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Symbolic Logic, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2015 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

x      Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

 

OR

 

o         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: 001-34261

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

84-1010843

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

9777 Pyramid Court, Suite 100 Englewood, Colorado

 

80112

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(303) 802-1000

(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 x No o

 

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 o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or 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 o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company x

(Do not check if a 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 o No x

 

As of November 5, 2015 there were 11,702,768 shares outstanding of Registrant’s Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share).

 

 

 



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EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

September 30, 2015

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1

Financial Statements

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three and Nine months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the Three and Nine months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Nine months Ended September 30, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Item 2

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

Item 3

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 4

Controls and Procedures

 

 

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1

Legal Proceedings

Item 1A

Risk Factors

Item 2

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 3

Defaults upon Senior Securities

Item 4

Mine Safety Disclosures

Item 5

Other Information

Item 6

Exhibits

 

 

Signature

 

 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands except share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

9,410

 

$

9,781

 

Contract receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $42 at September 30, 2015 and $43 at December 31, 2014

 

9,935

 

9,182

 

Unbilled work-in-progress, net of allowance of $306 at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014

 

3,370

 

4,995

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

80

 

Prepaid and other current assets

 

1,533

 

1,331

 

Total current assets

 

24,248

 

25,369

 

Property and equipment, net

 

595

 

659

 

Amortizable intangible assets, net

 

5,179

 

608

 

Goodwill

 

23,553

 

17,010

 

Long-term deferred income taxes

 

 

586

 

Total assets

 

$

53,575

 

$

44,232

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of capital lease obligations

 

$

5

 

$

5

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

5,704

 

4,460

 

Income taxes payable

 

466

 

1,227

 

Unearned revenue

 

4,343

 

3,883

 

Total current liabilities

 

10,518

 

9,575

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Capital lease obligations, net of current portion

 

3

 

7

 

Revolving line of credit, net of current portion

 

10,000

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

1,065

 

 

Contingent earn-out obligation

 

178

 

178

 

Long-term unearned revenue

 

 

420

 

Total liabilities

 

21,764

 

10,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 11,879,407 shares issued and 11,700,518 outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and 11,843,564 shares issued and 11,664,675 outstanding as of December 31, 2014

 

12

 

12

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

96,307

 

96,005

 

Treasury stock 178,889 shares as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, at cost

 

(1,253

)

(1,253

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(5,443

)

(4,534

)

Accumulated deficit

 

(57,812

)

(56,178

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

31,811

 

34,052

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

53,575

 

$

44,232

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

REVENUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees and services

 

$

3,228

 

$

5,141

 

$

11,177

 

$

14,690

 

Customer support

 

2,545

 

2,419

 

7,327

 

7,391

 

Total revenue

 

5,773

 

7,560

 

18,504

 

22,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COSTS OF REVENUE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

1,043

 

1,446

 

3,458

 

4,437

 

Costs of customer support, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

396

 

509

 

1,116

 

1,417

 

Sales and marketing

 

1,336

 

1,363

 

4,435

 

4,344

 

General and administrative

 

1,010

 

877

 

2,943

 

2,654

 

Product development

 

913

 

948

 

2,887

 

2,786

 

Depreciation

 

97

 

74

 

277

 

172

 

Amortization

 

24

 

24

 

71

 

71

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

237

 

Total costs of revenue and operating expenses

 

4,819

 

5,241

 

15,187

 

16,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

954

 

2,319

 

3,317

 

5,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

5

 

6

 

14

 

13

 

Interest expense

 

(3

)

(4

)

(9

)

(13

)

Other loss

 

 

 

 

(27

)

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

 

(244

)

185

 

(218

)

13

 

Other income (expense), net

 

(242

)

187

 

(213

)

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations before income taxes

 

712

 

2,506

 

3,104

 

5,949

 

Income tax expense

 

142

 

827

 

894

 

1,943

 

Net income

 

$

570

 

$

1,679

 

$

2,210

 

$

4,006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic income per common share

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.14

 

$

0.19

 

$

0.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted income per common share

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.14

 

$

0.19

 

$

0.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividend declared per common share

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.33

 

$

0.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average basic shares outstanding

 

11,687

 

11,647

 

11,677

 

11,635

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

11,927

 

11,934

 

11,938

 

11,919

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(in thousands except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

570

 

$

1,679

 

$

2,210

 

$

4,006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation loss

 

(975

)

(1,306

)

(909

)

(412

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

(975

)

(1,306

)

(909

)

(412

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive (loss) income

 

$

(405

)

$

373

 

$

1,301

 

$

3,594

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Paid-in

 

Treasury

 

Comprehensive

 

Accumulated

 

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Capital

 

Stock

 

Loss

 

(Deficit)

 

Equity 

 

Balance at December 31, 2014

 

11,664,675

 

$

12

 

$

96,005

 

$

(1,253

)

$

(4,534

)

$

(56,178

)

$

34,052

 

Stock option exercises

 

10,823

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

28

 

Common Stock issued pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

6,052

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

45

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

229

 

 

 

 

229

 

Restricted stock issuance, net of cancellations

 

18,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock cash dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,844

)

(3,844

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,210

 

2,210

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

(909

)

 

(909

)

Balance at September 30, 2015

 

11,700,518

 

$

12

 

$

96,307

 

$

(1,253

)

$

(5,443

)

$

(57,812

)

$

31,811

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

2,210

 

$

4,006

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

277

 

172

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

71

 

71

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

8

 

13

 

Stock based compensation

 

229

 

309

 

Unrealized foreign currency transaction losses, net

 

218

 

(13

)

Provision for deferred income taxes

 

(25

)

(15

)

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Contract receivables

 

(137

)

745

 

Unbilled work-in-progress

 

1,604

 

(3,896

)

Prepaid and other assets

 

(183

)

133

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

(934

)

(295

)

Unearned revenue

 

(439

)

(1,486

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

2,899

 

(256

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(191

)

(275

)

Business combinations, net of cash

 

(9,014

)

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(9,205

)

(275

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Capital lease payments

 

(4

)

(7

)

Proceeds from the revolving line of credit

 

10,000

 

 

Common stock cash dividends

 

(3,844

)

(3,608

)

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

 

 

821

 

Proceeds from the issuance of stock

 

73

 

244

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

6,225

 

(2,550

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

(290

)

273

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(371

)

(2,808

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

9,781

 

13,785

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

9,410

 

$

10,977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash and non-cash transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes paid

 

$

1,092

 

$

111

 

Property and equipment purchased and included in accounts payable

 

12

 

 

Issuance of common stock related to acquisition

 

 

19

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Organization — We are a provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and cable markets. We maintain long-standing relationships with many of the largest wireless, wireline and cable companies worldwide. Our customers rely on us to develop, deploy, enhance and maintain software solutions that provide a variety of service activation and provisioning functions.  Our service activation solution, Tertio® (“TSA”) is used to activate bundles of voice, video and data services for wireless, wireline and cable network operators; our SIM card activation solution, Dynamic SIM Allocation TM (“DSA”) is used to dynamically allocate and assign resources to Mobile Network Operators (“MNOs”) devices that rely on SIM cards; our Mobile Data Enablement TM (“MDE”) solution provides a data consumption and policy management solution for wireless carriers and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (“MVNOs”) that monitor the usage and consumption of data services; our Total Number Management™ (“TNM”) product is a scalable and fully automated database solution that enables operators to reliably and efficiently manage their telephone numbers as well as other communication identifiers (i.e. SIMs, MSISDNs, IMSIs, ICCIDs, IPs). Our solutions can be deployed on premise or offered as a Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”).

 

On September 30, 2015 we announced the acquisition of privately held RateIntegration, Inc., d/b/a Sixth Sense Media (“SSM”), a provider of real time analytics and marketing solutions to wireless carriers.  SSM’s software solution platform, Real-time Lifecycle Marketing™ (“RLM”), enables carriers’ marketing departments to innovate, execute and manage highly-personalized and contextually-relevant, interactive campaigns that engage consumers in real time.

 

We believe the addition of SSM’s RLM product to our existing service activation and data enablement products will produce a powerful platform for wireless carriers. A product suite which we refer to as our Mobile Marketing Solutions (“MMS”) will provide sophisticated, highly tailored mobile campaigns which can be executed based on critical subscriber data captured during the initial activation experience (DSA and RLM) as well as in-life subscriber usage via MDE.  We see the opportunity to leverage our technology to provide MNOs with sophisticated mobile marketing campaigns that will extend beyond voice, text and data usage campaigns and provide marketing services that will assist MNOs to market services that include retail mobile marketing, gaming, streaming video as well as social media based campaigns.

