER SHARE
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to
common stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of common and
vested, unrestricted Exchangeable Shares (see Note 7) outstanding during the
period (denominator). Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted
average number of common shares and potential common shares outstanding during
the period. Potential common shares result from the assumed exercise, using the
treasury stock method, of common stock options, convertible subordinated
debentures, warrants and unvested, restricted common stock and Exchangeable
Shares having a dilutive effect. The numerators for each period presented are
equal to the reported net loss. Additionally, due to net losses incurred for all
periods presented, weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding for the
respective three and nine month periods are the same. The following equity
instruments were not included in the computations of net loss per share because
the effect on the calculations would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Common stock options ...................... 8,411 4,163
Convertible subordinated debentures ....... 638 1,300
Warrants .................................. 701 1,430
Unvested restricted common stock .......... 57 501
Unvested restricted Exchangeable Shares ... 1,045 --
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10,852 7,394
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5. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
Comprehensive loss, as defined, includes all changes in equity (net
assets) during a period from non-owner sources. For the Company, the primary
differences between net loss and comprehensive loss are gains and losses on
short-term investments classified as available-for-sale and cumulative
translation adjustments resulting from exchange rate gains and losses.
Comprehensive losses for the current reporting and comparable periods in the
prior year are as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999 2000 1999
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Net loss, as reported .................. $ (11,835) $ (2,234) $ (30,031) $ (15,410)
Unrealized gain on investments ......... -- -- -- 193
Cumulative translation adjustments ..... 20 -- 30 --
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Comprehensive loss ..................... $ (11,815) $ (2,234) $ (30,001) $ (15,217)
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6. DISPOSITION OF VIDEO MONITORING BUSINESS
On May 19, 2000, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement
with Interlogix, Inc. ("Interlogix") providing for the sale of certain assets
comprising the Company's video monitoring business (the "Business") to
Interlogix. The assets sold included certain accounts receivable, inventories,
technical information, machinery, equipment, contract rights, intangibles,
records and supplies. Concurrently with the execution of the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the Company and Interlogix entered into a Technology License
Agreement ("The License Agreement") providing for the licensing of certain
related intellectual property to Interlogix, a Development Agreement providing
Interlogix continuing rights in certain products to be developed by the Company,
a Transition Services Agreement providing for certain services to be rendered by
the Company to Interlogix in respect of the Business, and a Supply Agreement
providing for the continuing sale of certain products to Interlogix by the
Company. The aggregate purchase price paid by Interlogix was approximately $5.2
million in cash.
At December 31, 2000, the Company's continuing obligations under the
above noted agreements include (1) providing future updates and upgrades to the
licensed technology, if any, over the initial three-year term of the License
Agreement, (2) certain warranty obligations related to video monitoring products
manufactured prior to May 19, 2000, and (3) certain potential obligations ("The
Development Obligations") under the Development Agreement. Upon satisfactory
completion of the Development Obligations, the Company will commence recognition
of the resulting net gain of approximately $3.9 million, which is included in
deferred revenue at December 31, 2000, over the remaining term of the License
Agreement.
7. ACQUISITION OF U|FORCE
The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the
acquisition of U|Force Inc., a developer of IP-based software applications (such
as unified messaging)
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and a provider of professional services, based in Montreal, Canada. U|Force is
also developing a Java-based open service creation environment (SLCE) that is
being designed to allow telecommunication service providers to develop, deploy
and manage telephony applications and services to their customers. The Company
closed the acquisition of U|Force on June 30, 2000 for a total purchase price of
$46.8 million in a transaction to be accounted for as a purchase. The Company
issued or will issue 3,555,303 shares of Netergy Networks common stock, with a
fair value of approximately $38.0 million, for all of the outstanding stock of
U|Force. The share total is comprised of 1,447,523 shares issued at closing of
the acquisition and 2,107,780 shares that will be issued upon the exchange or
redemption of the exchangeable shares (the "Exchangeable Shares") of Canadian
entities held by former shareholders or indirect owners of U|Force stock. All of
the Exchangeable Shares are held by U|Force employees and are subject to certain
restrictions, including the Company's right to repurchase the Exchangeable
Shares if an employee departs prior to vesting. See Note 10 "Subsequent Events"
regarding the repurchase of certain of the Exchangeable Shares in January 2001.
In addition, the Company agreed to create a Special Voting Share that provides
holders of Exchangeable Shares with voting rights that are equivalent to the
shares of common stock into which their shares are convertible. The common stock
was valued using the Company's average stock price on May 19, 2000, the date the
merger agreement was announced, including the prices of the stock four days
before and four days after the announcement. The average price was $10.70.
Netergy Networks also assumed outstanding stock options to purchase 1,023,898
shares of common stock for which the Black-Scholes option-pricing model value of
approximately $6.6 million was included in the purchase price. Direct
transaction costs related to the merger were approximately $743,000.
Additionally, the Company advanced $1.5 million to U|Force upon signing the
agreement, but prior to the close of the transaction. This amount was accounted
for as part of the purchase price.
The purchase price has been allocated to tangible assets acquired and
liabilities assumed based on the book value of U|Force's assets and liabilities,
which we believe approximates their fair value. In addition, the Company engaged
an independent appraiser to value the intangible assets, including amounts
allocated to U|Force's in-process research and development. The in-process
research and development relates to U|Force's initial products, Unified
Messaging and the open service creation environment (the "SLCE"), for which
technological feasibility has not been established. The estimated percentage
complete for the Unified Messaging and SLCE products was approximately 44% and
34%, respectively, at June 30, 2000. The fair value of the in-process technology
was based on a discounted cash flow model, similar to the traditional "Income
Approach," which discounts expected future cash flows to present value, net of
tax. In developing cash flow projections, revenues were forecasted based on
relevant factors, including aggregate revenue growth rates for the business as a
whole, characteristics of the potential market for the technology and the
anticipated life of the technology. Projected annual revenues for the in-process
research and development projects were assumed to ramp up initially and decline
significantly at the end of the in-process technology's economic life. Operating
expenses and resulting profit margins were forecasted based on the
characteristics and cash flow generating potential of the acquired in-process
technologies. Development of the above noted technologies remains a significant
risk to the Company due to the remaining effort to achieve technological
feasibility, rapidly changing customer markets and significant competitive
threats from numerous companies. Failure to bring the product to market in a
timely manner could adversely affect sales and profitability of the combined
company in the future. Additionally, the value of other intangible assets
acquired may become
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impaired. The resulting estimated net cash flows have been discounted at a rate
of 25%. This discount rate was based on the estimated cost of capital plus an
additional discount for the increased risk associated with in-process
technology. Based on the independent appraisal, the value of the acquired
U|Force in-process research and development, which was expensed in the second
quarter of fiscal 2001, is approximately $4.6 million. The excess of the
purchase price over the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and
liabilities assumed has been allocated to goodwill. Amounts allocated to
goodwill, the value of an assumed distribution agreement and workforce are being
amortized on a straight-line basis over three, three and two years,
respectively.
The allocation of the purchase price is as follows (in thousands):
In-process research and development $ 4,563
Distribution agreement 1,053
Workforce 1,182
U|Force net tangible assets 1,801
Goodwill 38,231
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$ 46,830
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The consolidated results of the Company include the results of the
operations of U|Force from the date of the acquisition, i.e., June 30, 2000, the
beginning of our second quarter of fiscal 2001. Had the acquisition of U|Force
taken place as of the beginning of the current fiscal year, the Company's pro
forma revenue, net loss, and net loss per share would have been $14.3 million,
$35.0 million and $1.41, respectively.
8. SEGMENT REPORTING
Due to a change in the Company's organizational structure during its
second quarter of fiscal 2000, the Company determined that it had two reportable
segments, Broadband Communications and Video Monitoring, as defined by Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 ("FAS 131"), "Disclosures about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." The Broadband Communications
segment was comprised of revenues and direct expenses associated with sales of
the Company's products, licensed software and professional services focused on
the IP telephony and videoconferencing markets. The Video Monitoring segment was
comprised of revenues and direct expenses associated with sales of the Company's
products focused on the video monitoring market. However, due to the sale of the
Company's video monitoring business effective May 19, 2000, as discussed above
in Note 6, the Company now only has one reportable operating segment.
Additionally, in December 2000 the Company formed a new subsidiary,
Netergy Microelectronics, Inc. ("NME") and began to develop a new management
structure for this entity. The Company intends to move its semiconductor
business into NME. The semiconductor product line includes video and voice over
Internet Protocol ("VoIP") processors as well as embedded software and system
reference designs. As of December 31, 2000, the entity had not been funded, nor
did it have any significant operations or a separate internal reporting
structure. Therefore, this segment has not been separately disclosed in these
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. However, the results of
this segment will be separately presented in future periods, in accordance with
FAS 131.
