UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from
to
Commission file number: 001-33707
CONSTANT
CONTACT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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04-3285398 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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1601 Trapelo Road, Third Floor
Waltham, Massachusetts |
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02451 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(781) 472-8100
(Registrants 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 ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes ¨ No x
As of November 2, 2015, there were 31,924,845 shares of the registrants Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, outstanding.
CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
INDEX
Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. |
Financial Statements |
Constant Contact, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
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(In thousands, except share and per share data) |
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September 30, 2015 |
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December 31, 2014 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
129,831 |
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$ |
104,301 |
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Marketable securities |
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50,683 |
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58,321 |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
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408 |
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265 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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12,637 |
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10,723 |
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Total current assets |
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193,559 |
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173,610 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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47,337 |
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43,739 |
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Restricted cash |
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1,300 |
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1,300 |
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Goodwill |
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95,505 |
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95,505 |
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Acquired intangible assets, net |
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894 |
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2,160 |
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Deferred taxes |
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7,215 |
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4,658 |
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Other assets |
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2,621 |
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1,893 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
348,431 |
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$ |
322,865 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
7,073 |
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$ |
4,703 |
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Accrued expenses |
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14,501 |
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12,230 |
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Deferred revenue |
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39,765 |
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37,838 |
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Total current liabilities |
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61,339 |
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54,771 |
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Other long-term liabilities |
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3,636 |
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3,783 |
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Total liabilities |
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64,975 |
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58,554 |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 7) |
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Stockholders equity |
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Preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding at September 30, 2015 and
December 31, 2014 |
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Common stock; $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 31,837,809 and 31,908,622 shares issued and outstanding at
September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively |
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318 |
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319 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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254,962 |
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249,599 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
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1 |
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(10 |
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Retained earnings |
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28,175 |
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14,403 |
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Total stockholders equity |
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283,456 |
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264,311 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
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$ |
348,431 |
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$ |
322,865 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
1
Constant Contact, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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(In thousands, except per share data) |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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Revenue |
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$ |
91,859 |
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$ |
83,494 |
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$ |
273,807 |
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$ |
243,624 |
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Cost of revenue |
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24,600 |
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23,223 |
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73,493 |
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67,050 |
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Gross profit |
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67,259 |
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60,271 |
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200,314 |
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176,574 |
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Operating expenses |
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Research and development |
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14,633 |
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13,417 |
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42,587 |
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39,341 |
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Sales and marketing |
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31,474 |
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28,406 |
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102,982 |
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94,319 |
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General and administrative |
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11,495 |
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10,365 |
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34,740 |
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30,671 |
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Total operating expenses |
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57,602 |
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52,188 |
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180,309 |
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164,331 |
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Income from operations |
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9,657 |
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8,083 |
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20,005 |
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12,243 |
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Interest income and other income (expense), net |
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38 |
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339 |
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149 |
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387 |
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Income before income taxes |
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9,695 |
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8,422 |
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20,154 |
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12,630 |
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Income tax expense |
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(3,299 |
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(3,224 |
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(6,382 |
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(4,563 |
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Net income |
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$ |
6,396 |
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$ |
5,198 |
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$ |
13,772 |
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$ |
8,067 |
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Net income per share: |
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Basic |
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$ |
0.20 |
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$ |
0.16 |
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$ |
0.43 |
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$ |
0.26 |
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Diluted |
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$ |
0.19 |
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$ |
0.16 |
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$ |
0.41 |
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$ |
0.25 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing per share amounts: |
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Basic |
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32,019 |
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31,893 |
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32,080 |
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31,557 |
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Diluted |
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32,837 |
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33,180 |
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33,258 |
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32,750 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
2
Constant Contact, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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(In thousands) |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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Net income |
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$ |
6,396 |
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$ |
5,198 |
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$ |
13,772 |
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$ |
8,067 |
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Other comprehensive income (loss): |
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Net unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities, net of tax |
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(2 |
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(1 |
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16 |
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2 |
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Reclassification adjustment for realized gains on marketable securities included in net income |
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(1 |
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Translation adjustment |
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(9 |
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(8 |
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(5 |
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(4 |
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Total other comprehensive income (loss) |
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(11 |
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(9 |
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11 |
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(3 |
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Comprehensive income |
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$ |
6,385 |
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$ |
5,189 |
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$ |
13,783 |
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$ |
8,064 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
3
Constant Contact, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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(In thousands) |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Net income |
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$ |
13,772 |
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$ |
8,067 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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18,478 |
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18,041 |
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Amortization of premium on investments |
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354 |
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187 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
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13,299 |
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12,134 |
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Provision for (recovery of) bad debts |
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48 |
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(7 |
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Gain on sales of marketable securities |
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(1 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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(2,521 |
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(512 |
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Income tax benefit from the exercise of stock options |
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(5,335 |
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(1,666 |
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Taxes paid related to net share settlement of restricted stock units |
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(1,538 |
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(2,341 |
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Loss on sublease |
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259 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
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(191 |
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49 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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3,310 |
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(527 |
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Other assets |
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(728 |
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54 |
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Accounts payable |
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3,301 |
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(250 |
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Accrued expenses |
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3,082 |
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4,287 |
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Deferred revenue |
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1,927 |
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2,542 |
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Other long-term liabilities |
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(147 |
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991 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
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47,111 |
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41,307 |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Purchases of marketable securities |
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(34,402 |
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(27,276 |
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Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities |
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41,712 |
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14,665 |
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Proceeds from sales of marketable securities |
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633 |
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Acquisition of property and equipment, including costs capitalized for development of internal-use software |
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(22,347 |
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(21,013 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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(15,037 |
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(32,991 |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options |
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11,828 |
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16,016 |
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Income tax benefit from the exercise of stock options |
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5,335 |
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1,666 |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock pursuant to employee stock purchase plan |
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1,063 |
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831 |
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Repurchase of common stock |
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(24,767 |
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(7,360 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
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(6,541 |
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11,153 |
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Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
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(3 |
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(4 |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
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25,530 |
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19,465 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
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104,301 |
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82,478 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
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$ |
129,831 |
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$ |
101,943 |
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Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities: |
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Capitalization of stock-based compensation |
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$ |
205 |
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$ |
148 |
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Acquisition of property and equipment included in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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$ |
181 |
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$ |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Constant Contact, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(amounts in
thousands, except share and per share amounts)
1. Nature of the Business
Constant Contact, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated as a Massachusetts corporation in 1995 and was reincorporated in the State
of Delaware in 2000. The Company is a leading provider of online marketing tools that are designed for small organizations, including small businesses, associations and non-profits. The Company seeks to help customers succeed by creating and growing
their customer and member relationships through easy-to-use products combined with education, support, KnowHow® and coaching. In April 2014, the Company formally launched Toolkit, an
online marketing platform that simplifies small business marketing by bringing together the tools needed to drive repeat customers and reach new ones. The Company also offers a suite of online marketing tools, including Email Marketing, EventSpot®, Social Campaigns, SaveLocal, SinglePlatform and Survey, that enables customers to launch and monitor marketing campaigns across multiple channels, including email, social media,
events, local deals, online listings and surveys. These products are marketed and sold directly by the Company and through a wide variety of partners primarily in the United States of America.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying
condensed consolidated financial statements include those of the Company and its subsidiaries, after elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The condensed consolidated
balance sheet at December 31, 2014 was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2015 and
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim financial statements. Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to
make the information presented not misleading. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Companys audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended
December 31, 2014 included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, File Number 001-33707, on file with the SEC.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the Companys
consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2015 and consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 have
been made. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates these estimates, judgments and assumptions, including those related to revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, goodwill and acquired
intangible assets, capitalization of software and website development costs and income taxes. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results and trends and on various other assumptions that the Company believes are
reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. These estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and recorded revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent
from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Marketable Securities
The Companys marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value with the unrealized gains and losses reported as a
component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders equity. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary are included as a component of interest and other income (expense) based on
the specific identification method.
5
At September 30, 2015, marketable securities by security type consisted of:
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Amortized Cost |
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Gross Unrealized Gains |
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|
Gross Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Estimated Fair Value |
|
United States Treasury Notes |
|
$ |
10,105 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
10,111 |
|
Corporate and Agency Bonds |
|
|
40,560 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
40,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
50,665 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
|
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
50,683 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At September 30, 2015, marketable securities consisted of investments that mature within one year with the exception of
securities with a fair value of $9,901, which have maturities within two years.
At December 31, 2014, marketable securities by security type
consisted of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized Cost |
|
|
Gross Unrealized Gains |
|
|
Gross Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Estimated Fair Value |
|
United States Treasury Notes |
|
$ |
20,000 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
20,006 |
|
Corporate and Agency Bonds |
|
|
37,330 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
37,316 |
|
Commercial Paper |
|
|
999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
58,329 |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
$ |
(16 |
) |
|
$ |
58,321 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Certain assets and liabilities are carried at fair value under GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to
transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize
the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. A fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable, is used to measure fair
value:
|
|
|
Level 1 Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
|
|
|
Level 2 Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. |
|
|
|
Level 3 Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. |
The following tables present the Companys fair value hierarchy for its investments, which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of
September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2015 Using |
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
Financial Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market Instruments |
|
$ |
13,600 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
13,600 |
|
United States Treasury Notes |
|
|
10,111 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,111 |
|
Corporate and Agency Bonds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
23,711 |
|
|
$ |
40,572 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
64,283 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014 Using |
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
Financial Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market Instruments |
|
$ |
5,885 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
5,885 |
|
United States Treasury Notes |
|
|
20,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,006 |
|
Corporate and Agency Bonds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,316 |
|
Commercial Paper |
|
|
|
|
|
|
999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
25,891 |
|
|
$ |
38,315 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
64,206 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of unrestricted common shares outstanding for the period.
Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of unrestricted common shares outstanding during the
period and the weighted average number of potential common shares from the assumed exercise of stock options and the vesting of shares of restricted stock units using the treasury stock method when the effect is not anti-dilutive.
The following is a summary of the shares used in computing diluted net income per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended September 30, |
|
|
Nine months ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Weighted average shares used in calculating basic net income per share |
|
|
32,019 |
|
|
|
31,893 |
|
|
|
32,080 |
|
|
|
31,557 |
|
Stock options |
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
1,172 |
|
|
|
1,042 |
|
|
|
1,069 |
|
Restricted stock units |
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share |
|
|
32,837 |
|
|
|
33,180 |
|
|
|
33,258 |
|
|
|
32,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share because they had an
anti-dilutive impact as the proceeds under the treasury stock method were in excess of the average fair market value for the period:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended September 30, |
|
|
Nine months ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Options to purchase common stock |
|
|
1,309 |
|
|
|
686 |
|
|
|
730 |
|
|
|
1,067 |
|
Restricted stock units |
|
|
370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
1,679 |
|
|
|
686 |
|
|
|
1,005 |
|
|
|
1,247 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the FASB) issued new guidance, 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. This guidance will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective. The
guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs
incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. On July 9, 2015, the FASB voted to defer the effective date of the new guidance to December 15, 2017 for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after that date and to permit early adoption
of the standard, but not before the original effective date of December 15, 2016. The guidance permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that this guidance will have
on its consolidated financial statements.
7
In August 2014, the FASB issued new guidance, Presentation of Financial Statements Going Concern.
The new guidance addresses managements responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entitys ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. Managements evaluation should
be based on relevant conditions and events that are known and reasonably knowable at the date that the financial statements are issued. The guidance will be effective for the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. This guidance relates to footnote disclosure only and its adoption will not impact the Companys financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
In April 2015, the FASB issued new guidance, IntangiblesGoodwill and OtherInternal-Use Software: Customers Accounting for Fees Paid in a
Cloud Computing Arrangement. The guidance clarifies the circumstances under which a cloud computing customer would account for the arrangement as a license of internal-use software. The guidance will be effective for the first interim period
within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not believe the guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
3. Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets
The carrying amount of goodwill was $95,505 at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is
reviewed for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter or more frequently when events and circumstances occur indicating that the recorded goodwill may be impaired.
