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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, 2013

 

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 No. 001-35724

 


 

Warwick Valley Telephone Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

 

14-1160510

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

47 Main Street

 

 

Warwick, New York

 

10990

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone, including area code:   (845) 986-8080

 

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 o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  YES x   NO o

 

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.

 

Large accelerated filer  £

Accelerated filer  x

Non-accelerated filer  £  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company  £

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  YES £    NO x

 

The number of shares of Warwick Valley Telephone Company common stock outstanding as of May 3, 2013 was 6,154,460.

 

 

 



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Index to Form 10-Q

 

Part I

Financial Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013 (unaudited) and December 31, 2012

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited)

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 (unaudited) and 2012 (unaudited, as restated)

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

7

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

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

 

17

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

20

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

20

 

 

 

 

Part II

Other Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

21

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

21

 

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Part I — Financial Information

Item 1.  Financial Statements

 

WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,932

 

$

1,799

 

Trade accounts receivable - net of allowance for uncollectibles - $391 and $638 at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

 

2,956

 

3,320

 

Other accounts receivable

 

171

 

187

 

Materials and supplies

 

408

 

512

 

Prepaid expenses

 

1,180

 

1,145

 

Prepaid income taxes

 

1,670

 

1,222

 

Deferred income taxes

 

268

 

268

 

Total current assets

 

8,585

 

8,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

15,933

 

16,446

 

Seat licenses

 

1,605

 

1,514

 

Other intangibles, net

 

6,465

 

6,617

 

Goodwill

 

9,121

 

9,121

 

Deferred income taxes

 

823

 

874

 

Other assets

 

522

 

420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

43,054

 

$

43,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,030

 

$

886

 

Advance billing and payments

 

282

 

367

 

Accrued taxes

 

617

 

619

 

Pension and post retirement benefit obligations

 

1,089

 

1,089

 

Accrued wages

 

2,224

 

1,005

 

Other accrued expenses

 

3,077

 

2,754

 

Total current liabilities

 

8,319

 

6,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

14,523

 

14,095

 

Pension and post retirement benefit obligations

 

7,931

 

8,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

30,773

 

28,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares - $100 par value, authorized and issued shares of 5,000; $0.01 par value authorized and unissued shares of 10,000,000;

 

500

 

500

 

Common stock - $0.01 par value, authorized shares of 10,000,000; 6,976,942 and 6,576,542 shares issued at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

 

70

 

66

 

Treasury stock - at cost, 823,482 and 817,700 common shares at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

 

(7,548

)

(7,486

)

Additional paid in capital

 

12,040

 

11,826

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(3,906

)

(3,999

)

Retained earnings

 

11,125

 

13,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

12,281

 

14,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

43,054

 

$

43,445

 

 

Please see accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenue

 

 

 

 

 

Unified Communications

 

$

3,956

 

$

3,274

 

Telephone

 

3,784

 

3,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

 

7,740

 

7,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and products (exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense)

 

3,789

 

3,548

 

Selling, general and administration expenses

 

7,352

 

5,408

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,002

 

1,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

12,143

 

10,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating loss

 

(4,403

)

(3,154

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income (expense)

 

(236

)

(57

)

Income from equity method investment

 

3,250

 

1,425

 

Other income (expense), net

 

108

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other income

 

3,122

 

1,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(1,281

)

(1,791

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes benefit

 

(448

)

(557

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

(833

)

(1,234

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred dividends

 

6

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss applicable to common stock

 

$

(839

)

$

(1,240

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic loss per common share

 

$

(0.15

)

$

(0.22

)

Basic loss per puttable common share

 

$

 

$

(0.22

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted loss per common share

 

$

(0.15

)

$

(0.22

)

Diluted loss per puttable common share

 

$

 

$

(0.22

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock used to calculate earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic (common)

 

5,751,338

 

5,443,541

 

Basic (puttable common)

 

 

272,479

 

Diluted (common)

 

5,751,338

 

5,443,541

 

Diluted (puttable common)

 

 

272,479

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared per common share

 

$

0.27

 

$

0.27

 

 

Please see accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(833

)

$

(1,234

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Defined benefit pension plans:

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of transition obligation, net of tax expense of $0 and $3 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively

 

 

4

 

Prior service cost arising during period, net of tax benefit of $25 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively

 

(44

)

(44

)

Net loss arising during period, net of tax expense of $76 and $94 for the three months ended March 31,2013 and 2012, respectively

 

137

 

169

 

Other comprehensive income

 

93

 

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(740

)

$

(1,105

)

 

Please see accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

(as restated)

 

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(833

)

$

(1,234

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,002

 

1,279

 

Write off of deferred financing fees

 

61

 

 

Allowance (recoveries) for uncollectibles

 

(246

)

177

 

Write off obsolete inventory

 

92

 

 

Stock based compensation expense

 

218

 

192

 

Distribution in excess of income from equity investments included in net loss

 

(1,424

)

 

Change in fair value of derivative liability

 

 

14

 

Changes in assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

610

 

(707

)

Other current assets

 

(499

)

(652

)

Accounts payable

 

144

 

(404

)

Other accruals and liabilitites

 

1,435

 

(142

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

 

560

 

(1,477

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(176

)

(329

)

Acquired intangibles

 

(58

)

 

Purchase of seat licenses

 

(194

)

(147

)

Distribution in excess of income from equity investments

 

1,424

 

1,826

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

996

 

1,350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

 

16,273

 

 

Repayment of long-term debt

 

(15,845

)

