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Audiocodes Ltd. Interim / Quarterly Report 2017
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of October 2017
Commission file number 0-30070
AUDIOCODES LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
1 Hayarden Street • Airport City, Lod 7019900 • ISRAEL (Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F _ Form 40-F
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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
On October 25, 2017, AudioCodes Ltd. (the "Registrant") issued a press release announcing financial results for the third quarter of 2017, and other matters. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The information set forth in (a) the first, second, third and sixth paragraphs following the heading "Details," the three paragraphs following the caption "Share Buy Back Program" of, and (b) the condensed consolidated balance sheets, condensed consolidated statements of operations and condensed consolidated statement of cash flows contained in, the press release attached as Exhibit 1 to this Report on Form 6-K are hereby incorporated by reference into (i) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-11894; (ii) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-13268; (iii) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-105473; (iv) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-144825; (v) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-160330; (vi) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-170676; (vii) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333- 190437; and (viii) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-210438.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
AUDIOCODES LTD. (Registrant)
By: /s/ NIRAN BARUCH
Niran Baruch Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: October 25, 2017
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Press release, dated October 25, 2017, announcing financial results for the third quarter of 2017, and other matters. |
PRESS RELEASE
Niran Baruch, Shirley Nakar, Philip Carlson/Elizabeth Barker VP Finance & Chief Financial Officer Director, Investor Relations KCSA Strategic Communications AudioCodes AudioCodes Tel: +1-212-896-1233 Tel: +972-3-976-4000 Tel: +972-3-976-4000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Company Contacts IR Agency Contact
AudioCodes Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results
Lod, Israel – October 25, 2017 -
Third Quarter Highlights:
- x Quarterly revenues increased by 5.4% year-over-year to \$39.2 million;
- x Quarterly service revenues increased by 12.4% year-over-year to \$12.7 million;
- x Quarterly UC-SIP revenues increased more than 15% year-over-year;
- x Quarterly GAAP gross margin was 62.8%; quarterly Non-GAAP gross margin was 63.2%;
- x Quarterly GAAP operating margin was 6.6%; quarterly Non-GAAP operating margin was 8.8%;
- x Quarterly cash flow from operating activities was \$6.2 million;
- x Quarterly GAAP net income was \$1.0 million, or \$0.03 per diluted share, compared to \$971,000, or \$0.03 per diluted share, in the prior year period;
- x Quarterly Non-GAAP net income was \$3.4 million, or \$0.10 per diluted share, compared to \$2.9 million, or \$0.08 per diluted share, in the prior year period; and
- x AudioCodes repurchased 940,000 of its ordinary shares during the quarter at an aggregate cost of \$6.4 million.
AudioCodes Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results Page 1 of 9
Details:
AudioCodes (Nasdaq: AUDC), a leading provider of voice networking solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017.
Revenues for the third quarter of 2017 were \$39.2 million, compared to \$38.7 million for the second quarter of 2017 and \$37.2 million for the third quarter of 2016.
Net income was \$1.0 million, or \$0.03 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017, compared to \$971,000, or \$0.03 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2016.
On a Non-GAAP basis, the Company reported quarterly net income of \$3.4 million, or \$0.10 per diluted share, compared to \$2.9 million, or \$0.08 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2016.
Non-GAAP net income excludes: (i) stock-based compensation expenses; (ii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets; (iii) expenses related to deferred payments in connection with the acquisition of Active Communications Europe; and (iv) non-cash deferred tax benefit or expenses. A reconciliation of net income on a GAAP basis to a non-GAAP basis is provided in the tables that accompany the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this press release.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the third quarter of 2017 totaled \$6.2 million. Cash and cash equivalents, long- and short-term bank deposits and long- and short-term marketable securities were \$60.1 million as of September 30, 2017, compared to \$65.1 million as of September 30, 2016. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents, long and short-term bank deposits and long and short-term marketable securities was the result of the use of cash for the continued repurchasing of the Company's ordinary shares pursuant to its share repurchase program.
