10-Q 1 sncr-06301910xq.htm 10-Q Document

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2019
 
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 000-52049

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
06-1594540
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
200 Crossing Boulevard, 8th Floor
Bridgewater, New Jersey
08807
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(866) 620-3940
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes x No ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☐
 
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
☐
 
Smaller Reporting Company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
 
 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No x
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.0001 par value

 SNCR
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

As of August 2, 2019, there were 44,383,050 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.


SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FORM 10-Q INDEX

 
 
Page No.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (In thousands)
 
June 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
 

ASSETS
Current assets:
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
34,229

 
$
103,771

Restricted cash*
381

 
6,089

Marketable securities, current
44,259

 
28,230

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,455 and $4,599 at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively**
99,928

 
102,798

Prepaid expenses
28,460

 
45,058

Other current assets
10,252

 
8,508

Total current assets
217,509

 
294,454

Marketable securities, non-current
67

 
6,658

Property and equipment, net
44,164

 
67,937

Operating lease right-of-use assets
63,416

 
—

Goodwill
224,335

 
224,899

Intangible assets, net
86,649

 
98,706

Other assets
7,764


8,982

Equity method investment
—

 
1,619

Total assets
$
643,904

 
$
703,255


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
18,458

 
13,576

Accrued expenses
54,247

 
59,545

Deferred revenues, current
59,574

 
57,101

Short-term convertible debt, net of debt issuance costs
47,076

 
113,542

Total current liabilities
179,355

 
243,764

Lease financing obligation
—

 
9,494

Operating lease liabilities, non-current
65,141

 
—

Deferred tax liabilities
638

 
1,347

Deferred revenues, non-current
44,128

 
59,841

Other non-current liabilities
6,118

 
10,797

Redeemable noncontrolling interest
12,500

 
12,500

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)


 


Series A Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000 shares authorized; 202 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019
184,668

 
176,603

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized, 51,578 and 49,836 shares issued; 44,416 and 42,674 outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
5

 
5

Treasury stock, at cost (7,162 and 7,162 shares at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)
(82,087
)
 
(82,087
)
Additional paid-in capital
531,282

 
534,673

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(30,897
)
 
(30,383
)
Accumulated deficit
(266,947
)
 
(233,299
)
Total stockholders’ equity
151,356

 
188,909

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
643,904

 
$
703,255

_______________________________
*
See Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation for restricted cash details.
**
See Note 6. Investments in Affiliates and Related Transactions for related party transactions reflected in this account.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

3

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenues
 
$
77,846

 
$
76,742

 
$
165,951

 
$
160,451

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues*
 
33,403

 
39,525

 
72,356

 
84,074

Research and development
 
19,026

 
20,200

 
38,707

 
41,105

Selling, general and administrative
 
23,080

 
33,938

 
52,326

 
72,048

Restructuring charges
 
356

 
2,778

 
777

 
3,886

Depreciation and amortization
 
20,269

 
23,401

 
40,412

 
46,672

Total costs and expenses
 
96,134

 
119,842

 
204,578

 
247,785

Loss from continuing operations
 
(18,288
)
 
(43,100
)
 
(38,627
)
 
(87,334
)
Interest income
 
299

 
3,763

 
488

 
7,315

Interest expense
 
(463
)
 
(1,318
)
 
(1,048
)
 
(2,565
)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 
430

 
—

 
817

 
—

Other (expense) income, net
 
(24
)
 
(23
)
 
439

 
4,259

Equity method investment loss
 
(376
)
 
(7
)
 
(1,619
)
 
(212
)
Loss from continuing operations, before taxes
 
(18,422
)
 
(40,685
)
 
(39,550
)
 
(78,537
)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes
 
1,844

 
(579
)
 
3,235

 
(704
)
Net loss
 
(16,578
)
 
(41,264
)
 
(36,315
)
 
(79,241
)
Net (income) loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
(593
)
 
1,259

 
(906
)
 
2,544

Preferred stock dividend
 
(7,859
)
 
(7,260
)
 
(15,396
)
 
(10,613
)
Net loss attributable to Synchronoss
 
$
(25,030
)
 
$
(47,265
)
 
$
(52,617
)
 
$
(87,310
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
(0.61
)
 
$
(1.20
)
 
$
(1.30
)
 
$
(2.14
)
Diluted
 
$
(0.61
)
 
$
(1.20
)
 
$
(1.30
)
 
$
(2.14
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
40,810

 
39,456

 
40,566

 
40,812

Diluted
 
40,810

 
39,456

 
40,566

 
40,812

________________________________
*
Cost of revenues excludes depreciation and amortization which are shown separately.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.






4

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
(Unaudited) (In thousands)
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net loss
 
$
(16,578
)
 
$
(41,264
)
 
$
(36,315
)
 
$
(79,241
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
802

 
(7,857
)
 
507

 
(4,985
)
Unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities
 
3

 
(28
)
 
(902
)
 
(49
)
Net loss on intra-entity foreign currency transactions
 
264

 
(1,360
)
 
(119
)
 
(531
)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
 
1,069

 
(9,245
)
 
(514
)
 
(5,565
)
Comprehensive loss
 
(15,509
)
 
(50,509
)
 
(36,829
)
 
(84,806
)
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
(593
)
 
1,259

 
(906
)
 
2,544

Comprehensive loss attributable to Synchronoss
 
$
(16,102
)
 
$
(49,250
)
 
$
(37,735
)
 
$
(82,262
)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

5

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited) (In thousands)

 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
Common Stock
 
 
 
Treasury Stock
 
 
 
Additional
 
Accumulative Other
 
 
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Paid-In Capital
 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Accumulated deficit
 
Stockholders' Equity
Balance at March 31, 2019
49,908

 
$
5

 
(7,162
)
 
$
(82,087
)
 
$
533,224

 
$
(31,966
)
 
$
(249,776
)
 
$
169,400

Stock based compensation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
5,329

 
—

 
—

 
5,329

Issuance of restricted stock
1,670

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Preferred stock dividends declared
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(7,331
)
 
—

 
—

 
(7,331
)
Amortization of preferred stock issuance costs
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(528
)
 
—

 
—

 
(528
)
Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(5
)
 
—

 
—

 
(5
)
Net loss attributable to Synchronoss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(17,171
)
 
(17,171
)
Non-controlling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
593

 
—

 
—

 
593

Total other comprehensive income (loss)
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1,069

 
—

 
1,069

Balance at June 30, 2019
51,578

 
$
5

 
(7,162
)
 
$
(82,087
)
 
$
531,282

 
$
(30,897
)
 
$
(266,947
)
 
$
151,356

 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Common Stock
 
 
 
Treasury Stock
 
 
 
Additional
 
Accumulative Other
 
 
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Paid-In Capital
 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Accumulated deficit
 
Stockholders' Equity
Balance at March 31, 2018
52,274

 
$
5

 
(11,055
)
 
$
(150,414
)
 
$
612,758

 
$
(19,693
)
 
$
(51,837
)
 
$
390,819

Stock based compensation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
7,621

 
—

 
—

 
7,621

Issuance of restricted stock
1,058

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Preferred stock dividends declared
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(6,828
)
 
—

 
—

 
(6,828
)
Amortization of preferred stock issuance costs
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(346
)
 
—

 
—

 
(346
)
Retirement of treasury stock
(3,893
)
 
—

 
3,893

 
68,330

 
(68,330
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(10
)
 
—

 
—

 
(10
)
Net loss attributable to Synchronoss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(40,005
)
 
(40,005
)
Non-controlling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(1,259
)
 
—

 
—

 
(1,259
)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(9,212
)
 
—

 
(9,212
)
ASC 606 revenue recognition implementation impact
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(33
)
 
—

 
(33
)
Other
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3
)
 
—

 
1

 
(2
)
Balance at June 30, 2018
49,439

 
$
5

 
(7,162
)
 
$
(82,084
)
 
$
543,603

 
$
(28,938
)
 
$
(91,841
)
 
$
340,745





6

 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
Common Stock
 
Treasury Stock
 
Additional
 
Accumulative Other
 
 
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Paid-In Capital
 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Accumulated deficit
 
Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2018
49,836

 
$
5

 
(7,162
)
 
$
(82,087
)
 
$
534,673

 
$
(30,383
)
 
$
(233,299
)
 
$
188,909

Stock based compensation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
11,108