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The following illustrates net revenues by groupings of similar products
(in thousands):
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999 2000 1999
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Videoconferencing semiconductors .......... $ 1,600 $ 2,810 $ 7,559 $ 8,054
IP telephony semiconductors ............... 652 - 967 5
IP systems ................................ 101 131 482 230
Video monitoring systems .................. -- 1,574 919 4,474
Consumer videophone systems ............... 35 426 35 2,952
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Total product revenues ................. 2,388 4,941 9,962 15,715
Videoconferencing software and royalties .. 782 1,164 1,946 2,977
Video monitoring software ................. -- -- 44 --
IP telephony software ..................... 281 133 768 150
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Total license and other revenues ....... 1,063 1,297 2,758 3,127
Professional services ..................... 653 -- 1,099 --
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Total revenues ........................ $ 4,104 $ 6,238 $ 13,819 $ 18,842
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Revenue recognized from two customers represented approximately 13% and
12% of our current quarter revenue, respectively. No customer represented 10% or
more of our total revenues for the nine month period ended December 31, 2000. No
customer represented 10% or more of our total revenues for the quarter or nine
month period ended December 31, 1999.
9. CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
In November 2000, the Emerging Issues Task Force reached several
conclusions regarding the accounting for debt and equity securities with
beneficial conversion features, including a consensus requiring the application
of the "accounting conversion price" method, versus the use of the stated
conversion price, to calculate the beneficial conversion feature for such
securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") required companies to
record a cumulative catch-up adjustment in the fourth quarter of calendar 2000
related to the application of the "accounting conversion price" method to
securities issued after May 21, 1999. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $1.1
million non-cash expense during the quarter ended December 31, 2000 to account
for a beneficial conversion feature associated with the convertible subordinated
debentures and related warrants issued in December 1999. The Company has
presented the charge in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle as required by the SEC.
10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On January 30, 2001, the Company repurchased 841,900 unvested
Exchangeable Shares at an average price of $0.55 per share. Such Exchangeable
Shares were initially issued to former employees of U|Force as part of the
acquisition of U|Force discussed in Note 7 and were repurchased as a result of
the employees' departure from the Company in January 2001.
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On February 9, 2001, the Company announced that it would be implementing
a plan to restructure its operations in Canada. As part of this plan, the
Company will be reducing employee headcount in Canada by approximately 44
employees by closing its facility in Hull, Quebec and reducing headcount in its
Montreal office. The Company expects to record a restructuring charge in the
quarter ended March 31, 2001 related to this plan. The charge will include the
cost of severance obligations related to terminated employees as well as certain
facilities costs. In addition, the Company is also expected to record charges
attributable to asset impairments. The Company has not yet determined the
amounts of such charges.
11. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 ("FAS 133"), "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." FAS 133 establishes methods of
accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities related
to those instruments as well as other hedging activities. The Company is
required to adopt FAS 133 in its first quarter of fiscal 2002 pursuant to the
issuance of FAS 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities -- Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133," which
deferred the effective date of FAS 133 by one year. In June 2000, the FASB
issued FAS No. 138 ("FAS 138"), "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments
and Certain Hedging Activities". FAS 138 amends certain terms and conditions of
FAS 133. The Company does not expect that the adoption of FAS 133 or FAS 138
will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In March 2000, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 44 ("FIN 44"),
"Accounting for Certain Transactions involving Stock Compensation, an
interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25." FIN 44 clarifies the application of APB
25 for certain issues including: (a) the definition of employee for purposes of
applying APB 25, (b) the criteria for determining whether a plan qualifies as a
noncompensatory plan, (c) the accounting consequence of various modifications to
the terms of a previously fixed stock option or award, and (d) the accounting
for an exchange of stock compensation awards in a business combination. FIN 44
was effective July 1, 2000, however certain conclusions in this Interpretation
cover specific events that occur after either December 15, 1998, or January 12,
2000. To the extent that FIN 44 covers events occurring during the period after
December 15, 1998, or January 12, 2000, but before the effective date of July 1,
2000, the effects of applying this Interpretation are recognized on a
prospective basis from July 1, 2000. The adoption of FIN 44 did not have a
material effect on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of
operations.
In December 1999, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 ("SAB
101"), "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements." SAB 101 provides guidance
on applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition
issues in financial statements. The Company is required to adopt SAB 101 by no
later than the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001. The Company has reviewed SAB
101 and believes it should not have a significant impact on its revenue
recognition practices.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Statements contained in this Report on Form 10-Q that are not purely historical
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, including without limitation
statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, estimates, intentions or
strategies regarding: the issuance of equity to former shareholders of U|Force;
assumptions made in connection with valuing in-process research and development
assets of U|Force; our plans to restructure our Canadian operations and charges
that we may incur as a result of the restructuring; decreasing gross profit as a
percentage of revenue; the likelihood of significant price competition in our
markets; our plans to allocate substantial resources to research and
development; higher sales and administrative costs; the sufficiency of our cash
position and the need to raise additional capital; future operating losses; the
need to generate significant revenue growth; the dependency of future
profitability on market acceptance of our IP telephony products; whether the IP
telephony semiconductor market will be high volume with commodity pricing; and
competition, declining average selling price and rapid technological change in
our various product markets. All forward-looking statements included in this
Report on Form 10-Q are based on information available to us on the date hereof,
and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. You
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Our actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to,
those set forth below under the heading "Factors That May Affect Future Results"
and elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
We began developing multimedia communication technology in the form of
programmable multimedia semiconductors and accompanying software in 1990, and
have subsequently become a leading manufacturer of semiconductors for the
embedded videoconferencing and videophone markets. We maintain sales and
marketing operations to support our videoconferencing semiconductor business,
but we have focused virtually all of our ongoing research and development
efforts on IP telephony products and technologies.
In an effort to expand the available market for our multimedia
communication products, and to capitalize on our vertically integrated
technology, we began developing low-cost consumer videophones and marketing
these products to consumers under the ViaTV brand name in 1997. Over the next
two years, we became a leading manufacturer of consumer videophones. However, in
1999 we determined that a combination of factors including the high cost of
maintaining a consumer distribution channel, the slower than expected growth
rate of the consumer videophone market, and the low gross margins typical of a
consumer electronics product made it unlikely that the consumer videophone
business would be profitable in the foreseeable future. Therefore, we announced
in April 1999 that we would cease production of the ViaTV product line and
withdraw from our ViaTV distribution channels over the subsequent several
quarters, resulting in a charge of $5.7 million related to the write off of
ViaTV inventories. We completed the exit from the
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consumer videophone business during fiscal 2000, and we expect no further
revenues from ViaTV products.
In June 1998, using technology designed for our consumer videophone
business, we entered the video monitoring market with our RSM (remote
surveillance module) line of video monitoring products, focusing on security
applications for small businesses. Until recently, we sold our video monitoring
products primarily to security distributors and dealers in North America and
Europe. However, in an effort to align our strategic focus on the IP telephony
market, we announced the sale of our entire video monitoring business to
Interlogix, a leading manufacturer of security equipment, in May 2000. We have
fully transitioned our video monitoring operations to Interlogix and expect no
further revenues from this business.
We entered the market for embedded IP telephony products in December
1998 with the announcement of our Audacity Internet Telephony Processor. The
Audacity processor combines IP telephony protocol support with audio
compression/decompression capability and runs multiple simultaneous IP phone
calls on a single integrated circuit. In April 1999, we announced our Netergy
Media Hub (formerly known as the Symphony module), an integrated system product
that is based on the Audacity semiconductor and that connects up to four analog
telephone lines to an IP network. In September 1999, we announced our
Audacity-T2 IP Phone Processor, which combines all the digital processing
required to implement an IP telephone onto a single integrated circuit. In
February 2000, we announced our Veracity software which includes all the call
control protocol stacks, network transport software, and audio modules necessary
to build a complete voice-over-packet terminal or gateway. Our embedded IP
telephony products target OEM manufacturers of IP telephony equipment, such as
voice-enabled cable and DSL modems, as well as IP phones and gateways.
In May 1999, we acquired Odisei S.A., a privately held developer of IP
telephony software based in Sophia Antipolis, France. We have leveraged the
acquisition of Odisei to develop and market IP telephony solutions to
communication service providers such as competitive local exchange carriers
(CLECs). In March 2000, we announced our Netergy Advanced Telephony System
(ATS), an all-IP hosted iPBX solution that is being designed to allow service
providers to offer dial tone and advanced private branch exchange (PBX) services
to business customers over any broadband IP connections. The ATS makes use of
our embedded IP telephony products, including the Netergy Media Hub,
semiconductors and embedded IP telephony software.
Our condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the acquisition
of U|Force Inc., a developer of IP-based software applications (such as unified
messaging) and a provider of professional services, based in Montreal, Canada.
We closed the acquisition of U|Force on June 30, 2000 for a total purchase price
of $46.8 million in a transaction to be accounted for as a purchase. We issued
or will issue 3,555,303 shares of Netergy common stock, with a fair value of
approximately $38.0 million, for all of the outstanding stock of U|Force.
