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IDT CORP - Quarter Report: 2018 April (Form 10-Q)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2018

 

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission File Number: 1-16371

 

 

 

IDT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 22-3415036

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

   
520 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(973) 438-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

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  ☒    No  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
       
Non-accelerated filer ☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company
       
Emerging growth company    

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.): Yes ☐  No  ☒

 

As of June 8, 2018, the registrant had the following shares outstanding:

 

Class A common stock, $.01 par value: 1,574,326 shares outstanding (excluding 1,698,000 treasury shares)
Class B common stock, $.01 par value: 23,278,153 shares outstanding (excluding 2,302,095 treasury shares)

 

 

 

   

 

 

IDT CORPORATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1
     
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited) 1
     
  Consolidated Balance Sheets 1
     
  Consolidated Statements of Operations 2
     
  Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income 3
     
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 4
     
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 5
     
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 19
     
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks 32
     
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 33
   
PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION 34
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 34
     
Item 1A. Risk Factors 34
     
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 34
     
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 34
     
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 34
     
Item 5. Other Information 34
     
Item 6. Exhibits 35
   
SIGNATURES 36

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

IDT CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   April 30,
2018
   July 31,
2017
 
   (Unaudited)   (Note 1) 
   (in thousands) 
Assets        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents  $50,153   $90,344 
Marketable securities   10,570    58,272 
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,748 at April 30, 2018 and $2,657 at July 31, 2017   63,249    64,979 
Prepaid expenses   16,273    14,506 
Other current assets   26,608    18,749 
Assets held for sale   147,429    124,267 
           
Total current assets   314,282    371,117 
Property, plant and equipment, net   37,074    88,994 
Goodwill   11,387    11,326 
Investments   6,635    26,894 
Deferred income tax assets, net   7,318    11,841 
Other assets   5,433    3,657 
Assets held for sale   5,765    5,134 
           
Total assets  $387,894   $518,963 
           
Liabilities and equity          
Current liabilities:          
Trade accounts payable  $23,538   $40,989 
Accrued expenses   125,075    125,359 
Deferred revenue   68,359    76,451 
Other current liabilities   4,235    4,659 
Liabilities held for sale   138,324    115,318 
           
Total current liabilities   359,531    362,776 
Other liabilities   876    1,080 
Liabilities held for sale   570    550 
           
Total liabilities   360,977    364,406 
Commitments and contingencies          
Equity:          
IDT Corporation stockholders’ equity:          
Preferred stock, $.01 par value; authorized shares—10,000; no shares issued        
Class A common stock, $.01 par value; authorized shares—35,000; 3,272 shares issued and 1,574 shares outstanding at April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017   33    33 
Class B common stock, $.01 par value; authorized shares—200,000; 25,582 and 25,561 shares issued and 23,280 and 23,264 shares outstanding at April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively   256    256 
Additional paid-in capital   293,308    394,462 
Treasury stock, at cost, consisting of 1,698 and 1,698 shares of Class A common stock and 2,302 and 2,297 shares of Class B common stock at April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively   (83,365)   (83,304)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (4,597)   (2,343)
Accumulated deficit   (179,081)   (163,370)
           
Total IDT Corporation stockholders’ equity   26,554    145,734 
Noncontrolling interests   363    8,823 
           
Total equity   26,917    154,557 
           
Total liabilities and equity  $387,894   $518,963 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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IDT CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands, except per share data) 
     
Revenues  $365,410   $370,035   $1,154,848   $1,106,742 
Costs and expenses:                    
Direct cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)   307,165    314,704    980,903    938,646 
Selling, general and administrative (i)   50,136    46,196    152,565    138,958 
Depreciation and amortization   5,799    5,474    17,207    16,075 
Severance   3,658        4,293     
                     
Total costs and expenses   366,758    366,374    1,154,968    1,093,679 
Other operating expenses   (345)   (10,163)   (1,970)   (11,251)
                     
(Loss) income from operations   (1,693)   (6,502)   (2,090)   1,812 
Interest income, net   204    295    853    905 
Other (expense) income, net   (712)   (407)   (1,168)   1,565 
                     
(Loss) income before income taxes   (2,201)   (6,614)   (2,405)   4,282 
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes   (1,029)   2,162    (931)   14,817 
                     
Net (loss) income   (3,230)   (4,452)   (3,336)   19,099 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (228)   (323)   (698)   (1,081)
                     
Net (loss) income attributable to IDT Corporation  $(3,458)  $(4,775)  $(4,034)  $18,018 
                     
(Loss) earnings per share attributable to IDT Corporation common stockholders:                    
Basic  $(0.14)  $(0.21)  $(0.16)  $0.79 
Diluted  $(0.14)  $(0.21)  $(0.16)  $0.78 
                     
Weighted-average number of shares used in calculation of (loss) earnings per share:                    
Basic   24,675    23,054    24,649    22,845 
Diluted   24,675    23,054    24,649    22,989 
Dividends declared per common share  $0.09   $0.19   $0.47   $0.57 
(i) Stock-based compensation included in selling, general and administrative expenses  $1,033   $666   $2,842   $2,793 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

 

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IDT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Net (loss) income  $(3,230)  $(4,452)  $(3,336)  $19,099 
Other comprehensive income (loss):                    
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities   28    102    (122)   39 
Foreign currency translation adjustments   176    1,057    138    (1,346)
                     
Other comprehensive income (loss)   204    1,159    16    (1,307)
                     
Comprehensive (loss) income   (3,026)   (3,293)   (3,320)   17,792 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (228)   (323)   (698)   (1,081)
                     
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IDT Corporation  $(3,254)  $(3,616)  $(4,018)  $16,711 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

 

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IDT CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Operating activities        
Net (loss) income  $(3,336)  $19,099 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:          
Depreciation and amortization   17,207    16,075 
Deferred income taxes   4,524    (14,979)
Provision for doubtful accounts receivable   1,120    433 
Realized loss (gain) on marketable securities   16    (331)
Interest in the equity of investments   (11)   (402)
Stock-based compensation   2,842    2,793 
Change in assets and liabilities:          
Restricted cash and cash equivalents   (16,562)   3,532 
Trade accounts receivable   2,943    (18,883)
Prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets   (13,436)   (6,065)
Trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, other current liabilities and other liabilities   (21,075)   8,488 
Customer deposits   18,468    (2,403)
Deferred revenue   (8,138)   (6,843)
           
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities   (15,438)   514 
Investing activities          
Capital expenditures   (15,969)   (17,050)
Proceeds from sale of interest in Straight Path IP Group Holding, Inc.   6,000     
Purchase of IP Interest from Straight Path Communications Inc.   (6,000)    
Payment for acquisition, net of cash acquired       (1,827)
Cash used for investments       (8,527)
Purchases of marketable securities   (22,208)   (38,720)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities   36,655    30,836 
           
Net cash used in investing activities   (1,522)   (35,288)
Financing activities          
Dividends paid   (11,677)   (13,155)
Cash of Rafael deconsolidated as a result of spin-off   (9,287)    
Distributions to noncontrolling interests   (1,023)   (1,139)
Proceeds from borrowings under revolving credit facility   22,125     
Repayments of borrowings under revolving credit facility   (22,125)    
Sale of Class B common stock.       10,000 
Proceeds from sale of interest and rights in Rafael Pharmaceuticals, Inc.       1,000 
Proceeds from sale of member interests in CS Pharma Holdings, LLC.       1,250 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options       835 
Repurchases of Class B common stock   (61)   (1,838)
           
Net cash used in financing activities   (22,048)   (3,047)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   (66)   (264)
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (39,074)   (38,085)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period, including $5,716 held for sale at July 31, 2017   96,060    109,537 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period, including $6,833 held for sale at April 30, 2018  $56,986   $71,452 
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities          
Net assets excluding cash and cash equivalents of Rafael deconsolidated as a result of spin-off  $(105,632)  $ 
Reclassification of liability for member interests in CS Pharma Holdings, LLC  $   $8,750 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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IDT CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

 

Note 1—Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of IDT Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “IDT”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2018. The balance sheet at July 31, 2017 has been derived from the Company’s audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, please refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2017, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

The Company’s fiscal year ends on July 31 of each calendar year. Each reference below to a fiscal year refers to the fiscal year ending in the calendar year indicated (e.g., fiscal 2018 refers to the fiscal year ending July 31, 2018).

 

Note 2— IDT Financial Services Holding Limited Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

 

On June 22, 2017, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary IDT Telecom, Inc. (“IDT Telecom”) entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with JAR Fintech Limited (“JAR Fintech”) and JAR Capital Limited to sell the capital stock of IDT Financial Services Holding Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Gibraltar and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDT Telecom (“IDTFS Holding”), to JAR Fintech. IDTFS Holding is the sole shareholder of IDT Financial Services Limited (“IDTFS”), a Gibraltar-based bank and e-money issuer, providing prepaid card solutions across the European Economic Area. The Share Purchase Agreement provides for an aggregate purchase price for the outstanding equity interests of IDTFS Holding of approximately $4.0 million plus an amount equal to the value of IDTFS’ net assets, to be paid at closing, subject to adjustments relating to customer assets of IDTFS. The net asset value of IDTFS was $14.3 million at April 30, 2018. A portion of the purchase price will be placed in escrow at closing and released to IDT Telecom once all of the conditions have been met under the Share Purchase Agreement. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and other customary conditions set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement. The remaining closing conditions are outside of the Company’s control and there can be no assurance that the sale will be completed. 

 

The pending disposition of IDTFS Holding did not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation and accordingly, its results of operations and cash flows have not been reclassified. The IDTFS Holding assets and liabilities held for sale included the following:

 

   April 30,
2018
   July 31,
2017
 
   (in thousands) 
Current assets held for sale:        
Cash and cash equivalents  $6,833   $5,716 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents   137,703    115,609 
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,631 and $2,550 at April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively   1,591    1,844 
Prepaid expenses   770    758 
Other current assets   532    340 
           
Total current assets held for sale  $147,429   $124,267 
           
Noncurrent assets held for sale:          
Property, plant and equipment, net  $15   $24 
Other intangibles, net   153    165 
Other assets   5,597    4,945 
           
Total noncurrent assets held for sale  $5,765   $5,134 
           
Current liabilities held for sale:          
Trade accounts payable  $1,049   $372 
Accrued expenses   205    226 
Customer deposits   137,055    114,689 
Other current liabilities   15    31 
           
Total current liabilities held for sale  $138,324   $115,318 
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale:          
Other liabilities  $570   $550 
Total noncurrent liabilities held for sale  $570   $550 

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IDTFS Holding is included in the Telecom & Payment Services segment. IDTFS Holding’s loss before income taxes and loss before income taxes attributable to the Company, which is included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, were as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Loss before income taxes  $(3)  $(631)  $(1,012)  $(457)
Loss before income taxes attributable to IDT Corporation  $(3)  $(631)  $(1,012)  $(457)

 

Note 3—Rafael Holdings, Inc. Spin-Off

 

On March 26, 2018, the Company completed a pro rata distribution of the common stock that the Company held in the Company’s subsidiary, Rafael Holdings, Inc. (“Rafael”), to the Company’s stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2018 (the “Rafael Spin-Off”). The disposition of Rafael did not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation and accordingly, Rafael’s assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows have not been reclassified. In connection with the Rafael Spin-Off, each of the Company’s stockholders received one share of Rafael Class A common stock for every two shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and one share of Rafael Class B common stock for every two shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, held of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2018. The Company received a legal opinion that the Rafael Spin-Off should qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Rafael owns the commercial real estate assets and interests in two clinical stage pharmaceutical companies that were previously held by the Company. The commercial real estate holdings consist of the Company’s headquarters building and its associated public garage in Newark, New Jersey, an office/data center building in Piscataway, New Jersey and a portion of a building in Israel that hosts offices for the Company and certain affiliates. The pharmaceutical holdings include debt interests and warrants in Rafael Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Rafael Pharma”), which is a clinical stage, oncology-focused pharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of therapies that exploit the metabolic differences between normal cells and cancer cells, and a majority equity interest in Lipomedix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Lipomedix”), a pharmaceutical development company based in Israel.