(380

)

Payment of fees for acquisition of debt

 

(119

)

 

Repayment of amount due in connection with business acquisition

 

 

(170

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

(62

)

(50

)

Dividends (Common and Preferred)

 

(1,670

)

(1,573

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(1,423

)

(2,173

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

133

 

(2,300

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

1,799

 

4,575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,932

 

$

2,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Treasury stock acquired in connection with cashless exercise of stock options

 

$

 

$

677

 

 

Please see the accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1:    RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

On May 10, 2013, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, of Warwick Valley Telephone Company, which is currently doing business as Alteva (“Alteva” or the “Company”) in consultation with management, determined that the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011, March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012, should be restated for an error in the classification of distribution from an equity investment.  Specifically, the Company previously presented distributions in excess of income from equity investments as cash flows from operating activities and is now presenting these distributions as cash flows from investing activities.

 

Effects of the restatement

 

The following table provides a summary of the selected line items on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 affected by this restatement. This restatement had no impact on the reported net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the applicable period.  Likewise, this restatement had no impact on the Condensed Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2012 and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

 

 

 

Three Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2012

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities, as reported

 

$

349

 

Adjustments

 

(1,826

)

Restated net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(1,477

)

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities, as reported

 

$

(476

)

Adjustments

 

1,826

 

Restated net cash provided by investing activities

 

$

1,350

 

 

NOTE 2:    BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

 

Nature of Operations

 

The Company is a cloud-based communications company that provides Unified Communications (“UC”) solutions and enterprise hosted Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) and also operates as a regional Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (“ILEC”) in southern Orange County, New York and northern New Jersey. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires, all references to the Company means the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company delivers cloud-based UC solutions including VoIP, Hosted Microsoft Communication Services (OCS and Lync), fixed mobile convergence and advanced voice applications for a broad customer base including, medium and large-sized businesses and enterprise business customers. The Company’s ILEC operations consist of providing local and toll telephone service to residential and business customers, internet high-speed broadband service, and satellite television services provided by DIRECTV.

 

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NOTE 3:    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for fair presentation have been included.  Operating results and cash flows for the three month period ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.   The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements.  The interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period.  Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, depreciation expense, allowance for doubtful accounts, long-lived assets, derivative liabilities, pension and postretirement expenses and income taxes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company derives its revenue from the sale of UC services as well as traditional telephone service. The Company recognizes revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement between the Company and the customer exists, (ii) the delivery of the product to the customer has occurred or service has been provided to the customer, (iii) the price to the customer is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability of the sales or service price is reasonably assured.  Revenue is reported net of all applicable sales tax.

 

Unified Communication

 

The Company’s UC services and solutions consist primarily of its hosted VoIP Unified Communications system, certain UC applications, and other professional services associated with installation and activation. Additionally, the Company offers customers the ability to purchase telephone equipment systems from the Company directly, or they can independently purchase such equipment.

 

Multiple-deliverable arrangements primarily include the sale of telephone equipment, along with professional services associated with installation, activation and implementation services.  When a UC arrangement involves multiple elements, revenue is allocated to each respective element. In the event that the Company enters into a multiple element arrangement and there are undelivered elements as of the balance sheet date, the Company assesses whether the elements are separable and have determinable fair values in assessing the amount of revenue to record. Allocation of revenue to elements of the arrangement is based on fair value of the element being sold on a stand-alone basis. Telephone equipment meets the criteria to qualify as a separate unit of accounting. The Company utilizes third party list prices as evidence for stand-alone value for its equipment sales.

 

The Company bills most of the monthly recurring hosted service revenue a month in advance. Any amounts billed and collected, but for which the service is not yet delivered, are included in deferred revenue. These amounts are recognized as revenues only when the service is delivered.

 

Equipment sales associated with the sale of telephone equipment is recognized upon delivery to the customer, as it is considered a separate earnings process. Other upfront fees, not including equipment, along with associated costs, up to but not exceeding these fees, are deferred and recognized over the estimated life of the customer relationship.

 

Telephone

 

Revenue is earned from monthly billings to customers for local voice services, long distance, DSL, Internet services, hardware and other services. Revenue is also derived from charges for network access to the local exchange telephone network from subscriber line charges and from contractual arrangements for services such as billing and collection and directory advertising. Revenue is recognized in the period in which service is provided to the customer. Directory advertising revenue is recorded ratably over the life of the directory. With multiple billing cycles, the Company accrues revenue earned but not yet billed at the end of a quarter. The Company also defers services billed in advance and recognizes them as income when earned.

 

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The Telephone Segment markets competitive service bundles which may include multiple deliverables. The base bundles consist of voice services (including a business or residential phone line), calling features and long distance services and customers may choose to add Internet services to a base bundle package. Separate units of accounting within the bundled packages include voice services, long distance and Internet services. Revenue for all services included in bundles are recognized over the same service period, which is the time period in which the service is provided to the customer.

 

Certain revenue is realized under pooling arrangements with other service providers and is divided among the companies based on respective costs and investments to provide the services. The companies that take part in pooling arrangements may adjust their costs and investments for a period of two years, which causes the dollars distributed by the pool to be adjusted retroactively. The Company believes that recorded amounts represent reasonable estimates of the final distribution from these pools. However, to the extent that the companies participating in these pools make adjustments, there will be corresponding adjustments to the Company’s recorded revenue in future periods.

