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OneSpan Inc. - Quarter Report: 2015 March (Form 10-Q)

Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2015

OR

 

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

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                      TO                     

Commission file number 000-24389

 

 

VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   36-4169320

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1901 South Meyers Road, Suite 210

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

(630) 932-8844

(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.    x  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  x    No  ¨

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

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (do not check if smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

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

There were 39,775,364 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, outstanding at April 23, 2015.

 

 

 


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VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

Form 10-Q

For The Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2015

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.   

Financial Statements

  
  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2014

     3   
  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

     4   
  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the three months ended March  31, 2015 and 2014.

     5   
  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

     6   
  

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     7   
Item 2.   

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     15   
Item 3.   

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

     25   
Item 4.   

Controls and Procedures

     25   
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION   
Item 1.   

Legal Proceedings

     26   
Item 6.   

Exhibits

     26   
SIGNATURES      27   
EXHIBIT INDEX      28   

 

This report may contain trademarks of VASCO Data Security International, Inc. and its subsidiaries, which include VASCO, the VASCO “V” design, DIGIPASS, Digipass as a Service (DPS), MYDIGIPASS.COM, VACMAN, aXsGUARD, Cronto and IDENTIKEY.

 

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VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

     March 31,     December 31,  
     2015     2014  
     (unaudited)        

ASSETS

    

Current assets

    

Cash and equivalents

   $ 74,207      $ 72,441   

Short term investments

     74,879        64,940   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $164 in 2015 and $223 in 2014

     31,029        29,994   

Inventories

     32,697        33,875   

Prepaid expenses

     2,795        2,312   

Foreign sales tax receivable

     231        598   

Deferred income taxes

     143        906   

Other current assets

     1,384        1,160   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

  217,365      206,226   

Property and equipment:

Furniture and fixtures

  5,035      5,231   

Office equipment

  10,372      10,751   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  15,407      15,982   

Accumulated depreciation

  (12,721   (13,157
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

  2,686      2,825   

Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization

  20,454      22,208   

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization

  11,692      12,819   

Other assets, net of accumulated amortization

  6,815      7,260   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

$ 259,012    $ 251,338   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities

Accounts payable

$ 9,952      10,680   

Deferred revenue

  18,206      17,830   

Accrued wages and payroll taxes

  7,026      8,458   

Income taxes payable

  2,088      1,899   

Other accrued expenses

  5,013      5,413   

Deferred compensation

  86      806   

Liabilities of discontinued operations

  134      111   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

  42,505      45,197   

Other long-term liabilities

  49      55   

Deferred income taxes

  126      213   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  42,680      45,465   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

Common stock: $.001 par value per share, 75,000 shares authorized;

39,775 and 39,660 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively

  40      40   

Preferred stock: 500 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014

  0      0   

Additional paid-in capital

  82,819      82,450   

Accumulated income

  139,519      125,885   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  (6,046   (2,502
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

  216,332      205,873   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$ 259,012    $ 251,338   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three months ended  
     March 31,  
     2015     2014  

Revenue

   $ 65,135      $ 38,823   

Cost of goods sold

     27,461        13,027   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

  37,674      25,796   

Operating costs:

Sales and marketing

  9,793      10,371   

Research and development

  4,549      5,141   

General and administrative

  6,119      5,273   

Amortization of purchased intangible assets

  1,136      1,120   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating costs

  21,597      21,905   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

  16,077      3,891   

Interest income, net

  80      24   

Other income (expense), net

  (277   438   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

  15,880      4,353   

Provision for income taxes

  2,223      827   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income from continuing operations

  13,657      3,526   

Loss from discontinued operations

  (23   (16
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

$ 13,634    $ 3,510   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income per share:

Basic income (loss) per share

Continuing

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   

Discontinued

  0.00      (0.00
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted income (loss) per share

Continuing

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   

Discontinued

  (0.00   (0.00
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

  39,527      39,272   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

  39,660      39,389   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Three months ended  
     March 31,  
     2015     2014  

Net income

   $ 13,634      $ 3,510   

Other comprehensive income - Cumulative translation adjustment

     (3,544     78   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

$ 10,090    $ 3,588   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2015     2014  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income from continuing operations

   $ 13,657      $ 3,526   

Adjustments to reconcile net income from continuing operations to net cash provided by continuing operations:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     1,469        1,566   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     1,151        (869

Stock-based compensation

     795        598   

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable, net

     (3,968     7,082   

Inventories

     1,178        (164

Foreign sales tax receivable

     366        (37

Other current assets

     (860     (85

Accounts payable

     (547     236   

Income taxes payable

     393        (263

Accrued expenses

     (1,208     592   

Deferred compensation

     (721     (109

Deferred revenue

     582        (746
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations

  12,287      11,327   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities of continuing operations:

Purchase of short term investments

  (39,871   0   

Maturities of short term investments

  29,931      0   

Additions to property and equipment

  (320   (352

Additions to intangible assets

  (11   (51

Other assets

  (6   (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations

  (10,277   (404
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities of continuing operations:

Proceeds from exercise of stock options, net

  0      51   

Tax payments for restricted stock issuances

  (837   (123

Tax benefit of stock-based compensation

  410      35   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations

  (427   (37

Cash flows used in discontinued operations:

Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations

  0      (38
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in discontinued operations

  0      (38

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

  183      37   

Net increase in cash

  1,766      10,885   

Cash and equivalents, beginning of year

  72,441      98,607   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and equivalents, end of period

$ 74,207    $ 109,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(All amounts are in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

Unless otherwise noted, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “VASCO,” “company,” “we,” “our,” and “us,” refer to VASCO Data Security International, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (“VASCO”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries design, develop, market and support hardware and software security systems that manage and secure access to information assets. VASCO has operations in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, India, Japan, The Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States (“U.S.”).

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of VASCO and its subsidiaries and have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements, and include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The operating results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for a full year.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of VASCO and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

During 2011, our wholly-owned Dutch subsidiary, DigiNotar B.V., was declared bankrupt. The court-appointed trustee is responsible for the business activities, administration and liquidation of DigiNotar B.V. Accordingly, related assets, liabilities and activities are reflected in discontinued operations.

Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions

The financial position and results of the operations of the majority of the company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the local currency as the functional currency. Accordingly, assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. Dollars using current exchange rates as of the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the year. Translation adjustments arising from differences in exchange rates are charged or credited to other comprehensive income. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated statements of operations in other income (expense).

The financial position and results of operations of our operations in Singapore and Switzerland are measured in U.S. Dollars. For these subsidiaries, gains and losses that result from foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated statements of operations in other income (expense).

For the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, foreign currency transactions resulted in a loss of $617 and a gain of $159, respectively.

 

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Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 985-605, Software – Revenue Recognition, ASC 985-605-25, Revenue Recognition – Multiple Element Arrangements, and Staff Accounting Bulletin 104.

Revenue is recognized when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collection of the revenue is probable.

In multiple-element arrangements, some of our products are accounted for under the software provisions of ASC 985-605 and others under the provisions that relate to the sale of non-software products.

In our typical multiple-element arrangement, the primary deliverables include:

 

  1. a client component (i.e., an item that is used by the person being authenticated in the form of either a new standalone hardware device or software that is downloaded onto a device the customer already owns),

 

  2. host system software that is installed on the customer’s systems (i.e., software on the host system that verifies the identity of the person being authenticated) or licenses for additional users on the host system software, if the host system software had been installed previously, and

 

  3. post contract support (“PCS”) in the form of maintenance on the host system software or support.

Our multiple-element arrangements may also include other items that are usually delivered prior to the recognition of any revenue and incidental to the overall transaction, such as initialization of the hardware device, customization of the hardware device itself or the packaging in which it is delivered, deployment services where we deliver the device to our customer’s end-use customer or employee and, in some limited cases, professional services to assist with the initial implementation of a new customer.

In multiple-element arrangements that include a hardware client device, we allocate the selling price among all elements, delivered and undelivered, based on our internal price lists and the percentage of the selling price of that element, per the price list, to the total of the estimated selling price of all of the elements per the price list. Our internal price lists for both delivered and undelivered elements were determined to be reasonable estimates of the selling price of each element based on a comparison of actual sales made to the price list for each item delivered and to vendor specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) for undelivered items.

Undelivered elements primarily are PCS. The method by which we determine VSOE has validated that the price lists are reasonable estimates of the selling price for PCS. The estimated selling price of PCS items is based on an established percentage of the user license fee attributable to the specific software and is applied consistently to all PCS arrangements. The percentage we use to establish VSOE, which is also generally consistent with the percentage used in the price list, is developed using the “bell curve method”. This method relies on historical data to show that approximately 80% of renewals are within 15% of the median renewal percentage rate.

In multiple-element arrangements that include a software client device, we account for each element under the standards of ASC 985-605 related to software. When software client device and host software are delivered elements, we use the Residual Method (ASC 605-25) for determining the amount of revenue to recognize for token and software licenses if we have VSOE for all of the undelivered elements. Any discount provided to the customer is applied fully to the delivered elements in such an arrangement. VSOE of fair value of PCS agreements is based on customer renewal transactions for the initial two years on a worldwide basis. In sales arrangements where VSOE of fair value has not been established, revenue for all elements is deferred and amortized over the life of the arrangement.

For transactions other than multiple-element arrangements, we recognize revenue as follows:

 

  1. Hardware Revenue and License Fees: Revenue from the sale of computer security hardware or the license of software is recorded upon shipment or, if an acceptance period is allowed, at the latter of shipment or customer acceptance. No significant obligations or contingencies exist with regard to delivery, customer acceptance or rights of return at the time revenue is recognized.

 

  2. Maintenance and Support Agreements: Maintenance and support agreements generally call for us to provide software updates and technical support, respectively, to customers. Revenue on maintenance and technical support is deferred and recognized ratably over the term of the applicable maintenance and support agreement.

 

  3. Services: Revenue is recognized ratably over the period in which the service is provided.

 

  4. Consulting and Education Services: We provide consulting and education services to our customers. Revenue from such services is recognized during the period in which the services are performed.

 

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We recognize revenue from sales to distributors and resellers on the same basis as sales made directly to customers. We recognize revenue when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collection of the revenue is probable.

For large-volume transactions, we may negotiate a specific price that is based on the number of users of the software license or quantities of hardware supplied. The per unit prices for large-volume transactions are generally lower than transactions for smaller quantities and the price differences are commonly referred to as volume-purchase discounts.

All revenue is reported on a net basis, excluding any sales taxes or value added taxes.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09), which supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in applying such process, more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing U.S. GAAP.

ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within such annual periods, using either of the following transition methods: (i) a full retrospective approach reflecting the application of the standard in each prior reporting period with the option to elect certain practical expedients, or (ii) a retrospective approach with the cumulative effect of initially adopting ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of adoption (which includes additional footnote disclosures). We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements and have not yet determined the method by which we will adopt the standard in 2017.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are stated at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Cash equivalents are high-quality short term money market instruments, with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are held by a number of U.S. and non-U.S. commercial banks and money market investment funds.

Short Term Investments

Short term investments are stated at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Short term investments consist of bank certificates of deposit and high quality commercial paper with original maturities of more than three and less than twelve months.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The credit-worthiness of customers (including distributors and resellers) is reviewed prior to shipment. A reasonable assurance of collection is a requirement for revenue recognition. Verification of credit and/or the establishment of credit limits are part of the customer contract administration process. Credit limit adjustments for existing customers may result from the periodic review of outstanding accounts receivable. The company records trade accounts receivable at invoice values, which are generally equal to fair value.

We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make payments for goods and services. We analyze accounts receivable balances, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment timing when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance is based on a specific review of all significant past-due accounts. If the financial condition of our customers deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

Inventories

Inventories, consisting principally of hardware and component parts, are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method. We write down inventory when it appears that the carrying cost of the inventory may not be recovered through subsequent sale of the inventory. The company analyzes the quantity of inventory on hand, the quantity sold in the past year, the anticipated sales volume in the form of sales to new customers as well as sales to previous customers, the expected sales price and the cost of making the sale when evaluating the valuation of our inventory. If the sales volume or sales price of a specific model declines significantly, additional write downs may be required.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets ranging from three to seven years. Additions and improvements are capitalized, while expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred. Gains or losses resulting from sales, disposals, or retirements are recorded as incurred, at which time related costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts.