 

In March 2018, in connection with the Rafael Spin-Off, each holder of options to purchase an aggregate of 1.3 million shares of the Company’s Class B common stock shared ratably in a pool of options to purchase 0.6 million shares of Rafael Class B common stock. The Company accounted for the grant of the new options in Rafael as a modification. In the three months ended April 30, 2018, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense for the aggregate incremental value from the modification of $0.2 million.

 

The carrying amounts of Rafael’s assets and liabilities included as part of the disposal group in the Rafael Spin-Off were as follows (in thousands):

 

Cash and cash equivalents   $9,287 
Marketable securities    32,989 
Trade accounts receivable    53 
Other current assets    2,329 
Property, plant and equipment, net    50,624 
Investments    17,650 
Other assets    2,240 
Current liabilities    (159)
Other liabilities    (94)
Noncontrolling interests    (8,653)
Rafael equity   $106,266 

 

Rafael’s (loss) income before income taxes and (loss) income before income taxes attributable to the Company, which was included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, were as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
(Loss) income before income taxes  $(1,190)  $52   $(2,410)  $375 
                     
(Loss) income before income taxes attributable to IDT Corporation  $(1,062)  $52   $(2,107)  $375 

 

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Note 4—Marketable Securities

 

The following is a summary of marketable securities:

 

   Amortized Cost   Gross Unrealized Gains   Gross Unrealized Losses   Fair Value 
   (in thousands) 
Available-for-sale securities:                
April 30, 2018:                
Certificates of deposit*  $5,649   $   $   $5,649 
Equity   78    27        105 
U.S. Treasury notes   1,690        (1)   1,689 
Municipal bonds   3,132        (5)   3,127 
                     
Total  $10,549   $27   $(6)  $10,570 
July 31, 2017:                    
Certificates of deposit*  $29,011   $1   $(7)  $29,005 
Federal Government Sponsored Enterprise notes   3,992        (14)   3,978 
International agency notes   291            291 
Mutual funds   5,353    77        5,430 
Corporate bonds   4,643            4,643 
Equity   74        (26)   48 
U.S. Treasury notes   6,673            6,673 
Municipal bonds   8,201    4    (1)   8,204 
                     
Total  $58,238   $82   $(48)  $58,272 

 

*Each of the Company’s certificates of deposit has a CUSIP, was purchased in the secondary market through a broker, and may be sold in the secondary market.

 

At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the Company owned 24,923 and 23,227 shares, respectively, of Zedge, Inc. Class B common stock that had a fair value of $0.1 million and $48,000, respectively.

 

Proceeds from maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities were $5.0 million and $14.0 million in the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $36.7 million and $30.8 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The gross realized losses that were included in earnings as a result of sales were $7,000 and $16,000 in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively. The gross realized gains that were included in earnings as a result of sales were $26,000 and $0.3 million in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017, respectively. The Company uses the specific identification method in computing the gross realized gains and gross realized losses on the sales of marketable securities.

 

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The contractual maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale debt securities at April 30, 2018 were as follows:

 

   Fair Value 
   (in thousands) 
Within one year  $10,161 
After one year through five years   304 
After five years through ten years    
After ten years    
      
Total  $10,465 

 

The following available-for-sale securities were in an unrealized loss position for which other-than-temporary impairments have not been recognized:

 

   Unrealized Losses   Fair Value 
   (in thousands) 
April 30, 2018:        
U.S. Treasury notes  $1   $1,689 
Municipal bonds   5    3,127 
           
Total  $6   $4,816 
July 31, 2017:          
Certificates of deposit  $7   $12,155 
Federal Government Sponsored Enterprise notes   14    3,529 
Equity   26    48 
Municipal bonds   1    3,349 
           
Total  $48   $19,081 

 

At July 31, 2017, there were no securities in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer. At April 30, 2018, the following available-for-sale securities included in the table above were in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer:

 

   Unrealized Losses   Fair Value 
   (in thousands) 
Municipal bonds  $1   $343 

 

At April 30, 2018, the Company did not intend to sell the securities that were in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the securities before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be at maturity.

 

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Note 5—Fair Value Measurements

 

The following tables present the balance of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

   Level 1 (1)   Level 2 (2)   Level 3 (3)   Total 
   (in thousands) 
April 30, 2018                
Available-for-sale securities:                
Marketable securities  $1,794   $8,776   $   $10,570 
July 31, 2017                    
Available-for-sale securities:                    
Marketable securities  $12,151   $46,121   $   $58,272 
Rafael Pharma Series D Note           6,300    6,300 
Total  $12,151   $46,121   $6,300   $64,572 

 

(1) – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

(2) – observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities

(3) – no observable pricing inputs in the market

 

At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the Company did not have any liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

At July 31, 2017, the fair value of the Rafael Pharma Series D Note, which was classified as Level 3, was estimated based on a valuation of Rafael Pharma and other factors that could not be corroborated by the market.

 

The following table summarizes the change in the balance of the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). There were no liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Balance, beginning of period  $6,300   $4,200   $6,300   $2,000 
Purchases               2,200 
Rafael Spin-Off   (6,300)       (6,300)    
Balance, end of period  $   $4,200   $   $4,200 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for assets held at the end of the period  $   $   $   $ 

 

At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the Company had $4.8 million and $8.6 million, respectively, in investments in hedge funds, which were included in “Investments” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s investments in hedge funds are accounted for using the equity method or the cost method, therefore investments in hedge funds are not measured at fair value.

 

Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments

 

The estimated fair value of the Company’s other financial instruments was determined using available market information or other appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting these data to develop estimates of fair value. Consequently, the estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized or would be paid in a current market exchange.

 

Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, other current assets, customer deposits and other current liabilities. At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the carrying amount of these assets and liabilities approximated fair value because of the short period of time to maturity. The fair value estimates for cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents were classified as Level 1 and other current assets, customer deposits and other current liabilities were classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Other assets and other liabilities. At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the carrying amount of these assets and liabilities approximated fair value. The fair values were estimated based on the Company’s assumptions, which were classified as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

The Company’s investments at April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017 included investments in the equity of certain privately held entities and other investments that are accounted for at cost. It is not practicable to estimate the fair value of these investments because of the lack of a quoted market price for the shares of these entities, and the inability to estimate their fair value without incurring excessive cost. The carrying value of these investments was $3.0 million and $10.8 million at April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively, which the Company believes was not impaired.

 

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Note 6— Equity

 

Changes in the components of equity were as follows:

 

  

Nine Months Ended
April 30, 2018

 
   Attributable to IDT Corporation  

Noncontrolling Interests

  

Total

 
   (in thousands) 
Balance, July 31, 2017  $145,734   $8,823   $154,557 
Dividends declared ($0.47 per share)   (11,677)       (11,677)
Restricted Class B common stock purchased from employees   (61)       (61)
Transfer of right to receive equity to Howard S. Jonas       (40)   (40)
Consolidation of Lipomedix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.       558    558 
Distributions to noncontrolling interests       (1,023)   (1,023)
Rafael Spin-Off   (106,266)   (8,653)   (114,919)
Stock-based compensation   2,842        2,842 
Comprehensive loss:               
Net loss   (4,034)   698    (3,336)
Other comprehensive income   16        16 
Comprehensive loss   (4,018)   698    (3,320)
Balance, April 30, 2018  $26,554   $363   $26,917 

 

Dividend Payments

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2018, the Company paid aggregate cash dividends of $0.47 per share on its Class A common stock and Class B common stock, or $11.7 million in total. In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, the Company paid aggregate cash dividends of $0.57 per share on its Class A common stock and Class B common stock, or $13.2 million in total.

 

On June 4, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.09 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 to holders of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The dividend will be paid on or about June 29, 2018 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 19, 2018.

 

Stock Repurchases

 

The Company has a stock repurchase program for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of 8.0 million shares of the Company’s Class B common stock. There were no repurchases under the program in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 or 2017. At April 30, 2018, 8.0 million shares remained available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program.

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company paid $0.1 million and $1.8 million, respectively, to repurchase 5,170 shares and 94,338 shares, respectively, of Class B common stock that were tendered by employees of the Company to satisfy the employees’ tax withholding obligations in connection with the lapsing of restrictions on awards of restricted stock. Such shares were repurchased by the Company based on their fair market value on the trading day immediately prior to the vesting date.

 

Transfer of Right to Receive Equity to Howard S. Jonas

 

The Company’s former 90%-owned non-operating subsidiary, IDT-Rafael Holdings, LLC (“IDT-Rafael Holdings”), had the contractual right to receive additional shares of Rafael Pharma representing 10% of the outstanding capital stock of Rafael Pharma that will be issued upon the occurrence of certain events, none of which had been satisfied at the time of the Rafael Spin-Off. On September 14, 2017, IDT-Rafael Holdings distributed this right to its members on a pro rata basis such that the Company received the right to 9% of the outstanding capital stock of Rafael Pharma and Howard S. Jonas, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, and Chairman of the Board of Rafael Pharma, received the right to 1% of the outstanding capital stock of Rafael Pharma. In addition, as compensation for assuming the role of Chairman of the Board of Rafael Pharma, and to create additional incentive to contribute to the success of Rafael Pharma, on September 19, 2017, the Company transferred its right to receive 9% of the outstanding capital stock of Rafael Pharma to Mr. Jonas.

 

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Consolidation of Lipomedix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 

In November 2017, the Company purchased additional shares of Lipomedix that increased the Company’s ownership to 50.6% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Lipomedix. The Company began consolidating Lipomedix because of this share purchase.

 

2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

 

On December 14, 2017, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 0.3 million shares.

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, the Company received proceeds from the exercise of its stock options of $0.8 million. There were no stock option exercises in the nine months ended April 30, 2018. In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, the Company issued 73,471 shares of its Class B common stock for the stock option exercises.

 

Proposed Sale of Shares to Howard S. Jonas

 

On April 16, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors and its Corporate Governance Committee approved an arrangement with Howard S. Jonas related to the purchase of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock by Mr. Jonas. Under the arrangement, Mr. Jonas has agreed to purchase 2,546,689 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock at a price per share of $5.89, which was the closing price for the Class B common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 16, 2018 (the last closing price before approval of the arrangement) for an aggregate purchase price of $15 million. 

 

The arrangement is subject to approval of the stockholders of the Company, and no shares will be issued unless such approval is obtained. Mr. Jonas has agreed to vote in favor of the arrangement when it is submitted to the stockholders. The Company has agreed to present the matter to its stockholders at the next meeting of stockholders to be held. 

 

On May 31, 2018, Mr. Jonas paid $1.5 million of the purchase price. The remainder of the purchase price will be payable following approval of the stockholders of the Company, and the shares will be issued upon payment in full. 

 

The purchase price per share will be reduced by the amount of any dividends whose record date is between the date hereof and the issuance of the shares.

 

Note 7— Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to all classes of common stockholders of the Company by the weighted average number of shares of all classes of common stock outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings per share is computed in the same manner as basic earnings per share, except that the number of shares is increased to include restricted stock still subject to risk of forfeiture and to assume exercise of potentially dilutive stock options using the treasury stock method, unless the effect of such increase is anti-dilutive.

 

The weighted-average number of shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders consists of the following:

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Basic weighted-average number of shares    24,675    23,054    24,649    22,845 
Effect of dilutive securities:                    
Stock options               49 
Non-vested restricted Class B common stock               95 
Diluted weighted-average number of shares   24,675    23,054    24,649    22,989 

 

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The following shares were excluded from the diluted earnings per share computation:

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Stock options   1,253    273    1,253    20 
Non-vested restricted Class B common stock   191    212    191     
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share   1,444    485    1,444    20 

 

In the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, and in the three months ended April 30, 2017, the diluted loss per share equals basic loss per share because the Company had a net loss and the impact of the assumed exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock would have been anti-dilutive. In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, stock options with an exercise price that was greater than the average market price of the Company’s stock during the period were excluded from the diluted earnings per share computation.

