Tivo 10Q - 10/31/2014
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
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x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended October 31, 2014
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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 000-27141
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TIVO INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | | 77-0463167 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2160 Gold Street, P.O. Box 2160, San Jose, CA 95002
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
(408) 519-9100
(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 website, if any, every interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or 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, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer”, and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) (Check One)
Large Accelerated Filer x Accelerated Filer o Non-Accelerated Filer o Smaller Reporting Company o
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.
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's common stock, $0.001 par value, was 102,570,084 as of November 30, 2014.
TIVO INC.
FORM 10-Q
For the Fiscal Quarter Ended October 31, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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© 2014 TiVo Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Except as the context otherwise requires, the terms “TiVo,” “Registrant,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” as used herein are references to TiVo Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements relate to, among other things:
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• | our financial results, our expectations of future revenues, and profitability; |
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• | our intention and ability to protect our intellectual property in the future and the strength and future value of our intellectual property; |
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• | our TiVo-Owned retail subscriptions, our future investments in subscription acquisition activities, future advertising expenditures, hardware costs and associated hardware subsidies, and other sales and marketing activities, including our sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs (SAC), average revenue per subscription (ARPU), and subscription churn; |
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• | our TiVo-Owned retail subscriptions, our estimates of the useful life of TiVo-enabled digital video recorders (DVRs) and Minis in connection with the recognition of revenue received from product lifetime subscriptions and the expected future increase in the number of fully-amortized TiVo-Owned product lifetime subscriptions, and our estimates of the effects of product lifetime subscriptions on churn; |
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• | our expectations regarding the seasonality of our business and subscription additions to the TiVo service; |
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• | our expectations regarding future growth in subscriptions to the TiVo service and TiVo-Owned ARPUs, including future increases in the number of television service operator (MSO) Subscriptions and households through international expansion and the possibility of future decreases in the TiVo-Owned Subscription base as well as future changes in our TiVo-Owned ARPU or fees paid by MSOs, including decreases in TiVo-Owned ARPUs as a result of increased sales of non-DVR devices such as TiVo Mini which have lower product lifetime service fee than for DVRs; |
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• | our expectations regarding the success of our recently launched TiVo OTA retail product; |
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• | our expectations regarding future media services and other revenues; |
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• | our future service and hardware revenues from TiVo-Owned Subscriptions and future service, technology, and hardware revenues from MSOs; |
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• | our expectations regarding growth in the future advanced television services market for our services, software, and technology for both our hardware and in-home and outside-of-the-home cloud-based solutions, which will be impacted by alternatives to and competitors with our products, such as broadband content delivered by MSOs to their customers' computers and mobile devices (TV Everywhere), video delivered on demand to an MSO customers' set-top box (VOD), and network DVRs; |
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• | our expectations regarding continued regulatory required access to and installation and operational issues surrounding cable-operator provided CableCARDs™ and switched digital devices essential for TiVo consumer devices in cable homes; |
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• | our expectations that in the future we may also offer services for additional non-DVR products beyond TiVo Preview and Mini, for example, that may or may not incorporate the TiVo user interface and non-DVR software including a network DVR service; |
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• | our expectations of the future decrease in hardware revenues and hardware margin as our U.S. MSO customers transition their hardware purchases to third-party hardware manufacturers such as Pace and our belief that this will enable us to gain additional MSO Subscriptions; |
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• | our expectations of the growth of the TiVo service and technology revenues outside the United States; |
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• | our expectations regarding a future decrease in the amount of our research and development spending and our associated ability to remain a competitive technology innovator and invest significant resources in advanced television solutions beyond the DVR; |
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• | our expectation that annual research and development spending in fiscal year 2015 will continue to be significant but to be at lower levels than the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014; |
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• | our expectations regarding future increases in the amount of deferred expenses in costs of technology revenues related to development work for our television distribution partners and our ability to receive revenues equal to or greater than such deferred expenses from such television distribution partners; |
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• | our expectations regarding future changes in our operating expenses, including changes in general and administrative expenses, litigation expenses, sales and marketing, and subscription acquisition costs; |
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• | our expectations regarding our ability to oversee outsourcing of our manufacturing processes and engineering work and our ability to support the hardware, inventory, and hardware customization needs of our MSO customers; |
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• | our expectations regarding the usability of our finished goods inventory of DVRs and non-DVR products and the risks that hardware forecasts of our MSO customers may be reduced or delayed after we have committed manufacturing resources due to long lead times, which may require us to record additional write-downs if such inventory exceeds forecasted demand; |
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• | our expectations regarding our ability to perform or comply with laws, regulations, and requirements different than those in the United States; |
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• | our expectations regarding future capital allocation activities including share buy-backs, mergers and acquisitions, issuance of debt, and other alternative capital distribution activities; |
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• | our expectations and estimates related to long-term investments and their associated carrying value; and |
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• | our expectations of growth from our acquisition of Digitalsmiths Corporation ("Digitalsmiths"). |
Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “predict,” “potential,” and “anticipate” or similar expressions or the negative of those terms or expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the information contained under the caption Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and our subsequent current reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date of this quarterly report and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements in this quarterly report. The reader is strongly urged to read the information set forth under the caption Part I, Item 2 “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” for a more detailed description of these significant risks and uncertainties.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
TIVO INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share and share amounts)
(unaudited)
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| October 31, 2014 | January 31, 2014 |
ASSETS | | |
CURRENT ASSETS | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 148,208 |
| $ | 253,713 |
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Short-term investments | 707,166 |
| 748,759 |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $464 and $429, respectively | 42,339 |
| 35,151 |
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Inventories | 16,878 |
| 22,316 |
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Deferred cost of technology revenues, current | 4,777 |
| 9,103 |
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Deferred tax asset, current | 122,993 |
| 113,621 |
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Prepaid expenses and other, current | 14,698 |
| 10,922 |
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Total current assets | 1,057,059 |
| 1,193,585 |
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LONG-TERM ASSETS |
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Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $50,547 and $52,819, respectively | 11,116 |
| 10,687 |
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Developed technology and intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $29,166 and $23,059, respectively | 53,921 |
| 7,328 |
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Deferred cost of technology revenues, long-term | 16,144 |
| 18,108 |
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Deferred tax asset, long-term | 48,189 |
| 57,492 |
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Goodwill | 99,364 |
| 12,266 |
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Prepaid expenses and other, long-term | 7,837 |
| 2,325 |
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Total long-term assets | 236,571 |
| 108,206 |
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Total assets | $ | 1,293,630 |
| $ | 1,301,791 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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LIABILITIES |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES |
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Accounts payable | $ | 27,804 |
| $ | 22,918 |
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Accrued liabilities | 46,935 |
| 50,204 |
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Deferred revenue, current | 173,845 |
| 174,739 |
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Total current liabilities | 248,584 |
| 247,861 |
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES |
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Deferred revenue, long-term | 282,484 |
| 331,534 |
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Convertible senior notes | 351,035 |
| 172,500 |
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Other long-term liabilities | 4,994 |
| 811 |
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Total long-term liabilities | 638,513 |
| 504,845 |
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Total liabilities | 887,097 |
| 752,706 |
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (see Note 6) |
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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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Preferred stock, par value $0.001: Authorized shares are 10,000,000; Issued and outstanding shares - none | — |
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Common stock, par value $0.001: Authorized shares are 275,000,000; Issued shares are 138,010,253 and 134,588,456, respectively, and outstanding shares are 105,410,103 and 120,617,939, respectively | 138 |
| 134 |
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Treasury stock, at cost: 32,600,150 and 13,970,517 shares, respectively | (397,311 | ) | (154,071 | ) |
Additional paid-in capital | 1,190,483 |
| 1,112,957 |
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Accumulated deficit | (386,736 | ) | (410,512 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (41 | ) | 577 |
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Total stockholders’ equity | 406,533 |
| 549,085 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,293,630 |
| $ | 1,301,791 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
TIVO INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share and share amounts)
(unaudited)
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
Revenues | | | | |
Service revenues | $ | 36,705 |
| $ | 33,526 |
| $ | 109,509 |
| $ | 102,518 |
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Technology revenues | 51,359 |
| 48,133 |
| 151,182 |
| 117,914 |
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Hardware revenues | 30,366 |
| 35,597 |
| 76,656 |
| 79,487 |
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Net revenues | 118,430 |
| 117,256 |
| 337,347 |
| 299,919 |
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Cost of revenues |
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Cost of service revenues | 14,970 |
| 11,233 |
| 42,570 |
| 33,446 |
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Cost of technology revenues | 6,567 |
| 5,612 |
| 16,780 |
| 21,190 |
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Cost of hardware revenues | 28,176 |
| 33,017 |
| 70,464 |
| 73,470 |
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Total cost of revenues | 49,713 |
| 49,862 |
| 129,814 |
| 128,106 |
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Gross margin | 68,717 |
| 67,394 |
| 207,533 |
| 171,813 |
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Research and development | 25,546 |
| 27,242 |
| 76,944 |
| 80,009 |
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Sales and marketing | 10,544 |
| 10,189 |
| 31,143 |
| 27,765 |
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Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs | 2,734 |
| 2,628 |
| 5,451 |
| 6,483 |
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General and administrative | 14,292 |
| 15,839 |
| 45,406 |
| 60,850 |
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Litigation proceeds | — |
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Total operating expenses | 53,116 |
| 55,898 |
| 158,944 |
| 67,005 |
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Income from operations | 15,601 |
| 11,496 |
| 48,589 |
| 104,808 |
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Interest income | 1,070 |
| 1,133 |
| 3,178 |
| 3,455 |
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Interest expense and other expense, net | (3,197 | ) | (2,165 | ) | (7,139 | ) | (6,104 | ) |
Income before income taxes | 13,474 |
| 10,464 |
| 44,628 |
| 102,159 |
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Benefit (provision) for income taxes | (7,129 | ) | 2,023 |
| (20,852 | ) | 168,947 |
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Net income | $ | 6,345 |
| $ | 12,487 |
| $ | 23,776 |
| $ | 271,106 |
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Net income per common share |
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Basic | $ | 0.06 |
| $ | 0.11 |
| $ | 0.22 |
| $ | 2.28 |
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Diluted | $ | 0.06 |
| $ | 0.10 |
| $ | 0.21 |
| $ | 1.98 |
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Income for purposes of computing net income per share: |
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Basic | $ | 6,345 |
| $ | 12,487 |
| $ | 23,776 |
| $ | 271,106 |
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Diluted | $ | 6,345 |
| $ | 13,739 |
| $ | 27,530 |
| $ | 274,863 |
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Weighted average common and common equivalent shares: |
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Basic | 107,497,734 |
| 116,760,061 |
| 110,303,789 |
| 118,913,986 |
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Diluted | 111,870,407 |
| 136,736,001 |
| 130,278,425 |
| 139,124,386 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
TIVO INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Net income | $ | 6,345 |
| $ | 12,487 |
| $ | 23,776 |
| $ | 271,106 |
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Other comprehensive income (loss): |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax | (205 | ) | 366 |
| (618 | ) | 222 |
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Total comprehensive income, net of tax | $ | 6,140 |
| $ | 12,853 |
| $ | 23,158 |
| $ | 271,328 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
TIVO INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
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| Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net income | $ | 23,776 |
| $ | 271,106 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment and intangibles | 10,270 |
| 7,778 |
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Stock-based compensation expense | 25,577 |
| 27,453 |
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Amortization of discounts and premiums on investments | 8,204 |
| 5,591 |
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Deferred income taxes | (2,131 | ) | (171,764 | ) |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount | 1,439 |
| 721 |
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Excess tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation | (12,289 | ) | (515 | ) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 183 |
| 199 |
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Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable | (4,128 | ) | 1,965 |
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Inventories | 5,438 |
| (4,014 | ) |
Deferred cost of technology revenues | 5,975 |
| 1,499 |
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Prepaid expenses and other | (761 | ) | (3,049 | ) |
Accounts payable | 3,604 |
| 8,961 |
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Accrued liabilities | 2,994 |
| (2,307 | ) |
Deferred revenue | (50,914 | ) | 354,577 |
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Other long-term liabilities | (239 | ) | (121 | ) |
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 16,998 |
| $ | 498,080 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Purchases of short-term investments | (608,052 | ) | (747,404 | ) |
Sales or maturities of short-term investments | 639,635 |
| 378,095 |
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Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired | (128,387 | ) | — |
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Acquisition of property and equipment | (4,668 | ) | (5,406 | ) |
Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (101,472 | ) | $ | (374,715 | ) |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock related to exercise of common stock options | 4,886 |
| 6,783 |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock related to employee stock purchase plan | 3,649 |
| 3,791 |
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Excess tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation | 12,289 |
| 515 |
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Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs | 224,537 |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants | 30,167 |
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Purchase of convertible note hedges | (54,018 | ) | — |
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Treasury stock - repurchase of stock | (242,541 | ) | (95,299 | ) |
Net cash used in financing activities | $ | (21,031 | ) | $ | (84,210 | ) |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | $ | (105,505 | ) | $ | 39,155 |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: |
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Balance at beginning of period | 253,713 |
| 157,104 |
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Balance at end of period | $ | 148,208 |
| $ | 196,259 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
TIVO INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
TiVo Inc. (together with its subsidiaries the Company or TiVo) was incorporated in August 1997 as a Delaware corporation and is located in San Jose, California. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company conducts its operations through one reportable segment.
The Company is subject to a number of risks, including delays in product and service developments; competitive product and service offerings; lack of market acceptance; the dependence on third-parties for manufacturing, marketing, and sales support, as well as third-party rollout schedules, software development issues for third-party products which contain its technology; intellectual property claims by and against the Company; access to television programming including digital cable signals in connection with CableCARD and switched digital Internet Protocol, downloadable conditional access, and other new signal delivery and encryption technologies; dependence on its relationships with third-party service providers for subscription growth; and the Company’s ability to sustain and grow both its TiVo-Owned and MSO subscription bases. The Company anticipates that its retail business will continue to be seasonal and expects to generate a significant portion of its new subscriptions during and immediately after the holiday shopping season.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not contain all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete audited annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014 and the results of operations and the statement of other comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014. Operating results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for this fiscal year ending January 31, 2015 or any other periods.