 
—

 
—

 
11,108

Issuance of restricted stock
1,743

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Preferred stock dividends declared
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(14,406
)
 
—

 
—

 
(14,406
)
Amortization of preferred stock issuance costs
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(990
)
 
—

 
—

 
(990
)
Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock
(1
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(9
)
 
—

 
—

 
(9
)
Net loss attributable to Synchronoss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(37,221
)
 
(37,221
)
Non-controlling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
906

 
—

 
—

 
906

Total other comprehensive income (loss)
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(514
)
 
—

 
(514
)
ASC 842 lease standard implementation impact
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
3,573

 
3,573

Balance at June 30, 2019
51,578

 
$
5

 
(7,162
)
 
$
(82,087
)
 
$
531,282

 
$
(30,897
)
 
$
(266,947
)
 
$
151,356

 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Common Stock
 
Treasury Stock
 
Additional
 
Accumulative Other
 
 
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Paid-In Capital
 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Accumulated deficit
 
Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2017
52,028

 
$
5

 
(5,060
)
 
$
(105,584
)
 
$
597,553

 
$
(23,373
)
 
$
(5,014
)
 
$
463,587

Stock based compensation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
14,807

 
—

 
—

 
14,807

Issuance of restricted stock
1,304

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Preferred stock dividends declared
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(10,181
)
 
—

 
—

 
(10,181
)
Amortization of preferred stock issuance costs
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(432
)
 
—

 
—

 
(432
)
Retirement of treasury stock
(3,893
)
 
—

 
3,893

 
68,330

 
(68,330
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

Shares withheld for taxes in connection with issuance of restricted stock
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(10
)
 
—

 
—

 
(10
)
Treasury shares received in connection with PIPE Purchase Agreement
—

 
—

 
(5,995
)
 
(44,830
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(44,830
)
Net loss attributable to Synchronoss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(76,697
)
 
(76,697
)
Non-controlling interest
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
10,237

 
—

 
—

 
10,237

Total other comprehensive income (loss)
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(5,565
)
 
—

 
(5,565
)
ASC 606 revenue recognition implementation impact
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(10,130
)
 
(10,130
)
Other
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(41
)
 
—

 
—

 
(41
)
Balance at June 30, 2018
49,439

 
$
5

 
(7,162
)
 
$
(82,084
)
 
$
543,603

 
$
(28,938
)
 
$
(91,841
)
 
$
340,745


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

7

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (In thousands)
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019
 
2018
Operating activities: 
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(36,315
)
 
$
(79,241
)
Adjustments to reconcile Net Loss to net cash used in operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
40,412

 
46,672

Change in fair value of financial instruments
—

 
(3,849
)
Amortization of debt issuance costs
237

 
706

(Gain) loss on extinguishment of debt
(817
)
 
—

Accrued PIK interest*
—

 
(7,037
)
(Earnings) loss from equity method investments*
1,619

 
212

Amortization of bond premium
(34
)
 
44

Deferred income taxes
(702
)
 
(1,223
)
Non-cash interest on leased facility
—

 
547

Stock-based compensation
11,028

 
14,824

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
2,870

 
29,334

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
17,635

 
(13,415
)
Other assets
2,042

 
1,260

Accounts payable
5,151

 
8,109

Accrued expenses
(9,569
)
 
(24,685
)
Other liabilities
(1,826
)
 
632

Lease obligation interest payment
—

 
(483
)
Deferred revenues
(13,167
)
 
(43,788
)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
18,564

 
(71,381
)
Investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
(4,940
)
 
(3,820
)
Purchases of capitalized software
(5,959
)
 
(8,201
)
Purchases of marketable securities available for sale
(37,542
)
 
(13,383
)
Maturity of marketable securities available for sale
28,191

 
1,970

Business acquired, net of cash
—

 
(9,798
)
Net cash used for investing activities
(20,250
)
 
(33,232
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
Extinguishment of outstanding Convertible Senior Notes
(65,887
)
 
—

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
—

 
86,220

Preferred dividend payment
(7,075
)
 
—

Payments for finance leases
(612
)
 
(718
)
Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities
(73,574
)
 
85,502

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
10

 
(749
)
Net decrease in cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
(75,250
)
 
(19,860
)
Cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
109,860

 
246,125

Cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
34,610

 
$
226,265

 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents per the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
$
34,229

 
$
222,785

Restricted cash per the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
$
381

 
$
3,480

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
34,610

 
$
226,265

 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
Accrued dividends on Series A Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock
$
7,332

 
$
10,181

_______________________________
*
See Note 6. Investments in Affiliates and Related Transactions for related party transactions reflected in this account.

 See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

8
SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)



1. Description of Business

General

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) Digital, Cloud, Messaging and IoT platforms help the world’s leading companies, including operators, original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), and Media and Technology providers to deliver continuously transformative customer experiences that create high value engagement and new monetization opportunities.
The Company currently operates in and markets solutions and services directly through the Company’s sales organizations in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The Company’s platforms give customers new opportunities in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (“TMT”) space, taking advantage of the rapidly converging services, connected devices, networks and applications.
The Company delivers platforms, products and solutions including:
•
Digital experience management (Platform as a Service) - including digital journey creation, and journey design products that use analytics that power digital advisor products for IT and Business Channel Owners
•
Cloud sync, backup, storage, device set up, content transfer and content engagement for user generated content
•
Advanced, multi-channel messaging peer-to-peer (“P2P”) communications and application-to-person (“A2P”) commerce solutions
•
IoT management technology for Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Automotive and more

The Synchronoss Digital Experience Platform (“DXP”) is a purpose-built experience management toolset that sits between the customers’ end-user facing applications and their existing back end systems, enabling the authoring and management of customer journeys in a cloud-native no/low-code environment. This platform uses products such as Journey Creator, Journey Advisor, CX Baseline and Digital Coach to create a wide variety of insight-driven customer experiences across existing channels (digital and analogue) including creating the ability to pause and resume continuous, intelligent experiences in an omni-channel environment. DXP can be operated by IT professionals and “citizen” developers (business analysts, etc.) enabling the Company’s customers to bring more compelling and complex experiences to market in less time with fewer and more diverse resources in a real-time, collaborative environment.
The Synchronoss Personal Cloud Platform™ is a secure and highly scalable white label platform designed to store and sync subscriber’s personally created content seamlessly to and from current and new devices. This allows a carrier’s customers to protect, engage with and manage their personal content and gives the Company’s Operator customers the ability to increase average revenue per user (“ARPU”) through a new monthly recurring charge (“MRC”) and opportunities to mine valuable data that will give subscribers access to new, beneficial services. Additionally, the Company’s Personal Cloud Platform performs an expanding set of value-add services including facilitating an Operator’s initial device setup and enhancing visibility and control across disparate devices within subscribers’ smart homes.
The Synchronoss Messaging Platform powers hundreds of millions of subscribers’ mail boxes worldwide. The Company’s Advanced Messaging Product is a powerful, secure and intelligent white label messaging platform that expands capabilities for Operators and TMT companies to offer P2P messaging via Rich Communications Services (“RCS”). Additionally, the Company’s Advanced Messaging Product powers commerce and a robust ecosystem for Operators, brands and advertisers to execute Application to Person (“A2P”) commerce and data-rich dialogue with subscribers.
The Synchronoss IoT Platform creates an easy to use environment and extensible ecosystem making the management of disparate devices, sensors, data pools and networks easier to manage by IoT administrators and drives the propagation of new IoT applications and monetization models for TMT companies. The Company’s IoT platform utilizes Synchronoss platforms (DXP, Cloud, Messaging), products and solutions to make IoT more accessible and actionable for Smart Building facility managers, Smart City planners, Automotive OEMs and TMT ecosystem players.

2. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

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The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by Synchronoss and in the opinion of management, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities (“VIE”) in which the Company is the primary beneficiary and entities in which the Company has a controlling interest. Investments in less than majority-owned companies in which the Company does not have a controlling interest, but does have significant influence, are accounted for as equity method investments. Investments in less than majority-owned companies in which the Company does not have the ability to exert significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee are accounted for using the cost method. All material intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.