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On February 9, 2001, we announced that we would be implementing a plan
to restructure our operations in Canada. As part of this plan, we will be
reducing employee headcount in Canada by approximately 44 employees by closing
our facility in Hull, Quebec and reducing headcount in our Montreal office. We
expect to record a restructuring charge in the quarter ended March 31, 2001
related to this plan. The charge will include the cost of severance obligations
related to terminated employees as well as certain facilities costs. In
addition, we also expect to record charges attributable to asset impairments. We
have not yet determined the amounts of such charges, but they are expected to be
material to the results of operations and cash flows for the quarter and fiscal
year ended March 31, 2001.
The purchase price has been allocated to tangible assets acquired and
liabilities assumed based on the book value of U|Force's assets and liabilities,
which we believe approximates their fair value. In addition, we engaged an
independent appraiser to value the intangible assets, including amounts
allocated to U|Force's in-process research and development. The in-process
research and development relates to U|Force's initial products, Unified
Messaging and the open service creation environment (the "SLCE"), for which
technological feasibility has not been established. The estimated percentage
complete for the Unified Messaging and SLCE products was approximately 44% and
34%, respectively, at June 30, 2000. The fair value of the in-process technology
was based on a discounted cash flow model, similar to the traditional "Income
Approach," which discounts expected future cash flows to present value, net of
tax. In developing cash flow projections, revenues were forecasted based on
relevant factors, including aggregate revenue growth rates for the business as a
whole, characteristics of the potential market for the technology and the
anticipated life of the technology. Projected annual revenues for the in-process
research and development projects were assumed to ramp up initially and decline
significantly at the end of the in-process technology's economic life. Operating
expenses and resulting profit margins were forecasted based on the
characteristics and cash flow generating potential of the acquired in-process
technologies. However, development of the above noted technologies remains a
significant risk due to the remaining effort to achieve technological
feasibility, rapidly changing customer markets and significant competitive
threats from numerous companies. Failure to bring the product to market in a
timely manner could adversely affect sales and profitability of the combined
company in the future. Additionally, the value of other intangible assets
acquired may become impaired. The resulting estimated net cash flows have been
discounted at a rate of 25%. This discount rate was based on the estimated cost
of capital plus an additional discount for the increased risk associated with
in-process technology. Based on a preliminary appraisal, the value of the
acquired U|Force in-process research and development, which was expensed in the
second quarter of fiscal 2001, is approximately $4.6 million. The excess of the
purchase price over the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and
liabilities assumed has been allocated to goodwill. Amounts allocated to
goodwill, the value of an assumed distribution agreement and workforce are being
amortized on a straight-line basis over three, three and two years,
respectively.
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The allocation of the purchase price is as follows (in thousands):
In-process research and development $ 4,563
Distribution agreement 1,053
Workforce 1,182
U|Force net tangible assets 1,801
Goodwill 38,231
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$ 46,830
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Lastly, in August 2000 we officially changed our name to Netergy
Networks, Inc. The name change reflects our strategic transition to the IP
telephony market.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth consolidated statement of operations data
expressed as percentages of total revenue for the three and nine month periods
ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Cost of revenues are presented
as a percentage of each respective revenue category.
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999 2000 1999
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Product revenues ....................................... 58% 79% 72% 83%
License and other revenues ............................. 26% 21% 20% 17%
Service revenues ....................................... 16% -- 8% --
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Total revenues ..................................... 100% 100% 100% 100%
Cost of product revenues ............................... 49% 39% 40% 42%
Cost of license and other revenues ..................... 8% 4% 7% 4%
Cost of service revenues ............................... 105% -- 103% --
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Gross profit ....................................... 53% 68% 62% 64%
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Operating expenses:
Research and development ........................... 119% 46% 100% 43%
Selling, general and administrative ................ 110% 57% 94% 58%
In-process research and development ................ -- -- 33% 54%
Amortization of intangibles ........................ 88% 3% 53% 2%
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Total operating expenses ........................ 317% 106% 280% 157%
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Loss from operations ................................... (264)% (38)% (218)% (93)%
Other income, net ...................................... 11% 2% 17% 12%
Interest expense ....................................... (10)% -- (8)% --
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Loss before provision for income taxes ................. (263)% (36)% (209)% (81)%
Provision for income taxes ............................. -- -- 0% 0%
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Net loss before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle ............................... (263)% (36)% (209)% (81)%
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle .... (26)% -- (8)% --
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net loss ............................................... (289)% (36)% (217)% (81)%
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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and the notes thereto:
Revenues
Total product revenues decreased by $2.5 million, or 52%, in the third
quarter of fiscal 2001 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2000, and
decreased by $5.8 million, or 37%, in the first nine months of fiscal 2001 as
compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease in current quarter
and year-to-date product revenues was due primarily to significantly lower ViaTV
product revenue, resulting from our decision in fiscal 1999 to exit the consumer
videophone market, a decrease in video monitoring product revenues due to the
sale of our video monitoring business on May 19, 2000, and lower average selling
prices on sales of our videoconferencing semiconductors. These decreases were
partially offset by increases in unit shipments of our IP telephony
semiconductor products.
License and other revenues consist of technology licenses, including
royalties required under such licenses, and nonrecurring engineering fees for
services performed by us for our customers. License and other revenues decreased
by approximately $234,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 2001 as compared to the
third quarter of fiscal 2000, and decreased by $369,000 in the first nine months
of fiscal 2001 as compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2000. The decrease
in current quarter and year-to-date license and other revenues was due to a
decrease in licensing activities associated with our videoconferencing
technology, and was partially offset by an increase in IP telephony license
revenues related to the sale of Netergy ATS evaluation systems and the license
of our Veracity software.
Service revenue represents a new source of revenue resulting from the
acquisition of U|Force's professional services organization during the second
quarter of fiscal 2001.
Revenue recognized from two customers represented approximately 13% and
12% of our current quarter revenue, respectively. No customer represented 10% or
more of our total revenues for the nine month period ended December 31, 2000. No
customer represented 10% or more of our total revenues for the quarter or the
nine-month period ended December 31, 1999.
Revenues derived from customers outside of the North America as a
percentage of total revenue are indicated on the chart below:
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999 2000 1999
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Asia Pacific 31% 25% 24% 21%
Europe 32% 27% 26% 24%
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Total 63% 52% 50% 45%
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Cost of Revenues and Gross Profit
The cost of product revenues consists of costs associated with
components, semiconductor wafer fabrication, system and semiconductor assembly
and testing performed by third-party vendors and direct and indirect costs
associated with purchasing, scheduling and quality assurance. Gross profit from
product revenues was approximately
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$1.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2000 and $3.0 million for the
quarter ended December 31, 1999. Product gross margin decreased from 61% in the
quarter ended December 31, 1999, to 51% in the current quarter. This decrease in
product gross margins was primarily due to better than expected ViaTV unit sales
and related selling prices realized during the quarter ended December 31, 1999;
and realizing a larger percentage of total product revenues from sales of IP
telephony semiconductors, which have lower gross margins than those historically
realized on our videoconferencing semiconductors, during the quarter ended
December 31, 2000.
Gross profit from product revenues decreased from $9.0 million for the
nine month period ended December 31, 1999, to $6.0 million during the same
period of the year 2000. Gross margin, however, increased slightly from
approximately 58% to 60%. The lower gross profit during the nine months ended
December 31, 2000 is due primarily to lower overall product revenues during the
period.
Gross profit from license and other revenues, all of which are
considered nonrecurring, was $1.0 million for the quarter ended December 31,
2000, and $1.2 million in the quarter ended December 31, 1999. The gross margin
decreased from 96% during the three months ended December 31, 1999 to 92% in the
same quarter of the current fiscal year. During the nine-month periods ended
December 31, 2000 and 1999, gross profit from license and other revenue
decreased to approximately $2.6 million from $3.0 million. Gross margin
decreased from 96% during the nine months ended December 31, 1999 to 93% in the
same period of the current fiscal year. For both the quarter and nine months
ended December 31, 2000, overall margins were impacted slightly due to an
increase in licenses of iPBX software evaluation systems. Such evaluation
systems revenues have lower margins than our historical license and other
revenues. There can be no assurance that we will receive any revenues from such
license and other revenue sources in the future.
Our gross margin is affected by a number of factors including, product
mix, the recognition of license and other revenues for which there may be no or
little corresponding cost of revenues, product pricing, the allocation between
international and domestic sales, the percentage of direct sales and sales to
resellers, the utilization levels of our professional services resources, and
manufacturing and component costs. The markets for our products are
characterized by falling average selling prices. We expect that, as a result of
competitive pressures and other factors, gross profit as a percentage of revenue
for our videoconferencing semiconductor products will likely decrease for the
foreseeable future. Because the market is emerging, the average selling price
for IP telephony semiconductors and Netergy Media Hubs is uncertain. We may not
be able to attain average selling prices for IP telephony semiconductors similar
to those of our historical videoconferencing semiconductors. If average selling
prices for IP telephony semiconductors are lower, gross margins will be lower
than our historical gross margins, unless costs for IP telephony semiconductors
are also proportionately lower. In the likely event that we encounter
significant price competition in the markets for our products, we could be at a
significant disadvantage compared to our competitors, many of whom have
substantially greater resources, and therefore may be better able to withstand
an extended period of downward pricing pressure.