 

Certain revenue from these pooling arrangements which includes Universal Service Funds (“USF”) and National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) pool settlements, accounted for 7% and 8% of the Company’s consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired business over the net fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed.  Goodwill is not amortized, but rather is assessed for impairment at least annually.  The Company tests goodwill for impairment annually on October 1, or whenever events or circumstances indicate an impairment.  If it is determined that an impairment has occurred, the Company will record a write down of the carrying value and record the charge to the impairment as an operating expense in the period the determination is made.

 

The Unified Communications reporting unit includes $9.1 million of goodwill as of March 31, 2013, resulting from the Company’s acquisition of certain assets and certain liabilities of Alteva, LLC in 2011.    No events or circumstances occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 that would have more likely than not reduced the fair value of this reporting unit below its carrying value.

 

Materials and Supplies

 

Material and supplies are carried at average cost and consisted of principally material and supply finished goods as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company records deferred taxes that arise from temporary differences between the financial statement and the tax basis of assets and liabilities.  Deferred taxes are classified as current or non-current, depending on the classification of the assets and liabilities to which they relate.  Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are adjusted for the effect of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.  The Company’s deferred taxes result principally from differences in the timing of depreciation and in the accounting for pensions and other postretirement benefits.  A valuation allowance is recorded against the deferred tax assets which are not expected to be realized.

 

Accounting Policies

 

There were no material changes to the Company’s other accounting policies as presented in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

NOTE 4:   RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In December 2011, an accounting standards update (“ASU”) regarding balance sheet disclosures of offsetting assets and liabilities was issued and the scope was clarified in January 2013. This update requires disclosure on information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of an entity’s financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. This applies to derivatives accounted for in accordance with Topic 815, including bifurcated embedded instruments, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowings and securities lending transactions. An entity is required to apply this update for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. An entity should provide the disclosures required by this update retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The Company adopted this standard January 1, 2013 and it did not have a material impact on its disclosures or consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2013, an ASU regarding the reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income was issued. This update requires an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP. An entity is required to apply the update prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2013 and it did not have a material impact on its disclosures or consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTE 5:  EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares adjusted to include the effect of potentially dilutive securities.  Potentially dilutive securities include incremental shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options and shares of unvested restricted stock.  Diluted earnings (loss) per share exclude all dilutive securities if their effect is anti-dilutive.

 

The Company’s restricted stock awards are considered “participating securities” because they contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends. Under the two-class method, EPS is computed by dividing earnings allocated to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. In applying the two-class method, earnings are allocated to both common stock shares and participating securities based on their respective weighted-average shares outstanding for the period.  Due to the Company’s net loss for the periods, the effect of participating securities was excluded from the computation of basic and diluted EPS.  The net losses are not allocated because the restricted stock holders are not required to fund losses.

 

Basic and diluted weighted average shares were the same for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 because the effects of the potentially dilutive securities were antidilutive and were excluded from the calculation.  Such securities included 425,248 and 87,139 of nonvested restricted stock and 535,726 and 303,106 common stock options at March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively.

 

NOTE 6:  SEAT LICENSES AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual value. Identifiable intangible assets that are subject to amortization are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable. The components of seat licenses are as follows:

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Gross

 

Accumulated

 

Net

 

($ in thousands)

 

Useful Lives

 

Value

 

Amortization

 

Value

 

As of March 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seat licenses

 

5 years

 

$

2,266

 

$

(661

)

$

1,605

 

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Gross

 

Accumulated

 

Net

 

($ in thousands)

 

Useful Lives

 

Value

 

Amortization

 

Value

 

As of December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seat licenses

 

5 years

 

$

2,072

 

$

(558

)

$

1,514

 

 

The components of other intangible assets are as follows:

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Gross

 

Accumulated

 

Net

 

($ in thousands)

 

Useful Lives

 

Value

 

Amortization

 

Value

 

As of March 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer relationships

 

8 years

 

$

5,400

 

$

(1,125

)

$

4,275

 

Trade name

 

15 years

 

2,400

 

(267

)

2,133

 

Domain name

 

15 years

 

58

 

(1

)

57

 

Total

 

 

 

$

7,858

 

$

(1,393

)

$

6,465

 

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Gross

 

Accumulated

 

Net

 

($ in thousands)

 

Useful Lives

 

Value

 

Amortization

 

Value

 

As of December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer relationships

 

8 years

 

$

5,400

 

$

(956

)

$

4,444

 

Trade name

 

15 years

 

2,400

 

(227

)

2,173

 

Total

 

 

 

$

7,800

 

$

(1,183

)

$

6,617

 

 

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NOTE 7:  SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Company’s segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services and are managed as UC and Telephone services.  The Company evaluates the performance of the segments based upon factors such as revenue growth, expense containment, market share and operating results.

 

The UC segment provides enterprise hosted VoIP services, wholesale carrier services and conference services.

 

The Telephone segment provides telecommunications services including local, network access, long distance services, wireless, broadband, TV service and directory services.

 

The segment results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations these segments would have achieved had they operated as stand-alone entities during the periods presented.