 

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Goodwill and Other Intangibles

We account for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with ASC Topic 350-20, Goodwill and Other. Indefinite-lived intangible assets include proprietary technology, patents, trademarks and other intangible assets. Intangible assets other than patents with definite lives are amortized over the useful life, generally three to seven years for proprietary technology. Patents are amortized over the life of the patent, generally 20 years in the U.S.

We assess the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives each year-end or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors considered important which could trigger an impairment review include significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business, and significant negative industry or economic trends. Once identified, the amount of the impairment is computed by comparing carrying value of the assets to fair value. Fair value for goodwill and intangible assets is determined using a market approach using our stock price which is a level 1 valuation, as defined in ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

Research and Development Costs

Costs for research and development, principally the design and development of hardware, and the design and development of software prior to the determination of technological feasibility, are expensed as incurred on a project-by-project basis.

Software Development Costs

We capitalize software development costs in accordance with ASC 985-20, Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased, or Marketed. Research costs and software development costs, prior to the establishment of technological feasibility, determined based upon the creation of a working model, are expensed as incurred. Our software capitalization policy defines technological feasibility as a functioning beta test prototype with confirmed manufacturability (a working model), within a reasonably predictable range of costs. Additional criteria include receptive customers, or potential customers, as evidenced by interest expressed in a beta test prototype, at some suggested selling price. Our policy is to amortize capitalized costs by the greater of (a) the ratio that current gross revenue for a product bears to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenue for that product or (b) the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product, generally two to five years, including the period being reported on. No software development costs were capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. We recognize the effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

We monitor our potential income tax exposures as required by ASC 740-10, Income Taxes.

We have significant foreign tax credit, net operating loss, and other deductible carryforwards in certain jurisdictions available to reduce the liability on future taxable income. A valuation reserve has been provided to offset some of these future benefits because we have not determined that their realization is more likely than not.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our financial instruments were cash equivalents, short term investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities. The estimated fair value of our financial instruments has been determined using level one inputs as defined in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The fair values of the financial instruments were not materially different from their carrying amounts at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Accounting for Leases

All of our leases are operating leases. Rent expense on facility leases is charged evenly over the life of the lease, regardless of the timing of actual payments.

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

We have stock-based employee compensation plans, described in Note 8. ASC 718-10, Stock Compensation requires us to estimate the fair value of restricted stock granted to employees, directors and others and to record compensation expense equal to the estimated fair value. Compensation expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.

Warranty

Warranties are provided on the sale of certain of our products and an accrual for estimated future claims is recorded at the time revenue is recognized. We estimate the cost based on past claims experience, sales history and other considerations. We regularly assess the adequacy of our estimates and adjust the amounts as necessary. Our standard practice is to provide a warranty on our hardware products for either a one or two year period after the date of purchase. Customers may purchase extended warranties covering periods from one to four years after the standard warranty period. We defer the revenue associated with the extended warranty and recognize it into income on a straight-line basis over the extended warranty period. We have historically experienced minimal actual claims over the warranty period.

Note 2 - Inventories

Inventories, consisting principally of hardware and component parts, are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the FIFO method.

Inventories are comprised of the following:

 

     March 31,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Component parts

   $ 16,806       $ 15,727   

Work-in-process and finished goods

     15,891         18,148   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 32,697    $ 33,875   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 3 – Discontinued Operations

During 2011, our wholly-owned Dutch subsidiary, DigiNotar B.V., was declared bankrupt. The court-appointed trustee is responsible for the business activities, administration and liquidation of DigiNotar B.V. Accordingly, related assets, liabilities and activities are reflected in discontinued operations.

The loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was $23 and $16, respectively.

At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, liabilities of discontinued operations consist of the following:

 

     March 31,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Accrued professional fees

   $ 51       $ 25   

Income taxes payable

     83         86   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities of discontinued operations

$ 134    $ 111   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Note 4 – Goodwill

Goodwill activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 consisted of the following:

 

Net balance at December 31, 2014

$  22,208   

Additions

  0   

Net foreign currency translation

  (1,754
  

 

 

 

Net balance at March 31, 2015

$ 20,454   
  

 

 

 

March 31, 2015 balance at cost

$ 21,277   

Accumulated amortization

  (823
  

 

 

 

Net balance at March 31, 2015

$ 20,454   
  

 

 

 

Certain portions of goodwill are denominated in local currencies and are subject to currency fluctuations.

Note 5 – Intangible Assets

Intangible asset activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is detailed in the following table.

 

     Capitalized
Technology
     Patents &
Trademarks
     Other      Total Intangible
Assets
 

Net balance at December 31, 2014

   $ 10,216       $ 1,929       $ 674       $ 12,819   

Additions

     0         55         0         55   

Net foreign currency translation

     (17      (1      (28      (46

Amortization expense

     (1,021      (50      (65      (1,136
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net balance at March 31, 2015

$ 9,178    $ 1,933    $ 581    $ 11,692   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Certain intangible assets are denominated in local currencies and are subject to currency fluctuations.

Note 6 – Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for 2015 is expected to be 14%. This is lower than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at lower rates. The expected tax rate for 2014 was 19% in the first quarter. The tax rate in the first quarter of 2014 also benefited from income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at lower rates.

At December 31, 2014, we had foreign tax credit carryforwards of $5,516 for future U.S. tax returns. Foreign tax credits of $944 expire in 2015 and the remaining $4,572 expire in 2023 and 2024. We have not provided a valuation reserve for the foreign tax credits as we believe it is more likely than not that they will be realized.

At December 31, 2014, we had foreign net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards of $4,366 and other foreign deductible carryforwards of $3,568. The foreign NOL carryforwards have no expiration dates and the other deductible carryforwards expire from 2016 to 2021. At December 31, 2014, we had a valuation allowance of $2,378 for certain foreign deferred tax assets and $122 for a U.S. state NOL carryforward.

 

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Note 7 – Warranties

We maintain a reserve for potential warranty claims related to products sold and recognized in revenue. We regularly reassess the adequacy of our estimates and adjust the amounts as necessary. Our warranty reserve is included in other accrued expenses.