Intangible assets consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2015 |
|
|
December 31, 2014 |
|
|
|
Estimated Useful Life |
|
Gross Carrying Amount |
|
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
|
Net Carrying Amount |
|
|
Gross Carrying Amount |
|
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
|
Net Carrying Amount |
|
Developed technology |
|
3 years |
|
$ |
4,357 |
|
|
$ |
4,057 |
|
|
$ |
300 |
|
|
$ |
4,357 |
|
|
$ |
3,465 |
|
|
$ |
892 |
|
Customer relationships |
|
3.75 years |
|
|
3,315 |
|
|
|
3,148 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
3,315 |
|
|
|
2,666 |
|
|
|
649 |
|
Publisher relationships |
|
5 years |
|
|
710 |
|
|
|
473 |
|
|
|
237 |
|
|
|
710 |
|
|
|
367 |
|
|
|
343 |
|
Trade name |
|
5 years |
|
|
570 |
|
|
|
380 |
|
|
|
190 |
|
|
|
570 |
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
8,952 |
|
|
$ |
8,058 |
|
|
$ |
894 |
|
|
$ |
8,952 |
|
|
$ |
6,792 |
|
|
$ |
2,160 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company amortizes intangible assets over the estimated useful lives noted above. Amortization of developed technology and
publisher relationships assets is on a straight-line basis as the pattern of consumption of the economic benefits of the intangible assets cannot be reliably determined. The Company also amortizes the trade name asset over its estimated useful life
on a straight-line basis as the straight-line basis is not materially different than the pattern of consumption of economic benefit basis. Customer relationships are amortized over their useful life based on the pattern of consumption of economic
benefit of the asset. Amortization commences once the asset has been placed in service. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $356 and $543 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $1,267 and $1,664 for
the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Amortization relating to developed technology and publisher relationships is recorded within cost of revenue and amortization of customer relationships and trade name is recorded
within sales and marketing expense. Future estimated amortization expense for intangible assets as of September 30, 2015 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Remainder of 2015 |
|
$ |
317 |
|
2016 |
|
|
470 |
|
2017 |
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
894 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
4. Stockholders Equity and Stock-Based Compensation
Stock Repurchase Program
In the second
quarter of 2014, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $30,000 of its common stock through July 31, 2015. Under the authorization, the Company could repurchase shares in the open market, which included the use of 10b5-1
trading plans, or through privately negotiated transactions. The timing and amount of repurchases depended upon several factors, including market and business conditions. The Company funded repurchases from its cash and cash equivalents. During the
six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company repurchased 384,791 shares at an average price of $35.45 per share. These shares were retired and accounted for as a reduction to stockholders equity in the Companys condensed consolidated
balance sheet. As of June 30, 2015, this stock repurchase program had ended and no additional shares were repurchased in the three months ended September 30, 2015.
In the second quarter of 2015, the Board of Directors authorized the additional repurchase of up to $50,000 of the Companys common stock through
July 1, 2016. Under the authorization, the Company can repurchase shares in the open market, which may include the use of 10b5-1 trading plans, or through privately negotiated transactions. The timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will
depend upon several factors, including market and business conditions. Share repurchases may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The Company intends to fund repurchases from its cash and cash equivalents. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2015, the Company repurchased 442,765 shares at an average price of $25.13 per share under this program. These shares were retired and accounted for as a reduction to stockholders equity in the Companys condensed
consolidated balance sheet.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company grants stock-based awards under its existing 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, and its 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The
Company also has outstanding stock-based awards under its 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, its 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and its 2012 Inducement Award Plan but is no longer granting awards under these plans. As of September 30, 2015,
1,214,087 shares of common stock are available for issuance under the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2015, 268,549 shares of common stock are available for issuance to participating employees under the 2007 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan. The Company applies the fair value recognition provisions for all stock-based awards granted or modified in accordance with authoritative guidance. Under this guidance the Company records compensation costs over the requisite service
period of the award based on the grant-date fair value. The straight-line method is applied to all grants with service conditions, while the graded vesting method is applied to all grants with both service and performance conditions.
The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense on all awards in cost of revenue and operating expense categories as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended September 30, |
|
|
Nine months ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
Cost of revenue |
|
$ |
547 |
|
|
$ |
503 |
|
|
$ |
1,604 |
|
|
$ |
1,451 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
953 |
|
|
|
665 |
|
|
|
2,729 |
|
|
|
2,468 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
1,119 |
|
|
|
1,131 |
|
|
|
3,678 |
|
|
|
3,741 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
1,754 |
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
5,288 |
|
|
|
4,474 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,373 |
|
|
$ |
3,810 |
|
|
$ |
13,299 |
|
|
$ |
12,134 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additionally, the Company capitalized $61 and $48 of stock-based compensation related to the development of internal-use
software for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $205 and $148 of stock-based compensation related to the development of internal-use software for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014,
respectively.
5. Income Taxes
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded income tax expense related to federal, state, and
to a lesser extent, foreign tax obligations. The Companys effective tax rate may vary from period to period based on changes in estimated taxable income or loss, changes to federal, state or foreign tax laws, deductibility of certain costs and
expenses, and as a result of acquisitions.
9
The Companys estimated effective tax rate for 2015 and 2014, which has been applied to the Companys
income before income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, varies from the statutory rate primarily due to state taxes and non-deductible stock-based compensation expense, that increases the effective tax rate,
partially offset by state research and development credits that decrease the effective tax rate. The federal research and development credit has not yet been enacted for 2015 and had not yet been enacted in the first nine months ended
September 30, 2014 and therefore was not included in the Companys estimated effective tax rate for either 2015 or 2014. The income tax expense for 2015 and 2014 was further reduced by the impact of disqualifying dispositions of incentive
stock options during the periods.
The Company had net deferred tax assets of $6,443 at December 31, 2014, which increased to $8,964 at
September 30, 2015.
The Company has not recorded any amounts for unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had no accrued interest or tax penalties recorded.
6. Accrued Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2015 |
|
|
December 31, 2014 |
|
Payroll and payroll-related |
|
$ |
5,079 |
|
|
$ |
4,430 |
|
Licensed software and maintenance |
|
|
1,197 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
Marketing programs |
|
|
2,372 |
|
|
|
490 |
|
Other accrued expenses |
|
|
5,853 |
|
|
|
6,113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14,501 |
|
|
$ |
12,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. Commitments and Contingencies
Office Leases
The Company has a lease
for its headquarters space in Waltham, Massachusetts (the Lease) that is effective through September 2022 with one ten-year extension option. The Lease includes space the Company is currently occupying as well as space that will be
made available at various points in time during the term.
The Company leases office space for a sales and support office in Colorado under a lease
agreement effective through April 2019 with three three-year extension options. The Company also leases small amounts of general office space in Florida, New York, California and the United Kingdom under lease agreements that expire at various
dates through 2018.
Lease incentives, payment escalations and rent holidays specified in the lease agreements are accrued or deferred as appropriate such
that rent expense per square foot is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of occupancy.
At September 30, 2015 and December 31,
2014, the Company had both prepaid rent and accrued rent balances related to its office leases. The prepaid rent balance was $46 as of September 30, 2015, of which $15 was included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $31 was
included in other assets. The accrued rent balance was $4,263 as of September 30, 2015, of which $773 was included in accrued expenses and $3,490 was included in other long-term liabilities. The prepaid rent balance was $51 at December 31,
2014, of which $3 was included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $48 was included in other assets. The accrued rent balance was $4,232 at December 31, 2014, of which $577 was included in accrued expenses and $3,655 was included
in other long-term liabilities.
As of September 30, 2015, future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable office leases are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Remainder of 2015 |
|
$ |
2,349 |
|
2016 |
|
|
9,913 |
|
2017 |
|
|
9,798 |
|
2018 |
|
|
9,396 |
|
2019 |
|
|
8,284 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
21,891 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61,631 |
|
Less: Sublease income |
|
|
519 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
61,112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
Total rent expense under office leases was $2,418 and $2,534 for the three months ended September 30, 2015
and 2014, respectively, and $7,164 and $7,116 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Total rent expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 includes a loss on sublease of $259. Total rent
expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 is net of sublease income of $47 and $141, respectively.
Third-Party Hosting
Agreements
The Company has agreements with various vendors to provide specialized space and equipment and related services from which the Company
hosts its software applications. Payment escalations and rent holidays specified in these agreements are accrued or deferred as appropriate such that rent expense per square foot is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of occupancy. As
of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had both prepaid rent and accrued rent balances related to these agreements. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had prepaid rent of $285, of which $232 was included in
prepaid expenses and other current assets and $53 was included in other assets. Of the accrued rent balance of $149, $66 was included in accrued expenses and $83 was included in other long-term liabilities. At December 31, 2014, the Company had
prepaid rent of $501, of which $295 was included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $206 was included in other assets. The accrued rent balance was $172 of which $38 was included in accrued expense and other current liabilities and
$134 was included in other long-term liabilities.
The agreements include payment commitments that expire at various dates through 2017. As of
September 30, 2015, future minimum payments under the agreements are as follows:
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991 |
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2016 |
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4,049 |
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775 |
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5,815 |
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Total rent expense under hosting agreements was $1,127 and $1,061 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014,
respectively, and $3,343 and $3,167 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Vendor Commitments
As of September 30, 2015, the Company had issued both cancellable and non-cancellable purchase orders to various vendors and entered into contractual
commitments with various vendors totaling $30,861 related to marketing programs and other non-marketing goods and services to be delivered principally over the next twelve months.
Letters of Credit and Restricted Cash
As of
September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company maintained a letter of credit totaling $1,300 for the benefit of the landlord of the Lease. The landlord can draw against the letter of credit in the event of default by the Company.
The Company was required to maintain a cash balance of at least $1,300 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 to secure the letter of credit. These amounts were classified as restricted cash in the balance sheet at
September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
Indemnification Obligations
The Company enters into standard indemnification agreements with the Companys channel partners and certain other third parties in the ordinary course of
business. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company indemnifies and agrees to reimburse the indemnified party for losses incurred by the indemnified party in connection with certain intellectual property infringement and other claims by any third
party with respect to the Companys business and technology. Based on historical information and information known as of September 30, 2015, the Company does not expect it will incur any significant liabilities under these indemnification
agreements.
Legal Matters
In September 2012,
RPost Holdings, Inc., RPost Communications Limited and RMail Limited (collectively, RPost) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that named the Company as a defendant in a lawsuit. The
complaint alleged that certain elements of the Companys email marketing technology infringe five patents held by RPost. RPost seeks an award for damages in an unspecified amount and injunctive relief. In February 2013, RPost amended its
complaint to name five of the Companys marketing partners as defendants. Under the Companys contractual agreements with these marketing partners, the Company is obligated to indemnify them for claims related to patent infringement. The
Company filed a motion to sever and stay the claims against its partners and multiple motions to dismiss the claims against the Company. In January 2014, the case was stayed pending the resolution of certain state court and bankruptcy court actions
involving RPost, to which the Company is not a party. The stay was extended by agreement of the parties in December 2014. This litigation is in its very early stages. As a result, neither the ultimate outcome of this litigation nor an estimate of a
probable loss or any reasonably possible losses can be assessed at this time. Nevertheless, the Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to any claim of infringement and intends to defend itself vigorously.
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On August 7, 2015, a purported class action lawsuit, William McGee v. Constant Contact, Inc., et al,
was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Company and two of its current officers. The lawsuit asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and is premised on allegedly false and/or misleading statements, and non-disclosure of material facts, regarding the Companys business, operations, prospects and performance during the proposed class period of October 23, 2014 to
July 23, 2015. This litigation is in its very early stages. As a result, neither the ultimate outcome of this litigation nor an estimate of a probable loss or any reasonably possible losses can be assessed at this time. Nevertheless, the
Company intends to vigorously defend all claims asserted, including by filing a motion to dismiss at the appropriate time.
The Company is from time to
time subject to various other legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of its business. While the outcome of these other claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe
that the outcome of any of these other legal matters will have a material adverse effect on the Companys results of operations or financial condition.
8. 401(k) Savings Plan
The Company has a defined contribution savings plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This plan covers
substantially all employees who meet minimum age and service requirements and allows participants to defer a portion of their annual compensation on a pre-tax basis. Company contributions to the plan may be made at the discretion of the Board of
Directors. The Company elected to make matching contributions for the plan years ending December 31, 2015 and 2014 at a rate of 100% of each employees contribution up to a maximum matching contribution of 3% of the employees
compensation and at a rate of 50% of each employees contribution in excess of 3% up to a maximum of 5% of the employees compensation.
Through
September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company made matching contributions of $3,372 and $2,716 for the plan years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
9. Subsequent Event
As previously announced, on October 30, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger
Agreement) with Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), and Paintbrush Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub). The
Merger Agreement provides, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, that Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the Merger), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent. In the Merger, each share of common stock of Constant Contact outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive
$32.00 in cash, without interest (the Merger Consideration), excluding any shares owned by Constant Contact, Endurance or Merger Sub or any of their respective wholly owned subsidiaries (which will be cancelled) and any shares with
respect to which appraisal rights have been properly exercised. The Merger Agreement was unanimously approved by the Companys Board of Directors, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee composed of independent members
of the Companys Board of Directors. The Merger is subject to customary closing conditions as well as approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Companys stockholders. If the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain
specified circumstances, including in connection with the Companys entry into a definitive agreement for a Superior Proposal (as defined and permitted under the Merger Agreement), the Company must pay the Parent a termination fee of $36,000.
No assurance can be given that the Merger will be completed.
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Item 2. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
The
following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014, included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on February 25, 2015. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. These statements are often identified by the use of words such as may, will, expect, believe, anticipate,
intend, could, estimate, or continue and similar expressions or variations that are not statements of historical fact. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are
not limited to, those discussed in the section titled Risk Factors, set forth in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and elsewhere in this report. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking
statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent
to the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Proposed Merger of Our Company
On October 30, 2015, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger, or the merger agreement, with Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., or
Endurance, and Paintbrush Acquisition Corporation, or PAC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance. The merger agreement provides, among other things and subject to its terms and conditions, that PAC will be merged with and into our company,
which we refer to as the merger. Our company will survive the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance. The merger agreement was unanimously approved by our board of directors, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee
composed of independent members of the board of directors. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the merger agreement, at the effective time of the merger, each share of our common stock outstanding immediately prior to the
effective time will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive $32.00 in cash, without interest, excluding any shares owned by us, Endurance or PAC, or any of our or their respective wholly owned subsidiaries (which will be
cancelled) and any shares with respect to which appraisal rights have been properly exercised. The merger agreement also provides what will happen to the stock options and restricted stock units held by our employees.
