Form 20-F ☑
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Form 40-F ☐
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Yes ☐
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No ☑
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EXFO INC.
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By: /s/ Benoit Ringuette
Name: Benoit Ringuette
Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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§
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Sales increase 11.1% year-over-year to US$62.9 million
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§
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Bookings improve 13.7% year-over-year to US$62.4 million
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§
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Adjusted EBITDA rises 24.4% year-over-year to US$6.2 million
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§
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Sales increase 4.7% to US$232.6 million
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§
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Bookings improve 7.7% to US$240.3 million
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§
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Adjusted EBITDA surges 59.9% to US$22.0 million
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§
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Cash position improves US$19.9 million to US$47.3 million
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Q4 2016
|
Q3 2016
|
Q4 2015
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FY 2016
|
FY 2015
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||||||||||||||||
Physical-layer sales
|
$
|
39,777
|
$
|
42,074
|
$
|
34,967
|
$
|
151,910
|
$
|
144,060
|
||||||||||
Protocol-layer sales
|
23,445
|
19,260
|
22,419
|
83,324
|
80,591
|
|||||||||||||||
Foreign exchange losses on forward exchange contracts
|
(364
|
)
|
(438
|
)
|
(792
|
)
|
(2,651
|
)
|
(2,562
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total Sales
|
$
|
62,858
|
$
|
60,896
|
$
|
56,594
|
$
|
232,583
|
$
|
222,089
|
||||||||||
Physical-layer bookings
|
$
|
39,826
|
$
|
41,797
|
$
|
35,521
|
$
|
155,320
|
$
|
144,673
|
||||||||||
Protocol-layer bookings
|
22,969
|
18,389
|
20,187
|
87,631
|
80,948
|
|||||||||||||||
Foreign exchange losses on forward exchange contracts
|
(364
|
)
|
(438
|
)
|
(792
|
)
|
(2,651
|
)
|
(2,562
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total Bookings
|
$
|
62,431
|
$
|
59,748
|
$
|
54,916
|
$
|
240,300
|
$
|
223,059
|
||||||||||
Book-to-bill ratio (Bookings/Sales)
|
0.99
|
0.98
|
0.97
|
1.03
|
1.00
|
|||||||||||||||
Gross margin before depreciation and amortization*
|
$
|
38,713
|
$
|
37,016
|
$
|
34,619
|
$
|
145,517
|
$
|
137,050
|
||||||||||
61.6
|
%
|
60.8
|
%
|
61.2
|
%
|
62.6
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%
|
61.7
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Other selected information:
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||||||||||||||||||||
Net earnings
|
$
|
2,252
|
$
|
919
|
$
|
2,323
|
$
|
8,900
|
$
|
5,298
|
||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets
|
$
|
292
|
$
|
294
|
$
|
322
|
$
|
1,172
|
$
|
2,883
|
||||||||||
Stock-based compensation costs
|
$
|
302
|
$
|
386
|
$
|
133
|
$
|
1,378
|
$
|
1,295
|
||||||||||
Restructuring charges
|
$
|
−
|
$
|
−
|
$
|
1,637
|
$
|
−
|
$
|
1,637
|
||||||||||
Net income tax effect of the above items
|
$
|
(31
|
)
|
$
|
(31
|
)
|
$
|
(371
|
)
|
$
|
(120
|
)
|
$
|
(531
|
)
|
|||||
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
|
$
|
(293
|
)
|
$
|
(957
|
)
|
$
|
2,425
|
$
|
161
|
$
|
7,212
|
||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA*
|
$
|
6,172
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$
|
5,301
|
$
|
4,962
|
$
|
22,039
|
$
|
13,779
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§
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Sales. Total sales increased 4.7% to US$232.6 million in fiscal 2016 largely due to EXFO's leadership in portable optical testing and a 100G investment cycle, especially in the United States. Sales of Physical-layer solutions (optical and copper access) increased 5.4% year-over-year, while sales of Protocol-layer solutions (transport, datacom, service assurance, analytics and wireless products) improved 3.4%.
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§
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Profitability. EXFO generated adjusted EBITDA of US$22.0 million, or 9.5% of sales, in fiscal 2016 compared to US$13.8 million, or 6.2% of sales, in 2015. The company also delivered US$24.4 million in cash flows from operating activities in 2016.