 

Note 8—Severance Expense

 

In the three months ended April 30, 2018, and after completion of the Rafael Spin-Off, the Company commenced implementation of an internal restructuring that is expected to result in a reduction of the Company’s global employee base by approximately 11% from the level at January 31, 2018. Reductions will be in the IDT Telecom division and at the corporate level, and will span across the Company’s geographic locations. At April 30, 2018, the impacted employees had been notified of termination or resigned. In the three months ended April 30, 2018, the Company recorded severance expense in an aggregate amount of $3.7 million. At April 30, 2018, the accrued severance expense balance was $3.2 million, which is included in “Accrued expenses” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

 

Note 9—Revolving Credit Facility

 

The Company’s subsidiary, IDT Telecom, entered into a credit agreement, dated July 12, 2012, with TD Bank, N.A. for a line of credit facility for up to a maximum principal amount of $25.0 million. The credit agreement was amended as of January 31, 2018. IDT Telecom may use the proceeds to finance working capital requirements, acquisitions and for other general corporate purposes. The line of credit facility is secured by primarily all of IDT Telecom’s assets. The principal outstanding bears interest per annum, at the option of IDT Telecom, at either (a) the U.S. Prime Rate less 125 basis points, or (b) the LIBOR rate adjusted by the Regulation D maximum reserve requirement plus 125 basis points. Interest is payable monthly and all outstanding principal and any accrued and unpaid interest is due on the maturity date of January 31, 2020. At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, there were no amounts outstanding under the facility. The Company intends to borrow under the facility from time to time. IDT Telecom pays a quarterly unused commitment fee of 0.325% per annum on the average daily balance of the unused portion of the $25.0 million commitment. IDT Telecom is required to comply with various affirmative and negative covenants as well as maintain certain financial targets and ratios during the term of the line of credit, including restrictions on dividend payments on IDT Telecom capital stock and restrictions on IDT Telecom’s aggregate loans and advances to affiliates or subsidiaries.

 

Note 10—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

The accumulated balances for each classification of other comprehensive income were as follows:

 

   Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Available-for-Sale Securities   Foreign Currency Translation   Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss   Location of (Gain) Loss Recognized
   (in thousands)
Balance, July 31, 2017  $2,134   $(4,477)  $(2,343)   
Rafael Spin-Off   (1,991)   (279)   (2,270)   
Other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IDT Corporation before reclassifications   (138)   138        
Less: reclassification for loss included in net loss   16        16   Other (expense) income, net
Net other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IDT Corporation   (122)   138    16    
Balance, April 30, 2018  $21   $(4,618)  $(4,597)   

 

At July 31, 2017, unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities included unrealized gain of $2.1 million on the Rafael Pharma Series D Note.

 

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Note 11—Business Segment Information

 

The Company has two reportable business segments, Telecom & Payment Services (formerly known as Telecom Platform Services) and net2phone-Unified Communications as a Service (“net2phone-UCaaS”) (formerly known as UCaaS). The Company’s reportable segments are distinguished by types of service, customers and methods used to provide their services. The operating results of these business segments are regularly reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker.

 

Telecom & Payment Services and net2phone-UCaaS comprise the IDT Telecom division. The Telecom & Payment Services segment provides retail telecommunications and payment offerings as well as wholesale international long distance traffic termination. The net2phone-UCaaS segment is comprised of (1) cable telephony, (2) cloud-based private branch exchange, or PBX, services offered to enterprise customers through value-added resellers, service providers, telecom agents and managed service providers, and (3) Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, trunking, which supports inbound and outbound domestic and international calling from an IP PBX.

 

Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the Telecom & Payment Services segment includes Consumer Phone Services, which was previously reported as a separate segment. Consumer Phone Services provides consumer local and long distance services in certain U.S. states. Comparative results have been reclassified and restated as if Consumer Phone Services was included in Telecom & Payment Services in all periods presented.

 

Operating segments not reportable individually are included in All Other. Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, All Other includes only the Company’s real estate holdings and other investments that were included in the Rafael Spin-Off. A small business that was previously included in All Other has been reclassified to Telecom & Payment Services, and certain other cost centers have been reclassified to Corporate. Comparative results have been reclassified and restated as if these businesses and costs were included in Telecom & Payment Services or Corporate in all periods presented.

 

Corporate costs include certain services, such as compensation, consulting fees, treasury and accounts payable, tax and accounting services, human resources and payroll, corporate purchasing, corporate governance including Board of Directors’ fees, internal and external audit, investor relations, corporate insurance, corporate legal, business development, and other corporate-related general and administrative expenses including, among others, facilities costs, charitable contributions and travel, as well as depreciation expense on corporate assets. Corporate does not generate any revenues, nor does it incur any direct cost of revenues.

 

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as the accounting policies of the Company as a whole. The Company evaluates the performance of its business segments based primarily on income (loss) from operations. IDT Telecom depreciation and amortization are allocated to Telecom & Payment Services and net2phone-UCaaS because the related assets are not tracked separately by segment. There are no other significant asymmetrical allocations to segments.

 

Operating results for the business segments of the Company are as follows:

 

(in thousands)

  Telecom
& Payment
Services
   net2phone-UCaaS   All Other   Corporate   Total 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2018                    
Revenues   $356,362   $9,086   $(38)  $   $365,410 
Income (loss) from operations    3,101    (769)   (1,138)   (2,887)   (1,693)
Severance    3,592            66    3,658 
Other operating expense                (345)   (345)
                          
Three Months Ended April 30, 2017                         
Revenues   $362,060   $7,408   $567   $   $370,035 
Income (loss) from operations    6,022    (456)   (120)   (11,948)   (6,502)
Other operating expense    (63)           (10,100)   (10,163)
                          
Nine Months Ended April 30, 2018                         
Revenues   $1,128,510   $25,172   $1,166   $   $1,154,848 
Income (loss) from operations    11,974    (2,233)   (2,600)   (9,231)   (2,090)
Severance    4,197            96    4,293 
Other operating expense                (1,970)   (1,970)
                          
Nine Months Ended April 30, 2017                         
Revenues   $1,083,495   $21,686   $1,561   $   $1,106,742 
Income (loss) from operations    19,755    (1,094)   26    (16,875)   1,812 
Other operating expense    (63)           (11,188)   (11,251)

 

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Note 12—Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On May 21, 2018, Erik Dennis filed a putative class action against IDT Telecom and the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia alleging violations of Do Not Call Regulations promulgated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The Company is evaluating the claim, and at this stage, is unable to estimate its potential liability, if any. The Company intends to vigorously defend this matter.

 

On May 2, 2018, Jean Carlos Sanchez filed a putative class action against IDT Telecom in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging that the Company sent unauthorized marketing messages to cellphones in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. The Company is evaluating the claim, and at this stage, is unable to estimate its potential liability, if any. The Company intends to vigorously defend this matter.

 

On April 24, 2018, Sprint Communications Company L.P. filed a patent infringement claim against the Company and certain of its affiliates in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,298,064; 6,330,224; 6,343,084; 6,452,932; 6,463,052; 6,473,429; 6,563,918; 6,633,561; 6,697,340; 6,999,463; 7,286,561; 7,324,534; 7,327,728; 7,505,454; and 7,693,131. Plaintiff is seeking damages and injunctive relief. The Company is evaluating the claim, and at this stage, is unable to estimate its potential liability, if any. The Company intends to vigorously defend this matter.

  

On July 31, 2013, the Company completed a pro rata distribution of the common stock of the Company’s subsidiary Straight Path Communications Inc. (“Straight Path”) to the Company’s stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 25, 2013 (the “Straight Path Spin-Off”). On July 5, 2017, plaintiff JDS1, LLC, on behalf of itself and all other similarly situated stockholders of Straight Path, and derivatively on behalf of Straight Path as nominal defendant, filed a putative class action and derivative complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware against the Company, The Patrick Henry Trust (a trust formed by Howard S. Jonas that held record and beneficial ownership of certain shares of Straight Path he formerly held), Howard S. Jonas, and each of Straight Path’s directors. The complaint alleges that the Company aided and abetted Straight Path Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Davidi Jonas, and Howard S. Jonas in his capacity as controlling stockholder of Straight Path, in breaching their fiduciary duties to Straight Path in connection with the settlement of claims between Straight Path and the Company related to potential indemnification claims concerning Straight Path’s obligations under the Consent Decree it entered into with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), as well as the proposed sale of Straight Path’s subsidiary Straight Path IP Group, Inc. (“SPIP”) to the Company in connection with that settlement. That action was consolidated with a similar action that was initiated by The Arbitrage Fund. The Plaintiffs are seeking, among other things, (i) a declaration that the action may be maintained as a class action or in the alternative, that demand on the Straight Path Board is excused; (ii) that the term sheet is invalid; (iii) awarding damages for the unfair price stockholders are receiving in the merger between Straight Path and Verizon Communications Inc. for their shares of Straight Path’s Class B common stock; and (iv) ordering Howard S. Jonas, Davidi Jonas, and the Company to disgorge any profits for the benefit of the class Plaintiffs. On August 28, 2017, the Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. On September 24, 2017, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. The Company intends to vigorously defend the action. On November 20, 2017, the Delaware Chancery Court issued an order staying the case pending the closing of the transaction between Verizon and Straight Path on the grounds that the claims are not ripe. That transaction closed on February 28, 2018 and the Court was so notified. In the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, the Company incurred legal fees of $0.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively, related to this putative class action, which is included in “Other operating expenses” in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

On May 5, 2004, the Company filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking injunctive relief and damages against Tyco Group, S.A.R.L., Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc. (f/k/a TyCom (US) Inc.), Tyco International, Ltd., Tyco International (US) Inc., and TyCom Ltd. (collectively “Tyco”). The Company alleged that Tyco breached a settlement agreement that it had entered into with the Company to resolve certain disputes and civil actions among the parties. The Company alleged that Tyco did not provide the Company, as required under the settlement agreement, free of charge and for the Company’s exclusive use, a 15-year indefeasible right to use four Wavelengths in Ring Configuration (as defined in the settlement agreement) on a global undersea fiber optic network that Tyco was deploying at that time. After extensive proceedings, including several decisions and appeals, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision to dismiss the Company’s claim and denied the Company’s motion for re-argument of that decision. On June 23, 2015, the Company filed a new summons and complaint against Tyco in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York alleging that Tyco breached the settlement agreement. In September 2015, Tyco filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which the Company opposed. Oral argument was held on March 9, 2016. On October 17, 2016, the judge granted Tyco’s motion and dismissed the complaint. In August 2017, the Company filed an appeal, which Tyco opposed. On November 22, 2017, oral argument was held on the appeal. On December 21, 2017, the Company’s appeal was denied. On January 22, 2018, the Company filed a motion for leave to appeal to the New York Court of Appeals. On February 6, 2018, Tyco opposed the Company’s motion. The First Department denied the Company’s motion for leave to appeal to the New York Court of Appeals. On May 3, 2018, the Company filed a motion for leave directly to the Court of Appeals.

 

In addition to the foregoing, the Company is subject to other legal proceedings that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and have not been finally adjudicated. Although there can be no assurance in this regard, the Company believes that none of the other legal proceedings to which the Company is a party will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

 

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Regulatory Fees Audit

 

The Company’s 2017 FCC Form 499-A, which reports its calendar year 2016 revenue, related to payments due to the FCC, is currently under audit by the Internal Audit Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company. At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the Company’s accrued expenses included $39.4 million and $43.5 million, respectively, for these regulatory fees for the years covered by the audit and subsequent years.

 

Purchase Commitments

 

The Company had purchase commitments of $87.4 million at April 30, 2018, including the aggregate commitment of $85.6 million under the Reciprocal Services Agreement described below.