 

Interim Consolidated Financial Statements — The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X and the related rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures included in these financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this document have been prepared on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements, and in our opinion reflect all adjustments, which include normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation in accordance with GAAP and SEC regulations for interim financial statements. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that we will have for any subsequent period.  These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us 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, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. We made estimates with respect to revenue recognition for estimated hours to complete projects accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method, allowance for doubtful accounts, income tax valuation allowance, fair values of long-lived assets, valuation of intangible assets and goodwill, useful lives for property, equipment and intangible assets, business combinations, capitalization of internal software development costs and fair value of stock-based compensation amounts.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Foreign Currency — Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar.  The functional currency of our foreign operations is the respective local currency for each foreign subsidiary.  Assets and liabilities of foreign operations denominated in local currencies are translated at the spot rate in effect at the applicable reporting date.  Our consolidated statements of income are translated at the weighted average rate of exchange during the applicable period.  The resulting unrealized cumulative translation adjustment is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity.  Realized and unrealized transaction gains and losses generated by transactions denominated in a currency different from the functional currency of the applicable entity are recorded in other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which they occur.

 

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Principles of Consolidation — The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Evolving Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned.  All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Goodwill — Goodwill is the excess of acquisition cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired.  Goodwill is not amortized, but tested for impairment annually or whenever indicators of impairment exist. These indicators may include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgment, including the identification of reporting units, assignment of assets and liabilities to reporting units, assignment of goodwill to reporting units, and determination of the fair value of each reporting unit.

 

Intangible Assets — Amortizable intangible assets consist primarily of purchased software and licenses, customer contracts and relationships, trademarks and tradenames, non-competition and business partnerships acquired in conjunction with our purchase of Telespree Communications (“Evolving Systems Labs, Inc.”) and RateIntegration, Inc. d/b/a Sixth Sense Media (“Evolving Systems NC, Inc.”).  These assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated lives.

 

We assess the impairment of identifiable intangibles if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable.  If we determine that the carrying value of intangibles and/or long-lived assets may not be recoverable, we compare the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition to the asset’s carrying amount. If an amortizable intangible or long-lived asset is not deemed to be recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss representing the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its estimated fair value.

 

Fair Value Measurements — Fair value is the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value is estimated by applying the following hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement:

 

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

 

Level 3 — Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents — All highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase are classified as cash equivalents.

 

Revenue Recognition — We recognize revenue when an agreement is signed, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. We recognize revenue from two primary sources: license fees and services, and customer support.   The majority of our license fees and services revenue is generated from fixed-price contracts, which provide for licenses to our software products and services to customize such software to meet our customers’ use.  When the customization services are determined to be essential to the functionality of the delivered software, we recognize revenue using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. In these types of arrangements, we do not typically have Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value on the license fee/services portion (services are related to customizing the software) of the arrangement due to the large amount of customization required by our customers; however, we do have VSOE for the warranty/maintenance services based on the renewal rate of the first year of maintenance in the arrangement. The license/services portion is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting and the warranty/maintenance services are separated based on the renewal rate in the contract and recognized ratably over the warranty or maintenance period. We estimate the percentage-of-completion for each contract based on the ratio of direct labor hours incurred to total estimated direct labor hours and recognize revenue based on the percent complete multiplied by the contract amount allocated to the license fee/services.  Since estimated direct labor hours, and changes thereto, can have a significant impact on revenue recognition, these estimates are critical and we review them regularly. If the arrangement includes a customer acceptance provision, the hours to complete the acceptance testing are included in the total estimated direct labor hours; therefore, the related revenue is recognized as the acceptance testing is performed. Revenue is not recognized in full until the customer has provided proof of acceptance on the arrangement.  Generally, our contracts are accounted for individually. However, when certain criteria are met, it may be necessary to account for two or more contracts as one to reflect the substance of the group of contracts. We record amounts billed in advance of services being performed as unearned revenue. Unbilled work-in-progress represents revenue earned but not yet billable under the terms of the fixed-price contracts. All such amounts are expected to be billed and collected within 12 months.

 

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We may encounter budget and schedule changes or increases on fixed-price contracts caused by increased labor or overhead costs. We make adjustments to cost estimates in the period in which the facts requiring such revisions become known. We record estimated losses, if any, in the period in which current estimates of total contract revenue and contract costs indicate a loss. If revisions to cost estimates are obtained after the balance sheet date but before the issuance of the interim or annual financial statements, we make adjustments to the interim or annual financial statements accordingly.

 

In arrangements where the services are not essential to the functionality of the delivered software, we recognize license revenue when a license agreement has been signed, delivery and acceptance have occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. Where applicable, we unbundle and record as revenue fees from multiple element arrangements as the elements are delivered to the extent that VSOE of fair value of the undelivered elements exist. If VSOE for the undelivered elements does not exist, we defer fees from such arrangements until the earlier of the date that VSOE does exist on the undelivered elements or all of the elements have been delivered.

 

We recognize revenue from fixed-price service contracts using the proportional performance method of accounting, which is similar to the percentage-of-completion method described above. We recognize revenue from professional services provided pursuant to time-and-materials based contracts and training services as the services are performed, as that is when our obligation to our customers under such arrangements is fulfilled.

 

We recognize revenue from our MDE contracts based on the number of transactions per month multiplied by a factor based on a unique table for transaction volumes relating to each account.

 

We recognize customer support, including maintenance revenue, ratably over the service contract period. When maintenance is bundled with the original license fee arrangement, its fair value, based upon VSOE, is deferred and recognized during the periods when services are provided.

 

Stock-based Compensation — We account for stock-based compensation by applying a fair-value-based measurement method to account for share-based payment transactions with employees and directors. We record compensation costs associated with the vesting of unvested options on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.  Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense because we settle these obligations by issuing shares of our common stock instead of settling such obligations with cash payments.    We use the Black-Scholes model to estimate the fair value of each option grant on the date of grant.  This model requires the use of estimates for expected term of the options and expected volatility of the price of our common stock.

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss) — Comprehensive income (loss) consists of two components, net income and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to revenue, expenses, gains, and losses that under GAAP are recorded as an element of shareholders’ equity but are excluded from net income. Other comprehensive income (loss) consists of foreign currency translation adjustments from those subsidiaries not using the U.S. dollar as their functional currency.

 

Income Taxes — We record deferred tax assets and liabilities for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and amounts reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, as well as operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to be applied to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  We reduce deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance if, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not that these benefits will not be realized.

 

We use a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.  For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements — In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” Topic 606.  This Update affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets, unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The guidance in this Update supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition and most industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to illustrate the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance also includes a cohesive set of disclosure requirements that will provide users of financial statements with comprehensive information about the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from a reporting organization’s contracts with customers. This ASU is effective retrospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016 for public companies and 2017 for non-public entities, however the FASB has deferred the effective date by one year. We do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15 Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern .  Management of public and private companies will be required to evaluate whether there are conditions and events that raise

 

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substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the financial statements are issued (or available to be issued when applicable) and, if so, disclose that fact. Management will be required to make this evaluation for both annual and interim reporting periods, if applicable. The standard is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 and interim periods ending after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted for annual or interim reporting periods for which the financial statements have not previously been issued. We do not expect the adoption of this ASU to impact the consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 2 — ACQUISITION

 

On September 30, 2015 we acquired privately held RateIntegration, Inc. d/b/a Sixth Sense Media (“SSM”), now known as Evolving Systems NC, Inc. for an initial payment of approximately $9.75 million and a $0.5 million working capital adjustment.  We also agreed to make a payment on the one year anniversary of the transaction of $250,000, with such payment being available to secure RateIntegration’s representations and warranties in the agreement.

 

We accounted for this business combination by applying the acquisition method, and accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets and liabilities assumed based upon their fair values at the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the net assets and liabilities, approximately $6.9 million, was recorded as goodwill. The Company is in the process of finalizing the purchase allocation, thus the provisional measures of deferred income taxes, intangibles and goodwill are subject to change. The Company expects the purchase price allocation will be finalized in 2016. The results of RateIntegration’s operations have been included in the consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date.

 

We believe this acquisition complements our activation and SIM management products. Combining SSM’s real-time analytics and campaign capabilities with our DSA and MDE solutions will allow the company to offer global wireless carriers solutions that utilize the highly valuable contextual data captured from the subscribers’ initial welcome experience via DSA, their network usage via RLM and their on-device app usage via MDE. The combined solutions will create a highly personalized experience that engages subscribers in real time from the first time subscribers power on their new devices right through their day-to-day usage.

 

Our strategic focus is primarily on the wireless markets in the areas of subscriber activation, SIM card management and activation, self—service mobile applications, data enablement solutions, connected device activation, mobile marketing campaigns, advertising and analytics and management of services.