The activity in our warranty liability was as follows:

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2015      2014  

Balance, beginning of period

   $ 85       $ 116   

Provision for claims

     81         51   

Product or cash issued to settle claims

     (78      (76
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance, end of period

$ 88    $ 91   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, deferred revenue from extended warranties was $84.

Note 8 – Long-Term Compensation Plan and Stock Based Compensation

Under the VASCO Data Security International, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (“2009 Equity Incentive Plan”), we awarded 162 shares of restricted stock in the first quarter of 2015 consisting of 147 unissued shares subject to future performance criteria and 15 issued shares. The market value of the 15 issued restricted shares of $400 at the date of grant is being amortized over the vesting period of one year. The market value of the 147 unissued shares subject to performance criteria of $3,994 at the date of grant is being amortized over the respective vesting periods of one to four years.

The following table details long-term compensation plan and stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

 

     Three months
ended March 31,
 
     2015      2014  

Restricted stock

   $ 795       $ 598   

Long-term cash incentives

     364         44   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expense

$ 1,159    $ 642   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 9 – Common Stock and Earnings per Share

In connection with the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, during the three months ended March 31, 2015, we issued 115 total shares of restricted common stock, 15 shares for awards granted in the first quarter of 2015 and 100 performance shares related to awards provisioned in prior years.

 

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Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding and excludes the dilutive effect of unexercised common stock equivalents. Diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding and includes the dilutive effect of unexercised common stock equivalents to the extent they are not anti-dilutive. The details of the earnings per share calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 follow:

 

     Three months
ended March 31,
 
     2015      2014  

Net income - continuing operations

   $ 13,657       $ 3,526   

Net income (loss) - discontinued operations

     (23      (16
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

$ 13,634    $ 3,510   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

Basic

  39,527      39,272   

Incremental shares with dilutive effect:

Restricted stock awards

  133      117   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

  39,660      39,389   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic income (loss) per share

Continuing operations

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   

Discontinued operations

$ (0.00 $ (0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net income per share

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted income (loss) per share

Continuing operations

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   

Discontinued operations

$ (0.00 $ (0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net income per share

$ 0.34    $ 0.09   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (in thousands, except headcount, ratios, time periods and percents)

Unless otherwise noted, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “VASCO”, “company”, “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to VASCO Data Security International, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended concerning, among other things, our expectations regarding the prospects of, and developments and business strategies for, VASCO and our operations, including the development and marketing of certain new products and services and the anticipated future growth in certain markets in which we currently market and sell our products and services or anticipate selling and marketing our products or services in the future. These forward-looking statements (1) are identified by use of terms and phrases such as “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “anticipate”, “emerging”, “intend”, “plan”, “could”, “may”, “estimate”, “should”, “objective”, “goal”, “possible”, “potential”, “projected” and similar words and expressions, but such words and phrases are not the exclusive means of identifying them, and (2) are subject to risks and uncertainties and represent our present expectations or beliefs concerning future events. VASCO cautions that the forward-looking statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These additional risks, uncertainties and other factors have been described in greater detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and include, but are not limited to, (a) risks specific to VASCO, including, demand for our products and services, competition from more established firms and others, pressures on price levels and our historical dependence on relatively few products, certain suppliers and certain key customers, (b) risks inherent to the computer and network security industry, including rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, increasingly sophisticated hacking attempts, increasing numbers of patent infringement claims, changes in customer requirements, price competitive bidding, and changing government regulations, and (c) risks of general market conditions, including currency fluctuations and the uncertainties resulting from turmoil in world economic and financial markets. Thus, the results that we actually achieve may differ materially from any anticipated results included in, or implied by these statements. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information as required by the U.S. federal securities laws, we do not have any obligations or intention to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances in the future or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

General

The following discussion is based upon our consolidated results of operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (percentages in the discussion, except for returns on average net cash balances, are rounded to the closest full percentage point) and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

We design, develop, market and support both proprietary and open standards-based hardware and software security systems that manage and secure access to information assets. We also design, develop, market, and support patented strong user authentication products and services for e-business and e-commerce. Our products enable secure financial transactions to be made over private enterprise networks and public networks, such as the Internet. Our strong user authentication is delivered via our hardware and software DIGIPASS security products (collectively “DIGIPASSES”, many of which incorporate an electronic and digital signature capability, which further protects the integrity of electronic transactions and data transmissions. Many of our software DIGIPASSES are focused on the mobile platform and can be downloaded directly to mobile devices, such as DIGIPASS for Mobile, while others are integrated directly into mobile applications (using DIGIPASS for Apps) that are downloaded onto mobile devices. Some of our DIGIPASSES are compliant with the Europay MasterCard Visa (“EMV”) standard and are compatible with MasterCard’s and VISA’s Chip Authentication Program (“CAP”). Some of our DIGIPASSES comply with the Initiative for Open Authentication (“OATH”). As evidenced by our current customer base, most of our products are purchased by businesses and, depending on the business application, are distributed to either their employees or their customers. Those customers may be other

 

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businesses or, as an example in the case of Internet and mobile banking, our customer banks’ corporate and retail customers. Our target market is any business process that uses some form of electronic interface, particularly the Internet, where the owner of that process is at risk if unauthorized users can gain access to its process and either obtain proprietary information or execute transactions that are not authorized. Our products can not only increase the security associated with accessing the business process, thereby reducing the losses from unauthorized access, but also, in many cases, can reduce the cost of the process itself by automating activities that were previously performed manually.

We offer our products either through: (a) a product sales and licensing model or (b) through our services platform, which includes our cloud-based service offering, DIGIPASS as a Service (“DPaaS”) or MYDIGIPASS (“MDP”) or together (“DPaaS/MDP”). Our product license and sales model is expected to be used in situations where the application owner wants to control all of the critical aspects of the authentication process. We expect that our services platform will be used by: (a) companies lacking technical resources or expertise to implement a full authentication process or preferring to focus their primary attention on other aspects of their business rather than on the authentication process or (b) companies that want to verify identities through our platform or (c) consumers that are aware of the dangers posed by identity theft.