The closing of the merger is subject to the adoption of the merger agreement by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of our outstanding shares of
common stock. The obligations of the parties to consummate the merger are also subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, if applicable) of various customary conditions, including (i) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, (ii) the absence of any governmental order prohibiting the merger, (iii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party contained in the
merger agreement (subject to certain materiality qualifications), and (iv) the other partys compliance with or performance of the covenants and agreements in the merger agreement in all material respects. In addition, Endurances
obligation to consummate the merger is subject to the absence of a material adverse effect (as defined in the merger agreement) on our company. Endurances obligation to consummate the merger is not subject to receipt of the proceeds of the
contemplated financing for the transaction.
We have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the merger agreement, including, among
others, covenants (1) to conduct our business in all material respects in the ordinary course consistent with past practices during the period between the execution of the merger agreement and the closing of the merger, (2) not to engage
in specified types of transactions or take certain actions during this period unless consented to in writing by Endurance, (3) to convene and hold a meeting of our stockholders for the purpose of obtaining voting upon the adoption of the merger
agreement, and (4) subject to certain exceptions, not to withdraw (or qualify or modify in a manner adverse to Endurance) the recommendation of our board of directors that our stockholders adopt the merger agreement.
The merger agreement contains specified termination rights for both us and Endurance, including a mutual termination right if the merger is not consummated on
or before March 31, 2016. If the merger agreement is terminated under certain specified circumstances, including in connection with our entry into a definitive agreement for a Superior Proposal (as defined and permitted under the merger
agreement), we must pay Endurance a termination fee of $36.0 million, which we refer to as the Constant Contact termination fee. If the merger agreement is terminated under certain specified circumstances and, within 18 months after such
termination, (i) our board of directors recommends an alternative Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the merger agreement) to our stockholders and an alternative transaction is later consummated, (ii) we enter into a definitive agreement
providing for an alternative Acquisition Proposal that is later consummated, or (iii) we consummate the transactions contemplated by an alternative Acquisition Proposal, then we must pay Endurance the Constant Contact termination fee. If the
merger agreement is terminated by us under certain specified circumstances as a result of a breach of the merger agreement by Endurance, Endurance will be required to pay to us a termination fee of $72.0 million.
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The description of the merger and the merger agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and
qualified in their entirety by reference to, the full text of the merger agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2015 and is incorporated
herein by reference. See Exhibits set forth in Part II, Item 6 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
We are a leading provider of online marketing tools that are designed for small organizations, including small businesses, associations and non-profits. We
seek to help our customers succeed by creating and growing their customer and member relationships through our easy-to-use products combined with education, support, KnowHow and coaching. Our tools include email marketing, social media marketing,
event marketing, local deals, online listings and survey products. In April 2014, we formally launched Toolkit, an online marketing platform that simplifies small business marketing by bringing together the tools needed to drive repeat
customers and reach new ones. Our online marketing platform combines new and existing elements of our product set to make it easy for small organizations to find and engage with current and new customers across multiple marketing channels, including
email, social, mobile and web. Our online marketing platform is available to new customers through three different packages: Email, Email Plus and Personal Marketer. We also plan to migrate existing customers to this platform over time. We believe
our online marketing platform makes it easier for smaller organizations to find and engage with current and new customers, which, in turn, will allow us to achieve increased product usage, increased revenue per customer and higher retention rates.
We market our products and acquire our customers through a variety of sources including online marketing, such as search engines and advertising with online networks and other websites, offline marketing through television and radio advertising,
local seminars, relationships with our partners, outbound sales efforts, referrals from our growing customer base, general brand awareness and a link to our website in the footer of substantially all of the emails sent by our customers.
Our business strategy is to expand beyond email marketing to provide an integrated multi-product offering to drive higher customer lifetime value by offering
gains in average revenue per customer and retention. We believe increasing our customers lifetime value will be a key contributor to our continued success. To drive lifetime value, we intend to continue to focus on acquiring and supporting
customers in a cost-effective manner, increasing average revenue per customer and improving customer retention rates.
In the second quarter of 2015, our
Board of Directors authorized the additional repurchase of up to $50 million of our common stock through July 1, 2016. Under the authorization, we can repurchase shares in the open market, which may include the use of 10b5-1 trading plans, or
through privately negotiated transactions. The timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will depend upon several factors, including market and business conditions. Share repurchases may be suspended or discontinued at any time. We intend to fund
repurchases from our cash and cash equivalents. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company repurchased 442,765 shares at an average price of $25.13 per share.
Key Financial and Operating Metrics
In connection with
the ongoing operation of our business, our management and our Board of Directors regularly review key financial and operating metrics. Given our growth strategy, we pay particular attention to customer lifetime value, customer acquisition metrics,
trialer growth, customer attrition, success in cross-selling and growing customer list sizes, number of unique paying customers and average revenue per customer. We also consider other financial and operating metrics such as revenue, quarterly
revenue growth, gross margin, expenses, customer satisfaction rates, average speed of answer for customer support calls, email deliverability rates and capital expenditures, among others. Management considers these financial and operating metrics
critical to understanding and improving our business, reviewing our historical performance, benchmarking our performance versus other companies and identifying current and future trends, and for planning purposes. In addition, we believe that
certain financial measures, which are not measures of financial performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, are useful to management and investors in evaluating our operating performance for
the periods presented and provide a tool for evaluating our ongoing operations. These non-GAAP financial measures, however, should not be considered a substitute for GAAP financial measures, including but not limited to net income (loss) or cash
flows from operating, investing and financing activities and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
We consider
the following non-GAAP financial measures to be key indicators of our financial performance:
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adjusted EBITDA, which we define as GAAP net income (loss) before income taxes, interest income and other income (expense), depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation and litigation contingency
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adjusted EBITDA margin, which we define as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue; |
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non-GAAP net income, which we define as GAAP net income (loss) before the non-cash portion of income taxes, stock-based compensation expense and litigation contingency
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free cash flow, which we define as net cash flow from operating activities less acquisition of property and equipment. |
Certain Trends and Uncertainties
The following
represents a summary of certain trends and uncertainties, which could have a significant impact on our financial condition and results of operations. This summary is not intended to be a complete list of potential trends and uncertainties that could
impact our business in the long or short term. This summary should be considered along with the factors set forth under Part II, Item 1A Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Our long term strategy is substantially dependent on our ability to continue to generate interest in our existing products and to enhance, expand and integrate our product offerings to serve the online marketing needs
of small businesses, associations and non-profits. If we fail, our financial results could be adversely impacted. |
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In April 2014, we formally launched our bundled product offering that allows our customers to have access to multiple products for one monthly fee. Our efforts to offer product bundles may not result in significant
revenue growth, may negatively impact conversion rates, may be confusing to our customers, may result in higher customer attrition and may disrupt existing product offerings, which still account for a significant majority of our revenue, any of
which may harm our financial performance and impede our long-term growth strategy. |
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Over the last year, we have experienced higher than normal credit card failure rates as we seek to charge our customer accounts. We believe that this is occurring because credit card issuers have issued a
significant number of new credit cards as a result of the highly-publicized data breaches that have impacted national retailers and financial institutions and new policies that will eventually require card issuers to replace existing credit cards
with chip-enabled credit cards. While we are taking various actions to address this issue, this trend has negatively impacted our business and may continue to do so in the future. |
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The risk of a data security breach or service disruption caused by computer hackers and cyber criminals has increased as the frequency, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the
world have increased. Our systems have been, and may in the future be, the target of various forms of cyber attacks. While we make significant efforts to maintain the security and integrity of our systems, our cybersecurity measures and the
cybersecurity measures taken by our third-party hosting facilities may be unable to anticipate, detect or prevent all attempts to compromise our systems. Any significant security breach, whether successful or not, could harm our reputation, subject
us to lawsuits and other potential liabilities and ultimately could result in the loss of customers and loss of revenue. |
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We believe that given the size of our potential market and the relatively low barriers to entry, competition may increase. Increased competition could result from existing competitors, existing competitors that have
been acquired by larger enterprises or new competitors that enter the market because of the potential opportunity. We intend to closely monitor competitive activity and respond accordingly. Increased competition could have an adverse effect on our
financial condition and results of operations. |
Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures requires us to
make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and related disclosures. We believe that of our significant accounting policies, which are described in the notes to the
condensed consolidated financial statements appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC, the following accounting policies involve the most judgment and complexity:
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Stock-based compensation. |
Accordingly, we believe the policies set forth above are critical to fully
understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations. If actual results or events differ materially from the estimates, judgments and assumptions used by us in applying these policies, our reported financial condition and
results of operations could be materially affected.
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2014.
For further information, please see the discussion of critical accounting policies included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.
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Sources of Revenue
We derive our revenue principally from subscription fees from our customers. Our revenue is driven primarily by the number of paying customers and the
subscription fees for our products and is not concentrated within any one customer or group of customers. We generally do not require our customers to commit to a contractual term; however, our customers are required to prepay for subscriptions on a
monthly, semi-annual, or annual basis by providing a credit card or bank check. Fees are recorded initially as deferred revenue and then recognized as revenue on a daily basis over the prepaid subscription period. We also generate a small amount of
revenue from ancillary services related to our products, which primarily consist of custom services and training, and a small amount of revenue from transactional fee-based products and services offerings.
Cost of Revenue and Operating Expenses
We allocate
certain occupancy and general office related expenses, such as rent, utilities, office supplies and depreciation of general office assets to cost of revenue and operating expense categories based on headcount. As a result, an occupancy expense
allocation is reflected as personnel costs in cost of revenue and each operating expense category.
Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue consists
primarily of wages and benefits for software operations and customer support personnel, credit card processing fees, depreciation and amortization, maintenance and hosting of our software applications underlying our product offerings and other
direct costs of delivering our products. We allocate a portion of customer support costs relating to assisting trial customers to sales and marketing expense.
The expenses related to our hosted software applications are affected by the number of customers who subscribe to our products and the complexity and
redundancy of our software applications and hosting infrastructure. We expect cost of revenue to increase in absolute dollars as we expect to increase our number of customers but to continue to decrease as a percentage of revenue as we gain
efficiencies created by our expected revenue growth and cost savings.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist
primarily of wages and benefits for product strategy and development personnel. We have focused our research and development efforts on improving ease-of-use, functionality and technological scalability of our existing products as well as on the
development of new product offerings. We primarily expense research and development costs. However, direct development costs related to software enhancements that add functionality are capitalized and amortized over their useful life. Over the
shorter term, we expect that research and development expenses will increase in absolute dollars but remain generally flat as a percentage of revenue. Over the longer term, we expect our research and development expenses to increase in absolute
dollars but decrease as a percentage of revenue as we expect to grow our revenue at a faster rate.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing
expenses consist primarily of advertising and promotional costs, wages and benefits for sales and marketing personnel, partner referral fees, the portion of customer support costs that relate to assisting trial customers and amortization of sales
and marketing related intangible assets. Advertising costs consist primarily of pay-per-click advertising with search engines, other online and offline advertising media, including television and radio advertisements, as well as the costs to create
and produce these advertisements. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Promotional costs consist primarily of public relations, memberships and event costs. Additionally, sales and marketing expenses include costs related to our efforts to
retain our customers and to cross-sell and increase usage of our products. In order to continue to grow our business and brand and category awareness, we expect that we will continue to commit substantial resources to our sales and marketing
efforts. As a result, we expect that on an annual basis, sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars, but continue to decrease as a percentage of revenue as we expect to grow our revenue at a faster rate.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of wages and benefits for administrative, human resources,
internal information technology support, finance, accounting and analytics personnel, professional fees, board compensation and expenses, certain taxes and other corporate expenses. We expect that general and administrative expenses will increase in
absolute dollars as we continue to add personnel in connection with the anticipated growth of our business and incur costs related to operating as a public company but to remain relatively flat as a percentage of revenue.
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Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
Revenue
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$ |
91,859 |
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83,494 |
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Revenue increased by $8.4 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase resulted from an approximately 5% increase in the
number of average monthly customers and an approximately 5% increase in average revenue per customer. The increase in average revenue per customer was primarily due to new packaging and pricing plans rolled out to a subset of our customers, the
introduction of our online marketing platform, and to revenue from our SinglePlatform offering. We expect our average revenue per customer to increase over time.
Cost of Revenue
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
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Cost of revenue |
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24,600 |
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23,223 |
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Percent of revenue |
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27 |
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28 |
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Cost of revenue increased by $1.4 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars resulted primarily from an
increase in customer support personnel costs of $226,000 to support our customer growth and an increase in personnel costs in our operations group of $415,000, which is responsible for managing our technology infrastructure. Publisher fees related
to our SinglePlatform product increased by $375,000.
Research and Development
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
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Research and development |
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14,633 |
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13,417 |
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Percent of revenue |
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16 |
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16 |
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Research and development expenses increased by $1.2 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars was due
primarily to additional personnel-related costs as a result of our continued hiring of research and development employees to further develop and enhance our products.
Sales and Marketing
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31,474 |
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28,406 |
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34 |
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Sales and marketing expenses increased by $3.1 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars was largely due to
personnel-related costs of $1.6 million. Advertising and promotional expenditures also increased by $778,000 and partner referral fees increased by $452,000.