 

Total purchase price is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2015

 

Cash Consideration

 

 

 

Initial Cash Purchase Price

 

$

9,750

 

Cash/Working Capital Adjustment

 

535

 

Total Cash Consideration

 

$

10,285

 

 

 

 

 

Assumed Liabilities

 

250

 

Total purchase price

 

$

10,535

 

 

The following table summarizes the preliminary estimated fair values of the assets and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2015

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,521

 

Contract receivables

 

1,057

 

Unbilled work-in-progress

 

89

 

Intangible assets

 

4,642

 

Prepaid and other current assets

 

68

 

Other assets, non-current

 

32

 

Total identifiable assets acquired

 

$

7,409

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

1,506

 

Deferred tax liability

 

1,760

 

Deferred revenue

 

557

 

Total identifiable liabilities acquired

 

$

3,823

 

 

 

 

 

Net identifiable assets acquired

 

3,586

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

6,949

 

Net assets acquired

 

$

10,535

 

 

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We recorded $4.6 million in intangible assets as of the acquisition date with a weighted-average amortization period of approximately seven years and are amortizing the value of the trade name, technology, non-competition and customer relationships over an estimated useful life of 2, 8, 2 and 7 years, respectively.  No amortization expense related to the acquired intangible assets was recorded during the period ended September 30, 2015.

 

The $5.4 million of goodwill was assigned to the license and service segment and $1.5 million was assigned to the customer support segment.  The goodwill recognized is attributed primarily to expected synergies and the assembled workforce of SSM.  As of the date of this report there were no changes in the recognized amounts of goodwill resulting from the acquisition of SSM.

 

Intangible assets related to the Evolving Systems NC, Inc.’s acquisition as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2015

 

 

 

Gross Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net Carrying
Amount

 

Weighted-Average
Amortization
Period

 

Purchased software

 

$

1,679

 

$

 

$

1,679

 

8 yrs

 

Trademarks and tradenames

 

122

 

 

122

 

2 yrs

 

Non-competition

 

33

 

 

 

33

 

2 yrs

 

Customer relationships

 

2,808

 

 

2,808

 

7 yrs

 

 

 

$

4,642

 

$

 

$

4,642

 

7.19 yrs

 

 

Pro Forma

 

The following unaudited pro forma financial information reflects the consolidated results of operations of as if the acquisition of SSM had taken place on January 1, 2015 and 2014. The pro forma information includes adjustments for the amortization of intangible assets. The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations as they would have been had the transaction been effected on the assumed date (in thousands).

 

 

 

For the Nine Months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

23,118

 

$

26,637

 

Earnings

 

2,559

 

4,415

 

 

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NOTE 3 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting unit were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

License and Services

 

Customer Support

 

Total

 

 

 

U.S.

 

India

 

U.K.

 

U.S.

 

U.K.

 

Goodwill

 

Balance as of December 31, 2014

 

$

1,097

 

$

 

$

7,118

 

$

 

$

8,795

 

$

17,010

 

Goodwill acquired during the year

 

5,209

 

184

 

 

 

1,556

 

 

 

6,949

 

Effects of changes in foreign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

currency exchange rates (1)

 

 

 

(182

)

 

(224

)

(406

)

Balance at September 30, 2015

 

$

6,306

 

$

184

 

$

6,936

 

$

1,556

 

$

8,571

 

$

23,553

 

 


(1)         Represents the impact of foreign currency translation for instances when goodwill is recorded in foreign entities whose functional currency is also their local currency. Goodwill balances are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect at period end. Adjustments related to foreign currency translation are included in other comprehensive income.

 

We performed our annual goodwill impairment test as of July 31, 2015, which we had $17.0 million of goodwill included the following reporting units, License and Services (“L&S”) — US,  Evolving Systems Labs, Inc. of $1.1 million and UK of $7.2 million and Customer Support (“CS”) — UK of $8.7 million. The fair value of each reporting unit was estimated using both market and income based approaches. Specifically, we incorporated observed market multiple data from selected guideline public companies and values arrived at through the application of discounted cash flow analyses which in turn were based upon our financial projections as of the valuation date. In our analysis, we weighted the application of discounted cash flow analysis at 70% and observed market multiple data from selected guideline public companies at 30%.  This analysis requires significant judgments, including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for our business, estimation of the useful life over which cash flows will occur, and determination of our weighted average cost of capital. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and goodwill impairment for each reporting unit. If the carrying value of a reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, we would then be required to perform a second step of the impairment analysis which could lead to goodwill impairment should the carrying amount exceed the fair value.  The excess of carrying amount over fair value would be charged to operations as an impairment loss. If the projected future performance of either of our segments as estimated in the income valuation approach is adjusted downward or is lower than expected in the future, we could be required to record a goodwill impairment charge.  As a result of the first step of the 2015 goodwill impairment analysis, the fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying value.  Therefore the second step was not necessary.  However, a hypothetical decrease of approximately 20% due to lower than estimated future cash flows in the estimated fair value of our L&S-U.S. Evolving Systems Labs, Inc. reporting unit would result in its carrying value exceeding its estimated fair value and therefore require the second step, which could result in impairment for that reporting unit. From July 31, 2015 through the date of this report, no events have occurred that we believe may have impaired goodwill.

 

As a result of the acquisition of SSM, $6.9 million of goodwill was acquired during the period, of which $5.4 million was assigned to the license and service segment and $1.5 million was assigned to the customer support segment.

 

We amortized identifiable intangible assets for Evolving Systems Labs, Inc. on a straight-line basis over their estimated lives ranging from one to eight years.  As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, identifiable intangibles were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2015

 

December 31, 2014

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

(2)
Gross
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net
Carrying
Amount

 

Gross
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net
Carrying
Amount

 

Average
Amortization
Period

 

Purchased software

 

$

2,118

 

$

105

 

$

2,013

 

$

439

 

$

64

 

$

375

 

7.3 yrs

 

Trademarks and tradenames

 

185

 

24

 

161

 

63

 

15

 

48

 

2.6 yrs

 

Non-competition

 

33

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

2.0 yrs

 

Customer relationships

 

3,024

 

52

 

2,972

 

216

 

31

 

185

 

6.8 yrs

 

 

 

$

5,360

 

$

181

 

$

5,179

 

$

718

 

$

110

 

$

608

 

6.8 yrs

 

 


(2)           Changes in intangible values as of September 30, 2015 compared to December 31, 2014 are the direct result of the acquisition of Evolving Systems NC, Inc. in the third quarter of 2015.

 

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Amortization expense of identifiable intangible assets was $24,000 for the three months and $71,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  Expected future amortization expense related to identifiable intangibles based on our carrying amount as of September 30, 2015 was as follows (in thousands):

 

Twelve months ending September 30,

 

 

 

2016

 

$

783

 

2017

 

783

 

2018

 

705

 

2019

 

694

 

2020

 

693

 

Thereafter

 

1,521

 

 

 

$

5,179

 

 

NOTE 4 — EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

 

We compute basic earnings per share (“EPS”) by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, including common stock issuable under participating securities. We compute diluted EPS using the weighted average number of shares outstanding, including participating securities, plus all potentially dilutive common stock equivalents. Common stock equivalents consist of stock options.

 

Our policy is to treat unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents, whether paid or unpaid, as participating securities, included in the computation of both basic and diluted earnings per share.  The following is the reconciliation of the denominator of the basic and diluted EPS computations (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

Basic income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to common stockholders

 

$

570

 

$

1,679

 

$

2,210

 

$

4,006

 

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

 

11,687

 

11,647

 

11,677

 

11,635

 

Basic income per share:

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.14

 

$

0.19

 

$

0.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to common stockholders

 

$

570

 

$

1,679

 

$

2,210

 

$

4,006

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

11,687

 

11,647

 

11,677

 

11,635

 

Effect of dilutive securities - options

 

240

 

287

 

261

 

284

 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

11,927

 

11,934

 

11,938

 

11,919

 

Diluted income per share:

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.14

 

$

0.19

 

$

0.34

 

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, 0.3 million and 0.1 million shares, respectively, of common stock were excluded from the dilutive stock calculation because their exercise prices were greater than the average fair value of our common stock for the period.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, 0.3 million and 0.2 million shares, respectively of common stock were excluded from the dilutive stock calculation because their exercise prices were greater than the average fair value of our common stock for the period.

 

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NOTE 5 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

 

We account for stock-based compensation by applying a fair-value-based measurement method to account for share-based payment transactions with employees and directors, and record compensation cost for all stock awards granted after January 1, 2006 and awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after that date, using the modified prospective method. We record compensation costs associated with the vesting of unvested options on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. We recognized $0.1 million of compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations, with respect to our stock-based compensation plans for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 and $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expenses recorded in the consolidated statement of operations (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

Cost of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

$

17

 

$

20

 

$

56

 

$

56

 

Cost of customer support, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

3

 

2

 

8

 

6

 

Sales and marketing

 

10

 

5

 

26

 

26

 

General and administrative

 

23

 

49

 

76

 

138

 

Product development

 

16

 

32

 

63

 

83

 

Total share based compensation

 

$

69

 

$

108

 

$

229

 

$

309

 

 

Stock Incentive Plans

 

In January 1996, our stockholders approved an Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the “Option Plan”).  Under the Option Plan, as amended, 4,175,000 shares were reserved for issuance.  Options issued under the Option Plan were at the discretion of the Board of Directors, including the vesting provisions of each stock option granted. Options were granted with an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant, generally vest over four years and expire no more than ten years from the date of grant. The Option Plan terminated on January 18, 2006; options granted before that date were not affected by the plan termination.  At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, 0.1 million options remained outstanding under the Option Plan.