Business Combinations
The Company applies the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations, including its acquisition of Digitalsmiths on February 14, 2014. Under this method of accounting, all assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their respective fair values at the date of the completion of the transaction. Determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires management’s judgment and often involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including assumptions with respect to future cash inflows and outflows, discount rates, intangibles and other asset lives, among other items. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Market participants are assumed to be buyers and sellers in the principal (most advantageous) market for the asset or liability. Additionally, fair value measurements for an asset assume the highest and best use of that asset by market participants. As a result, the Company may have been required to value the acquired assets at fair value measures that do not reflect its intended use of those assets. Use of different estimates and judgments could yield different results. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill. Although the Company believes the assumptions and estimates it has made are reasonable and appropriate, they are based in part on historical experience and information that may be obtained from the management of the acquired company and are inherently uncertain. Unanticipated events and circumstances may occur that may affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates, or actual results.
As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for the Company on February 1, 2017. Early application is not permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.
3. CASH AND INVESTMENTS
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, consisted of the following: |
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| October 31, 2014 | January 31, 2014 |
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Cash and cash equivalents: | | |
Cash | $ | 7,573 |
| $ | 16,718 |
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Cash equivalents: |
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Commercial paper | 90,907 |
| 72,268 |
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Certificates of deposit | 2,000 |
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Money market funds | 47,728 |
| 164,727 |
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Total cash and cash equivalents | $ | 148,208 |
| $ | 253,713 |
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Marketable securities: |
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Certificates of deposit | $ | 23,400 |
| $ | 11,424 |
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Commercial paper | 109,778 |
| 176,205 |
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Corporate debt securities | 532,379 |
| 492,765 |
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Foreign government securities | 10,855 |
| — |
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U.S. Treasury securities | — |
| 20,024 |
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Variable-rate demand notes | 285 |
| 350 |
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Asset and mortgage-backed securities | 30,469 |
| 43,111 |
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Municipal bonds | — |
| 4,880 |
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Current marketable debt securities | $ | 707,166 |
| $ | 748,759 |
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Other investment securities: |
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Other investment securities - cost method | $ | 250 |
| $ | 250 |
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Total other investment securities | $ | 250 |
| $ | 250 |
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Total cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and other investment securities | $ | 855,624 |
| $ | 1,002,722 |
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Marketable Securities
The Company’s investment securities portfolio consists of various debt instruments, including corporate and government bonds, asset and mortgage-backed securities, government securities, and municipal bonds, all of which are classified as available-for-sale.
Other investment securities
TiVo has an investment in a private company where the Company’s ownership is less than 20% and TiVo does not have significant influence. The investment is accounted for under the cost method and is periodically assessed
for other-than-temporary impairment. Refer to Note 4 "Fair Value" for additional information on the impairment assessment of the investment.
Contractual Maturity Date
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the Company’s debt investments, designated as available-for-sale, classified by the contractual maturity date of the security:
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| October 31, 2014 | January 31, 2014 |
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Due within 1 year | $ | 519,391 |
| $ | 662,299 |
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Due within 1 year through 5 years | 187,490 |
| 86,110 |
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Due after 10 years | 285 |
| 350 |
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Total | $ | 707,166 |
| $ | 748,759 |
|
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Marketable Investment Securities
The following tables summarize unrealized gains and losses related to the Company’s investments in marketable securities designated as available-for-sale:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| As of October 31, 2014 |
| Adjusted Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value |
| (in thousands) |
Certificates of deposit | $ | 23,400 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 23,400 |
|
Commercial paper | 109,725 |
| 53 |
| — |
| 109,778 |
|
Corporate debt securities | 532,496 |
| 127 |
| (244 | ) | 532,379 |
|
Foreign government securities | 10,860 |
| 1 |
| (6 | ) | 10,855 |
|
Variable-rate demand notes | 285 |
| — |
| — |
| 285 |
|
Asset and mortgage-backed securities | 30,467 |
| 2 |
| — |
| 30,469 |
|
Total | $ | 707,233 |
| $ | 183 |
| $ | (250 | ) | $ | 707,166 |
|
| | | | |
| As of January 31, 2014 |
| Adjusted Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value |
| (in thousands) |
Certificates of deposit | $ | 11,424 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 11,424 |
|
Commercial paper | 176,120 |
| 85 |
| — |
| 176,205 |
|
Corporate debt securities | 492,295 |
| 532 |
| (62 | ) | 492,765 |
|
U.S. Treasury securities | 20,023 |
| 1 |
| — |
| 20,024 |
|
Variable-rate demand notes | 350 |
| — |
| — |
| 350 |
|
Asset and mortgage-backed securities | 43,105 |
| 10 |
| (4 | ) | 43,111 |
|
Municipal bonds | 4,875 |
| 5 |
| — |
| 4,880 |
|
Total | $ | 748,192 |
| $ | 633 |
| $ | (66 | ) | $ | 748,759 |
|
None of these investments were in a loss position for greater than twelve months as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014.
4. FAIR VALUE
Inputs to valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect TiVo's market assumptions. These two types of inputs have created the following fair-value hierarchy:
Level 1 - Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and
Level 3 - Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
This hierarchy requires TiVo to minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to use observable market data, if available, when determining fair value. TiVo recognizes transfers between levels of the hierarchy based on the fair values of the respective financial instruments at the end of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.
Cash equivalents and available-for-sale marketable securities (including asset- and mortgage-backed securities) are reported at their fair value. Additionally, carrying amounts of certain of the Company’s financial instruments including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their fair value because of their short maturities. The Company has financial liabilities for which it is obligated to repay the carrying value, unless the holder agrees to a lesser amount. These financial liabilities include TiVo's convertible senior notes which mature in March 2016 (the "4.0% Notes due 2016") and October 2021 (the "2.0% Notes due 2021"). The fair values of TiVo's convertible senior notes are influenced by interest rates, TiVo's stock price and stock price volatility and are determined by Level 2 inputs. The carrying value of the 4.0% Notes due 2016 at October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014 was $172.5 million (for both periods) and the fair value was $220.3 million and $228.5 million, based on the note's quoted market price as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively. The carrying value of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 at October 31, 2014 was $178.5 million and the fair value was $224.9 million, based on the note's quoted market price as of October 31, 2014.
On a quarterly basis, TiVo measures at fair value certain financial assets and liabilities. The fair value of those financial assets and liabilities was determined using the following levels of inputs as of October 31, 2014 and
January 31, 2014: |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| As of October 31, 2014 |
| Total | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
| (in thousands) |
Assets: | | | | |
Cash equivalents: | | | | |
Commercial paper | $ | 90,907 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 90,907 |
| $ | — |
|
Certificates of deposit | 2,000 |
| — |
| 2,000 |
| — |
|
Money market funds | 47,728 |
| 47,728 |
| — |
| — |
|
Short-term investments: |
|
|
|
|
Certificates of deposit | 23,400 |
| — |
| 23,400 |
| — |
|
Commercial paper | 109,778 |
| — |
| 109,778 |
| — |
|
Corporate debt securities | 532,379 |
| — |
| 532,379 |
| — |
|
Foreign government securities | 10,855 |
| — |
| 10,855 |
| — |
|
Variable-rate demand notes | 285 |
| — |
| 285 |
| — |
|
Asset- and mortgage-backed securities | 30,469 |
| — |
| 30,469 |
| — |
|
Total | $ | 847,801 |
| $ | 47,728 |
| $ | 800,073 |
| $ | — |
|
| As of January 31, 2014 |
| Total | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
| (in thousands) |
Assets: | | | | |
Cash equivalents: | | | | |
Commercial paper | $ | 72,268 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 72,268 |
| $ | — |
|
Money market funds | 164,727 |
| 164,727 |
| — |
| — |
|
Short-term investments: |
|
|
|
|
Certificates of deposit | 11,424 |
| — |
| 11,424 |
| — |
|
Commercial paper | 176,205 |
| — |
| 176,205 |
| — |
|
Corporate debt securities | 492,765 |
| — |
| 492,765 |
| — |
|
U.S. Treasury securities | 20,024 |
| 20,024 |
| — |
| — |
|
Variable-rate demand notes | 350 |
| — |
| 350 |
| — |
|
Asset- and mortgage-backed securities | 43,111 |
| — |
| 43,111 |
| — |
|
Municipal bonds | 4,880 |
| — |
| 4,880 |
| — |
|
Total | $ | 985,754 |
| $ | 184,751 |
| $ | 801,003 |
| $ | — |
|
Level 1 Measurements
TiVo's cash equivalents held in money market funds and investments in U.S. treasury securities are measured at fair value using Level 1 inputs.
Level 2 Measurements
The Company uses inputs such as broker/dealer quotes, and other similar data, which are obtained from quoted market prices, independent pricing vendors, or other sources, to determine the ultimate fair value of these assets and liabilities. The Company uses such pricing data as the primary input to make its assessments and determinations as to the ultimate valuation of its investment portfolio and has not made, during the periods
presented, any material adjustments to such inputs. The Company is ultimately responsible for the financial statements and underlying estimates.
Level 3 Measurements
As of October 31, 2014, TiVo had no Level 3 instruments.
The Company did not have any transfers between Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 fair value measurements during the periods presented as there were no changes in the composition of Level 1, 2, or 3 securities.
TiVo also has a direct investment in a privately-held company accounted for under the cost method, which is periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment. If the Company determines that an other-than-temporary impairment has occurred, TiVo will write-down the investment to its fair value. The fair value of a cost method investment is not evaluated if there are no identified events or changes in circumstances that may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. However, if such a significant adverse events were identified, the Company would estimate the fair value of its cost method investment considering available information at the time of the event, such as pricing in recent rounds of financing, current cash position, earnings and cash flow forecasts, recent operational performance, and any other readily available data. The carrying amount of the Company's cost method investment was $250,000 as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014. No events or circumstances indicating a potential impairment were identified as of as of October 31, 2014.
5. INVENTORY
Inventory was as follows:
|
| | | | | | |
| As of |
| October 31, 2014 | January 31, 2014 |
| ( in thousands) |
Raw Materials | $ | 1,180 |
| $ | 1,858 |
|
Finished Goods | 15,698 |
| 20,458 |
|
Total Inventory | $ | 16,878 |
| $ | 22,316 |
|
6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Product Warranties
The Company’s standard manufacturer's warranty period to consumers for TiVo-enabled DVRs is 90 days for parts and labor from the date of consumer purchase, and from 91-365 days for parts only. Within the limited warranty period, consumers are offered a no-charge exchange for TiVo-enabled DVRs returned due to product defect, within 90 days from the date of consumer purchase. Thereafter, consumers may exchange a TiVo-enabled DVR with a product defect for a charge. As of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, the accrued warranty reserve was $563,000 and $621,000, respectively. The Company’s accrued warranty reserve is included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The Company also offers its TiVo-Owned customers separately priced optional 2-year and 3-year extended warranties. The Company defers and amortizes cost and revenue associated with the sales of these extended warranties over the warranty period or until a warranty is redeemed. Additionally, the Company offers its MSO customers separately priced optional 3-year extended warranties. The Company recognizes the revenues associated with sale of these extended warranties over the second and third year of the warranty period. As of October 31, 2014, the extended warranty deferred revenue and cost was $2.1 million and $275,000, respectively. As of January 31, 2014, the extended warranty deferred revenue and cost was $2.0 million and $287,000, respectively.
Indemnification Arrangements
The Company undertakes indemnification obligations in its ordinary course of business. For instance, the Company has undertaken to indemnify its underwriters and certain investors in connection with the issuance and sale of its securities and the Company provides indemnification for its directors and officers in accordance with Delaware law. The Company has also undertaken to indemnify certain customers and business partners for, among other things, the licensing of its products, the sale of its DVRs, and the provision of engineering and consulting
services. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company may indemnify the other party for certain losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in connection with various types of claims, which may include, without limitation, intellectual property infringement, advertising and consumer disclosure laws, certain tax liabilities, negligence and intentional acts in the performance of services and violations of laws, including certain violations of securities laws with respect to underwriters and investors. The term of these indemnification obligations is generally perpetual. The Company’s obligation to provide indemnification under its agreements with customer and business partners would arise in the event that a third party filed a claim against one of the parties that was covered by the Company’s indemnification obligation. As an example, if a third party sued a customer for intellectual property infringement and the Company agreed to indemnify that customer against such claims, its obligation would be triggered.
The Company is unable to estimate with any reasonable accuracy the liability that may be incurred pursuant to its indemnification obligations, if any. Variables affecting any such assessment include but are not limited to: the nature of the claim asserted; the relative merits of the claim; the financial ability of the party suing the indemnified party to engage in protracted litigation; the number of parties seeking indemnification; the nature and amount of damages claimed by the party suing the indemnified party; and the willingness of such party to engage in settlement negotiations. Due to the nature of the Company’s potential indemnity liability, its indemnification obligations could range from immaterial to having a material adverse impact on its financial position and its ability to continue operation in the ordinary course of business.
Under certain circumstances, the Company may have recourse through its insurance policies that would enable it to recover from its insurance company some or all amounts paid pursuant to its indemnification obligations. The Company does not have any assets held either as collateral or by third parties that, upon the occurrence of an event requiring it to indemnify a customer, the Company could obtain and liquidate to recover all or a portion of the amounts paid pursuant to its indemnification obligations.
Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company is involved in numerous lawsuits as well as subject to various legal proceedings, claims, threats of litigation, and investigations in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment and other matters. The Company assesses potential liabilities in connection with each lawsuit and threatened lawsuits and accrues an estimated loss for these loss contingencies if both of the following conditions are met: information available prior to issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a liability has been incurred at the date of the financial statements and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. While certain matters to which the Company is a party specify the damages claimed, such claims may not represent reasonably possible losses. Given the inherent uncertainties of the litigation, the ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time, nor can the amount of possible loss or range of loss, if any, be reasonably estimated. The Company expenses legal costs as they are incurred.