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§
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Innovation. EXFO launched 15 new products or major enhancements in fiscal 2016. Key new product introductions included TestFlow, a unique cloud-based, field test automation solution simplifying and accelerating complex, labor-intensive deployment activities for home-broadband and wireless radio access networks (RAN); LTB-8 platform, a multi-module test and software-sharing automation suite accelerating high-speed optical testing in lab and manufacturing environments; a whole new family of OTDRs (a segment in which EXFO dominates), raising industry standards for technical specifications and time savings in characterizing optical networks; iSAM, an intelligent service activation software bringing speed and simplicity to testing Ethernet services; MaxTester-940 Fiber Certifier OLTS (optical loss test set) for data center and enterprise markets; and the telecom industry's first G.fast handheld test set for the roll out of ultra-broadband services on copper links.
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Q4 2016
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Q3 2016
|
Q4 2015
|
FY 2016
|
FY 2015
|
||||||||||||||||
IFRS net earnings for the period
|
$
|
2,252
|
$
|
919
|
$
|
2,323
|
$
|
8,900
|
$
|
5,298
|
||||||||||
Add (deduct):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
|
957
|
958
|
1,171
|
3,814
|
4,835
|
|||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets
|
292
|
294
|
322
|
1,172
|
2,883
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest and other (income) expenses
|
(112
|
)
|
(309
|
)
|
61
|
(828
|
)
|
(155
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Income taxes
|
2,188
|
2,096
|
1,740
|
7,764
|
5,198
|
|||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges
|
–
|
–
|
1,637
|
–
|
1,637
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation costs
|
302
|
386
|
133
|
1,378
|
1,295
|
|||||||||||||||
Foreign exchange (gain) loss
|
293
|
957
|
(2,425
|
)
|
(161
|
)
|
(7,212
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA for the period
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$
|
6,172
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$
|
5,301
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$
|
4,962
|
$
|
22,039
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$
|
13,779
|
||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA in percentage of sales
|
9.8
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%
|
8.7
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%
|
8.8
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%
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9.5
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%
|
6.2
|
%
|
As at August 31, | ||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||
Assets
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||||||||
Current assets
|
||||||||
Cash
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$
|
43,208
|
$
|
25,864
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||||
Short-term investments
|
4,087
|
1,487
|
||||||
Accounts receivable
|
||||||||
Trade
|
45,076
|
48,068
|
||||||
Other
|
2,474
|
2,384
|
||||||
Income taxes and tax credits recoverable
|
4,208
|
3,855
|
||||||
Inventories
|
33,004
|
27,951
|
||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
3,099
|
2,801
|
||||||
135,156
|
112,410
|
|||||||
Tax credits recoverable
|
34,594
|
35,625
|
||||||
Property, plant and equipment
|
35,978
|
35,695
|
||||||
Intangible assets
|
3,391
|
4,096
|
||||||
Goodwill
|
21,928
|
21,860
|
||||||
Deferred income tax assets
|
7,681
|
8,900
|
||||||
Other assets
|
589
|
416
|
||||||
$
|
239,317
|
$
|
219,002
|
|||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Current liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
37,174
|
$
|
34,126
|
||||
Provisions
|
299
|
427
|
||||||
Income taxes payable
|
971
|
779
|
||||||
Deferred revenue
|
9,486
|
7,647
|
||||||
47,930
|
42,979
|
|||||||
Deferred revenue
|
5,530
|
2,957
|
||||||
Deferred income tax liabilities
|
2,857
|
1,524
|
||||||
Other liabilities
|
75
|
791
|
||||||
56,392
|
48,251
|
|||||||
Shareholders' equity
|
||||||||
Share capital
|
85,516
|
86,045
|
||||||
Contributed surplus
|
18,150
|
17,778
|
||||||
Retained earnings
|
127,833
|
118,933
|
||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
(48,574
|
)
|
(52,005
|
)
|
||||
182,925
|
170,751
|
|||||||
$
|
239,317
|
$
|
219,002
|
Three months
ended
August 31, 2016
|
Twelve months
ended
August 31, 2016
|
Three months
ended
August 31, 2015
|
Twelve months
ended
August 31, 2015
|
|||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
62,858
|
$
|
232,583
|
$
|
56,594
|
$
|
222,089
|
||||||||
Cost of sales (1,2)
|
24,145
|
87,066
|
21,975
|
85,039
|
||||||||||||
Selling and administrative (2)
|
21,554
|
82,169
|
20,511
|
82,200
|
||||||||||||
Net research and development (2)
|
11,289
|
42,687
|
10,916
|
44,003
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
|
957
|
3,814
|
1,171
|
4,835
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets
|
292
|
1,172
|
322
|
2,883
|
||||||||||||
Interest and other (income) expense
|
(112
|
)
|
(828
|
)
|
61
|
(155
|
)
|
|||||||||
Foreign exchange (gain) loss
|
293
|
(161
|
)
|
(2,425
|
)
|
(7,212
|
)
|
|||||||||
Earnings before income taxes
|
4,440
|
16,664
|
4,063
|
10,496
|
||||||||||||
Income taxes
|
2,188
|
7,764
|
1,740
|
5,198
|
||||||||||||
Net earnings for the period
|
$
|
2,252
|
$
|
8,900
|
$
|
2,323
|
$
|
5,298
|
||||||||
Basic net earnings per share
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.09
|
||||||||
Diluted net earnings per share
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.09
|
||||||||
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding (000's)
|
53,769
|
53,863
|
53,806
|
56,804
|
||||||||||||
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding (000's)
|
54,709
|
54,669
|
54,473
|
57,457
|
(1)
|
The cost of sales is exclusive of depreciation and amortization, shown separately.
|
(2)
|
Restructuring charges included in:
|
Cost of sales
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
290
|
$
|
290
|
||||||||
Selling and administrative
|
–
|
–
|
586
|
586
|
||||||||||||
Net research and development
|
–
|
–
|
761
|
761
|
||||||||||||
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
1,637
|
$
|
1,637
|
Three months
ended
August 31, 2016
|
Twelve months
ended
August 31, 2016
|
Three months
ended
August 31, 2015
|
Twelve months
ended
August 31, 2015
|
|||||||||||||
Net earnings for the period
|
$
|
2,252
|
$
|
8,900
|
$
|
2,323
|
$
|
5,298
|
||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes
|
||||||||||||||||
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to net earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
(68
|
)
|
707
|
(9,676
|
)
|
(39,175
|
)
|
|||||||||
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
Unrealized gains/losses on forward exchange contracts
|
37
|
862
|
(1,419
|
)
|
(5,583
|
)
|
||||||||||
Reclassification of realized gains/losses on forward exchange contracts in net earnings
|
414
|
2,797
|
669
|
2,107
|
||||||||||||
Deferred income tax effect of gains/losses on forward exchange contracts
|
(111
|
)
|
(935
|
)
|
180
|
905
|
||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
272
|
3,431
|
(10,246
|
)
|
(41,746
|
)
|
||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) for the period
|
$
|
2,524
|
$
|
12,331
|
$
|
(7,923
|
)
|
$
|
(36,448
|
)
|
Twelve months ended August 31, 2015
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Share capital
|
Contributed surplus
|
Retained earnings
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
Total
shareholders' equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance as at September 1, 2014
|
$
|
111,491
|
$
|
16,503
|
$
|
113,635
|
$
|
(10,259
|
)
|
$
|
231,370
|
|||||||||
Redemption of share capital
|
(26,827
|
)
|
1,333
|
–
|
–
|
(25,494
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Reclassification of stock-based compensation costs
|
1,381
|
(1,381
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation costs
|
–
|
1,323
|
–
|
–
|
1,323
|
|||||||||||||||
Net earnings for the year
|
–
|
–
|
5,298
|
–
|
5,298
|
|||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(39,175
|
)
|
(39,175
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Changes in unrealized losses on forward exchange contracts, net of deferred income taxes of $905
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(2,571
|
)
|
(2,571
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss for the year
|
(36,448
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at August 31, 2015
|
$
|
86,045
|
$
|
17,778
|
$
|
118,933
|
$
|
(52,005
|
)
|
$
|
170,751
|
Twelve months ended August 31, 2016
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Share capital
|
Contributed surplus
|
Retained earnings
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
Total
shareholders' equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance as at September 1, 2015
|
$
|
86,045
|
$
|
17,778
|
$
|
118,933
|
$
|
(52,005
|
)
|
$
|
170,751
|
|||||||||
Redemption of share capital
|
(1,768
|
)
|
217
|
–
|
–
|
(1,551
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Reclassification of stock-based compensation costs
|
1,239
|
(1,239
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation costs
|
–
|
1,394
|
–
|
–
|
1,394
|
|||||||||||||||
Net earnings for the year
|
–
|
–
|
8,900
|
–
|
8,900
|
|||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
707
|
707
|
|||||||||||||||
Changes in unrealized gains/losses on forward exchange contracts, net of deferred income taxes of $935
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2,724
|
2,724
|
|||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
12,331
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at August 31, 2016
|
$
|
85,516
|
$
|
18,150
|
$
|
127,833
|
$
|
(48,574
|
)
|
$
|
182,925
|
Three months
ended
August 31, 2016
|
Twelve months
ended
August 31, 2016
|
Three months
ended
August 31, 2015
|
Twelve months
ended
August 31, 2015
|
|||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
||||||||||||||||
Net earnings for the period
|
$
|
2,252
|
$
|
8,900
|
$
|
2,323
|
$
|
5,298
|
||||||||
Add (deduct) items not affecting cash
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation costs
|
302
|
1,378
|
133
|
1,295
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
1,249
|
4,986
|
1,493
|
7,718
|
||||||||||||
Deferred revenue
|
(638
|
)
|
4,238
|
(962
|
)
|
396
|
||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
293
|
1,578
|
366
|
565
|
||||||||||||
Changes in foreign exchange gain/loss
|
1
|
(332
|
)
|
(967
|
)
|
(3,842
|
)
|
|||||||||
3,459
|
20,748
|
2,386
|
11,430
|
|||||||||||||
Changes in non-cash operating items
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable
|
(712
|
)
|
2,682
|
(3,017
|
)
|
(10,828
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income taxes and tax credits
|
307
|
939
|
(98
|
)
|
(2,062
|
)
|
||||||||||
Inventories
|
1,914
|
(4,713
|
)
|
1,803
|
820
|
|||||||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
138
|
(280
|
)
|
(107
|
)
|
(982
|
)
|
|||||||||
Other assets
|
(33
|
)
|
170
|
32
|
61
|
|||||||||||
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and provisions
|
(1,524
|
)
|
4,882
|
(862
|
)
|
8,132
|
||||||||||
Other liabilities
|
(6
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(25
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
||||||||
3,543
|
24,363
|
112
|
6,484
|
|||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities
|
||||||||||||||||
Additions to short-term investments
|
(416
|
)
|
(3,546
|
)
|
(558
|
)
|
(20,067
|
)
|
||||||||
Proceeds from disposal and maturity of short-term investments
|
372
|
873
|
‒
|
23,685
|
||||||||||||
Additions to capital assets
|
(982
|
)
|
(4,356
|
)
|
(1,308
|
)
|
(5,933
|
)
|
||||||||
(1,026
|
)
|
(7,029
|
)
|
(1,866
|
)
|
(2,315
|
)
|
|||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities
|
||||||||||||||||
Bank loan
|
(468
|
)
|
‒
|
‒
|
‒
|
|||||||||||
Redemption of share capital
|
(1,149
|
)
|
(1,551
|
)
|
(320
|
)
|
(25,494
|
)
|
||||||||
(1,617
|
)
|
(1,551
|
)
|
(320
|
)
|
(25,494
|
)
|
|||||||||
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
|
35
|
1,561
|
(957
|
)
|
(6,932
|
)
|
||||||||||
Change in cash
|
935
|
17,344
|
(3,031
|
)
|
(28,257
|
)
|
||||||||||
Cash – Beginning of the period
|
42,273
|
25,864
|
28,895
|
54,121
|
||||||||||||
Cash – End of the period
|
$
|
43,208
|
$
|
43,208
|
$
|
25,864
|
$
|
25,864
|