 

In June 2007, our stockholders approved the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Stock Plan”) with a maximum of 1,000,000 shares reserved for issuance. In June 2010, our stockholders approved an amendment to the 2007 Stock Plan which increased the maximum shares that may be awarded under the plan to 1,250,000. In June 2013, our stockholders approved an amendment to the 2007 Stock Plan which increased the maximum shares that may be awarded under the plan to 1,502,209.  In June 2015, our stockholders approved an amendment to the 2007 Stock Plan which increased the maximum shares that may be awarded under the plan to 2,002,209.  Awards permitted under the 2007 Stock Plan include:  Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.  Awards issued under the 2007 Stock Plan are at the discretion of the Board of Directors.  As applicable, awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant, generally vest over four years for employees and one year for directors and expire no more than ten years from the date of grant.  At September 30, 2015, there were approximately 0.3 million shares available for grant under the 2007 Stock Plan, as amended.  At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, 0.8 and 0.6 million were issued and outstanding under the 2007 Stock Plan as amended, respectively.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2015 there were 20,000 grants of restricted stock to members of our senior management.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 there were 20,000 grants of restricted stock to members of our senior management.  No grants of restricted stock were offered during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, 0 and 2,000 shares of restricted stock vested, respectively and 94 and 6,000 shares of restricted stock vested, respectively during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. No shares of restricted stock were forfeited during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Approximately 1,031 and 938 shares of restricted stock were forfeited during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The fair market value of restricted shares for share-based compensation expensing is equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant.  Stock-based compensation expense includes $0 and $15,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $1,000 and $46,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, of expense related to restricted stock grants. The restrictions on the stock awards are released quarterly, generally over two and four years for senior management and over one year for board members.

 

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The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model.  The Black-Scholes model uses four assumptions to calculate the fair value of each option grant.  The expected term of share options granted is derived using the simplified method, which we adopted in January 2008. The risk-free interest rate is based upon the rate currently available on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury instruments with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the stock options.  The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of our common stock over a period equal to the expected term of the stock options.  The expected dividend yield is based upon historical and anticipated payment of dividends.  The weighted-average assumptions used in the fair value calculations are as follows:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

Expected term (years)

 

6.0

 

*

 

6.0

 

6.0

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.37

%

*

 

1.37

%

1.69

%

Expected volatility

 

37.76

%

*

 

42.47

%

55.88

%

Expected dividend yield

 

7.33

%

*

 

6.32

%

3.99

%

 


* - None granted

 

The following is a summary of stock option activity under the plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

Remaining

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

Number of

 

Average

 

Contractual

 

Intrinsic

 

 

 

Shares

 

Exercise

 

Term

 

Value

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Price

 

(Years)

 

(in thousands)

 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2014

 

630

 

$

4.94

 

5.69

 

$

2,959

 

Options granted

 

298

 

7.25

 

 

 

 

 

Less options forfeited

 

(19

)

9.39

 

 

 

 

 

Less options expired

 

(8

)

9.39

 

 

 

 

 

Less options exercised

 

(11

)

2.57

 

 

 

 

 

Options outstanding at September 30, 2015

 

890

 

$

5.61

 

6.46

 

$

1,425

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercisable at September 30, 2015

 

532

 

$

4.20

 

4.50

 

$

1,418

 

 

There were 172,000 stock options granted during the three months ended September 30, 2015.  No stock options were granted during the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $0.96.  As of September 30, 2015, there were approximately $0.5 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested stock options.  These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.55 years.  The total fair value of stock options vested during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $0.1 million, respectively.  The total fair value of stock options vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

 

The deferred income tax benefits from stock option expense related to Evolving Systems U.K. totaled approximately $5,000 and $4,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The deferred income tax benefits from stock option expense related to Evolving Systems U.K. totaled approximately $14,000 and $12,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Cash received from stock option exercises for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $0 and $0.1 million, respectively.  Cash received from stock option exercises for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $27,000 and $0.2 million, respectively.

 

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

Under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), we are authorized to issue up to 550,000 shares.  Employees may elect to have up to 15% of their gross compensation withheld through payroll deductions to purchase our common stock, capped at $25,000 annually and no more than 10,000 shares per offering period. The purchase price of the stock is 85% of the lower of the market price at the beginning or end of each three-month participation period. As of September 30, 2015, there were approximately 55,000 shares available for purchase.  For the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, we recorded compensation expense of $3,000, respectively, and $11,000 and $14,000, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, associated with grants under the ESPP which includes the fair value of the look-back feature of each grant as well as the 15% discount on the purchase price.  This expense fluctuates each period primarily based on the level of employee participation.

 

The fair value of each purchase made under our ESPP is estimated on the date of purchase using the Black-Scholes model.  The Black-Scholes model uses four assumptions to calculate the fair value of each purchase.  The expected term of each purchase is based upon the three-month participation period of each offering.  The risk-free interest rate is based upon the rate currently available on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury instruments with a remaining term equal to the expected term of each offering.  The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of our common stock.  The expected dividend yield is based upon historical and anticipated payment of dividends.  The weighted average assumptions used in the fair value calculations are as follows:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

Expected term (years)

 

0.25

 

0.25

 

0.25

 

0.25

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

0.01

%

0.02

%

0.03

%

0.03

%

Expected volatility

 

41.51

%

36.78

%

38.20

%

41.90

%

Expected dividend yield

 

7.33

%

4.37

%

5.77

%

4.50

%

 

Cash received from employee stock plan purchases for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $11,000 and $12,000, respectively.  Cash received from employee stock plan purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $44,000 and $55,000, respectively.

 

We issued shares related to the ESPP of approximately 2,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.  We issued shares related to the ESPP of approximately 7,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

 

NOTE 6 — CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2015, no significant customers (defined as contributing at least 10%) accounted for 10% of revenue from operations.    For the three months ended September 30, 2014, two significant customers accounted for 28% (16% and 12%) of revenue from operations.  The significant customers for the three months ended September 30, 2014 are large telecommunications operators in Mexico and United Kingdom.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, no significant customers accounted for 10% of revenue from operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, three significant customers accounted for 36% (13%, 12% and 11%) of revenue from operations. These customers are large telecommunications operators in the United Kingdom, Mexico and Nigeria.

 

As of September 30, 2015, one significant customer accounted for approximately 22% of contract receivables and unbilled work-in-progress.  This customer is a large telecommunication operator in Nigeria.  As of December 31, 2014, three significant customers accounted for approximately 55% (26%, 16% and 13%) of contract receivables and unbilled work-in-progress.  These customers are large telecommunications operators in Nigeria, Mexico and Europe.

 

NOTE 7 — REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT

 

On September 28, 2015, we entered into the Third Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement with East West Bank to increase the current revolving credit facility from $5.0 million to $10.0 million (the “Revolving Facility”).  The additional $5.0 million (“Revolving Line II”) will bear interest at a floating rate equal to the U.S.A. Prime Rate plus 2.25%; the existing $5.0 million credit facility (“Revolving Line”) will continue to bear interest at the greater of 2.75% or the U.S.A Prime Rate minus one half of one percent (0.50%).  The Revolving Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of Evolving Systems, including a pledge, subject to certain limitations with respect to stock of foreign subsidiaries, of the stock of the existing and future direct subsidiaries of Evolving Systems.  There is no mandated borrowing required against the Revolving Facility.  To take an advance under the Revolving Facility, the Company must have a balance of $4.0 million in cash on deposit with East West Bank, a minimum current ratio and a specified ratio of Total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth, which are both as defined in the Revolving Facility. The Revolving Facility requires the Company to pay a one-time credit facility fee of $10,000 for extension of Revolving Line II, an annual credit facility fee of $10,000 and monthly payments of interest, with the unpaid balance due on October 22, 2016.

 

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The Revolving Facility includes negative covenants that place restrictions on the Company’s ability to, among other things:  incur additional indebtedness; create liens or other encumbrances on assets; make loans, enter into letters of credit, guarantees, investments and acquisitions; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; cause or permit a change of control; merge or consolidate with another entity; make negative pledges; enter into affiliate transactions; and change the nature of its business materially. Outstanding amounts under the Revolving Facility may be accelerated by notice from East West Bank upon the occurrence and continuance of certain events of default, including without limitation:  payment defaults, breach of covenants beyond applicable grace periods, breach of representations and warranties, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults, and the occurrence of a material adverse effect (as defined).  Acceleration is automatic upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and insolvency defaults.

 

As of September 30, 2015, we are in compliance with the covenants and have borrowed $10.0 million against the Revolving Facility.  The proceeds from the borrowings against the facilities were used for the initial payment for the RateIntegration acquisition agreement on September 30, 2015.