As of October 31, 2014, the Company has accrued $1.0 million for an arbitration proceeding related to a contractual dispute.
On June 15, 2011, TNS Media Research, LLC (d/b/a Kantar Media Audiences, or Kantar) brought a claim for declaratory judgment against TRA Global Inc. (which was acquired by TiVo in July 2012) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging non-infringement of United States Patent No. 7,729,940 entitled “Analyzing Return on Investment of Advertising Campaigns by Matching Multiple Data Sources” (the “940 Patent”) and its affiliate Cavendish Square Holding B.V. brought a claim for breach of contract of a Voting Agreement. On June 6, 2012 TRA filed an amended answer and counterclaims alleging affirmative defenses and counterclaims alleging infringement by Kantar of the 940 Patent as well as United States Patent No. 8,000,993 entitled “Using Consumer Purchase Behavior For Television Targeting” (the “993 Patent”) and United States Patent No. 8,112,301 with the same title at the 993 Patent. TRA also asserted counterclaims for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract. On October 3, 2013, the court granted summary judgment to Kantar on all patent and trade secret issues but denied summary judgment on TRA’s claims for breach of contract and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties. The Company is currently appealing this grant of summary judgment to Kantar.
On November 4, 2014, the District Court granted Kantar’s motion for attorneys fees and expenses directly related to certain arguments advanced by TRA that the Court identified in its order. Kantar is required to submit its request for fees and non-taxable expenses by December 5, 2014. The Company intends to appeal this order and believes it has strong arguments for reversal. However, in the case of adverse outcome, the Company believes the
range of a reasonably possible loss is approximately $1.0 million to $3.5 million and in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 450-20, Loss Contingencies, the Company accrued $1.0 million relating to this matter.
7. CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES
The following table reflects the carrying value of the Company's convertible senior notes:
|
| | | | | | |
| As of |
| October 31, 2014 | January 31, 2014 |
| ( in thousands) |
4.0% Notes due 2016 | $ | 172,500 |
| $ | 172,500 |
|
2.0% Notes due 2021 | 230,000 |
| — |
|
Less: Unamortized debt discount | (51,465 | ) | — |
|
Net carrying amount of 2.0% Notes due 2021 | 178,535 |
| — |
|
Total convertible debt | 351,035 |
| 172,500 |
|
Less: Convertible short-term debt | — |
| — |
|
Convertible long-term debt | $ | 351,035 |
| $ | 172,500 |
|
4.0% Convertible Notes Due 2016: In March 2011, the Company issued and sold $172.5 million aggregate principal amount of 4.0% Convertible Senior Notes due March 15, 2016 at par. The 4.0% Notes due 2016 may be converted under certain circumstances described below, based on an initial conversion rate of 89.6359 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $11.16 per share). The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the 4.0% Notes due 2016 were approximately $166.1 million. The notes do not have cash settlement provisions.
The following table presents the amount of interest cost recognized relating to the contractual interest coupon and amortization of issuance costs of the 4.0% Notes due 2016 (in thousands):
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In Thousands) |
Contractual interest coupon | $ | 1,725 |
| $ | 1,725 |
| $ | 5,175 |
| $ | 5,175 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance costs | 240 |
| 240 |
| 721 |
| 721 |
|
Total interest cost recognized | $ | 1,965 |
| $ | 1,965 |
| $ | 5,896 |
| $ | 5,896 |
|
Holders of the 4.0% Notes due 2016 may convert the notes at their option on any day through maturity. The notes may not be redeemed by the Company prior to their maturity date. The conversion rate will be adjusted for certain dilutive events and will be increased in the case of corporate events that constitute a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the indenture governing the notes). The holders of the notes will have the ability to require the Company to repurchase the notes in whole or in part upon the occurrence of an event that constitutes a “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the indenture governing the notes including such events as a "change in control" or "termination of trading"). In such case, the repurchase price would be 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
The Company pays cash interest at an annual rate of 4.00%, payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year through maturity. Debt issuance costs were approximately $6.4 million and are amortized to interest expense over the term of the 4.0% Notes due 2016. As of October 31, 2014, unamortized deferred issuance cost was $1.3 million.
The 4.0% Notes due 2016 are unsecured senior obligations of the Company.
2.0% Convertible Notes Due 2021. In September 2014, the Company issued and sold $230.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.0% Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2021 at par. The 2.0% Notes due 2021 may be converted under certain circumstances described below, based on an initial conversion rate of
56.1073 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $17.82 per share). The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 were approximately $223.6 million. The Company can settle the notes in cash, shares of common stock, or any combination thereof.
The Company separately accounts for the liability and equity components of the 2.0% Notes due 2021. The principal amount of the liability component of $177.9 million as of the date of issuance was recognized at fair value based on the present value of its cash flows using a discount rate of 6.0%; the Company’s borrowing rate at the date of the issuance for a similar debt instrument without the conversion feature. The residual $52.1 million was allocated to the equity component and accounted for as a discount on the notes. As of October 31, 2014, the carrying value of the equity component was unchanged from the date of issuance. The Company initially reduced stockholders' equity by $19.3 million due to the deferred tax liability related to the equity component of the notes.
The following table presents the amount of interest cost recognized relating to the contractual interest coupon, amortization of issuance costs and amortization of the discount on the liability component of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 (in thousands):
|
| | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2014 |
| (In Thousands) |
Contractual interest coupon | $ | 498 |
| $ | 498 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance cost | 74 |
| 74 |
|
Amortization of debt discount | 645 |
| 645 |
|
Total interest cost recognized | $ | 1,217 |
| $ | 1,217 |
|
The effective interest rate on the liability component of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 was 6.0% for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014. The remaining unamortized debt discount of $51.5 million as of October 31, 2014 will be amortized over the remaining life of the 2.0% Notes due 2021, which is approximately 6.9 years.
Holders of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 may convert the notes at their option on any day prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding July 1, 2021 only under the following circumstances: (1) during the five business day period after any 10 consecutive trading day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which the trading price per Note for each day of that Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the closing sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate on each such day; (2) during any calendar quarter after the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2014, if the last reported sale price of our common stock for 20 or more trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price in effect on each such trading day; or (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. The Notes will be convertible, regardless of the foregoing circumstances, at any time from, and including, July 1, 2021 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the applicable maturity date. The notes may not be redeemed by the Company prior to their maturity date.
Upon conversion the Company will pay cash and, if applicable, deliver shares of its common stock, based on a “Daily Conversion Value” calculated on a proportionate basis for each “VWAP Trading Day” (each as defined in the Indenture) of the relevant 20 VWAP Trading Day observation period. The Company intends to settle principal amounts owed under the notes through a cash settlement. The initial conversion rate for the Notes will be 56.1073 shares of common stock per $1,000 in principal amount of Notes, equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $17.82 per share of common stock. The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Upon a “fundamental change” at any time (as defined in the Indenture), the Company will in certain circumstances increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its 2.0% Notes due 2021 in connection with such fundamental change.
The Company will pay cash interest at an annual rate of 2.00%, payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year beginning April 2015. Debt issuance costs were approximately $6.4 million, of which $1.4 million was allocated to additional paid-in capital and $5.0 million was allocated to deferred issuance costs and is amortized to interest expense over the term of the 2% Notes due 2021. As of October 31, 2014, unamortized deferred issuance cost was $4.9 million.
The 4.0% Notes due 2016 and the 2.0% Notes due 2021 are equal in rank.
Concurrently with the issuance of the 2.0% Notes due 2021, the Company purchased convertible note hedges and sold warrants. The convertible note hedge and warrant transactions are structured to reduce the potential future economic dilution associated with the conversion of the 2.0% Notes due 2021. The strike price on the warrant transactions related to the 2% Notes is initially $24.00 per share, which is 75% above the closing price of TiVo's common stock on September 16, 2014. Each of these components is discussed separately below:
Convertible Note Hedge Transactions. Counterparties entered into convertible note hedge transactions with the Company covering approximately 12.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock, which is the number of shares initially underlying the 2.0% Notes due 2021. The convertible note hedge transactions, which have an initial strike price of $17.82 (corresponding to the initial conversion price of the 2.0% Notes due 2021) may be settled through net share settlement (in which case the Company will receive shares of common stock based on the amount by which the market price of the Company’s common stock, as measured under the convertible note hedge transactions, exceeds the strike price), cash settlement (in which case the Company will receive cash in lieu of the shares deliverable upon net share settlement), or a combination thereof, which settlement method will generally correspond to the settlement method elected with respect to the 2.0% Notes due 2021. The convertible note hedge transactions are only exercisable upon conversions of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 and will expire upon the earlier of the maturity date of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 or the date on which the 2.0% Notes due 2021 cease to be outstanding. Settlement of the convertible note hedge transactions through net share settlement is expected to result in the Company receiving a number of shares equal to the number of shares issuable by the Company upon net share settlement of the 2.0% Notes due 2021. The convertible note hedge transactions cost of $54.0 million has been accounted for as an equity transaction. The Company initially recorded approximately $20.0 million in stockholders’ equity from the deferred tax asset related to the convertible note hedges at inception of the transactions. As of October 31, 2014 the Company had not received any shares under these convertible note hedge transactions.
Warrants. The Company received $30.2 million from the same counterparties from the sale of warrants to purchase up to approximately 12.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial strike price of $24.00 per share. The warrants expire on various dates between January 1, 2022 and March 29, 2022 and are exercisable on their expiration dates. The warrants may be settled through net share settlement (in which case the Company will be required to deliver to the counterparties a number of shares based on the amount by which the market price of the Company’s common stock, as measured under the warrants, exceeds the strike price) or, at the Company’s option, subject to certain conditions, through cash settlement (in which case the Company will owe the counterparties cash in lieu of the shares deliverable upon net share settlement). As of October 31, 2014, the warrants had not been exercised and remained outstanding. The value of the warrants was initially recorded in equity and continues to be classified as equity.
8. NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, excluding unvested restricted stock.
Diluted net income per common share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding stock options, stock awards, and performance stock awards and are calculated using the treasury stock method. Also included in the weighted average effect of dilutive securities for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 and the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013 is the diluted effect of the 4.0% Notes due 2016 which is calculated using the if-converted method. The 4.0% Notes due 2016 have an anti-dilutive effect on the three months ended October 31, 2014 and have been excluded from our calculation of net income per common share for the three months ended October 31, 2014.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (income in thousands) |
Numerator: | | | | |
Net income | $ | 6,345 |
| $ | 12,487 |
| $ | 23,776 |
| $ | 271,106 |
|
Interest on dilutive notes, net of tax | — |
| 1,252 |
| 3,754 |
| 3,757 |
|
Net income for purpose of computing net income per diluted share | 6,345 |
| 13,739 |
| 27,530 |
| 274,863 |
|
Denominator: |
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding, excluding unvested restricted stock | 107,497,734 |
| 116,760,061 |
| 110,303,789 |
| 118,913,986 |
|
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities: |
|
|
|
|
Stock options, restricted stock, and employee stock purchase plan | 4,372,673 |
| 4,513,747 |
| 4,512,443 |
| 4,748,207 |
|
4.0% Notes due 2016 | — |
| 15,462,193 |
| 15,462,193 |
| 15,462,193 |
|
Denominator for diluted net income per common share | 111,870,407 |
| 136,736,001 |
| 130,278,425 |
| 139,124,386 |
|
Basic net income per common share | $ | 0.06 |
| $ | 0.11 |
| $ | 0.22 |
| $ | 2.28 |
|
Diluted net income per common share | $ | 0.06 |
| $ | 0.10 |
| $ | 0.21 |
| $ | 1.98 |
|
The weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of diluted net income per share in the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 do not include the effect of the following potentially outstanding common shares because the effect would have been anti-dilutive: |
| | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
Unvested restricted stock | 71 |
| 7,391 |
| 3,426 |
| 2,491 |
|
Options to purchase common stock | 269,656 |
| 627,104 |
| 334,283 |
| 713,097 |
|
Potential shares to be issued from employee stock purchase plan | — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
4.0% Notes due 2016 | 15,462,193 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
2.0% Notes due to 2021 | 6,452,340 |
| — |
| 2,150,780 |
| — |
|
Common stock warrants | 6,452,340 |
| — |
| 2,150,780 |
| — |
|
Total | 28,636,600 |
| 634,495 |
| 4,639,269 |
| 715,588 |
|
Effect of conversion on earning per share (“EPS”). The 2.0% Notes due 2021 have no impact on diluted EPS until the average quarterly price of our common stock exceeds the conversion price of $17.82 per share. Prior to conversion, we will include the effect of the additional shares that may be issued if our common stock price exceeds $17.82 per share using the treasury stock method. If the average price of our common stock exceeds $24.00 per share for a quarterly period, we will also include the effect of the additional potential shares that may be issued related to the Warrants using the treasury stock method. Prior to conversion, the convertible note hedges are not considered for purposes of the EPS calculation, as their effect would be anti-dilutive. Upon conversion, the convertible note hedges are expected to offset the dilutive effect of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 when the stock price is above $17.82 per share.
9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Total stock-based compensation for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands) |
Cost of service revenues | $ | 495 |
| $ | 553 |
| $ | 1,398 |
| $ | 1,485 |
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Cost of technology revenues | 332 |
| 329 |
| 933 |
| 1,284 |
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Cost of hardware revenues | 61 |
| 78 |
| 199 |
| 235 |
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Research and development | 2,735 |
| 3,581 |
| 8,763 |
| 10,001 |
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Sales and marketing | 1,250 |
| 1,525 |
| 3,808 |
| 4,134 |
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General and administrative | 3,676 |
| 3,777 |
| 10,476 |
| 10,314 |
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Stock-based compensation before income taxes | $ | 8,549 |
| $ | 9,843 |
| $ | 25,577 |
| $ | 27,453 |
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Income tax benefit | (1,931 | ) | (2,568 | ) | (5,621 | ) | (7,034 | ) |
Stock-based compensation, net of tax | $ | 6,618 |
| $ | 7,275 |
| $ | 19,956 |
| $ | 20,419 |
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10. ACQUISITIONS
On February 14, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of Digitalsmiths, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated January 29, 2014 for $133.3 million in cash. Digitalsmiths was a privately-held cloud-based content discovery and recommendation service company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The acquisition of Digitalsmiths accelerates TiVo's evolution to a device and user interface cloud-based Software-as-a-Service company. Digitalsmiths' results of operations and the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed were included in the Company's unaudited consolidated financial statements beginning February 14, 2014. A total of $756,000 of acquisition costs were expensed as incurred of which $709,000 were expensed in fiscal year 2014 and the remainder during the nine months ended October 31, 2014.
The purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the basis of their respective estimated fair values on the acquisition date. The Company's allocation of the total purchase price is as follows:
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Digitalsmiths |
Purchase Accounting - Opening Balance Sheet |
(in thousands) |
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Assets: | |
Cash | $ | 4,882 |
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Accounts receivable | 3,243 |
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Other current assets | 3,201 |
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Deferred tax assets, current | 3,831 |
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Fixed assets | 143 |
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Total Assets | $ | 15,300 |
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Liabilities: |
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Accounts payable | $ | (1,266 | ) |
Other current liabilities | (8,572 | ) |
Deferred revenue | (970 | ) |
Deferred tax liability, long term | (10,009 | ) |
Other long-term liabilities | (1,012 | ) |
Total Liabilities | $ | (21,829 | ) |
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Intangibles | 52,700 |
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Goodwill | 87,098 |
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Total purchase consideration | $ | 133,269 |
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The following table presents details of the intangible assets acquired through this business combination (in thousands, except years):
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Description | Asset Life in years | Fair Value |
Software technology | 6 | $ | 14,100 |
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Customer relationships | 10 | $ | 37,000 |
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Trade name | 6 | $ | 1,400 |
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In process research and development | N/A | $ | 200 |
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Total identifiable intangible assets |
| $ | 52,700 |
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The Company does not believe there is any significant residual value associated with these intangible assets. The Company's management determined the fair values of the intangible assets with the assistance of a valuation firm. The estimation of the fair value of the intangible assets required the use of valuation techniques and entailed consideration of all the relevant factors that might affect the fair value, such as present value factors, estimates of future revenues, and costs. The estimated fair values of the intangibles acquired were determined based on the relief-from-royalty method for software technology and trade name and multi-period excess earnings method for customer relationships with key assumptions including: 1) forecasted revenue and operating results; 2) royalty rates; 3) discount rates ranging from 12% to 14%; and 4) customer attrition rates. The Company expects to amortize the fair value of these intangible assets on a straight-line basis over their respective estimated useful lives.
Goodwill
The goodwill amount of $87.1 million represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the identified net tangible and intangible assets. The goodwill recognized in this acquisition was derived from expected benefits from future technology, cost synergies, and knowledgeable and experienced workforce who joined the Company after the acquisition. Goodwill will not be amortized, but will be tested instead for impairment annually or more frequently if certain indicators of impairment are present. Goodwill is not expected to be tax deductible for income tax purposes.
11. INCOME TAX
The Company recorded income tax expense of $7.1 million and $20.9 million, respectively for the three months and nine months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to an income tax benefit of $2.0 million and $168.9 million, respectively for the same prior year periods. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 was 53% and 47%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013 was (19)% and (165)%, respectively.
The provision for income taxes for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35% primarily due to the tax impact of non-deductible executive compensation, stock based compensation, and state taxes. The higher effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, compared to the same periods in fiscal year 2014, is primarily attributable to the release of Company’s valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets as of October 31, 2013.
As of October 31, 2014, the Company believes that its deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized, with the exception of California deferred tax assets. The Company continues to maintain a valuation allowance on its California deferred tax assets as it is not more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will be realized. Income tax benefits attributable to the exercise of employee stock options of $6.3 million and $16.2 million during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, respectively were recorded directly to “Additional paid-in capital” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this report and our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 14, 2014, the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and Part II, Item 1A of this quarterly report, as well as other cautionary statements and risks described elsewhere in this report and our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 14, 2014 before deciding to purchase, sell or hold our common stock.
Company Overview
We are a global leader in next-generation television software services and innovative cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions that enable viewers to consume content across all screens in-home and outside-of-the home. The TiVo experience provides an all-in-one approach for navigating the ‘content chaos’ by seamlessly combining live, recorded, on-demand, and over-the-top (e.g. Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, Vudu, and YouTube, among others) television into one intuitive user interface with simple universal search, discovery, viewing and recording from any device, creating the ultimate viewing experience. We distribute our software, technology, and services through an increasing variety of consumer electronic applications and devices, such as television set-top boxes with and without DVR functionality, smartphones, and tablets. We offer a full whole-home solution that includes 4-Tuner and 6-Tuner DVRs/gateways, non-DVR IP set-top boxes (STBs), and software to enable streaming to mobile and tablet iOS and Android devices through features such as What to Watch Now, Season Pass® recordings, integrated search (including content from both traditional linear television, cable VOD, and broadband sources in one user interface), access to broadband video content, TiVo Online/Mobile Scheduling and applications on third-party devices such as tablet computers and smartphones. As of October 31, 2014, there were over 5.1 million subscriptions to the TiVo service through our TiVo-Owned and MSO businesses. In our TiVo-Owned business, we distribute the TiVo DVR through online and physical, or brick and mortar, retailers and through our on-line store at TiVo.com. Additionally, in our MSO business we generate service and, in some cases, hardware revenues by providing the TiVo service through agreements with leading satellite and cable television service providers and broadcasters on MSO provisioned STBs (both through TiVo supplied and third-party supplied STBs) and other devices. We also generate technology revenues through engineering professional services in connection with the development and deployment of the TiVo service to our MSO customers.
On February 14, 2014, we acquired Digitalsmiths, one of the Pay TV industry's most broadly adopted cloud-based search and recommendation services. We believe this acquisition will broaden our product and service portfolio and increase our opportunities among Pay TV operators, consumer electronics manufacturers, and content providers. Additionally, we generate advertising and audience research and measurement revenues by providing innovative advertising and audience measurement solutions for the television industry.
We are focused on enhancing long-term shareholder value, and will continue to evaluate opportunities to grow our business organically and/or through acquisitions. On August 26, 2014, we announced that our board of directors had authorized a new $350.0 million share repurchase program to replace the prior authorization that had $85.8 million remaining. This new $350.0 million share repurchase program expires on January 31, 2017, with $100.0 million in initial share repurchases under this new program intended to be completed in the fiscal year ending January, 31, 2015. On September 5, 2014, our board of directors authorized an additional $200.0 million repurchase of shares increasing our existing share repurchase program from $350.0 million to $550.0 million. Between June 1, 2012 and October 31, 2014 we had purchased a total of 27,849,098 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.30 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $342.6 million, including $86.6 million of the $100.0 million intended to be completed during the current fiscal year. As of October 31, 2014 the remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program was $421.6 million.
We have engaged in significant intellectual property litigation with certain television service and technology providers in the United States to protect our technology from infringement. To date, we have received cash and future technology revenue payment commitments totaling approximately $1.6 billion from intellectual property litigation.
Executive Overview
Fiscal year 2015
In the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015, we plan to continue to be focused on our efforts to build leading advanced television products, enter into new distribution agreements, engage in development work for existing distribution customers, and continue deployment activities for our existing distribution customers. Additionally, we have been and plan to continue to actively protect our intellectual property. We will continue to focus on the following priorities:
•We expect to continue our efforts to increase our subscription base by adding new subscriptions through our mass distribution relationships both in the U.S. and internationally as well as our TiVo-Owned direct and retail sales with our TiVo Roamio product line (an all-in-one approach to live, recorded, on demand, and over-the-top television). We expect to further grow our MSO subscription base during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015. However, we expect that net subscription growth in our installed base of MSO subscriptions will likely be slightly offset by further declines in our net TiVo-Owned subscriptions.
•We believe giving operators a choice of hardware platforms is critical to attracting new MSO customers, and driving increased penetration in current MSO customers to increase our MSO service revenues in the long term. As a result, we expect MSO hardware revenues and margins to likely decline in future quarters as U.S. MSO customers transition to third-party hardware such as Pace and other products which can support our TiVo service. Although we lose hardware margin in the short term from decreased hardware sales, we believe we gain additional subscribers through MSOs that would not otherwise be willing to sell the TiVo service.
•We expect to see revenue growth from our acquisition of Digitalsmiths. Digitalsmiths currently has business relationships with seven of the top ten U.S. Pay TV operators as well as various consumer electronics manufacturers and content providers. Most of these relationships are at the early stages of deployment and we expect increased penetration will drive further growth. Additionally, we are focused on signing additional distribution customers for Digitalsmiths both in the U.S. and internationally as well as launching new Digitalsmiths' products and services in the future.
•We believe that our investment in research and development is critical to remaining competitive and being a leader in advanced television solutions. Therefore, we expect our annual research and development spending in fiscal year 2015 to continue to be significant but to be at lower levels than the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 as we continue to launch and pursue new product developments including enhanced cloud-based services such as network DVR, a more personalized user experience, expanded mobile applications, out-of-home and expanded multi-room streaming capabilities, data analytics, and a variety of back-office enhancements which increase our operational capacity to handle more operator deployments.
•We will continue our efforts to protect our technological innovations and intellectual property. However, we expect our litigation expenses to be significantly lower during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015 as we have no material ongoing patent enforcement actions.
•We expect to continue our development efforts under our existing MSO deployment arrangements. As part of these arrangements, we typically receive some payments upfront and a portion over time that is a recoupment of costs to develop. As such, to the extent that our development costs exceed upfront development fees from such arrangements, but the recovery of such development costs through future service fees from these MSOs is reasonably assured, we will defer such development costs and start expensing them in our Statement of Operations later upon deployment with the MSO. As of October 31, 2014 we had deferred costs of approximately $20.9 million related to development work, largely related to Com Hem and Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Charter). However, despite the deferral of these development costs, we do incur cash outflows associated with these development efforts resulting in potentially higher cash usage in the near term. Also for international MSOs, when related revenues from service fees are received, they are first recognized as technology revenues until the previously deferred costs of development of such arrangements are expensed. Based on the contractual commitments or recent MSO activities, full recovery of the deferred costs must be reasonably assured. However, we face the risk of unexpected losses if we are forced to recognize these deferred costs early if we don't successfully complete the developments and deployments with the MSO partners or these partners default on future guaranteed service fees or are otherwise able to terminate their contracts with us.
Key Business Metrics
Management periodically reviews certain key business metrics in order to evaluate our operations, allocate resources, and drive financial performance in our business. Management monitors these metrics together and not individually as it does not make business decisions based upon any single metric.
Subscriptions and Households. Management reviews these metrics, and believes they may be useful to investors, in order to evaluate our relative position in the marketplace and to forecast future potential service revenues. Below is a table that details the change in our subscription base during the last eight quarters. The TiVo-Owned Subscription lines refer to subscriptions sold directly or indirectly by TiVo to consumers who have TiVo-enabled devices (such as a DVR or TiVo Mini) and for which TiVo incurs acquisition costs. The MSO Subscription lines refer to subscriptions sold to consumers by MSOs such as Com Hem, ONO, RCN, Suddenlink, Virgin, among others, and for which TiVo expects to incur little or no acquisition costs. Additionally, we provide a breakdown of the average subscriptions for the quarter, the total MSO households and the MSO average households for the quarter, the number of fully amortized active product lifetime subscriptions, and percent of TiVo-Owned Subscriptions for which consumers pay recurring fees as opposed to a one-time prepaid product lifetime
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| Three Months Ended |
(Subscriptions and Households in thousands) | Oct 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 31, 2013 |
TiVo-Owned Gross Additions: | 36 |
| 27 |
| 32 |
| 49 |
| 33 |
| 20 |
| 24 |
| 35 |
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Net Additions/(Losses): |
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TiVo-Owned | (9 | ) | (20 | ) | (9 | ) | 6 |
| (21 | ) | (26 | ) | (22 | ) | (13 | ) |
MSOs | 337 |
| 283 |
| 341 |
| 313 |
| 295 |
| 238 |
| 277 |
| 222 |
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Total Net Additions/(Losses) | 328 |
| 263 |
| 332 |
| 319 |
| 274 |
| 212 |
| 255 |
| 209 |
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Cumulative Subscriptions: |
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TiVo-Owned | 928 |
| 937 |
| 957 |
| 966 |
| 960 |
| 981 |
| 1,007 |
| 1,029 |
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MSOs | 4,204 |
| 3,867 |
| 3,584 |
| 3,243 |
| 2,930 |
| 2,635 |
| 2,397 |
| 2,120 |
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Total Cumulative Subscriptions | 5,132 |
| 4,804 |
| 4,541 |
| 4,209 |
| 3,890 |
| 3,616 |
| 3,404 |
| 3,149 |
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Average Subscriptions: |
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TiVo-Owned Average Subscriptions | 930 |
| 946 |
| 961 |
| 962 |
| 974 |
| 994 |
| 1,018 |
| 1,035 |
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MSO Average Subscriptions | 4,035 |
| 3,727 |
| 3,420 |
| 3,072 |
| 2,775 |
| 2,514 |
| 2,261 |
| 2,011 |
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Total Average Subscriptions: | 4,965 |
| 4,673 |
| 4,381 |
| 4,034 |
| 3,749 |
| 3,508 |
| 3,279 |
| 3,046 |
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Total MSO Households | 3,651 |
| 3,391 |
| 3,172 |
| 2,912 |
| 2,664 |
| 2,410 |
| 2,222 |
| 1,980 |
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MSO Average Households | 3,521 |
| 3,283 |
| 3,036 |
| 2,785 |
| 2,535 |
| 2,318 |
| 2,104 |
| 1,884 |
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TiVo-Owned Fully Amortized Active Product Lifetime Subscriptions | 152 |
| 159 |
| 161 |
| 171 |
| 169 |
| 176 |
| 181 |
| 194 |
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% of TiVo-Owned Cumulative Subscriptions paying recurring fees | 48 | % | 49 | % | 50 | % | 50 | % | 51 | % | 52 | % | 52 | % | 53 | % |
We define a “subscription” as a contract referencing a TiVo-enabled device such as a DVR or TiVo Mini for which (i) a consumer has paid or committed to pay for the TiVo service and (ii) service is not canceled. Each TiVo-Owned Subscription represents a single TiVo-enabled device (as defined above) and therefore one or more TiVo-Owned Subscriptions may be present in a single household. TiVo-Owned Subscriptions currently pay for the TiVo service on a recurring payment plan (such as a monthly or annual payment plan) or on a one-time basis for the life of TiVo-enabled device (product lifetime subscriptions). Beginning in October 2014, each TiVo Mini sale includes a product lifetime subscription for that TiVo Mini device. MSO Subscriptions are a count of the number of devices that connect to the TiVo service and one or more devices may be present in a single household. Subscriptions do not include soft-clients (i.e. iPad application or web portal) or digital tuning adapter users. We count product lifetime subscriptions in our subscription base until both of the following conditions are met: (i) the period we use to recognize product lifetime subscription revenues ends; and (ii) the related TiVo-enabled device has not made contact to the TiVo service within the prior six month period. Product lifetime subscriptions past this period which have not called into the TiVo service for six months are not counted in this total.