 

Reciprocal Services Agreement

 

In August 2017, the Company entered into a Reciprocal Services Agreement with a telecom operator in Central America for a full range of services, including, but not limited to, termination of inbound and outbound international long-distance voice calls. The Company has committed to pay such telecom operator monthly committed amounts during the term of the agreement. In addition, under certain limited circumstances, the parties may renegotiate the amount of the monthly payments. In the event the parties do not agree on re-pricing terms after good faith negotiations, then either party has the right to terminate the agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company deposited $9.2 million into an escrow account as security for the benefit of the telecom operator, which is included in “Other current assets” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

 

Performance Bonds

 

IDT Payment Services and IDT Telecom have performance bonds issued through third parties for the benefit of various states in order to comply with the states’ financial requirements for money remittance licenses and telecommunications resellers, respectively. At April 30, 2018, the Company had aggregate performance bonds of $15.8 million outstanding.

 

Substantially Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company treats unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by IDT Payment Services, which provides the Company’s international money transfer services in the United States, as substantially restricted and unavailable for other purposes. At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, “Cash and cash equivalents” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets included an aggregate of $9.4 million and $10.8 million, respectively, held by IDT Payment Services that was unavailable for other purposes.

 

Indemnification Claims

 

Two customers of the Company have sought indemnification from the Company related to patent infringement claims brought against those customers by a third party.

  

Straight Path Communications Inc. Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release

 

The Company entered into various agreements with Straight Path prior to the Straight Path Spin-Off including a Separation and Distribution Agreement to affect the separation and provide a framework for the Company’s relationship with Straight Path after the spin-off. On September 20, 2016, the Company received a letter of inquiry from the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC requesting certain information and materials related to an investigation of potential violations by Straight Path Spectrum LLC (formerly a subsidiary of the Company and currently a subsidiary of Straight Path) in connection with licenses to operate on the 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands of the Fixed Microwave Services. The Company has cooperated with the FCC in this matter and has responded to the letter of inquiry. If the FCC were to pursue separate action against the Company, the FCC could seek to fine or impose regulatory penalties or civil liability on the Company related to activities during the period of ownership by the Company.

 

The Separation and Distribution Agreement provides for the Company and Straight Path to indemnify each other for certain liabilities. The Company and Straight Path each communicated that it was entitled to indemnification from the other in connection with the inquiry described above and related matters. On October 24, 2017, the Company, Straight Path, SPIP and PR-SP IP Holdings LLC (“PR-SP”), an entity owned by Howard Jonas, entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release that provides for, among other things, the settlement and mutual release of potential liabilities and claims that may exist or arise under the Separation and Distribution Agreement between the Company and Straight Path. In exchange for the mutual release, in October 2017, the Company paid Straight Path an aggregate of $16 million in cash, Straight Path transferred to the Company its majority ownership interest in Straight Path IP Group Holding, Inc. (“New SPIP”), which holds the equity of SPIP, the entity that holds intellectual property primarily related to communications over computer networks, subject to the right to receive 22% of the net proceeds, if any, received by SPIP from licenses, settlements, awards or judgments involving any of the patent rights and certain transfers of the patents or related rights, that will be retained by Straight Path’s stockholders (such equity interest, subject to the retained interest right, the “IP Interest”), and the Company undertook certain funding and other obligations related to SPIP. The Settlement Agreement and Release allocates (i) $10 million of the payment and the retained interest right to the settlement of claims and the mutual release and (ii) $6 million to the transfer of the IP Interest. 

 

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On October 24, 2017, the Company sold its entire majority interests in New SPIP to PR-SP in exchange for $6 million and the assumption by PR-SP of the funding and other obligations undertaken by the Company.

 

Note 13—Other (Expense) Income, Net

 

Other (expense) income, net consists of the following:

 

   Three Months Ended
April 30,
   Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in thousands) 
Foreign currency transaction (losses) gains  $(653)  $(409)  $(1,211)  $921 
(Loss) gain on sale of marketable securities   (7)   26    (16)   331 
(Loss) gain on investments   (66)   113    (7)   408 
Other   14    (137)   66    (95)
Total other (expense) income, net  $(712)  $(407)  $(1,168)  $1,565 

 

Note 14—Income Tax and New Jersey Corporation Business Tax

 

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018”, which is commonly referred to as “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act reduces the U.S. federal statutory corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% effective January 1, 2018, requires companies to pay a one-time repatriation tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred (“transition tax”), and makes other changes to the U.S. income tax code. Due to the Company’s July 31 fiscal year-end, the lower corporate income tax rate is phased in, resulting in a blended U.S. federal statutory tax rate of approximately 26.9% for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 31, 2018, and 21.0% for the Company’s fiscal years thereafter.

 

On December 22, 2017, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), expressing its views regarding the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)’s Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes, in the reporting period that includes the enactment date of the Tax Act. SAB 118 recognizes that a registrant’s review of certain income tax effects of the Tax Act may be incomplete at the time financial statements are issued for the reporting period that includes the enactment date, including interim periods therein. Specifically, SAB 118 allows a company to report provisional estimates in the reporting period that includes the enactment date if the company does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or fully analyzed for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act. The provisional estimates would be adjusted during a measurement period not to exceed 12 months from the enactment date of the Tax Act, at which time the accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act is required to be completed.

 

As of April 30, 2018, the Company had not completed its accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act; however, the Company had made a reasonable estimate of the effect on its existing AMT credit carry-over. Because the AMT credit will be refundable if not utilized in the next four years, the Company reversed the valuation allowance that offset the AMT credit. As a result, in the nine months ended April 30, 2018, the Company recorded a noncurrent receivable and an income tax benefit of $3.3 million for the anticipated refund. The reduction in the corporate tax rate is not expected to impact the Company’s results of operations or financial position in the foreseeable future because the income tax benefit from the reduced tax rate will be offset by the valuation allowance.

 

The transition tax is based on total post-1986 earnings and profits which were previously deferred from U.S. income taxes. The Company expects to utilize net operating loss carryforwards to offset any transition tax that it may incur. Therefore, the Company did not record any provisional income tax expense for the transition tax for its foreign subsidiaries. At April 30, 2018, the undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries continued to be permanently reinvested. The Company is currently reevaluating the need to repatriate future earnings of its foreign subsidiaries due to the reduction in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities because of the Rafael Spin-Off. The Company has not provided for additional income or withholding taxes for the undistributed earnings or for any additional outside basis differences with respect to the foreign entities. The Company continues to review the anticipated impacts of the global intangible low taxed income (“GILTI”) and base erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”), which are not effective until August 1, 2018. The Company has not recorded any impact associated with either GILTI or BEAT in the nine months ended April 30, 2018.

 

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The Company anticipates that its assumptions and estimates may change as a result of future guidance and interpretation from the Internal Revenue Service, the SEC, the FASB, and various other taxing jurisdictions. In particular, the Company anticipates that the U.S. state jurisdictions will continue to determine and announce their conformity or decoupling from the Tax Act, either in its entirety or with respect to specific provisions. Legislative and interpretive actions could result in adjustments to the Company’s provisional estimates when the accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act is completed. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the Tax Act on its financial statements, and will record the effect of any reasonable changes in its estimates and adjustments.

 

Elmion Netherlands B.V. Deferred Tax Assets

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, the Company determined that its valuation allowance on the losses of Elmion Netherlands B.V., a Netherlands subsidiary, was no longer required due to an internal reorganization that generated income and a projection of income in future periods. The Company recorded a benefit from income taxes of $16.6 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2017 from the full recognition of the Elmion Netherlands B.V. deferred tax assets.

 

New Jersey Corporation Business Tax

 

In September 2017, the Company, IDT Domestic Telecom, Inc. (a subsidiary of the Company) and certain other affiliates, were certified by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority as having met all of the requirements of the Grow New Jersey Assistance Act Tax Credit Program. The corporation business tax credits to be received are a maximum of $21.1 million. The Company may claim a tax credit each tax year for ten years beginning in 2017. The tax credit can be applied to 100% of the Company’s New Jersey tax liability each year, and the unused amount of the annual credit can be carried forward. In addition, the Company may apply for a tax credit transfer certificate to sell unused tax credits to another business. The tax credits must be sold for no less than 75% of the value of the tax credits. The tax credits are subject to reduction, forfeiture and recapture if, among other things, the number of full-time employees declines below the program or statewide minimum.

 

Note 15—Recently Issued Accounting Standard Not Yet Adopted

 

In May 2014, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board jointly issued a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard that will supersede most of the current revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The goals of the revenue recognition project were to clarify and converge the revenue recognition principles under U.S. GAAP and IFRS and to develop guidance that would streamline and enhance revenue recognition requirements. Entities have the option of using either a full retrospective or modified retrospective approach for the adoption of the standard. The Company expects to adopt this standard on August 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. The Company has identified its main revenue streams, which include Boss Revolution PIN-less calling revenue, wholesale carrier services revenue, and domestic and international airtime top-up revenue. The Company is currently reviewing contracts and other relevant documents related to its wholesale carrier services revenue, and its Boss Revolution calling service retailer and direct to consumer revenue streams, to determine how to apply the new standard to these revenue streams. The Company expects to continue its review and evaluation for its other revenue streams in fiscal 2018. Currently, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the impact that the adoption of the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to provide more information about recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. The amendments in the ASU include, among other changes, the following: (1) equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method or that result in consolidation) will be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (2) a qualitative assessment each reporting period to identify impairment of equity investments without readily determinable fair values, (3) financial assets and financial liabilities will be presented separately by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or the notes to the financial statements, and (4) an entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the entity’s other deferred tax assets. Entities will no longer be able to recognize unrealized holding gains and losses on equity securities classified as available-for-sale in other comprehensive income. In addition, a practicability exception will be available for equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values and do not qualify for the net asset value practical expedient. These investments may be measured at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer. Entities will have to reassess at each reporting period whether an investment qualifies for this practicability exception. The Company will adopt the amendments in this ASU on August 1, 2018. The Company does not expect the adoption of the ASU to have a significant effect on its consolidated financial statements. 

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU related to the accounting for leases. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The Company will adopt the new standard on August 1, 2019. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Company is evaluating the impact that the new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements. 

 

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In June 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments. For receivables, loans and other instruments, entities will be required to use a new forward-looking “expected loss” model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for losses. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, entities will measure credit losses in a manner similar to current practice, except the losses will be recognized as allowances instead of reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. In addition, an entity will have to disclose significantly more information about allowances, credit quality indicators and past due securities. The new provisions will be applied as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. The Company will adopt the new standard on August 1, 2020. The Company is evaluating the impact that the new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that includes specific guidance on the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this ASU require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents will be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of the period and end of the period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The ASU will be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Company will adopt the amendments in this ASU on August 1, 2018. The adoption will impact the Company’s beginning of the period and end of the period cash and cash equivalents balance in its statement of cash flows, as well as its net cash provided by operating activities.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued an ASU to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. Under the current guidance, there are three elements of a business—inputs, processes, and outputs. While an integrated set of assets and activities (collectively referred to as a “set”) that is a business usually has outputs, outputs are not required to be present. In addition, all the inputs and processes that a seller uses in operating a set are not required if market participants can acquire the set and continue to produce outputs, for example, by integrating the acquired set with their own inputs and processes. The amendments in this ASU provide a screen to determine when a set is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. This screen reduces the number of transactions that need to be further evaluated. If the screen is not met, the amendments in this ASU (1) require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and (2) remove the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. The amendments provide a framework to assist entities in evaluating whether both an input and a substantive process are present. The framework includes two sets of criteria to consider that depend on whether a set has outputs. Although outputs are not required for a set to be a business, outputs generally are a key element of a business; therefore, the FASB has developed more stringent criteria for sets without outputs. Lastly, the ASU narrows the definition of the term output. The Company will adopt the amendments in this ASU prospectively on August 1, 2018. The Company does not expect any impact on its consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

In May 2017, the FASB issued an ASU to provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. Pursuant to this ASU, an entity should account for the effects of a modification unless all the following are met: (1) the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the modified award is the same as the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the original award immediately before the original award is modified (if the modification does not affect any of the inputs to the valuation technique that the entity uses to value the award, the entity is not required to estimate the value immediately before and after the modification); (2) the vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified; and (3) the classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. The Company will adopt the amendments in this ASU prospectively to an award modified on or after on August 1, 2018. The Company does not expect any impact on its consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

In August 2017, the FASB issued an ASU intended to improve the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. In addition, the ASU includes certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of hedge accounting guidance in U.S. GAAP. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company on August 1, 2019. Early application is permitted. Entities will apply the amendments to cash flow and net investment hedge relationships that exist on the date of adoption using a modified retrospective approach. The presentation and disclosure requirements will be applied prospectively. The Company is evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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

 

The following information should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the associated notes thereto of this Quarterly Report, and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2017, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or SEC).