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General and Administrative
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11,495 |
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10,365 |
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13 |
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General and administrative expenses increased by $1.1 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase was primarily due to additional
personnel costs of $667,000 as a result of increasing the number of general and administrative employees to support our overall growth and additional consulting costs of $190,000.
Interest and other income (expense), net
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38 |
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339 |
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Interest and other income (expense), net decreased by $301,000 from 2014 to 2015 due primarily to a one-time refund from a
vendor of $399,000 in 2014 that was recorded as other income in 2014. This decrease in other income related to the one-time refund was partially offset by a small increase in interest income on our investment portfolio in 2015 and a small decrease
in transaction losses in 2015 as compared to 2014.
Income Taxes
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Income tax expense |
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3,299 |
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3,224 |
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34 |
% |
|
|
38 |
% |
Our effective tax rate may vary from period to period based on changes in estimated taxable income or loss, changes to
federal, state or foreign tax laws, deductibility of certain costs and expenses, and as a result of acquisitions.
Our estimated effective tax rate for
2015 and 2014, which has been applied to our income before income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, varies from the statutory rate primarily due to state taxes and non-deductible stock-based compensation expense that
increase the effective tax rate, partially offset by state research and development credits that decrease the effective tax rate. The federal research and development credit has not yet been enacted for 2015 and had not yet been enacted in the nine
months ended September 30, 2014 for 2014 and therefore was not included in our estimated effective tax rate for either 2015 or 2014. Income tax expense for 2015 and 2014 was further reduced by the impact of disqualifying dispositions of
incentive stock options during the periods.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
Revenue
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
273,807 |
|
|
$ |
243,624 |
|
|
|
12 |
% |
Revenue increased by $30.2 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase resulted from an approximately 6% increase in the
number of average monthly customers and an approximately 6% increase in average revenue per customer. The increase in average revenue per customer was primarily due to new packaging and pricing plans applicable to a subset of our customers,
including the introduction of our online marketing platform, and to revenue from our SinglePlatform offering.
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Cost of Revenue
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|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
Cost of revenue |
|
$ |
73,493 |
|
|
$ |
67,050 |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
Percent of revenue |
|
|
27 |
% |
|
|
28 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue increased by $6.4 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars was primarily due to an increase
in customer support personnel costs of $1.5 million to support our customer growth and an increase in personnel costs in our operations group of $1.7 million. Cost of revenue also increased by $1.0 million as a result of publisher fees related to
our SinglePlatform offering and by $968,000 as a result of costs associated with customer loyalty and incentive programs. Merchant card fees increased by $718,000 due to the higher volume of billing transactions.
Research and Development
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|
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|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
Research and development |
|
$ |
42,587 |
|
|
$ |
39,341 |
|
|
|
8 |
% |
Percent of revenue |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Research and development expenses increased by $3.2 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars was due
primarily to additional personnel-related costs as a result of our continued hiring of research and development employees to further develop and enhance our products.
Sales and Marketing
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
$ |
102,982 |
|
|
$ |
94,319 |
|
|
|
9 |
% |
Percent of revenue |
|
|
38 |
% |
|
|
39 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing expenses increased by $8.7 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars was largely due to
increased personnel-related costs of $4.8 million and an increase in advertising and promotional expenditures of $2.0 million. Partner referral fees also increased by $1.1 million.
General and Administrative
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
General and administrative |
|
$ |
34,740 |
|
|
$ |
30,671 |
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|
|
13 |
% |
Percent of revenue |
|
|
13 |
% |
|
|
13 |
% |
|
|
|
|
General and administrative expenses increased by $4.1 million from 2014 to 2015. The increase in absolute dollars was
primarily due to additional personnel costs of $2.5 million as a result of increasing the number of general and administrative employees to support our overall growth and an increase in consulting costs of $1.2 million.
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Interest Income and Other Income (Expense), Net
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|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
Interest income and other income (expense), net |
|
$ |
149 |
|
|
$ |
387 |
|
|
|
(61 |
)% |
Our interest income and other income (expense), net decreased by $238,000 primarily due to a one-time refund from a vendor of
$399,000 in 2014 that was recorded as other income in 2014, partially offset by an increase in interest earned on our investment portfolio of $101,000 primarily as a result of higher invested balances and a small decrease in transaction losses in
2015 as compared to 2014.
Income Taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
Income tax expense |
|
$ |
6,382 |
|
|
$ |
4,563 |
|
Percent of income before income taxes |
|
|
32 |
% |
|
|
36 |
% |
Our effective tax rate may vary from period to period based on changes in estimated taxable income or loss, changes to
federal, state or foreign tax laws, deductibility of certain costs and expenses, and as a result of acquisitions.
Our estimated effective tax rate for
2015 and 2014, which has been applied to our income before income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, varies from the statutory rate primarily due to state taxes and non-deductible stock-based compensation expense that
increase the effective tax rate, partially offset by state research and development credits that decrease the effective tax rate. The federal research and development credit has not yet been enacted for 2015 and had not yet been enacted in the first
nine months of 2014 for 2014 and therefore was not included in our estimated effective tax rate for either 2015 or 2014. Income tax expense for 2015 and 2014 was further reduced by the impact of disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options
during the periods.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, we funded our operations with cash flows generated from operations. At September 30, 2015,
our principal sources of liquidity were cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $181 million.
The following table summarizes our
sources and uses of cash for each of the periods presented below:
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|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
Cash provided by operating activities |
|
$ |
47,111 |
|
|
$ |
41,307 |
|
Cash used in investing activities |
|
$ |
(15,037 |
) |
|
$ |
(32,991 |
) |
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
$ |
(6,541 |
) |
|
$ |
11,153 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, operating activities provided $47.1 million of cash. The cash flow provided by operating activities
primarily resulted from our net income of $13.8 million, our net non-cash charges of $24.3 million and cash provided by changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $10.6 million. These amounts were partially offset by cash used to pay
taxes for net settlement of equity awards of $1.5 million. Our net non-cash charges in 2015 primarily consisted of $18.5 million of depreciation and amortization of our long-lived assets and $13.3 million of stock-based compensation, partially
offset by an income tax benefit from the exercise of stock options of $5.3 million and a $2.5 million increase in our deferred tax assets. Cash provided from changes in our operating assets and liabilities during the nine months ended
September 30, 2015 consisted primarily of a $6.4 million increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses, a $3.3 million decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets and a $1.9 million increase in deferred revenue.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, operating activities provided $41.3 million of cash.
The cash flow provided by operating activities primarily resulted from our net income of $8.1 million, our net non-cash charges of $28.4 million and cash provided by changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $7.1 million,
partially offset by cash used to pay taxes for net settlement of equity awards of $2.3 million. Our net non-cash charges in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 primarily consisted of $18.0 million of depreciation and amortization
of our long-lived assets, and $12.1 million of stock-based compensation, partially offset by $1.7 million of income tax benefit related to the exercise of stock options. Cash provided from changes in our operating assets and liabilities
during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 consisted primarily of a $2.5 million increase in deferred revenue, a $4.0 million increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses and a $991,000 increase in other long-term liabilities, partially offset by a $527,000 increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Our
cash provided by operating activities is generally affected by the amount of net income, growth in prepaid subscriptions, changes in working capital accounts and the timing of rent payments and add-backs of non-cash expense items such as
depreciation and amortization of long-lived assets, stock-based compensation expense and the change in deferred tax assets. Changes in our working capital accounts are generally driven by the timing of payments to our vendors.
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash
used in investing activities was $15.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to $33.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Net cash used in investing activities in 2015 consisted primarily of cash
paid to purchase property and equipment of $22.3 million, partially offset by cash provided by the net settlements of marketable securities of $7.3 million. Net settlements of marketable securities generated cash as a result of the proceeds from the
maturities of marketable securities being greater than the cash used to purchase marketable securities. Net cash used in investing activities in 2014 consisted primarily of cash paid to purchase property and equipment of $21.0 million and the net
settlements of marketable securities of $12.0 million. Net settlements of marketable securities used cash as a result of the purchases of marketable securities partially offset by the proceeds from the sales and maturities of marketable securities.
Acquisitions of property and equipment generally include the purchase of computer equipment for our operations and employees, equipment, furniture and
leasehold improvements and the capitalization of certain software development costs. We have also made capital expenditures for equipment to increase capacity of our hosting infrastructure and to accommodate growth in our business. We continue to
increase the amount of space we lease for our corporate headquarters and to acquire property and equipment to outfit the additional space.
Net cash
provided by financing activities
Net cash used by financing activities was $6.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as
compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $11.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Net cash used by financing activities consisted primarily of $24.8 million of cash used to repurchase our common stock on the
open market under our stock repurchase program, partially offset by proceeds from stock issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan and from the income tax benefit related to the exercise of stock options.
Net cash provided by financing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 consisted primarily of proceeds from stock issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options and to the employee stock purchase plan of $16.8 million and from
the income tax benefit related to the exercise of stock options of $1.7 million, partially offset by $7.4 million of cash used to repurchase our common stock on the open market under our stock repurchase program.
As of December 31, 2014, we had federal and state net operating loss carry-forwards of $8.6 million and $377,000, respectively, which we intend to
use to the extent available to offset payments of future federal and state income tax liabilities. If unused, our net operating loss carry-forwards expire at various dates through 2034 for federal and 2026 for state income tax purposes. As of
December 31, 2014, we also had federal and state research and development credit carry-forwards of $9.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively, which we intend to use to the extent available to offset payments of future federal and state income
tax liabilities. If unused, our research and development credit carry-forwards will expire at various dates through 2034 for federal and 2029 for state income tax purposes. In addition, we have $1.4 million of state investment tax credits, of which
$600,000 can be carried forward indefinitely while the remainder, if unused, will expire at various dates through 2016.
Contractual Obligations
We lease our headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts under an operating lease that is effective through September 2022 with one ten-year extension
option. The lease includes the space we are occupying currently as well as additional space that will be made available to us through the term of the lease. We lease office space in Colorado for a sales and support office under an operating lease
that expires in April 2019 with three three-year extension options. We also lease small amounts of general office space in Florida, New York, California and the United Kingdom under lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2018.
We have agreements with various vendors to provide specialized space and equipment and related services from which we host our software application. The
agreements include payment commitments that expire at various dates through early 2017.
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As of September 30, 2015, we had issued both cancellable and non-cancellable purchase orders and entered
into contractual commitments with various vendors totaling $30.9 million relating to marketing programs and other non-marketing related goods and services.
The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at September 30, 2015, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity
and cash flow in future periods.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Less than 1 Year |
|
|
1-3 Years |
|
|
3-5 Years |
|
|
More than 5 Years |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Office lease obligations |
|
$ |
61,113 |
|
|
$ |
9,580 |
|
|
$ |
19,077 |
|
|
$ |
16,535 |
|
|
$ |
15,921 |
|
Third-party hosting agreements |
|
|
5,815 |
|
|
|
4,022 |
|
|
|
1,793 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor commitments |
|
|
30,861 |
|
|
|
29,250 |
|
|
|
1,611 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
97,789 |
|
|
$ |
42,852 |
|
|
$ |
22,481 |
|
|
$ |
16,535 |
|
|
$ |
15,921 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our future capital requirements may vary materially from those now planned and will depend on many factors, including, but not
limited to, development of new products, market acceptance of our products, the levels of advertising and promotion required to launch additional products and improve our competitive position in the marketplace, the expansion of our sales, support
and marketing organizations, the establishment of additional offices in the United States and worldwide and the building of infrastructure necessary to support our anticipated growth, the response of competitors to our products and our relationships
with suppliers and clients. Since the introduction of our on-demand email marketing product in 2000, we have experienced increases in our expenditures consistent with the growth in our operations and personnel, and we anticipate that our
expenditures will continue to increase on an absolute dollar basis in the future.
We believe that our current cash, cash equivalents and marketable
securities and operating cash flows will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months. Thereafter, we may need to raise additional funds through public or private financings or
borrowings to fund our operations, develop or enhance products, to fund expansion, to respond to competitive pressures or to acquire complementary products, businesses or technologies. If required, additional financing may not be available on terms
that are favorable to us, or at all. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced and these securities might have rights, preferences and
privileges senior to those of our current stockholders or we may be subject to covenants that restrict how we conduct our business. No assurance can be given that additional financing will be available or that, if available, such financing can be
obtained on terms favorable to our stockholders and us. During the last three years, inflation and changing prices have not had a material effect on our business. We are unable to predict whether inflation or changing prices will materially affect
our business in the foreseeable future.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not engage in any off-balance sheet financing activities. We do not have any interest in entities referred to as variable interest entities, which
include special purpose entities and other structured finance entities.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or the FASB, issued new guidance, 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. This guidance will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective. The guidance
also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to
obtain or fulfill a contract. On July 9, 2015, the FASB voted to defer the effective date of the new guidance to December 15, 2017 for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after that date and to permit early adoption of the
standard, but not before the original effective date of December 15, 2016. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We are evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on our
consolidated financial statements.
In August 2014, the FASB issued new guidance, Presentation of Financial Statements Going Concern. The
new guidance addresses managements responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entitys ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. Managements evaluation should be
based on relevant conditions and events that are known and reasonably knowable at the date that the financial statements are issued. The guidance will be effective for the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. This guidance relates to footnote disclosure only and its adoption will not impact our financial position, our results of operations or our liquidity.