 

NOTE 8 — INCOME TAXES

 

We recorded net income tax expense of $0.1 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The net expense during the three months ended September 30, 2015 consisted of current income tax expense of $0.1 million. The current tax expense consists of income tax from our U.K. and India based operations and unrecoverable foreign withholding taxes in the U.K.  The net expense during the three months ended September 30, 2014 consisted of current income tax expense of $0.8 million and a deferred tax benefit of $10,000. The current tax expense consists of income tax from our U.S., U.K. and India based operations. The deferred tax benefit was primarily related to distributed foreign earnings, a decrease in deferred tax assets related to accrued liabilities and capitalized expenses for tax purpose related to the acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc.  The decrease in tax expense for the three months ending September 30, 2015 is due to lower income in the current period.

 

We recorded net income tax expense of $0.9 million and $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The net expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 consisted of current income tax expense of $0.9 and a deferred tax benefit of ($25,000).  The current tax expense consists primarily of income tax from our U.K. and India based operations, and unrecoverable foreign withholding taxes in the U.K.  The deferred tax benefit was primarily related to the increase of certain deferred tax assets in the U.K. and India.  The net expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 consisted of current income tax expense of $1.9 million and a deferred tax expense of $29,000.  The current tax expense consists primarily of income tax from our U.S., U.K. and India based operations.  The deferred tax expense was primarily related to undistributed foreign earnings, a decrease in deferred tax assets related to accrued liabilities and capitalized expenses for tax purpose related to the acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc.  The decrease in tax expense for the nine months ending September 30, 2015 is due to lower income in the current period.

 

Our effective tax rate was 20% and 33% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease in our effective tax rate relates to  the adjustment of our annual effective tax rate for earnings which are lower than projected.

 

Our effective tax rate was 29% and 33% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease in our effective tax rate relates to a higher proportion of our income being generated in the U.K., for which the statutory corporate tax rate was decreased in the second quarter of 2015.

 

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 we continued to maintain a valuation allowance on portions of our domestic net deferred tax asset.  Such assets primarily consist of certain state Net Operating Loss (“NOL”) carryforwards, research and development tax credits and Alternative Minimum Tax (“AMT”) credits.  The $1.1 million of net deferred tax liabilities as of September 30, 2015, were comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2015

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

530

 

Research & Development Credits

 

303

 

AMT credits

 

941

 

Stock Compensation

 

700

 

Depreciable assets

 

107

 

Accrued liabilities and reserves

 

423

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

3,004

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

Deferred Revenue

 

 

 

Undistributed Foreign Earnings

 

$

(723

)

Intangibles

 

(1,572

)

Total deferred tax liability

 

(2,295

)

 

 

 

 

Net deferred tax assets, before valuation allowance

 

$

709

 

Valuation allowance

 

(1,774

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(1,065

)

 

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We have unrecognized tax benefit NOL’s which are comprised of windfall tax benefits related to stock-based compensation.  Due to a recently adopted accounting pronouncement, ASU No. 2014-09, topic 740 “Income Tax”, these NOL’s were deducted from our NOL carryforwards and are not included in the above summarized net deferred tax asset.  When utilized, windfall tax benefits related to stock-based compensation are recorded as a reduction to our taxes payable when realized, with a corresponding credit to additional paid in capital, not income tax expense.

 

Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes an annual limitation on the amount of certain tax attributes, including net operating loss and tax credit carryovers, available to be utilized following an “Ownership Change” triggered by a shift of greater than 50% in stock ownership over a three year testing period. We believe SSM likely may have had Ownership Changes prior to its acquisition by Evolving Systems, Inc.  However, the amount of the applicable limitation is not known, and cannot be estimated at this time.  Accordingly, the Company has not recorded a deferred tax asset associated with SSM’s tax attributes in its initial purchase accounting.  The Company intends to review the ownership history of SSM to determine the utilizable portion of its tax attributes as soon as practicable, and if appropriate, adjust the deferred tax assets and purchase accounting upon the conclusion of its assessment.

 

Two Indian subsidiaries of SSM, were acquired pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated September 30, 2015.  We have reason to believe there is uncertainty related to the lack of historical US International reporting for these two foreign subsidiaries, and are in the process of determining whether either or both of these subsidiaries are controlled foreign corporations (“CFCs”) within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code and related Regulations, or if a “check-the-box” election has taken place to effectively treat one or both of these subsidiaries as disregarded entities for US federal tax reporting purposes. The Company is in the process of obtaining pertinent information to assess the degree of uncertainty and to quantify related costs or liabilities.

 

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 we had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits.

 

We conduct business globally and, as a result, Evolving Systems, Inc. or one or more of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions.  Throughout the world, in the normal course of business, we are subject to examination by taxing authorities up until, two years in the U.K. and four years in India, following the end of the accounting period.  As of the date of this report, none of our income tax returns are under examination.

 

NOTE 9 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Common Stock Dividend

 

On August 4, 2015, our Board of Directors declared a third quarter cash dividend of $0.11 per share, payable August 28, 2015, to stockholders of record August 21, 2015.    Previously, our Board of Directors declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.11 per share on March 17, 2015, payable March 31, 2015, to stockholders of record March 24, 2015 and a second quarter cash dividend of $0.11 per share on May 5, 2015, payable May 29, 2015, to stockholders of May 22, 2015.

 

Any determination to declare a future quarterly dividend, as well as the amount of any cash dividend which may be declared, will be based on our financial position, earnings, financial covenants to which we are subject, earnings outlook and other relevant factors at that time.

 

Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions/Agreements with Stockholders

 

Our restated certificate of incorporation allows the board of directors to issue up to 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences and privileges of those shares without any further vote or action by our stockholders. The rights of the holders of our common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. Issuance of preferred stock, while providing desired flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.

 

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In addition, we are subject to the anti-takeover provisions of Section 203 of Delaware General Corporation Law which prohibit us from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in the prescribed manner. The application of Section 203 may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control of our management, which could adversely affect the market price of our common stock by discouraging or preventing takeover attempts that might result in the payment of a premium price to our stockholders.

 

NOTE 10 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

We define operating segments as components of our enterprise for which separate financial information is reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision-makers to evaluate performance and to make operating decisions. We have identified our Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Finance as our chief operating decision-makers (“CODM”). These chief operating decision makers review revenues by segment and review overall results of operations.

 

We currently operate our business as two operating segments based on revenue type:  license fees and services revenue, and customer support revenue (as shown on the consolidated statements of operations).  License fees and services (“L&S”) revenue represents the fees received from the license of software products and those services directly related to the delivery of the licensed products, such as fees for custom development and integration services.  Customer support (“CS”) revenue includes annual support fees, recurring maintenance fees, fees for maintenance upgrades and warranty services.  Warranty services that are similar to software maintenance services are typically bundled with a license sale. Total assets by segment have not been disclosed as the information is not available to the chief operating decision-makers.

 

Segment information is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees and services

 

$

3,228

 

$

5,141

 

$

11,177

 

$

14,690

 

Customer support

 

2,545

 

2,419

 

7,327

 

7,391

 

Total revenue

 

5,773

 

7,560

 

18,504

 

22,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue less costs of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees and services

 

2,185

 

3,695

 

7,719

 

10,253

 

Customer support

 

2,149

 

1,910

 

6,211

 

5,974

 

 

 

4,334

 

5,605

 

13,930

 

16,227

 

Unallocated Costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating expenses

 

3,259

 

3,188

 

10,265

 

9,784

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

121

 

98

 

348

 

243

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

237

 

Interest income

 

(5

)

(6

)

(14

)

(13

)

Interest expense

 

3

 

4

 

9

 

13

 

Other loss

 

 

 

 

27

 

Foreign currency exchange loss

 

244

 

(185

)

218

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations before income taxes

 

$

712

 

$

2,506

 

$

3,104

 

$

5,949

 

 

Geographic Regions

 

We are headquartered in Englewood, a suburb of Denver, Colorado. We use customer locations as the basis for attributing revenues to individual countries. We provide products and services on a global basis through our headquarters, our London-based Evolving Systems U.K. subsidiary and our San Francisco-based Evolving Systems Labs, Inc. subsidiary. Additionally, personnel in Bangalore, India provide software development services to our global operations. Financial information relating to operations by geographic region is as follows (in thousands):

 

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For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

L&S

 

CS

 

Total

 

L&S

 

CS

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom

 

$

638

 

$

429

 

$

1,067

 

$

761

 

$

514

 

$

1,275

 

Indonesia

 

488

 

103

 

591

 

4

 

80

 

84

 

Mexico

 

254

 

108

 

362

 

1,082

 

136

 

1,218

 

Other

 

1,848

 

1,905

 

3,753

 

3,294

 

1,689

 

4,983

 

Total revenues

 

$

3,228

 

$

2,545

 

$

5,773

 

$

5,141

 

$

2,419

 

$

7,560

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

L&S

 

CS

 

Total

 

L&S

 

CS

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom

 

$

1,599

 

$

1,344

 

$

2,943

 

$

2,714

 

$

1,530

 

$

4,244

 

Nigeria

 

531

 

354

 

885

 

2,604

 

329

 