 

Segment balance sheet information as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is set forth below:

 

 

 

As of

 

($in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

 

Segment assets

 

 

 

 

 

Unified Communications

 

$

24,893

 

$

23,500

 

Telephone

 

18,161

 

19,945

 

Total segment assets

 

$

43,054

 

$

43,445

 

 

Segment statement of operations information for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 is set forth below:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

March 31, 2012

 

Segment net revenue

 

 

 

 

 

Unified Communications

 

$

3,956

 

$

3,274

 

Telephone

 

3,784

 

3,807

 

Total segment net revenue

 

$

7,740

 

$

7,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

Unified Communications

 

$

618

 

$

427

 

Telephone

 

384

 

852

 

Total segment depreciation and amortization

 

$

1,002

 

$

1,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment operating loss

 

 

 

 

 

Unified Communications

 

$

(3,973

)

$

(2,771

)

Telephone

 

(430

)

(383

)

Total segment operating loss

 

$

(4,403

)

$

(3,154

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income, (expense), net

 

(236

)

(57

)

Income from equity investment

 

3,250

 

1,425

 

Other (expenses) income, net

 

108

 

(5

)

Loss before income taxes

 

$

(1,281

)

$

(1,791

)

 

NOTE 8: SEVERANCE

 

On March 5, 2013, the Company announced the termination of an employment agreement between the Company and Duane W. Albro (“Mr. Albro”), dated December 14, 2011 (the “Employment Agreement”), and the departure of Mr. Albro as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately.

 

Under the terms of the separation agreement signed in May 2013, and consistent with the Employment Agreement, Mr. Albro is to receive a lump-sum cash payment equal to $470,000, which represents one year’s annual salary, plus a lump-sum separation benefit.  Such amount has been recognized in selling, general and administrative expense in the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and is classified as accrued wages in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2013 and is expected to be paid in the second quarter of 2013.  Also under the separation agreement, the Company will accelerate the unvested portions of Mr. Albro’s equity based compensation, which will be accounted for as a modification with the recognition of a non-cash expense during the second quarter of 2013.  Mr. Albro has the right to revoke the seperation agreement until May 15, 2013, at which time the terms of such agreement are final.

 

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NOTE 9:  ORANGE COUNTY-POUGHKEEPSIE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

The Company is a limited partner in the Orange County-Poughkeepsie Limited Partnership (the “O-P”) and had an 8.108% equity interest in the O-P as of March 31, 2013 and 2012, which is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.  The majority owner and general partner of the O-P is Verizon Wireless of the East L.P.

 

On May 26, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless of the East LP, the general partner and a limited partner, and Cellco Partnership, the other limited partner, in the O-P to make certain changes to the O-P partnership agreement which, among other things, specifies that the O-P will provide 4G cellular services (the “4G Agreement”).  The 4G Agreement provides that the O-P’s business will be converted from a wholesale business to a retail business.  The 4G Agreement provides for guaranteed annual cash distributions to the Company from the O-P through 2013.  For 2011 and 2012, annual cash distributions from the O-P were $13.6 million $13.0 million, respectively and for 2013 the annual cash distributions will be $13.0 million.  Annual cash distributions will be paid in equal quarterly amounts.  The 4G Agreement also gives the Company the right (the “Put”) to require one of the O-P’s limited partners to purchase all the Company’s ownership interest in the O-P during April 2013 or April 2014 for an amount equal to the greater of (a) $50 million or (b) the product of five (5) times 0.081081 times the O-P’s EBITDA, as defined in the 4G Agreement.

 

The conversion of the O-P from a wholesale business to a retail business in 2011 pursuant to the 4G Agreement increased the cellular service costs and operating expenses incurred by the O-P, which caused a subsequent reduction in the O-P’s net income primarily due to the inclusion of sales and marketing expenses.  Although the Company’s share of the O-P’s net income recorded in the Company’s income statement decreased, the annual cash distributions the Company receives from the O-P will remain unchanged through 2013 pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the equity method accounting, the Company is required to record the income from the O-P as an increase to the Company’s investment account.  As a result of receiving the fixed guaranteed cash distributions from the O-P in excess of the Company’s cumulative proportionate share of the O-P income, the investment account was reduced to zero during the first six months of 2012. These payments are shown as  a return on investment in the investing section of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.  Thereafter, the Company recorded the fixed guaranteed cash distributions that were received from the O-P in excess of the proportionate share of the O-P income directly to the Company’s statement of operations as other income.  All payments received in excess of the Company’s proportionate share of the O-P income is considered a return of investment and is shown in the investing section of the consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

The following summarizes the income statement (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 that the O-P provided to the Company:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

March 31, 2012

 

Net sales

 

$

79,892

 

$

74,235

 

Cellular service cost

 

35,980

 

36,047

 

Operating expenses

 

21,398

 

20,620

 

Operating income

 

22,514

 

17,568

 

Other income (expense)

 

3

 

3

 

Net income

 

$

22,517

 

$

17,571

 

Company share

 

$

1,826

 

$

1,425

 

 

The following summarizes the balance sheet as of March 31, 2013 (unaudited) and December 31, 2012 that O-P provided to the Company:

 

 

 

As of

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

 

Current assets

 

$

20,788

 

$

22,370

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

41,121

 

41,072

 

Total assets

 

$

61,909

 

$

63,442

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

$

25,427

 

$

30,162

 

Partners’ capital

 

36,482

 

33,280

 

Total liabilities and partners’ capital

 

$

61,909

 

$

63,442

 

 

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NOTE 10:  PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

The components of net periodic cost (gain) for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

For the three months ended

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

March 31, 2012

 

March 31, 2013

 

March 31, 2012

 

Service cost

 

$

 

$

 

$

4

 

$

4

 

Interest cost

 

190

 

192

 

56

 

54

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(219

)

(219

)

(43

)

(43

)

Amortization of transition asset

 

 

 

7

 

7

 

Amortization of prior service cost

 

14

 

14

 

(83

)

(83

)

Amortization of net loss

 

227

 

231

 

33

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost (gain)

 

$

212

 

$

218

 

$

(26

)

$

(27

)

 

The Company expects to contribute $1.1 million to its pension and post retirement plans in 2013.   For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, the Company has contributed $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, to its pension and postretirement benefits plans.  Amounts reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) related to the Company’s pension and postretirement obligations were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012.