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In April 2015, the FASB issued new guidance, IntangiblesGoodwill and OtherInternal-Use Software:
Customers Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement. The guidance clarifies the circumstances under which a cloud computing customer would account for the arrangement as a license of internal-use software under. The
guidance will be effective for the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We do not believe the guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements
Item 3. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk.
Significantly all of our revenue and expenses are denominated in United States dollars. Accordingly, our results of operations and cash flows are not subject to material fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Increased
activity in international markets will expose us to changes in currency exchange rates. The economic impact of currency exchange rate movements is often linked to variability in real growth, inflation, interest rates, governmental actions and other
factors. These changes, if material, could cause us to adjust our financing and operating strategies.
Interest Rate Sensitivity. We had cash and
cash equivalents and marketable securities of $181 million at September 30, 2015, which consisted of cash, government securities, corporate and agency bonds and money market instruments. Interest income is sensitive to changes in the
general level of interest rates; however, due to the nature of these investments, we do not believe that we have any material exposure to changes in the fair value of our investment portfolio as a result of changes in interest rates.
Item 4. |
Controls and Procedures |
(a) |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. |
Our management, with the participation of our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2015. The term disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that
it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the companys management, including its principal executive and
principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30,
2015, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
(b) |
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. |
No change in our internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. |
Legal Proceedings |
In September 2012, RPost Holdings, Inc., RPost Communications Limited and RMail
Limited, or collectively, RPost, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that named us as a defendant in a lawsuit. The complaint alleged that certain elements of our email marketing technology
infringe five patents held by RPost. RPost seeks an award for damages in an unspecified amount and injunctive relief. In February 2013, RPost amended its complaint to name five of our marketing partners as defendants. Under our contractual
agreements with these marketing partners, we are obligated to indemnify them for claims related to patent infringement. We filed a motion to sever and stay the claims against our partners and multiple motions to dismiss the claims against us. In
January 2014, the case was stayed pending the resolution of certain state court and bankruptcy actions involving RPost, to which we are not a party. The stay was extended by agreement of the parties in December 2014. This litigation is in its very
early stages. As a result, neither the ultimate outcome of this litigation nor an estimate of a probable loss or any reasonably possible losses can be assessed at this time. Nevertheless, we believe we have meritorious defenses to any claim of
infringement and intend to defend the lawsuit vigorously.
On August 7, 2015, a purported class action lawsuit, William McGee v. Constant Contact,
Inc., et al, was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against our company and two of our current officers. The lawsuit asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and is premised on allegedly false and/or misleading statements, and non-disclosure of material facts, regarding our business, operations, prospects and performance during the proposed class period of October 23, 2014 to
July 23, 2015. This litigation is in its very early stages. As a result, neither the ultimate outcome of this litigation nor an estimate of a probable loss or any reasonably possible losses can be assessed at this time. Nevertheless, we intend
to vigorously defend all claims asserted, including by filing a motion to dismiss at the appropriate time.
From time to time we may become subject to
various other legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of our business. While the outcome of these other claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the outcome of any of
these other legal matters will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Our business is subject to numerous risks. We
caution you that the following important factors, among others, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf in filings with the SEC, press releases,
communications with investors and oral statements. Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in any other public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions
we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors mentioned in the discussion below will be important in determining future results. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual future results may
vary materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised, however, to consult any
further disclosure we make in our reports filed with the SEC.
RISKS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED MERGER
There are risks and uncertainties associated with our proposed merger with Endurance.
As discussed in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation above, on October 30, 2015, we entered into a
merger agreement with Endurance and Endurances wholly owned subsidiary, PAC. The merger agreement provides for the merger of PAC with and into our company with our company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance. There
are a number of risks and uncertainties relating to the merger. For example, the merger may not be consummated or may not be consummated in the timeframe or manner currently anticipated, as a result of several factors, including, among other things,
the failure of one or more of the merger agreements closing conditions, the failure of Endurance and PAC to obtain the necessary financing arrangements set forth in the debt commitment letter received in connection with the merger, or
litigation relating to the merger. In addition, there can be no assurance that approval of our stockholders or relevant regulators will be obtained, that the other conditions to closing of the merger will be satisfied or waived or that other events
will not intervene to delay or result in the termination of the merger. If the merger is not completed, the price of our common stock may change to the extent that the current market price of our common stock reflects an assumption that the merger
will be consummated.
Pending the closing of the merger, the merger agreement also restricts us from engaging in certain actions without Endurances
consent, which could prevent us from pursuing opportunities that may arise prior to the closing of the merger. Any delay in closing or a failure to close could have a negative impact on our business and stock price as well as our relationships with
our customers, vendors, partners or employees, as well as a negative impact on our ability to pursue alternative strategic transactions and/or our ability to implement alternative business plans. In addition, if the merger agreement is terminated
under certain circumstances, we are required to pay a termination fee of $36 million.
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The proposed merger with Endurance could adversely impact our business.
The proposed merger could cause disruptions to our business or business relationships, which could have an adverse impact on our financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows. For example:
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|
the attention of our management may be directed towards transaction-related considerations and may be diverted from day-to-day operations of our business; |
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|
|
customers, vendors, partners or other parties with which we maintain business relationships may experience uncertainty about our future and seek alternative relationships with third parties or seek to alter their
business relationships with us; and |
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|
|
current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future roles with us or Endurance, which might adversely affect our ability to retain, recruit and motivate key personnel and other employees.
|
In addition, we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs, expenses and fees for professional services and other
transaction costs in connection with the merger, and many of these fees and costs are payable by us regardless of whether or not the merger is consummated.
The merger agreement contains provisions that could discourage or make it difficult for a third party to acquire us prior to the consummation of the
proposed merger.
The merger agreement contains provisions that restrict our ability to solicit third party proposals to acquire us. These
provisions include the general prohibition after a 22-day go-shop period on our soliciting or engaging in discussions or negotiations regarding any alternative acquisition proposal, subject to certain exceptions, and the requirement that we pay a
termination fee if the merger agreement is terminated for specified circumstances. These provisions might discourage an otherwise-interested third party from considering or proposing to acquire us, even one that may be deemed of greater value than
the proposed merger to our stockholders. Furthermore, even if a third party elects to propose an acquisition, the concept of a termination fee may result in that third party offering a lower value to our stockholders than such third party might
otherwise have offered.
We will no longer exist as an independent public company following the closing of the proposed merger and our stockholders
will forego any increase in our value.
If the merger is consummated, we will become a subsidiary of Endurance and will no longer be a publicly
held corporation, and our stockholders will forego any increase in our value that might have otherwise resulted from our possible growth.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
If we are unable to attract new customers and retain existing customers, our business and results of
operations will be affected adversely.
To succeed, we must continue to attract and retain customers and increase sales to new and existing
customers. The rate at which new and existing customers purchase and renew subscriptions to our products depends on a number of factors, including those outside of our control. In future periods, our total customers and revenue could decline or grow
more slowly than we expect.
We rely on a variety of methods to attract new customers, such as paying providers of online services, search engines,
directories and other websites to provide content, advertising banners and other links that direct prospects to our website, television and radio advertising, the efforts of our partners and the inclusion of a link to our website in substantially
all of our customers emails. In addition, we are committed to providing our customers with a high level of support. As a result, we believe many of our new customers are referred to us by existing customers. However, customers cancel their
accounts for many reasons, including economic concerns, business failure, credit card failure, the timeliness and success of product enhancements and introductions by us and those of our competitors, the pricing offered by us and our competitors,
the frequency and severity of any system outages and technological change or a perception that they do not use our products effectively, the service is not a good value and that they can manage their online marketing efforts without our products. In
some cases, we terminate an account because the customer fails to comply with our standard terms and conditions.
Our future success also depends on
retaining our current customers at acceptable retention levels. As our customer base continues to grow, even if our customer retention rates remain the same on a percentage basis, the absolute number of customers we lose each month will increase. We
must continually add new customers to replace customers whose accounts are cancelled or terminated, which may involve significantly higher marketing expenditures than we currently anticipate and may result in new customers who pay us less on a
monthly basis than terminating customers. If the cost of our marketing initiatives were to significantly increase or our efforts to satisfy our existing customers are not successful, we may not be able to attract new customers or retain existing
customers on a cost-effective basis and, as a result, our business and results of operations would be affected adversely.
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Beginning in April 2014, we formally launched our online marketing platform. We have relatively little experience
selling an online marketing platform. To the extent that offering this platform leads to a decline in the number of customers or a decline in revenue, or negatively impacts our existing customers or our existing products, which still account for a
significant majority of our revenue, or results in higher customer attrition, or causes our executives and employees to have to expend time and resources to support two different offerings, our business and results of operations may be affected
adversely.
Our business is substantially dependent on the market for email marketing services for small organizations.
We derive, and expect to continue to derive, a substantial portion of our revenue from our email marketing product for small organizations, including small
businesses, associations and non-profits. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, revenue from our email marketing product alone was approximately 80% and 84%, respectively, of our total revenue. In addition, email marketing is the most
prominent offering within our online marketing platform. Widespread acceptance of email marketing among small organizations will continue to be critical to our future growth and success. There is no certainty regarding how the market for email
marketing will continue to develop, or whether it will experience any significant contractions. Our ability to attract and retain customers will depend in part on our ability to make email marketing convenient, effective and affordable. If small
organizations determine that email marketing does not sufficiently benefit them or utilize alternative or new electronic methods of communicating with their customers, existing customers may cancel their accounts and potential customers may decide
not to adopt email marketing. If the market for email marketing services fails to continue to grow or grows more slowly than we currently anticipate, demand for our services may decline and our revenue would suffer.
Our growth strategy requires us to expand our product offerings beyond email marketing and this expansion may not be successful.
We have traditionally focused our business on providing our email marketing product for small organizations, but over the last several years we have
significantly expanded our product offerings. Our efforts to introduce new products beyond our email marketing product or to offer a bundled offering of two or more of our products may not result in significant revenue growth, may not be
complementary to our email marketing product, may not be timely, may divert management resources from our existing operations and require us to commit significant financial resources to an unproven business or product or may be confusing to our
customers, any of which may harm our financial performance and impede our long-term growth strategy.
If the security of our customers
confidential information stored in our systems is breached or otherwise subjected to unauthorized access, our reputation may be severely harmed, we may be exposed to liability and we may lose the ability to offer our customers a credit card payment
option.
Our system stores our customers proprietary email contacts lists, credit card information, personally identifiable information and
other critical data. Any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access could expose us to liability for the loss of such information, adverse regulatory action by federal and state governments, time-consuming and expensive
litigation and other possible liabilities as well as negative publicity, which could severely damage our reputation. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in our
software are exposed and exploited, and, as a result, a third party obtains unauthorized access to any of our customers data, our relationships with our customers will be severely damaged, and we could incur significant liability. Because
techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, we and our third-party hosting facilities may be unable to anticipate these techniques
or to implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, as we continue to grow our customer base and our brand becomes more widely known and recognized, we may become a more inviting target for third parties seeking to compromise our security
systems. Any security breach, whether actual or perceived, would harm our reputation, and we could lose customers and fail to acquire new customers. Further, any mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach often lead to widespread negative
publicity, which may cause our customers to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our data security measures.
We are subject to a variety of laws and
regulations, including regulation by various federal government agencies, including the United States Federal Trade Commission and state and local agencies. The United States and various state and foreign governments have adopted or proposed
limitations on, or requirements regarding, the collection, distribution, use, security and storage of personally identifiable information of individuals, and the FTC and many state attorneys general are applying federal and state consumer protection
laws to impose standards on the online collection, use and dissemination of data. Self-regulatory obligations, other industry standards, policies, and other legal obligations may apply to our collection, distribution, use, security or storage of
personally identifiable information or other data relating to individuals. In addition, the federal government and many states, including Massachusetts, have enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving
certain types of personal data. These obligations may be interpreted and applied in an inconsistent manner from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with one another, other regulatory requirements or our internal practices. Any failure or
perceived failure by us to comply with United States, European Union or other foreign privacy or security laws, policies, industry standards or legal obligations or any security incident that results in the unauthorized access to, or acquisition,
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other customer data may result in governmental enforcement actions, litigation, fines and penalties or adverse publicity and could cause our customers to lose trust in us, which could have an
adverse effect on our reputation and business. We expect that there will continue to be new proposed laws, regulations and industry standards concerning privacy, data protection and information security in the United States, the European Union and
other jurisdictions, and we cannot yet determine the impact such future laws, regulations and standards may have on our business. Future laws, regulations, standards and other obligations could impair our ability to collect or use information that
we utilize to provide targeted advertising to our customers, thereby impairing our ability to maintain and grow our total customers and increase revenue. Future restrictions on the collection, use, sharing or disclosure of our customers data
or additional requirements for express or implied consent of customers for the use and disclosure of such information limit our ability to develop new products and features.
In addition, failure to maintain compliance with the data protection policy standards adopted by the major credit card issuers may limit our ability to offer
our customers a credit card payment option. Any loss of our ability to offer our customers a credit card payment option would harm our reputation and make our products less attractive to many small organizations by negatively impacting our customer
experience and significantly increasing our administrative costs related to customer payment processing.