 

As used below, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “the Company,” “IDT,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to IDT Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its predecessor, International Discount Telecommunications, Corp., a New York corporation, and their subsidiaries, collectively.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements that contain the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” and similar words and phrases. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results projected in any forward-looking statement. In addition to the factors specifically noted in the forward-looking statements, other important factors, risks and uncertainties that could result in those differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under Item 1A to Part I “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2017. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this report and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Investors should consult all of the information set forth in this report and the other information set forth from time to time in our reports filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2017.

 

Overview

 

We are a multinational holding company with operations primarily in the telecommunications and payment industries. We have two reportable business segments, Telecom & Payment Services (formerly known as Telecom Platform Services) and net2phone-Unified Communications as a Service, or net2phone-UCaaS (formerly known as UCaaS). The Telecom & Payment Services segment provides retail telecommunications and payment offerings as well as wholesale international long distance traffic termination. The net2phone-UCaaS segment is comprised of (1) cable telephony, (2) cloud-based private branch exchange, or PBX, services offered to enterprise customers exclusively through value-added resellers, service providers, telecom agents and managed service providers, and (3) Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, trunking, which supports inbound and outbound domestic and international calling from an IP PBX. Telecom & Payment Services and net2phone-UCaaS comprise our IDT Telecom division.

 

On March 26, 2018, we completed the Rafael Spin-Off, which was a pro rata distribution of the common stock of our subsidiary, Rafael Holdings, Inc., or Rafael, to our stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2018. The disposition of Rafael did not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation and accordingly, Rafael’s assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows have not been reclassified. In connection with the Rafael Spin-Off, each of our stockholders received one share of Rafael Class A common stock for every two shares of our Class A common stock and one share of Rafael Class B common stock for every two shares of our Class B common stock, held of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2018. We received a legal opinion that the Rafael Spin-Off should qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Rafael owns the commercial real estate assets and interests in two clinical stage pharmaceutical companies that we previously held. The commercial real estate holdings consist of our headquarters building and its associated public garage in Newark, New Jersey, an office/data center building in Piscataway, New Jersey and a portion of a building in Israel that hosts offices for us and certain affiliates. The pharmaceutical holdings include debt interests and warrants in Rafael Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Rafael Pharma, which is a clinical stage, oncology-focused pharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of therapies that exploit the metabolic differences between normal cells and cancer cells, and a majority equity interest in Lipomedix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., or Lipomedix, a pharmaceutical development company based in Israel. In addition, prior to the Rafael Spin-Off, we transferred assets to Rafael such that, at the time of the Rafael Spin-Off, Rafael had $42.3 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, plus approximately $6 million in hedge fund and other investments.

 

Operating segments not reportable individually are included in All Other. Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, All Other includes only our real estate holdings and other investments that were included in the Rafael Spin-Off. A small business that was previously included in All Other has been reclassified to Telecom & Payment Services, and certain other cost centers have been reclassified to Corporate. Comparative results have been reclassified and restated as if these businesses and costs were included in Telecom & Payment Services or Corporate in all periods presented.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2017. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s most subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Our critical accounting policies include those related to the allowance for doubtful accounts, goodwill, valuation of long-lived and intangible assets, income taxes and regulatory agency fees, and IDT Telecom direct cost of revenues—disputed amounts. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. For additional discussion of our critical accounting policies, see our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2017.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standard Not Yet Adopted

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, and the International Accounting Standards Board jointly issued a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard that will supersede most of the current revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS. The goals of the revenue recognition project were to clarify and converge the revenue recognition principles under U.S. GAAP and IFRS and to develop guidance that would streamline and enhance revenue recognition requirements. Entities have the option of using either a full retrospective or modified retrospective approach for the adoption of the standard. We expect to adopt this standard on August 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. We have identified our main revenue streams, which include Boss Revolution PIN-less calling revenue, wholesale carrier services revenue, and domestic and international airtime top-up revenue. We are currently reviewing contracts and other relevant documents related to our wholesale carrier services revenue, and our Boss Revolution calling service retailer and direct to consumer revenue streams, to determine how to apply the new standard to these revenue streams. We expect to continue our review and evaluation for our other revenue streams in fiscal 2018. Currently, we cannot reasonably estimate the impact that the adoption of the standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to provide more information about recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. The amendments in the ASU include, among other changes, the following: (1) equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method or that result in consolidation) will be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (2) a qualitative assessment each reporting period to identify impairment of equity investments without readily determinable fair values, (3) financial assets and financial liabilities will be presented separately by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or the notes to the financial statements, and (4) an entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the entity’s other deferred tax assets. Entities will no longer be able to recognize unrealized holding gains and losses on equity securities classified as available-for-sale in other comprehensive income. In addition, a practicability exception will be available for equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values and do not qualify for the net asset value practical expedient. These investments may be measured at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer. Entities will have to reassess at each reporting period whether an investment qualifies for this practicability exception. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU on August 1, 2018. We do not expect the adoption of the ASU to have a significant effect on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU related to the accounting for leases. The new standard establishes a right-of-use, or ROU, model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. We will adopt the new standard on August 1, 2019. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. We are evaluating the impact that the new standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments. For receivables, loans and other instruments, entities will be required to use a new forward-looking “expected loss” model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for losses. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, entities will measure credit losses in a manner similar to current practice, except the losses will be recognized as allowances instead of reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. In addition, an entity will have to disclose significantly more information about allowances, credit quality indicators and past due securities. The new provisions will be applied as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. We will adopt the new standard on August 1, 2020. We are evaluating the impact that the new standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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In November 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that includes specific guidance on the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this ASU require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents will be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of the period and end of the period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The ASU will be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU on August 1, 2018. The adoption will impact our beginning of the period and end of the period cash and cash equivalents balance in our statement of cash flows, as well as our net cash provided by operating activities.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued an ASU to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. Under the current guidance, there are three elements of a business—inputs, processes, and outputs. While an integrated set of assets and activities (collectively referred to as a “set”) that is a business usually has outputs, outputs are not required to be present. In addition, all the inputs and processes that a seller uses in operating a set are not required if market participants can acquire the set and continue to produce outputs, for example, by integrating the acquired set with their own inputs and processes. The amendments in this ASU provide a screen to determine when a set is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. This screen reduces the number of transactions that need to be further evaluated. If the screen is not met, the amendments in this ASU (1) require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and (2) remove the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. The amendments provide a framework to assist entities in evaluating whether both an input and a substantive process are present. The framework includes two sets of criteria to consider that depend on whether a set has outputs. Although outputs are not required for a set to be a business, outputs generally are a key element of a business; therefore, the FASB has developed more stringent criteria for sets without outputs. Lastly, the ASU narrows the definition of the term output. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU prospectively on August 1, 2018. We do not expect any impact on our consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

In May 2017, the FASB issued an ASU to provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. Pursuant to this ASU, an entity should account for the effects of a modification unless all the following are met: (1) the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the modified award is the same as the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the original award immediately before the original award is modified (if the modification does not affect any of the inputs to the valuation technique that the entity uses to value the award, the entity is not required to estimate the value immediately before and after the modification); (2) the vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified; and (3) the classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU prospectively to an award modified on or after on August 1, 2018. We do not expect any impact on our consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

In August 2017, the FASB issued an ASU intended to improve the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. In addition, the ASU includes certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of hedge accounting guidance in U.S. GAAP. The amendments in this ASU are effective for us on August 1, 2019. Early application is permitted. Entities will apply the amendments to cash flow and net investment hedge relationships that exist on the date of adoption using a modified retrospective approach. The presentation and disclosure requirements will be applied prospectively. We are evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three and Nine Months Ended April 30, 2018 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended April 30, 2017

 

We evaluate the performance of our operating business segments based primarily on income (loss) from operations. Accordingly, the income and expense line items below income (loss) from operations are only included in our discussion of the consolidated results of operations.

 

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Telecom & Payment Services Segment

 

Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the Telecom & Payment Services segment includes Consumer Phone Services, which was previously reported as a separate segment. Consumer Phone Services provides consumer local and long distance services in certain U.S. states. Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Telecom & Payment Services segment includes a small business that was previously included in All Other. Comparative results have been reclassified and restated as if Consumer Phone Services and the other small business were included in Telecom & Payment Services in all periods presented.

 

Telecom & Payment Services, which represented 97.7% and 97.9% of our total revenues in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, markets and distributes multiple communications and payment services across three broad business verticals:

 

Retail Communications provides international long-distance calling products primarily to foreign-born communities worldwide, with its core markets in the United States;

 

Wholesale Carrier Services is a global telecom carrier, terminating international long distance calls around the world for Tier 1 fixed line and mobile network operators, as well as other service providers; and

 

Payment Services provides payment offerings, including international and domestic airtime top-up and international money transfer.

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Change   Nine months ended
April 30,
   Change 
   2018   2017   $   %   2018   2017   $   % 
   (in millions) 
Revenues  $356.4   $362.1   $(5.7)   (1.6)%  $1,128.5   $1,083.5   $45.0    4.2%
Direct cost of revenues   304.1    311.8    (7.7)   (2.5)   972.7    929.5    43.2    4.6 
Selling, general and administrative   41.4    40.2    1.2    3.0    127.3    122.0    5.3    4.4 
Depreciation and amortization   4.2    4.0    0.2    5.0    12.3    12.1    0.2    1.2 
Severance   3.6        3.6     nm    4.2        4.2     nm 
Other operating expense       0.1    (0.1)   (100.0)       0.1    (0.1)   (100.0)
Income from operations  $3.1   $6.0   $(2.9)   (48.5)%  $12.0   $19.8   $(7.8)   (39.4)%

 

 

nm—not meaningful

 

Revenues. Telecom & Payment Services’ revenues, minutes of use and average revenue per minute for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Change   Nine months ended
April 30,
   Change 
   2018   2017   $/#   %   2018   2017   $/#   % 
   (in millions, except revenue per minute) 
Telecom & Payment Services Revenues                                
Retail Communications  $142.0   $149.9   $      (7.9)        (5.3)%  $433.4   $463.0   $ (29.6)       (6.4)%
Wholesale Carrier Services   144.2    152.1    (7.9)   (5.2)   487.1    441.2    45.9    10.4 
Payment Services   70.2    60.1    10.1    17.0    208.0    179.3    28.7    16.0 
Total Telecom & Payment Services revenues  $356.4   $362.1   $(5.7)   (1.6)%  $1,128.5   $1,083.5   $45.0    4.2%
                                         
Minutes of use                                        
Retail Communications   1,331    1,582    (251)   (15.9)%   4,220    5,119    (899)   (17.6)%
Wholesale Carrier Services   4,679    5,399    (720)   (13.3)   15,281    14,804    477    3.2 
Total minutes of use   6,010    6,981    (971)   (13.9)%   19,501    19,923    (422)   (2.1)%
                                         
Average revenue per minute                                
Retail Communications   $0.1067   $0.0948   $0.0119    12.6%  $0.1027   $0.0904   $0.0123    13.6%
Wholesale Carrier Services    0.0308    0.0282    0.0026    9.3    0.0319    0.0298    0.0021    7.0 

 

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Retail Communications’ revenue decreased 5.3% and 6.4% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017, and Retail Communications’ minutes of use decreased 15.9% and 17.6% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017. Revenue from our Boss Revolution calling service, which is Retail Communications’ most significant offering, declined 3.6% and 4.4% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017, and Boss Revolution’s minutes of use declined 13.0% and 14.6% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017. Our Boss Revolution calling service continues to be negatively impacted by persistent, market-wide trends including the proliferation of unlimited calling plans offered by wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators, increasing penetration of free and paid over-the-top voice and messaging services, and decreased immigration into the U.S. In addition, the decrease in Retail Communications’ revenue and minutes of use in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 was due to continuing declines in sales in Europe, South America and Asia, and continuing declines in sales of traditional disposable calling cards in the U.S. Retail Communications’ revenue comprised 38.4% and 42.7% of Telecom & Payment Services’ revenue in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

We launched Boss Revolution Mobile in the three months ended April 30, 2018. Boss Revolution Mobile is a domestic mobile service operating on Sprint’s nationwide network offering an innovative, low-cost model for mobile service under our Boss Revolution brand.

