Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 12—Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

On May 5, 2004, the Company filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking injunctive relief and damages against Tyco Group, S.A.R.L., Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc. (f/k/a TyCom (US) Inc.), Tyco International, Ltd., Tyco International (US) Inc., and TyCom Ltd. (collectively “Tyco”). The Company alleged that Tyco breached a settlement agreement that it had entered into with the Company to resolve certain disputes and civil actions among the parties. The Company alleged that Tyco did not provide the Company, as required under the settlement agreement, free of charge and for the Company’s exclusive use, a 15-year indefeasible right to use four Wavelengths in Ring Configuration (as defined in the settlement agreement) on a global undersea fiber optic network that Tyco was deploying at that time. After extensive proceedings, including several decisions and appeals, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision to dismiss the Company’s claim and denied the Company’s motion for re-argument of that decision. On June 23, 2015, the Company filed a new summons and complaint against Tyco in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York alleging that Tyco breached the settlement agreement. In September 2015, Tyco filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which the Company opposed. Oral arguments were held on March 9, 2016. The parties are now awaiting a decision from the Court.

In addition to the foregoing, the Company is subject to other legal proceedings that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and have not been finally adjudicated. Although there can be no assurance in this regard, the Company believes that none of the other legal proceedings to which the Company is a party will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

Purchase Commitments

The Company had purchase commitments of $1.6 million at January 31, 2016.

Letters of Credit

At January 31, 2016, the Company had letters of credit outstanding totaling $0.3 million for IDT Telecom’s business. The letters of credit outstanding at January 31, 2016 expire in the twelve month period ending January 31, 2017.

Performance Bonds

IDT Payment Services and IDT Telecom have performance bonds issued through third parties for the benefit of various states in order to comply with the states’ financial requirements for money remittance licenses and telecommunications resellers, respectively. At January 31, 2016, the Company had aggregate performance bonds of $13.1 million outstanding.

Customer Deposits

At January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015, “Customer deposits” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets included refundable customer deposits of $85.1 million and $84.5 million, respectively, related to IDT Financial Services Ltd., the Company’s Gibraltar-based bank.

Substantially Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company treats unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by IDT Payment Services and IDT Financial Services Ltd. as substantially restricted and unavailable for other purposes. At January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015, “Cash and cash equivalents” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets included an aggregate of $9.1 million and $7.5 million, respectively, held by IDT Payment Services and IDT Financial Services Ltd. that was unavailable for other purposes.

Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist of the following:

	January 31, 2016		July 31, 2015
	(in thousands)
IDT Financial Services customer deposits	$	88,335	$	87,613
Related to letters of credit		272		3,163
Other		185		259
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents	$	88,792	$	91,035