We define a "household" as one or more devices associated with the same contract or customer number. We currently do not report TiVo-Owned households as we currently receive incremental revenue for each new TiVo-Owned Subscription in the TiVo-Owned business whereas, in some cases, our MSO customers pay us on a per household basis.
We calculate average subscriptions for the period by adding the average subscriptions for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. We calculate the average subscriptions for each month by adding the beginning and ending subscriptions for the month and dividing by two. We calculate Average MSO Households for the period by adding the average households for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. We calculate the average households for each month by adding the beginning and ending households for the month and dividing by two. We are not aware of any uniform standards for defining subscriptions or households and caution that our presentation may not be consistent with that of other companies. Additionally, the fees that our MSOs pay us are typically based upon a specific contractual definition of a subscriber, subscription, household or a TiVo-enabled device which may not be consistent with how we define a subscription or household for our reporting purposes nor be representative of how such fees are calculated and paid to us by our MSOs. Our MSOs Subscription and MSO Household data is dependent in part on reporting from our third-party MSO partners.
TiVo-Owned Subscriptions declined by 9,000 subscriptions during the three months ended October 31, 2014, as compared to a decrease of 21,000 in the same prior year period. The improvement in net TiVo-Owned Subscription losses of 12,000 subscriptions was largely related to increased gross subscription additions that were
primarily related to increased sales of TiVo Minis. The TiVo-Owned installed subscription base decreased to 928,000 subscriptions as of October 31, 2014 as compared to 960,000 as of October 31, 2013. We believe the year over year decrease in total TiVo-Owned Subscriptions was largely due to continued pressure on subscription gross additions resulting from increased competition from DVRs distributed by cable and satellite companies and the increased number of devices that deliver streaming video over the internet to consumers as we continued to have fewer TiVo-Owned Subscription gross additions than TiVo-Owned Subscription cancellations.
Our MSO installed subscription base increased by 337,000 subscriptions during the three months ended October 31, 2014, to 4.2 million subscriptions as of October 31, 2014. The increase in cumulative MSO Subscriptions of approximately 1.3 million subscriptions as of October 31, 2013 is due to subscription growth from a variety of partners including Com Hem, ONO, RCN, Suddenlink, Virgin, and others. This subscription growth is largely related to international MSO subscriptions though domestic MSO subscription growth has increased as a contributer. We expect continued growth in our MSO installed subscription base through continued growth from existing distribution and as additional MSO distribution deals launch.
TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per Month. Management reviews this metric, and believes it may be useful to investors, in order to evaluate our ability to retain existing TiVo-Owned Subscriptions (including both monthly and product lifetime subscriptions) by providing services that are competitive in the market. Management believes factors such as service enhancements, service commitments, higher customer satisfaction, and improved customer support may improve this metric. Conversely, management believes factors such as increased competition, lack of competitive service features such as high definition television recording capabilities in our older model DVRs or access to certain digital television channels or MSO Video On Demand services, as well as increased price sensitivity, CableCARDTM installation issues, and CableCARDTM technology limitations, may cause our TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month to increase.
We define the TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month as the total TiVo-Owned Subscription cancellations in the period divided by the Average TiVo-Owned Subscriptions for the period (including both monthly and product lifetime subscriptions), which then is divided by the number of months in the period. We calculate Average TiVo-Owned Subscriptions for the period by adding the average TiVo-Owned Subscriptions for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. We calculate the average TiVo-Owned Subscriptions for each month by adding the beginning and ending subscriptions for the month and dividing by two. We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating churn and caution that our presentation may not be consistent with that of other companies.
The following table presents our TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month information:
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| Three Months Ended |
(Subscriptions in thousands) | Oct 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 31, 2013 |
Average TiVo-Owned subscriptions | 930 |
| 946 |
| 961 |
| 962 |
| 974 |
| 994 |
| 1,018 |
| 1,035 |
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TiVo-Owned subscription cancellations | (45 | ) | (47 | ) | (41 | ) | (43 | ) | (54 | ) | (46 | ) | (46 | ) | (48 | ) |
TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month | (1.6 | )% | (1.6 | )% | (1.4 | )% | (1.5 | )% | (1.8 | )% | (1.5 | )% | (1.5 | )% | (1.5 | )% |
TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month was 1.6% and 1.8% for the quarters ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decrease in our Churn Rate per month is a result of a lower number of subscription cancellations which was partially offset by a lower average TiVo-Owned subscription base, as compared to the same prior year period. Included in our TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month are those product lifetime subscriptions that have both reached the end of the revenue recognition period and whose DVRs have not contacted the TiVo service within the prior six months. Conversely, we do not count as churn product lifetime subscriptions that have not reached the end of the revenue recognition period, regardless of whether such subscriptions continue to contact the TiVo service.
Subscription Acquisition Cost or SAC. Management reviews this metric, and believes it may be useful to investors, in order to evaluate trends in the efficiency of our marketing programs and subscription acquisition strategies. We define SAC as our total TiVo-Owned acquisition costs for a given period divided by TiVo-Owned Subscription gross additions for the same period. We define total acquisition costs as sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs less net TiVo-Owned related hardware revenues (defined as TiVo-Owned related gross hardware revenues less rebates, revenue share and market development funds paid to retailers) plus TiVo-Owned related cost of hardware revenues. The sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs line item includes advertising expenses and promotion-related expenses directly related to subscription acquisition
activities, but does not include expenses related to advertising sales. We do not include third-parties’ subscription gross additions, such as MSOs' gross additions with TiVo subscriptions, in our calculation of SAC because we typically incur limited or no acquisition costs for these new subscriptions, and so we also do not include MSOs’ sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs, hardware revenues, or cost of hardware revenues in our calculation of TiVo-Owned SAC. We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating total acquisition costs or SAC and caution that our presentation may not be consistent with that of other companies.
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| Three Months Ended |
| Oct 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 31, 2013 |
| (In thousands, except SAC) |
Subscription Acquisition Costs |
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Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs | $ | 2,734 |
| $ | 1,212 |
| $ | 1,505 |
| $ | 6,038 |
| $ | 2,628 |
| $ | 1,996 |
| $ | 1,859 |
| $ | 3,471 |
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Hardware revenues | (30,366 | ) | (25,232 | ) | (21,058 | ) | (22,301 | ) | (35,597 | ) | (23,104 | ) | (20,786 | ) | (23,129 | ) |
Less: MSOs'-related hardware revenues | 23,997 |
| 20,234 |
| 15,896 |
| 12,634 |
| 25,759 |
| 20,103 |
| 16,002 |
| 16,834 |
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Cost of hardware revenues | 28,176 |
| 22,524 |
| 19,764 |
| 23,163 |
| 33,017 |
| 21,957 |
| 18,496 |
| 21,847 |
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Less: MSOs'-related cost of hardware revenues | (18,973 | ) | (14,805 | ) | (11,961 | ) | (9,650 | ) | (20,530 | ) | (15,384 | ) | (11,079 | ) | (11,036 | ) |
Total Acquisition Costs | $ | 5,568 |
| $ | 3,933 |
| $ | 4,146 |
| $ | 9,884 |
| $ | 5,277 |
| $ | 5,568 |
| $ | 4,492 |
| $ | 7,987 |
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TiVo-Owned Subscription Gross Additions | 36 |
| 27 |
| 32 |
| 49 |
| 33 |
| 20 |
| 24 |
| 35 |
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Subscription Acquisition Costs (SAC) | $ | 155 |
| $ | 146 |
| $ | 130 |
| $ | 202 |
| $ | 160 |
| $ | 278 |
| $ | 187 |
| $ | 228 |
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| Twelve Months Ended |
| Oct 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 31, 2013 |
| (In thousands, except SAC) |
Subscription Acquisition Costs |
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Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs | $ | 11,489 |
| $ | 11,383 |
| $ | 12,167 |
| $ | 12,521 |
| $ | 9,954 |
| $ | 8,886 |
| $ | 9,262 |
| $ | 8,660 |
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Hardware revenues | (98,957 | ) | (104,188 | ) | (102,060 | ) | (101,788 | ) | (102,616 | ) | (88,091 | ) | (76,116 | ) | (68,591 | ) |
Less: MSOs'-related hardware revenues | 72,761 |
| 74,523 |
| 74,392 |
| 74,498 |
| 78,698 |
| 65,990 |
| 52,583 |
| 45,849 |
|
Cost of hardware revenues | 93,627 |
| 98,468 |
| 97,901 |
| 96,633 |
| 95,317 |
| 85,734 |
| 78,208 |
| 78,183 |
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Less: MSOs'-related cost of hardware revenues | (55,389 | ) | (56,946 | ) | (57,525 | ) | (56,643 | ) | (58,029 | ) | (49,340 | ) | (39,355 | ) | (38,435 | ) |
Total Acquisition Costs | $ | 23,531 |
| $ | 23,240 |
| $ | 24,875 |
| $ | 25,221 |
| $ | 23,324 |
| $ | 23,179 |
| $ | 24,582 |
| $ | 25,666 |
|
TiVo-Owned Subscription Gross Additions | 144 |
| 141 |
| 134 |
| 126 |
| 112 |
| 109 |
| 117 |
| 117 |
|
Subscription Acquisition Costs (SAC) | $ | 163 |
| $ | 165 |
| $ | 186 |
| $ | 200 |
| $ | 208 |
| $ | 213 |
| $ | 210 |
| $ | 219 |
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As a result of the seasonal nature of our subscription growth in the past, total acquisition costs have varied significantly during the year. Management primarily reviews the SAC metric on an annual basis due to the timing difference between our recognition of promotional program expense and the subsequent addition of the related subscriptions. For example, we have historically experienced increased TiVo-Owned Subscription gross additions during the fourth quarter; however, sales and marketing, subscription acquisition activities occur throughout the year.
During the three months ended October 31, 2014, our total acquisition costs were $5.6 million, an increase of $291,000, as compared to the same prior year period. This increase was partially due to increased sales and marketing subscription acquisition costs of $106,000 as we ramp up our advertising activities ahead of the holiday season. Also increasing the total acquisition costs was the increase in the hardware gross margin loss of $207,000 which is a result of changes in pricing of our TiVo Mini product and introduction of our TiVo Roamio OTA (Over-the-Air) product.
During the three months ended October 31, 2014 our SAC decreased by $5 to $155 from $160 in the same prior year period. This decrease in SAC was a result of increased subscription gross additions for the three months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to the same prior year period. The impact of the increased subscription gross additions was partially offset by increased total acquisition costs over the same prior year period.
During the twelve months ended October 31, 2014 our total acquisition costs were $23.5 million, an increase of $207,000 compared to the same prior year period. This increase was related to increased sales and marketing subscription acquisition costs of $1.5 million as we ramp up our advertising activities ahead of the holiday season. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in the hardware gross margin loss of $1.3 million, as compared to
the same prior year period. The lower hardware gross margin loss was largely driven by increased hardware unit sales with improved economic margins on the Roamio DVRs compared with our legacy products.
The decrease in SAC of $45 for the twelve months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to the same prior year period was largely a result of an increase in the number of TiVo-Owned Subscription gross additions.
TiVo-Owned Average Revenue Per Subscription or ARPU. Management reviews this metric, and believes it may be useful to investors in order to evaluate the potential of our subscription base to generate service revenues. Investors should not use ARPU as a substitute for measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. Management believes it is useful to consider this metric excluding the costs associated with rebates, revenue share, and other payments to channel because of the discretionary and varying nature of these expenses and because management believes these expenses, which are included in hardware revenues, net, are more appropriately monitored as part of SAC. We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating ARPU and caution that our presentation may not be consistent with that of other companies.
We calculate TiVo-Owned service revenues by subtracting MSOs'-related service revenues and Media services and other service revenues (includes Advertising, Research, and Digitalsmiths revenues), from our total reported net Service revenues. The table below provides a more detailed breakdown of our Service revenues, and reconciles to our total Service revenues in our Statement of Operations as reported:
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| Three Months Ended |
Service Revenues | Oct 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 31, 2013 |
| (In thousands) |
TiVo-Owned-related service revenues | $21,810 | $22,388 | $22,510 | $22,975 | $23,462 | $24,120 | $24,280 | $25,116 |
MSOs'-related service revenues | 10,563 |
| 10,328 |
| 9,950 |
| 10,498 |
| 7,734 |
| 7,555 |
| 7,279 |
| 7,429 |
|
Media services and other service revenues | 4,332 |
| 4,193 |
| 3,435 |
| 2,844 |
| 2,330 |
| 3,255 |
| 2,503 |
| 3,029 |
|
Total Service Revenues | $36,705 | $36,909 | $35,895 | $36,317 | $33,526 | $34,930 | $34,062 | $35,574 |
We calculate ARPU per month for TiVo-Owned Subscriptions by taking total reported net TiVo-Owned service revenues and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. We then divide the resulting average service revenue by Average TiVo-Owned Subscriptions for the period, calculated as described above for churn rate. The following table shows this calculation:
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| Three Months Ended |
TiVo-Owned Average Revenue per Subscription | Oct 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 31, 2013 |
| (In thousands, except ARPU) |
TiVo-Owned-related service revenues | $ | 21,810 |
| $ | 22,388 |
| $ | 22,510 |
| $ | 22,975 |
| $ | 23,462 |
| $ | 24,120 |
| $ | 24,280 |
| $ | 25,116 |
|
Average TiVo-Owned revenues per month | 7,270 |
| 7,463 |
| 7,503 |
| 7,658 |
| 7,821 |
| 8,040 |
| 8,093 |
| 8,372 |
|
Average TiVo-Owned subscriptions per month | 930 |
| 946 |
| 961 |
| 962 |
| 974 |
| 994 |
| 1,018 |
| 1,035 |
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TiVo-Owned ARPU per month | $ | 7.82 |
| $ | 7.89 |
| $ | 7.81 |
| $ | 7.96 |
| $ | 8.03 |
| $ | 8.09 |
| $ | 7.95 |
| $ | 8.09 |
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The decrease in TiVo-Owned ARPU per month for the three months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to the same prior year period was due primarily to a percentage increase in sales of service for TiVo Mini, which have much lower average revenues than DVRs.