Industry Growth: We do not believe that there are any accurate measurements of the total industry’s size or the industry’s growth rate. We believe, however, that the industry using our product sales and licensing model will grow at a significant rate as the use of the internet increases and the awareness of the risks of using the internet become more prevalent among application owners. We also believe that a market will develop for our cloud-based service offering and grow at a significant rate as business owners and consumers become more aware of the risks involved in conducting business over the internet. We expect that growth will be driven by new government regulations, growing awareness of the impact of cyber-crime, and the growth in commerce that is transacted electronically. The issues driving the growth are global issues and the rate of adoption in each country is a function of that country’s culture, the competitive position of businesses operating in that country, the country’s overall economic conditions and the degree to which businesses and consumers within the country use technology.

Economic Conditions: Our revenue may vary significantly with changes in the economic conditions in the countries in which we currently sell products. With our current concentration of revenue in Europe and specifically in the banking/finance vertical market, significant changes in the economic outlook for the European Banking market may have a significant effect on our revenue. There continues to be significant global economic uncertainty, including Europe, our most important market. While the European Union and European Central Bank continue to implement new programs to adapt to changing economic conditions in the region, Europe continues to struggle with sovereign debt issues and, in most recent months, a currency, primarily the Euro, that has weakened against the U.S. Dollar and other currencies. As a result, we expect that Europe will continue to face difficult economic conditions in 2015. We believe that the current economic conditions in Europe may limit our growth opportunities in the Enterprise and Application Security market, but do not expect that the economic conditions will have a significant impact on the Banking market. Should the sovereign debt issue escalate, especially to the point that a country defaults on its debt or the European Union, or Euro Monetary Union, either disbands or is re-formulated, we expect that the resulting economic difficulties would have a major negative impact on the global economy, not just the economies of Western Europe, and our business.

In the first quarter of 2015, revenue from our Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) region, which accounted for 73% of our consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2015, increased 77% when compared to the first quarter of 2014. We believe that the increase in revenues in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014 primarily reflected the timing of when orders are received and goods are shipped rather than being attributable to changes in the economic environment.

Cybersecurity: Our use of technology is increasing and is critical in three primary areas of our business:

 

  1. Software and information systems that we use to help us run our business more efficiently and cost effectively;

 

  2. The products we have traditionally sold and continue to sell to our customers for integration into their software applications contain technology that incorporates the use of secret numbers and encryption technology; and

 

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  3. New products and services that we introduced to the market, such as DPaaS/MDP, are focused on processing information through our servers (or in the cloud from our customers’ perspective).

We believe that the risks and consequences of potential incidents in each of the above areas are different.

In the case of the information systems we use to help us run our business, we believe that an incident could disrupt our ability to take orders or deliver product to our customers, but such a delay in these activities would not have a material impact on our overall results. To minimize this risk, we actively use various forms of security and monitor the use of our systems regularly to detect potential incidents as soon as possible.

In the case of products that we have traditionally sold, we believe that the risk of a potential cyber incident is minimal. We offer our customers the ability to either create the secret numbers themselves or have us create the numbers on their behalf. When asked to create the numbers, we do so in a secure environment with limited physical access and store the numbers on a system that is not connected to any other network, including other VASCO networks, and similarly, is not connected to the internet.

In the case of our new products and services, which involve the active daily processing of the secret numbers on our servers or servers managed by others in a hosted environment, we believe a cyber incident could have a material impact on our future business. We also believe that these products may be more susceptible to cyber attacks than our traditional products since it involves the active processing of transactions using the secret numbers. While we do not have a significant amount of revenue from these products today, we believe that these products have the potential to provide substantial future growth. A cyber incident involving these products in the future could substantially impair our ability to grow the business and we could suffer significant monetary and other losses and significant reputational harm.

To minimize the risk, we review our security procedures on a regular basis. Our reviews include the processes and software programs we are currently using as well as new forms of cyber incidents and new or updated software programs that may be available in the market that would help mitigate the risk of incidents. While we do not insure against cyber incidents today, we would likely review insurance policies related to our new product offering in the future. Overall, we expect the cost of securing our networks will increase in future periods, whether through increased staff, systems or insurance coverage.

Income Taxes: Our effective tax rate reflects our global structure related to the ownership of our intellectual property (“IP”). All our IP is owned by two subsidiaries, one in the U.S. and one in Switzerland. These two subsidiaries have entered into agreements with most of the other VASCO entities under which those other entities provide services to our U.S. and Swiss subsidiaries on either a percentage of revenue or on a cost plus basis or both. Under this structure, the earnings of our service provider subsidiaries are relatively constant. These service provider companies tend to be in jurisdictions with higher effective tax rates. Fluctuations in earnings tend to flow to the U.S. company and Swiss company. Earnings flowing to the U.S. company are expected to be taxed at a rate of 35% to 40%, while earnings flowing to the Swiss company are expected to be taxed at a rate ranging from 8% to 12%.

With the majority of our revenues being generated outside of the U.S., our consolidated effective tax rate is strongly influenced by the effective tax rate of our foreign operations. Changes in the effective rate related to foreign operations reflect changes in the geographic mix of where the earnings are realized and the tax rates in each of the countries in which it is earned. The statutory tax rate for the primary foreign tax jurisdictions ranges from 8% to 35%.

The geographic mix of earnings of our foreign subsidiaries will primarily depend on the level of our service provider subsidiaries’ pretax income, which is recorded as an expense by the U.S. and Swiss subsidiaries and the benefit that is realized in Switzerland through the sales of product. The level of pretax income in our service provider subsidiaries is expected to vary based on:

 

  1. the staff, programs and services offered on a yearly basis by the various subsidiaries as determined by management, or

 

  2. the changes in exchange rates related to the currencies in the service provider subsidiaries, or

 

  3. the amount of revenues that the service provider subsidiaries generate.

 

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For items 1 and 2 above, there is a direct impact in the opposite direction on earnings of the U.S. and Swiss entities. Any change from item 3 is generally expected to result in a larger change in income in the U.S. and Swiss entities in the direction of the change (increased revenues expected to result in increased margins/pretax profits and conversely decreased revenues expected to result in decreased margins/pretax profits).