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Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel, system
prototype design and fabrication, mask, prototype wafer and equipment costs
necessary for us to conduct our development efforts. Research and development
costs, including software development costs, are expensed as incurred. Research
and development expenses increased by $2.0 million in the third quarter of
fiscal 2001 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2000, and increased by
approximately $5.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2001 as compared
to the first nine months of fiscal 2000.
Higher research and development expenses during the three months ended
December 31, 2000, as compared to the comparable period in the prior year,
primarily reflect increases in personnel, partly through the acquisition of
U|Force, and higher depreciation and maintenance expenses as a result of
increased purchases of lab equipment and computer aided design tools.
Higher research and development expenses during the nine months ended
December 31, 2000, as compared to the comparable period in the prior year,
primarily reflect increases in personnel, partly through the acquisition of
U|Force, as well as higher consulting expenses associated with development of
the graphical user interface for the Netergy ATS product, mask charges
associated with Audacity-T2 development, higher depreciation and maintenance
expenses as a result of increased purchases of lab equipment and computer aided
design tools and stock compensation charges of approximately $408,000 related to
stock option bonus programs.
We expect to continue to allocate substantial resources to research and
development. However, future research and development costs may vary both in
absolute dollars and as a percentage of total revenues.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of
personnel and related overhead costs for sales, marketing, finance, human
resources and general management. Such costs also include sales commissions,
trade show, advertising and other marketing and promotional expenses. Selling,
general and administrative expenses were $4.5 million in the third quarter of
fiscal 2001, and $3.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2000, and were
$12.9 million in the nine-month period ended December 31, 2000, and $10.9
million in the nine-month period ended December 31, 1999.
The significant increase in selling, general and administrative expenses
during the quarter ended December 31, 2000, as compared to the comparable period
in the prior year, was primarily attributable to increased expenses associated
with addition of the U|Force sales, marketing, finance and corporate
organizations pursuant to our acquisition of U|Force on June 30, 2000. This
impact was partially offset by the decrease in sales and marketing expenses
associated with the sale of the video monitoring business.
The significant increase in selling, general and administrative expenses
during the nine months ended December 31, 2000 as compared to the comparable
period in the prior year is also primarily attributable to increased expenses
associated with the addition of the
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U|Force sales, marketing, finance and corporate organizations. Additionally,
expenses increased during the nine months ended December 31, 2000 compared to
the corresponding period in the prior year as a result of higher market research
and trade show expenditures, costs incurred related to the our name change and
stock compensation charges totaling $307,000. These increases were offset by
lower headcount and other costs required to support ViaTV and video monitoring
sales, promotion and support activities due to our exit from the consumer
videophone and video monitoring businesses.
As we introduce and promote new IP telephony products, attempt to expand
distribution channels for such products, and build the customer support
infrastructure necessary to support the commercial release of such products, we
expect that future selling, general and administrative costs may be higher both
in absolute dollars and as a percentage of total revenues for the foreseeable
future.
In-Process Research and Development and Amortization of Intangibles
We incurred in-process research and development charges of (a) $10.1
million in the first quarter of fiscal 2000 related to the acquisition of
Odisei, and (b) $4.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2001 related to the
acquisition of U|Force (see Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial
statements above).
In conjunction with the acquisition of Odisei, we recorded intangible
assets related to goodwill and workforce that are being amortized on a
straight-line basis over five and three years, respectively. In conjunction with
the acquisition of U|Force in the second quarter of fiscal 2001, we recorded
intangible assets related to goodwill, the value of an assumed distribution
agreement and workforce that are being amortized on a straight-line basis over
three, three and two years, respectively.
Amortization of intangible assets charged to operations was $3.6 million
and $189,000 during the quarters ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
Amortization of intangible assets charged to operations was $7.4 million and
$424,000 during the nine months ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
The lives established for these intangible assets are a composite of
many factors, which are subject to change because of the nature and stage of our
operations. This is particularly true for costs in excess of net assets
acquired, which reflect value attributable to the going concern nature of the
acquired businesses, the stability of their operations, and market presence.
Accordingly, a determination is made periodically by management to ascertain
whether the intangible assets have been impaired based on several criteria,
including, but not limited to, sales trends and forecasted cash flows.
Impairment of value, if any, is recognized in the period in which it is
determined.
Other Income, Net
In the third quarters of fiscal 2001 and 2000, other income, net, was
$460,000 and $156,000, respectively, and was comprised primarily of interest
earned on our cash and cash equivalents. In the first nine months of fiscal 2001
and 2000, other income, net, was $2.4 million and $2.2 million, respectively.
During fiscal 1996, we acquired an equity position in a privately-held company.
We realized gains of $225,000 and $1.9 million
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during the quarters ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively, resulting from
the sale of this investment. Interest income increased significantly in the
three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2000 as compared to the
corresponding periods in the prior fiscal year due primarily to significantly
higher average cash and cash equivalent balances. Other income, net, in the
first nine months of fiscal 2000 also included approximately $200,000 of losses
realized on the sale of certain of our marketable investments during the period.
Interest Expense
In the third quarters of fiscal 2001 and 2000, interest expense was
$393,000 and $47,000, respectively, while interest expense in the first nine
months of fiscal 2001 and 2000 was $1.1 million and $47,000, respectively.
Interest expense is primarily comprised of interest charges associated with the
convertible subordinated debentures issued in December 1999, as well as the
amortization of the related debt discount and debt issuance costs. In addition,
interest expense for the three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2000
includes amounts associated with lines of credit and a bank loan assumed as part
of the U|Force acquisition.
Provision for Income Taxes
There were no tax provisions for the quarters ended December 31, 2000
and 1999 due to the net losses incurred. The provision of $12,000 for the nine
months ended December 31, 2000 represents certain foreign taxes. The tax
provision for the nine-month period ended December 31, 1999 represented certain
foreign withholding taxes.
Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
In November 2000, the Emerging Issues Task Force reached several
conclusions regarding the accounting for debt and equity securities with
beneficial conversion features, including a consensus requiring the application
of the "accounting conversion price" method, versus the use of the stated
conversion price, to calculate the beneficial conversion feature for such
securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") requires companies to
record a cumulative catch-up adjustment in the fourth quarter of calendar 2000
related to the application of the "accounting conversion price" method to
securities issued after May 21, 1999. Accordingly, we recorded a $1.1 million
non-cash expense during the quarter ended December 31, 2000 to account for a
beneficial conversion feature associated with the convertible subordinated
debentures and related warrants issued in December 1999, and we have presented
it as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle as required by the
SEC.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2000, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $34.4
million, representing a decrease of $14.1 million from March 31, 2000.
Cash used in operations of approximately $15.8 million in the first nine
months of fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to the net loss of $30.0
million, increases in deposits and other assets of $634,000, increases in
prepaid expenses and other assets of approximately $2.0 million, decrease in
accounts payable of $1.1 million, increase in inventory of $238,000, and a net
gain resulting from the sale of investments of $225,000.
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Cash used in operations was partially offset by an increase in other accrued
liabilities of $287,000, an increase in accrued compensation of $410,000, a
decrease in accounts receivable of $1.6 million, and noncash items, including
depreciation and amortization of $1.8 million, amortization of intangibles of
$7.4 million, cumulative effect of change in accounting principle of $1.1
million, amortization of the debt discount of $555,000, stock compensation
expense of $716,000, and a charge for purchased in-process research and
development of $4.6 million. Cash used in operations of approximately $2.3
million in the first nine months of fiscal 2000 is primarily attributable to the
net loss of $15.4 million, decreases in deferred revenue and accrued warranty of
$2.8 million and $400,000, respectively, and a net gain resulting from the sale
of investments of $1.7 million. Cash used in operations was partially offset by
decreases in accounts receivable, net, and inventory of $4.5 million and $2.4
million, respectively, an increase in accrued compensation of $304,000, and
noncash items, including a charge for purchased in-process research and
development of $10.1 million and depreciation and amortization of $886,000 and
amortization of intangibles of $424,000.
Cash provided by investing activities in the nine months ended December
31, 2000 was primarily attributable to net proceeds from the sale of our video
monitoring business of $5.2 million and proceeds from the sale of a
nonmarketable equity investment of $225,000, offset by capital expenditures of
$5.5 million and net cash paid of $553,000 related to the acquisition of
U|Force. Cash provided by investing activities in the nine month period ended
December 31, 1999 was primarily attributable to proceeds from the sale of a
nonmarketable equity investment of $1.9 million, offset by capital expenditures
of $950,000 and net cash paid of $133,000 related to the acquisition of Odisei.