 

NOTE 11: DEBT OBLIGATIONS

 

Debt obligations consisted of the following at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

 

 

As of

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt:

 

 

 

 

 

CoBank ACB revolving loan facility

 

$

 

$

8,595

 

Provident Bank credit line

 

 

4,000

 

TriState credit line

 

14,523

 

1,500

 

Total debt obligations

 

$

14,523

 

$

14,095

 

 

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had three debt facilities.  The Company had a revolving loan facility with CoBank, ACB (“CoBank”) for $10.0 million with an interest rate (payable quarterly in arrears) at LIBOR plus 4.50%.  The interest rate on the outstanding balance under the revolving loan facility with CoBank as of December 31, 2012 was 4.71%.  The Company had an unsecured line of credit with Provident Bank (“Provident”) of $4.0 million of which the entire amount had been drawn down at December 31, 2012.  The interest rate (payable quarterly in arrears) on the Provident unsecured line of credit was fixed at 2.50%.  The Company had a credit agreement with TriState Capital Bank (“TriState”) that provided for borrowings up to $2.5 million, with a variable interest rate based on either LIBOR or a Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus an applicable margin 4.0% or 3.0%, respectively.

 

On March 11, 2013, the Company entered into a new credit agreement with TriState to provide for borrowings up to $17.0 million with the ability to increase the facility for borrowings up to $20.0 million with the participation of another lender.  All borrowings become due and payable on June 30, 2014. The TriState borrowings incur interest at a variable rate based on either LIBOR or a Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus an applicable margin of 3.50% or 2.00%, respectively. Under the terms of the TriState credit agreement, the Company is required to comply with certain loan covenants, which include, but are not limited to, the achievement of certain financial ratios as well as certain financial reporting requirements. The Company must maintain a Consolidated Liquidity Ratio, as defined in the TriState credit agreement, in excess of 1.0 to 1.0, including the value of the Put calculated in accordance with the 4G Agreement, until April 30, 2014.  The Company is required to obtain the consent of TriState prior to agreeing to any amendment to the agreements the Company has with the O-P. The Company’s obligations under the TriState credit facility are secured by all of the Company’s asset and guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries except for the subsidiary that is operating as an ILEC.  The ILEC subsidiary entered into a negative pledge agreement with TriState whereby the ILEC subsidiary agreed not to pledge any of its assets as collateral or lien to be placed on any of its assets.  On March 11, 2013, the Company borrowed $15.2 million to repay all borrowings outstanding under the CoBank, Provident and prior TriState credit facilities and retired those facilities.  On March 31, 2013, the Company repaid $0.7 million of the outstanding borrowings under the new credit agreement with TriState.

 

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NOTE 12:  INCOME TAXES

 

Generally, for interim tax reporting, one overall estimated annual effective tax rate is computed for tax jurisdictions not subject to valuation allowance and applied to the year to date ordinary income or loss.  The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2013, and 2012 was 35.0% and 31.1%, respectively.  The adjusted tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, differed from the U.S. state statutory rates primarily due to certain income of the Company not being subject to state tax as well as certain expenses that are not tax deductible.

 

The accounting standard regarding accounting for uncertainty in income taxes requires uncertain tax positions to be classified as non-current income tax liabilities, unless expected to be paid within one year.  As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company has no liability for unrecognized tax benefits.

 

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company maintained a valuation allowance on certain state net operating loss (principally New Jersey) carryforward deferred tax assets because management determined that it was not more likely than not that it would realize the benefits of such state deferred tax assets.

 

The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense.  For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, there was no interest expense relating to unrecognized tax benefits.

 

The Company and its subsidiaries file a U.S. federal consolidated income tax return.  The U.S. federal statute of limitations remains open for the years 2009 and thereafter.

 

NOTE 13:  SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

A summary of the changes to shareholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 is provided below:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2013

 

March 31, 2012

 

Shareholders’ equity, beginning of period

 

$

14,535

 

$

26,153

 

Net income (loss)

 

(833

)

(1,234

)

Dividends paid on common stock

 

(1,664

)

(1,567

)

Dividends paid on preferred stock

 

(6

)

(6

)

Stock based compensation

 

218

 

192

 

Treasury stock purchases

 

(62

)

(725

)

Exercise of stock options

 

 

675

 

Changes in pension and postretirement benefit plans

 

93

 

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, end of period

 

$

12,281

 

$

23,617

 

 

NOTE 14:    STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company adopted and, at the annual meeting held on April 29, 2011, its shareholders approved, the Amended and Restated 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Amended and Restated LTIP”) to assist the Company and its affiliates in attracting, motivating and retaining selected individuals to serve as employees, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company and its affiliates by providing incentives to such individuals through the ownership and performance of the Company’s common stock.  The Amended and Restated LTIP increased the total number of shares authorized under the Amended and Restated LTIP from 500,000 shares to 1,100,000 shares of common stock.  The increases in the number of shares available under the Amended and Restated LTIP required approval from the New York Public Service Commission (“NYPSC”) and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“NJBPU”).  As of March 31, 2012, the Company received approval from both the NYPSC and the NJBPU.  Shares available for grant under the Amended and Restated LTIP may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been reacquired by the Company and designated as treasury shares.  As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, 24,523 and 675,956  shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock were available for grant under the Amended and Restated LTIP.  The Amended and Restated LTIP permits the issuance by the Company of awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units and performance shares.  The exercise price per share of the Company’s common stock purchasable under any stock option or stock appreciation right may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of one share of common stock on the date of grant.  The term of any stock option or stock appreciation may not exceed ten years.  The Amended and Restated LTIP also provides plan participants with a cashless mechanism to exercise their stock options.  Issued restricted stock, stock options and restricted stock units are subject to vesting restrictions.