For further information about the Company’s basis of presentation and consolidation or its significant accounting policies, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash includes amounts related to various deposits, escrows and other cash collateral that are restricted by contractual obligation. As of June 30, 2019, the restricted cash amounts were primarily attributed to cash held in transit, and operating cash held by the Company’s consolidated joint venture Zentry, LLC (“Zentry”), which cannot be used to fulfill the obligations of the Company as a whole.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted
Standard
 
Description
 
Effect on the financial statements
Update 2018-07—Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting
 
In June 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2018-07, regarding ASC Topic 718 “Compensation - Stock Compensation,” which largely aligns the accounting for share-based compensation for non-employees with employees. The amendments in this ASU are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that fiscal year.  Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s adoption date of Topic 606.
 
The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
Date of adoption: January 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
ASU 2018-15 Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Cloud Computing Arrangements
 
In August 2018, the FASB issued final guidance requiring a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract to follow the internal use software guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350-402 Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption of the amendments is permitted, including adoption in any interim period, for all entities and should be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption.
 
The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
Date of adoption: January 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 


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(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Leases

The Company adopted Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, Leases (ASC 842) on January 1, 2019. ASC 842 applies to a number of arrangements to which the Company is party whereby the Company acts as a lessee.

Whenever the Company enters into a new arrangement, it must determine, at the inception date, whether the arrangement contains a lease. This determination generally depends on whether the arrangement conveys to the Company the right to control the use of an explicitly or implicitly identified fixed asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control of an underlying asset is conveyed to the Company if the Company obtains the rights to direct the use of and to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from using the underlying asset.

If a lease exists, the Company must then determine the separate lease and non-lease components of the arrangement. Each right to use an underlying asset conveyed by a lease arrangement should generally be considered a separate lease component if it both: (i) can benefit the Company without depending on other resources not readily available to the Company and (ii) does not significantly affect and is not significantly affected by other rights of use conveyed by the lease. Aspects of a lease arrangement that transfer other goods or services to the Company but do not meet the definition of lease components are considered non-lease components. The consideration owed by the Company pursuant to a lease arrangement is generally allocated to each lease and non-lease component for accounting purposes. However, the Company has elected to not separate lease and non-lease components. Each lease component is accounted for separately from other lease components, but together with the associated non-lease components.

For each lease, the Company must then determine:

•The lease term - The lease term is the period of the lease not cancellable by the Company, together with periods covered by: (i) renewal options the Company is reasonably certain to exercise or that are controlled by the lessor and (ii) termination options the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise.

•The present value of lease payments is calculated based on:

–Lease payments - Lease payments include certain fixed and variable payments, less lease incentives, together with amounts probable of being owed by the Company under residual value guarantees and, if reasonably certain of being paid, the cost of certain renewal options and early termination penalties set forth in the lease arrangement. Lease payments exclude consideration that is: (i) not related to the transfer of goods and services to the Company and (ii) allocated to the non-lease components in a lease arrangement, except for the classes of assets where the Company has elected to not separate lease and non-lease components.

–Discount rate - The discount rate must be determined based on information available to the Company upon the commencement of a lease. Lessees are required to use the rate implicit in the lease whenever such rate is readily available; however, as the implicit rate in the Company's leases is generally not readily determinable, the Company generally uses the hypothetical incremental borrowing rate it would have to pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments, on a collateralized basis, over a timeframe similar to the lease term.

•Lease classification - In making the determination of whether a lease is an operating lease or a finance lease, the Company considers the lease term in relation to the economic life of the leased asset, the present value of lease payments in relation to the fair value of the leased asset and certain other factors, including the lessee's and lessor's rights, obligations and economic incentives over the term of the lease.

Generally, upon the commencement of a lease, the Company will record a lease liability and a right-of-use (ROU) asset. However, the Company has elected, for certain classes of underlying assets with initial lease terms of twelve months or less (known as short-term leases), to not recognize a lease liability or ROU asset. Lease liabilities are initially recorded at lease commencement as the present value of future lease payments. ROU assets are initially recorded at lease commencement as the initial amount of the lease liability, together with the following, if applicable: (i) initial direct costs and (ii) lease payments made, net of lease incentives received, prior to lease commencement.

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Over the lease term, the Company generally increases it lease liabilities using the effective interest method and decreases its lease liabilities for lease payments made. The Company generally amortizes its ROU assets over the shorter of the estimated useful life and the lease term and assesses its ROU assets for impairment, similar to other long-lived assets.

For finance leases, amortization expense and interest expense are recognized separately in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, with amortization expense generally recorded on a straight-line basis and interest expense recorded using the effective interest method. For operating leases, a single lease cost is generally recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease costs for short-term leases not recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease costs not initially included in the lease liability and ROU asset impairment charges are expensed as incurred.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (ASU 2016-02). In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10, “Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases” (ASU 2018-10), which provides narrow amendments to clarify how to apply certain aspects of the new lease standard, and ASU No. 2018-11, “Leases (Topic 842) - Targeted Improvements” (ASU 2018-11), which addresses implementation issues related to the new lease standard. These and certain other lease-related ASUs have generally been codified in ASC 842. ASC 842 supersedes the lease accounting requirements in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840, Leases (ASC 840), and requires lessees to, among other things, recognize a lease liability, which represents the discounted obligation to make future minimum lease payments, and a corresponding right-of-use asset on the balance sheet for most leases.

The Company adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2019 for leases that existed on that date. The Company has elected to apply the provisions of ASC 842 modified retrospectively at January 1, 2019 through a cumulative-effect adjustment. Prior period results continue to be presented under ASC 840 based on the accounting standards originally in effect for such periods.

The Company has elected certain practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within ASC 842 to leases that commenced before January 1, 2019, including the package of practical expedients. Due to the Company's election of the package of practical expedients, the Company has carried forward certain historical conclusions for expired or existing contracts, including conclusions relating to initial direct costs and to the existence and classification of leases.

As of January 1, 2019, as a result of adopting ASC 842, the Company recorded a net decrease of $3.6 million to its Accumulated deficit.

The adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material effect on the Company's Loss from continuing operations or Net loss, or the related per-share amounts, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Standards issued not yet adopted
Standard
 
Description
 
Effect on the financial statements
Update 2018-17-Consolidation (Topic 810): Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities
 
The update is intended to improve general purpose financial reporting by considering indirect interests held through related parties in common control arrangements on a proportional basis for determining whether fees paid to decision makers and service providers are variable interests. The amendments in ASU 2018-17 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted.

 
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Date of adoption: January 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments
 
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13 which replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The ASU is effective for public companies in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those years.
 
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this ASU but does not expect that the pending adoption of this ASU will have a material effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Date of adoption: January 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 


3. Revenue

Disaggregation of revenue

The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers into the nature of the products and services and geographical regions. The Company’s geographic regions are the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), and Asia Pacific (“APAC”). The majority of the Company’s revenue is from the Technology, Media and Telecom (collectively, “TMT”) sector.
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Cloud
 
Digital
 
Messaging
 
Total
 
Cloud
 
Digital
 
Messaging
 
Total
Geography
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Americas
$
38,582

 
$
20,508

 
$
2,281

 
$
61,371

 
$
36,563

 
$
20,172

 
$
2,260

 
$
58,995

APAC
—

 
1,157

 
8,785

 
9,942

 
—

 
931

 
9,717

 
10,648

EMEA
1,849

 
561

 
4,123

 
6,533

 
2,157

 
1,083

 
3,859

 
7,099

Total
$
40,431

 
$
22,226

 
$
15,189

 
$
77,846

 
$
38,720

 
$
22,186

 
$
15,836

 
$
76,742

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service Line
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Professional Services
$
3,641

 
$
3,989

 
$
4,881

 
$
12,511

 
$
3,576

 
$
4,294

 
$
1,831

 
$
9,701

Transaction Services
1,521

 
1,144

 
—

 
2,665

 
2,442

 
2,116

 
—

 
4,558

Subscription Services
35,199

 
16,137

 
8,557

 
59,893

 
32,666

 
14,454

 
6,954

 
54,074

License
70

 
956

 
1,751

 
2,777

 
36

 
1,322

 
7,051

 
8,409

Total
$
40,431

 
$
22,226

 
$
15,189

 
$
77,846

 
$
38,720

 
$
22,186

 
$
15,836

 
$
76,742





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Cloud
 
Digital
 
Messaging
 
Total
 
Cloud
 
Digital
 
Messaging
 
Total
Geography
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Americas
$
77,496