Cash provided by financing activities in the nine month period ended
December 31, 2000 consisted primarily of net proceeds from the repayment of
stockholders' notes receivable and net proceeds from sales of our common stock
upon the exercise of employee stock options, offset by the repayment of certain
debt obligations. Cash provided by financing activities in the nine month period
ended December 31, 1999 included $7.5 million of proceeds from the issuance of
convertible subordinated debentures and $577,000 of net proceeds from sales of
our common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options, offset by cash
paid for debt issuance related costs of $556,000.
At December 31, 2000, we had a line of credit totaling approximately
$675,000, which expires in December 2001 and is subject to certain financial
ratios. There have been no borrowings under this agreement.
We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, lines of credit,
and cash generated from operations, if any, will satisfy our expected working
capital and capital expenditure requirements through at least the next 12
months. We may, however, need additional working capital shortly thereafter.
Accordingly, we may raise additional financing at some point during the next
twelve months in order to meet our cash requirements for fiscal 2003. We will be
evaluating financing alternatives prior to that for time. We may also seek to
explore business opportunities, including acquiring or investing in
complementary businesses or products that will require additional capital from
equity or debt sources. Additionally, the development and marketing of new
products could require a significant commitment of resources, which could in
turn require us to obtain additional financing earlier than otherwise expected.
We may not be able to obtain additional financing as needed on acceptable terms,
or at all, which may require us to reduce our operating costs and other
expenditures, including reductions of personnel and suspension of salary
increases and
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capital expenditures. Alternatively, or in addition to such potential measures,
we may elect to implement other cost reduction actions as we may determine are
necessary and in our best interests, including the possible sale of certain of
our business lines. Any such actions undertaken might limit our opportunities to
realize plans for revenue growth and we might not be able to reduce our costs in
amounts sufficient to achieve break-even or profitable operations.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our financial market risk includes risks associated with international
operations and related foreign currencies. We derive a significant portion of
our revenues from customers in Europe and Asia. In order to reduce the risk from
fluctuation in foreign exchange rates, the vast majority of our sales are
denominated in U.S. dollars. In addition, all of our arrangements with our
semiconductor foundry and assembly vendors, and with our subcontract
manufacturer for our Netergy Media Hub products, are denominated in U.S.
dollars. We have subsidiaries in Europe and Canada, and as such we are exposed
to market risk from changes in exchange rates. We have not entered into any
currency hedging activities. To date, our exposure to exchange rate volatility
has not been significant. However, there can be no assurance that there will not
be a material impact in the future.
Factors That May Affect Future Results
The following factors should be considered in conjunction with the
information in this Report on Form 10-Q.
WE HAVE A HISTORY OF LOSSES AND WE ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO OUR FUTURE PROFITABILITY
We recorded an operating loss of approximately $30.2 million in the
nine-month period ended December 31, 2000 and had an accumulated deficit of
$83.8 million at December 31, 2000. In addition, we recorded operating losses
for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2000 and 1999. We expect to continue to
incur operating losses for the foreseeable future, and such losses may be
substantial. We will need to generate significant revenue growth to achieve
profitability. Given our history of fluctuating revenues and operating losses,
we cannot be certain that we will be able to achieve profitability on either a
quarterly or annual basis.
WE MAY NEED TO RAISE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL TO SUPPORT OUR GROWTH, AND FAILURE TO DO
SO IN A TIMELY MANNER MAY CAUSE US TO DELAY OUR PLANS FOR GROWTH
As of December 31, 2000, we had approximately $34.4 million in cash and
cash equivalents. We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, lines
of credit, and cash generated from operations, if any, will satisfy our expected
working capital and capital expenditure requirements through at least the next
12 months. We may, however, need additional working capital shortly thereafter.
Accordingly, we may raise additional financing at some point during the next
twelve months in order to meet our cash requirements in fiscal 2003. We may also
seek to explore business opportunities, including acquiring or investing in
complementary businesses or products that will require additional capital from
equity or debt sources. Additionally, the development and marketing of new
products could require a significant commitment of resources, which could in
turn require us to obtain additional financing earlier than otherwise expected.
We may not be able to obtain additional financing as needed on acceptable terms,
or at all, which may require us to reduce our operating costs and other
expenditures, including reductions of personnel and
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suspension of salary increases and capital expenditures. Alternatively, or in
addition to such potential measures, we may elect to implement other cost
reduction actions as we may determine are necessary and in our best interests,
including the possible sale of certain of our business lines. Any such actions
undertaken might limit our opportunities to realize plans for revenue growth and
we might not be able to reduce our costs in amounts sufficient to achieve
break-even or profitable operations. If we issue additional equity or
convertible debt securities to raise funds, the ownership percentage of our
existing stockholders would be reduced. New investors may demand rights,
preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common
stock.
WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRUCTURING OUR CANADIAN OPERATIONS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT CHARGES FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2001
On June 30, 2000, we closed the acquisition of UForce. Earlier this
calendar year, on February 9, 2001, we announced that we would be implementing a
plan to restructure our operations in Canada. As part of this plan, we will be
reducing employee headcount in Canada by approximately 44 employees by closing
our facility in Hull, Quebec and reducing headcount in our Montreal, Quebec
office. We expect to record a restructuring charge in the quarter ended March
31, 2001 related to this plan. The charge will include the cost of severance
obligations related to terminated employees as well as certain facilities costs.
In addition, we also expect to record charges attributable to asset impairments.
We have not yet determined the amounts of such charges, but they are expected to
be material to the results of operations and cash flows for the quarter and
fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.
We are in the process of reevaluating our business plan with respect to
the UForce operations. These operations continue to be subject to risks,
including:
- - unanticipated problems and costs associated with combining the businesses
and integrating UForce's products and technologies;
- - impact of integration and restructuring efforts on management's attention
to our core business;
- - potentially adverse effects on existing business relationships with
suppliers and customers;
- - risks associated with entering a market in which we have limited or no
prior experience; and
- - potential loss of additional key employees.
If we are unable to successfully manage the restructuring of our
Canadian operations, we may not achieve the anticipated benefits from the
acquisition, and we may incur increased expenses, experience a shortfall in our
anticipated revenues and we may not obtain a satisfactory return on our
investment.
THE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS AND FUTURE PROFITABILITY DEPENDS ON FUTURE IP
TELEPHONY REVENUE
We believe that our business and future profitability will be largely
dependent on widespread market acceptance of our IP telephony products. Our
videoconferencing semiconductor business has not provided, nor is it expected to
provide, sufficient revenues to profitably operate our business. To date, we
have not generated significant revenue from the sale of our IP telephony
products. If we are not able to generate significant revenues selling into the
IP telephony market, our business and operating results would be seriously
harmed.
Success of our IP telephony product strategy assumes that there will be
future demand for IP telephony systems. In order for the IP telephony market to
continue to grow, several things need to occur. Telephone service providers must
continue to invest in the deployment of high speed broadband networks to
residential and commercial customers. IP networks must improve quality of
service for real-time communications, managing effects such as packet jitter,
packet loss and unreliable bandwidth, so that toll-quality service can be
provided. IP telephony equipment must achieve the 99.999% reliability that users
of the public switched telephone network have come to expect from their
telephone service. IP telephony service providers must offer cost and feature
benefits to their customers that are sufficient to cause the customers to switch
away from traditional telephony service providers. If any or all of these
factors fail to occur, our business may not grow.
OUR FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS MAY NOT FOLLOW PAST OR EXPECTED TRENDS DUE TO MANY
FACTORS AND ANY OF THESE COULD CAUSE OUR STOCK PRICE TO FALL
Our historical operating results have fluctuated significantly and will
likely continue to fluctuate in the future, and a decline in our operating
results could cause our stock price to fall. On an annual and a quarterly basis
there are a number of factors that may affect our operating results, many of
which are outside our control. These include, but are not limited to:
- - changes in market demand;
- - the timing of customer orders;
- - competitive market conditions;
- - lengthy sales cycles, regulatory approval cycles;
- - new product introductions by us or our competitors;
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- - market acceptance of new or existing products;
- - the cost and availability of components;
- - the mix of our customer base and sales channels;
- - variation in capital spending budgets of communications service providers;
- - the mix of products sold;
- - the management of inventory;
- - the level of international sales;
- - continued compliance with industry standards; and
- - general economic conditions.