 

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Restricted Stock Awards

 

Stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock awards of $0.2 million was recorded in both the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.  Restricted stock awards have grated vesting schedules and are amortized over their respective vesting periods of two or three years.  The Company records stock-based compensation for grants of restricted stock awards on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.  The Company has determined expected forfeitures based on recent activity and is recognizing compensation expense only for those restricted common stock awards expected to vest.

 

The following table summarizes the restricted common stock activity during the period ended March 31, 2013:

 

 

 

March 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted
Average Fair

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance - nonvested at January 1, 2013

 

59,078

 

$

14.10

 

Granted

 

404,932

 

10.21

 

Vested

 

(18,788

)

13.79

 

Forfeited

 

(19,974

)

14.64

 

Balance - nonvested at March 31, 2013

 

425,248

 

$

10.38

 

 

The total fair value of restricted stock awards that vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively.  As of March 31, 2013, $4.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted common stock is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3 years.

 

Stock Options

 

The following tables summarize stock option activity for the three month period ended March 31, 2013, along with options exercisable at the end of the period:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2013

 

Options

 

Shares

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

Weighted
Average
Contractual
Life (Years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - Beginning of period

 

263,554

 

$

14.02

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options granted

 

395,875

 

10.11

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(123,703

)

14.34

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - End of period

 

535,726

 

$

11.06

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested and Expected to Vest at March 31

 

535,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercisable at March 31

 

102,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day, March 31, 2013, and the exercise price times the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all the option holders exercised in the money options on March 31, 2012.  This amount changes based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock.

 

The fair value of the stock-based awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the three months ended March 31, 2013:

 

Expected life (in years)

 

6

 

Interest rate

 

1.08

%

Volatility

 

29.61

%

Dividend yield

 

10.63

%

Weighted-average fair value per share at grant date

 

$

0.63

 

 

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The following table sets forth the total stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options and restricted stock granted to employees that are included in the Company’s consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

 

March 31, 2013

 

March 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and products

 

$

3

 

$

10

 

Selling, general and administrative expense

 

215

 

182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

 

$

218

 

$

192

 

 

As of March 31, 2013, $0.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3 years.

 

NOTE 15:    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date.  Based on this evaluation, the Company has determined that no subsequent events, except for the matter discussed below, have occurred which require disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

On May 7, 2013, Duane W. Albro, notified the Company of his resignation, effective immediately, from the Board of Directors.

 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “expects” and words of similar import, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: general economic and business conditions, both nationally and in the geographic regions in which we operate; industry capacity; our ability to continue to pay dividends at our current level; goodwill and long-lived asset impairment; changes in the Orange County-Poughkeepsie Limited Partnership (“O-P”) distributions; risks associated with the exercise of our option to sell our O-P interest back to Verizon; demographic changes; management turnover; technological changes and changes in consumer demand; existing governmental regulations and changes in or our failure to comply with, governmental regulations; legislative proposals relating to the businesses in which we operate; changes to the USF; risks associated with our unfunded pension liability; competition; the loss of any significant ability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel and any other factors that are described in “Risk Factors.” Given these uncertainties, current and prospective investors should be cautioned regarding reliance on such forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revision to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments. For a further discussion of the matters described above, see Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

Overview

 

Warwick Valley Telephone Company, currently doing business as Alteva (we, our or us) is a cloud-based communications company that provides Unified Communication (“UC”) solutions that unify an organization’s communications systems and enterprise hosted Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”).  We also operate a regional Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (“ILEC”) in southern Orange County, New York and northern New Jersey. We deliver cloud-based UC solutions including enterprise hosted VoIP, Hosted Microsoft Communication Services (OCS and Lync), fixed mobile convergence and advanced voice applications for the desktop. By combining voice service with Microsoft Communications Services products, our customers receive a voice-enabled UC solution that integrates with existing business applications. We have solutions that are designed for the enterprise market of 20 to 500 users per location. Our ILEC operations consist of providing local and toll telephone service to residential and business customers, Internet high speed broadband service, and DIRECTV.

 

On January 22, 2013, we began doing business as Alteva. Our shareholders will vote on a proposal to amend our certificate of incorporation to change our name from Warwick Valley Telephone Company to Alteva, Inc. at our 2013 annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 16, 2013.  As part of our rebranding as Alteva, we changed our ticker symbol on the NYSE MKT from WVT to ALTV on February 4, 2013.

 

On March 5, 2013, Duane W. Albro departed as our President and Chief Executive Officer and David J. Cuthbert was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

On March 11, 2013, we refinanced our prior credit agreements and entered into a new credit agreement with TriState Capital Bank (“TriState”), as described in greater detail under the heading “Liquidity and Capital Resources” of this item.

 

This discussion and analysis provides information about the important aspects of our operations and investments, both at the consolidated and segment levels, and includes discussions of our results of operations, financial position and sources and uses of cash.