In addition to the provision of services, the intercompany agreements transfer the majority of the business risk to our U.S. and Swiss subsidiaries. As a result, the contracting subsidiaries’ pretax income is reasonably assured while the pretax income of the U.S. and Swiss subsidiaries varies directly with our overall success in the market.

Comparison of Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

Currency Fluctuations: In the first quarter of 2015 and 2014, approximately 96% and 94%, respectively of our revenue was generated outside the United States. In addition, in the first quarter of 2015 and 2014 approximately 71% and 82%, respectively, of our operating expenses were generated/incurred outside of the United States. As a result, changes in currency exchange rates, especially from the Euro to U.S. Dollar, can have a significant impact on revenue and expenses.

In general, to minimize the net impact of currency fluctuations on operating income, we attempt to denominate an amount of billings in a currency such that it would provide a hedge against the operating expenses being incurred in that currency. We expect that changes in currency rates may also impact our future results if we are unable to match amounts of revenue with our operating expenses in the same currency. If the amount our revenue in Europe denominated in Euros continues as it is now or declines, we do not expect that we will be able to balance fully the exposures of currency exchange rates on revenue and operating expenses.

The U.S. Dollar, on average, strengthened approximately 19% against the Euro for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 when compared to the same period in 2014. We estimate that the change in currency rates in 2015 compared to 2014 resulted in a decrease in revenue and operating expenses of approximately $2,701 and 2,143, respectively, for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 when compared to the same period in 2014.

The financial position and the results of operations of most of our foreign subsidiaries, with the exception of our subsidiaries in Switzerland and Singapore, are measured using the local currency as the functional currency. Accordingly, assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. Dollars using current exchange rates as of the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Translation adjustments arising from differences in exchange rates generated other comprehensive loss of $3,544 in the first quarter of 2015 and other comprehensive income of $78 in the first quarter of 2014. These amounts are included as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. The functional currency for both our subsidiaries in Switzerland and Singapore is the U.S. Dollar.

Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated statements of operations in other non-operating income (expense). Foreign exchange transaction losses aggregating $617 in the first quarter of 2015 compare to gains aggregating $159 in the first quarter of 2014.

 

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Revenue

Revenue by Geographic Regions: We classify our sales by customers’ location in four geographic regions: 1) EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa; 2) the United States, which for our purposes includes sales in Canada; 3) Asia Pacific Rim; and 4) Other Countries, including Australia, Latin America and India. The breakdown of revenue in each of our major geographic areas was as follows:

 

     EMEA     United
States
    Asia
Pacific
    Other
Countries
    Total  

Three months ended March 31:

          

Total Revenue:

          

2015

   $ 47,337      $ 2,798      $ 11,325      $ 3,675      $ 65,135   

2014

     26,757        2,275        6,522        3,269        38,823   

Percent of Total:

          

2015

     73     4     17     6     100

2014

     69     6     17     8     100

Total revenue in the first quarter of 2015 increased $26,312 or 68% from first quarter of 2014. The increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014 reflected both the delivery of a significant amount of card readers using our new Cronto technology to Rabobank, which was part of our backlog at the beginning of the year, and a significant increase in revenues from other customers in the quarter. Revenues related to our delivery of all products sold to Rabobank globally exceeded 30% of the first quarter’s revenue in 2015 while the combined revenues from all other customers in the first quarter of 2015 increased more than 15% over to the first quarter of 2014. As noted in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, the order from Rabobank for card readers incorporating our Cronto technology began shipping in the third quarter of 2014 and is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2015.

Revenue generated in EMEA for the first quarter of 2015 was $20,580 or 77% higher in the first quarter of 2015 than in the first quarter of 2014. The increase reflected an increase of approximately 95% in revenue from the Banking market and a 5% increase in revenue from the Enterprise and Application Security market. The growth of revenues in the Banking market was primarily attributable to sales of card readers that use our Cronto technology.

Revenue generated in the United States for the first quarter of 2015 was $523 or 23% higher in the first quarter of 2015 than in the first quarter of 2014. The increase reflected an increase of approximately 44% in revenue from the Banking market, and an increase of 11% in revenue from the Enterprise and Application Security market. We believe that the changes in revenue from both markets in the U.S. reflect the transactional nature of our business rather than any change in economic or competitive position in the market.

Revenue generated in Asia Pacific for the first quarter of 2015 was $4,803 or 74% higher in the first quarter of 2015 than in the first quarter of 2014. The increase reflected an increase of approximately 81% in revenue from the Banking market with only a nominal change in revenue from the Enterprise and Application Security market. The growth in revenues from the Banking market primarily reflected revenues from customers added in recent years in Japan.

Revenue generated in Other Countries for the first quarter of 2015 was $406 or 12% higher in the first quarter of 2015 than in the first quarter of 2014. The increase reflected an increase of approximately 11% in revenue from the Banking market, with only a nominal change in revenue from the Enterprise and Application Security market. We expect that revenue from other countries will be more volatile than our other regions given the earlier stage of development of the authentication market in those countries. VASCO, however, plans to continue to invest in new markets based on our estimates of the market’s demand for strong user authentication.

Revenue by Target Market: Revenue is generated currently from two primary markets, (1) Banking and (2) Enterprise and Application Security, through the use of both direct and indirect sales channels. The Enterprise and Application Security market includes products used by employees of corporations to secure their internal networks (the enterprise security market) and business-to-business, business-to-consumer, e-commerce, e-government, e-gaming and other vertical applications (the application security market) that are not related to banking or finance. In addition, revenues from services-related activities, such as maintenance and support are included in the Enterprise and Application Security markets. Management currently views the Enterprise and Application Security market as one market because the same products are sold using the same methods to both groups (i.e., a direct touch model and channel distribution model).

 

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Sales to the Enterprise and Application Security market are generally for smaller quantities and higher prices than sales made to the Banking market. The breakdown of revenue between the two primary markets is as follows:

 

     Banking     Enterprise &
Application
Security
    Total  

Three months ended March 31:

      

Total Revenue:

      

2015

   $ 57,270      $ 7,865      $ 65,135   

2014

     31,311        7,512        38,823   

Percent of Total:

      

2015

     88     12     100

2014

     81     19     100

Revenue in the first quarter of 2015 from the Banking market increased $25,959, or 83%, compared to the first quarter of 2014 and revenue from the Enterprise and Application Security market increased $353, or 5%, in the same period.