 

Wholesale Carrier Services’ revenue decreased 5.2% in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017, and Wholesale Carrier Services’ minutes of use decreased 13.3% in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017. The decreases in revenue and minutes of use were primarily due to declines in high volume, low revenue-per-minute routes to India and Bangladesh. Wholesale Carrier Services’ revenue increased 10.4% in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017, and Wholesale Carrier Services’ minutes of use increased 3.2% in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017, due to an increase in traditional carrier minutes of use and revenues. Wholesale Carrier Services’ revenue comprised 43.2% and 40.7% of Telecom & Payment Services’ revenue in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Payment Services’ revenue increased 17.0% and 16.0% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 due to increases in revenue from our international and domestic airtime top-up service, our international money transfer service (specifically transactions originating from our direct to consumer channels), and our National Retail Solutions’ merchant services and out-of-home advertising business. International and domestic airtime top-up service revenue represented 90% of Payment Services’ revenue in both the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017. The increase in revenues from airtime top-up in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 reflected growth from new mobile partners and diversification of airtime top-up offerings. We have money transmitter licenses in 47 of the 49 states that require such a license, as well as in Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Future growth in Payment Services is expected from the Boss Revolution Money app that features international money transfers, airtime top-up and electronic gift cards. National Retail Solutions is also expected to continue expanding. Payment Services’ revenue comprised 18.4% and 16.6% of Telecom & Payment Services’ revenue in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
       Nine months ended
April 30,
     
   2018   2017   Change   2018   2017   Change 
Telecom & Payment Services                              
Direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues    85.3%   86.1%   (0.8)%   86.2%   85.8%   0.4%

 

Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues in Telecom & Payment Services decreased in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 mainly due to the 13.9% decrease in Telecom & Payment Services’ minutes of use in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017. Direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in Telecom & Payment Services decreased 80 basis points in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017. This improvement reflects the decrease in Wholesale Carrier Services’ revenues generated on certain relatively higher direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues routes, a reduction in the direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues on our Boss Revolution calling service, and the increased contributions generated by our National Retail Solutions and our international money transfer service in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017.

 

Direct cost of revenues in Telecom & Payment Services increased in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 mainly due to the 3.2% increase in Wholesale Carrier Services’ minutes of use in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017. Direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in Telecom & Payment Services increased 40 basis points in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to a shift in the revenue mix within our Telecom & Payment Services segment towards Wholesale Carrier Services, which typically exhibits higher direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues than our Retail Communications’ offerings.

 

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense in our Telecom & Payment Services segment increased in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and credit card charges. Selling, general and administrative expense in our Telecom & Payment Services segment increased in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and credit card charges, partially offset by a decrease in marketing expense. The increase in credit card charges relates to increases in Boss Revolution and international money transfer direct to consumer transactions. As a percentage of Telecom & Payment Services’ revenue, Telecom & Payment Services’ selling, general and administrative expense increased to 11.6% from 11.1% in the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and was 11.3% in both the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense increased 5.0% and 1.2% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017. Depreciation and amortization expense increased due to increases in depreciation of capitalized costs of consultants and employees developing internal use software.

 

Severance. In the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, Telecom & Payment Services commenced implementation of an adjustment to its workforce and incurred severance expense of $3.6 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

 

Other Operating Expense. In the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017, other operating expense included a reduction to the fiscal 2016 gain on sale of member interest in Visa Europe Ltd.

 

net2phone-UCaaS Segment

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Change   Nine months ended
April 30,
   Change 
   2018   2017   $   %   2018   2017   $   % 
   (in millions) 
Revenues   $9.1   $7.4   $1.7    22.7%  $25.2   $21.7   $3.5    16.1%
Direct cost of revenues    3.1    2.9    0.2    5.4    8.2    9.2    (1.0)   (10.3)
Selling, general and administrative    5.5    3.9    1.6    42.6    15.5    10.9    4.6    41.6 
Depreciation    1.3    1.1    0.2    17.6    3.7    2.7    1.0    38.1 
Loss from operations   $(0.8)  $(0.5)  $(0.3)   (68.7)%  $(2.2)  $(1.1)  $(1.1)   (104.0)%

 

Revenues. net2phone-UCaaS’ revenue increased 22.7% and 16.1% in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 primarily due to continued growth from its cloud-based communications offering – both in the U.S. and in South America. In light of the strong growth in the cloud-based communications offering in Argentina and Brazil that were launched in fiscal 2017, net2phone-UCaaS introduced its cloud-based communications offering in Colombia in May 2018, and anticipates additional international expansion into Hong Kong and Mexico in calendar 2018.

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
       Nine months ended
April 30,
     
   2018   2017   Change   2018   2017   Change 
net2phone-UCaaS                        
Direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues    34.1%   39.7%   (5.6)%   32.6%   42.2%   (9.6)%

 

Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues in net2phone-UCaaS increased in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 primarily because of an increase in the direct cost of revenues of cloud-based communications, partially offset by decreases in the direct cost of revenues in cable telephony service and SIP trunking. Direct cost of revenues in net2phone-UCaaS decreased in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 primarily because of decreases in the direct cost of revenues in cable telephony service and SIP trunking, partially offset by an increase in the direct cost of revenues of cloud-based communications. Direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in net2phone-UCaaS decreased 560 and 960 basis points in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 primarily because of decreases in direct cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in cloud-based communications, cable telephony service, and SIP trunking.

 

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense in our net2phone-UCaaS segment increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 due to an increase in employee compensation, resulting from an increase in the number of sales and information technology employees, as well as an increase in sales commissions. We increased employees and compensation in our net2phone-UCaaS segment as we invested in the growth of net2phone-UCaaS’ lines of business.

 

Depreciation. The increase in depreciation expense in the net2phone-UCaaS segment in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 was due to increases in depreciation of capitalized costs of consultants and employees developing internal use software to support our new products.

 

All Other

 

Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, All Other includes only our real estate holdings and other investments that were included in the Rafael Spin-Off. A small business that was previously included in All Other has been reclassified to Telecom & Payment Services, and certain other cost centers have been reclassified to Corporate. Comparative results have been reclassified and restated as if these businesses and costs were included in Telecom & Payment Services or Corporate in all periods presented.

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Change   Nine months ended
April 30,
   Change 
   2018   2017   $   %   2018   2017   $   % 
   (in millions) 
Revenues   $   $0.6   $(0.6)   (106.7)%  $1.2   $1.6   $(0.4)   (25.3)%
Direct cost of revenues                                 
Selling, general and administrative    0.7    0.3    0.4    173.1    2.6    0.3    2.3    778.0 
Depreciation    0.4    0.4        (14.5)   1.2    1.2        (2.5)
(Loss) income from operations   $(1.1)  $(0.1)  $(1.0)   (848.0)%  $(2.6)  $0.1   $(2.7)    nm 

 

 

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Revenues. In April 2016, a subsidiary of Rafael entered into two leases with tenants for space in Rafael’s building at 520 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey. Rental income from the first lease commenced in December 2016, and rental income from the second lease commenced in March 2017. In addition, in April 2017, a subsidiary of Rafael entered into a third lease for space in Rafael’s building at 520 Broad Street. Rental income from the third lease commenced in March 2018. Effective with the Rafael Spin-Off, we no longer own the 520 Broad Street building and we no longer record rental income from the building.

 

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 primarily due to increases in expenses related to Rafael, including Lipomedix, and Rafael’s commercial real estate. Rafael began consolidating Lipomedix in November 2017 after Rafael purchased additional shares and increased its ownership to 50.6% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Lipomedix. Selling, general and administrative expense of Lipomedix in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 was $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

 

Corporate

 

Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, Corporate includes certain cost centers that were previously included in All Other. Comparative results have been reclassified and restated as if these costs were included in Corporate in all periods presented.

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Change   Nine months ended
April 30,
   Change 
   2018   2017   $   %   2018   2017   $   % 
   (in millions) 
General and administrative   $2.5   $1.8   $0.7    34.1%  $7.1   $5.7   $1.4    26.1%
Severance    0.1        0.1     nm    0.1        0.1     nm 
Other operating expense    0.3    10.1    (9.8)   (96.6)   2.0    11.2    (9.2)   (82.4)
Loss from operations   $2.9   $11.9   $(9.0)   (75.8)%  $9.2   $16.9   $(7.7)   (45.3)%

 

 

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Corporate costs include compensation, consulting fees, treasury and accounts payable, tax and accounting services, human resources and payroll, corporate purchasing, corporate governance including Board of Directors’ fees, internal and external audit, investor relations, corporate insurance, corporate legal, business development, and other corporate-related general and administrative expenses, including, among others, facilities costs, charitable contributions and travel. Corporate does not generate any revenues, nor does it incur any direct cost of revenues.

  

General and Administrative. The increase in Corporate general and administrative expense in the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 was primarily due to increases in employee compensation and stock-based compensation expense. The increase in Corporate general and administrative expense in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017 was primarily due to increases in legal fees and employee compensation. As a percentage of our total consolidated revenues, Corporate general and administrative expense were 0.7% and 0.5% in the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 0.6% and 0.5% in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Other Operating Expense. On July 31, 2013, we completed a pro rata distribution of the common stock of our former subsidiary Straight Path Communications Inc., or Straight Path, to our stockholders. In the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, we incurred legal fees of $0.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively, related to the Straight Path stockholders’ putative class action and derivative complaint. In addition, in the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we incurred fees of $0.7 million related to other legal matters. In April 2017, we recorded a liability of $10.0 million for the settlement and mutual release of potential liabilities and claims that may exist or arise under the Separation and Distribution Agreement between us and Straight Path. In addition, in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017, we incurred legal fees of $0.1 million and $1.2 million, respectively, related to the FCC investigation of potential license violations by Straight Path Spectrum LLC (formerly a subsidiary of ours) and the settlement and mutual release. (See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).

 

Consolidated

 

The following is a discussion of our consolidated stock-based compensation expense, and our consolidated income and expense line items below income from operations.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense. Stock-based compensation expense included in consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses was $1.0 million and $0.7 million in the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $2.8 million in both the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017. At April 30, 2018, unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock-based compensation, including stock options and restricted stock, was an aggregate of $3.3 million. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period that ends in 2020.

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Change   Nine months ended
April 30,
   Change 
   2018   2017   $   %   2018   2017   $   % 
   (in millions) 
(Loss) income from operations   $(1.7)  $(6.5)  $4.8    74.0%  $(2.1)  $1.8   $(3.9)   (215.3)%
Interest income, net    0.2    0.3    (0.1)   (30.8)   0.9    0.9        (5.7)
Other (expense) income, net    (0.7)   (0.4)   (0.3)   (74.9)   (1.2)   1.6    (2.8)   (174.6)
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes    (1.1)   2.1    (3.2)   (147.6)   (0.9)   14.8    (15.7)   (106.3)
Net (loss) income    (3.3)   (4.5)   1.2    27.4    (3.3)   19.1    (22.4)   (117.5)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests    (0.2)   (0.3)   0.1    29.4    (0.7)   (1.1)   0.4    35.4 
Net (loss) income attributable to IDT Corporation   $(3.5)  $(4.8)  $1.3    27.6%  $(4.0)  $18.0   $(22.0)   (122.4)%

 

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Other (Expense) Income, net. Other (expense) income, net consists of the following:

 

   Three months ended
April 30,
   Nine months ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (in millions) 
Foreign currency transaction (losses) gains   $(0.7)  $(0.4)  $(1.2)  $0.9 
Gain on sale of marketable securities                0.3 
Gain on investments        0.1        0.4 
Other        (0.1)        
Total other (expense) income, net   $(0.7)  $(0.4)  $(1.2)  $1.6 

 

(Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes. On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018”, which is commonly referred to as “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, or the Tax Act. The Tax Act provides for comprehensive tax legislation that reduces the U.S. federal statutory corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% effective January 1, 2018, requires companies to pay a one-time repatriation tax, or transition tax, on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred, and makes other changes to the U.S. income tax code. Due to our July 31 fiscal year-end, the lower corporate income tax rate is phased in, resulting in a blended U.S. federal statutory tax rate of approximately 26.9% for our fiscal year ending July 31, 2018, and 21.0% for our fiscal years thereafter.