 

This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Executive Summary

 

Revenues grew 9% to $7.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, in comparison to $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.  The increase in revenues resulted from a 21% increase in revenues from our UC segment as a result of an increase in equipment sales to new customers and an increase in seats on our platform, while the telephone segment revenues were flat quarter over quarter.  During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we had an operating loss of $4.4 million, compared to an operating loss of $3.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.  The increase in operating loss was attributable to increased selling, general and administrative expenses to support the growth of the UC segment and severance costs related to management changes and staff rationalization.  During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we had a net loss of $0.8 million, compared to a net loss of $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

 

For the past several years, we have experienced declines in telephone access lines within our Telephone segment due to sustained competition and cellular substitution for landline telephone services in our regulated franchise area that has reduced revenue in this segment. We partially offset the decline in telephone access lines by focusing our efforts on identifying and pursuing growth opportunities to increase our ILEC broadband Internet business.

 

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Results of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

The following table presents a summary of operating results for our Telephone and UC operating segments for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2013

 

Three months ended March 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

% of Total

 

Segment

 

Segment

 

 

 

% of Total

 

Segment

 

Segment

 

 

 

Revenue

 

Revenue

 

Profit (loss)

 

Margin

 

Revenue

 

Revenue

 

Profit (loss)

 

Margin

 

Unified Communications

 

$

3,956

 

51

%

$

(3,973

)

(100

)%

$

3,274

 

46

%

$

(2,771

)

(85

)%

Telephone

 

3,784

 

49

%

(430

)

(11

)%

3,807

 

54

%

(383

)

(10

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

7,740

 

100

%

$

(4,403

)

(57

)%

$

7,081

 

100

%

$

(3,154

)

(45

)%

 

OPERATING REVENUES

 

Operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $0.6 million, or 9%, to $7.7 million from $7.1 million in the same period in 2012.  This increase was due primarily to a 21% increase in revenues from our UC segment as a result of an increase in equipment sales to new customers and an increase in seats on our platform.

 

Revenues for our UC segment increased $0.6 million, or 18% from $3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  This increase was primarily due to an increase in equipment revenue of $0.5 million and license and usage revenue of $0.2 million resulting from new customers.

 

Revenues for our Telephone segment remained constant at $3.8 million for the three months periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2013.  The decrease in access line revenue was offset by an increase in broadband internet services.

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $1.9 million, or 19%, from $10.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $12.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  This increase was primarily due to an increase of 41% in selling, general and administrative expenses associated with the growth of our UC segment. We believe that selling, general and administrative expenses have reached levels to grow our business several times the current revenues.  We do not expect material growth to selling, general and administrative expenses for the remainder of 2013 as we focus on growth and profitability.

 

Cost of Services and Products

 

The cost of services and products increased $0.3 million or 9% from $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the growth in our UC segment.

 

Cost of services and products for our UC segment increased $0.3 million or 13% from $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and decreased as a percentage of revenue from 70% to 65%.  The decrease as a percentage of revenue was due to leveraging the UC infrastructure over a larger revenue base.

 

Cost of services and products for our Telephone segment remained constant at $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $1.9 million or 35% from $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  This increase was primarily associated with investments in personnel made to support the growth of the UC segment and severance costs related to management changes and staff rationalization of $1.3 million.   In addition, marketing expenses increased by $0.4 million as part of our re-branding to reflect the Alteva brand and commissions to our channel partners increased by $0.2 million.  These increases were partially offset by $0.2 million of recoveries in our allowance for uncollectible accounts due to collections on accounts previously deemed uncollectible.

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

 

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.3 million or 23% from $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  This is primarily associated to the lower depreciable basis on our Telephone segment assets as a result of the $8.9 million write-down of property, plant and equipment during the three months ended December 31, 2012.

 

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TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

 

Total other income (expense) for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $1.7 million, or 121%, from $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  This increase is due primarily to our income from the equity method investment which was $3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, an increase of 128%, or $1.8 million from the prior year quarter.  During the second quarter of 2012, our remaining investment in the O-P was reduced to zero.  As a result, all subsequent disbursements received from the O-P is recorded as other income.  The annual cash distributions of $13.0 million we will receive in 2013 from the O-P remains unchanged pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement.  For more information on the 4G Agreement and the accounting treatment of the distributions we receive from the O-P, see Note 9 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

We had $1.9 million of cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2013 as compared with $1.8 million at December 31, 2012.  Our source of cash flows continue to be primarily generated from cash distributions from the O-P and borrowing under our credit facilites.

 

On March 11, 2013, we entered into a new credit agreement with TriState to provide for borrowings up to $17.0 million with the ability to increase the facility for borrowings up to $20.0 million with the participation of another lender.  All borrowings become due and payable on June 30, 2014. The TriState borrowings incur interest at a variable rate based on either LIBOR or a Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus an applicable margin 3.50% or 2.00%, respectively. Under the terms of the TriState credit agreement, we are required to comply with certain loan covenants, which include, but are not limited to, the achievement of certain financial ratios as well as certain financial reporting requirements. We must maintain a Consolidated Liquidity Ratio, as defined in the TriState credit agreement, in excess of 1.0 to 1.0, including the value of the Put calculated in accordance with the 4G Agreement, until April 30, 2014.  We are required to obtain the consent of TriState prior to agreeing to any amendment to the agreements we have with the O-P. Our obligations under the TriState credit facility are secured by all of our assets and guaranteed by all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries except for the subsidiary that is operating as an ILEC.  The ILEC subsidiary entered into a negative pledge agreement with TriState whereby the ILEC subsidiary agreed not to pledge any of its assets as collateral or lien to be placed on any of its assets.  On March 11, 2013, we borrowed $15.2 million to repay all borrowings outstanding under the CoBank, Provident and prior TriState credit facilities and retired those facilities.  On March 31, 2013, we repaid $0.7 million of the outstanding borrowings under the new credit agreement with TriState.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the 4G Agreement, we are guaranteed annual cash distributions from the O-P of $13.0 million for 2013.  The O-P’s cash distributions are made to us on a quarterly basis.  The distributions in excess of our proportionate share of O-P income is considered a return of our investment.