Critical Accounting Estimates
In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that can have a significant impact on our revenue, operating income (loss) and net income (loss), as well as on the value of certain assets and liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We base our assumptions, judgments and estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. At least quarterly, we evaluate our assumptions, judgments and estimates and make
changes accordingly. Historically, our assumptions, judgments and estimates relative to our critical accounting estimates have not differed materially from actual results. Other than the critical accounting estimates noted below there have been no other changes to our critical accounting estimates from our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014.
Business Combinations
We apply the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations, including our acquisition of Digitalsmiths on February 14, 2014. Under this method of accounting, all assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their respective fair values at the date of the completion of the transaction. Determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires our management’s judgment and often involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including assumptions with respect to future cash inflows and outflows, discount rates, intangibles and other asset lives, among other items. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Market participants are assumed to be buyers and sellers in the principal (most advantageous) market for the asset or liability. Additionally, fair value measurements for an asset assume the highest and best use of that asset by market participants. As a result, we may have been required to value the acquired assets at fair value measures that do not reflect our intended use of those assets. Use of different estimates and judgments could yield different results. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill. Although we believe the assumptions and estimates we have made are reasonable and appropriate, they are based in part on historical experience and information that may be obtained from the management of the acquired company and are inherently uncertain. Unanticipated events and circumstances may occur that may affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates, or actual results. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for the Company on February 1, 2017. Early application is not permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.
Results of Operations
Net Revenues.
Our net revenues for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 as a percentage of total net revenues were as follows: |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Service revenues | $ | 36,705 |
| 31 | % | $ | 33,526 |
| 29 | % | $ | 109,509 |
| 32 | % | $ | 102,518 |
| 34 | % |
Technology revenues | 51,359 |
| 43 | % | $ | 48,133 |
| 41 | % | $ | 151,182 |
| 45 | % | $ | 117,914 |
| 39 | % |
Hardware revenues | 30,366 |
| 26 | % | $ | 35,597 |
| 30 | % | $ | 76,656 |
| 23 | % | $ | 79,487 |
| 27 | % |
Net revenues | $ | 118,430 |
| 100 | % | $ | 117,256 |
| 100 | % | $ | 337,347 |
| 100 | % | $ | 299,919 |
| 100 | % |
Change from same prior year period | 1 | % |
| 43 | % |
| 12 | % |
|
| 39 | % |
|
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Service Revenues. The increase in Service revenues of $3.2 million and $7.0 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, as compared to the same prior year periods was related to an increase in MSO-related service revenues of $2.8 million and $8.3 million, respectively due to the increased subscription base and also due to recognition of Virgin service revenues which began during the three months ended January 31, 2014. This increase was combined with an increase in Media service and other revenues of $2.0 million and $3.9 million, respectively, largely related to the acquisition of Digitalsmiths. These increases were partially offset by decreases in
TiVo-Owned subscription revenues of $1.7 million and $5.2 million, respectively. This decrease in TiVo-Owned subscription revenues is primarily due to the decrease in our subscription base.
Technology Revenues. Technology revenues for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 increased by $3.2 million and $33.3 million, respectively, as compared to the same prior year periods primarily due to the settlement and license agreements with Verizon and Google/Motorola Mobility and Cisco, additional licensing revenues in excess of contractual minimums, and to a lesser extent the timing of revenue recognition related to various technology related projects.
Revenue and cash from the contractual minimums (i.e. the following amounts do not include any additional revenues from our AT&T agreement) under our licensing agreements with EchoStar, AT&T, Verizon, and Cisco and Google/Motorola Mobility through October 31, 2014 have been:
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| Technology Revenues | Cash Receipts |
Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | (In thousands) |
2012 | $ | 35,275 |
| $ | 117,679 |
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2013 | 76,841 |
| 86,356 |
|
2014 | 136,532 |
| 464,725 |
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Nine month period from February 1, 2014 to October 31, 2014 | 127,109 |
| 71,017 |
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Total | $ | 375,757 |
| $ | 739,777 |
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Based on current GAAP, revenue and cash from the contractual minimums under all our licensing agreements with EchoStar, AT&T, Verizon, and Cisco and Motorola is expected to be recognized (revenues) and received (cash) for the remainder of the fiscal year 2015 and on an annual basis for the fiscal years thereafter as follows:
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| Technology Revenues | Cash Receipts |
| (In thousands) |
Three month period from November 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 | $ | 42,532 |
| $ | 12,562 |
|
Fiscal Year Ending January 31, | | |
2016 | 171,563 |
| 83,579 |
|
2017 | 173,129 |
| 83,579 |
|
2018 | 174,411 |
| 83,579 |
|
2019 | 88,629 |
| 31,139 |
|
2020 - 2024 | 8,193 |
| — |
|
Total | $ | 658,457 |
| $ | 294,438 |
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Hardware Revenues. Hardware revenues, net of allowance for sales returns and net of revenue share and marketing development fund payments for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased by $5.2 million and $2.8 million, respectively as compared to the same prior year periods. The decreases in net hardware revenues during the three months ended October 31, 2014 were related to both the decreased number of hardware units sold in our MSO and consumer business and changes in the mix towards lower priced non-DVR units. While we saw some increases in the number of hardware units sold in our MSO and consumer business during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, these increases in units sold were offset by a lower average selling price due to a change in the mix towards lower priced non-DVR units. We expect hardware revenue related to our MSO business to decrease in the future as many of operator partners choose to deploy the TiVo service on third-party hardware.
Cost of service revenues. |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Cost of service revenues | $ | 14,970 |
| $ | 11,233 |
| $ | 42,570 |
| $ | 33,446 |
|
Change from same prior year period | 33 | % | — | % | 27 | % | 17 | % |
Percentage of service revenues | 41 | % | 34 | % | 39 | % | 33 | % |
Service gross margin | $ | 21,735 |
| $ | 22,293 |
| $ | 66,939 |
| $ | 69,072 |
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Service gross margin as a percentage of service revenues | 59 | % | 66 | % | 61 | % | 67 | % |
Cost of service revenues consists primarily of telecommunication and network expenses, employee salaries, service center, credit card processing fees, and other expenses related to providing the TiVo service and amortization of acquired developed technology associated with our acquisitions. Cost of service revenues increased by $3.7 million and $9.1 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, as compared to the same prior year periods. These increases were due to increases in costs for MSO partner support and maintenance contracts driven by increased service revenues as well as amortization of intangibles from the acquisition of Digitalsmiths, which was $0.6 million and $1.7 for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014.
Service gross margin as a percent of service revenues decline by 7% and 6% for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, respectively. These declines are largely related to Digitalsmiths cost of service revenues, which were not included in the year-ago results. Digitalsmiths revenues currently provide lower gross margins than consumer and MSO revenues due to inclusion of amortization of acquired intangibles.
Cost of technology revenues.
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Cost of technology revenues | $ | 6,567 |
| $ | 5,612 |
| $ | 16,780 |
| $ | 21,190 |
|
Change from same prior year period | 17 | % | 3 | % | (21 | )% | 34 | % |
Percentage of technology revenues | 13 | % | 12 | % | 11 | % | 18 | % |
Technology gross margin | $ | 44,792 |
| $ | 42,521 |
| $ | 134,402 |
| $ | 96,724 |
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Technology gross margin as a percentage of technology revenues | 87 | % | 88 | % | 89 | % | 82 | % |
Cost of technology revenues includes costs associated with our development work primarily for Virgin, Com Hem, ONO, and our other international and domestic projects. Cost of technology revenues increased by $1.0 million and decreased by $4.4 million, respectively for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, as compared to the same prior year periods. This increase in cost of technology revenues for the three months ended October 31, 2014 was related primarily to increased volume of development work for certain MSO partners. The nine months ended October 31, 2013 included $6.9 million of costs associated with the completion of our ONO development work during the prior year periods.
In certain of our distribution deals, TiVo is not being paid in full for the upfront development cost. However, in exchange, TiVo is receiving guaranteed financial commitments over the duration of the distribution deal. If we are reasonably assured that these arrangements as a whole will be profitable (assuming successful completion of development), we do not expense the development costs that exceed cash payable for the development work as incurred but rather we defer those costs and recognize these costs later when we receive service fees. However, despite the deferral of these development costs, we do incur cash outflows associated with these development efforts resulting in potentially higher cash usage in the near term. As a result, a portion of service fees used to recover the initial development costs would be classified as technology revenues and timing of recognition of these costs and revenues may differ from when these costs are actually incurred.
In accordance with our revenue recognition policies, we have deferred costs of approximately $20.9 million related to development work, largely related to Com Hem and Charter and these costs are recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets under deferred cost of technology revenues, current and deferred cost of technology revenues, long-term at October 31, 2014. In instances where TiVo does not host the TiVo service, these costs (up to the amount billed) will be recognized when related revenues are recognized upon billing our customers,
as specified in the agreement. In instances where TiVo hosts the TiVo service, starting upon deployment, these costs will be amortized to cost of revenues over the longer of the contractual or customer relationship period.
Cost of hardware revenues. |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Cost of hardware revenues | $ | 28,176 |
| $ | 33,017 |
| $ | 70,464 |
| $ | 73,470 |
|
Change from same prior year period | (15 | )% | 41 | % | (4 | )% | 30 | % |
Percentage of hardware revenues | 93 | % | 93 | % | 92 | % | 92 | % |
Hardware gross margin | $ | 2,190 |
| $ | 2,580 |
| $ | 6,192 |
| $ | 6,017 |
|
Hardware gross margin as a percentage of hardware revenue | 7 | % | 7 | % | 8 | % | 8 | % |
Cost of hardware revenues include all product costs associated with the TiVo-enabled DVRs and non-DVRs we distribute and sell, including manufacturing-related overhead and personnel, warranty, certain licensing, order fulfillment, and freight costs. We sell this hardware primarily as a means to grow our service revenues and, as a result, generating positive gross margins from hardware sales that are linked with the sale of TiVo-Owned service is not the primary goal of the consumer business. Our cost of hardware revenues for the three months ended October 31, 2014 decreased as compared to the same prior year period as we sold fewer units into both our MSO and Consumer channels as compared to the same prior year period and due to a change in sales mix towards non-DVR units which have lower costs. While we saw some increases in the number of hardware units sold in our MSO and consumer business during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, these increases were offset by a a lower average cost due to a change in the mix towards non-DVR units which have lower costs.
Hardware gross margin for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased by $390,000 and increased by $175,000, respectively as compared to the same prior year periods largely due to mix units sold and the channel in which they were sold during the period as compared to the same prior year periods.
Our MSO partner margins are likely to decline in future quarters as MSO partners continue to transition to third-party hardware such as the Pace DVR and non-DVR product.
Research and development expenses. |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Research and development expenses | $ | 25,546 |
| $ | 27,242 |
| $ | 76,944 |
| $ | 80,009 |
|
Change from same prior year period | (6 | )% | (4 | )% | (4 | )% | (10 | )% |
Percentage of net revenues | 22 | % | 23 | % | 23 | % | 27 | % |
Our research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, related expenses, and consulting expenses related to our development of new technologies and products, such as whole home DVR technology and new features and functionality as well as investments in creating an integrated software code base across our product lines to increase the efficiency of our product development efforts in the future. Our research and development expenses decreased by $1.7 million and $3.1 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to the same prior year period. These decreases were largely related to decreased headcount and headcount related costs. We expect our annual research and development spending in fiscal year 2015 to continue to be significant but to be at lower levels than the fiscal year 2014.
Sales and marketing expenses. |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Sales and marketing expenses | $ | 10,544 |
| $ | 10,189 |
| $ | 31,143 |
| $ | 27,765 |
|
Change from same prior year period | 3 | % | 28 | % | 12 | % | 30 | % |
Percentage of net revenues | 9 | % | 9 | % | 9 | % | 9 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries related expenses, consulting expenses and amortization of acquired intangibles. Sales and marketing expenses for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 increased by $355,000 and $3.4 million as compared to the same prior year periods. These increases are largely related our acquisition of Digitalsmiths. Amortization of acquired customer relationship intangibles was $1.0 million and $2.7 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, respectively, as compared to $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively for the same prior year periods.
Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs. |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs | $ | 2,734 |
| $ | 2,628 |
| $ | 5,451 |
| $ | 6,483 |
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Change from same prior year period | 4 | % | 68 | % | (16 | )% | 25 | % |
Percentage of net revenues | 2 | % | 2 | % | 2 | % | 2 | % |
Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition costs include advertising expenses and promotional expenses directly related to our efforts to acquire new TiVo-Owned subscriptions to the TiVo service. Sales and marketing, subscription acquisition expenses for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 increased by $106,000 and decreased by $1.0 million, respectively, as compared to the same prior year periods due to changes in advertising spending during the current periods.