 

On December 22, 2017, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, or SAB 118, expressing its views regarding the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes, in the reporting period that includes the enactment date of the Tax Act. SAB 118 recognizes that a registrant’s review of certain income tax effects of the Tax Act may be incomplete at the time financial statements are issued for the reporting period that includes the enactment date, including interim periods therein. Specifically, SAB 118 allows a company to report provisional estimates in the reporting period that includes the enactment date if the company does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or fully analyzed for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act. The provisional estimates would be adjusted during a measurement period not to exceed 12 months from the enactment date of the Tax Act, at which time the accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act is required to be completed.

 

As of April 30, 2018, we had not completed our accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act; however, we had made a reasonable estimate of the effect on our existing AMT credit carry-over. Because the AMT credit will be refundable if not utilized in the next four years, we reversed the valuation allowance that offset the AMT credit. As a result, in the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we recorded a noncurrent receivable and an income tax benefit of $3.3 million for the anticipated refund. The reduction in the corporate tax rate is not expected to impact our results of operations or financial position in the foreseeable future because the income tax benefit from the reduced tax rate will be offset by the valuation allowance.

 

The transition tax is based on total post-1986 earnings and profits which were previously deferred from U.S. income taxes. We expect to utilize net operating loss carryforwards to offset any transition tax that we may incur. Therefore, we did not record any provisional income tax expense for the transition tax for our foreign subsidiaries. At April 30, 2018, the undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries continued to be permanently reinvested. We are currently reevaluating the need to repatriate future earnings of our foreign subsidiaries due to the reduction in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities because of the Rafael Spin-Off. We have not provided for additional income or withholding taxes for the undistributed earnings or for any additional outside basis differences with respect to the foreign entities. We continue to review the anticipated impacts of the global intangible low taxed income, or GILTI, and base erosion anti-abuse tax, or BEAT, which are not effective until August 1, 2018. We have not recorded any impact associated with either GILTI or BEAT in the three months ended April 30, 2018.

 

We anticipate that our assumptions and estimates may change as a result of future guidance and interpretation from the Internal Revenue Service, the SEC, the FASB, and various other taxing jurisdictions. In particular, we anticipate that the U.S. state jurisdictions will continue to determine and announce their conformity or decoupling from the Tax Act, either in its entirety or with respect to specific provisions. Legislative and interpretive actions could result in adjustments to our provisional estimates when the accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act is completed. We will continue to evaluate the impact of the Tax Act on our financial statements, and will record the effect of any reasonable changes in our estimates or adjustments.

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, we determined that our valuation allowance on the losses of Elmion Netherlands B.V., or Elmion, a Netherlands subsidiary, was no longer required due to an internal reorganization that generated income and a projection that the income would continue. We recorded a benefit from income taxes of $16.6 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2017 from the full recognition of the Elmion deferred tax assets.

 

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The change in income tax expense in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017, excluding the benefits from income taxes in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, was generally due to the differences in the tax rates in the jurisdictions where the results were recorded.

  

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. The change in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2017 was primarily due to net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in Lipomedix in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018. We began consolidating Lipomedix in November 2017. In addition, a decrease in the net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests in certain IDT Telecom subsidiaries contributed to the reduction in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2017.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

General

 

We currently expect our cash from operations in the next twelve months and the balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities that we held at April 30, 2018 to be sufficient to meet our currently anticipated working capital and capital expenditure requirements during the twelve-month period ending April 30, 2019.

 

At April 30, 2018, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $60.7 million and a working capital deficit (current liabilities in excess of current assets) of $45.2 million. At April 30, 2018, we also had $4.8 million in investments in hedge funds, which were included in “Investments” in our consolidated balance sheet.

 

We treat unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by IDT Payment Services as substantially restricted and unavailable for other purposes. At April 30, 2018, “Cash and cash equivalents” in our consolidated balance sheet included an aggregate of $9.4 million held by IDT Payment Services that was unavailable for other purposes.

 

We have not recorded U.S. income tax expense for foreign earnings, since such earnings are permanently reinvested outside the United States. Upon distribution of these foreign earnings to our domestic entities, we may be subject to U.S. income taxes and withholding of foreign taxes, however, it is not practicable to determine the amount, if any, which would be paid. We are currently reevaluating the need to repatriate future earnings of our foreign subsidiaries due to the reduction in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities because of the Rafael Spin-Off.

 

   Nine months ended
April 30,
 
   2018   2017 
   (in millions) 
Cash flows (used in) provided by:        
Operating activities  $(15.4)  $0.5 
Investing activities   (1.5)   (35.3)
Financing activities   (22.1)   (3.0)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   (0.1)   (0.3)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents  $(39.1)  $(38.1)

 

Operating Activities

 

Our cash flows from operations vary significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results and the timing of operating cash receipts and payments, specifically trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable.

 

Gross trade accounts receivable decreased to $66.0 million at April 30, 2018 from $67.6 million at July 31, 2017 primarily due to a $1.4 million decrease in IDT Telecom’s gross trade accounts receivable balance. The decrease in IDT Telecom’s gross trade accounts receivable balance was primarily due to collections in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 in excess of amounts billed during the period, partially offset by the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, gross trade accounts receivable decreased $0.2 million due to the Rafael Spin-Off.

 

Deferred revenue as a percentage of total revenues varies from period to period depending on the mix and the timing of revenues. Deferred revenue arises from IDT Telecom’s sales of prepaid products. Deferred revenue decreased to $68.4 million at April 30, 2018 from $76.5 million at July 31, 2017 primarily due to a decrease in the IDT Telecom U.S. Boss Revolution balance.

 

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On September 20, 2016, we received a letter of inquiry from the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC requesting certain information and materials related to an investigation of potential violations by Straight Path Spectrum LLC in connection with licenses to operate on the 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands of the Fixed Microwave Services. We have cooperated with the FCC in this matter and have responded to the letter of inquiry. The FCC could seek to fine or impose regulatory penalties or civil liability on us related to activities during the period of ownership by us.

  

The Separation and Distribution Agreement related to the spin-off of Straight Path provides for us and Straight Path to indemnify each other for certain liabilities. We and Straight Path each communicated that it was entitled to indemnification from the other in connection with the inquiry described above and related matters. On October 24, 2017, we, Straight Path, Straight Path IP Group, Inc., or SPIP, and PR-SP IP Holdings LLC, or PR-SP, an entity owned by Howard S. Jonas, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release that provides for, among other things, the settlement and mutual release of potential liabilities and claims that may exist or arise under the Separation and Distribution Agreement between us and Straight Path. In exchange for the mutual release, in October 2017, we paid Straight Path an aggregate of $16 million in cash, Straight Path transferred to us its majority ownership interest in Straight Path IP Group Holding, Inc., or New SPIP, which holds the equity of SPIP, the entity that holds intellectual property primarily related to communications over computer networks, subject to the right to receive 22% of the net proceeds, if any, received by SPIP from licenses, settlements, awards or judgments involving any of the patent rights and certain transfers of the patents or related rights, that will be retained by Straight Path’s stockholders (such equity interest, subject to the retained interest right, the “IP Interest”), and we undertook certain funding and other obligations related to SPIP. The Settlement Agreement and Release allocates (i) $10 million of the payment and the retained interest right to the settlement of claims and the mutual release and (ii) $6 million to the transfer of the IP Interest. In the accompanying consolidated statement of cash flows in the nine months ended April 30, 2018, $10 million of the aggregate payment to Straight Path was included in operating activities and $6 million of the aggregate payment was included in investing activities.

 

In August 2017, we entered into a Reciprocal Services Agreement with a telecom operator in Central America for a full range of services, including, but not limited to, termination of inbound and outbound international long-distance voice calls. We have committed to pay such telecom operator monthly committed amounts during the term of the agreement. In addition, under certain limited circumstances, the parties may renegotiate the amount of the monthly payments. In the event the parties do not agree on re-pricing terms after good faith negotiations, then either party has the right to terminate the agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, in the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we deposited $9.2 million into an escrow account as security for the benefit of the telecom operator, which was included in operating activities in the accompanying consolidated statement of cash flows.

 

Investing Activities

 

Our capital expenditures were $16.0 million and $17.1 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We currently anticipate that total capital expenditures for the twelve-month period ending April 30, 2019 will be $19 million to $21 million. We expect to fund our capital expenditures with our net cash provided by operating activities and cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on hand.

 

On October 24, 2017, we sold our entire majority interests in New SPIP to PR-SP in exchange for $6 million and the assumption by PR-SP of our funding and other obligations. As described above, $6 million of the aggregate payment to Straight Path that was allocated to the transfer of the IP Interest was included in investing activities in the nine months ended April 30, 2018.

 

On December 23, 2016, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Live Ninja, a business communications company that provides chat and messaging capabilities for small and medium-sized businesses with the ability to transfer a conversation from one channel of communications (for example, the web) to another (such as a mobile phone). The cash paid for the acquisition, net of cash acquired was $1.8 million. We have since paid a further $0.3 million in respect of certain milestones. We may be required to pay up to an additional $1.8 million by June 30, 2018 for certain contingent payment obligations.

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, we used cash of $8.5 million for additional investments. In September 2016, Rafael Pharma issued to our former 50%-owned subsidiary, CS Pharma Holdings, LLC, or CS Pharma, its convertible Series D Note with a principal amount of $10 million, representing the $8 million investment funded on such date plus the conversion of $2 million principal amount convertible promissory notes issued in connection with a prior funding. In addition, in the nine months ended April 30, 2017, we used cash of $0.5 million for an additional investment in our former subsidiary, Lipomedix.

 

Purchases of marketable securities were $22.2 million and $38.7 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities were $36.7 million and $30.8 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

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Financing Activities

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we paid aggregate cash dividends of $0.47 per share on our Class A common stock and Class B common stock, or $11.7 million in total. In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, we paid aggregate cash dividends of $0.57 per share on our Class A common stock and Class B common stock, or $13.2 million in total. On June 4, 2018, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.09 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 to holders of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The dividend will be paid on or about June 29, 2018 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 19, 2018. In light of our intention to continue to invest in our growth initiatives and the impact of the Rafael Spin-Off on our balance sheet, our Board of Directors reduced the dividend for the second and third quarters of fiscal 2018 from the quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share that was paid in the first two quarters of fiscal 2018.

  

On March 26, 2018, we completed the Rafael Spin-Off. The disposition of Rafael did not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation and accordingly, Rafael’s assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows have not been reclassified. Rafael owns the commercial real estate assets and interests in two clinical stage pharmaceutical companies that were held by us. The commercial real estate holdings consist of our headquarters building and its associated public garage in Newark, New Jersey, an office/data center building in Piscataway, New Jersey and a portion of a building in Israel that hosts offices for us and certain affiliates. The pharmaceutical holdings include debt interests and warrants in Rafael Pharma and a majority equity interest in Lipomedix. In addition, prior to the Rafael Spin-Off, we transferred to Rafael cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and hedge fund and other investments. As a result of the Rafael Spin-Off, we deconsolidated cash and cash equivalents of $9.3 million, and net assets excluding cash and cash equivalents of $105.6 million.