 

The 4G Agreement also gives us the right (the “Put”) to require one of the O-P’s limited partners to purchase all our ownership interest in the O-P during April 2014 for an amount equal to the greater of (a) $50 million or (b) the product of five (5) times 0.081081 times the O-P’s 2013 EBITDA, as defined in the 4G Agreement.

 

CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

The increase in net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was primarily due to changes in working capital, which provided $0.5 million of cash that was driven by an increase in accrued wages of a $1.2 million due to the timing of wage payments and a decrease in accounts receivable of $0.6 million due to increased collections. Operating cash flows included $1.8 million of distributions from the O-P that represented our share of the O-P’s income.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, net cash used in operating activities was $1.5 million.  Operating cash flows included $1.4 million of distributions from the O-P that represented our share of the O-P’s income.

 

CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

Net cash provided by investing activities of $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was primarily due to distributions we received from the O-P in excess of our share of the O-P’s income of $1.4 million.  Net cash provided by investing activities of $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was primarily due to distributions from the O-P in excess of our share of the O-P’s income of $1.8 million.  Capital expenditures, excluding seat licenses, have decreased to $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $0.3 million for the corresponding period in 2012.  Our planned expenditures for 2013 are to be down compared to 2012, as we made significant additions to our infrastructure in 2012 to support future revenue growth.  Generally, planned capital expenditures for 2013 are to support our planned product releases as we seek to enhance our solutions and provide increased value to our customers.

 

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CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

We used $1.4 million in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.  Dividends declared on our common shares by the Board of Directors were $0.27 per share for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.  The total amount of dividends paid on our common shares by us for each of the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively.  The additional financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is attributed to the repayment of debt of $15.1 million offset by $15.5 million proceeds from our new debt with TriState.  Additional financing activities for March 31, 2012 are attributed to repayment of long-term borrowing of $0.4 million and $0.2 million in payments due in relation to the acquisition of certain assets of Alteva, LLC during fiscal 2011.

 

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

We are not subject to any material market risk. Our exposure to changes in interest rates results from our borrowing activities. There were no material changes to our quantitative disclosure about market risk as presented in item 7a of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012

 

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Background

 

On May 10, 2013, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company, upon management’s recommendation, determined that the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011, March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012, need to be restated and should no longer be relied upon. Specifically, the Company previously presented distributions in excess of income from equity investments as cash flows from operating activities and the Company is now presenting these distributions as cash flows from investing activities.  This restatement had no impact on the reported net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the applicable periods.  Likewise, this restatement had no impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Balance Sheets or Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the applicable periods. This determination was made in connection with the preparation of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of March 31, 2013, our management carried out an assessment, under the supervision of and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b).  As a result of this assessment, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2013 because of the material weakness that resulted in the misstatement of disclosures and in the restatement of our consolidated statement of cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2011. September 30, 2011, March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012, need to be restated and should no longer be relied upon.

 

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Plan for Remediation of Material Weakness

 

We have already begun the remediation process for the material weakness identified at March 31, 2013 by performing additional reviews and have added additional resources with technical backgrounds to the financial reporting function. Management believes that the new review processes combined with recent organizational changes will remediate the identified control deficiency.

 

As part of our evaluation of and improvement of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we have taken the following measures to remediate the material weakness that was identified as of December 31, 2012 specifically related to the accuracy and valuation of the accounting for and disclosure of income taxes.  During the first quarter of 2013, we worked with our internal and external resources to enhance our process around the identication, evaluation, review and reporting of our taxes.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Other than as discussed above under “Plan for Remediation of Material Weakness,” there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1A. - RISK FACTORS

 

Risks related to our business are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

#10.1                 Employment Agreement effective March 5, 2013 between Warwick Valley Telephone Company and David J. Cuthbert.

 

10.2                        Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2013 by and among Warwick Valley Telephone Company and TriState Capital Bank.

 

10.3                        Revolving Credit Note, dated March 11, 2013 from Warwick Valley Telephone Company to TriState Capital Bank.

 

31.1                        Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by David J. Cuthbert, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

 

31.2                        Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 

32.1                        Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 signed by David J. Cuthbert, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

 

32.2                        Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 


# Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

Warwick Valley Telephone Company

 

                       (Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 10, 2013

 

/s/ David J. Cuthbert

 

David J. Cuthbert

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 10, 2013

 

/s/ Brian H. Callahan

 

Brian H. Callahan

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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Index to Exhibits

 

10.1                                  Employment Agreement effective March 5, 2013 between Warwick Valley Telephone Company and David J. Cuthbert.

 

10.2                                  Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2013 by and among Warwick Valley Telephone Company and TriState Capital Bank.

 

10.3                                  Revolving Credit Note, dated March 11, 2013 from Warwick Valley Telephone Company to TriState Capital Bank.

 

31.1                                  Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by David J. Cuthbert, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

 

31.2                                  Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 

32.1                                  Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 signed by David J. Cuthbert, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

 

32.2                                  Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 signed by Brian H. Callahan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 

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Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in this exhibit is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

 

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