The increase in revenue from the Banking market primarily reflected an increase in revenue from card reader products sold. The increase in revenue from the Enterprise and Application Security market reflected an increase in revenue from maintenance and support, partially offset by a decline in hardware products sold. The combined revenues from non-hardware products in both the Banking and the Enterprise and Application Security markets were approximately 19% of total revenue in the first quarter of 2015 and compared to 30% of revenue in the first quarter of 2014.

The respective changes in revenue in both markets reflects the transactional nature of our business where the absolute amount of revenue reported in any given period is a reflection of transactions closed in that period. Because of the volatility in our business, we believe that the overall strength of our business is best evaluated over a longer term where the impact of transactions being recorded in any given period are not as significant as they appear to be in a quarter-over-quarter comparison.

Also, given the sustainable, repeatable nature of our revenue model, we believe that the growth over a longer period of time reflects the growth in our customer base, which we expect will lead to continued increases in revenues in future years, albeit with uneven growth reported annually.

 

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Gross Profit and Operating Expenses

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain consolidated financial data as a percentage of revenue from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2015     2014  

Revenue

     100.0     100.0

Cost of goods sold

     42.2     33.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

  57.8   66.4

Operating costs:

Sales and marketing

  15.0   26.7

Research and development

  7.0   13.2

General and administrative

  9.4   13.6

Amortization of purchased intangible assets

  1.7   2.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating costs

  33.1   56.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

  24.7   10.0

Interest income

  0.1   0.1

Other income (expense)

  (0.4 )%    1.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

  24.4   11.2

Provision for income taxes

  3.4   2.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income from continuing operations

  21.0   9.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross Profit

Consolidated gross profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 was $37,674, an increase of $11,878, or 46%, from the quarter ended March 31, 2014. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue (“gross margin”) was 58% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, as compared to 66% for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The decrease in gross margin as a percentage of revenue for the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014 is primarily reflects:

 

    a decline in the gross margins from hardware products sold in the Banking market,

 

    the unfavorable impact of the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar to the Euro,

 

    an unfavorable mix of products sold, with revenues from the Enterprise and Application Security market decreasing as a percentage of our total revenue, and

 

    a decline in non-hardware revenue as a percentage of our total revenue.

The gross margins generated from the banking market in any specific period will vary based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the products sold, the quantity sold, the geographic location of the sales and competition based on product or geography. Generally, we experience significant competition when the sale involves card readers. Card readers generally have a gross profit margin that is approximately 25 to 35 percentage points lower than other hardware-related margins due to competitive pricing pressures. There are a number of competitors in the EMV (Europay, Mastercard and VISA) market that produce card reader products with fewer features at a lower cost than our products. Card readers represented 45% of our total revenue in the first quarter of 2015 as compared to 21% of our total revenue in the first quarter of 2014.

The majority of our inventory purchases are denominated in U.S. Dollars. Also, as previously noted, our sales are denominated in various currencies including the Euro. As the U.S. Dollar strengthened against the Euro in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014, revenue from sales made in Euros decreased, as measured in U.S. Dollars, without a corresponding change in the cost of goods sold. As noted earlier, the impact from changes in currency

 

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rates are estimated to have decreased revenue by approximately $2,701 for the first quarter of 2015. Had the currency rates in 2015 been equal to the rates in 2014, the gross profit margin would have been approximately 1.7 percentage points higher for the first quarter of 2015.

The decrease in the percentage of our revenue that came from the Enterprise and Application Security market reflected the fact that revenue from that segment increased 5% while revenue from the Banking market increased 83% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014. Revenue from our Enterprise and Application Security market, which generally has margins that are 30 to 40 percentage points higher than the Banking market, was 12% of our total revenue in the first quarter of 2015 compared to 19% of total revenue in the first quarter of 2014.

Similarly, revenue from on non-hardware products generally has margins that are 30 to 40 percentage points higher than our hardware products. While the amount of revenue from our non-hardware products increased 4% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014, they decreased as a percentage of total revenue from 30% in the first quarter of 2014 to 19% of revenue in the first quarter of 2015.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses are generally based on anticipated revenue levels and the majority of such expenses are fixed over short periods of time. As a result, small variations in the amount of revenue recognized in any given quarter could cause significant variations in the quarter-to-quarter comparisons of either the absolute amounts of operating income or operating income as a percentage of revenue.

On a consolidated basis, our operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2015 were $21,597, a decrease of $308, or 1%, from the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

The most significant recurring factor driving our operating expenses is our headcount. Direct compensation and benefit plan expenses generally represent between 55% and 65% of our operating expenses. In addition, a number of other expense categories are directly related to headcount. We attempt to manage our headcount within the context of the economic environments in which we operate and the investments that we believe we need to make to help ensure that our infrastructure is able to support future growth and ensure that our products are competitive. Our average headcount in the first quarter of 2015 was 375 persons, a decrease of 18 persons, or 5%, from the average headcount in the first quarter of 2014.

The comparison of operating expenses can be impacted significantly by costs related to our stock-based and long-term incentive plans. For the first quarter of 2015, operating expenses included $1,159 of expense related to stock-based and long-term incentive plans compared to expense of $642 in 2014.

Finally, historically, operating expenses can be impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates. We estimate that the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Euro and other currencies in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014 reduced our operating expenses by $2,143 in the first quarter of 2015.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Consolidated sales and marketing expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 were $9,793, a decrease of $578, or 6%, from the first quarter of 2014. The decrease in sales and marketing expenses was primarily related to the currency impact of the strengthening of the U.S. dollar to the Euro and the decline in average headcount.

The average full-time sales, marketing, support and operations employee headcount for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 183 compared to 192 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, a decrease of 5%.

Research and Development Expenses

Consolidated research and development expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, were $4,549, a decrease of $592, or 12%, from the first quarter of 2014. The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily related to the currency impact of the strengthening of the U.S. dollar to the Euro and the decline in average headcount.

 

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The average full-time research and development employee headcount for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 136 compared to 142 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, a decrease of 4%.