General and administrative expenses. |
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
General and administrative | $ | 14,292 |
| $ | 15,839 |
| $ | 45,406 |
| $ | 60,850 |
|
Change from same prior year period | (10 | )% | (27 | )% | (25 | )% | (4 | )% |
Percentage of net revenues | 12 | % | 14 | % | 13 | % | 20 | % |
Litigation expense (included in total general and administrative costs above) | $ | 1,247 |
| $ | 1,408 |
| $ | 3,557 |
| $ | 22,953 |
|
Change from same prior year period | (11 | )% | (85 | )% | (85 | )% | (17 | )% |
Percentage of net revenues | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 8 | % |
General and administrative, net of litigation expense | $ | 13,045 |
| $ | 14,431 |
| $ | 41,849 |
| $ | 37,897 |
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Change from same prior year period | (10 | )% | 17 | % | 10 | % | 6 | % |
Percentage of net revenues | 11 | % | 12 | % | 12 | % | 13 | % |
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee salaries and related expenses for executive, administrative, accounting, and legal and professional fees. During the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.5 million and $15.4 million, respectively, as compared to the same prior year periods. These decreases for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 were primarily related to decreased legal fees of $0.2 million and $19.4 million, respectively, and were associated with litigation expenses related to our patent enforcement cases in the prior year periods. The decrease in legal fees for the three months ended October 31, 2014 was offset by an accrual of $1.0 million in the period in connection with our litigation with Kantar, described in Note 6 "Commitments and Contingencies." G&A expenses, net of litigation, decreased by in the amount of $1.4 million and increased by $4.0 during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to the same prior year periods. These increases were related largely to headcount related expenses.
Interest income. Interest income for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased by $63,000 and $277,000, respectively as compared to the same prior year periods. The average cash and short-term investment balance held during the three months ended October 31, 2014 was lower as compared to the same prior year period causing interest income to decrease over the respective periods. During the nine months ended October 31, 2013 interest income included $752,000 of interest related our settlement of Google/Motorola Mobility settlement and the interest associated with their past infringement. This decrease was offset by interest that was largely attributed to a higher average cash and short-term investment balance held during the nine months ended October 31, 2014 as compared to the same prior year period.
Interest expense and other. Interest expense and other income for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 increased by $1.0 million compared to the same prior year periods due to amortization of the debt issuance costs and debt discount on 2.0% Notes due 2021.
Benefit (provision) for income taxes.
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| Three Months Ended October 31, | Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| (In thousands, except percentages) |
Benefit (provision) for income taxes | (7,129 | ) | 2,023 |
| (20,852 | ) | 168,947 |
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Effective tax rate | 53 | % | (19 | )% | 47 | % | (165 | )% |
The provision for income taxes for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35% primarily due to the tax impact of non-deductible executive based compensation, stock based compensation and state taxes.
The provision for income taxes for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35% primarily due a release of valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have financed our operations and met our capital expenditure requirements primarily from the proceeds from the sale of equity securities, issuance of convertible senior notes, litigation proceeds, and cash flows from operations. Our cash resources are subject, in part, to the amount and timing of cash received from our license agreements, subscriptions, deployment agreements, and hardware customers. As of October 31, 2014, we had over $855.4 million of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. We have $172.5 million in outstanding convertible senior subordinated notes, which are due on March 15, 2016 (the "4.0% Notes due 2016"). The 4.0% Notes due 2016 are unsecured senior obligations of TiVo and we may not redeem these notes prior to their maturity date although investors may convert the notes into TiVo common stock at any time until March 14, 2016 at their option at a conversion price of $11.16 per share. We also have $230.0 million in outstanding convertible senior notes, which are due on October 1, 2021 (the "2.0% Notes due 2021"). The 2.0% Notes due 2021 are unsecured senior obligations of TiVo. We intend to settle the principal in cash upon maturity. We may not redeem these notes prior to their maturity date, although investors may convert the notes at any time until July 1, 2021 at their option at a conversion price of $17.82 per share, under certain circumstances. Concurrently with the issuance of the 2.0% Notes due 2021, we purchased convertible note hedges and sold warrants. In purchasing the convertible note hedges for $54.0 million, counterparties agreed to sell to us up to approximately 12.9 million shares of our common stock, which is the number of shares initially issuable upon conversion of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 in full, at a price of $17.82 per share. TiVo received $30.2 million from the same counterparties from the sale of warrants to purchase up to approximately 12.9 million shares of our common stock at a strike price of $24.00 per share.
We believe our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, provide sufficient resources to fund operations, capital expenditures, future repurchases of TiVo shares in connection with our previously announced share repurchase authorization, and working capital needs through the next twelve months.
Statement of Cash Flows Discussion
The following table summarizes our cash flow activities:
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| Nine Months Ended October 31, |
| 2014 | 2013 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 16,998 |
| 498,080 |
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Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (101,472 | ) | $ | (374,715 | ) |
Net cash used in financing activities | $ | (21,031 | ) | $ | (84,210 | ) |
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
During the nine months ended October 31, 2014 our net cash provided by operating activities was $17.0 million as compared to net cash provided of $498.1 million during the same prior year period. This decrease of $481.1 million in operating cash flow as compared to the same prior year period was largely related our settlement with Google/Motorola Mobility that occurred during the nine months ended October 31, 2013. During the nine months ended October 31, 2014 we had no such similar transaction.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 was approximately $101.5 million as and was largely related to usage of $128.4 million for our acquisition of Digitalsmiths and was partially offset by a net cash inflow of $31.6 million related to our cash management process, and the purchase and sales of short-term investments. Additionally we acquired property and equipment of $4.7 million which is used to support our business.
Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2013 was approximately $374.7 million and was largely related to TiVo's cash management process, and the purchase and sales of short-term investments resulting in a net decrease of cash and cash equivalents of $369.3 million (this resulted in a corresponding increase in short-term investments of $369.3 million). Additionally we acquired property and equipment of $5.4 million which was used to support our business.
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 was approximately $21.0 million as compared to net used in financing activities of $84.2 million for the same prior year period.
For the nine months ended October 31, 2014 the principal uses of cash for financing activities were repurchases of TiVo stock pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan and repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy employee tax withholdings on vesting of stock-based awards of a combined $242.5 million offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options which generated $4.9 million, excess tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation of $12.3 million, and proceeds from the issuance of common stock pursuant to the employee stock purchase plan of $3.6 million. Additionally, in September 2014, the Company issued convertible senior notes payable for proceeds of $224.5 million net of issuance costs paid during the nine months ended October 31, 2014. In conjunction with the issuance of the convertible senior notes payable, the Company issued warrants for proceeds of $30.2 million and purchased convertible note hedges for $54.0 million.
For the nine months ended October 31, 2013 the principal uses of cash for financing activities were related to repurchase of TiVo stock pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan and repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy employee tax withholdings on stock-based awards of $95.3 million offset by the issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options which generated $6.8 million combined with the issuance of common stock pursuant to the employee stock purchase plan of $3.8 million.
Financing Agreements
Share Repurchases. On August 11, 2011, our board of directors authorized a $100 million discretionary share repurchase program that became effective on August 29, 2011; on June 9, 2013 we announced that the Board had increased the amount of the discretionary share repurchase program to $200 million and extended the program's termination date from August 29, 2013 to August 29, 2015. On January 29, 2014 we announced that the Board had increased the amount of the discretionary share repurchase program to $300 million. On August 26, 2014, we announced that our board of directors had authorized a new $350 million share repurchase program to replace the prior authorization that had $85.8 million remaining. This new $350 million share repurchase program expires on January 31, 2017, with $100 million in initial share repurchases under this new program intended to be completed in the fiscal year ending January, 31, 2015. On September 5, 2014, our board of directors authorized an additional $200 million repurchase of shares increasing our existing share repurchase program from $350 million to $550 million. As of October 31, 2014 we had purchased a total of 27,849,098 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.30 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $342.6 million. During the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 we repurchased 9,910,004 and 17,508,652 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.96 and $13.05 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $128.4 million and $228.5 million. As of October 31, 2014 the remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program was $421.6 million.
Universal Shelf Registration Statement. We are a well known seasoned issuer and are eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3 which would be immediately effective upon filing with the SEC under which we may issue an unlimited amount of securities, including debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, and warrants. Depending on market conditions, we may issue securities under future registration statements or in private offerings exempt from registration requirements.
Contractual Obligations |
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| Payments due by Period |
Contractual Obligations | Total | Less than 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | More than 5 years |
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Long-Term Debt Obligations maturing in 2016 | $ | 172,500 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 172,500 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
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Interest on Long-Term Debt Obligations maturing in 2016 | 10,254 |
| 6,900 |
| 3,354 |
| — |
| — |
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Long-Term Debt Obligations maturing in 2021 | 230,000 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 230,000 |
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Interest on Long-Term Debt Obligations maturing in 2021 | 32,315 |
| 4,715 |
| 9,200 |
| 9,200 |
| 9,200 |
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Operating leases | 7,531 |
| 3,740 |
| 3,791 |
| — |
| — |
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Purchase obligations | 23,611 |
| 23,611 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
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Total contractual cash obligations | $ | 476,211 |
| $ | 38,966 |
| $ | 188,845 |
| $ | 9,200 |
| $ | 239,200 |
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Purchase Commitments with Contract Manufacturers and Suppliers. We purchase components from a variety of suppliers and use several contract manufacturers to provide manufacturing services for our products. During the normal course of business, in order to manage manufacturing lead times and help assure adequate component supply, we enter into agreements with contract manufacturers and suppliers that either allow them to procure inventory based upon criteria as defined by us or to establish the parameters defining our requirements. In certain instances, these agreements allow us the option to cancel, reschedule, and adjust our requirements based on our business needs prior to firm orders being placed. The table above displays that portion of our purchase commitments arising from these agreements that is firm, non-cancelable, and unconditional. If there are unexpected changes to anticipated demand for our products or in the sales mix of our products, some of the firm, non-cancelable, and unconditional purchase commitments may result in TiVo being committed to purchase excess inventory.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As part of our ongoing business, we generally do not engage in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities. Accordingly, our operating results, financial condition, and cash flows are not generally subject to off-balance sheet risks associated with these types of arrangements. We did not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements as of October 31, 2014.
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ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio and we conduct transactions in U.S. dollars. We maintain our investments with two financial institutions with high credit ratings. We currently invest the majority of our cash in money market funds, investment-grade government and corporate debt, and investment-grade foreign government securities. As part of our cash management process, we perform periodic evaluations of the relative credit ratings of issuers of these securities. We have not experienced any credit losses on our cash, cash equivalents, or short and long-term investments. Our investment portfolio only includes instruments with original effective maturities of less than two years held for investment purposes, not trading purposes. Due to the short-term nature of our cash equivalents and short-term investments we do not anticipate any material effect on our portfolio due to fluctuations in interest rates.
Our convertible senior debt has a fixed interest rate and therefore we are not exposed to fluctuations in interest rates on this debt.
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ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
We are committed to maintaining disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures and implementing controls and procedures based on the application of management's judgment.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined above, were effective in reaching a reasonable level of assurance as of October 31, 2014 (the end of the period covered by this quarterly report).
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended October 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors or mistakes. Additionally, controls can be circumvented or over-ridden by the individual acts of some persons, by the collusion of two or more people, or by management. The design of any system of controls is also 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. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements or omissions due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
The information under the heading “Legal Matters” set forth under Note 6 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report, is incorporated herein by reference.
Before deciding to purchase, hold or sell our common stock, you should carefully consider the risk factors described below, as well as those in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2014 in the section entitled “Risk Factors”, in addition to the other cautionary statements and risks described elsewhere, and the other information contained in this report and in our other filings with the SEC, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2014, and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K.
If cable operators were to cease supporting and providing CableCARDs to consumers or cable operators were to transmit television programs using technology that prevents our retail products from receiving and displaying television programs, the functionality of our current retail products would be severely limited, in which case our business would be harmed.
The cable industry in the United States is currently required to provide access to digital high definition television signals to retail products by supplying separable security modules to decrypt encrypted signals. Traditionally, cable operators have satisfied this separable security requirement by supplying CableCARD conditional access security cards. We rely on cable operators to supply CableCARDs for certain types of our DVRs to receive encrypted digital television signals without a cable operator supplied set-top box. With the limited exception of high definition over the air broadcast channels, our DVRs presently are limited to using CableCARDs to access digital cable, high definition, and premium cable channels (such as HBO) that are delivered in a linear fashion where all programs are broadcast to all subscribers all the time. Our retail cable products are unable to access the encrypted digital television signals of satellite providers such as DIRECTV and Dish as well as alternative television service providers such as AT&T U-verse and Google Fiber. And without CableCARDs, there presently is no alternative way for us to sell a retail cable product that works across cable systems nationwide. Furthermore, to the extent more pay TV customers obtain television service from satellite television providers and alternative television providers such AT&T U-verse and Google Fiber, the desirability of our retail products and service will be harmed.
On January 15, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated rules concerning the technical standards for CableCARDs adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) in 2003. These rules were part of an FCC order that EchoStar challenged regarding certain encoding rules applied to satellite operators. EchoStar did not challenge the technical standards for CableCARDs and the Court did not address any element of the FCC order that applied only to cable systems, cable operators, and cable devices. On July 16, 2013, TiVo filed a Petition for Rulemaking seeking reinstatement by the FCC of the vacated technical standards for CableCARDs. The National Cable and Telecommunications Association has taken the position that rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010 that, among other things, require cable operators to support and supply CableCARDs to retail devices no longer apply and the CableCARD rules should not be reinstated. On November 19, 2014, the House of Representatives passed the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR). The Senate announced its approval of the bill on November 20, 2014. Among other things, STELAR repeals, one year after enactment, an FCC requirement that cable operators employ separable security (i.e., CableCARDs) in the set-top boxes they lease to their subscribers. STELAR does
not alter the requirement that cable operators provide separable security to retail devices and the cable industry has represented to Congress that it would continue to provide and support retail CableCARD devices in compliance with the separable security requirement. However, without continued use by operator leased devices, the prices charged by operators to consumers for CableCARDs could increase and support for retail CableCARD devices could deteriorate.