 
$
41,272

 
$
4,350

 
$
123,118

 
$
72,423

 
$
41,051

 
$
4,871

 
$
118,345

APAC
—

 
2,155

 
26,940

 
29,095

 
—

 
2,615

 
25,640

 
28,255

EMEA
3,645

 
1,650

 
8,443

 
13,738

 
4,601

 
1,531

 
7,719

 
13,851

Total
$
81,141

 
$
45,077

 
$
39,733

 
$
165,951

 
$
77,024

 
$
45,197

 
$
38,230

 
$
160,451

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service Line
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Professional Services
$
7,359

 
$
8,292

 
$
17,368

 
$
33,019

 
$
7,020

 
$
10,002

 
$
6,390

 
$
23,412

Transaction Services
2,883

 
3,160

 
—

 
6,043

 
4,785

 
3,895

 
—

 
8,680

Subscription Services
70,793

 
32,539

 
17,722

 
121,054

 
64,795

 
29,531

 
15,733

 
110,059

License
106

 
1,086

 
4,643

 
5,835

 
424

 
1,769

 
16,107

 
18,300

Total
$
81,141

 
$
45,077

 
$
39,733

 
$
165,951

 
$
77,024

 
$
45,197

 
$
38,230

 
$
160,451


Trade Accounts Receivable and Contract balances

The Company classifies its right to consideration in exchange for deliverables as either a receivable or a contract asset. A receivable is a right to consideration that is unconditional (i.e. only the passage of time is required before payment is due). For example, the Company recognizes a receivable for revenues related to its time and materials and transaction or volume-based contracts. The Company presents such receivables in Trade accounts receivable, net in its condensed consolidated statements of financial position at their net estimated realizable value. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to provide for the estimated amount of receivables that may not be collected. The allowance is based upon an assessment of customer creditworthiness, historical payment experience, the age of outstanding receivables and other applicable factors.

A contract asset is a right to consideration that is conditional upon factors other than the passage of time. For example, the Company would record a contract asset if its records revenue on a professional services engagement but are not entitled to bill until the Company achieves specified milestones. Contract asset balance at June 30, 2019 is $6.8 million.

Amounts collected in advance of services being provided are accounted for as contract liabilities, which are presented as deferred revenue on the accompanying balance sheet and are realized with the associated revenue recognized under the contract. Nearly all of the Company's contract liabilities balance is related to services revenue, primarily subscription services contracts.

The Company’s contract assets and liabilities are reported in a net position on a customer basis at the end of each reporting period.

Significant changes in the contract liabilities balance (current and noncurrent) during the period are as follows (in thousands):
 
Contract Liabilities*
Balance - January 1, 2019
$
116,942

Revenue recognized in the period
(147,904
)
Amounts billed but not recognized as revenue
134,664

Balance - June 30, 2019
$
103,702

________________________________
*
Comprised of Deferred Revenue


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Transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations

Topic 606 requires that the Company disclose the aggregate amount of transaction price that is allocated to performance obligations that have not yet been satisfied as of June 30, 2019. The Company has elected not to disclose transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations for:

1.
Contracts with an original duration of one year or less, including contracts that can be terminated for convenience without a substantive penalty;
2.
Contracts for which the Company recognizes revenues based on the right to invoice for services performed;
3.
Variable consideration allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or to a wholly unsatisfied promise to transfer a distinct good or service that forms part of a single performance obligation in accordance with Topic 606 Section 10-25-14(b), for which the criteria in Topic 606 Section 10-32-40 have been met. This applies to a limited number of situations where the Company is dependent upon data from a third party or where fees are highly variable.

Many of the Company’s performance obligations meet one or more of these exemptions. Specifically, the Company has excluded the following from the Company’s remaining performance obligations, all of which will be resolved in the period in which amounts are known:
•consideration for future transactions, above any contractual minimums
•consideration for success-based transactions contingent on third party data
•credits for failure to meet future service level requirements

As of June 30, 2019, the aggregate amount of transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations, other than those meeting the exclusion criteria above, was $274.0 million, of which approximately 93.6% is expected to be recognized as revenues within 2 years, and the remainder thereafter.

Estimates of revenue expected to be recognized in future periods also exclude unexercised customer options to purchase services that do not represent material rights to the customer. Customer options that do not represent a material right are only accounted for in accordance with Topic 606 when the customer exercises its option to purchase additional goods or services.

4. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value as follows:

•
Level 1 - Observable inputs - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;
•
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities includes quoted prices for similar instruments, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets, and amounts derived from valuation models where all significant inputs are observable in active markets; and
•
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs - includes amounts derived from valuation models where one or more significant inputs are unobservable and require the Company to develop relevant assumptions.


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(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


The following is a summary of assets, liabilities and redeemable noncontrolling interests and their related classifications under the fair value hierarchy:
 
June 30, 2019
 
Total
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (1)
$
34,610

 
$
34,610

 
$
—

 
$
—

Marketable securities-short term (2)
44,259

 
—

 
44,259

 
—

Marketable securities-long term (2)
67

 
—

 
67

 
—

Total assets
$
78,936

 
$
34,610

 
$
44,326

 
$
—

Temporary equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Redeemable noncontrolling interests (3)
$
12,500

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
12,500

Total temporary equity
$
12,500

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
12,500


 
December 31, 2018
 
Total
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (1)
$
109,860

 
$
109,860

 
$
—

 
$
—

Marketable securities-short term (2)
28,230

 
—

 
28,230

 
—

Marketable securities-long term (2)
6,658

 
—

 
6,658

 
—

Total assets
$
144,748

 
$
109,860

 
$
34,888

 
$
—

Temporary Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Redeemable noncontrolling interests (3)
$
12,500

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
12,500

Total temporary equity
$
12,500

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
12,500

________________________________
(1) 
Cash equivalents primarily included money market funds.
(2) 
Marketable securities are comprised of municipal bonds, certificates of deposit. corporate bonds, treasury bonds, and mutual funds.
(3) 
Put arrangements held by the noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s joint ventures.

Marketable Securities

The Company utilizes the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets. The Company’s marketable securities investments classified as Level 2 primarily utilize broker quotes in a non-active market for valuation of these securities. No transfers of assets between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the fair value measurement hierarchy occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2019.

For marketable debt securities, unrealized gains and losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in stockholders’ equity. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. The Company evaluates investments with unrealized losses to determine if the losses are other than temporary. The Company has determined that the gross unrealized losses at June 30, 2019 and 2018 are temporary. In making this determination, the Company considered the financial condition, credit ratings and near-term prospects of the issuers, the underlying collateral of the investments, and the magnitude of the losses as compared to the cost and the length of time the investments have been in an unrealized loss position. Additionally, while the Company classifies the securities as available for sale, the Company does not currently intend to sell such investments and it is more likely than not to recover the carrying value prior to being required to sell such investments.

The marketable equity securities are mutual funds measured at fair value and classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Unrealized gains and losses related to our marketable equity securities were recognized in other income (expense), net.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


At June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the estimated fair value of investments in marketable debt securities, were as follows:
 
June 30, 2019
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
Marketable securities - debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Municipal bonds
591

 
2

 
—

 
593

Treasury bonds
9,990

 
—

 
—

 
9,990

Total
$
10,581

 
$
2

 
$
—

 
$
10,583


As of June 30, 2019, the aggregate related fair value of investment with unrealized losses was approximately $0.2 million.
 
December 31, 2018
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
Marketable securities - debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Certificates of deposit
$
3,776

 
$
—

 
$
(16
)
 
$
3,760

Corporate bonds
402

 
—

 
(1
)
 
401

Municipal bonds
10,913

 
—

 
(32
)
 
10,881

Treasury bonds
15,685

 
—

 
—

 
15,685

Total
$
30,776

 
$
—

 
$
(49
)
 
$
30,727


As of December 31, 2018, the aggregate related fair value of investment with unrealized losses was approximately $14.9 million.

The contractual maturities of marketable debt securities were as follows:
 
June 30, 2019
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
Due within one year
$
10,514

 
$
10,516

Due after 1 year through 5 years
67

 
67

Due after 5 years through 10 years
—

 
—

Due after 10 years
—

 
—

Total marketable securities - debt
$
10,581

 
$
10,583


At June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the estimated fair value of investments in marketable equity securities, were as follows:
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
$
4,161

Mutual funds purchases
 
29,581

Realized gains (losses)
 
1

Balance at June 30, 2019
 
$
33,743



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(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

The redeemable noncontrolling interests recorded at fair value are put arrangements held by the noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s joint ventures. The Company recognizes changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of the noncontrolling interest to the greater of the estimated redemption value, which approximates fair value, at the end of each reporting period or the initial carrying amount.