"We are pleased to report strong financial results for the third quarter of 2017," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "As demonstrated over the past 5 years, we continued to execute on our UC-SIP strategic plan, and grew sales of UC-SIP solutions, products and services in the third quarter by more than 15% compared to the year ago quarter. We believe we are now on track to deliver about 15% annual growth for the UC-SIP business which is expected to reach \$100 million of annual revenues by 2020. Our performance continues to rely primarily on collaboration with our application and system integration partners worldwide, as well as through winning enterprise voice deployments and service provider network transformation projects on a global basis.
"Along with our higher sales, we continued to improve the efficiency of our operations. We increased gross margin to a record 63.2%, grew quarterly operating margin to a record 8.8% and had quarterly net income of \$3.4 million, an 18% increase over the year ago quarter. We are now expecting to deliver about 25% growth in net income for 2017 compared to 2016. At the same time, we continued to invest in our new intelligent voice applications which we believe will start to contribute to improved revenues and profits in coming years. Finally, as in recent previous quarters, we continued to buy back shares to return value to our shareholders," concluded Mr. Adlersberg.
AudioCodes Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results Page 2 of 9
Share Buy Back Program
During the quarter ended September 30, 2017, AudioCodes acquired 940,000 of its ordinary shares under its share repurchase program for a total consideration of approximately \$6.4 million. As of September 30, 2017, AudioCodes had acquired an aggregate of 14.5 million of its ordinary shares since August 2014 for an aggregate consideration of approximately \$70.7 million.
In May 2017, AudioCodes received court approval in Israel to purchase up to an aggregate of \$15 million of additional ordinary shares pursuant to its share repurchase program. As of September 30, 2017, \$5.8 million remained available to the Company for repurchasing shares under this court approval. The current court approval for share repurchases expires on November 15, 2017.
On October 24, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors approved filing a new application with the court in Israel requesting approval for an additional repurchase program for up to \$20 million of Ordinary Shares. The Company expects to file a new application shortly and receive a decision from the court in the coming weeks.
Conference Call & Web Cast Information
AudioCodes will conduct a conference call at 8:00 A.M., Eastern Time today to discuss the Company's third quarter operating performance, financial results and outlook. Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing one the following numbers:
United States Participants: +1 (877) 407-0778
International Participants: +1 (201) 689-8565
The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast. Investors are invited to listen to the call live via webcast at the AudioCodes investor website at http://www.audiocodes.com/investors-lobby.
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About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: AUDC) designs, develops and sells advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader, focused on converged VoIP and data communications, and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Enterprise networks and Cable. The Company provides a range of innovative, cost-effective products including Media Gateways, Multi-Service Business Routers, Session Border Controllers (SBC), Residential Gateways, IP Phones, Media Servers, Value Added Applications and Professional Services. AudioCodes' underlying technology, VoIPerfectHDTM , relies on AudioCodes' leadership in DSP, voice coding and voice processing technologies. AudioCodes' High Definition (HD) VoIP technologies and products provide enhanced intelligibility and a better end user communication experience in Voice communications. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com.
Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and the demand for existing products; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development, upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; possible need for additional financing; the ability to satisfy covenants in the Company's loan agreements; possible disruptions from acquisitions; the ability of AudioCodes to successfully integrate the products and operations of acquired companies into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
©2017 AudioCodes Ltd. All rights reserved. AudioCodes, AC, HD VoIP, HD VoIP Sounds Better, IPmedia, Mediant, MediaPack, What's Inside Matters, OSN, SmartTAP, User Management Pack, VMAS, VoIPerfect, VoIPerfectHD, Your Gateway To VoIP, 3GX, VocaNom, AudioCodes One Voice and CloudBond are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. dollars in thousands
| September 30, | December 31, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 (Unaudited) |
(Audited) | ||||
| ASSETS | |||||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | \$ | 22,040 | \$ | 24,344 | |
| Short-term and restricted bank deposits | 2,905 | 3,401 | |||
| Short-term marketable securities and accrued interest | 3,104 | 6,778 | |||
| Trade receivables, net | 24,597 | 25,448 | |||
| Other receivables and prepaid expenses | 5,207 | 3,377 | |||
| Inventories | 16,431 | 16,333 | |||
| Total current assets | 74,284 | 79,681 | |||
| LONG-TERM ASSETS: | |||||
| Long-term and restricted bank deposits | \$ | 4,507 | \$ | 5,407 | |
| Long-term marketable securities | 27,552 | 29,540 | |||
| Deferred tax assets | 9,030 | 11,607 | |||
| Severance pay funds | 19,690 | 17,820 | |||
| Total long-term assets | 60,779 | 64,374 | |||
| PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET | 3,676 | 3,867 | |||
| GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND OTHER, NET | 38,427 | 39,054 | |||
| Total assets | \$ | 177,166 | \$ | 186,976 | |
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES: | |||||
| Current maturities of long-term bank loans | \$ | 2,507 | \$ | 3,451 | |
| Trade payables | 5,395 | 7,710 | |||
| Other payables and accrued expenses | 20,466 | 18,618 | |||
| Deferred revenues | 15,616 | 14,951 | |||
| Total current liabilities | 43,984 | 44,730 | |||
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | |||||
| Accrued severance pay | \$ | 21,043 | \$ | 18,941 | |
| Long-term bank loans | 6,840 | 8,493 | |||
| Deferred revenues and other liabilities | 5,839 | 6,153 | |||
| Total long-term liabilities | 33,722 | 33,587 | |||
| Total equity | 99,460 | 108,659 | |||
| Total liabilities and equity | \$ | 177,166 | \$ | 186,976 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||
| Products | \$ | 79,450 | \$ | 75,920 | \$ | 26,522 | \$ | 25,904 | |
| Services | 35,871 | 31,891 | 12,686 | 11,282 | |||||
| Total revenues | 115,321 | 107,811 | 39,208 | 37,186 | |||||
| Cost of revenues: | |||||||||
| Products | 35,241 | 34,896 | 11,909 | 12,042 | |||||
| Services | 8,359 | 7,578 | 2,692 | 2,464 | |||||
| Total cost of revenues | 43,600 | 42,474 | 14,601 | 14,506 | |||||
| Gross profit | 71,721 | 65,337 | 24,607 | 22,680 | |||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||
| Research and development, net | 22,222 | 21,457 | 7,686 | 7,296 | |||||
| Selling and marketing | 36,549 | 33,715 | 12,151 | 11,518 | |||||
| General and administrative | 6,537 | 5,998 | 2,176 | 1,898 | |||||
| Total operating expenses | 65,308 | 61,170 | 22,013 | 20,712 | |||||
| Operating income | 6,413 | 4,167 | 2,594 | 1,968 | |||||
| Financial income (expenses), net | (6) | (33) | 97 | (7) | |||||
| Income before taxes on income | 6,407 | 4,134 | 2,691 | 1,961 | |||||
| Taxes on income, net | (3,049) | (2,664) | (1,642) | (990) | |||||
| Net income | \$ | 3,358 | \$ | 1,470 | \$ | 1,049 | \$ | 971 | |
| Basic net earnings per share | \$ | 0.11 | \$ | 0.04 | \$ | 0.03 | \$ | 0.03 | |
| Diluted net earnings per share | \$ | 0.10 | \$ | 0.04 | \$ | 0.03 | \$ | 0.03 | |
| Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net | |||||||||
| earnings per share (in thousands) | 31,500 | 35,913 | 30,918 | 33,975 | |||||
| Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net earnings per share (in thousands) |
32,534 | 36,419 | 31,959 | 34,615 | |||||
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RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 2016 |
2017 | 2016 (Unaudited) |
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| (Unaudited) | |||||||
| GAAP net income | \$ 3,358 |
\$ | 1,470 | \$ | 1,049 | \$ | 971 |
| GAAP net earnings per share | \$ 0.10 |
\$ | 0.04 | \$ | 0.03 | \$ | 0.03 |
| Cost of revenues: | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation (1) | 59 | 87 | 17 | 32 | |||
| Amortization expenses (2) | 522 | 878 | 174 | 246 | |||
| 581 | 965 | 191 | 278 | ||||
| Research and development, net: | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation (1) | 278 | 346 | 97 | 118 | |||
| Deferred payments expenses (3) | 136 | 564 | 63 | 188 | |||
| 414 | 910 | 160 | 306 | ||||
| Selling and marketing: | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation (1) | 779 | 837 | 239 | 278 | |||
| Amortization expenses (2) | 90 | 90 | 30 | 30 | |||
| 869 | 927 | 269 | 308 | ||||
| General and administrative: | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation (1) | 565 | 554 | 219 | 194 | |||
| Income taxes: | |||||||
| Deferred tax (4) | 2,560 | 1,993 | 1,496 | 817 | |||
| Non-GAAP net income | \$ 8,347 |
\$ | 6,819 | \$ | 3,384 | \$ | 2,874 |
| Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share | \$ 0.25 |
\$ | 0.19 | \$ | 0.10 | \$ | 0.08 |
(1) Stock-based compensation expenses related to options and restricted stock units granted to employees and others.