Our existing general liability insurance may not
cover any, or cover only a portion of any, potential claims related to security breaches to which we are exposed or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all or any portion of liabilities that may be imposed. Any imposition of liability that is
not covered by insurance or is in excess of insurance coverage would increase our operating expenses and reduce our net income.
United States
federal legislation and the laws of many foreign countries impose certain obligations on the senders of commercial emails, which could minimize the effectiveness of our products, particularly our email marketing product, and establish financial
penalties for non-compliance, which could increase the costs of our business.
The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act of 2003, or CAN-SPAM Act, establishes certain requirements for commercial email messages and specifies penalties for the transmission of commercial email messages that are intended to deceive the recipient as to source or content. The
CAN-SPAM Act, among other things, obligates the sender of commercial emails to provide recipients with the ability to opt out of receiving future emails from the sender. In addition, some states have passed laws regulating commercial email practices
that are significantly more punitive and difficult to comply with than the CAN-SPAM Act, particularly Utah and Michigan, which have enacted do-not-email registries listing minors who do not wish to receive unsolicited commercial email that markets
certain covered content, such as adult or other harmful products. Some portions of these state laws may not be preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act. The ability of our customers constituents to opt out of receiving commercial emails may minimize the
effectiveness of our products. Moreover, non-compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act carries significant financial penalties. If we were found to be in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, applicable state laws not preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act, or foreign laws
regulating the distribution of commercial email such as the laws of Canada and the United Kingdom, whether as a result of violations by our customers or if we were deemed to be directly subject to and in violation of these requirements, we could be
required to pay penalties, which would adversely affect our financial performance and significantly harm our business, and our reputation would suffer. We also may be required to change one or more aspects of the way we operate our business, which
could impair our ability to attract and retain customers or could increase our operating costs.
The market in which we participate is highly
competitive and, if we do not compete effectively, our operating results could be harmed.
The market for our products is highly competitive and
rapidly changing, and the barriers to entry are relatively low. In addition, this market is highly fragmented with some vendors providing part of the solution or addressing specific solutions or segments of the market. Given our broad product
offering, we compete with both point-solutions and broader solution providers. With the introduction of new technologies and the influx of new entrants to the market, we expect competition to persist and intensify in the future, which could harm our
ability to increase sales, limit customer attrition and maintain our prices.
Our principal email marketing competitors include providers of email
marketing products for small to medium size businesses such as AWeber Systems, Inc., iContact Corporation, a subsidiary of Cision, Inc., Protus, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc. (Campaigner ®),
The Rocket Science Group LLC (MailChimp ®), VerticalResponse, Inc., a subsidiary of Deluxe Corporation, Cimpress N.V. (VistaPrint ®)
and GoDaddy Inc. These vendors typically charge a low monthly fee or a low fee per number of emails sent and, in some cases, they have a free offering. Competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins or the failure of our email marketing
product to achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business. In addition, there are a number of other vendors that are focused on providing email marketing products for larger organizations, including
Alterian, a subsidiary of SDL, plc, CheetahMail, Inc., a subsidiary of Experian Group Limited, ExactTarget, Inc., a subsidiary of Salesforce.com, Inc., Responsys Inc. and Eloqua Limited, subsidiaries of Oracle Corporation, Silverpop, an IBM Company,
and StrongMail Systems, Inc. While we do not compete in a significant way with vendors of email marketing products serving larger customers, we may compete with these providers in the future. Finally, our email marketing product experiences some
competition from ISPs, web hosting companies, advertising and direct marketing agencies and other large established businesses, possessing large, existing customer bases, substantial financial resources and established distribution channels. If
these companies decide to further invest in and develop, market or resell competitive email marketing products, acquire one of our larger competitors or form a strategic alliance with one of our competitors, our ability to compete effectively could
be significantly compromised and our operating results could be harmed.
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Our other products also face intense competition. EventSpot, our event marketing product, competes with offerings
by Eventbrite, Inc., Evite, LLC, a wholly-owned, operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp, Regonline, a division of Lanyon Solutions Inc., and Cvent, Inc. Our Social Campaigns product competes with offerings by Offerpop Corporation and Pagemodo, a
subsidiary of Cimpress N.V. Our survey product competes with similar offerings by Surveymonkey.com Corporation and Widgix, LLC doing business as SurveyGizmo®. Our SaveLocal product competes
with offerings by Groupon, Inc., LivingSocial, Inc., Amazon Local and Googleoffers . Our SinglePlatform product competes with offerings by Yext, Inc. and Locu Inc., a subsidiary of GoDaddy.com, LLC. In addition, our online marketing
platforms could face competition from new competitors who are different from the companies we currently compete with on our individual products.
Our
current and potential competitors may have significantly more financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products. Our current
and potential competitors may have more extensive customer bases and broader customer relationships than we have. In addition, these companies may have longer operating histories and greater name recognition than we have and may be able to bundle
email marketing, event marketing or survey products with other products that have already gained widespread market acceptance and offer them at no cost or low cost. These competitors may be better able to respond quickly to new technologies and to
undertake more extensive marketing campaigns. In an attempt to gain market share, competitors may offer aggressive price discounts or alternative pricing models on the products they offer, such as so-called freemium pricing in which a
basic offering is provided for free with advanced features provided for a fee. As a result, increased competition could result in lower sales, price reductions, reduced margins and the loss of market share. If we are unable to compete with these
companies and their offerings, the demand for our products could substantially decline.
Any significant disruption in service on our website or in
our computer systems, or in our customer support services, could result in a loss of customers.
The satisfactory performance, reliability and
availability of our technology and our underlying network infrastructure are critical to our operations, level of customer service, reputation and ability to attract new customers and retain existing customers. Despite the implementation of security
measures, our infrastructure may be vulnerable to computer viruses, worms, other malicious software programs, illegal or abusive content or similar disruptive problems caused by our customers, employees, consultants or other Internet users who
attempt to invade or disrupt public and private data networks. In the past, we have been subject to distributed denial of service, or DDOS, attacks by hackers intent on disrupting our products, and we may be subject to DDOS attacks or other abuse in
the future.
In providing our services, we also rely on third-party hosting facilities, bandwidth providers, ISPs and mobile networks. Our production
system hardware and the disaster recovery operations for our production system hardware are co-located in third-party hosting facilities. These facilities do not guarantee that our customers access to our products will be uninterrupted,
error-free or secure. Our operations also depend on the ability of our third-party hosting facilities to protect their and our systems against damage or interruption from natural disasters, power or telecommunications failures, air quality,
temperature, humidity and other environmental concerns, computer viruses or other attempts to harm our systems, criminal acts and similar events. In addition, our customer support services, which are located at our headquarters in Waltham,
Massachusetts and at our sales and support office in Loveland, Colorado, would experience interruptions as a result of any disruption of electrical, phone or any other similar facility support services.
Our production disaster recovery system is located at one of our third-party hosting facilities. Our corporate disaster recovery system is located at our
headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. These systems do not provide real-time backup and neither system may have sufficient capacity to recover all data and services in the event of an outage and we cannot guarantee that our backup systems, regular
data backups, security protocols, network protection mechanisms and other procedures currently in place, or that may be in place in the future, will be adequate to prevent network and service interruption, system failure, damage to one or more of
our systems or data loss. In the event of a disaster in which our production system hardware and the disaster recovery operations for our production system hardware are irreparably damaged or destroyed, we would experience interruptions in access to
our products. Moreover, our headquarters and one of the third-party facilities that hosts our production system hardware are located within several miles of each other. As a result, any regional disaster could affect these locations equally.
Any interruptions or delays in access to our products or customer support, whether as a result of third-party error, our own error, natural disasters,
security breaches or malicious actions, whether accidental or willful, could harm our relationships with customers and our reputation and lead to liability. These factors could damage our brand and reputation, divert our employees attention,
reduce our revenue, subject us to liability and cause customers to cancel their accounts, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Also, in the event of damage or interruption, our insurance
policies may not adequately compensate us for any losses that we may incur and our results of operations may be negatively impacted.
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If we fail to enhance our existing products, develop new products or offer a compelling online marketing
platform that our customers and prospective customers find compelling, our products may become obsolete or less competitive and our financial performance could be impacted.
The markets in which we compete are characterized by constant change and innovation, and we expect them to continue to evolve rapidly. To the extent we are
not able to continue to identify challenges faced by small businesses and organizations and provide products that respond in a timely and effective manner to their evolving needs, or if we are unable to enhance our existing products successfully,
including our recent enhancements to our contact management functionality and our plans to update our editing environment, our business, operating results and financial condition will be adversely affected.
Creating and designing such enhancements and new products entails significant technical and business risks and requires substantial expenditures and
lead-time, and there is no guarantee that such enhancements and new products will be completed in a timely fashion, nor is there any guarantee that any new product offerings will anticipate our customers needs or gain acceptance among our
customers or in the broader market. In addition, such enhancements and new products may not be profitable for a number of years, if at all, and even if they are profitable, operating margins for new products may not be as high as the margins we have
experienced historically. Our existing customers and prospective new customers may be dissatisfied with our enhancements to our existing products and may leave us or choose competing providers, or may not view any new product as complementary to our
other product offerings and not purchase such additional products.
We must continue to commit significant resources to develop our technology in order to
maintain our competitive position, and these commitments will be made without knowing whether such investments will result in products the market will accept. Our new products or product enhancements could fail to attain meaningful market acceptance
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marketing platform that our customers and prospective customers do not find compelling, our business will also be harmed. Creating, designing and marketing this platform (and converting our current customer base to this platform) entails significant
technical and business risks and requires substantial expenditures, lead-time and management attention, and there is no guarantee that such packages will anticipate our customers needs or gain acceptance among our customers or in the broader
market.
If we cannot successfully enhance our existing services or develop new products or if we are not successful in implementing such enhancements and
selling new products or new packages of our products to our customers, we could lose customers or have difficulty attracting new customers, which would adversely impact our financial performance.
Our relationships with our partners may not be as successful in generating new customers as we anticipate, which could adversely affect our ability to
increase our customer base.
We maintain a network of different types of partners, some of whom refer customers to us through links on their
websites and outbound promotion to their customers, resell our products and create integrations with our products. We have invested and will continue to invest in programs to enhance our partners effectiveness; however, these programs could
require substantial investment while providing no assurance of return or incremental revenue. We also rely on some of our partners to create integrations with third-party applications and platforms used by our customers. If we fail to encourage our
partners to create such integrations or if we do not adequately facilitate these integrations from a technology perspective, demand for our products could decrease, which would harm our business and operating results. If we are unable to maintain
our contractual relationships with existing partners or establish new contractual relationships with potential partners, we may experience delays and increased costs in adding customers, which could have a material adverse effect on us. The number
of customers we are able to add through these relationships is dependent on the marketing efforts of our partners over which we exercise very little control, and a significant decrease in the number of new customers generated through these
relationships or failure of our investment in partner programs to be effective could adversely affect the size of our customer base and revenue.
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Third parties have asserted, and may in the future assert, claims that we are infringing their intellectual
property, which, whether successful or not, could subject us to costly and time-consuming litigation or require us to obtain expensive licenses, and our business may be adversely affected.
The software and Internet industries are characterized by the existence of a large number of patents, trademarks and copyrights and by frequent litigation
based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. Third parties, including so-called non-practicing entities, which are entities that have no operating business but exist purely as collectors of patents, have
asserted, and in the future may assert, patent and other intellectual property infringement claims against us in the form of lawsuits, letters or other forms of communication. These claims, whether or not successful, could:
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As a result, any third-party
intellectual property claims against us could increase our expenses and adversely affect our business. In addition, many of our agreements with our partners and others require us to indemnify them for third-party intellectual property infringement
claims, which would increase the cost to us resulting from an adverse ruling on any such claim. Even if we have not infringed any third partys intellectual property rights, we cannot be sure our legal defenses will be successful, and even if
we are successful in defending against such claims, our legal defense could require significant financial resources and management time. Finally, if a third party successfully asserts a claim that our products infringe its proprietary rights,
royalty or licensing agreements might not be available on terms we find acceptable or at all and we may be required to pay significant monetary damages to such third party.
If the delivery of our customers emails is limited or blocked or our customers emails are directed to an alternate or tabbed
section of the recipients inbox, customers may cancel their accounts.
Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, can block emails from reaching
the intended recipients. While we continually improve our own technology and work closely with ISPs to maintain our deliverability rates, the implementation of new or more restrictive policies by ISPs may make it more difficult to deliver our
customers emails. In addition, some ISPs have started to categorize as promotional emails that originate from email service providers and, as a result, direct them to an alternate or tabbed section of the
recipients inbox. If ISPs materially limit or halt the delivery of our customers emails, or if we fail to deliver our customers emails in a manner compatible with ISPs email handling or authentication technologies or other
policies, or if the open rates of our customers emails are negatively impacted by the actions of ISPs to categorize emails, then customers may question the effectiveness of our products and cancel their accounts. This, in turn, could harm our
business and financial performance.
If we fail to promote and maintain our brands in a cost-effective manner, we may lose market share and our
revenue may decrease.