The FCC Chairman is required, within 45 days after the date of the enactment of STELAR, to establish a working group of technical experts representing a wide range of stakeholders, to identify, report, and recommend performance objectives, technical capabilities, and technical standards of a not unduly burdensome uniform, and technology and platform neutral software based downloadable security system designed to allow retail devices to access multichannel video programming. The working group is directed to file a report with the FCC no later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of STELAR.
If cable operators were to cease supporting and providing CableCARDs to consumers without providing TiVo with a commercially viable alternative method of accessing digital cable, high definition, and premium cable channels that works across cable systems nationwide, we would be unable to sell most of our current retail products, may be unable to create future retail products, and our business would be harmed as the market for devices which only receive over the air broadcast television signals is significantly smaller than the current pay TV market.
Certain cable operators are deploying switched digital video technologies to transmit television programs in an on demand fashion (switched digital) only to subscribers who request to watch a particular program. Although cable operators are deploying a solution to enable our customers to receive channels delivered with switched technologies (known as the “Tuning Adapter”), if this technology is not successful or is not adopted by our customers (due to cost, complexity, functionality, or other reasons), then the increased use of switched technologies and the continued inability of our products to receive switched cable programming without a Tuning Adapter may reduce the desirability and competitiveness of our products and services and adversely affect sales of our TiVo-Owned subscriptions in which case our business would be harmed.
Similarly, if cable operators implement new technologies in the future to transmit television programming that do not allow programs to be received and displayed on our retail products, the desirability and competitiveness of our products and services will be adversely affected and impact the sales of our TiVo-Owned products and services, in which case our business would be harmed.
We face risks in connection with our marketing and distribution agreements for the development and deployment of TiVo’s advanced television solutions and services to our television service provider customers, including our ability to gain access to certain necessary third-party technologies and possible conflicts between our marketing of a retail DVR service and related products that compete with the products we offer our television service providers.
We face significant technological challenges in our development of TiVo products and services for our television service provider customers as well as challenges related to our dependence on certain third-party technology providers upon whom we depend to provide technology to us to allow us to meet the agreed upon feature and technology requirements requested by our television service provider customers. We also face challenges in managing our television service provider customer relationships while offering and marketing a competing retail DVR service. For example, we rely on access to and receipt of certain technologies from third-parties to enable Video on Demand and other content and search features on our products. Additionally, we have engaged in intellectual property infringement suits with parties that we may otherwise rely on for the delivery of necessary technologies for the enablement of key features of our products and as required by our contractual arrangements with our television service provider customers. For example, we previously engaged in patent infringement litigation with Motorola and Microsoft, who also license technology to us for use in our products to enable certain features. If we were unable to gain access to such technologies on reasonable commercial terms, we may be unable to provide certain features and functionalities in our products. In such an event, our products may not be competitive with similar products in the market and further we may not be able to comply with the contractual arrangements with certain of our television service provider customers, and in either case our business would be harmed as a result. Our ability to benefit from these agreements is dependent upon the mass deployment and adoption of our TiVo-branded and non-branded advanced television solutions, which may include TiVo-branded DVRs, third-party set-top boxes which run TiVo software, and DVR and non-DVR set-top boxes, among other solutions, by the customers of our television service provider customers. If our television service provider customers do not market our service to their customers, either because of feature limitations due to our inability to access third party technologies or because of channel conflicts between our retail DVR service, including the release of DVR products that support over-the-air transmissions, and our DVR service offered to our television service providers, then our business will
be harmed. If we are unable to complete development of these products in a timely and efficient manner to the satisfaction of our television service provider customers, which includes hiring and retaining the necessary number of engineers and software developers to develop each partner’s customized solution, correctly estimating the amount of time and resources that are necessary to develop each such solution, licensing necessary third-party technology (such as, for example, technology which enables the display of VOD content from our partners), and enabling full-scale deployment of our TiVo-branded and non-branded advanced television solutions and services with our television service provider customers, we may not be able to acquire new subscribers from them under these agreements and our business would be harmed.
Furthermore, some of our television service provider customers have the right to receive certain most favored terms from us such that if we were to license similar products and services to other parties at more attractive terms than what such partners receive under their agreements with us, then such partners may be entitled to receive the new more favorable terms. Additionally, such partners may have the right to terminate their agreements with us in the event we are subject to certain specified change of control transactions involving companies specified in their agreements. Further, if any of our partners are subject to a change of control transaction, our business could be harmed if such acquiring company chose to favor a technology provider other than us, despite the fact that many of our agreements with our partners include exclusivity provisions, minimum deployment commitments, or minimum financial commitments. If any of these events occur, including our inability to develop, license, and deploy in a timely, efficient, and on a full-scale basis, we will have difficulty generating revenues and new subscriptions under these agreements and our business would be harmed.
We face significant risks in overseeing our outsourcing of manufacturing processes as well as in the management of our inventory, and failure to properly oversee our manufacturing processes or to effectively manage our inventory levels may result in product recalls or supply imbalances that could harm our business.
We have contracted for the manufacture of certain TiVo-enabled DVRs with a contract manufacturer. We sell these units to retailers and distributors, as well as through our own online sales channels. Product manufacturing is outside our core business and we face significant risks if our contract manufacturer does not perform as expected. If we fail to effectively oversee the manufacturing process, including the work performed by our contract manufacturer, we could suffer from product recalls, poorly performing product, and higher than anticipated warranty costs.
In connection with our manufacturing operations, we maintain a finished goods inventory of the DVR units we produce throughout the year. Due to the seasonality in our business and our long-lead time product development and manufacturing cycles, we need to make forecasts of demand and commit significant resources towards manufacturing of our DVR units well in advance of our peak selling periods. We also have risks with respect to changing hardware forecasts with our television service provider customers who may revise their purchase forecasts lower or higher after we have committed manufacturing resources to meeting such forecasts due to long-lead times and prior to the time in which such television service provider forecasts become contractually binding. As such, we are subject to significant risks in managing the inventory needs of our business during the year, including estimates of the appropriate mix of demand across our older and newer DVR models. If we were to overestimate demand for our DVRs, we may end up with inventories that exceed currently forecasted demand which would require us to record additional write-downs. If we were to underestimate demand for our DVRs, we may end up with inventory shortages causing us to fail to meet actual customer demand. Should actual market conditions differ from our estimates, our future results of operations could be materially affected. In the future, we may be required to record additional write-downs of finished products and materials on-hand and/or additional charges for excess purchase commitments as a result of future changes in our sales forecasts.
Increased leverage as a result of our recent convertible senior notes offering may harm our financial condition and results of operations.
As previously reported on Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2014, we issued convertible senior notes with the aggregate principal amount of $230.0 million. Our total long-term convertible debt as of October 31, 2014 was approximately $351.0 million. The indentures governing the convertible senior notes do not restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness.
Our level of indebtedness could have important consequences to you, because:
•it could affect our ability to satisfy our obligations under the notes;
•a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations will have to be dedicated to interest and principal payments and may not be available for operations, working capital, capital expenditures, expansion, acquisitions or general corporate or other purposes;
•it may impair our ability to obtain additional financing in the future;
•it may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and industry; and
•it may make us more vulnerable to downturns in our business, our industry or the economy in general.
Our operations may not generate sufficient cash to enable us to service our debt. If we fail to make a payment on the notes, we could be in default on the notes, and this default could cause us to be in default on our other outstanding indebtedness. Conversely, a default on our other outstanding indebtedness may cause a default under the notes.
The hedge transactions and warrant transactions entered into in connection with the 2.0% Notes due 2021 may affect the value of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 and our common stock.
In connection with the offering of the 2.0% Notes due 2021, we entered into privately-negotiated convertible note hedge transactions with certain counterparties ("Options Counterparties") to reduce the potential dilution with respect to our common stock upon conversion of the 2.0% Notes due 2021. The convertible note hedges cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the 2.0% Notes due 2021, the number of shares of common stock underlying the 2.0% Notes due 2021. We also entered into separate, privately-negotiated warrant transactions with the certain counterparties whereby we sold to independent third parties warrants with the Option Counterparties relating to the same number of shares of our common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.
The effect, if any, of these activities, including the direction or magnitude, on the market price of our common stock will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions, and cannot be ascertained at this time. Any of these activities could, however, adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the trading price of the 2.0% Notes due 2021.
In addition, the Option Counterparties are financial institutions, and we will be subject to the risk that one or more of the Option Counterparties might default under the convertible note hedges. Our exposure to the credit risk of the Option Counterparties will not be secured by any collateral. If any of the Option Counterparties becomes subject to insolvency proceedings, we will become an unsecured creditor in those proceedings with a claim equal to our exposure at the time under the convertible note hedges with such option counterparty. Our exposure will depend on many factors but, generally, the increase in our exposure will be correlated to the increase in the market price and in the volatility of our common stock.
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ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
As previously reported on Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2014, TiVo issued convertible senior notes with the aggregate principal amount of $230.0 million and received approximately $223.6 million in proceeds after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and estimated offering expenses. Barclays Capital Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as representatives of the initial purchasers. Of the $230.0 million aggregate principal amount, $30 million was received pursuant to the exercise of the initial purchasers' overallotment option. The notes will pay interest semi-annually at a rate of 2.00% per year and mature on October 1, 2021. The notes were sold to the initial purchasers at 97.625% of par value.
The Company may not redeem the notes prior to their maturity date although investors may convert the notes into cash or TiVo common stock at any time after July 1, 2021 at their option through maturity. The notes have an initial conversion rate of 56.1073 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes. At the initial conversion rate, the initial conversion price will be approximately $17.82 per share. The conversion rate will be adjusted for certain dilutive events and will be increased in the case of corporate events that constitute a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the indenture governing the notes).
TiVo offered and sold the notes to the initial purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The initial purchasers then sold the notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Concurrently with the issuance of the 2.0% Notes due 2021, we purchased convertible note hedges and sold warrants. In purchasing the convertible note hedges for $54.0 million, Counterparties agreed to sell to the Company up to approximately 12.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock, which is the number of shares initially issuable upon conversion of the 2.0% Notes due 2021 in full, at a price of $17.82 per share. The Company received
$30.2 million from the same counterparties from the sale of warrants to purchase up to approximately 12.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock at a strike price of $24.00 per share.
Purchases of Equity Securities
We have reacquired shares of stock through our share repurchase program and from employees upon the vesting of restricted stock that was granted under our Amended & Restated 1999 Employee Incentive Plan and our Amended & Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan. The shares that were forfeited by the employees and reacquired by us were to satisfy the employees’ minimum statutory tax withholding which is required on restricted stock once they become vested and those share amounts are included in the following table:
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Period | (a) Total Number of Shares Purchased | | (b) Average Price Paid per share | (c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (4) | (d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (4) |
August 1, 2014 through August 31, 2014 | 3,758 |
| (1) | $ | 13.60 |
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| $ | 350,000,000 |
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September 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014 | 281,552 |
| (2) | $ | 13.44 |
| 5,045,011 |
| $ | 482,313,276 |
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October 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014 | 17,569 |
| (3) | $ | 12.58 |
| 4,864,993 |
| $ | 421,566,005 |
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(1) During the month of August 2014 TiVo acquired 3,758 shares at a weighted average price of $13.60 from employees upon the vesting of restricted stock.
(2) During the month of September 2014 TiVo acquired 281,552 shares at a weighted average price of $13.44 from employees upon the vesting of restricted stock.
(3) During the month of October 2014 TiVo acquired 17,569 shares at a weighted average price of $12.58 from employees upon the vesting of restricted stock.
(4) On August 11, 2011, our board of directors authorized a $100 million discretionary share repurchase program that became effective on August 29, 2011; on June 9, 2013 we announced that the Board had increased the amount of the discretionary share repurchase program to $200 million and extended the program's termination date from August 29, 2013 to August 29, 2015. On January 29, 2014 we announced that the Board had increased the amount of the discretionary share repurchase program to $300 million. As of July 31, 2014 we had purchased 17,939,094 shares of common stock under this program at a weighted average price of $11.94 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $214.2 million and the remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program was $85.8 million with a termination date of August 29, 2015. On August 26, 2014, we announced our board of directors had authorized a new $350 million discretionary share repurchase program to replace the prior authorization that had $85.8 million remaining. This new $350 million share repurchase program will expire on January 31, 2017, with an initial $100 million in share repurchases intended to be completed by the end of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015. On September 5, 2014, our board of directors authorized an additional $200 million repurchase of shares increasing our existing share repurchase program from $350 million to $550 million.
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ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
None.
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ITEM 4. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
None.
None.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER | DESCRIPTION |
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certification of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on September 10, 2007). |
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated as of February 21, 2012 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2012). |
4.1 | Certificate of Designations of the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock of TiVo (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on January 19, 2011). |
4.2 | Certificate of Correction to the Certificate of Designations of the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock of TiVo (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on January 19, 2011). |
4.3 | Indenture, dated September 22, 2014 between TiVo Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2014). |
4.4 | Global Note, dated September 22, 2014 between TiVo Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2014). |
31.1 | Certification of Thomas S. Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer of TiVo Inc. dated December 3, 2014 pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). |
31.2 | Certification of Naveen Chopra, Chief Financial Officer of TiVo Inc. dated December 3, 2014 pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). |
32.1* | Certification of Thomas S. Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer of TiVo Inc. dated December 3, 2014 in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). |
32.2* | Certification of Naveen Chopra, Chief Financial Officer of TiVo Inc. dated December 3, 2014 in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). |
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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+ | Confidential treatment has been requested as to portions of this exhibit. |
* | The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of TiVo Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing. |
** | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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SIGNATURES AND OFFICER CERTIFICATIONS
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
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| | | | TIVO INC. |
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Date: | 12/3/2014 | | | By: | | /S/ THOMAS S. ROGERS |
| | | | | | Thomas S. Rogers |
| | | | | | President and Chief Executive (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: | 12/3/2014 | | | By: | | /S/ NAVEEN CHOPRA |
| | | | | | Naveen Chopra |
| | | | | | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
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Date: | 12/3/2014 | | | By: | | /S/ PAVEL KOVAR |
| | | | | | Pavel Kovar |
| | | | | | Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |