Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 10-Q

 

 

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2010

or

 

¨ 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 001-32887

 

 

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   11-3547680

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

23 Main Street, Holmdel, NJ   07733
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 528-2600

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report): Not Applicable

 

 

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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

 

* The registrant has not yet been phased into the interactive data requirements

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:

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

 

Outstanding at April 30, 2010

Common Stock, par value $0.001   210,881,209 shares

 

 

 


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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

INDEX

 

          Page
Part I. Financial Information   

Item 1.

   Financial Statements   
  

A)     Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2009

   3
  

B)      Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009

   4
  

C)      Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009

   5
  

D)     Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

   6
  

E)      Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

   7

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    18

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    31

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures    32
Part II. Other Information   

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings    33

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    33

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    33

Item 3.

   Defaults Upon Senior Securities    33

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   

Item 5.

   Other Information    33

Item 6.

   Exhibits    34
   Signature    35

Financial Information Presentation

For the financial information discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than per share and per line amounts, dollar amounts are presented in thousands, except where noted.

 

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Part I – Financial Information

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except par value)

 

     March 31,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
     (unaudited)        
Assets     

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 52,055      $ 32,213   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $772 and $1,432, respectively

     15,376        15,053   

Inventory, net of allowance of $398 and $432, respectively

     12,498        7,771   

Deferred customer acquisition costs, current

     13,407        15,997   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     26,591        40,425   
                

Total current assets

     119,927        111,459   

Property and equipment, net

     84,979        90,548   

Software, net

     31,630        35,540   

Deferred customer acquisition costs, non-current

     2,959        7,075   

Debt related costs, net

     6,627        7,412   

Restricted cash

     70,773        43,700   

Intangible assets, net

     5,045        5,331   

Other assets

     12,327        12,319   
                

Total assets

   $ 334,267      $ 313,384   
                
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit     

Liabilities

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 16,053      $ 11,512   

Accrued expenses

     78,410        69,171   

Deferred revenue, current portion

     51,602        55,929   

Current maturities of capital lease obligations

     1,567        1,500   

Current portion of long-term debt

     1,303        1,303   
                

Total current liabilities

     148,935        139,415   

Notes payable, net of discount

     202,624        200,468   

Embedded conversion option within convertible notes, at fair value

     10,860        25,050   

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

     4,008        8,629   

Capital lease obligations, net of current maturities

     19,029        19,448   

Other liabilities, net of current portion in accrued expenses

     10,630        12,283   
                

Total liabilities

     396,086        405,293   
                

Commitments and Contingencies

    

Stockholders’ Deficit

    

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 596,950 shares authorized at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009; 212,459 and 201,628 shares issued at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively; 210,707 and 199,898 shares outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

     212        202   

Additional paid-in capital

     1,024,347        1,008,547   

Accumulated deficit

     (1,074,268     (1,088,236

Treasury stock, at cost, 1,752 shares at March 31, 2010 and 1,730 shares at December 31, 2009

     (12,906     (12,878

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     796        456   
                

Total stockholders’ deficit

     (61,819     (91,909
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit

   $ 334,267      $ 313,384   
                

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

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2010     2009  

Operating Revenues:

    

Telephony services

   $ 224,527      $ 215,643   

Customer equipment and shipping

     3,424        8,362   
                
     227,951        224,005   
                

Operating Expenses:

    

Direct cost of telephony services (excluding depreciation and amortization of $4,902 and $4,757, respectively)

     62,495        51,751   

Direct cost of goods sold

     16,647        20,512   

Selling, general and administrative

     60,787        68,051   

Marketing

     49,240        65,695   

Depreciation and amortization

     13,768        12,896   
                
     202,937        218,905   
                

Income from operations

     25,014        5,100   
                

Other Income (Expense):

    

Interest income

     53        110   

Interest expense

     (13,211     (13,542

Change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant

     835        12,970   

Gain on extinguishment of notes

     1,038        —     

Other, net

     103        801   
                
     (11,182     339   
                

Income before income tax benefit (expense)

     13,832        5,439   

Income tax benefit (expense)

     136        (168
                

Net income

   $ 13,968      $ 5,271   
                

Net income (loss) per common share:

    

Basic

   $ 0.07      $ 0.03   
                

Diluted

   $ 0.06      $ (0.03
                

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

    

Basic

     201,324        156,718   
                

Diluted

     221,947        218,787   
                

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

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended  
     Mar 31,
2010
    Mar 31,
2009
 

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 13,968      $ 5,271   

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

    

Depreciation and amortization and impairment charges

     13,482        12,249   

Amortization of intangibles

     286        647   

Change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant

     (835     (12,970

Gain on extinguishment of notes

     (1,038     —     

Amortization of discount on notes

     1,370        1,347   

Accrued interest paid in-kind

     3,920        4,645   

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (623     96   

Allowance for obsolete inventory

     667        540   

Amortization of debt related costs

     403        734   

Share-based expense

     1,018        2,608   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     305        (3,781

Inventory

     (5,389     (764

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     13,803        (4,107

Deferred customer acquisition costs

     6,702        6,144   

Other assets

     (8     563   

Accounts payable

     4,558        (2,318

Accrued expenses

     9,245        3,478   

Deferred revenue

     (8,972     (6,387

Other liabilities

     (1,614     (1,432
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     51,248        6,563   
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Capital expenditures

     (1,959     (2,519

Acquisition and development of software assets

     (2,041     (3,995

Increase in restricted cash

     (27,098     (437
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (31,098     (6,951
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

     (352     (292

Principal payments on notes

     (326     (326

Debt related costs

     —          (251

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     30        —     
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (648     (869
                

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     340        (148
                

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

     19,842        (1,405

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     32,213        46,134   
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 52,055      $ 44,729   
                

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

    

Cash paid during the periods for:

    

Interest

   $ 7,375      $ 6,878   
                

Income taxes

   $ 33      $ 307   
                

Non-cash financing transactions during the periods for:

    

Third lien convertible notes, net of discount and debt related costs

   $ 2,406      $ —     
                

Embedded derivative liability within third lien convertible notes

   $ 13,394      $ —     
                

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

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Common
Stock
   Additional
Paid-in
Capital
   Accumulated
Deficit
    Treasury
Comprehensive
Stock
    Accumulated
Other
Income
   Total  

Balance at December 31, 2009

   $ 202    $ 1,008,547    $ (1,088,236   $ (12,878   $ 456    $ (91,909

Stock option exercises

        30             30   

Share-based expense

        1,018             1,018   

Share-based award activity

             (28        (28

Convertible notes conversion

     10      14,752             14,762   

Comprehensive income:

               

Foreign currency translation adjustment

               340      340   

Net income

           13,968             13,968   
                                             

Total comprehensive income

     —        —        13,968        —          340      14,308   
                                             

Balance at March 31, 2010

   $ 212    $ 1,024,347    $ (1,074,268   $ (12,906   $ 796    $ (61,819
                                             

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

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

Vonage Holdings Corp. (“Vonage”, “Company”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is incorporated as a Delaware corporation. We are a leading provider of high quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks. While customers in the United States represented 94% of our subscriber lines at March 31, 2010, we continue to serve customers internationally with services in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and information have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, cash flows and statement of stockholders’ deficit for the periods presented. The results for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010.

Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Vonage and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including the following:

 

   

those related to the average period of service to a customer (the “customer life”) used to amortize deferred revenue and deferred customer acquisition costs associated with customer activation;

 

   

the useful lives of property and equipment, software costs and intangible assets;

 

   

assumptions used for the purpose of determining share-based compensation and the fair value of our stock warrant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model (“Model”), and various other assumptions that we believed to be reasonable. The key inputs for this Model are our stock price at valuation date, exercise price, the dividend yield, risk-free interest rate, life in years and historical volatility of our common stock; and

 

   

assumptions used to determine the fair value of the embedded derivative within our convertible notes using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The key inputs are maturity date, risk-free interest rate, our stock price at valuation date and historical volatility of our common stock.

We base our estimates on historical experience, available market information, appropriate valuation methodologies, and on various other assumptions that we believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

 

     March 31,
2010
   December 31,
2009

Nontrade receivables

   $ 7,257    $ 7,117

Software and hardware maintenance and support

     7,063      6,958

Telecommunications

     5,785      8,845

Services

     2,246      2,887

Marketing

     2,098      894

Insurance

     697      1,885

Inventory

     —        9,457

Other prepaids

     1,445      2,382
             
   $ 26,591    $ 40,425
             

Restricted Cash and Letters of Credit

Our credit card processors have established reserves to cover any exposure that they may have as we collect revenue in advance of providing services to our customers, which is a customary practice for companies that bill their customers in advance of providing services. As such, we provided our credit card processors with cash reserves of $22,774 and $22,423 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, and a cash collateralized letter of credit for $10,500 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. We also had a cash collateralized letter of credit for $7,350 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, related to lease deposits for our offices. The total amount of collateralized letters of credit was $18,000 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Pursuant to the terms of credit facilities (see Note 3. Long-Term Debt) commencing October 1, 2009, all specified unrestricted cash above $30,000, subject to certain adjustments, has been swept into a concentration account (the “Concentration Account”), and until the balance in the Concentration Account is at least equal to $30,000, we may not access or make any withdrawals from the Concentration Account. As of March 31, 2010, we have funded $41,285 into the Concentration Account, of this amount, $30,000 is reflected as restricted cash and $11,285 is reflected as cash, as with limited exceptions, we will have the right to withdraw funds from the Concentration Account in excess of $30,000. We funded an additional $7,625 through April 30, 2010. In the aggregate, cash reserves and collateralized letters of credit of $70,773 and $43,700 were recorded as long-term restricted cash at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

Software Costs

We capitalize certain costs, such as purchased software and internally developed software that we use for customer acquisition and customer care automation tools, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350-40, “Internal-Use Software”. Computer software is stated at cost less accumulated amortization and the estimated useful life is two to three years. Total computer software was $74,297 and $72,359 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, substantially all of which were external costs. Accumulated amortization was $42,668 and $36,819 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Amortization expense was $5,951, including $102 impairment, and $4,743, including $677 impairment, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Debt Related Costs

Costs incurred in raising debt are deferred and amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the debt. In connection with our financing transaction in November 2008, we recorded debt related costs of $12,271, which are being amortized over the life of the debt which is five years and seven years. Amortization expense related to these costs is included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and was $403 and $734 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Accumulated amortization of debt related costs was $5,644 and $4,859 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, including a $382 and $1,673 write off of debt related costs associated with the conversion of convertible notes for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009, respectively.

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Accrued Expenses

 

     March 31
2010
   December 31,
2009

Taxes and fees

   $ 20,510    $ 14,415

Marketing

     16,568      9,331

Compensation and related taxes and temporary labor

     10,351      16,747

Telecommunications

     9,801      9,873

Litigation

     8,870      6,689

Accrued interest

     3,182      3,304

Customer credits

     2,748      3,384

Professional fees

     2,733      2,209

Credit card fees

     226      124

Inventory

     49      95

Other accruals

     3,372      3,000
             
   $ 78,410    $ 69,171
             

Derivative Instruments

We do not hold or issue derivative instruments for trading purposes; however, certain features within our 20% senior secured third lien notes due 2015 (“Convertible Notes”) and a common stock warrant to purchase 514 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.58 require us to account for such features as derivative instruments. In accordance with new guidance codified in FASB ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“FASB ASC 815”) which we adopted on January 1, 2009, we recognize these embedded derivatives as liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at fair value each period and recognize any change in the fair value in our statement of operations in the period of change. We estimate the fair value of these embedded derivatives using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted FASB ASC 820-10-25, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” This standard establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. We did not elect fair value accounting for any assets and liabilities allowed by FASB ASC 825, “Financial Instruments”.

FASB ASC 820-10 defines fair value as the amount that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., 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. FASB ASC 820-10 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. FASB ASC 820-10 describes the following three levels of inputs that may be used:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data. Our common stock warrant with a value of $515 as of March 31, 2010 is included as a Level 2 liability.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs when there is little or no market data available, thereby requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. The embedded derivative within our Convertible Notes with a value of $10,860 as of March 31, 2010 is included as a Level 3 liability.

The following tables set forth the inputs as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and a summary of changes in the fair value of our Level 3 liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009:

 

     March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  

Maturity date

     October 31, 2015        October 31, 2015   

Risk- free interest rate

     2.82     2.95

Price of common stock

   $ 1.35      $ 1.40   

Volatility

     106.6     109.3

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Liabilities:

   Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010
    For the Year Ended
December 31, 2009
 

Beginning balance

   $ 25,050      $ 32,720   

Increase (decrease) in value for notes converted

     (220     34,682   

Fair value adjustment for notes converted

     (13,394     (57,050

Total unrealized (gain) loss in earnings

     (576     14,698   
                

Ending balance

   $ 10,860      $ 25,050   
                

Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate fair value because of their short maturities. The carrying amounts of our capital leases approximate fair value of these obligations based upon management’s best estimates of interest rates that would be available for similar debt obligations at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.

Each reporting period we evaluate market conditions, including available interest rates, credit spread relative to our credit rating and liquidity in estimating the fair value of our debt. After considering such market conditions, we estimate that if we were to issue debt with terms similar to our senior secured first lien credit facility (the “First Lien Senior Facility”), our senior secured second lien credit facility (the “Second Lien Senior Facility”) and Convertible Notes at March 31, 2010, each debt instrument would bear an interest rate significantly below the stated coupon rates (See Note 3 Long-Term Debt). Given the reductions in the market rate of interest, we estimate the fair value of our debt at March 31, 2010, using a present value model, was approximately $145,000 for the First Lien Senior Facility ($109,407 carrying amount); approximately $138,000 for the Second Lien Senior Facility ($91,308 carrying amount) and approximately $4,700 for the Convertible Notes ($3,211 carrying amount) exclusive of the conversion feature which, as noted above, is already recorded at fair value.

Earnings per Share

Net income (loss) per share has been computed according to FASB ASC 260, “Earnings per Share”, which requires a dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”). Basic EPS represents net income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during a reported period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock, including warrants, stock options and restricted stock units under our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan and 2006 Incentive Plan, and the Convertible Notes, were exercised or converted into common stock. The dilutive effect of outstanding warrants, stock options and restricted stock units is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method. In applying the treasury stock method for stock-based compensation arrangements, the assumed proceeds are computed as the sum of the amount the employee must pay upon exercise and the amounts of average unrecognized compensation cost attributed to future services. The dilutive effect of the Convertible Notes is reflected in diluted earnings per share using the if-converted method.

 

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VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

The following table sets forth the computation for basic and diluted net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010
    Three Months Ended
March 31, 2009
 

Numerator

    

Numerator for basic earnings per share-net income

   $ 13,968      $ 5,271   

Add: interest savings on assumed conversion of Convertible Notes

     394        1,242   

Less: gain on extinguisment of debt

     (1,038     —     

Less: change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant

     (835     (12,970
                

Numerator for diluted earnings per share

   $ 12,489      $ (6,457
                

Denominator

    

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

     201,324        156,718   

Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock units

     2,000        —     

Dilutive effect of stock warrant

     315        —     

Dilutive effect of Convertible Notes

     18,308        62,069   
                

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

     221,947        218,787   
                

Basic net income per share

    

Basic net income per share

   $ 0.07      $ 0.03   
                

Diluted net income per share

    

Diluted net income per share

   $ 0.06      $ (0.03
                

For the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the following were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common share because of their anti-dilutive effects:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
     2010    2009

Common stock warrant

   —      514

Convertible Notes

   —      —  

Restricted stock units

   1,178    2,870

Employee stock options

   26,867    24,902
         
   28,045    28,286
         

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13 (“ASU 2009-13”) “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”)”. This ASU provides amendments to the criteria in FASB ASC 605-25 for separating consideration in multiple-deliverable arrangements. ASU 2009-13 changes existing rules regarding recognition of revenue in multiple deliverable arrangements and expands ongoing disclosures about the significant judgments used in applying its guidance. It will be effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in the fiscal year beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted on a prospective or retrospective basis. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2009-13 on our financial statements.

Note 2. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

Consumer Class Action Litigations. We have been named in several purported class actions venued in California, New Jersey, and Washington alleging a wide variety of deficiencies with respect to our business practices, marketing disclosures, email marketing and quality issues for both phone and fax service.

 

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(In thousands, except per share amounts)

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For example, there are various class actions, on behalf of both nationwide and state classes, pending in New Jersey, Washington and California generally alleging that we delayed and/or refused to allow consumers to cancel their Vonage service; failed to disclose procedural impediments to cancellation; failed to adequately disclose that their 30-day money back guarantee does not give consumers 30 days to try out our services; suppressed and concealed the true nature of our services and disseminated false advertising about the quality, nature and terms of our services; imposed an unlawful early termination fee; and invoked unconscionable provisions of our Terms of Service to the detriment of customers. On May 11, 2007, plaintiffs in one action petitioned the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”), seeking transfer and consolidation of the pending actions to a single court for coordinated pretrial proceedings. In an Order dated August 15, 2007, the Panel transferred the pending actions to the United States Court for the District of New Jersey, captioned In re Vonage Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 1862, Master Docket No. 07-CV-3906 (USDC, D.N.J.). On October 1, 2007, counsel for one group of plaintiffs moved before the Court for Consolidation and Appointment of Co-Lead Counsel of the actions, and requested time to file an Amended Consolidated Complaint. On November 6, 2008, the Court entered an Order Granting Consolidation and Appointment of Co-Lead Counsel, and ordered that a consolidated Complaint be filed within 45 days, which Complaint was filed on December 19, 2008. On February 6, 2009, we filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration. On September 1, 2009, the Court denied without prejudice the Motion to Compel Arbitration. On December 2, 2009, we filed a Renewed Motion to Compel Arbitration. Briefing on the motion was completed in February 2010. The parties have engaged in limited discovery.

Mohammad Sarabi v Vonage. On January 15, 2010, plaintiff Mohammad Sarabi filed a putative class action in the Superior Court of California (Orange County), alleging that the Company binds telephonic subscribers to two year contracts without telling them, and then charges an undisclosed early termination fee if cancellation occurs before the two years expire. The named plaintiff alleged that this conduct (1) violates the California Unfair Competition Law, (2) violates the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and (3) has unjustly enriched Vonage. On March 8, 2010, the parties entered into a confidential settlement agreement, and on March 15, 2010, the complaint was dismissed with prejudice.

IPO Underwriter Indemnification. On December 4, 2009, we received final Court approval for the settlement of litigation arising from our initial public offering (“IPO”), which included a release and dismissal of all stockholder claims against Vonage and its individual directors and officers who were named as defendants. The firms who served as underwriters to the IPO, pursuant to an indemnification agreement entered into between us and those firms prior to the IPO have demanded that Vonage reimburse them for the costs and fees incurred by them in defense of the IPO litigation. In addition, three of the firms have demanded that Vonage reimburse them for the costs and fees incurred by them in response to various regulatory inquiries by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly the NASD) and the New York Stock Exchange, among other things. Vonage has declined to reimburse these three firms any fees or expenses. The settlement of the IPO litigation did not resolve the IPO underwriters’ claims for indemnification against the Company.

IP Matters

Alcatel-Lucent. On November 4, 2008, Vonage received a letter from Alcatel-Lucent initiating an opportunity for Vonage to obtain a non-exclusive patent license to certain of its patents that may be relevant to Vonage’s business. Vonage is currently analyzing the applicability of such patents to its business, as well as additional patents subsequently identified by Alcatel-Lucent. If Vonage determines that these patents are applicable to its business and valid, it may incur expense in licensing them. If Vonage determines that these patents are not applicable to its business or invalid, it may incur expense and damages if there is litigation.

Centre One. On December 5, 2008, Centre One filed a lawsuit against Vonage and its subsidiary Vonage America Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging that some of Vonage’s products and services are covered by a patent held by Centre One (United States Patent No. 7,068,668) entitled “Method and Apparatus for Interfacing a Public Switched Telephone Network and an Internet Protocol Network for Multi-Media Communication”. The suit also named Verizon Communications Inc. and deltathree Inc. as defendants. We filed our Answer to the Complaint on February 23, 2009, along with a motion to transfer this matter to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. On April 2, 2009, we filed a motion to sever the case against us from the case against the other defendants. During oral argument on the motions on June 22, 2009, the Court orally denied the motions to transfer and to sever. On June 22, 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) granted Verizon’s April 30, 2009 request for inter partes reexamination of the claims of Centre One’s patent and issued an office action rejecting on multiple grounds as not patentable certain claims of Centre One’s patent. On July 9, 2009, Vonage and Verizon moved to stay the litigation pending the resolution of the inter partes reexamination, which motion was denied on February 24, 2010. On August 13, 2009, Vonage filed an Amended Answer to First Amended Complaint and Counterclaims in which Vonage added an affirmative defense and counterclaim for a declaration of unenforceability due to inequitable conduct. On September 18, 2009, Centre One filed a Motion for Leave to Supplement its P.R. 3-1 Infringement

 

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(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Contentions in which it seeks to withdraw its allegations of infringement of certain patent claims based on amendments made during the pending reexamination proceedings, and add allegations of infringement of other patent claims. On October 2, 2009, Vonage filed a request for inter partes reexamination of the claims of Centre One’s patent. The PTO granted Vonage’s request for reexamination on December 16, 2009. On January 13, 2010, Verizon filed a Motion to Transfer Venue to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. On February 9, 2010, all parties filed a Joint Motion for Extension of Time to make Joint Claim Construction Submissions. On February 16, 2010 the Court entered an Order granting an extension of time for filing joint claim constructions, with submissions due on February 19, 2010. On February 16, 2010, plaintiff’s counsel filed an Emergency Motion to Withdraw, citing an ethical conflict, asking for a stay of all deadlines and discovery until new counsel can enter an appearance on behalf of Centre One. On February 19, 2010, the Court granted the Motion to Withdraw and stayed all deadlines in the case for 60 days to allow Centre One to retain and educate new counsel. On April 22, 2010, the Court stayed all deadlines in the case for an additional 60 days and indicated it would dismiss the case for failure to prosecute if counsel does not appear for Centre One within 60 days.

From time to time, in addition to those identified above, Vonage is subject to legal proceedings, claims, investigations and proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment and other matters. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, Vonage makes a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, we recorded an additional reserve of $2,000 to cover the potential exposure relating to litigation, which has been recorded as selling, general and administrative expense in the consolidated statement of operations. Litigation is inherently unpredictable. We believe that we have valid defenses with respect to the legal matters pending against Vonage and are vigorously defending these matters. Given the uncertainty surrounding litigation and our inability to assess the likelihood of a favorable or unfavorable outcome in the above noted matters, it is possible that the resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

Regulation

Telephony services are subject to a broad spectrum of state and federal regulations. Because of the uncertainty over whether VoIP should be treated as a telecommunications or information service, we have been involved in a substantial amount of state and federal regulatory activity. Implementation and interpretation of the existing laws and regulations is ongoing and is subject to litigation by various federal and state agencies and courts. Due to the uncertainty over the regulatory classification of VoIP service, there can be no assurance that we will not be subject to new regulations or existing regulations under new interpretations, and that such change would not introduce material additional costs to our business.

Federal – CALEA

On August 5, 2005, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) released an Order extending the obligations of Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”) to interconnected VoIP providers. Under CALEA, telecommunications carriers must assist law enforcement in executing electronic surveillance, which include the capability of providing call content and call-identifying information to a local enforcement agency, or LEA, pursuant to a court order or other lawful authorization.

The FCC required all interconnected VoIP providers to become fully CALEA compliant by May 14, 2007. To date, we have taken significant steps towards CALEA compliance, which include testing a CALEA solution with the FBI and delivering lawful CALEA requests. We have also implemented alternative solutions that allow CALEA access to call content and call-identifying information. The FCC and law enforcement officials have been advised as to our CALEA progress and our efforts at implementing alternative solutions. We could be subject to an enforcement action by the FCC if our CALEA solution is deemed not fully operational.

Federal – Local Number Portability

On May 13, 2009, the FCC adopted an order that reduced to one business day the amount of time that a telecommunications provider such as Vonage has to port a telephone number to another provider. The North American Numbering Council proposed processes to implement the one-day requirement on November 2, 2009. Large telecommunication providers (greater than 2% of the nation’s subscriber lines) have nine months to implement the process before the one-day requirement becomes effective on August 2, 2010.

 

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(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Smaller telecommunication providers, like Vonage, have fifteen months to implement the process before the one-day requirement becomes effective on February 2, 2011. If Vonage, or third parties it relies upon for porting, have difficulty complying with the new one-day porting requirement after the effective date, it could be subject to FCC enforcement action.

State Telecommunications Regulation

In general, the focus of interconnected VoIP telecommunications regulation is at the federal level. On November 12, 2004, the FCC issued a declaratory ruling providing that our service is subject to federal regulation and preempted the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission from imposing certain of its regulations on us. The FCC’s decision was based on its conclusion that our service is interstate in nature and cannot be separated into interstate and intrastate components. On March 21, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed the FCC’s declaratory ruling preempting state regulation of Vonage’s service. The 8th Circuit found that it is impossible for Vonage to separate its interstate traffic from its intrastate traffic because of the nomadic nature of the service. As a result, the 8th Circuit held that it was reasonable for the FCC to preempt state regulation of Vonage’s service. The 8th Circuit was clear, however, that the preemptive effect of the FCC’s declaratory ruling may be reexamined if technological advances allow for the separation of interstate and intrastate components of the nomadic VoIP service. Therefore, the preemption of state authority over Vonage’s service under this ruling generally hinges on the inability to separate the interstate and intrastate components of the service.

While this ruling does not exempt us from all state oversight of our service, it effectively prevents state telecommunications regulators from imposing certain burdensome and inconsistent market entry requirements and certain other state utility rules and regulations on our service. State regulators continue to probe the limits of federal preemption in their attempts to apply state telecommunications regulation to interconnected VoIP service. Lawsuits by the Nebraska Public Service Commission and New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission that were resolved in 2009 are examples of state public utility commission attempts to extend traditional state telecommunications regulation to our service. In these cases, the state public utility commissions sought to apply state universal service funding requirements to Vonage. The Kansas Corporation Commission also has taken the position that it has jurisdiction to seek state universal service funding from nomadic VoIP providers. Similarly, the Public Utility Commission of Ohio has adopted rules that would apply state fees for Telephone Relay Service to nomadic VoIP service.

On July 16, 2009, the Nebraska Public Service Commission and the Kansas Corporation Commission filed a petition with the FCC seeking a declaratory ruling or, alternatively, adoption of a rule declaring that state authorities may apply universal service funding requirements to nomadic VoIP providers. A declaratory ruling could have the effect of overruling a May 1, 2009 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in favor of Vonage. That decision enjoined the Nebraska Public Service Commission from asserting state jurisdiction over Vonage and forcing Vonage to contribute to the Nebraska Universal Service Fund and found the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s assertion of state jurisdiction over Vonage is unlawful as preempted by the FCC. A declaratory ruling could also include a finding that the FCC’s 2004 declaratory ruling did not preempt states from assessing services provided by nomadic VoIP providers, such as Vonage, to support state universal service funding. The alternative action requested by the Nebraska Public Service Commission and Kansas Corporation Commission, adoption of a rule, could result in a finding that it is in the public interest to allow states to assess services provided by nomadic VoIP providers, such as Vonage, for state universal service funding on a going forward basis. In addition to this effort, we expect that state public utility commissions and state legislators will continue their attempts to apply state telecommunications regulations to nomadic VoIP service.

State and Municipal Taxes

For a period of time, we did not collect or remit state or municipal taxes (such as sales, excise, utility, use and ad valorem taxes), fees or surcharges (“Taxes”) on the charges to our customers for our services, except that we historically complied with the New Jersey sales tax. We have received inquiries or demands from a number of state and municipal taxing and 911 agencies seeking payment of Taxes that are applied to or collected from customers of providers of traditional public switched telephone network services. Although we have consistently maintained that these Taxes do not apply to our service for a variety of reasons depending on the statute or rule that establishes such obligations, a number of states have changed their statutes as part of the streamlined sales tax initiatives to include VoIP and we are now collecting and remitting sales taxes in those states. In addition, many states address how VoIP providers should contribute to support public safety agencies, and in those states we began to remit fees to the appropriate state agencies. We could also be contacted by state or municipal taxing and 911 agencies regarding Taxes that do explicitly apply to VoIP and these agencies could seek retroactive payment of Taxes. As such, we have a reserve of $4,336 as of March 31, 2010 as our best estimate of the potential tax exposure for any retroactive assessment. We believe the maximum estimated exposure for retroactive assessments is $16,632 as of March 31, 2010.

 

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(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Purchase Obligations

We have engaged a vendor to provide IP bandwidth. We have committed to pay this vendor approximately $612 in 2010, $744 in 2011 and $180 in 2012. We have also engaged a vendor to provide telecommunication services. We have committed to pay this vendor $6,000 through 2012; however, we may terminate the contract sooner subject to a minimum payment of $1,000.

Note 3. Long-Term Debt

 

     March 31,
2010
   December 31,
2009

16% First Lien Senior Facility - due 2013, net of discount

   $ 108,105    $ 107,246

20% Second Lien Senior Facility - due 2015, net of discount

     91,308      86,614

20% Third Lien Convertible Notes - due 2015, net of discount

     3,211      6,608
             
   $ 202,624    $ 200,468
             

On October 19, 2008, we entered into definitive agreements (collectively, the “Credit Documentation”) for a financing consisting of (i) a $130,300 senior secured first lien credit facility (the “First Lien Senior Facility”), (ii) a $72,000 senior secured second lien credit facility (the “Second Lien Senior Facility”) and (iii) the sale of $18,000 of our 20% senior secured third lien notes due 2015 (the “Convertible Notes” and, together with the First Lien Senior Facility and the Second Lien Senior Facility, the “Financing”). The funding for this transaction was completed on November 3, 2008.

The co-borrowers under the Financing are Vonage Holdings Corp. and Vonage America Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary. Obligations under the Financing are guaranteed, fully and unconditionally, by our other U.S. subsidiaries (together with the borrowers, the “Credit Parties”), and may in the future be guaranteed by Vonage Limited, a United Kingdom subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. The lenders under the First Lien Senior Facility and the Second Lien Senior Facility and the purchasers of the Convertible Notes were Silver Point Finance, LLC (“Silver Point”), certain of its affiliates, other third parties and affiliates of the Company.

For the First Lien Senior Facility, an aggregate value of $105,322, or a discount of $24,978, was recorded. This discount is currently amortized to interest expense over the life of the loan using the effective interest method. The accumulated amortization was $6,546 and $5,362 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $1,184 and $1,119, respectively.

For the Second Lien Senior Facility, an aggregate value of $67,273, or a discount of $4,727, was recorded. This discount is currently amortized to interest expense over the life of the loan using the effective interest method. The accumulated amortization was $931 and $766 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $165 and $157, respectively.

For the Convertible Notes, an aggregate value of $55,884, or a premium of $37,884, was recorded. Given the magnitude of the premium, this amount was recorded as additional-paid-in capital as prescribed in FASB ASC 470-20-25 “Debt with Conversions and Other Options-Recognition”.

The following descriptions summarize certain material terms of the Financing as provided in the Credit Documentation.

First Lien Senior Facility

The loans under the First Lien Senior Facility will mature in October 2013. Principal amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility are repayable in quarterly installments of $326 for each quarter ending December 31, 2008 through September 30, 2011 and $3,258 for each quarter ending December 31, 2011 through September 30, 2013, with the balance due in October 2013. Amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility, at our option, bear interest at:

 

   

the greater of 4.00% and LIBOR plus, in either case, 12.00%, payable on the last day of each relevant interest period or, if the interest period is longer than three months, each day that is three months after the first day of the interest period and the last day of such interest period, or

 

   

the greater of 6.75% and the higher of (i) the rate quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time and (ii) the federal funds effective rate from time to time plus 0.50% plus, in either case, 11.00%, payable on the last day of each month in arrears.

 

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(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Certain events trigger prepayment obligations under the First Lien Senior Facility. Beginning as of the end of the quarter ended March 31, 2010, because it was the first quarter during which we had more than $75,000 of specified unrestricted cash in any quarter, we are obligated to offer to prepay without premium certain amounts each quarter. Accordingly, as required under the Credit Documentation, on April 22, 2010, we offered to prepay loans under the First Lien Senior Facility in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Documentation). Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $48,064. While certain holders of loans under the First Lien Senior Facility waived their right to receive the prepayment as permitted under the Credit Documentation, the $24,032 offered was paid on April 27, 2010 to holders that did not waive the prepayment. Of this amount $23,187, was applied to the outstanding principal balance and $845 was applied to accrued but unpaid interest. A loss on extinguishment, representing unamortized debt discount and debt related costs, of approximately $4,000 will be recorded in the three-month period ending June 30, 2010 as a result of the prepayment. We expect Consolidated Excess Cash Flow will be generated from operations during the three-month period ending June 30, 2010, and that we will make a similar prepayment offer. To the extent we obtain proceeds from asset sales, insurance/condemnation recoveries or extraordinary receipts, certain prepayments may be required that will be subject to a premium of 8% in year 1, 7% in year 2, 6% in year 3, 5% in year 4 and 3% in the first 9 months of year 5 and no premium thereafter. In addition, any voluntary prepayments or any mandatory prepayments that may be required from proceeds of debt and equity issuances will be subject to a make-whole during the first three years, and thereafter a premium of 5% in year 4 and 3% in the first 9 months of year 5, with the First Lien Senior Facility callable at par thereafter.

Second Lien Senior Facility

The loans under the Second Lien Senior Facility will mature in October 2015. Principal amounts under the Second Lien Senior Facility will be repayable in quarterly installments of $1,800 commencing the later of: (i) the last day of the fiscal quarter after payment-in-full of amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility and (ii) December 31, 2012, with the balance due in October 2015. Amounts under the Second Lien Senior Facility bear interest at 20% payable quarterly in arrears and payable in-kind, or PIK, beginning December 31, 2008 until the third anniversary of the effective date and thereafter 20% payable quarterly in arrears in cash. If the First Lien Senior Facility has not been refinanced in full by the third anniversary of the effective date, then until such refinancing has occurred 70% of the interest due will be payable in cash with the balance payable in PIK. The amount paid in PIK as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $23,104 and $18,576, respectively. After payment-in-full of amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility or in the event mandatory payments are waived by lenders under the First Lien Senior Facility, the Second Lien Senior Facility will be subject to prepayment obligations and premiums consistent with those for the First Lien Senior Facility. Voluntary prepayments for the Second Lien Senior Facility may be made at any time subject to a make-whole.

Third Lien Convertible Notes

Subject to conversion, repayment or repurchase of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes mature in October 2015. Subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments (including triggers upon the issuance of common stock below the market price of the common stock or the conversion price of the Convertible Notes), the Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at a rate equal to 3,448.2759 shares for each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, or approximately $0.29 per share. A permanent increase in the conversion rate, resulting in the issuance of additional shares, may occur if a fundamental change occurs. During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, we received additional Notices of Conversion from certain note holders indicating their desire to convert their Convertible Notes. In the aggregate in 2010 and 2009, $15,400 principal amount of Convertible Notes were converted into 53,103 shares of our common stock. As of March 31, 2010, there were $2,600 principal amount of Convertible Notes outstanding.

Amounts under the Convertible Notes bear interest at 20% that accrues and compounds quarterly until October 30, 2011 at which time such accrued interest may be paid in cash. Any accrued interest not paid in cash on such date will continue to bear interest at 20% that accrues and compounds quarterly and is payable in cash on the maturity date of the Convertible Notes. After October 30, 2011, principal on Convertible Notes will bear interest at 20% payable quarterly in arrears in cash. However, if the First Lien Senior Facility has not been refinanced in full by October 31, 2011, then until such refinancing occurs, the cash interest will be capped at 14% with the balance of 6% accruing and compounding interest quarterly at 20%, to be paid in cash on the maturity date of the Convertible Notes. The amount of accrued and compounding interest as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $859 and $1,478, respectively. In connection with note conversions during the quarter ended March 31, 2010, $958 was paid for accrued interest.

 

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(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Subject to specific limitations and the right of holders to convert prior to such time, we may cause the automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes into common stock on or after the third anniversary of the issue date. The amount of Convertible Notes that will be subject to our automatic conversion right will depend on our stock price: (i) if a 30-day volume-weighted average price of our common stock is greater than $3.00 per share, then not less than $12,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes must remain outstanding after the conversion, (ii) if a 30-day volume-weighted average price of our common stock is greater than $4.50 per share, then not less than $6,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes must remain outstanding after the conversion and (iii) if a 30-day volume-weighted average price of our common stock is greater than $6.00 per share, then we may cause the mandatory conversion of up to all of the then-outstanding Convertible Notes.

In accordance with FASB ASC 815, which was effective January 1, 2009, we determined that the Convertible Notes contain an embedded derivative that requires separate valuation from the Convertible Notes because an anti-dilution adjustment is triggered upon the issuance of common stock by us below the conversion price of the Convertible Notes. As explained below, we recognize this embedded derivative as a liability in our consolidated balance sheet at its fair value each period and recognize any change in the fair value in our statement of operations in the period of change. The fair value of the embedded derivative is determined using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The key inputs in the model are maturity date, risk-free interest rate, current share price and historical volatility of our common stock.

In accordance with FASB ASC 815, we determined the fair value of the conversion feature and recorded applicable amounts at issuance of the Convertible Notes, at December 31, 2008, at conversion of Convertible Notes during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and at March 31, 2010:

Issuance. The fair value of the conversion feature at issuance was $39,990 which, upon the adoption of FASB ASC 815, was recorded as a liability with a corresponding reduction in additional-paid-in capital of $37,884, which was the premium originally recorded at issuance. The remaining $2,106 was recorded as a discount to be amortized to interest expense over the life of the loan using the effective interest method. Accumulated amortization of the discount was $1,858 and $1,541 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, including a $297 and $1,271 write-off of discount on notes related to the conversion of Convertible Notes, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and year ended December 31, 2009, respectively. Amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $20 and $71, respectively.

December 31, 2008. The fair value of the conversion feature at December 31, 2008 was $32,720. The $7,270 difference between the fair value of the conversion feature at December 31, 2008 and the issuance date, together with the $47 amortization of the discount for the period ended December 31, 2008, were recorded as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings that was recognized as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle as of January 1, 2009 in accordance with FASB ASC 815.

Conversion of Convertible Notes in 2009. At the time of conversions of $12,305 principal amount of Convertible Notes, which were converted into 42,431 shares of our common stock, we determined that the aggregate fair value of the conversion feature of those Convertible Notes was $57,050, which was an increase of $34,682 in the fair value of the conversion feature from December 31, 2008. The changes in fair value were recorded as an expense within other income (expense) for the year ended December 31, 2009. The aggregate fair value of the common stock issued by us in the conversion was $62,370 at the time of conversion, which was recorded as common stock and additional paid-in capital. In addition, in connection with the extinguishment of the converted Convertible Notes, we recorded a gain on extinguishment of $4,041, which represented the difference in the carrying value of those Convertible Notes including the fair value of the conversion feature, which was reduced by the discount of $1,271 and debt related costs of $1,673 associated with those Convertible Notes, and the fair value of the common stock issued at the time of conversion.

Conversion of Convertible Notes in 2010. At the time of conversion of the $3,095 principal amount of Convertible Notes during the first quarter of 2010, which converted into 10,672 shares of our common stock, we determined that the aggregate fair value of the conversion feature of those Convertible Notes was $13,394, which was a decrease in value of $220 from the fair value of the conversion feature as of December 31, 2009. This change in fair value was recorded as income within other income (expense), net for the three-month ended March 31, 2010. The aggregate fair value of the common stock issued by us in the conversion was $14,762 at the time of conversion, which was recorded as common stock and additional paid-in capital. In addition, in connection with the extinguishment of the converted Convertible Notes, we recorded a gain on extinguishment of $1,038, which represented the difference in the carrying value of those Convertible Notes including the fair value of the conversion feature, which was reduced by the discount of $297 and debt related costs of $391 associated with those Convertible Notes, and the fair value of the common stock issued at the time of conversion.

March 31, 2010. For the $2,600 principal amount of Convertible Notes that were not converted as of March 31, 2010, the fair value of the conversion feature of those Convertible Notes at March 31, 2010 was $10,860, which was a decrease in value of $576 from the fair value of the conversion feature as of December 31, 2009. This change in fair value was recorded as income within other income (expense), net for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Each reporting date we will update the fair value with any difference reflected within other income (expense), net in the consolidated statement of operations.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made and/or management’s belief as of that time with respect to future events and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to be materially different. Important factors that could cause such differences include but are not limited to: the competition we face; our ability to adapt to rapid changes in the market for voice and messaging services; our ability to control customer churn and attract new customers; worsening economic conditions; restrictions in our debt agreements that may limit our operating flexibility; our ability to generate excess cash flow; system disruptions or flaws in our technology; results of pending litigation and intellectual property and other litigation that may be brought against us; results of regulatory inquiries into our business practices; our dependence on third party facilities, equipment and services; our dependence upon key personnel; any failure to meet New York Stock Exchange listing requirements; our history of net operating losses; our ability to obtain additional financing if needed; differences between our service and traditional phone services, including our 911 service; our dependence on our customers’ existing broadband connections; uncertainties relating to regulation of VoIP services; and other factors that are set forth in the “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our Current Reports on Form 8-K. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, and therefore, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date this Form 10-Q is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Financial Information Presentation

For the financial information discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than per share and per line amounts, dollar amounts are presented in thousands, except where noted.

Recent Developments

On February 25, 2010, we announced the appointment of Barry L. Rowan as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Rowan brings twenty-five years of executive leadership experience in building technology and communications companies. Prior to joining Vonage Mr. Rowan spent three years with Nextel Partners, Inc., where he served most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

On March 15, 2010, we received notification from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that we were provided early approval for return to full compliance with NYSE listing standards for market capitalization. This approval came several months earlier than required and is a result of our sustained, positive financial performance consistent with the business plan presented to the NYSE in March of 2009. The NYSE requires average market capitalization of not less than $100,000 over a 30-day trading period.

From March 2, 2010 through March 24, 2010, we received Notices of Conversion from certain holders of our 20% senior secured third lien notes due 2015 (the “Convertible Notes”) indicating their desire to convert a portion of the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes were converted into shares of our common stock at a rate equal to 3,448.2759 shares for each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, or approximately $0.29 per share. During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, we received Notices of Conversion of $3,095 principal amount. In the aggregate, during 2009 and 2010, $15,400 principal amount of Convertible Notes were converted into 53,103 shares of our common stock.

On April 22, 2010, we offered to prepay loans under the senior secured first lien credit facility (the “First Lien Senior Facility”) in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Documentation). Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $48,064. While certain holders of loans under the First Lien Senior Facility waived their right to receive the prepayment as permitted under the Credit Documentation, the $24,032 offered was paid on April 27, 2010 to holders that did not waive the prepayment. Of this amount $23,187 was applied to the outstanding principal balance and $845 was applied to accrued but unpaid interest. A loss on extinguishment, representing unamortized debt discount and debt related costs, of approximately $4,000 will be recorded in the three-month period ending June 30, 2010 as a result of this prepayment.

Overview

We are a leading provider of high quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks. Our technology serviced approximately 2.4 million subscriber lines as of March 31, 2010. While customers in the United States represented 94% of our subscriber lines at March 31, 2010, we also serve customers in Canada and in the United Kingdom.

Our residential and small and home office services are portable and we enable our customers to make and receive phone calls with a telephone almost anywhere a broadband Internet connection is available. We transmit these calls using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, technology, which converts voice signals into digital data packets for transmission over the Internet. At a cost effective rate, each of our calling plans provides a number of basic features typically offered by traditional telephone service providers, plus a wide range of enhanced features that we believe differentiate our service and offer an attractive value proposition to our customers. We also offer a number of premium services for additional fees.

We rely heavily on our network, which is a flexible, scalable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based VoIP network that rides on top of the Internet. This platform enables a user via a single “identity” to access and utilize services and features regardless of how they are connected to the Internet. As a result, with one identity, either a number or user name, customers have access to Vonage voice, messaging, features and personal profile information regardless of location, device or how they access the Internet, including over 3G, 4G, Cable or DSL broadband networks.

 

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The Company’s main offering is Vonage World, a residential plan that includes unlimited calling to more than 60 countries, including India, Mexico and China for a flat monthly rate. In addition, we have two mobile offerings, Vonage Mobile and Vonage World Mobile, which use our mobile calling application for smart phones. The application can be downloaded for free and provides seamless, low-cost pay-per-use international calling while on Wi-Fi or cellular networks, depending on the device, for the Vonage Mobile plan or unlimited calling to more than 60 countries, including India, Mexico and China for a flat monthly rate for the Vonage World Mobile plan. Bundle discounts are provided for customers who subscribe to both our residential and mobile Vonage World plans.

Vonage has developed both a direct sales channel, as represented by web-sites and toll free numbers, and a retail distribution channel through regional and national retailers, including Wal-Mart. The direct and retail distribution channels are supported through integrated advertising campaigns across multiple media such as online, television, direct mail, alternative media, telemarketing, partner marketing and customer referral programs.

Our primary source of revenue is subscription fees that we charge customers for our service plans, primarily on a monthly basis. We also generate revenue from international calls customers make that are not included in their service plan and for additional features that customers add to their service plans.

Trends in Our Industry and Key Operating Data

A number of trends in our industry have a significant effect on our results of operations and are important to an understanding of our financial statements. Also, the table below includes key operating data that our management uses to measure the growth and operating performance of our business:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2010     2009  

Gross subscriber line additions

     154,718        226,610   

Change in net subscriber lines

     (25,779     (6,493

Subscriber lines (at period end)

     2,409,117        2,583,861   

Average monthly customer churn

     2.6     3.1

Average monthly revenue per line

   $ 31.37      $ 28.86   

Average monthly telephony services revenue per line

   $ 30.90      $ 27.78   

Average monthly direct cost of telephony services per line

   $ 8.60      $ 6.67   

Marketing costs per gross subscriber line addition

   $ 318.26      $ 289.90   

Employees (excluding temporary help) (at period end)

     1,207        1,413   

Broadband adoption. The number of U.S. households with broadband Internet access has grown significantly. Further on March 16, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan, which seeks through supporting broadband deployment and programs to encourage broadband adoption for the approximately 100 million U.S. residents who do not have broadband at home. We expect the trend of greater broadband adoption to continue. We benefit from this trend because our service requires a broadband Internet connection and our potential addressable market increases as broadband adoption increases.

Competitive landscape. We face intense competition from traditional telephone companies, wireless companies, cable companies and alternative voice communication providers. Most traditional wire line and wireless telephone service providers and cable companies are substantially larger and better capitalized than we are and have the advantage of a large existing customer base. In addition, because of the other services our competitors provide, they often choose to offer VoIP services or other voice services as part of a bundle that includes other products, such as video, high speed Internet access and wireless telephone service, which we do not offer. Further, as wireless providers offer more minutes at lower prices, better coverage and companion landline alternative services, their services have become more attractive to households as a replacement for wire line service. We also compete against alternative voice communication providers, such as Skype, Google Voice, magicJack and independent VoIP service providers. Some of these service providers have chosen to sacrifice telephony revenue in order to gain market share and have offered their services at low prices or for free. As we continue the introduction of applications that integrate different forms of voice and messaging services over multiple devices, we are likely to face competition from emerging competitors focused on similar integration, as well as from established alternative voice communication providers. We also are subject to the risk of future disruptive technologies.

Gross subscriber line additions. Gross subscriber line additions for a particular period are calculated by taking the net subscriber line additions during that particular period and adding to that the number of subscriber lines that terminated during that period. This number does not include subscriber lines both added and terminated during the period, where termination occurred within the first 30 days after activation. The number does include, however, subscriber lines added during the period that are terminated within 30 days of activation but after the end of the period.

Net subscriber line additions. Net subscriber line additions for a particular period reflect the number of subscriber lines at the end of the period, less the number of subscriber lines at the beginning of the period.

Subscriber lines. Our subscriber lines include, as of a particular date, all subscriber lines from which a customer can make an outbound telephone call on that date. Our subscriber lines include fax lines and soft phones but do not include our virtual phone numbers or toll free numbers, which only allow inbound telephone calls to customers. We believe that the decrease in our subscriber lines was primarily due to increasing wireless substitution, other competition, particularly from cable companies, poor economic conditions, and reduced marketing spend. Subscriber lines decreased from 2,583,861 as of March 31, 2009 to 2,409,117 as of March 31, 2010.

 

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Average monthly customer churn. Average monthly customer churn for a particular period is calculated by dividing the number of customers that terminated during that period by the simple average number of customers during the period, and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. The simple average number of customers during the period is the number of customers on the first day of the period, plus the number of customers on the last day of the period, divided by two. Terminations, as used in the calculation of churn statistics, do not include customers terminated during the period if termination occurred within the first 30 days after activation. Our average monthly customer churn was 2.6% and 3.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. We believe the reduction in churn is due to initiatives to improve the customer’s experience including on-boarding and network quality, an improving economy and credit profile for new customer acquisitions, which has positively impacted non-pay churn, and the value proposition of the Vonage World offer. We monitor churn on a daily basis and use it as an indicator of the level of customer satisfaction. Other companies may calculate churn differently, and their churn data may not be directly comparable to ours. Customers who have been with us for a year or more tend to have a lower churn rate than customers who have not. Our churn will fluctuate over time due to economic conditions, competitive pressures including wireless substitution, market place perception of our services and our ability to provide high quality customer care and network quality and add future innovative products and services.

Average monthly revenue per line. Average monthly revenue per line for a particular period is calculated by dividing our total revenue for that period by the simple average number of subscriber lines for the period, and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. The simple average number of subscriber lines for the period is the number of subscriber lines on the first day of the period, plus the number of subscriber lines on the last day of the period, divided by two. Our average monthly revenue per line increased to $31.37 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $28.86 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. This increase was due primarily to pricing actions that we have taken in the past year. We do not expect average revenue per line to continue to increase in the second quarter due to greater second quarter impact of a pricing promotion that began in March 2010.

Average monthly telephony services revenue per line. Average monthly telephony services revenue per line for a particular period is calculated by dividing our total telephony services revenue for that period by the simple average number of subscriber lines for the period, and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. Our average monthly telephony services revenue per line increased to $30.90 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 from $27.78 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. This increase was due primarily to pricing actions that we have taken in the past year.

Average monthly direct cost of telephony services per line. Average monthly direct cost of telephony services per line for a particular period is calculated by dividing our direct cost of telephony services for that period by the simple average number of subscriber lines for the period, and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. We use the average monthly direct cost of telephony services per line to evaluate how effective we are at managing our costs of providing service. Our average monthly direct cost of telephony services per line was $8.60 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $6.67 for the three months ended March 31, 2009 due primarily to higher costs from higher international call volume associated with Vonage World, partially offset by more favorable rates negotiated with our service providers. Direct cost of telephony services is expected to continue to increase during the year as customer demand for Vonage World continues to grow.

Marketing cost per gross subscriber line addition. Marketing cost per gross subscriber line addition is calculated by dividing our marketing expense for a particular period by the number of gross subscriber line additions during the period. Marketing expense does not include the cost of certain customer acquisition activities, such as rebates and promotions, which are accounted for as an offset to revenues, or customer equipment subsidies, which are accounted for as direct cost of goods sold. As a result, it does not represent the full cost to us of obtaining a new customer. Marketing cost per gross subscriber line addition increased to $318.26 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $289.90 for the three months ended March 31, 2009 primarily due to increasing competition including wireless substitution and customer acquisition and targeting efforts not being as effective as planned.

Employees. Employees represent the number of personnel that are on our payroll and exclude temporary or outsourced labor.

Regulation. Our business has developed in an environment largely free from regulation. The United States and other countries, however, are examining how VoIP services should be regulated. Kansas and Nebraska’s request that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) rule that states can impose state universal service on VoIP service, discussed in note 2 to our financial statements, is an example of regulators trying to determine how VoIP service fits into the telecommunications regulatory landscape. In addition to regulatory matters that directly address VoIP, a number of other regulatory initiatives could impact our business. One such regulatory initiative is net neutrality. In October 2009, the FCC proposed adopting net neutrality rules for broadband Internet service providers. If these rules are adopted, it would be more difficult for broadband Internet service providers to block or discriminate against Vonage service. The proposed rules also explicitly apply to wireless broadband Internet service, which could create greater opportunities for VoIP applications running on wireless broadband Internet service. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in April 2010, however, ruled that the FCC had not provided an adequate justification to exercise regulatory authority over broadband Internet service to enforce its previous attempt at net neutrality regulation, the 2005 Internet Policy Statement, against a major broadband Internet service provider. This D.C. Circuit decision presents a potential obstacle for the FCC in its effort to adopt its proposed net neutrality rules. On May 6, 2010, FCC Chairman Genachowski announced that in response to the D.C. Circuit decision that the FCC would seek to establish its authority over broadband Internet service by reclassifying the transmission component as a telecommunications service. The FCC has extensive regulatory authority over telecommunications services. The FCC had classified all broadband Internet services as information services between 2002 and 2007. The FCC has relatively limited regulatory authority over information services. Reclassifying broadband Internet service as a telecommunications service would allow the FCC to adopt its proposed net neutrality rules for broadband Internet service. The FCC will shortly seek comment from interested parties on this proposal and other alternatives to ensure that the FCC has authority to protect consumers of broadband Internet service. See also the discussion under “Regulation” in note 2 to our financial statements included herein for a discussion of certain other regulatory issues that impact us.

 

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Operating Revenues

Operating revenues consists of telephony services revenue and customer equipment and shipping revenue.

Telephony services revenue. Substantially all of our operating revenues are telephony services revenue. In the United States, we have four residential plans, “Vonage World”, “Residential Premium Unlimited”, “Vonage Pro” and “Basic 500,” two mobile plans, “Vonage World Mobile” and “Vonage Mobile Pay Per Use” and two small office and home office calling plans, “Small Business Premium Unlimited Minutes” and “Small Business Basic 1500 Minutes.” Each of our unlimited plans offers unlimited domestic calling as well as unlimited calling to Puerto Rico, Canada and selected European countries, subject to certain restrictions, and each of our basic plans offers a limited number of domestic calling minutes per month. We also offer international calling plans that are bundled with our Residential Premium Unlimited plan where a customer can make calls to a chosen international region. We offer similar plans in Canada and the United Kingdom. The “Vonage World” plan launched in August 2009 offers unlimited calling across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, unlimited international calling to over sixty countries including India, Mexico and Canada, subject to certain restrictions, and free voicemail to text messages with Vonage Visual Voicemail. Under our basic plans, we charge on a per minute basis when the number of domestic calling minutes included in the plan is exceeded for a particular month. International calls (except for calls to Puerto Rico, Canada and certain European countries under our unlimited plans and a variety of countries under international calling plans and Vonage World) are charged on a per minute basis. These per minute fees are not included in our monthly subscription fees. In October 2009, we launched Vonage Mobile, our first mobile calling application for smart phones. Vonage Mobile is a free downloadable application that provides seamless, low-cost pay-per-use international calling while on Wi-Fi or cellular networks, depending on the device. In December 2009, we began offering Vonage World Mobile using this mobile calling application. Bundle discounts are provided for customers who subscribe to both our residential and mobile Vonage World plans.

We derive most of our telephony services revenue from monthly subscription fees that we charge our customers under our service plans. We also offer residential fax service, virtual phone numbers, toll free numbers and other services, for each of which we charge an additional monthly fee. One business fax line is included with each of our two small office and home office plans, but we charge monthly fees for additional business fax lines. We automatically charge these fees to our customers’ credit cards, debit cards and electronic check payments, or ECP, monthly in advance. We also automatically charge the per minute fees not included in our monthly subscription fees to our customers’ credit cards, debit cards or ECP monthly in arrears unless they exceed a certain dollar threshold, in which case they are charged immediately.

By collecting monthly subscription fees in advance and certain other charges immediately after they are incurred, we are able to reduce the amount of accounts receivable that we have outstanding, thus allowing us to have lower working capital requirements. Collecting in this manner also helps us mitigate bad debt losses, which are recorded as a reduction to revenue. If a customer’s credit card, debit card or ECP is declined, we generally suspend international calling capabilities as well as the customer’s ability to incur domestic usage charges in excess of their plan minutes. Historically, in most cases, we are able to correct the problem with the customer within the current monthly billing cycle. If the customer’s credit card, debit card or ECP could not be successfully processed during three billing cycles (i.e. the current and two subsequent monthly billing cycles), we terminate the account.

We also generate revenue by charging a fee for activating service but from time to time we may forgo collecting this fee. For example, since May 2009 we have waived activation fees for almost all new customers. In these instances when no activation fee is being collected, no customer acquisition costs are deferred. Customer activation fees when collected, along with the related incremental direct customer acquisition amounts for customer equipment in the direct channel and for rebates and retailer commissions in the retail channel, up to but not exceeding the activation fee, are deferred and amortized over the estimated average customer relationship period (“customer life”). The amortization of deferred customer equipment is recorded to direct cost of goods sold. The amortization of deferred rebates is recorded as a reduction of telephony services revenues. The amortization of deferred retailer commissions is recorded as marketing expense. We estimate customer life by analyzing historical trends and applying those trends to future periods. This customer life is solely used to amortize deferred activation fees collected, which we have waived for almost all new customers since May 2009, including those signing up for our Vonage World plan, along with the related incremental customer acquisition costs. Customers signing up for our Vonage World plan currently churn at lower rates than other customers, and therefore appear to have a longer customer life. Because these customers have not paid an activation fee, this does not impact the customer life used in determining the amortization period. The customer life is 38 months for 2010 and was 44 months in 2009. The impact of the change to the customer life in 2010 is not material to the consolidated results of operations.

In the United States, we charge regulatory recovery fees on a monthly basis to defray the costs associated with regulatory consulting and compliance as well as related litigation, E-911 compliance and to cover taxes that we are charged by the suppliers of telecommunications services. In addition, we recognize revenue on a gross basis for contributions to the Federal Universal Service Fund, or USF, and related fees. All other taxes are recorded on a net basis.

In addition, we charge a disconnect fee for customers who terminate their service plan within the first twelve months of service. Disconnect fees are recorded as revenue and are recognized at the time the customer terminates service.

Telephony services revenue is offset by the cost of certain customer acquisition activities, such as rebates and promotions.

Customer equipment and shipping revenue. Customer equipment and shipping revenue consists of revenue from sales of customer equipment to our wholesalers or directly to customers and retailers. In addition, customer equipment and shipping revenue includes the fees when collected that we charge our customers for shipping any equipment to them. In addition, we charge an equipment recovery fee for customers who terminate their service plan within the first twelve months of service. Equipment recovery fees are recorded as revenue and are recognized at the time the customer terminates service.

 

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Operating Expenses

Operating expenses consist of direct cost of telephony services, royalties, direct cost of goods sold, selling, general and administrative expense, marketing expense and depreciation and amortization.

Total direct cost of telephony services. Total direct cost of telephony services primarily consists of fees that we pay to third parties on an ongoing basis in order to provide our services. These fees include:

 

   

Access charges that we pay to other telephone companies to terminate domestic and international calls on the public switched telephone network. These costs represented approximately 47% and 46% of our direct cost of telephony services for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, with a portion of these payments ultimately being made to incumbent telephone companies. When a Vonage subscriber calls another Vonage subscriber, we do not pay an access charge.

 

   

The cost of leasing internet transit services from multiple internet service providers. This internet connectivity is used to carry VoIP session initiation signaling and packetized audio media between our subscribers and our regional data centers.

 

   

The cost of leasing from other telephone companies the telephone numbers that we provide to our customers. We lease these telephone numbers on a monthly basis.

 

   

The cost of co-locating our regional data connection point equipment in third-party facilities owned by other telephone companies, internet service providers or collocation facility providers.

 

   

The cost of providing local number portability, which allows customers to move their existing telephone numbers from another provider to our service. Only regulated telecommunications providers have access to the centralized number databases that facilitate this process. Because we are not a regulated telecommunications provider, we must pay other telecommunications providers to process our local number portability requests.

 

   

The cost of complying with the FCC regulations regarding VoIP emergency services, which require us to provide enhanced emergency dialing capabilities to transmit 911 calls for all of our customers.

 

   

Taxes that we pay on our purchase of telecommunications services from our suppliers or imposed by government agencies such as Federal USF and related fees.

 

   

Royalties for use of third-party intellectual property.

Direct cost of goods sold. Direct cost of goods sold primarily consists of costs that we incur when a customer first subscribes to our service. These costs include:

 

   

The cost of the equipment that we provide to customers who subscribe to our service through our direct sales channel in excess of activation fees when an activation fee is collected. The remaining cost of customer equipment is deferred up to the activation fee collected and amortized over the estimated average customer life.

 

   

The cost of the equipment that we sell directly to retailers.

 

   

The cost of shipping and handling for customer equipment, together with the installation manual, that we ship to customers.

 

   

The cost of certain products or services that we give customers as promotions.

Selling, general and administrative expense. Selling, general and administrative expense includes:

 

   

Compensation and benefit costs for all employees, which is the largest component of selling, general and administrative expense and includes customer care, research and development, network engineering and operations, sales and marketing, executive, legal, finance, human resources and business development personnel.

 

   

Share-based expense related to share-based awards to employees, directors and consultants.

 

   

Outsourced labor related to customer care and retail in-store support activities.

 

   

Transaction fees paid to credit card, debit card and ECP companies, which include a per transaction charge in addition to a percent of billings charge.

 

   

Rent and related expenses.

 

   

Professional fees for legal, accounting, tax, public relations, lobbying and development activities.

 

   

Litigation settlements.

Marketing expense. Marketing expense consists of:

 

   

Advertising costs, which comprise a majority of our marketing expense and include online, television, direct mail, alternative media, promotions, sponsorships and inbound and outbound telemarketing.

 

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Creative and production costs.

 

   

The costs to serve and track our online advertising.

 

   

Certain amounts we pay to retailers for newspaper insert advertising, product placement and activation commissions.

 

   

The cost associated with our customer referral program.

Depreciation and amortization expenses. Depreciation and amortization expenses include:

 

   

Depreciation of our network equipment, furniture and fixtures, and employee computer equipment.

 

   

Amortization of leasehold improvements and purchased and developed software.

 

   

Amortization of intangible assets (patents and trademarks).

 

   

Loss on disposal or impairment of property and equipment.

Other Income (Expense)

Other Income (Expense) consists of:

 

   

Interest income on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

 

   

Interest expense on notes payable, patent litigation judgments and settlements and capital leases.

 

   

Amortization of debt related costs.

 

   

Accretion of notes.

 

   

Debt conversion expense relating to the conversion of notes payable to equity.

 

   

Gain (loss) on extinguishment of notes.

 

   

Change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant.

 

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues, our consolidated statement of operations for the periods indicated:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2010     2009  

Operating Revenues:

    

Telephony services

   98   96

Customer equipment and shipping

   2      4   
            
   100      100   
            

Operating Expenses:

    

Direct cost of telephony services (excluding depreciation and amortization)

   27      23   

Direct cost of goods sold

   7      9   

Selling, general and administrative

   27      30   

Marketing

   22      29   

Depreciation and amortization

   6      6   
            
   89      97   
            

Income from operations

   11      3   
            

Other Income (Expense):

    

Interest income

   —        —     

Interest expense

   (6   (6

Change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant

   —        6   

Gain on extinguishment of notes

   —        —     

Other, net

   —        —     
            
   (6   —     

Loss before income tax benefit (expense)

   5      3   

Income tax benefit (expense)

   —        —     
            

Net income

   5   3
            

Summary of Results for the Three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009

Telephony Services Revenue and Direct Cost of Telephony Services

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010    2009    Dollar
Change
   Percent
Change
 

Telephony services

   $ 224,527    $ 215,643    $ 8,884    4

Direct cost of telephony services (1)

     62,495      51,751      10,744    21

 

(1) Excludes depreciation and amortization of $4,902 and $4,757 respectively

Telephony services revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, telephony services revenue increased by $8,884, or 4%, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. This was primarily driven by an increase in regulatory fees that we collected from subscribers of $11,829, which included $5,770 of USF and related fees, a decrease in credits we issued to subscribers of $3,211 and a decrease of $2,869 in bad debt expense. The changes in plan mix translated into an increase in monthly subscription fees of $1,058 offset by a decrease in activation fees of $1,593, which included $3,002 for the change in our customer life from 44 months to 38 months in the first quarter of 2010. There was also a decrease in fees that we charged for disconnecting our service of $2,730 due to fewer disconnections, a reduction in revenue of $4,678 from lower customers on international plans due primarily to our Vonage World offering, and a decrease in additional features we provided to customers of $433.

 

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Direct cost of telephony services. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, the increase in direct cost of telephony services of $10,744, or 21%, was primarily due to increased costs of $7,924 from higher international call volume associated with Vonage World, an increase of USF and related fees imposed by government agencies of $5,770 and an increase in other cost of $77. These increases were offset by a decrease in termination costs of $2,374, which are costs that we pay other phone companies for terminating phone calls, a decrease in our network costs of $174, which includes costs for co-locating in other carriers’ facilities, for leasing phone numbers, routing calls on the Internet, and transferring calls to and from the Internet to the public switched telephone network and E-911 costs, a decrease in local number portability costs of $387 due to fewer customer additions and a decrease of taxes that we pay on our purchase of telecommunications services from our suppliers of $91.

Customer Equipment and Shipping Revenue and Direct Cost of Goods Sold

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010     2009     Dollar
Change
    Percent
Change
 

Customer equipment and shipping revenue

   $ 3,424      $ 8,362      $ (4,938   (59 %) 

Direct cost of goods sold

     16,647        20,512        (3,865   (19 %) 
                              

Customer equipment and shipping gross loss

   $ (13,223   $ (12,150   $ (1,073   (9 %) 
                              

Customer equipment and shipping revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, our customer equipment and shipping revenue decreased by $4,938, or 59%, primarily due to the impact of less period over period customer additions and the introduction of a new promotion in May 2009 that eliminated equipment and shipping fees for customers who signed up for our residential unlimited plan which resulted in a decrease in customer equipment sales net of rebates of $2,789 and a decrease in customer shipping revenue of $2,149.

Direct cost of goods sold. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, the decrease in direct cost of goods sold of $3,865, or 19%, was primarily due to a decrease in customer equipment costs of $1,523 resulting from fewer period over period customer additions and lower promotional activity and a corresponding decrease in shipping costs of $815. There was also a decrease in amortization costs on deferred customer equipment of $955 which included an offset of $2,628 due to the change of our customer life from 44 months to 38 months in the first quarter of 2010 and a decrease in waived activation fees for new customers of $572.

Selling, General and Administrative

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010    2009    Dollar
Change
    Percent
Change
 

Selling, general and administrative

   $ 60,787    $ 68,051    $ (7,264   (11 %) 

Selling, general and administrative. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, there was a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses of $7,264, or 11%. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in salaries, recruiting and outsourced temporary labor of $3,141, shared based cost of $1,590 and facility and other costs of $1,055. Additionally, we reduced the number of kiosks locations, which decreased our retail kiosk costs by $951 and had a decrease in tax expense of $976. We also had a decrease in professional fees of $471, primarily related to consulting, and a decrease in credit card fees of $668. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in litigation settlement reserves of $1,588.

Marketing

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010    2009    Dollar
Change
    Percent
Change
 

Marketing

   $ 49,240    $ 65,695    $ (16,455   (25 %) 

Marketing. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, marketing expense decreased by $16,455, or 25%, primarily related to a decrease in online advertising of $5,778, in direct mail costs of $4,891, in alternative media of $3,697, in retail advertising of $2,383 and other marketing of $1,722. These decreases were offset by an increase in television advertising of $2,016. We reduced marketing spending in part to cover the cost of new promotional offers and due to lower than planned customer targeting and acquisition effectiveness.

 

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Depreciation and Amortization

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010    2009    Dollar
Change
   Percent
Change
 

Depreciation and amortization

   $ 13,768    $ 12,896    $ 872    7

Depreciation and amortization. The increase in depreciation and amortization of $872, or 7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, was primarily due to an increase in depreciation of network equipment, computer equipment and software amortization, partially offset by lower patent amortization and impairment charge. The impairment charge was $200 and $724 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, for assets that no longer had future benefit.

Other Income (Expense)

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010     2009     Dollar
Change
    Percent
Change
 

Interest income

   $ 53      $ 110      $ (57   (52 %) 

Interest expense

     (13,211     (13,542     331      2

Change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant

     835        12,970        (12,135   (94 %) 

Gain on extinguishment of notes

     1,038        —          1,038      *   

Other, net

     103        801        (698   (87 %) 
                          
   $ (11,182   $ 339      $ (11,521  
                          

Interest income. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, the decrease in interest income of $57, or 52%, was due to lower interest rates.

Interest expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009, the decrease in interest expense of $331, or 2%, was due to lower interest on our first lien credit facility due to reduced principal and on our Convertible Notes due to conversions, partially offset by higher interest on our second lien credit facility due to an increase in the principal balance as interest is paid in kind.