We believe that developing and maintaining awareness of the Constant Contact brands in a cost-effective manner is critical
to our goal of achieving widespread acceptance of our online marketing platform and attracting new customers. Furthermore, we believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase as competition in our industry increases. Successful
promotion of our brands will depend largely on the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and the effectiveness and affordability of our products for our target customer demographic. Historically, our efforts to build our brands have involved
significant expense, and it is likely that our future marketing efforts will require us to incur additional significant expenses. Such brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenue and, even if they do, any revenue increases may not
offset the expenses we incur to promote our brands. If we fail to promote and maintain our brands successfully, or if we incur substantial expenses in an unsuccessful attempt to promote and maintain our brands, we may lose our existing customers to
our competitors or be unable to attract new customers, which would cause our revenue to decrease.
We depend on search engines to attract a
significant percentage of our customers, and if those search engines change their listings or our relationship with them deteriorates or terminates, we may be unable to attract new customers, which would adversely affect our business and results of
operations.
Many of our customers located our website by clicking through on search results displayed by search engines such as Google®, Yahoo!® and Bing®. Search engines typically provide two types of search results,
algorithmic and purchased listings. Algorithmic listings cannot be purchased, and instead are determined and displayed solely by a set of formulas designed by the search engine. Purchased listings can be purchased by advertisers in order to attract
users to their websites. We rely on both algorithmic and purchased listings to attract a significant percentage of the customers we serve to our website. Search engines revise their algorithms from time to time in an attempt to optimize their search
result listings. If search engines on which we rely for algorithmic listings modify their algorithms, this could result in fewer potential customers clicking through to our website, requiring us to resort to other
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costly resources to attempt to replace this traffic, which, in turn, could reduce our revenue and negatively impact our operating results, harming our business. If one or more search engines on
which we rely for purchased listings modifies or terminates its relationship with us, our expenses could rise, or our revenue could decline and our business may suffer. The cost of purchased search listing advertising fluctuates and may increase as
demand for these channels grows, and any such increases could negatively affect our financial results.
Furthermore, competitors may in the future bid on
our brand names and other search terms that we use to drive traffic to our websites. Such actions could increase our advertising costs and result in decreased traffic to our website.
Mobile devices are increasingly being used to access the Internet, and our products may not be as effective when accessed through these devices, which
could harm our business.
We offer our products across a variety of operating systems and through the Internet. Historically, we designed our
products for use on a desktop or laptop computer; however, mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are increasingly being used as the primary means for accessing the Internet. We are dependent on the interoperability of our products with
third-party mobile devices and mobile operating systems, as well as web browsers that we do not control. Any changes in such devices, systems or web browsers that degrade the functionality of our products could adversely affect usage of our
products. In addition, because a growing number of our customers access our products through mobile devices, we are dependent on the interoperability of our products with mobile devices and operating systems. Improving mobile functionality is an
integral component of our product development plans. In the event that our customers, or the intended recipients of our customers marketing campaigns, have difficulty accessing and using our products on mobile devices, our customer growth,
business and operating results could be adversely affected.
The success of our business depends on the continued growth and acceptance of email as
a communications tool and the related expansion and reliability of the Internet infrastructure. If consumers do not continue to use email or alternative communications tools gain popularity, such as social media or text messaging, demand for our
email marketing product may decline.
The future success of our business depends on the continued and widespread adoption of email as a primary
means of communication. Security problems such as viruses, worms and other malicious programs or reliability issues arising from outages and damage to the Internet infrastructure could create the perception that email is not
a safe and reliable means of communication, which would discourage businesses and consumers from using email. Use of email by businesses and consumers also depends on the ability of ISPs to prevent unsolicited bulk email, or spam, from
overwhelming consumers inboxes. In recent years, ISPs have developed new technologies to filter unwanted messages before they reach users inboxes. In response, spammers have employed more sophisticated techniques to reach consumers
inboxes. Although companies in the anti-spam industry have started to address the techniques used by spammers, if security problems become widespread or frequent or if ISPs cannot effectively control spam, the use of email as a means of
communication may decline as consumers find alternative ways to communicate. In addition, if alternative communications tools, such as social media or text messaging, gain widespread acceptance, the need for email may lessen. Any decrease in the use
of email would reduce demand for our email marketing product and harm our business.
Various private spam blacklists have in the past interfered
with, and may in the future interfere with, the effectiveness of our products and our ability to conduct business.
We depend on email to market
to and communicate with our customers, and our customers rely on email to communicate with their customers and members. Various private entities attempt to regulate the use of email for commercial solicitation. These entities often advocate
standards of conduct or practice that significantly exceed current legal requirements and classify certain email solicitations that comply with current legal requirements as spam. Some of these entities maintain blacklists of companies
and individuals, and the websites, ISPs and Internet protocol addresses associated with those entities or individuals that do not adhere to those standards of conduct or practices for commercial email solicitations that the blacklisting entity
believes are appropriate. If a companys Internet protocol addresses are listed by a blacklisting entity, emails sent from those addresses may be blocked if they are sent to any Internet domain or Internet address that subscribes to the
blacklisting entitys service or purchases its blacklist.
Some of our Internet protocol addresses currently are listed with one or more blacklisting
entities and, in the future, our other Internet protocol addresses may also be listed with these and other blacklisting entities. There can be no guarantee that we will not continue to be blacklisted or that we will be able to successfully remove
ourselves from those lists. Blacklisting of this type could interfere with our ability to market our products and services and communicate with our customers and could undermine the effectiveness of our customers marketing campaigns, all of
which could have a material negative impact on our business and results of operations.
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Our customers use of our products and website to transmit negative messages or website links to
harmful applications in violation of our policies or otherwise could damage our reputation, and we may face liability for unauthorized, inaccurate or fraudulent information distributed via our products.
Our customers could use our products or website to transmit negative messages or website links to harmful applications, reproduce and distribute copyrighted
material or the trademarks of others without permission, or report inaccurate or fraudulent data or information. Any such use of our products could damage our reputation and we could face claims for damages, copyright or trademark infringement,
defamation, negligence or fraud. Moreover, our customers promotion of their products and services through our products may not comply with federal, state and foreign laws. We cannot predict whether our role in facilitating these activities
would expose us to liability under these laws. Even if claims asserted against us do not result in liability, we may incur substantial costs in investigating and defending such claims. If we are found liable for our customers activities, we
could be required to pay fines or penalties, redesign business methods or otherwise expend resources to remedy any damages caused by such actions and to avoid future liability.
Our customers use of our SaveLocal product may negatively impact our reputation and could subject us to legal and regulatory risks, which could
harm our business and results of operations.
Our brand and reputation may be harmed by our customers use of our SaveLocal product. Any
shortcomings of one or more of our SaveLocal customers, particularly with respect to an issue affecting the quality of the deal offered or the products or services sold or such customers fraudulent or deceptive conduct, may be attributed to
us, potentially damaging our reputation and brand value, reducing our ability to attract new customers or retain our current customers and subjecting us to potential liability, thereby negatively affecting our results of operations.
The application of certain United States and international laws and regulations to SaveLocal deals and to our role in facilitating our customers offer
of SaveLocal deals is uncertain. These include laws and regulations such as the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, or the CARD Act, the laws of most states, which contain provisions governing product terms and
conditions of gift cards, gift certificates, stored value or pre-paid cards or coupons, and unclaimed and abandoned property laws. These laws may include provisions prohibiting or limiting the use of expiration dates on gift cards or the amount of
fees charged in connection with gift cards or requiring specific disclosures on or in connection with gift cards and the imposition of certain fees.
If
we are required to alter our business practices as a result of any laws or regulations, our revenue could decrease, our costs could increase and our business could otherwise be harmed. In addition, the costs and expenses associated with defending
any actions related to such additional laws and regulations and any payments of related penalties, judgments or settlements could adversely impact our financial results.
In addition, if any laws or regulations require that the face value of SaveLocal coupons have a minimum expiration period beyond the period desired by our
SaveLocal customers for their promotional programs, or no expiration period, this may affect the willingness of our customers to use our SaveLocal product in jurisdictions where these laws apply.
Our business may be negatively impacted by seasonal trends.
Sales of our products are impacted by seasonality. Small organizations are typically less active during the summer months. Thus, we generate fewer new
customers during this time. As a result, we adjust our sales and marketing activities accordingly. If these seasonality trends change materially, our financial and operating results for any given quarter may be negatively impacted and may differ
materially from results in prior quarterly periods.
Competition for employees in our industry is intense, and we may not be able to attract and
retain the highly skilled employees whom we need to support our business.
Competition for highly skilled engineering and marketing personnel is
intense and we continue to face difficulty identifying and hiring qualified personnel in certain areas of our business and in certain locations. We may not be able to hire and retain such personnel at compensation levels consistent with our existing
compensation and salary structure. In particular, candidates making employment decisions, particularly in high-technology industries, often consider the value of any equity they may receive in connection with their employment. As a result, any
significant volatility in the market price of our common stock may adversely affect our ability to attract or retain highly skilled engineering and marketing personnel.
In addition, we invest significant time and expense in training our employees, which increases their value to competitors who may seek to recruit them. If we
fail to retain our employees, we could incur significant expenses in hiring and training their replacements and the quality of our services and our ability to serve our customers could diminish, resulting in a material adverse effect on our
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The success of our SinglePlatform offering is based, in part, on the quality of the content provided by our
SinglePlatform customers, including our SingleAPI merchants, and our ability to maintain a strong network of publishers.
Our SinglePlatform
customers, including our SingleAPI merchants, provide us with current information about their business and offerings that we, in turn, provide to our network of electronic publishers, including but not limited to Yelp®, foursquare®, YP.com and Urbanspoon®. The success of the SinglePlatform and
SingleAPI offerings depend, in part, on our ability to provide these publishers and their consumers with the information and access to the services or products they seek, which in turn depends on the quantity and quality of the content and services
provided by these customers. For example, we may be unable to provide these publishers and their consumers with the information they seek if our customers do not contribute content or services that are helpful, reliable and up-to-date, or if they
remove content they previously submitted. If our SinglePlatform products do not provide content that is helpful, reliable and up-to-date or access to services that end users are interested in using, our ability to maintain our current network of
electronic publishers and sign up new publishers could be harmed. If we are unable to provide our electronic publishers and their consumers with the information or services they seek, or if they can find equivalent content or services on other
platforms, they may stop or reduce their use of our product, which could negatively impact our ability to retain existing customers and obtain new customers and merchants and our business would be harmed.
If we fail to retain our key personnel, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our business could suffer.
Our success depends, in part, on our ability to attract and retain key personnel. Our success also depends on the continued contributions of our executive
officers and other key technical and marketing personnel, each of whom would be difficult to replace. In particular, Gail F. Goodman, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, is critical to the management of our business and operations
and the development of our strategic direction. The loss of the services of Ms. Goodman or other executive officers or key personnel and the process to replace any of our key personnel would involve significant time and expense, may take longer
than anticipated and may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives.
We may be subject to time-consuming and costly
litigation.
From time to time, we may be subject to various claims and lawsuits by partners, customers, or other parties arising in the ordinary
course of business, including lawsuits alleging patent infringement. We are currently a party to the matter described in Part II, Item 1 Legal Proceedings, included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Litigation can be
time-consuming, divert managements attention and resources, and cause us to incur significant expenses. Furthermore, the results of any litigation may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash
flows.
Economic conditions may negatively affect the small business sector, which may cause our customers to terminate existing accounts with us or
cause potential customers to fail to purchase our products, resulting in a decrease in our revenue and impairing our ability to operate profitably.
Our products are designed specifically for smaller organizations. These organizations frequently have limited budgets and are often resource- and
time-constrained and, as a result, may be more likely to be significantly affected by economic downturns than their larger, more established counterparts. As a result, smaller organizations may choose to spend the limited funds that they have on
items other than our products. Moreover, if smaller organizations experience economic distress, they may be unwilling or unable to expend time and financial resources on marketing, which would negatively affect the overall demand for our products,
increase customer attrition and could cause our revenue growth to decline. Uncertain and adverse economic conditions may also lead to a decline in the ability of our customers to use or access credit, including through credit cards, as well as
increased refunds and chargebacks, any of which could adversely affect our business. Economic conditions may also adversely affect third parties with which we have entered into relationships and upon which we depend in order to grow our business.
There can be no assurance, therefore, that worsening economic conditions, or a recurring recession, will not have a significant adverse impact on our operating and financial results.
If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information, processes and know-how and trade secrets, the value of our technology
and products could be adversely affected.
We rely heavily upon unpatented proprietary technology, processes and know-how and trade secrets.
Although we try to protect this information in part by executing confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and third parties, such agreements may offer only limited protection and may be breached. Any unauthorized disclosure or
dissemination of our proprietary technology, processes and know-how or our trade secrets, whether by breach of a confidentiality agreement or otherwise, may cause irreparable harm to our business, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such
breach. In addition, our trade secrets may otherwise be independently developed by our competitors or other third parties. If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information, processes and know-how or our trade secrets
are disclosed, the value of our technology and services could be adversely affected, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The process of obtaining patent protection is expensive and time-consuming, and we may not be able to prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications
at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner. We may choose not to seek patent protection for certain innovations and may choose not to pursue patent protection in certain jurisdictions, and under the laws of certain jurisdictions, patents or others
intellectual property may be unavailable or limited in scope. Furthermore, it is possible that our patent applications may not issue as granted patents, that the scope of our issued patents will be insufficient or not have the coverage originally
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issued patents will not provide us with any competitive advantages, and that our patents and other intellectual property rights may be challenged by others or invalidated through administrative
processes or litigation. In addition, issuance of a patent does not assure that we have an absolute right to practice the patented invention, or that we have the right to exclude others from practicing the claimed invention. As a result, we may not
be able to obtain adequate patent protection or to enforce our issued patents effectively.