The fair value of the redeemable noncontrolling interests was estimated by applying an income approach using a discounted cash flow analysis. This fair value measurement is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement. Significant changes in the underlying assumptions used to value the redeemable noncontrolling interests could significantly increase or decrease the fair value estimates recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 redeemable noncontrolling interests during the six months ended June 30, 2019 were as follows:
Balance at December 31, 2018
$
12,500

Fair value adjustment
(906
)
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
906

Balance at June 30, 2019
$
12,500


5. Leases

We have entered into contracts with third parties to lease a variety of assets, including certain real estate, equipment, automobiles and other assets. Our leases frequently allow for lease payments that could vary based on factors such as inflation or the degree of utilization of the underlying asset. For example, certain of our real estate leases could require us to make payments that vary based on common area maintenance charges, insurance and other charges. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

We are party to certain sublease arrangements, primarily related to our real estate leases, where we act as the lessee and intermediate lessor. The Company does not have material sublease arrangements.

The following table presents information about the Company's ROU assets and lease liabilities at June 30, 2019 (in thousands):
ROU assets:
 
Non-current operating lease ROU assets
$
63,416

 
 
Operating lease liabilities:
 
Current operating lease liabilities*
$
7,576

Non-current operating lease liabilities
65,141

Total operating lease liabilities
$
72,717

________________________________
*
Amounts are included in Accrued Expenses on Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table presents information about lease expense and sublease income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
Operating lease cost*
$
3,324

 
$
6,758

Other lease costs and income:
 
 
 
Variable lease costs*
104

 
512

Sublease income*
(1,180
)
 
(1,875
)
Total net lease cost
$
2,248

 
$
5,395

________________________________

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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


*
Amounts are included in Cost of revenues, Selling, general and administrative and/or Research and development based on the function that the underlying leased asset supports which are reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The following table provides the undiscounted amount of future cash flows included in our lease liabilities at June 30, 2019 for each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2018 and thereafter, as well as a reconciliation of such undiscounted cash flows to our lease liabilities at June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

 
Operating Leases
Remainder of 2019
$
6,339

2020
13,456

2021
12,761

2022
12,235

2023
10,038

Thereafter
44,207

Total future lease payments
99,036

Less: amount representing interest
(26,319
)
Present value of future lease payments (lease liability)
$
72,717


The following table provides the weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rates for our leases as of June 30, 2019:
Operating Leases:
 
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years), weighted based on lease liability balances
8.05

Weighted-average discount rate (percentages), weighted based on the remaining balance of lease payments
8.0
%

The following table provides certain cash flow and supplemental noncash information related to our lease liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands):
Operating Leases:
 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
$
6,082

Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets
273



6. Investments in Affiliates and Related Transactions

Sequential Technology International, LLC

In connection with the divestiture of the exception handling business of the Company, Synchronoss entered into a three-year Cloud Telephony and Support services agreement to grant Sequential Technology International, LLC (“STIN”) access to certain

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Synchronoss software and private branch exchange systems to facilitate exception handling operations required to support STIN customers.

For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $6.4 million and $6.4 million, respectively, in revenue related to Cloud Telephony and Support services, and $0.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in revenue related to all other services.

For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $12.8 million and $12.8 million, respectively, in revenue related to Cloud Telephony and Support services, and $0.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, in revenue related to all other services.

The STIN affiliate accounts receivable balances in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, were $35.4 million and $27.5 million, respectively. These amounts principally included revenues generated from the Cloud and Telephony Support Services agreement and pass-through of vendor expenses incurred during the transition and assignment of vendor contracts.

7. Debt

Total debt consists of the following:
 
June 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
Convertible Senior Notes
$
47,112

 
$
113,980

Unamortized debt issuance cost (1)
(36
)
 
(438
)
Total debt, carrying value
$
47,076

 
$
113,542

Total short-term debt, carrying value
$
47,076

 
$
113,542

________________________________
(1)
Unamortized debt issuance cost is related to Convertible Senior Notes.

Convertible Senior Notes

On August 12, 2014, the Company issued $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). The 2019 Notes mature on August 15, 2019, and bear interest at a rate of 0.75% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The Company accounted for the $230.0 million face value of the debt as a liability and capitalized approximately $7.1 million of financing fees, related to the issuance which are presented net of the face value of the 2019 Notes on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The 2019 Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company, and are convertible into shares of its common stock based on a conversion rate of 18.8072 shares per $1,000 principal amount of 2019 Notes which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $53.17 per share. The Company will satisfy any conversion of the 2019 Notes with shares of the Company’s common stock. The 2019 Notes are convertible at the note holders’ option prior to their maturity and if specified corporate transactions occur. The issue price of the 2019 Notes was equal to their face amount.

Holders of the 2019 Notes who convert their notes in connection with a qualifying fundamental change, as defined in the related indenture, may be entitled to a make-whole premium in the form of an increase in the conversion rate. Additionally, following the occurrence of a fundamental change, holders may require that the Company repurchase some or all of the 2019 Notes for cash at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. As of June 30, 2019, none of these conditions existed with respect to the 2019 Notes.

The 2019 Notes are the Company’s direct senior unsecured obligations and rank equal in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

At June 30, 2019, the carrying amount of the liability was $47.1 million and the outstanding principal of the 2019 Notes was $47.1 million, with an effective interest rate of approximately 1.37%. The fair value of the 2019 Notes was $46.9 million at June

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


30, 2019. The fair value of the liability of the 2019 Notes was determined using a discounted cash flow model based on current market interest rates available to the Company. These inputs are corroborated by observable market data for similar liabilities and therefore classified within Level 2 of the fair-value hierarchy.

The Company is required to meet all SEC filing requirements and deadlines to be compliant with the 2019 Notes. In the event that the Company does not meet the filing requirements, the Company will be in default under the 2019 Notes unless it elects to pay the noteholders additional interest of 0.25% up to 180 days from the date of the notice of default and 0.50% thereafter up to 360 days. The Company may agree to pay additional interest to the holders by notifying holders and the trustee within 90 days from the notice of default. If the Company decides to pay the additional interest but has not remedied its failure to meet all SEC filing requirements within 360 days from the notice of default, it will be in default. If the Company fails to elect to pay the additional interest, it will be in default if it does not remedy its failure to meet all SEC filing requirements within the 90 days from the notice of default.

The Company received a notice of default from holders of more than 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the 2019 Notes on October 13, 2017. In accordance with the terms of the 2019 Notes, the Company elected to begin paying additional interest starting January 11, 2018 (the 90th day following the Company’s receipt of the notice of default). As a result of the Company regaining compliance with its SEC filing requirements, the Company was no longer required to pay the additional interest as of July 9, 2018. The Company was required to record a derivative related to this contingent interest as a liability and expense in its financial statements due to the late filings of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q in 2017. At June 30, 2019, the recorded contingent interest derivative liability within accrued expenses was zero as a result of Company regaining compliance with its SEC filing requirements.

Interest expense

The following table summarizes the Company’s interest expense:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Convertible Senior Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of debt issuance costs
 
82

 
353

 
237

 
706

Interest on borrowings
 
106

 
431

 
297

 
862

Additional interest on default
 
—

 
63

 
—

 
192

Capital leases
 
—

 
241

 
—

 
483

Other
 
275

 
230

 
514

 
322

Total
 
$
463

 
$
1,318

 
$
1,048

 
$
2,565


8. Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) / Income

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income during the six months ended June 30, 2019 were as follows:
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
Other comprehensive loss
 
Tax effect
 
Balance at June 30, 2019
Foreign currency
$
(26,436
)
 
$
507

 
$
—

 
$
(25,929
)
Unrealized loss on intra-entity foreign currency transactions
(3,906
)
 
(167
)
 
48

 
(4,025
)
Unrealized holding losses on marketable debt securities
(41
)
 
(902
)
 
—

 
(943
)
Total
$
(30,383
)
 
$
(562
)
 
$
48

 
$
(30,897
)


9. Stockholders’ Equity

There were no significant changes to Company’s authorized capital stock and preferred stock during the six months ended June 30, 2019.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Common Stock

Each holder of common stock is entitled to vote on all matters and is entitled to one vote for each share held. Dividends on common stock will be paid when, and if, declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. No dividends have ever been declared or paid by the Company.