General and Administrative Expenses

Consolidated general and administrative expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, were $6,119, an increase of $846, or 16%, from the first quarter of 2014. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily related to increased long-term incentive plan cost, and third party professional fees, partially offset by lower average headcount.

The average full-time general and administrative employee headcount for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 57 compared to 60 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, a decrease of 5%.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Amortization of intangible assets for the first quarter of 2015 was $1,136 and was essentially unchanged from the comparable period in 2014.

Interest Income

Consolidated net interest income was $80 in the first quarter of 2015 as compared to $24 in the first quarter of 2014. The increase in interest income reflects both higher average cash balances and higher average interest rate earned. Our average cash balance in the first quarter of 2015 of $142,673 was $38,551, or 37%, higher than in the first quarter of 2014. Our average annual rate earned on our cash increased from 0.09% in the first quarter of 2014 to 0.22% for the first quarter of 2015.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net primarily includes exchange gains (losses) on transactions that are denominated in currencies other than our subsidiaries’ functional currencies, subsidies received from foreign governments in support of our research and development in those countries and other miscellaneous non-operational expenses. Other expense for the first quarter of 2015 was $277 and compares to other income of $438 for the first quarter of 2014. The decrease in other income primarily reflects the impact of transaction losses of $617 in the first quarter of 2015 compared to transaction gains of $159 in the first quarter of 2014.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the first quarter of 2015 was $2,223, an increase of $1,396 from the first quarter of 2014. The increase in tax expense is attributable to an increase in our pretax income partially offset by a decrease in our estimated full-year tax rate for 2015 compared to 2014. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2015 was 14%, a decrease of five percentage points from 19% in the first quarter of 2014. The decrease in the tax rate was primarily related to changes in our estimated distribution of earnings and changes in our estimates of the tax rate applicable to certain components of our deferred tax balances.

At December 31, 2014, we had foreign tax credit carryforwards of $5,516. Foreign tax credits of $944 expire in 2015 and the remaining $4,572 expire in 2023 and 2024. We have not provided a valuation reserve for the foreign tax credits because we believe that it is more likely than not that they will be realized.

At December 31, 2014, we also had foreign NOL carryforwards of $4,366 and other foreign deductible carryforwards of $3,568. The foreign NOL carryforwards have no expiration dates and the other deductible carryforwards expire from 2016 to 2021. At December 31, 2014, we had a valuation allowance of $2,378 for certain foreign deferred tax assets and $122 for U.S. state tax NOL. A reduction in the valuation allowance reduces income tax expense in the same period. See Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements for more information on tax loss carryforwards.

 

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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations

We reported a loss from discontinued operations of $23 in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a loss from discontinued operations of $16 in the first quarter of 2014. Losses in the first quarter of 2015 primarily reflect the ongoing legal and other third party costs associated with the bankruptcy of DigiNotar in 2011.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At March 31, 2015, we had net cash balances (total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash less bank borrowings) of $74,207 and short term investments of $74,879. At December 31, 2014, we had net cash balances of $72,441 and short term investments of $64,940. We had no outstanding debt or restricted cash at December 31, 2014.

Short term investments at both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, which consist of high quality commercial paper with maturities of less than nine months, were held by our U.S. entities and issued by domestic and foreign corporations.

Our working capital at March 31, 2015 was $174,860, an increase of $13,831 or 9% from $161,029 at December 31, 2014. Our current ratio was 5.1 to 1.0 at March 31, 2015.

The increase in the combined balance of cash and short-term investments as well as the increase in working capital at March 31, 2015 from December 31, 2014 primarily reflects the benefit from the quarter’s cash flow from operations.

As of March 31, 2015, we held $40,784 of cash in banks outside of the United States. Of that amount, $40,068 is not subject to repatriation restrictions, but may be subject to taxes upon repatriation. We have provided $1,397 of U.S. tax on foreign earnings of $41,253 available for repatriation. We have not provided U.S. tax on unremitted foreign earnings of approximately $110,606 that we consider to be permanently invested.

We believe that our financial resources are adequate to meet our operating needs over the next twelve months.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09), which supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in applying such process, more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing U.S. GAAP.

ASU 2014-9 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within such annual periods, using either of the following transition methods: (i) a full retrospective approach reflecting the application of the standard in each prior reporting period with the option to elect certain practical expedients, or (ii) a retrospective approach with the cumulative effect of initially adopting ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of adoption (which includes additional footnote disclosures). We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements and have not yet determined the method by which we will adopt the standard in 2017.

 

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From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by us as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, our management believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

There have been no material changes in our market risk during the three months ended March 31, 2015. For additional information, refer to “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk”, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who, respectively, are our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that (i) the information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and (ii) information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Controls

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. However, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and implemented, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company are detected. The inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors or mistakes. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls’ effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

In January 2015, we received a notice of potential claim by the trustee against all of the individuals who served as Directors of DigiNotar, both before and after our acquisition of DigiNotar. T. Kendall Hunt, Jan Valcke, and Clifford K. Bown were the Directors of DigiNotar following its purchase by VASCO. The basis for the potential claim from the trustee appears to be based primarily on the same arguments that VASCO presented in its case against the sellers, which were adjudicated in VASCO’s favor. The trustee has invited the directors (both former and new) to respond to the preliminary conclusion before he makes a decision to file a claim. While we believe that we have strong defenses against the claim, we have also notified our provider of director and officer insurance should a claim be filed and we do not expect the resolution of the potential claim to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. VASCO is indemnifying Messrs. Hunt, Valcke, and Bown for this matter.

Item 6. Exhibits.

Exhibit 31.1 - Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 31.2 - Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 32.1 - Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 32.2 - Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 101.INS – XBRL Instance Document

Exhibit 101.SCH – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Exhibit 101.CAL – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.LAB - XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.PRE – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.DEF – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

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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, on May 5, 2015.

 

VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

/s/ T. Kendall Hunt

T. Kendall Hunt
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Clifford K. Bown

Clifford K. Bown
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 31.1 - Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 31.2 - Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 32.1 - Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 32.2 - Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 5, 2015.

Exhibit 101.INS – XBRL Instance Document

Exhibit 101.SCH – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Exhibit 101.CAL – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.LAB - XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.PRE – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.DEF – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

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