 

We distributed cash of $1.0 million and $1.1 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, to the holders of noncontrolling interests in certain of our subsidiaries.

 

Our subsidiary, IDT Telecom, Inc., entered into a credit agreement, dated July 12, 2012, with TD Bank, N.A. for a line of credit facility for up to a maximum principal amount of $25.0 million. The credit agreement was amended as of January 31, 2018. IDT Telecom may use the proceeds to finance working capital requirements, acquisitions and for other general corporate purposes. The line of credit facility is secured by primarily all of IDT Telecom’s assets. The principal outstanding bears interest per annum, at the option of IDT Telecom, at either (a) the U.S. Prime Rate less 125 basis points, or (b) the LIBOR rate adjusted by the Regulation D maximum reserve requirement plus 125 basis points. Interest is payable monthly and all outstanding principal and any accrued and unpaid interest is due on the maturity date of January 31, 2020. At April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, there were no amounts outstanding under the facility. We intend to borrow under the facility from time to time. In the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we borrowed and repaid an aggregate of $22.1 million under the facility. IDT Telecom pays a quarterly unused commitment fee of 0.325% per annum on the average daily balance of the unused portion of the $25.0 million commitment. IDT Telecom is required to comply with various affirmative and negative covenants as well as maintain certain financial targets and ratios during the term of the line of credit, including restrictions on dividend payments on IDT Telecom capital stock and restrictions on IDT Telecom’s aggregate loans and advances to affiliates or subsidiaries.

 

In April 2017, we sold 728,332 treasury shares of our Class B common stock to Howard S. Jonas for aggregate consideration of $10.0 million. The price per share of $13.73 was equal to the closing price of our Class B common stock on April 10, 2017.

 

On March 2, 2017, we sold 10% of the equity in our former subsidiary, IDT-Rafael Holdings, LLC, to Howard S. Jonas for a purchase price of $1 million.

 

In connection with our investment in Rafael Pharma, our former subsidiary CS Pharma issued member interests to third parties in exchange for cash investment in CS Pharma of $10 million. At July 31, 2016, CS Pharma had received $8.8 million, which was included in “Other current liabilities” pending the issuance of the member interests. In the nine months ended April 30, 2017, CS Pharma received an additional $1.2 million from the sale of its member interests.

 

We received proceeds from the exercise of our stock options of $0.8 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2017, for which we issued 73,471 shares of our Class B common stock.

 

In the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, we paid $0.1 million and $1.8 million, respectively, to repurchase 5,170 and 94,338 shares, respectively, of our Class B common stock that were tendered by employees of ours to satisfy the employees’ tax withholding obligations in connection with the lapsing of restrictions on awards of restricted stock. Such shares were repurchased by us based on their fair market value on the trading day immediately prior to the vesting date.

 

We have a stock repurchase program for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of 8.0 million shares of our Class B common stock. There were no repurchases under the program in the nine months ended April 30, 2018 or 2017. At April 30, 2018, 8.0 million shares remained available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program.

 

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Other Sources and Uses of Resources

 

IDT Financial Services Holding Limited Held for Sale

 

On June 22, 2017, IDT Telecom, Inc. entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with JAR Fintech Limited and JAR Capital Limited to sell the capital stock of IDT Financial Services Holding Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Gibraltar and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDT Telecom, to JAR Fintech Limited. IDT Financial Services Holding Limited is the sole shareholder of IDT Financial Services Limited, our Gibraltar-based bank. The Share Purchase Agreement provides for an aggregate purchase price for the outstanding equity interests of IDT Financial Services Holding Limited of £2.9 million ($4.0 million at April 30, 2018) plus an amount equal to the value of IDT Financial Services Holding Limited’s net assets, to be paid at closing, subject to adjustments relating to customer assets of IDT Financial Services Holding Limited. The net asset value of IDT Financial Services Holding Limited was $14.3 million at April 30, 2018. A portion of the purchase price will be placed in escrow and released to IDT Telecom once all of the conditions have been met under the Share Purchase Agreement. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and other customary conditions set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement. The remaining closing conditions are outside of our control and there can be no assurance that the sale will be completed.

 

Proposed Sale of Shares to Howard S. Jonas

 

On April 16, 2018, our Board of Directors and its Corporate Governance Committee approved an arrangement with Howard S. Jonas related to the purchase of shares of our Class B common stock by Mr. Jonas. Under the arrangement, Mr. Jonas has agreed to purchase 2,546,689 shares of our Class B common stock at a price per share of $5.89, which was the closing price for the Class B common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 16, 2018 (the last closing price before approval of the arrangement) for an aggregate purchase price of $15 million. 

 

The arrangement is subject to approval of our stockholders, and no shares will be issued unless such approval is obtained. Mr. Jonas has agreed to vote in favor of the arrangement when it is submitted to the stockholders. We have agreed to present the matter to our stockholders at the next meeting of stockholders to be held. 

 

On May 31, 2018, Mr. Jonas paid $1.5 million of the purchase price. The remainder of the purchase price will be payable following approval of our stockholders, and the shares will be issued upon payment in full. 

 

The purchase price per share will be reduced by the amount of any dividends whose record date is between the date hereof and the issuance of the shares.

 

Other Uses of Resources

 

We intend to, where appropriate, make strategic investments and acquisitions to complement, expand, and/or enter into new businesses. In considering acquisitions and investments, we search for opportunities to profitably grow our existing businesses and/or to add qualitatively to the range and diversification of businesses in our portfolio. At this time, we cannot guarantee that we will be presented with acquisition opportunities that meet our return on investment criteria, or that our efforts to make acquisitions that meet our criteria will be successful.

 

Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments

 

The following table quantifies our future contractual obligations and commercial commitments at April 30, 2018:

 

Payments Due by Period

(in millions)

  Total   Less than
1 year
   1–3 years   4–5 years   After 5 years 
Operating leases  $17.0   $4.1   $4.9   $4.1   $3.9 
Revolving credit facility (1)   0.2    0.1    0.1         
Purchase commitments (2)   87.4    87.4             
Total contractual obligations (3)  $104.6   $91.6   $5.0   $4.1   $3.9 

 

(1)Revolving credit facility includes estimated fees on the unused commitment at April 30, 2018.

 

(2)Purchase commitments include the aggregate commitment under the Reciprocal Services Agreement with a telecom operator in Central America for a full range of services, including, but not limited to, termination of inbound and outbound international long-distance voice calls.

 

(3)The above table does not include an aggregate of $15.8 million in performance bonds due to the uncertainty of the amount and/or timing of any such payments.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements,” as defined in relevant SEC regulations that are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources, other than the following.

 

In connection with the Rafael Spin-Off in March 2018, we and Rafael entered into various agreements prior to the spin-off including a Separation and Distribution Agreement to effect the separation and provide a framework for our relationship with Rafael after the spin-off, and a Tax Separation Agreement, which sets forth the responsibilities of us and Rafael with respect to, among other things, liabilities for federal, state, local and foreign taxes for periods before and including the spin-off, the preparation and filing of tax returns for such periods and disputes with taxing authorities regarding taxes for such periods. Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, we indemnify Rafael and Rafael indemnifies us for losses related to the failure of the other to pay, perform or otherwise discharge, any of the liabilities and obligations set forth in the agreement. Pursuant to the Tax Separation Agreement, we indemnify Rafael from all liability for taxes of ours, other than Rafael and its subsidiaries, for any taxable period, and from all liability for taxes due to the spin-off.

 

In connection with our spin-off of Straight Path, in July 2013, we and Straight Path entered into various agreements prior to the spin-off including a Separation and Distribution Agreement to effect the separation and provide a framework for our relationship with Straight Path after the spin-off, and a Tax Separation Agreement, which sets forth the responsibilities of us and Straight Path with respect to, among other things, liabilities for federal, state, local and foreign taxes for periods before and including the spin-off, the preparation and filing of tax returns for such periods and disputes with taxing authorities regarding taxes for such periods. Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, we indemnify Straight Path and Straight Path indemnifies us for losses related to the failure of the other to pay, perform or otherwise discharge, any of the liabilities and obligations set forth in the agreement. Pursuant to the Tax Separation Agreement, we indemnify Straight Path from all liability for taxes of Straight Path or any of its subsidiaries or relating to the Straight Path business with respect to taxable periods ending on or before the spin-off, from all liability for taxes of ours, other than Straight Path and its subsidiaries, for any taxable period, and from all liability for taxes due to the spin-off. (See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).

 

In connection with our spin-off of Zedge, Inc., or Zedge, in June 2016, we and Zedge entered into various agreements prior to the spin-off including a Separation and Distribution Agreement to effect the separation and provide a framework for our relationship with Zedge after the spin-off, and a Tax Separation Agreement, which sets forth the responsibilities of us and Zedge with respect to, among other things, liabilities for federal, state, local and foreign taxes for periods before and including the spin-off, the preparation and filing of tax returns for such periods and disputes with taxing authorities regarding taxes for such periods. Pursuant to Separation and Distribution Agreement, among other things, we indemnify Zedge and Zedge indemnifies us for losses related to the failure of the other to pay, perform or otherwise discharge, any of the liabilities and obligations set forth in the agreement. Pursuant to the Tax Separation Agreement, among other things, Zedge indemnifies us from all liability for taxes of Zedge and any of Zedge’s subsidiaries or relating to Zedge’s business accruing after the spin-off, and we indemnify Zedge from all liability for taxes of Zedge and any of Zedge’s subsidiaries or relating to Zedge’s business with respect to taxable periods ending on or before the spin-off.

 

IDT Payment Services and IDT Telecom have performance bonds issued through third parties for the benefit of various states in order to comply with the states’ financial requirements for money remittance licenses and telecommunications resellers, respectively. At April 30, 2018, we had aggregate performance bonds of $15.8 million outstanding.

 

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks

 

Foreign Currency Risk

 

Revenues from our international operations were 32% and 31% of our consolidated revenues for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. A significant portion of these revenues is in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. Our foreign currency exchange risk is somewhat mitigated by our ability to offset a portion of these non-U.S. Dollar-denominated revenues with operating expenses that are paid in the same currencies. While the impact from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates affects our revenue and expenses denominated in foreign currencies, the net amount of our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate changes at the end of each reporting period is generally not material.

 

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Investment Risk

 

In addition to, but separate from our primary business, we hold a portion of our assets in marketable securities and hedge funds for strategic and speculative purposes. At April 30, 2018, the carrying value of our marketable securities and investments in hedge funds was $10.6 million and $4.8 million, respectively. Investments in marketable securities and hedge funds carry a degree of risk, and depend to a great extent on correct assessments of the future course of price movements of securities and other instruments. There can be no assurance that our investment managers will be able to accurately predict these price movements. The securities markets have in recent years been characterized by great volatility and unpredictability. Accordingly, the value of our investments may go down as well as up and we may not receive the amounts originally invested upon redemption.

 

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of April 30, 2018.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended April 30, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

 

Legal proceedings in which we are involved are more fully described in Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Item 1A.Risk Factors

 

There are no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A to Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2017.

 

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

 

The following table provides information with respect to purchases by us of our shares during the third quarter of fiscal 2018:

 

   Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
   Average
Price
per Share
   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
   Maximum
Number of
Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs (1)
 
February 1-28, 2018       $        8,000,000 
March 1-31, 2018        $        8,000,000 
April 1-30, 2018       $        8,000,000 
Total       $          

 

(1)On January 22, 2016, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program to purchase up to 8.0 million shares of our Class B common stock and cancelled the previous stock repurchase program originally approved by the Board of Directors on June 13, 2006, which had 4,636,741 shares remaining available for repurchase.

 

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None

 

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable

 

Item 5.Other Information

 

None

 

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Item 6.Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
     
31.1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
101.INS*   XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

*Filed or furnished herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

  

    IDT CORPORATION
       
June 11, 2018   By: /s/ Shmuel Jonas
     

Shmuel Jonas

Chief Executive Officer

       
June 11, 2018   By: /s/ Marcelo Fischer
     

Marcelo Fischer

Senior Vice President of Finance

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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