Change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant. The decrease in the change in fair value of embedded conversion option and stock warrant is due to fluctuations in our common stock price and fewer convertible notes remaining outstanding at March 31, 2010 compared to March 31, 2009 due to conversions.

Other. We recognized $792 in other income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 for the net proceeds we received from a key-man term life insurance policy related to the passing of a former executive.

Income Tax Benefit (Expense)

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010    2009     Dollar
Change
   Percent
Change
 

Income tax benefit (expense)

   $ 136    $ (168   $ 304    181

Income tax benefit (expense). The provision for each year represents state and local income taxes currently payable offset by sales of net operating loss carryforwards through participation in the State of New Jersey’s corporation business tax benefit certificate transfer program, which allows certain high technology and biotechnology companies to transfer unused New Jersey net operating loss carryovers to other New Jersey corporation business taxpayers. During 2003 and 2004, we submitted an application to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, or EDA, to participate in the program and the application was approved. The EDA then issued a certificate certifying our eligibility to participate in the program. The program requires that a purchaser pay at least 75% of the amount of the surrendered tax benefit. In the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, we sold $2,194 and $0, respectively, of our New Jersey State net operating loss carry forwards for a recognized benefit of $168 in 2010 and $0 in 2009. Collectively, all transactions represent approximately 85% of the surrendered tax benefit each year and have been recognized in the year received.

 

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Recognition of deferred tax assets will require generation of future taxable income. There can be no assurance that we will generate sufficient taxable income in future years. Therefore, we established a full valuation allowance on all net deferred tax assets.

Net Income

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010    2009    Dollar
Change
   Percent
Change
 

Net income

   $ 13,968    $ 5,271    $ 8,697    165

Net Income. Based on the explanations described above, our net income of $13,968 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by $8,697, or 165%, from $5,271 for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2010     2009  
     (in thousands)  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 51,248      $ 6,563   

Net cash used in investing activities

     (31,098     (6,951

Net cash used in financing activities

     (648     (869

For the three months ended March 31, 2010, we generated income from operations and positive operating cash flow. Historically, we have generated negative or breakeven cash flows from operations. Our primary sources of funds have been proceeds from private placements of our preferred stock, private placements of convertible notes and borrowings under credit facilities, an initial public offering of our common stock, operating revenues and borrowings under notes payable from our principal stockholder and Chairman, which were subsequently converted into shares of our preferred stock. We have used these proceeds for working capital, capital expenditures, funding operating losses, IP litigation settlements, repaying our prior convertible notes and other general corporate purposes.

The Company has recently achieved profitability. We expect to continue to balance efforts to grow our customer base with maintaining profitability. To grow our customer base, we continue to make investments in marketing, application development as we seek to launch new products and services, network quality and expansion, and customer care. Although we believe we will achieve consistent profitability in the future, we ultimately may not be successful and we may never achieve consistent profitability. We believe that cash flow from operations and cash on hand will fund our operations for at least the next twelve months.

November 2008 Financing

On October 19, 2008, we entered into definitive agreements (collectively, the “Credit Documentation”) for a financing, which we completed on November 3, 2008, with Silver Point Finance, LLC (“Silver Point”), certain of its affiliates, other third parties and affiliates of us. The financing consisted of (i) a $130,300 senior secured first lien credit facility (the “First Lien Senior Facility”), (ii) a $72,000 senior secured second lien credit facility (the “Second Lien Senior Facility”) and (iii) the sale of the Convertible Notes (together with the First Lien Senior Facility and the Second Lien Senior Facility, the “Financing”).

Amounts borrowed under the Financing are secured by substantially all of the assets of us and our U.S. subsidiaries (the “Credit Parties”). The collateral secures the First Lien Senior Facility on a first lien basis, the Second Lien Senior Facility on a second lien basis and the Convertible Notes on a third lien basis, subject to an inter creditor agreement.

Commencing October 1, 2009, all specified unrestricted cash above $30,000, subject to certain adjustments, has been swept into a concentration account (the “Concentration Account”), and until the balance in the Concentration Account is at least equal to $30,000, we may not access or make any withdrawals from the Concentration Account. Thereafter, with limited exceptions, we have the right to withdraw funds from the Concentration Account in excess of $30,000. As of March 31, 2010, we funded $41,285 into the Concentration Account with additional funding of $7,625 through April 30, 2010.

The Credit Documentation includes customary representations and warranties of the Credit Parties. In addition, Credit Documentation for the Financing contains affirmative and negative covenants that affect, and in many respects may significantly limit or prohibit, among other things, the Credit Parties’ ability to incur, prepay, refinance or modify indebtedness; enter into acquisitions, investments, sales, mergers, consolidations, liquidations and dissolutions; invest in foreign subsidiaries; repurchase and redeem stock; modify material contracts; engage in transactions with affiliates and 5% stockholders; change lines of business; and make marketing

 

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expenditures under contracts with a duration in excess of one year that exceed for each quarter, an amount equal to 20% of consolidated pre-marketing operating income for the four quarters immediately preceding such quarter. Board approval must be obtained for any long-term commitment or series of related long-term commitments that would result in aggregate marketing expenditures by any of the Credit Parties of more than $25,000 during the term of the Financing. In addition, we must comply with certain financial covenants, which include a total leverage ratio, senior lien leverage ratios, minimum consolidated adjusted EBITDA, a fixed charge coverage ratio, maximum consolidated capital expenditures, minimum consolidated liquidity and minimum consolidated pre-marketing operating income. As of March 31, 2010, we were in compliance with all covenants, including financial covenants, under the Credit Documentation.

The Credit Documentation contains events of default that may permit acceleration of the debt under the Credit Documentation and a default interest rate of 3% above the interest rate which would otherwise be applicable. If an event of default has occurred, and the debt under the Financing becomes due and payable as a result, such payment will be subject to a make-whole (or the prepayment premium, if applicable to the First Lien Senior Facility in years 4 and 5) and, in the case of the Convertible Notes, liquidated damages payable in the form of shares of common stock for any loss of the option to convert in whole or in part. Conversion rights will continue to exist while the Convertible Notes are outstanding notwithstanding acceleration or maturity, including as a result of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy.

We used the net proceeds of the Financing of $213,133, plus cash on hand of $40,327, to repurchase $253,460 of our previous convertible notes in a tender offer that expired on November 3, 2008. We also incurred $27,051 of debt related costs in connection with the Financing.

We continually assess our capital structure and from time to time discuss with lenders opportunities to repay, refinance or revise the terms of our credit agreements. Such efforts may or may not be successful on terms acceptable to us or them.

First and Second Lien Senior Facility

The loans under the First Lien Senior Facility will mature in October 2013 and were issued at an original issuance discount of $7,167. Principal amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility are repayable in quarterly installments of $326 for each quarter ending December 31, 2008 through September 30, 2011 and $3,258 for each quarter ending December 31, 2011 through September 30, 2013, with the balance due in October 2013. Amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility, at our option, bear interest at:

 

   

the greater of 4.00% and LIBOR plus, in either case, 12.00%, payable on the last day of each relevant interest period or, if the interest period is longer than three months, each day that is three months after the first day of the interest period and the last day of such interest period, or

 

   

the greater of 6.75% and the higher of (i) the rate quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time and (ii) the federal funds effective rate from time to time plus 0.50% plus, in either case, 11.00%, payable on the last day of each month in arrears.

Certain events trigger prepayment obligations under the First Lien Senior Facility. Beginning as of the end of the quarter ended March 31, 2010, because it was the first quarter during which we had more than $75,000 of specified unrestricted cash in any quarter, we are obligated to offer to prepay without premium certain amounts each quarter. Accordingly, as required under the Credit Documentation, on April 22, 2010, we offered to prepay loans under the First Lien Senior Facility in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Documentation). Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $48,064. While certain holders of loans under the First Lien Senior Facility waived their right to receive the prepayment as permitted under the Credit Documentation, the $24,032 offered was paid on April 27, 2010 to holders that did not waive the prepayment. Of this amount, $23,187 was applied to the outstanding principal balance and $845 was applied to accrued but unpaid interest. This prepayment will reduce interest expense by approximately $2,500 for the remainder of 2010 and approximately $3,700 annually. We expect Consolidated Excess Cash Flow will be generated from operations during the three-month period ending June 30, 2010, and that we will make a similar prepayment offer. To the extent we obtain proceeds from asset sales, insurance/condemnation recoveries or extraordinary receipts, certain prepayments may be required that will be subject to a premium of 8% in year 1, 7% in year 2, 6% in year 3, 5% in year 4 and 3% in the first 9 months of year 5 and no premium thereafter. In addition, any voluntary prepayments or any mandatory prepayments that may be required from proceeds of debt and equity issuances will be subject to a make-whole during the first three years, and thereafter a premium of 5% in year 4 and 3% in the first 9 months of year 5, with the First Lien Senior Facility callable at par thereafter.

The loans under the Second Lien Senior Facility will mature in October 2015. Principal amounts under the Second Lien Senior Facility will be repayable in quarterly installments of $1,800 commencing the later of: (i) the last day of the fiscal quarter after payment-in-full of amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility and (ii) December 31, 2012, with the balance due in October 2015. Amounts under the Second Lien Senior Facility bear interest at 20% payable quarterly in arrears and payable in kind, or PIK, beginning December 31, 2008 until the third anniversary of the effective date and thereafter 20% payable quarterly in arrears in cash. If the First Lien Senior Facility has not been refinanced in full by the third anniversary of the effective date, then until such refinancing has occurred 70% of the interest due will be payable in cash with the balance payable in PIK. The amount paid in PIK as of March 31, 2010 was $23,104.

 

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After payment-in-full of amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility or in the event mandatory payments are waived by lenders under the First Lien Senior Facility, the Second Lien Senior Facility will be subject to prepayment obligations and premiums consistent with those for the First Lien Senior Facility. Voluntary prepayments for the Second Lien Senior Facility may be made at any time subject to a make-whole.

Third Lien Convertible Notes

Subject to conversion, repayment or repurchase of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes mature in October 2015. Subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments (including triggers upon the issuance of common stock below the market price of the common stock or the conversion price of the Convertible Notes), the Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at a rate equal to 3,448.2759 shares for each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, or approximately $0.29 per share. A permanent increase in the conversion rate, resulting in the issuance of additional shares, may occur if a fundamental change occurs. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we received Notices of Conversion from certain note holders indicating their desire to convert their Convertible Notes. In the aggregate, $3,095 principal amount of Convertible Notes were converted into 10,672 shares of our common stock during the first quarter of 2010. As of March 31, 2010, there were $2,600 principal amount of Convertible Notes outstanding.

Amounts under the Convertible Notes bear interest at 20% that accrues and compounds quarterly until October 30, 2011 at which time such accrued interest may be paid in cash. Any accrued interest not paid in cash on such date will continue to bear interest at 20% that accrues and compounds quarterly and is payable in cash on the maturity date of the Convertible Notes. After October 30, 2011, principal on Convertible Notes will bear interest at 20% payable quarterly in arrears in cash. However, if the First Lien Senior Facility has not been refinanced in full by October 31, 2011, then until such refinancing occurs, the cash interest will be capped at 14% with the balance of 6% accruing and compounding interest quarterly at 20%, to be paid in cash on the maturity date of the Convertible Notes. The amount of accrued and compounding interest as of March 31, 2010 was $859. In connection with note conversions during 2010, $958 was paid for accrued interest.

Subject to specific limitations and the right of holders to convert prior to such time, we may cause the automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes into common stock on or after the third anniversary of the issue date. The amount of Convertible Notes that will be subject to our automatic conversion right will depend on our stock price: (i) if a 30-day volume-weighted average price of our common stock is greater than $3.00 per share, then not less than $12,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes must remain outstanding after the conversion, (ii) if a 30-day volume-weighted average price of our common stock is greater than $4.50 per share, then not less than $6,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes must remain outstanding after the conversion and (iii) if a 30-day volume-weighted average price of our common stock is greater than $6.00 per share, then we may cause the mandatory conversion of up to all of the then-outstanding Convertible Notes.

State and Local Sales Taxes

We also have contingent liabilities for state and local sales taxes. As of March 31, 2010, we had a reserve of $4,336. If our ultimate liability exceeds this amount, it could affect our liquidity unfavorably. However, we do not believe it would significantly impair our liquidity.

Capital expenditures

For the three months ended March 31, 2010, capital expenditures were primarily for the implementation of software solutions and purchase of network equipment as we continue to expand our network. Our capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $4,000, of which $2,041 was for software acquisition and development. For 2010, we believe our capital expenditures will be approximately $45,000.

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities increased to $51,248 during the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $6,563 for the prior year period, primarily due to lower marketing expenditures and overall tighter controls on costs.

Changes in working capital requirements include changes in accounts receivable, prepaid and other assets, accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities and deferred revenue and costs. Cash provided by working capital requirements increased by $27,234 during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the prior year period primarily due to timing of payments.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of $31,098 was attributable to capital expenditures of $1,959, development of software assets of $2,041 and an increase in restricted cash of $27,098, primarily due to funding of the Concentration Account.

Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2009 of $6,951 was attributable to capital expenditures of $2,519, development of software assets of $3,995 and $437 for the increase in restricted cash.

 

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Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of $648 was attributable to $352 in capital lease payments and $326 in first lien facility principal payment.

Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2009 of $869 was attributable to $292 in capital lease payments, $326 in first lien facility principal payment and $251 in additional debt related cost.

Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. The following describes our critical accounting policies and estimates:

Use of Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including the following:

 

   

those related to the average period of service to a customer (the “customer life”) used to amortize deferred revenue and deferred customer acquisition costs associated with customer activation;

 

   

the useful lives of property and equipment, software costs and intangible assets;

 

   

assumptions used for the purpose of determining share-based compensation and the fair value of our stock warrant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model (“Model”), and various other assumptions that we believed to be reasonable. The key inputs for this Model are our stock price at valuation date, exercise price, the dividend yield, risk-free interest rate, life in years and historical volatility of our common stock; and

 

   

assumptions used to determine the fair value of the embedded derivative within our convertible notes using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The key inputs are maturity date, risk-free interest rate, our stock price at valuation date and historical volatility of our common stock.

We base our estimates on historical experience, available market information, appropriate valuation methodologies, and on various other assumptions that we believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.

Revenue Recognition

Operating revenues consist of telephony services revenues and customer equipment (which enables our telephony services) and shipping revenues. The point in time at which revenues are recognized is determined in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition, and Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605, Revenue Recognition.

Substantially all of our operating revenues are telephony services revenues, which are derived primarily from monthly subscription fees that customers are charged under our service plans. We also derive telephony services revenues from per minute fees for international calls and for any calling minutes in excess of a customer’s monthly plan limits. Monthly subscription fees are automatically charged to customers’ credit cards, debit cards or electronic check payments or ECP in advance and are recognized over the following month when services are provided. Revenues generated from international calls and from customers exceeding allocated call minutes under limited minute plans are recognized as services are provided, that is, as minutes are used, and are billed to a customer’s credit cards, debit cards or ECP in arrears. As a result of our multiple billing cycles each month, we estimate the amount of revenues earned from international calls and from customers exceeding allocated call minutes under limited minute plans but not billed from the end of each billing cycle to the end of each reporting period. These estimates are based primarily upon historical minutes and have been consistent with our actual results.

        We also generate revenue by charging a fee for activating service but from time to time we may forgo collecting this fee. For example, since May 2009 we have waived activation fees for almost all new customers. In these instances when no activation fee is being collected, no customer acquisition costs are deferred. Customer activation fees when collected, along with the related incremental direct customer acquisition amounts for customer equipment in the direct channel and for rebates and retailer commissions in the retail channel, up to but not exceeding the activation fee, are deferred and amortized over the estimated average customer life. The amortization of deferred customer equipment is recorded to direct cost of goods sold. The amortization of deferred rebates is recorded as a reduction of telephony services revenues. The amortization of deferred retailer commissions is recorded as marketing expense. We estimate customer life by analyzing historical trends and applying those trends to future periods. This customer life is solely used to amortize deferred activation fees collected, along with the related incremental customer acquisition costs. The customer life is 38 months for 2010 and was 44 months in 2009. The impact of the change to the customer life in 2010 is not material to the consolidated results of operations.

 

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We also provide rebates to customers who purchase their customer equipment from retailers and satisfy minimum service period requirements. These rebates in excess of activation fees are recorded as a reduction of revenues over the service period based upon the estimated number of customers that will ultimately earn and claim the rebates.

Customer equipment and shipping revenues include sales to our retailers, who subsequently resell this customer equipment to customers. Revenues were reduced for payments to retailers and rebates to customers, who purchased their customer equipment through these retailers, to the extent of customer equipment and shipping revenues.

Inventory

Inventory consists of the cost of customer equipment and is stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using the average cost method. We provide an inventory allowance for customer equipment that has been returned by customers but may not be able to be re-issued to new customers or returned to the manufacturer for credit.

Income Taxes

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts using tax rates in effect for the year the differences are expected to reverse. We have recorded a valuation allowance on the assumption that it is more likely than not that we will not generate taxable income in the future.

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards

As of December 31, 2009, we had net operating loss carry forwards for U.S. federal and state tax purposes of $762,322 and $723,095, respectively, expiring at various times from years ending 2012 through 2028. In addition, we had net operating loss carry forwards for Canadian tax purposes of $50,128 expiring through 2027. We also had net operating loss carry forwards for United Kingdom tax purposes of $38,078 with no expiration date.

Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change” (generally defined as a greater than 50% change (by value) in its equity ownership over a three-year period), the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change of control net operating loss carry forward and other pre-change tax attributes against its post-change income may be limited. The Section 382 limitation is applied annually so as to limit the use of our pre-change net operating loss carryforwards to an amount that generally equals the value of our stock immediately before the ownership change multiplied by a designated federal long-term tax-exempt rate. Due to the cumulative impact of our equity issuances over the three year period ended April 2005, a change of ownership occurred upon the issuance of our previously outstanding Series E Preferred Stock at the end of April 2005. As a result, $171,147 of the total U.S. net operating losses were subject to an annual base limitation of $39,374.

Share-Based Compensation

We account for share-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation”. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this pronouncement, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award, reduced as appropriate based on estimated forfeitures, and is recognized as expense over the applicable vesting period of the stock award using the accelerated method.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13 (“ASU 2009-13”) “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”). This ASU provides amendments to the criteria in FASB ASC 605-25 for separating consideration in multiple-deliverable arrangements. ASU 2009-13 changes existing rules regarding recognition of revenue in multiple deliverable arrangements and expands ongoing disclosures about the significant judgments used in applying its guidance. It will be effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in the fiscal year beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted on a prospective or retrospective basis. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2009-13 on our financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates.

Foreign Exchange Risk

We sell our products and services in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Changes in currency exchange rates affect the valuation in our financial statements of the assets and liabilities of these operations. We also have a portion of our sales denominated in Euros, the Canadian dollar and the British Pound, which are also affected by changes in currency exchange rates. Our financial results could be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates, although foreign exchange risks have not been material to our financial position or results of operations to date.

 

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Interest Rate and Debt Risk

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our long-term debt and to a lesser degree investments.

On October 19, 2008, we entered into definitive agreements for a financing consisting of (i) a $130,300 First Lien Senior Facility, (ii) a $72,000 Second Lien Senior Facility and (iii) the sale of $18,000 of our Convertible Notes. The funding for this transaction was completed on November 3, 2008. We are exposed to interest rate risk since amounts under the First Lien Senior Facility, at our option, bear interest at:

 

   

the greater of 4.00% and LIBOR plus, in either case, 12.00%, payable on the last day of each relevant interest period or, if the interest period is longer than three months, each day that is three months after the first day of the interest period and the last day of such interest period, or

 

   

the greater of 6.75% and the higher of (i) the rate quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time and (ii) the federal funds effective rate from time to time plus 0.50% plus, in either case, 11.00%, payable on the last day of each month in arrears.

The interest rate on the Second Lien Senior Facility and Convertible Notes are fixed. As of March 31, 2010, if the interest rate on the Company’s variable rate debt changed by 1%, the Company’s annual debt service payment would change by approximately $1,300.

We have no investments at March 31, 2010. Historically, we invested in a variety of securities that consisted primarily of investments in interest-bearing demand deposit accounts with financial institutions, money market funds and highly liquid debt securities of corporations and municipalities. By policy, we limited the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) required by Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b), our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in Internal Controls. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II—Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are subject to a number of lawsuits, government investigations and claims arising out of the conduct of our business. See a discussion of our litigation matters in Note 2 of Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. This information should be read in conjunction with the risk factors in such Annual Report.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Use of Proceeds from Initial Public Offering

On May 23, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-131659) relating to our initial public offering (“IPO”). After deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, our net proceeds from the offering equaled approximately $491,144, which includes $1,896 of costs incurred in 2005. We have invested the net proceeds of the offering in short-term, interest bearing securities pending their use to fund our expansion, including funding marketing expenses and operating losses. Except for payments in connection with IP litigation settlements and debt repayment, there has been no material change in our planned use of proceeds from our IPO as described in our final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). We did not use any of the net proceeds from the IPO until after the year ended December 31, 2006. Through March 31, 2010, we used $489,261 of the net proceeds from the IPO to fund operating activities of $290,426 including $221,975 for IP litigation settlements, $40,327 to pay note holders of our previously issued convertible notes, $27,051 for debt related costs related to the Financing and $131,457 for capital expenditures, software development and patent purchases.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

 

Item 5. Other Information

None

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

10.1*    Employment Agreement dated as of February 24, 2010 by and between Vonage Holdings Corp. and Barry Rowan(1)
10.2*    Indemnification Agreement dated as of May 6, 2010 by and between Vonage Holdings Corp. and Barry Rowan(1)
10.3*    Amendment of Employment Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2010 between John S. Rego and Vonage Holdings Corp.(2)
10.4*    Separation Agreement and General Release, dated as of February 23, 2010 between John S. Rego and Vonage Holdings Corp.(2)
10.5*    Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement under the Vonage Holdings Corp. 2006 Incentive Plan(1)
31.1      Certification of the Company’s 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(1)
31.2      Certification of the Company’s 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(1)
32.1      Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)

 

(1) Filed herewith.
(2) Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Vonage Holding Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 001-32887) filed on March 1, 2010.
* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
Dated: May 6, 2010     By:   /s/    BARRY ROWAN
      Barry Rowan
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
      Chief Administrative Officer and Treasurer
      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

10.1*    Employment Agreement dated as of February 24, 2010 by and between Vonage Holdings Corp. and Barry Rowan(1)
10.2*    Indemnification Agreement dated as of May 6, 2010 by and between Vonage Holdings Corp. and Barry Rowan(1)
10.3*    Amendment of Employment Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2010 between John S. Rego and Vonage Holdings Corp.(2)
10.4*    Separation Agreement and General Release, dated as of February 23, 2010 between John S. Rego and Vonage Holdings Corp.(2)
10.5*    Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement under the Vonage Holdings Corp. 2006 Incentive Plan(1)
31.1      Certification of the Company’s 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(1)
31.2      Certification of the Company’s 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(1)
32.1      Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)

 

(1) Filed herewith.
(2) Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Vonage Holding Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 001-32887) filed on March 1, 2010.
* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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