2,933

 

Mexico

 

1,077

 

349

 

1,426

 

2,156

 

573

 

2,729

 

Other

 

7,970

 

5,280

 

13,250

 

7,216

 

4,959

 

12,175

 

Total revenues

 

$

11,177

 

$

7,327

 

$

18,504

 

$

14,690

 

$

7,391

 

$

22,081

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

Long-lived assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

13,278

 

$

1,998

 

United Kingdom

 

15,720

 

16,091

 

Other

 

329

 

188

 

 

 

$

29,327

 

$

18,277

 

 

NOTE 11 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

(a)          Other Commitments

 

As permitted under Delaware law, we have agreements with officers and directors under which we agree to indemnify them for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in this capacity. The term of the indemnification period is indefinite. There is no limit on the amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements; however, we maintain Director and Officer insurance policies, as well as an Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy, that may enable us to recover a portion of any amounts paid. As a result of our insurance policy coverage, we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, there were no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

 

We enter into standard indemnification terms with customers and suppliers, in the ordinary course of business, for third party claims arising under our contracts. In addition, as we may subcontract the development of deliverables under customer contracts, we could be required to indemnify customers for work performed by subcontractors. Depending upon the nature of the indemnification, the potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements may be unlimited. We may be able to recover damages from a subcontractor or other supplier if the indemnification results from the subcontractor’s or supplier’s failure to perform. To the extent we are unable to recover damages from a subcontractor or other supplier, we could be required to reimburse the indemnified party for the full amount. We have never incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims relating to an indemnification. As a result, we believe the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, there were no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

 

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Our standard license agreements contain product warranties that the software will be free of material defects and will operate in accordance with the stated requirements for a limited period of time.  The product warranty provisions require us to cure any defects through any reasonable means.  We believe the estimated fair value of the product warranty provisions in the license agreements in place with our customers is minimal.  Accordingly, there were no liabilities recorded for these product warranty provisions as of September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

 

Our software arrangements generally include a product indemnification provision whereby we will indemnify and defend a customer in actions brought against the customer for claims that our products infringe upon a copyright, trade secret, or valid patent of a third party. We have not historically incurred any significant costs related to product indemnification claims. Accordingly, there were no liabilities recorded for these indemnification provisions as of September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

 

(b)                             Litigation

 

From time to time, we are involved in various legal matters arising in the normal course of business.  We do not expect the outcome of such proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material effect on our financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

 

NOTE 12 — RESTRUCTURING

 

During the first quarter of 2014, we undertook a reduction in workforce involving the termination of employees resulting in an expense of $0.2 million primarily related to severance for the affected employees. The reduction in workforce was related to the consolidations of duplicative functions and alignment of staff with ongoing business activity as a result of the acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc. in the fourth quarter of 2013.  Subsequently, an additional expense of $26,000 was incurred in the second quarter relating to the first quarter 2014 reduction in force.  There was no restructuring expense for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

There was no restructuring liability as of September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

 

NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On November 10, 2015, our Board of Directors declared a third quarter cash dividend of $0.11 per share, payable December 4, 2015, to stockholders of record November 27, 2015.

 

In October 2015, we undertook a reduction in workforce involving the termination of employees resulting in an expense of approximately $0.5 million primarily related to severance for the affected employees. The reduction in workforce was related to the consolidations of duplicative functions and alignment of staff with ongoing business activity as a result of the acquisition of Evolving Systems NC, Inc. in the third quarter of 2015.

 

ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that have been made pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about Evolving Systems’ industry, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by management.  Forward-looking statements include our expectations regarding product, services, and maintenance revenue, annual savings associated with the organizational changes effected in prior years, and short- and long-term cash needs.  In some cases, words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” variations of these words, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  The statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict; therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in any forward-looking statements.  Risks and uncertainties of our business include those set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” as well as additional risks described in this Form 10-Q.  Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.  However, readers should carefully review the risk factors set forth in other reports or documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and any Current Reports on Form 8-K.

 

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OVERVIEW

 

We are a provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and cable markets. We maintain long-standing relationships with many of the largest wireless, wireline and cable companies worldwide. Our customers rely on us to develop, deploy, enhance and maintain software solutions that provide a variety of service activation and provisioning functions.  Our service activation solution, TSA is used to activate bundles of voice, video and data services for wireless, wireline and cable network operators; our SIM card activation solution, DSA is used to dynamically allocate and assign resources to MNOs devices that rely on SIM cards; RLM enables carrier marketing departments to innovate, execute and manage highly-personalized and contextually-relevant, interactive campaigns that engage consumers in real time our MDE solution provides a data consumption and policy management solution for wireless carriers and MVNOs that monitor the usage and consumption of data services; our TNM product is a scalable and fully automated database solution that enables operators to reliably and efficiently manage their telephone numbers as well as other communication identifiers (i.e. SIMs, MSISDNs, IMSIs, ICCIDs, IPs). Our solutions can be deployed on premise or offered via a SaaS model.  Prior to the acquisition of SSM, we reported license and services and customer support revenue separately and further classified our revenue as TSA or DSA, where MDE and TNM were included in DSA. Going forward we will continue to report license and services and customer support revenue separately, but we will further classify our revenue as TSA and MMS, with MMS including DSA, RLM, MDE and TNM.

 

We recognize revenue in accordance with the prescribed accounting standards for software revenue recognition under generally accepted accounting principles.  Our license fees and services revenues fluctuate from period to period as a result of the timing of revenue recognition on existing projects.

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

 

Consolidated revenue decreased to $5.8 million and $18.5 million from $7.6 million and $22.1 million for three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease in revenue is due to lower MMS and TSA license and services revenues.

 

Our twelve month backlog decreased to $10.3 million as of September 30, 2015, compared to $10.6 million as of September 30, 2014 due primarily to a decrease in TSA, offset by a slight increase in MMS balances.

 

We have operations in foreign countries where the local currency is used to prepare the financial statements which are translated into our reporting currency, U.S. Dollars. Changes in the exchange rates between these currencies and our reporting currency are partially responsible for some of the changes from period to period in our financial statement amounts. The chart below summarizes how our revenue and expenses would change had they been reported on a constant currency basis. The constant currency basis assumes that the exchange rate was constant for the periods presented (in thousands).

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2015 vs. 2014

 

2015 vs. 2014

 

Revenue

 

$

(220

)

$

(755

)

Costs of revenue and operating expenses

 

(298

)

(975

)

Operating gain

 

$

78

 

$

220

 

 

The net effect of our foreign currency translations for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was a $0.2 million decrease in revenue and a $0.3 million decrease in operating expenses versus the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The net effect of our foreign currency translations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was a $0.8 million decrease in revenue and a $1.0 million decrease in operating expenses versus the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following table presents the unaudited consolidated statements of operations reflected as a percentage of total revenue.

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September
30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September
30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

REVENUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees and services

 

56

%

68

%

60

%

67

%

Customer support

 

44

%

32

%

40

%

33

%

Total revenue

 

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COSTS OF REVENUE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

18

%

19

%

19

%

20

%

Costs of customer support, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

7

%

7

%

6

%

6

%

Sales and marketing

 

23

%

18

%

24

%

20

%

General and administrative

 

18

%

12

%

16

%

12

%

Product development

 

16

%

12

%

16

%

13

%

Depreciation

 

2

%

1

%

1

%

1

%

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

1

%

Total costs of revenue and operating expenses

 

84

%

69

%

82

%

73

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

16

%

31

%

18

%

27

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

0

%

0

%

0

%

0

%

Interest expense

 

(0

)%

(0

)%

(0

)%

(0

)%

Other loss

 

 

 

 

(0

)%

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

 

(4

)%

2

%

(1

)%

0

%

Other income (expense), net

 

(4

)%

2

%

(1

)%

(0

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations before income taxes

 

12

%

33

%

17

%

27

%

Income tax expense

 

2

%

11

%

5

%

9

%

Net income

 

10

%

22

%

12

%

18

%

 

Revenue

 

Revenue is comprised of license fees/services and customer support.  License fees and services revenue represent the fees we receive from the licensing of our software products and those services directly related to the delivery of the licensed product as well as integration and consulting services.  Customer support revenue includes annual support, recurring maintenance and warranty services.  Warranty services consist of maintenance services and are typically bundled with a license sale and the related revenue, based on Vendor-Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”), is deferred and recognized ratably over the warranty period.

 

Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $5.8 million and $7.6 million, respectively.  Decreased revenue for the three months is primarily due to lower license and services from our MMS and TSA products offset by an increase of customer support revenue from our MMS products.  Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $18.5 million and $22.1 million, respectively.  Decreased revenue for the period is primarily due to lower MMS and TSA license and services revenue and TSA customer support revenue, offset by an increase in MMS customer support revenue.

 

License Fees and Services

 

License fees and services revenue decreased $1.9 million, or 37%, to $3.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $5.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease is due to lower revenue from MMS and TSA products.