Our gross margin is affected by a number of factors including, product
mix, the recognition of license and other revenues for which there may be no or
little corresponding cost of revenues, product pricing, the allocation between
international and domestic sales, the percentage of direct sales and sales to
resellers, and manufacturing and component costs. The markets for our
semiconductor and Media Hub products are characterized by falling average
selling prices. We expect that, as a result of competitive pressures and other
factors, gross profit as a percentage of revenue for our semiconductor products
will likely decrease for the foreseeable future. The market for IP telephony
semiconductors is likely to be a high volume market characterized by commodity
pricing. We will not be able to generate average selling prices or gross margins
for our IP telephony semiconductors similar to those that we have historically
commanded for our videoconferencing semiconductors. In addition, the gross
margins for our Media Hub systems products are, and will likely continue to be,
substantially lower than the gross margins for our videoconferencing
semiconductors. In the likely event that we encounter significant price
competition in the markets for our products, we could be at a significant
disadvantage compared to our competitors, many of which have substantially
greater resources, and therefore may be better able to withstand an extended
period of downward pricing pressure.
Variations in timing of sales may cause significant fluctuations in
future operating results. In addition, because a significant portion of our
business may be derived from orders placed by a limited number of large
customers, including OEM customers, the timing of such orders can also cause
significant fluctuations in our operating results. Anticipated orders from
customers may fail to materialize. Delivery schedules may be deferred or
canceled for a number of reasons, including changes in specific customer
requirements or international economic conditions. The adverse impact of a
shortfall in our revenues may be magnified by our inability to adjust spending
to compensate for such shortfall. Announcements by us or our competitors of new
products and technologies could cause customers to defer purchases of our
existing products, which would also have a material adverse effect on our
business and operating results.
As a result of these and other factors, it is likely that in some or all
future periods our operating results will be below the expectations of
securities analysts or investors, which would likely result in a significant
reduction in the market price of our common stock.
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THE LONG AND VARIABLE SALES AND DEPLOYMENT CYCLES FOR OUR IP TELEPHONY SOFTWARE
PRODUCTS MAY CAUSE OUR REVENUE AND OPERATING RESULTS TO VARY SIGNIFICANTLY
Our IP telephony software products, including our Netergy iPBX, Unified
Messaging and Service Life Cycle Environment (SLCE) products, have lengthy sales
cycles and we may incur substantial sales and marketing expenses and expend
significant management effort without making a sale. A customer's decision to
purchase our products often involves a significant commitment of its resources
and a lengthy product evaluation and qualification process. In addition, the
length of our sales cycles will vary depending on the type of customer to whom
we are selling and the product being sold. Even after making the decision to
purchase our products, our customers may deploy our products slowly. Timing of
deployment can vary widely and will depend on various factors, including:
- - the size of the network deployment;
- - the complexity of our customers' network environments;
- - our customers' skill sets;
- - the hardware and software configuration and customization necessary to
deploy our products; and
- - our customers' ability to finance their purchase of our products.
As a result, it is difficult for us to predict the quarter in which our
customers may purchase our products, and our revenue and operating results may
vary significantly from quarter to quarter.
IF OUR PRODUCTS DO NOT INTEROPERATE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS' NETWORKS, ORDERS FOR OUR
PRODUCTS WILL BE DELAYED OR CANCELED AND SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCT RETURNS COULD
OCCUR, WHICH COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS
Many of the potential customers for our Netergy iPBX and Unified
Messaging products have requested that our products be designed to interoperate
with their existing networks, each of which may have different specifications
and use multiple standards. Our customers' networks may contain multiple
generations of products from different vendors that have been added over time as
their networks have grown and evolved. Our products must interoperate with these
products as well as with future products in order to meet our customers'
requirements. In some cases, we may be required to modify our product designs to
achieve a sale, which may result in a longer sales cycle, increased research and
development expense, and reduced operating margins. If our products do not
interoperate with existing equipment or software in our customers' networks,
installations could be delayed, orders for our products could be canceled or our
products could be returned. This could harm our business, financial condition
and results of operations.
INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE MARKETS IN WHICH WE COMPETE COULD PREVENT US FROM
INCREASING OR SUSTAINING OUR REVENUE AND PREVENT US FROM ACHIEVING PROFITABILITY
IP Telephony and Videoconferencing Semiconductors and Media Hub Markets
We compete with both manufacturers of digital signal processing
semiconductors and media hub products developed for the growing VoIP
marketplace. We also compete with manufacturers of multimedia communication
semiconductors. The markets for our
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products are characterized by intense competition, declining average selling
prices and rapid technological change.
The principal competitive factors in the market for IP telephony and
videoconferencing semiconductors and firmware include product definition,
product design, system integration, chip size, code size, functionality,
time-to-market, adherence to industry standards, price and reliability. We have
a number of competitors in this market including Analog Devices, Inc.,
AudioCodes Ltd., Broadcom Corporation, Conexant Systems, Inc., DSP Group, Inc.,
Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Inc., Philips Electronics NV, Texas
Instruments/Telogy Networks, Inc., Mitel Semiconductor, Winbond Electronics
Corporation, and Radvision Ltd. Certain of our competitors for IP telephony and
videoconferencing semiconductors maintain their own semiconductor foundries and
may therefore benefit from certain capacity, cost and technical advantages.
Principal competitive factors in the market for VoIP media hub products
include product definition, product design, system integration, system
functionality, time-to-market, interoperability with common network equipment,
adherence to industry standards, price and reliability. Currently there are a
limited number of system suppliers offering residential and small office VoIP
media hub-like products, including Komodo Technology (which has been acquired by
Cisco Systems), Nx Networks and MCK Communications. We expect, however, that
this market will be characterized by intense competition, declining average
selling price and rapid technology change. In addition, our presence in the VoIP
systems business may result in certain customers or potential customers
perceiving us as a competitor or potential competitor, which may be used by
other semiconductor manufacturers to their advantage.
Netergy iPBX Server Software Market
We compete with suppliers of traditional PBXs, Centrex equipment and
newer generation IP-based solutions that seek to sell such products to
telecommunication service providers, which in turn offer voice services to the
Small Medium Enterprise (SME) marketplace. We believe this market is rapidly
shifting to a network centric, IP-based solutions model. New IP-based solutions
are cannibalizing traditional markets due to increased efficiencies of IP
technology, ability to integrate vertical services, lower costs, increases in
return on investment (ROI), improved features sets and the requirement for rapid
innovation. As an IP-based solution, the Netergy iPBX product competes by
leveraging the innate efficiencies of IP architectures and combining those
efficiencies with best-of-class features from competitive products. This market
is characterized by rapid technological change, intense competition and first
mover advantage.
The main competition includes Avaya, Nortel Networks, VocalData, Inc.,
VocalTec Communications, Inter-tel Inc. and several other providers of
traditional and newer generation IP-based solutions. Directly competitive
products targeted for general release in calendar year 2001 are currently under
development at several pre-IPO startup companies, including BroadSoft, Inc.
(which is being acquired by Unisphere Networks), Sylantro Systems, UniData
Corporation, Tundo Corporation and Shoreline Communications.
Principal competitive factors in the market for hosted iPBX solutions
include product feature parity, interface design, product reliability,
time-to-market, adherence to standards, price, functionality and IP network
delivery/design. We believe that the market for iPBX solutions is currently in
the initial adoption phase and that growth of the market will be
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driven by the reliability of iPBX products, the ability of iPBX products to meet
the advanced feature requirements of service providers and SME users, by the
lower costs of IP-based solutions, and by a general trend toward the replacement
of circuit-switched networks with packet switched ones.
Netergy Service Life Cycle Environment (SLCE) Software
We compete with suppliers of traditional telecom AIN (Advanced
Intelligent Networks -- SS7) infrastructure and newer generation IP-based
solutions that seek to sell such products to telecommunication service
providers, which in turn offer voice, video and data services to the
marketplace. We believe this market is rapidly shifting to an IP-based solutions
model. New IP-based solutions are cannibalizing traditional solutions due to
increased efficiencies of IP technology, ability to integrate vertical services,
lower costs, increases in return on investment (ROI), improved features sets and
the requirement for rapid innovation. As an IP-based solution, the Netergy SLCE
product competes by leveraging the innate efficiencies of IP architectures and
combining those efficiencies with best-of-class features from competitive
products. This market is characterized by rapid technological change, intense
competition and first mover advantage.
The main competition includes Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks,
Tekelec, Alcatel and several other providers of traditional and newer generation
IP-based solutions. Although each of these companies is in competition with our
SLCE product suite, all today provide solutions based on past-generation
integrated solutions, whereas the SLCE product suite establishes a new
methodology for addressing the existing market and the new emerging IP services
market. Directly competitive products targeted for general release in calendar
year 2001 are currently under development at several pre-IPO startup companies,
including Ubiquity Software Corporation, Pagoo, dynamicsoft, Inc., Sylantro
Systems, and LongBoard, Inc.
Principal competitive factors in the market for the SLCE solutions
include product feature parity, interface design, product reliability,
time-to-market, adherence to standards, price, functionality and IP network
delivery/design. We believe that the market for SLCE solutions is currently in
the initial adoption phase and that growth of the market will be driven by the
ability of SLCE type products to meet the advanced feature requirements of
service providers and vertical systems integrators, by the lower costs of
IP-based solutions, and by a general trend toward the replacement of
circuit-switched networks with packet-switched networks.