Competitors and others may have adopted, and in the future may
adopt, tag lines or service or product names similar to ours, which could impede our ability to build our brands identities and possibly lead to confusion. In addition, there could be potential trade name or trademark infringement claims
brought by owners of other registered trademarks or trademarks that incorporate variations of the terms or designs of one or more of our trademarks.
From
time to time, legal action by us may be necessary to enforce our patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the intellectual property rights of others or to defend
against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources, distract management and technical personnel and negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and
cash flows. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, we may find ourselves at a competitive disadvantage to others. Any inability on our part to protect adequately our intellectual property may have a material adverse effect on
our business, operating results and financial condition.
Our use of open source software could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize
our products.
We incorporate open source software into our products. Although we monitor our use of open source software closely, the terms of
many open source licenses to which we are subject have not been interpreted by United States or foreign courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our
ability to commercialize our products. In such event, we could be required to seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our products, to re-engineer our products or to discontinue sales of our products, or to release our
software code under the terms of an open source license, any of which could materially adversely affect our business. Given the nature of open source software, there is also a risk that third parties may assert copyright and other intellectual
property infringement claims against us based on our use of certain open source software programs.
Our anticipated growth could strain our
personnel resources and infrastructure, and if we are unable to implement appropriate controls and procedures to manage our anticipated growth, we may not be able to implement our business plan successfully.
We are currently experiencing a period of rapid growth in our headcount and operations, which has placed, and will continue to place, to the extent that we
are able to sustain such growth, a significant strain on our management and our administrative, operational and financial reporting infrastructure. Our success will depend in part on the ability of our senior management to manage this expected
growth effectively. To do so, we believe we will need to continue to hire, train and manage new employees as needed. If our new hires perform poorly, or if we are unsuccessful in hiring, training, managing and integrating these new employees, or if
we are not successful in retaining our existing employees, our business may be harmed. To manage the expected growth of our operations and personnel, we will need to continue to improve our operational and financial controls and update our reporting
procedures and systems. The expected addition of new employees and the capital investments that we anticipate will be necessary to manage our anticipated growth will increase our cost base, which will make it more difficult for us to offset any
future revenue shortfalls by reducing expenses in the short term. If we fail to manage our anticipated growth successfully, we will be unable to execute our business plan successfully.
We may engage in future acquisitions that could disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value and harm our business, operating results or financial
condition.
We have completed several acquisitions in the past. We have, from time to time, evaluated other acquisition opportunities and may
pursue acquisition opportunities in the future. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:
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an inability to locate a suitable acquisition candidate or technology or acquire a desirable candidate or technology on favorable terms; |
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difficulties in integrating personnel and operations from the acquired business or acquired technology with our existing technology and products and in retaining and motivating key personnel from the acquired business;
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disruptions in our ongoing operations and the diversion of our managements attention from their day-to-day responsibilities associated with operating our business; |
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increases in our expenses that adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition; |
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potential write-offs of acquired assets and increased amortization expense related to identifiable assets acquired; and |
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potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt. |
In addition, any acquisitions
we complete may not ultimately strengthen our competitive position or achieve our goals, or such an acquisition may be viewed negatively by our customers, stockholders or the financial markets.
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Providing our products to customers outside the United States exposes us to risks inherent in international
business.
Customers in more than 180 countries and territories currently use our products. We have two regional development directors in Canada
and a marketing office in the United Kingdom. We may continue to expand our international operations in the future. Accordingly, we are subject to risks and challenges that we would otherwise not face if we conducted our business only in the United
States. The risks and challenges associated with providing our products to customers outside the United States include:
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localization of our products, including translation into foreign languages and associated expenses; |
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laws and business practices favoring local competitors; |
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compliance with multiple, conflicting and changing governmental laws and regulations, including those relating to tax, email, privacy and data protection; |
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foreign currency fluctuations; |
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different pricing environments; |
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difficulties in staffing and maintaining foreign operations; and |
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If we fail to meet these risks and challenges, we will be unable
to execute our business plan and may be subject to fines and regulatory actions. Furthermore, expansion of our international operations may not be commercially successful.
Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures would have a material adverse effect on
our business.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting
and disclosure controls and procedures. In order to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Acts requirements relating to internal control over financial reporting, we incur substantial accounting expense and expend significant
management time on compliance-related issues. We expect to continue to incur such expenses and expend such time in the future. If in the future we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, or if we or our
independent registered public accounting firm identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock would likely decline and we could be subject to sanctions
or investigations by the NASDAQ Stock Market, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
Our quarterly results may fluctuate and if we fail to meet the expectations of analysts or investors, our stock price could decline substantially.
Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate, and if we fail to meet or exceed the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the trading
price of our common stock could decline. Some of the important factors that could cause our revenue and operating results to fluctuate from quarter to quarter include:
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our ability to attract new customers, retain existing customers and satisfy our customers requirements; |
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average revenue per customer; |
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our cost to acquire new customers; |
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changes in our pricing or product bundling; |
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our ability to expand our business; |
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our ability to execute successfully on our strategy; |
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new product and service introductions, including our online marketing platform; |
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technical difficulties or interruptions in our services as a result of our actions or those of third parties or security breaches; |
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the timing of additional investments in our hardware and software systems; |
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the seasonal trends in our business; |
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general economic conditions; |
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changes in the growth rate of small businesses and organizations; |
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any negative publicity or other actions that harm our brand; |
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the timing of our marketing expenditures; |
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competition in the market for our products; |
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shortcomings in, or misinterpretations of, our metrics and data that cause us to fail to anticipate or identify market trends; |
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terminations of, disputes with, or material changes to our relationships with third-party partners; |
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regulatory compliance costs; |
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costs associated with future acquisitions of technologies and businesses and our ability to successfully integrate these acquisitions; and |
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extraordinary expenses such as litigation or other dispute-related settlement payments. |
Any one of the
factors above, or the cumulative effect of some of the factors referred to above, may result in significant fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results, including our key financial and operating metrics. This variability and
unpredictability could result in our failing to meet our revenue or operating results expectations or those of securities analysts or investors for any period. In addition, a significant percentage of our operating expenses are fixed in nature and
based on forecasted revenue. Accordingly, in the event of revenue shortfalls, we may be unable to mitigate the negative impact on operating results in the short term. If we fail to meet or exceed such expectations for these or any other reasons, our
business and stock price could be materially and adversely affected and we could face costly lawsuits, including securities class action suits.
Some of
these factors are not within our control, and the occurrence of one or more of them may cause our operating results to vary widely. As such, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our revenue and operating results may not be meaningful
and should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.
We may need additional capital in the future, which may not be available to
us on favorable terms, or at all, and may dilute the ownership of our existing stockholders.
We have historically relied on cash from operations
to fund our operations, capital expenditures and growth. We may require additional capital from equity or debt financing in the future to:
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respond to competitive pressures; |
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take advantage of strategic opportunities, including more rapid expansion of our business or the acquisition of complementary products, technologies or businesses; and |
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develop new products or enhancements to existing products. |
We may not be able to secure timely additional
financing on favorable terms, or at all. The terms of any additional financing may place limits on our financial and operating flexibility. If we raise additional funds through issuances of equity, convertible debt securities or other securities
convertible into equity, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our common stock. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or
financing on terms satisfactory to us, if and when we require it, our ability to grow or support our business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.
Our business is exposed to risks associated with credit card and other online payment chargebacks and fraud.
A majority of our revenue is processed through credit cards and other online payments. If our refunds or chargebacks increase, our processors could require us
to increase reserves or terminate their contracts with us, which would have an adverse effect on our financial condition.
Our failure to limit fraudulent
transactions conducted on our websites, such as through the use of stolen credit card numbers, could also subject us to liability. Under credit card association rules, penalties may be imposed at the discretion of the association for inadequate
fraud protection. Any such potential penalties would be imposed on our credit card processor by the association. Under our contracts with our payment processors, we are required to reimburse our processors for such penalties. However, we face the
risk that we may fail to maintain an adequate level of fraud protection and that one or more credit card associations or other processors may, at any time, assess penalties against us or terminate our ability to accept credit card payments or other
forms of online payments from customers, which would have a material adverse effect on our relationship with our customers, business, financial condition and operating results.
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RISKS RELATED TO THE OWNERSHIP OF OUR COMMON STOCK
The market price of our common stock has been and may continue to be volatile.
The trading price of our common stock has been and may continue to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various
factors. Some of the factors that may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate include:
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announcements or other material developments related to our proposed merger with Endurance; |
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fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us; |
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quarterly unique customer additions and the cost of acquiring those customers and customer retention rates; |
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changes in estimates of our financial results or recommendations by securities analysts; |
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changes in general economic, industry and market conditions; |
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failure of any of our products to achieve or maintain market acceptance; |
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changes in market valuations of similar companies; |
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success of competitive products; |
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our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions; |
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changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of debt; |
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announcements by us or our competitors of significant products, contracts, acquisitions or strategic alliances; |
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regulatory developments in the United States, foreign countries or both; |
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litigation involving our company, our general industry or both; |
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additions or departures of key personnel; |
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investors general perception of us; and |
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the total number of shares of our common stock that have been sold short. |
In addition, if the market for
technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences a loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition or results of operations. If any of the
foregoing occurs, it could cause our stock price to fall and may expose us to litigation that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and a distraction to management.
If securities or industry analysts do not continue to publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price
and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry
analysts publish about us or our business. We do not control these analysts. If one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price would likely decline.
If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our stock could decrease, which could cause our stock price and trading volume to decline.
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Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a
change of control of our company and may affect the trading price of our common stock.
We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover
provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an
interested stockholder, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our restated certificate of incorporation and second amended and restated bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in our
management or control over us that stockholders may consider favorable. Among other things, our restated certificate of incorporation and second amended and restated bylaws:
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authorize the issuance of blank check preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to impede or delay a takeover attempt; |
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establish a classified board of directors, as a result of which the successors to the directors whose terms have expired will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual
meeting following their election; |
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require that directors only be removed from office for cause and only upon a supermajority stockholder vote; |
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provide that vacancies on our board of directors, including newly created directorships, may be filled only by a majority vote of directors then in office; |
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limit who may call special meetings of stockholders; |
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prohibit stockholder action by written consent, requiring all actions to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders; and |
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require supermajority stockholder voting to effect certain amendments to our restated certificate of incorporation and second amended and restated bylaws. |
We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, the ability to achieve a return on an investment in our common stock
will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.
We do not expect to pay cash dividends on our common stock. Any future dividend
payments are within the absolute discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, working capital requirements, capital expenditure requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions,
business opportunities, anticipated cash needs, provisions of applicable law and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. We may not generate sufficient cash from operations in the future to pay dividends on our common stock.
Item 2. |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
The following is a summary of our
repurchases of our common stock during the three month period ended September 30, 2015:
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Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2) |
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Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
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111,265 |
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26.80 |
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111,265 |
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292,000 |
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24.59 |
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292,000 |
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39,500 |
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24.42 |
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39,500 |
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38,872,307 |
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442,765 |
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25.13 |
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442,765 |
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38,872,307 |
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Includes commissions, markups and expenses. |
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In June 2015, our board of directors approved the repurchase of up to $50 million of our common stock through July 1, 2016. Repurchased shares are retired and resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of
common stock. |
Item 6. Exhibits The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the
exhibits are filed (other than exhibit 32.1 and exhibit 32.2) as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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CONSTANT CONTACT, INC. |
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Date: November 6, 2015 |
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/s/ Gail F. Goodman |
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Gail F. Goodman |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: November 6, 2015 |
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/s/ Harpreet S. Grewal |
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Harpreet S. Grewal |
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Executive Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Listed and indexed below are all Exhibits filed as part of this report.
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Exhibit
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Description |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 30, 2015, by and among Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., Paintbrush Acquisition Corporation, and Constant Contact, Inc. (1) |
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Voting Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2015, by and between Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. and certain holders of shares and other equity interests of Constant Contact, Inc. (1) |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Executive Officer. |
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Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Financial Officer. |
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101.INS |
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XBRL Instance Document |
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101.SCH |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
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101.CAL |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |
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101.LAB |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document. |
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101.PRE |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
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101.DEF |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
(1) |
Filed as an Exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. |
* |
This certification shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section, nor shall it be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 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
I, Gail F. Goodman, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Constant Contact, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The
registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: November 6, 2015 |
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/s/ Gail F. Goodman |
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Gail F. Goodman |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 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
I, Harpreet S. Grewal, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Constant Contact, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The
registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: November 6, 2015 |
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/s/ Harpreet S. Grewal |
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Harpreet S. Grewal |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2015 of Constant Contact, Inc. (the
Company), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Gail F. Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Dated November 6, 2015 |
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/s/ Gail F. Goodman |
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Gail F. Goodman |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2015 of Constant Contact, Inc. (the
Company), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Harpreet S. Grewal, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Dated: November 6, 2015 |
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/s/ Harpreet S. Grewal |
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Harpreet S. Grewal |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer |
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