 

License fees and services revenue decreased $3.5 million, or 24%, to $11.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $14.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in revenue is due to the MMS and TSA products.

 

Customer Support

 

Customer support revenue increased $0.1 million, or 5%, to $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014. The increase is due to higher revenue from MMS.

 

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Customer support revenue decreased $0.1 million, or 1%, to $7.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $7.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease is due to lower revenue from TSA offset by an increase from MMS.

 

Costs of Revenue, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

 

Costs of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, consist primarily of personnel costs and other direct costs associated with these personnel, facilities costs, costs of third-party software and partner commissions.  Costs of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, were $1.4 million and $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $4.6 million and $5.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Costs of License Fees and Services, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

 

Costs of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization decreased $0.4 million, or 28%, to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in costs of license fees and services is primarily attributable to the reduction hours spent on license fees and service projects, incentive pay and travel costs, all of which are a result of lower revenue.  As a percentage of license fees and services revenue, costs of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased to 32% for the three months ended September 30, 2015  from 28% for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to the reduction of revenue during the period.

 

Costs of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased $0.9 million, or 22%, to $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in costs is primarily attributable to the reductions of embedded software and partner fees, employee costs due to a reduced workforce, hours spent on license fees and service projects and travel costs, all of which are a result of lower revenue.  As a percentage of license fees and services revenue, costs of license fees and services, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased to 31% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from 30% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in costs as a percentage of revenue is primarily due lower revenue during the period.

 

Costs of Customer Support, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

 

Costs of customer support, excluding depreciation and amortization decreased $0.1 million or 22%, to $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in the costs of customer support is primarily attributable to embedded software and reduced hours spent on support projects.  As a percentage of customer support revenue, costs of customer support revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased to 16% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from 21% for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in costs as a percentage of revenue is primarily the result of increased revenue and the aforementioned reduction of customer support costs during the period.

 

Costs of customer support, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased $0.3 million, or 21%, to $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in the costs of customer support is a result of lower embedded software expense, and reduced hours spent on customer support projects.  As a percentage of customer support revenue, costs of customer support revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased to 15% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from 19% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in costs as a percentage of revenue is primarily the result of the aforementioned cost reductions during the period.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of compensation costs, including incentive compensation and commissions, travel expenses, advertising, marketing and facilities expenses. Sales and marketing expenses decreased $27,000, or 2%, to $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The decrease in expenses is attributable to lower commissions.  As a percentage of total revenue, sales and marketing expenses increased to 23% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from 18% for the three months ended September 30, 2014. The increase in sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to decreased revenue during the period.

 

Sales and marketing expenses increased $0.1 million, or 2%, to $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in costs is primarily attributable to partner fees.  As a percentage of total revenue, sales and marketing expenses increased to 24% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from 20% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to reduced revenue and the aforementioned increase in expenses during the period.

 

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General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses consist principally of employee related costs and professional fees for the following departments: facilities, finance, legal, human resources, and certain executive management.  General and administrative expenses increased $0.1 million, or 15%, to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily the result of higher professional fees for merger and acquisition costs offset by lower incentive pay.  As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses increased to 18% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from 12% for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to lower revenue and the aforementioned increase in costs during the period.

 

General and administrative expenses increased $0.2 million, or 11%, to $2.9 million from $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in costs is primarily related to higher professional fees for merger and acquisition costs offset by lower incentive pay.  As a percentage of total revenue, general and administrative expenses increased to 16% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from 12% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to lower revenue and the aforementioned increase in costs during the period.

 

Product Development

 

Product development expenses consist primarily of employee related costs and subcontractor expenses.  Product development expenses were $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.  As a percentage of revenue, product development expenses increased to 16% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from 13% for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in costs as a percentage of revenue is primarily the result of lower revenue during the period.

 

Product development expenses increased $0.1 million, or 4%, to $2.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in product development expenses is primarily attributable to higher hours worked on research development projects offset by lower incentive pay.  As a percentage of revenue, product development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased to 16% from 13% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to the lower revenue and the aforementioned increase of expenses during the period.

 

Depreciation

 

Depreciation expense consists of depreciation of long-lived property and equipment.  Depreciation expense was $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.  As a percentage of total revenue, depreciation expense increased to 2% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from 1% for the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase in costs as a percentage of revenue is a result of lower revenue during the period.

 

Depreciation expense increased $0.1 million, or 61%, to $0.3 million from $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  As a percentage of total revenue, depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, remained at 1%.

 

Amortization

 

Amortization expense consists of amortization of identifiable intangible assets acquired through our acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc.  Amortization expense was $24,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.  As a percentage of total revenue, amortization expense was 0% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.

 

Amortization expense was $71,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.  As a percentage of total revenue, amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 remained at 0%.

 

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Restructuring

 

Restructuring expense includes the costs associated with a reduction in workforce due to the consolidation of duplicative functions and alignment of staff with ongoing business activity as a result of the acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc. There was no restructuring expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.

 

Restructuring was $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  There was no restructuring expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.  As a percentage of revenue, restructuring expense was 1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

 

Interest Income

 

Interest income includes interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents.  Interest income was $5,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Interest income was $14,000 and $13,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense includes interest expense from the amortization of debt issuance costs, our revolving debt facility and interest expense from our capital lease obligations.  Interest expense was $3,000 and $4,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Interest expense was $9,000 and $13,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The decrease of $4,000 is primarily due to the amortization of interest expense from our capital lease obligations.

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Gain ( Loss)

 

Foreign currency transaction gains and (losses) resulted from transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the respective subsidiary and was ($0.2) million and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and ($0.2) million and $13,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The gains and losses were generated primarily through the re-measurement of certain non-functional currency denominated financial assets and liabilities of our Evolving Systems U.K. and India subsidiaries.

 

Other Comprehensive Loss

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to revenue, expenses, gains, and losses that under GAAP are recorded as an element of shareholders’ equity but are excluded from net income. Other comprehensive loss consists of foreign currency translation adjustments from those subsidiaries not using the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. Other comprehensive loss was $1.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to $1.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014.  The current period loss is related to a weaker British Pound Sterling and the related translation of our U.K. subsidiary’s assets and liabilities to the United States Dollar for consolidation purposes.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 other comprehensive loss increased to $0.9 million from $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The increase is related to the re-measurement of certain non-functional currency denominated financial assets and liabilities of our Evolving Systems U.K. and India subsidiaries and decreased net income in the respective periods.

 

Income Taxes

 

We recorded net income tax expense of $0.1 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The net expense during the three months ended September 30, 2015 consisted of current income tax expense of $0.1 million. The current tax expense consists of income tax from our U.K. and India based operations and unrecoverable foreign withholding taxes in the U.K.  The net expense during the three months ended September 30, 2014 consisted of current income tax expense of $0.8 million and a deferred tax benefit of $10,000. The current tax expense consists of income tax from our U.S., U.K. and India based operations. The deferred tax benefit was primarily related to distributed foreign earnings, a decrease in deferred tax assets related to accrued liabilities and capitalized expenses for tax purpose related to the acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc.  The decrease in tax expense for the three months ending September 30, 2015 is due to lower income in the current period.

 

We recorded net income tax expense of $0.9 million and $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The net expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 consisted of current income tax expense of

 

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$0.9 and a deferred tax benefit of ($25,000).  The current tax expense consists primarily of income tax from our U.K. and India based operations, and unrecoverable foreign withholding taxes in the U.K.  The deferred tax benefit was primarily related to the increase of certain deferred tax assets in the U.K. and India.  The net expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 consisted of current income tax expense of $1.9 million and a deferred tax expense of $29,000.  The current tax expense consists primarily of income tax from our U.S., U.K. and India based operations.  The deferred tax expense was primarily related to undistributed foreign earnings, a decrease in deferred tax assets related to accrued liabilities and capitalized expenses for tax purpose related to the acquisition of Evolving Systems Labs, Inc.  The decrease in tax expense for the nine months ending September 30, 2015 is due to lower income in the current period.

 

Our effective tax rate was 20% and 33% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease in our effective tax rate relates to the adjustment of our annual effective tax rate for earnings which are lower than projected.

 

Our effective tax rate was 29% and 33% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease in our effective tax rate relates to a higher proportion of our income being generated in the U.K., for which the statutory corporate tax rate was decreased in the second quarter of 2015.

 

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 we continued to maintain a valuation allowance on portions of our domestic net deferred tax asset.  Such assets primarily consist of certain state NOL carryforwards, research and development tax credits and AMT credits.

 

We have unrecognized tax benefit NOL’s which are comprised of windfall tax benefits related to stock-based compensation.  Due to a recently adopted accounting pronouncement, ASU No. 2014-09, topic 740 “Income Tax”, these NOL’s were deducted from our NOL carryforwards and are not included in our summarized net deferred tax asset.  When utilized, windfall tax benefits related to stock-based compensation are recorded as a reduction to our taxes payable when realized, with a corresponding credit to additional paid in capital, not income tax expense.  See Note 8 to the financial statements for a summary of our net deferred tax asset.

 

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

Our working capital position decreased $2.1 million, or 13%, to $13.7 million as of September 30, 2015 from $15.8 million as of December 31, 2014.  The majority of the change in working capital is related a reduction of unbilled work-in-progress and increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and unearned revenue, partially offset by an increase to contract receivables, prepaid and other current assets and a reduction of income taxes payable.

 

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

There have been no material changes to the contractual obligations as disclosed in our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

We have historically financed operations through cash flows from operations and equity transactions.  At September 30, 2015, our principal source of liquidity was $9.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and $10.0 million in contract receivables, net of allowances.  Our anticipated uses of cash in the future will be to fund the expansion of our business through both organic growth as well as possible acquisition activities, the expansion of our customer base internationally and debt service payments on the Revolving Facility.  Other uses of cash may include quarterly dividends, capital expenditures and technology expansion.

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $2.9 million and ($0.3) million, respectively.  The increase in cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was primarily due to billings and collections of contract receivables offset by increases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and decreases of prepaid and other assets.

 

Net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $9.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.  Cash used in investing activities is primarily due to the acquisition of SSM in September 2015 and purchase of property and equipment in the respective periods.

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $6.2 million and ($2.6) million, respectively.  The increase in cash used in financing activities is primarily due to the proceeds from the $10.0 million borrowed on the revolving line of credit to acquire SSM offset by the $0.33 per share common stock cash dividend paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2015, compared to the $0.31 per share common stock cash dividends paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, offset by proceeds from the issuance of stock and excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation.

 

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We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, together with anticipated cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our working capital, capital expenditure and financing requirements for at least the next twelve months. In making this assessment we considered the following:

 

·                                                Our cash and cash equivalents balance at September 30, 2015 of $9.4 million;

 

·                                                Our working capital balance of $13.7 million;

 

·                                                Our demonstrated ability to generate positive cash flows from operations;

 

·                                                The declaration of our quarterly cash dividends of $0.11 per share for the first, second and third quarters of 2015, and the possibility of future dividends; and

 

·                                                Our backlog as of September 30, 2015 of approximately $10.3 million, including $5.2 million in license fees and services and $5.0 million in customer support.

 

The unpaid balance of our Revolving Facility is due on October 22, 2016.  We intend to renew the Revolving Facility for an additional term upon expiration.

 

We are exposed to foreign currency rate risks which impact the carrying amount of our foreign subsidiaries and our consolidated equity, as well as our consolidated cash position due to translation adjustments.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the effect of exchange rate changes resulted in a $0.3 million decrease and $0.3 million increase to consolidated cash, respectively.  We do not currently hedge our foreign currency exposure, but we monitor rate changes and may hedge our exposures if we see significant negative trends in exchange rates.

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have a material current effect or that are reasonably likely to have a material future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE MARKET RISK DISCLOSURES

 

In the ordinary course of business, we are exposed to certain market risks, including changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. Uncertainties that are either non-financial or non-quantifiable such as political, economic, tax, other regulatory, or credit risks are not included in the following assessment of market risks.

 

Interest Rate Risks

 

Our cash balances are subject to interest rate fluctuations and as a result, interest income amounts may fluctuate from current levels.

 

Foreign Currency Risk

 

We are exposed to favorable and unfavorable fluctuations of the U.S. dollar (our functional currency) against the currencies of our operating subsidiaries. Any increase (decrease) in the value of the U.S. dollar against any foreign currency that is the functional currency of one of our operating subsidiaries will cause the parent company to experience unrealized foreign currency translation losses (gains) with respect to amounts already invested in such foreign currencies.  In addition, we and our operating subsidiaries are exposed to foreign currency risk to the extent that we enter into transactions denominated in currencies other than our respective functional currencies, such as accounts receivable (including intercompany amounts) that are denominated in a currency other than their own functional currency. Changes in exchange rates with respect to these items will result in unrealized (based upon period-end exchange rates) or realized foreign currency transaction gains and losses upon settlement of the transactions. In addition, we are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations related to our operating subsidiaries’ monetary assets and liabilities and the financial results of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates when their respective financial statements are translated into U.S. dollars for inclusion in our consolidated financial statements. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of equity. As a result of foreign currency risk, we may experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings and equity with respect to our holdings solely as a result of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

 

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The relationship between the British pound sterling, Indian rupee and the U.S. dollar, which is our functional currency, is shown below, per one U.S. dollar:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

Spot rates:

 

2015

 

2014

 

British pound sterling

 

0.65851

 

0.64169

 

Indian rupee

 

65.72677

 

63.13131

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Average rates:

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

British pound sterling

 

0.64532

 

0.59866

 

0.65283

 

0.59887

 

Indian rupee

 

64.96318

 

60.59586

 

63.55350

 

60.86641

 

 

At the present time, we do not hedge our foreign currency exposure or use derivative financial instruments that are designed to reduce our long-term exposure to foreign currency exchange risk.  To the extent that translation and transaction gain and losses become significant, we will consider various options to reduce this risk.

 

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Vice President Finance and Administration, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Vice President Finance and Administration, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures 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 Vice President Finance and Administration have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of such period.

 

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.  Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon 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.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) or in other factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are involved in various legal matters arising in the normal course of business.  Losses, including estimated costs to defend, are recorded for these matters to the extent they were probable of loss and the amount of loss could be reasonably estimated.

 

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

 

There have been no material changes in the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2015, except with respect to the following:

 

Dividends - Our Board of Directors has declared a first, second and third quarter cash dividend of $0.11 per share. The decision to pay dividends in the future will depend on general business conditions, the impact of such payment on our financial

 

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condition and other factors our Board of Directors may consider to be relevant. If we elect to pay future dividends, this could reduce our cash reserves to levels that may be inadequate to fund expansions to our business plan or unanticipated contingent liabilities.

 

We incurred debt in connection with our recent acquisition of RateIntegration, Inc. which could adversely affect our financial condition and restrict our operating flexibility. - In connection with our acquisition of RateIntegration, Inc. in September 2015, we entered into a Third Amendment with East West Bank, increasing our revolving credit facility from $5.0 million to $10.0 million (the “Revolving Facility”) and we used the full amount of the Revolving Facility to fund the acquisition. The Revolving Facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, including a pledge, subject to certain limitations with respect to stock of foreign subsidiaries, of the stock of the existing and future direct subsidiaries of the Company.  There is no mandated borrowing required against the Revolving Facility.  To take an advance under the Revolving Facility, the Company must have a balance of $4.0 million in cash on deposit with East West Bank, a minimum current ratio and a specified ratio of Total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth, which are both as defined in the Revolving Facility. The Revolving Facility requires the Company to pay monthly payments of interest, with the unpaid balance due on October 22, 2016.

 

The Revolving Facility includes negative covenants that place restrictions on the Company’s ability to, among other things:  incur additional indebtedness; create liens or other encumbrances on assets; make loans, enter into letters of credit, guarantees, investments and acquisitions; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; cause or permit a change of control; merge or consolidate with another entity; make negative pledges; enter into affiliate transactions; and change the nature of its business materially. Outstanding amounts under the Revolving Facility may be accelerated by notice from East West Bank upon the occurrence and continuance of certain events of default, including without limitation:  payment defaults, breach of covenants beyond applicable grace periods, breach of representations and warranties, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults, and the occurrence of a material adverse effect (as defined).  Acceleration is automatic upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and insolvency defaults.

 

Our debt and related obligations, including interest payments, covenants and restrictions, could have important consequences, including the following:

 

·                  reserving cash in order to satisfy the obligations relating to our debt could adversely affect the amount or timing of investments to grow our business, impairing our ability to invest in and successfully grow our business;

·                  our existing debt could limit our ability to obtain additional financing on satisfactory terms to fund our working capital requirements, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt obligations and other general corporate requirements;

·                  our debt may increase our vulnerability to general economic downturns, competition and industry conditions, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that are less leveraged and therefore we may be unable to take advantage of opportunities that our leverage prevents us from exploiting; and

·                  the Revolving Facility imposes restrictions on the manner in which we conduct our business, including restrictions on our ability to pay dividends, incur additional debt and sell assets.

 

The occurrence of any one of these events could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results or cash flows and ability to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness. Our failure to comply with the covenants under the Revolving Facility could result in an event of default and the acceleration of any debt then outstanding. Any declaration of an event of default could significantly harm our business and prospects and could cause our stock price to decline.  Insufficient funds may require us to delay, scale back, or eliminate some or all of our activities.

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the risk factors defined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

 

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

None

 

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None

 

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

None

 

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

None

 

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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

 

(a)         Exhibits

 

Exhibit 31.1 — Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Exhibit 31.2 — Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Exhibit 32.1 — Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Exhibit 32.2 — Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Exhibit 101 - The following financial information from the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Evolving Systems, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: November 10, 2015

/s/ DANIEL J. MOORHEAD

 

Daniel J. Moorhead

 

Vice President Finance and Administration,

 

Treasurer and Secretary

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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