We expect our competitors to continue to improve the performance of
their current products and introduce new products or new technologies. If our
competitors successfully introduce new products or enhance their existing
products, this could reduce the sales or market acceptance of our products and
services, increase price competition or make our products obsolete. To be
competitive, we must continue to invest significant resources in research and
development, sales and marketing and customer support. We may not have
sufficient resources to make these investments or to make the technological
advances necessary to be competitive, which in turn will cause our business to
suffer.
Our reliance on developing vertically integrated technology, comprising
systems, software and semiconductors, places a significant strain on our
research and development resources. Competitors that focus on one aspect of
technology, such as systems or semiconductors, may have a considerable advantage
over us. In addition, many of our
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current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, are
substantially larger, and have greater financial, manufacturing, marketing,
technical and other resources. Many also have greater name recognition and a
larger installed base of products than us. Competition in our markets may result
in significant price reductions. As a result of their greater resources, many
current and potential competitors may be better able than us to initiate and
withstand significant price competition or downturns in the economy. There can
be no assurance that we will be able to continue to compete effectively, and any
failure to do so would harm our business and operating results.
THE PRIMARY MARKET WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR OUR IP TELEPHONY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS,
THE EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS MARKET, MAY REDUCE OR
DISCONTINUE ITS CURRENT LEVELS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT WHICH WOULD IMPACT OUR
ABILITY TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE AND PREVENT US FROM ACHIEVING PROFITABILITY
The market for the services provided by telecommunications service
providers who compete against traditional telephone companies has only begun to
emerge, and many of these service providers are still building their
infrastructure and rolling out their services. These telecommunications service
providers require substantial capital for the development, construction and
expansion of their networks and the introduction of their services. Financing
may not be available to emerging telecommunications service providers on
favorable terms, if at all. The inability of our current or potential emerging
telecommunications service provider customers to acquire and keep customers, to
successfully raise needed funds, or to respond to any other trends such as price
reductions for their services or diminished demand for telecommunications
services generally, could adversely affect their operating results or cause them
to reduce their capital spending programs. If our current or potential customers
are forced to defer or curtail their capital spending programs, our sales to
those telecommunication service providers may be adversely affected, which would
negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, many of the industries in which telecommunications service
providers operate have recently experienced consolidation. The loss of one or
more of our current or potential telecommunications service provider customers,
through industry consolidation or otherwise, could reduce or eliminate our sales
to such a customer and consequently harm our business, financial condition and
results of operations.
WE DEPEND ON SUBCONTRACTED MANUFACTURERS TO MANUFACTURE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF OUR
PRODUCTS, AND ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN MANUFACTURING BY THESE CONTRACT
MANUFACTURERS WOULD RESULT IN DELAYED OR REDUCED SHIPMENTS TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND
MAY HARM OUR BUSINESS
We outsource the manufacturing of our semiconductors and IP telephony
system products to independent foundries and subcontract manufacturers,
respectively. Our primary semiconductor manufacturer is Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation. Subcontract system manufacturers include EFA
Corporation in Taiwan. We also rely on Amkor Electronics in South Korea,
Integrated Packaging Assembly Corporation in San Jose, California, and Digital
Testing Services in Santa Clara, California, for packaging and testing of our
semiconductors. We do not have long-term purchase agreements with our
subcontract manufacturers or our component suppliers. There can be no assurance
that our subcontract manufacturers will be able or willing to reliably
manufacture the our products, or that our component suppliers will be able or
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willing to reliably supply components for the our products, in volumes, on a
cost effective basis or in a timely manner. We may experience difficulties due
to our reliance on independent semiconductor foundries, subcontract
manufacturers and component suppliers that could have a material adverse effect
on our business and operating results.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR INVENTORY LEVELS EFFECTIVELY WHICH MAY LEAD TO
INVENTORY OBSOLESCENCE WHICH WOULD FORCE US TO LOWER OUR PRICES
Our products have lead times of up to several months, and are built to
forecasts that are necessarily imprecise. Because of our practice of building
our products to necessarily imprecise forecasts, it is likely that, from time to
time, we will have either excess or insufficient product inventory. Excess
inventory levels would subject us to the risk of inventory obsolescence and the
risk that our selling prices may drop below our inventory costs, while
insufficient levels of inventory may negatively affect relations with customers.
Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our operating
results and business.
WE DEPEND ON PURCHASE ORDERS FROM KEY CUSTOMERS AND FAILURE TO RECEIVE
SIGNIFICANT PURCHASE ORDERS IN THE FUTURE WOULD CAUSE A DECLINE IN OUR OPERATING
RESULTS
Historically, a significant portion of our sales has been to relatively
few customers, although the composition of these customers has varied. Revenues
from our ten largest customers for the nine months ended December 31, 2000 and
1999, respectively, accounted for approximately 41% and 40%, respectively, of
total revenues. Revenues from our ten largest customers for the fiscal years
ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 accounted for 35% and 40%, respectively, of total
revenues. Substantially all of our product sales have been made, and are
expected to continue to be made, on a purchase order basis. None of our
customers has entered into a long-term agreement requiring it to purchase our
products. In the future, we will need to gain purchase orders for our products
to earn additional revenue. Further, all of our license and other revenues are
nonrecurring. Failure to secure purchase orders will significantly harm our
revenues and profits and our business would suffer.
THE IP TELEPHONY MARKET IS SUBJECT TO RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND WE DEPEND
ON NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND GROW OUR BUSINESS
IP telephony is an emerging market that is characterized by rapid
changes in customer requirements, frequent introductions of new and enhanced
products, and continuing and rapid technological advancement. To compete
successfully in this emerging market, we must continue to design, develop,
manufacture and sell new and enhanced products that provide increasingly higher
levels of performance and reliability and lower cost, take advantage of
technological advancements and changes, and respond to new customer
requirements. Our success in designing, developing, manufacturing and selling
such products will depend on a variety of factors, including:
- - the identification of market demand for new products;
- - product selection;
- - timely implementation of product design and development;
- - product performance and reliability;
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- - the ability to manage long development cycles;
- - the ability to attract and retain critical engineering, sales and marketing
personnel;
- - cost-effectiveness of products under development;
- - effective manufacturing processes; and
- - the success of promotional efforts.
Additionally, we may also be required to collaborate with third parties
to develop our products and may not be able to do so on a timely and
cost-effective basis, if at all. We have in the past experienced delays in the
development of new products and the enhancement of existing products, and such
delays will likely occur in the future. If we are unable, due to resource
constraints or technological or other reasons, to develop and introduce new or
enhanced products in a timely manner, if such new or enhanced products do not
achieve sufficient market acceptance or if such new product introductions
decrease demand for existing products our operating results would decline and
our business would not grow.
IF WE DO NOT DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS FOR IP TELEPHONY
PRODUCTS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MARKET OUR SOLUTIONS
We are entering into new market areas and our success is partly
dependent on our ability to forge new marketing and engineering partnerships. IP
telephony communications systems are extremely complex and no single company
possesses all the required technology components needed to build a complete end
to end solution. We will likely need to enter into partnerships to augment our
development programs and to assist us in marketing complete solutions to our
targeted customers. We may not be able to develop such partnerships in the
course of our product development. Even if we do establish the necessary
partnerships, we may not be able to adequately capitalize on these partnerships
to aid in the success of our business, and if not, our business would suffer.
INABILITY TO PROTECT OUR PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY OR INFRINGEMENT BY US OF A THIRD
PARTY'S PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY WOULD DISRUPT OUR BUSINESS
We rely in part on trademark, copyright and trade secret law to protect
our intellectual property in the United States and abroad. We seek to protect
our software, documentation and other written materials under trade secret and
copyright law, which afford only limited protection. We also rely in part on
patent law to protect our intellectual property in the United States and abroad.
We currently hold 31 United States patents, including patents relating to
programmable integrated circuit architectures, telephone control arrangements,
software structures and memory architecture technology, and have a number of
United States and foreign patent applications pending. We cannot predict whether
such patent applications will result in issued patents. We may not be able to
protect our proprietary rights in the United States or abroad (where effective
intellectual property protection may be unavailable or limited), and competitors
may independently develop technologies that are similar or superior to our
technology, duplicate our technology or design around any patent of ours. We
have in the past licensed and in the future expect to continue licensing our
technology to others, many of whom are located or may be located abroad. There
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no assurances that such licensees will protect our technology from
misappropriation. Moreover, litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce
our intellectual property rights, to determine the validity and scope of the
proprietary rights of others, or to defend against claims of infringement or
invalidity. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of
management time and resources and could have a material adverse effect on our
business and operating results.