Preferred Stock

The Board of Directors is authorized to issue preferred shares and has the discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences of preferred stock.

In accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of October 17, 2017 (the “PIPE Purchase Agreement”), with Silver Private Holdings I, LLC, an affiliate of Siris (“Silver”), on February 15, 2018, the Company issued to Silver 185,000 shares of its newly issued Series A Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), par value $0.0001 per share, with an initial liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, in exchange for $97.7 million in cash and the transfer from Silver to the Company of the 5,994,667 shares of the Company’s common stock held by Silver (the “Preferred Transaction”).

As of June 30, 2019, there were 202,256 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding, including the initial issuance of 185,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the issuance of 17,256 shares of Series A Preferred Stock as dividends.

Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock

The rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the Series A Certificate. Under the Series A Certificate, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, on each share of Series A Preferred Stock on a quarterly basis, an amount equal to the dividend rate of 14.5% divided by four and multiplied by the then-applicable Liquidation Preference (as defined in the Series A Certificate) per share of Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Preferred Dividends”). The Preferred Dividends are due on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year (each, a “Series A Dividend Payment Date”). The Company may choose to pay the Preferred Dividends in cash or in additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Company does not declare and pay a dividend in-kind or in cash on any Series A Dividend Payment Date, the unpaid amount of the Preferred Dividend will be added to the Liquidation Preference. In addition, the Series A Preferred Stock participates in dividends declared and paid on shares of the Company’s common stock.

Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into the number of shares of common stock equal to the “Conversion Price” (as that term is defined in the Series A Certificate) multiplied by the then applicable “Conversion Rate” (as that term is defined in the Series A Certificate). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is initially convertible into 55.5556 shares of common stock, representing an initial “conversion price” of approximately $18.00 per share of common stock. The Conversion Rate is subject to equitable proportionate adjustment in the event of stock splits, recapitalizations and other events set forth in the Series A Certificate.

On and after the fifth anniversary of February 15, 2018, holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to cause the Company to redeem each share of Series A Preferred Stock for cash in an amount equal to the sum of the current liquidation preference and any accrued dividends. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is also redeemable at the option of the holder upon the occurrence of a “Fundamental Change” (as that term is defined in the Series A Certificate) at a specified premium (“Liquidation Value”). In addition, the Company is also permitted to redeem all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at any time (i) within the first 30 months of the date of issuance for the sum of the then-applicable Liquidation Preference, accrued but unpaid dividends and a make whole amount (known as “Redemption Value”) and (ii) following the 30-month anniversary of the date of issuance for the sum of the then-applicable Liquidation Preference and the accrued but unpaid dividends. As of June 30, 2019, the Liquidation Value and Redemption Value of the Preferred Shares was $243.1 million.

The holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, are entitled at each of the Company’s annual meetings of stockholders or at any special meeting called for the purpose of electing directors (or by written consent signed by the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock in lieu of such a meeting): (i) to nominate and elect two members of the Company’s Board of Directors for so long as the Preferred Percentage (as defined in the Series A Certificate) is equal to or greater than 10%; and (ii) to nominate and elect one member of the Company’s Board of Directors for so long as the Preferred Percentage is equal to or greater than 5% but less than 10%.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


For so long as the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to nominate at least one director, the Company is required to obtain the prior approval of Silver prior to taking certain actions, including: (i) certain dividends, repayments and redemptions; (ii) any amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation that adversely effects the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock; (iii) issuances of stock ranking senior or equivalent to shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock) in the priority of payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; (iv) changes in the size of the Company’s Board of Directors; (v) any amendment, alteration, modification or repeal of the charter of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors and related documents; and (vi) any change in the Company’s principal business or the entry into any line of business outside of the Company’s existing lines of businesses. In addition, in the event that the Company is in EBITDA Non-Compliance (as defined in the Series A Certificate) or the undertaking of certain actions would result in the Company exceeding a specified pro forma leverage ratio, then the prior approval of Silver would be required to incur indebtedness (or alter any debt document) in excess of $10.0 million, enter or consummate any transaction where the fair market value exceeds $5.0 million individually or $10.0 million in the aggregate in a fiscal year or authorize or commit to capital expenditures in excess of $25.0 million in a fiscal year.

Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock has one vote per share on any matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote separately as a class, whether at a meeting or by written consent. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock are permitted to take any action or consent to any action with respect to such rights without a meeting by delivering a consent in writing or electronic transmission of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock entitled to cast not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize, take or consent to such action at a meeting of stockholders. In addition to any vote (or action taken by written consent) of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock as a separate class provided for in the Series A Certificate or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the holders of shares of common stock (and any other class or series that may similarly be entitled to vote on an as-converted basis with the holders of common stock) on all matters submitted to a vote or to the consent of the stockholders of the Company (including the election of directors) as one class.

Under the Series A Certificate, if Silver and certain of its affiliates have elected to effect a conversion of some or all of their shares of Series A Preferred Stock and if the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock issued to such holders upon such conversion and any shares of the Company’s common stock previously issued to such holders upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and then held by such holders, plus (ii) the number of shares of the Company’s common stock underlying shares of Series A Preferred Stock that would be held at such time by such holders (after giving effect to such conversion), would exceed the 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s voting stock on an as converted basis (the “Conversion Cap”), then such holders would only be entitled to convert such number of shares as would result in the sum of clauses (i) and (ii) (after giving effect to such conversion) being equal to the Conversion Cap (after giving effect to any such limitation on conversion). Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock which a holder has elected to convert but which, by reason of the previous sentence, are not so converted, will be treated as if the holder had not made such election to convert and such shares of Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding. Also, under the Series A Certificate, if the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate voting power of the shares previously issued to Silver and certain of its affiliates held by such holders at the record date, plus (ii) the aggregate voting power of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holders as of such record date, would exceed 19.99% of the total voting power of the Company’s outstanding voting stock at such record date, then, with respect to such shares, Silver and certain of its affiliates are only entitled to cast a number of votes equal to 19.99% of such total voting power. The limitation on conversion and voting ceases to apply upon receipt of the requisite approval of holders of the Company’s common stock under the applicable listing standards.

Investor Rights Agreement
 
Concurrently with the closing of the Preferred Transaction, Synchronoss and Silver entered into an Investor Rights Agreement.  Under the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, Silver and Synchronoss have agreed that, effective as of the closing of the Preferred Transaction, the Board of Directors of Synchronoss will consist of ten members.  From and after the closing of the Preferred Transaction, so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to nominate a member to the Board of Directors pursuant to the Series A Certificate, the Board of Directors of Synchronoss will consist of (i) two directors nominated and elected by the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) four directors who meet the independence criteria set forth in the applicable listing standards (each of whom will be initially agreed upon by Synchronoss and Silver); and (iii) four other directors, two of whom shall satisfy the independence criteria of the applicable listing standards and, as of the closing of the Preferred Transaction, one of whom shall be the individual then serving as chief executive officer of Synchronoss and one of whom shall be the current chairman of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss as of the date of execution of the Investors Rights Agreement. 

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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Following the closing of the Preferred Transaction, so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to nominate at least one director to the Board of Directors of Synchronoss pursuant to the Series A Certificate, Silver will have the right to designate two members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, neither Silver nor its affiliates may transfer any shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to certain exceptions (including transfers to affiliates that agree to be bound by the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement).
 
For so long as Silver has the right to appoint a director to the Board of Directors of Synchronoss, without the prior approval by a majority of directors voting who are not appointed by the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, neither Silver nor its affiliates will directly or indirectly purchase or acquire any debt or equity securities of Synchronoss (including equity-linked derivative securities) if such purchase or acquisition would result in Silver’s Standstill Percentage (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) being in excess of 30%. However, the foregoing standstill restrictions would not prohibit the purchase of shares pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement or the receipt of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued as Preferred Dividends pursuant to the Series A Certificate, shares of Common Stock received upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or receipt of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other securities of the Company otherwise paid as dividends or as an increase of the Liquidation Preference (as defined in the Series A Certificate) or distributions thereon.  Silver will also have preemptive rights with respect to issuances of securities of Synchronoss to maintain its ownership percentage.
 