(2) Excluding amortization of intangible assets related to the acquisitions of Netrake, Mailvision and Active Communications Europe assets.
(3) Excluding expenses related to deferred payments in connection with the acquisition of Active Communications Europe.
(4) Non-cash deferred tax expenses.
Note: Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the results prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company believes that non-GAAP information is useful because it can enhance the understanding of its ongoing economic performance and therefore uses internally this non-GAAP information to evaluate and manage its operations. The Company has chosen to provide this information to investors to enable them to perform comparisons of operating results in a manner similar to how the Company analyzes its operating results and because many comparable companies report this type of information.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
U.S. dollars in thousands
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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| 2017 2016 |
2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | \$ | 3,358 | \$ | 1,470 | \$ | 1,049 | \$ | 971 |
| Adjustments required to reconcile net income to net cash provided by | ||||||||
| or used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,859 | 2,262 | 599 | 712 | ||||
| Amortization of marketable securities premiums and accretion of | ||||||||
| discounts, net | 475 | 677 | 146 | 187 | ||||
| Increase in accrued severance pay, net | 232 | 583 | 284 | 103 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation expenses | 1,681 | 1,824 | 572 | 622 | ||||
| Decrease (increase) in accrued interest and exchange rate effect of | ||||||||
| loans, marketable securities and bank deposits | 251 | 187 | 36 | (43) | ||||
| Decrease in long-term deferred tax assets, net | 2,497 | 2,055 | 1,475 | 837 | ||||
| Decrease (increase) in trade receivables, net | 851 | (211) | 960 | (1,262) | ||||
| Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses | (1,789) | (658) | 2,398 | (599) | ||||
| Decrease (increase) in inventories | (98) | 1,111 | (488) | (642) | ||||
| Increase (decrease) in trade payables | (2,315) | 313 | 386 | 2,494 | ||||
| Increase (decrease) in other payables and accrued expenses | 1,594 | 1,638 | (63) | 1,373 | ||||
| Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues | 809 | 400 | (1,160) | (1,319) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 9,405 | 11,651 | 6,194 | 3,434 | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of marketable securities | - | 12,429 | - | - | ||||
| Decrease in short-term deposits, net | 496 | 1,729 | 161 | 13,508 | ||||
| Decrease in long-term bank deposits | 900 | 477 | 300 | 150 | ||||
| Proceeds from redemption of marketable securities | 5,350 | 900 | 4,500 | - | ||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | (1,041) | (1,189) | (395) | (367) | ||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | 5,705 | 14,346 | 4,566 | 13,291 |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
U.S. dollars in thousands
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||
| Purchase of treasury stock | (16,548) | (21,726) | (6,366) | (15,000) | |||
| Repayment of long-term bank loans | (2,878) | (4,275) | (953) | (1,296) | |||
| Consideration related to payment for acquisition of Mailvision | - | (233) | - | - | |||
| Proceeds from issuance of shares upon exercise of options and | |||||||
| warrants | 2,012 | 561 | 479 | 342 | |||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (17,414) | (25,673) | (6,840) | (15,954) | |||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (2,304) | 324 | 3,920 | 771 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 24,344 | 18,908 | 18,120 | 18,461 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | \$ 22,040 |
\$ | 19,232 | \$ | 22,040 | \$ | 19,232 |
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