There has been substantial litigation in the semiconductor, electronics
and related industries regarding intellectual property rights, and from time to
time third parties may claim infringement by us of their intellectual property
rights. Our broad range of technology, including systems, digital and analog
circuits, software and semiconductors, increases the likelihood that third
parties may claim infringement by us of their intellectual property rights. If
we were found to be infringing on the intellectual property rights of any third
party, we could be subject to liabilities for such infringement, which could be
material, and we could be required to refrain from using, manufacturing or
selling certain products or using certain processes, either of which could have
a material adverse effect on our business and operating results. From time to
time, we have received, and may continue to receive in the future, notices of
claims of infringement, misappropriation or misuse of other parties' proprietary
rights. There can be no assurance that we will prevail in these discussions and
actions, or that other actions alleging infringement by us of third-party
patents will not be asserted or prosecuted against us.
We rely on certain technology, including hardware and software licensed
from third parties. In addition, we may be required to license technology from
third parties in the future to develop new products or product enhancements.
Third-party licenses may not be available to us on commercially reasonable
terms, if at all. Our inability to obtain third-party licenses required to
develop new products and product enhancements could require us to obtain
substitute technology of lower quality or performance standards or at a greater
cost, any of which could seriously harm our business, financial condition and
results of operations.
OUR PRODUCTS MUST COMPLY WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND FCC REGULATIONS, AND
CHANGES MAY REQUIRE US TO MODIFY EXISTING PRODUCTS
In addition to reliability and quality standards, the market acceptance
of telephony over broadband IP networks is dependent upon the adoption of
industry standards so that products from multiple manufacturers are able to
communicate with each other. IP telephony products rely heavily on standards
such as H.323, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Megaco and Media Gateway
Control Protocol (MGCP) to interoperate with other vendors' equipment. There is
currently a lack of agreement among industry leaders about which standard should
be used for a particular application, and about the definition of the standards
themselves. Furthermore, the industry has had difficulty achieving true
multivendor interoperability for highly complex standards such as H.323. We also
must comply with certain rules and regulations of the Federal Communications
Commission regarding electromagnetic radiation and safety standards established
by Underwriters Laboratories as well as similar regulations and standards
applicable in other countries. Standards are continuously being modified and
replaced. As standards evolve, we may be required to modify our existing
products or develop and support new versions of our products. The failure of our
products to comply, or delays in compliance, with various existing and evolving
industry standards could delay or interrupt volume production of our
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IP telephony products, which would have a material adverse effect on our
business and operating results.
FUTURE REGULATION OR LEGISLATION COULD RESTRICT OUR BUSINESS OR INCREASE OUR
COST OF DOING BUSINESS
At present there are few laws or regulations that specifically address
access to or commerce on the Internet, including IP telephony. We are unable to
predict the impact, if any, that future legislation, legal decisions or
regulations concerning the Internet may have on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. Regulation may be targeted towards, among
other things, assessing access or settlement charges, imposing tariffs or
imposing regulations based on encryption concerns or the characteristics and
quality of products and services, which could restrict our business or increase
our cost of doing business. The increasing growth of the broadband IP telephony
market and popularity of broadband IP telephony products and services heighten
the risk that governments will seek to regulate broadband IP telephony and the
Internet. In addition, large, established telecommunications companies may
devote substantial lobbying efforts to influence the regulation of the broadband
IP telephony market, which may be contrary to our interests.
WE MAY TRANSITION TO SMALLER GEOMETRY PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES AND HIGHER LEVELS OF
DESIGN INTEGRATION WHICH COULD DISRUPT OUR BUSINESS
We continuously evaluate the benefits, on an integrated circuit,
product-by-product basis, of migrating to smaller geometry process technologies
in order to reduce costs. We have commenced migration of certain future products
to smaller geometry processes. We believe that the transition of our products to
increasingly smaller geometries will be important for us to remain competitive.
We have in the past experienced difficulty in migrating to new manufacturing
processes, which has resulted and could continue to result in reduced yields,
delays in product deliveries and increased expense levels. Moreover, we are
dependent on relationships with our foundries and their partners to migrate to
smaller geometry processes successfully. If any such transition is substantially
delayed or inefficiently implemented we may experience delays in product
introductions and incur increased expenses. As smaller geometry processes become
more prevalent, we expect to integrate greater levels of functionality as well
as customer and third-party intellectual property into our products. Some of
this intellectual property includes analog components for which we have little
or no experience or in-house expertise. We cannot predict whether higher levels
of design integration or the use of third-party intellectual property will
adversely affect our ability to deliver new integrated products on a timely
basis, or at all.
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IF WE DISCOVER PRODUCT DEFECTS, WE MAY HAVE PRODUCT-RELATED LIABILITIES WHICH
MAY CAUSE US TO LOSE REVENUES OR DELAY MARKET ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRODUCTS
Products as complex as those offered by us frequently contain errors,
defects and functional limitations when first introduced or as new versions are
released. We have in the past experienced such errors, defects or functional
limitations. We sell products into markets that are extremely demanding of
robust, reliable, fully functional products. Therefore delivery of products with
production defects or reliability, quality or compatibility problems could
significantly delay or hinder market acceptance of such products, which could
damage our credibility with our customers and adversely affect our ability to
retain our existing customers and to attract new customers. Moreover, such
errors, defects or functional limitations could cause problems, interruptions,
delays or a cessation of sales to our customers. Alleviating such problems may
require significant expenditures of capital and resources by us. Despite testing
by us, our suppliers or our customers may find errors, defects or functional
limitations in new products after commencement of commercial production,
resulting in additional development costs, loss of, or delays in, market
acceptance, diversion of technical and other resources from our other
development efforts, product repair or replacement costs, claims by our
customers or others against us, or the loss of credibility with our current and
prospective customers.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, WHICH SUBJECTS US TO RISKS THAT
COULD CAUSE OUR OPERATING RESULTS TO DECLINE
Sales to customers outside of the North America represented 50%, 47% and
43% of total revenues in the nine months ended December 31, 2000 and the fiscal
years ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Specifically, sales to
customers in the Asia Pacific region represented 24%, 24% and 26% of our total
revenues in the nine months ended December 31, 2000 and for the fiscal years
ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, while sales to customers in Europe
represented 26%, 23% and 17% of our total revenues for the same periods,
respectively.
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International sales of our videoconferencing semiconductors will
continue to represent a substantial portion of our product revenues for the
foreseeable future. In addition, substantially all of our current products are,
and substantially all of our future products will be, manufactured, assembled
and tested by independent third parties in foreign countries. International
sales and manufacturing are subject to a number of risks, including general
economic conditions in regions such as Asia, changes in foreign government
regulations and telecommunications standards, export license requirements,
tariffs and taxes, other trade barriers, fluctuations in currency exchange
rates, difficulty in collecting accounts receivable and difficulty in staffing
and managing foreign operations. We are also subject to geopolitical risks, such
as political, social and economic instability, potential hostilities and changes
in diplomatic and trade relationships, in connection with its international
operations. A significant decline in demand from foreign markets could have a
material adverse effect on our business and operating results.
WE NEED TO HIRE AND RETAIN KEY PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT OUR PRODUCTS
The development and marketing of our IP telephony products will continue
to place a significant strain on our limited personnel, management and other
resources. Competition for highly skilled engineering, sales, marketing and
support personnel is intense because there are a limited number of people
available with the necessary technical skills and understanding of our market,
particularly in the San Francisco Bay area where our corporate headquarters is
located. Any failure to attract, assimilate or retain qualified personnel to
fulfill our current or future needs could impair our growth. We currently do not
have employment contracts with the majority of our employees and we do not
maintain key person life insurance policies on any of our employees.
OUR STOCK PRICE HAS BEEN VOLATILE AND WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT OUR STOCK PRICE
WILL NOT DECLINE
The market price of the shares of our common stock has been and is
likely to be highly volatile. It may be significantly affected by factors such
as:
- - actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;
- - announcements of technical innovations;
- - loss of key personnel;
- - new products or new contracts by us, our competitors or their customers;
- - governmental regulatory action; and
- - developments with respect to patents or proprietary rights, general market
conditions, changes in financial estimates by securities analysts and other
factors which could be unrelated to, or outside our control.
The stock market has from time to time experienced significant price and
volume fluctuations that have particularly affected the market prices for the
common stocks of technology companies and that have often been unrelated to the
operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations
may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In the past,
following periods of volatility in the market price of a company's securities,
securities class action litigation has often been initiated against
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the issuing company. If our stock price is volatile, we may also be subject to
such litigation. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and a
diversion of management's attention and resources, which would disrupt business
and could cause a decline in our operating results. Any settlement or adverse
determination in such litigation would also subject us to significant liability.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) See Exhibit Index.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
We did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the fiscal quarter ended
December 31, 2000.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized:
Date: February 14, 2001.
NETERGY NETWORKS, INC.
By: /s/ DAVID STOLL
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David Stoll
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
EXHIBIT INDEX
All schedules are omitted because they are not required, are not
applicable or the information is included in the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements or notes thereto.
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