Under the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, Silver will be entitled to (i) three demand registrations, with no more than two demand registrations in any single calendar year and provided that each demand registration must include at least 10% of the shares of Common Stock held by Silver, including shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) unlimited piggyback registration rights with respect to primary issuances and all other issuances.

A summary of the Company’s Series A Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock balance at June 30, 2019 and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2019, are presented below:
 
Preferred Stock
 
Shares
 
Amount
Balance at December 31, 2018
195

 
$
176,603

Issuance of preferred stock
7

 
—

Initial discount and issuance costs related to preferred stock
—

 
—

Amortization of preferred stock issuance costs
—

 
990

Issuance of preferred PIK dividend
—

 
7,075

Balance at June 30, 2019
202

 
$
184,668


Subsequent to June 30, 2019, the Company paid the accrued Preferred Dividends in-kind of $7.3 million.

Registration Rights

There were no significant changes to the Company’s registration rights during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

Stock Plans

There were no significant changes to the Company’s Stock Plans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. As of June 30, 2019, there were 1.9 million shares available for the grant or award under the Company’s 2015 Plan and 0.3 million shares available for the grant or award under the Company’s new hire equity incentive plan.

The Company’s performance cash awards granted to executives under the Long Term Incentive (“LTI”) Plans have been accounted for as liability awards, due to the Company’s intent and the ability to settle such awards in cash upon vesting and has reflected such awards in accrued expenses. As of June 30, 2019, the liability for such awards is approximately $0.3 million.

Stock-Based Compensation

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)



The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to all of the Company’s stock awards included by operating expense categories, as follows:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Cost of revenues
$
657

 
$
1,300

 
$
1,343

 
$
2,412

Research and development
889

 
1,802

 
2,114

 
3,342

Selling, general and administrative
3,927

 
4,536

 
7,571

 
9,070

Total stock-based compensation expense
$
5,473

 
$
7,638

 
$
11,028

 
$
14,824


The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to all of the Company’s stock awards included by award types, as follows:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Stock options
$
1,796

 
$
1,980

 
$
3,493

 
$
3,740

Restricted stock awards
3,526

 
5,638

 
7,324

 
11,064

Employee Stock Purchase Plan
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Performance Based Cash Units
151

 
20

 
211

 
20

Total stock-based compensation before taxes
$
5,473

 
$
7,638

 
11,028

 
14,824

Tax benefit
$
1,056

 
$
531

 
$
2,114

 
$
2,954


The total stock-based compensation cost related to unvested equity awards as of June 30, 2019 was approximately $41.8 million. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.20 years.

The total stock-based compensation cost related to unvested performance based cash units as of June 30, 2019 was approximately $2.1 million. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.35 years.

Stock Options

There were no significant changes to the Company’s Stock Option Plans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model for determining the estimated fair value for stock options. The weighted-average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model are as follows: 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Expected stock price volatility
 
69.6
%
 
65.1
%
 
69.6
%
 
65.1
%
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.9
%
 
2.6
%
 
1.9
%
 
2.5
%
Expected life of options (in years)
 
4.34

 
4.08

 
4.33

 
4.08

Expected dividend yield
 
0.0
%
 
0.0
%
 
0.0
%
 
0.0
%
Weighted-average fair value (grant date) of the options
 
$
3.77

 
$
5.47

 
$
3.78

 
$
5.34



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of June 30, 2019: 
Options
 
Number of
Options
 
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
 
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
 
4,254

 
$
17.93

 
 
 
 
Options Granted
 
1,124

 
6.99

 
 
 
 
Options Exercised
 
—

 
—

 
 
 
 
Options Cancelled
 
(300
)
 
28.60

 
 
 
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2019
 
5,078

 
$
14.88

 
5.01
 
$
1,566

Vested at June 30, 2019
 
1,735

 
$
24.56

 
3.39
 
$
14

Exercisable at June 30, 2019
 
1,735

 
$
24.56

 
3.39
 
$
14


The total intrinsic value for stock options exercisable at June 30, 2019 and 2018 was insignificant and nil, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was insignificant and nil, respectively.

Awards of Restricted Stock and Performance Stock

There were no significant changes to the Company’s restricted stock award (“Restricted Stock”) and performance stock plan during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 from March 31, 2019.

A summary of the Company’s unvested restricted stock at June 30, 2019, and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2019, is presented below:
Unvested Restricted Stock
 
Number of
Awards
 
Weighted- Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2018
 
2,630

 
$
12.71

Granted
 
1,894

 
6.87

Vested
 
(751
)
 
20.23

Forfeited
 
(82
)
 
10.71

Unvested at June 30, 2019
 
3,691

 
$
9.29


Restricted stock awards are granted subject to other service conditions or service and performance conditions (“Performance-Based Awards”). Restricted stock and Performance-Based Awards are measured at the closing stock price at the date of grant and are recognized straight line over the requisite service period.

Performance Based Cash Units

Performance based cash units granted under the Company’s 2015 Plan vest at the end of a three-year period based on
service and achievement of certain performance objectives determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.

A summary of the Company’s unvested performance-based cash units at June 30, 2019 and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2019, is presented below:


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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Unvested Cash Units
 
Number of
Awards
 
Weighted- Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2018
 
70

 
$
6.14

Granted
 
236

 
—

Vested
 
—

 
—

Forfeited
 
—

 
—

Unvested at June 30, 2019
 
306

 
$
7.91


Performance based cash units are measured at the closing stock price at the reporting period end date and are recognized straight line over the requisite service period. The expense for the period will increase or decrease based on updated fair values of these awards at each reporting date.

10. Income Taxes

The Company recognized approximately $3.2 million in related income tax benefit and $0.7 million in related tax provision during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The effective tax rate was approximately 8.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2019, which was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the valuation allowances recorded in domestic and foreign jurisdictions offset by certain jurisdictions projecting current tax expense. The Company considered all available evidence, including historical profitability and projections of future taxable income together with new evidence, both positive and negative, that could affect the view of the future realization of deferred tax assets. As a result of the assessment, no change was recorded by the Company to the valuation allowance during the six months ended June 30, 2019.


11. Restructuring

Throughout 2017 and in 2018, the Company initiated a work-force reduction as part of a corporate restructuring, with reductions occurring across all levels and departments within the Company, primarily to reduce costs subsequent to an acquisition or divestiture. As part of these efforts, the Company continues to identify workforce optimization opportunities to better align the Company’s resources with its key strategic priorities.

A summary of the Company’s restructuring accrual at June 30, 2019 and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2019, are presented below:
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
Charges
 
Payments
 
Other Adjustments1
 
Balance at June 30, 2019
Employment termination costs
$
1,276

 
$
777

 
$
(1,754
)
 
$
148

 
$
447

________________________________
(1) 
Includes non-cash adjustments and reclassifications.

12. Earnings per Common Share (“EPS”)

Basic EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Diluted EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method and the average market price of the Company’s common stock for the year. The Company includes participating securities (Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock - Participation with Dividends on Common Stock that contain preferred dividend) in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an allocation method that calculates earnings per share for common stock and participating securities. During periods of net loss, no effect is given to the participating securities because they do not share in the losses of the Company.

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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)



The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in computing basic and diluted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share from continued and discontinued operations.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Numerator - Basic:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss from continuing operations
$
(16,578
)
 
$
(41,264
)
 
$
(36,315
)
 
$
(79,241
)
Net (income) loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
(593
)
 
1,259

 
(906
)
 
2,544

Preferred stock dividend
(7,859
)
 
(7,260
)
 
(15,396
)
 
(10,613
)
Net (loss) income attributable to Synchronoss
$
(25,030
)
 
$
(47,265
)
 
$
(52,617
)
 
$
(87,310
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator - Diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Synchronoss
$
(25,030
)
 
$
(47,265
)
 
$
(52,617
)
 
$
(87,310
)
Income effect for interest on convertible debt, net of tax
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net loss attributable to Synchronoss
$
(25,030
)
 
$
(47,265
)
 
$
(52,617
)
 
$
(87,310
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denominator:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic
40,810

 
39,456

 
40,566

 
40,812

Dilutive effect of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares from assumed conversion of convertible debt 1
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Shares from assumed conversion of preferred stock 2
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Options and unvested restricted shares
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted
40,810

 
39,456

 
40,566

 
40,812

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
(0.61
)
 
$
(1.20
)
 
$
(1.30
)
 
$
(2.14
)
Diluted
$
(0.61
)
 
$
(1.20
)
 
$
(1.30
)
 
$
(2.14
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anti-dilutive stock options excluded
—

 
4,640

 
—

 
4,296

Unvested shares of restricted stock awards
3,691

 
2,785

 
3,691

 
2,785


(1) 
The calculation does not include the effect of assumed conversion of convertible debt of 1,451,173 shares for 2019 and 4,325,646, for 2018, which is based on 18.8072 shares per $1,000 principal amount of the 2019 Notes.

(2) 
The calculation for 2019 period does not include the effect of assumed conversion of preferred stock of 11,041,017 shares, which is based on 55.5556 shares per $1,000 principal amount of the preferred stock, because the effect would have been anti–dilutive.

13. Commitments, Contingencies and Other

Purchase Obligations

Aggregate annual future minimum payments under non-cancelable agreements are as follows:
Period ending June 30, 2019
 
Colocation
Remainder of 2019
 
$
12,541

2020
 
21,097

2021
 
43

2022
 
—

2023 and thereafter
 
—

 
 
$
33,681




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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Legal Matters

On May 1, 2017, May 2, 2017, June 8, 2017 and June 14, 2017, four putative class actions were filed against the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Securities Law Action”). After these cases were consolidated, the court appointed as lead plaintiff Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii, which filed, on November 20, 2017, a consolidated amended complaint purportedly on behalf of purchasers of our common stock between February 3, 2016 and June 13, 2017. On February 2, 2018, the defendants moved to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint in its entirety, with prejudice. Before that motion was decided, on August 24, 2018, lead plaintiff filed a second consolidated amended complaint purportedly on behalf of purchasers of our common stock between October 28, 2014 and June 13, 2017. The second consolidated amended complaint asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it alleges, among other things, that the defendants made false and misleading statements of material information concerning our financial results, business operations, and prospects. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages, fees, interest, and costs. On June 28, 2019, the Court granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second consolidated amended complaint in its entirety, without prejudice, allowing Plaintiff leave to amend its complaint. Plaintiff’s amended complaint currently is due to be filed by August 14, 2019. The Company believes that the asserted claims lack merit and intends to defend against all of the claims vigorously. Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the Company cannot predict the outcome of the actions at this time and can give no assurance that the asserted claims will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.

On September 15, 2017, October 24, 2017, October 27, 2017 and October 30, 2017, the Company’s shareholders filed derivative lawsuits against certain of its officers and directors and the Company (as nominal defendant) in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Derivative Suits”). On May 24, 2018, the Court consolidated the Derivative Suits and appointed Lisa LeBoeuf as lead plaintiff. The lead plaintiff designated as the Operative Complaint the complaint she previously had filed on October 27, 2017, which alleges claims related to breaches of fiduciary duties and unjust enrichment. The Operative Complaint’s allegations relate to substantially the same facts as those underlying the Securities Law Action described above. Plaintiff seeks unspecified damages and for the Company to take steps to improve its corporate governance and internal procedures. Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Operative Complaint is pending before the Court.

On March 7, 2019, Synchronoss shareholders, Beth Daniel and Juan Solis, filed a separate derivative lawsuit against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors and the Company (as nominal defendant) in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, asserting substantially the same allegations as those underlying the Derivative Suits and the Securities Law Action described above. Plaintiffs seek unspecified damages and for the Company to take steps to improve its corporate governance and internal procedures. On May 20, 2019, the parties stipulated to a stay of the action pending a ruling on the pending motion to dismiss in the Derivative Suits. The Company believes that the asserted claims lack merit and intends to defend against all of the claims vigorously. Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the Company cannot predict the outcome of the Derivative Suits at this time and can give no assurance that the asserted claims will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

On July 11, 2017, Shareholder Representative Services LLC, on behalf of the persons entitled to receive merger consideration (the “Sellers”) in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Razorsight, commenced arbitration against the Company with respect to a dispute over the amount due to the Sellers as additional consideration.   Under the Razorsight purchase agreement, the Sellers are entitled to a percentage of any revenue recognized by the Company generated from the sale or licensing of Razorsight products in 2016 after a specific revenue threshold is obtained.  The parties disagreed over the determination of the amount of revenue recognized in 2016.  The parties entered into an agreement resolving the arbitration in May 2018.

On June 13, 2018, The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the indenture dated as of August 12, 2014 (the “Indenture”) governing for the 2019 Notes, filed a verified complaint with the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, captioned The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee v. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (the “BNY Action”). The BNY Action complaint alleged that a “Fundamental Change” has occurred under the Indenture as a result of the Company’s Common Stock ceasing to be listed or quoted on Nasdaq and that an event of default under the Indenture has occurred as a result of the Company’s failure to provide a notice of such Fundamental Change which, if true, following notice from holders of more than 25% of the outstanding principal under the Notes would trigger the acceleration of the principal and interest outstanding under the 2019 Notes, which otherwise mature on August 15, 2019. On November 2, 2018, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal of the BNY Action.


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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — UNAUDITED
(Amounts in tables in thousands, except for per share data or unless otherwise noted)


Except as set forth above, the Company is not currently subject to any legal proceedings that could have a material adverse effect on its operations; however, it may from time to time become a party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is currently the plaintiff in several patent infringement cases. The defendants in several of these cases have filed counterclaims. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of the cases at this time due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the Company continues to pursue its claims and believes that the counterclaims are without merit, and the Company intends to defend all of such counterclaims.


14. Additional Financial Information

Other (expense) income, net

The following table sets forth the components of Other (expense) income, net included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
FX gains (losses) (1)
$
(462
)
 
$
(42
)
 
$
(305
)
 
$
(279
)
Remeasurement gain (loss) on financial instrument (2)
—

 
—

 
—

 
3,849

Others (3)
438

 
19

 
744

 
689

Total
$
(24
)
 
$
(23
)
 
$
439

 
$
4,259

________________________________
(1) 
Fair value of foreign exchange gains and losses
(2) 
Remeasurement of gain/loss on Mandatorily Redeemable Put option for common shares held by Siris.
(3) 
Represents an aggregate of individually immaterial transactions

15. Subsequent Events Review

Repayment of Convertible Note

On July 10, 2019, the Company repurchased approximately $2.8 million of 2019 Notes.

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

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to provide a reader of our financial statements with a narrative from the perspective of our management on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect our future results. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes included in Item 1 “Financial Information” of this Form 10-Q.

The words “Synchronoss,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. This quarterly report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to our management. Use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “hopes,” “should,” “continues,” “seeks,” “likely” or similar expressions, indicate a forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make. We caution investors not to place substantial reliance on the forward-looking statements included in this quarterly report. These statements speak only as of the date of this quarterly report, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the statements in light of future developments. All numbers are expressed in thousands unless otherwise stated.

Overview

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) is a global software and services company that provides essential technologies for the mobile transformation of business. The Company’s portfolio contains offerings such as personal cloud, secure-mobility, identity management and scalable messaging platforms, products and solutions. These essential technologies create a better way of delivering the transformative mobile experiences that the Company’s customers need to help them stay ahead of the curve in competition, innovation, productivity, growth and operational efficiency.

Synchronoss’ products and platforms are designed to be carrier-grade, flexible and scalable, enabling multiple converged communication services to be managed across a range of distribution channels including e-commerce, m-commerce, telesales, customer stores, indirect and other retail outlets. This business model allows the Company to meet the rapidly changing converged services and connected devices offered by their customers. Synchronoss’ products, platforms and solutions enable its customers to acquire, retain and service subscribers and employees quickly, reliably and cost-effectively with white label and custom-branded solutions. Synchronoss’ customers can simplify the processes associated with managing the customer experience for procuring, activating, connecting, backing-up, synchronizing and sharing/collaboration with connected devices and contents from these devices and associated services. The extensibility, scalability, reliability and relevance of the Company’s platforms enable new revenue streams and retention opportunities for their customers through new subscriber acquisitions, sale of new devices, accessories and new value-added service offerings in the Cloud. By using the Company’s technologies, Synchronoss’ customers can optimize their cost of operations while enhancing their customer experience.

The Company currently operates in and markets its solutions and services directly through its sales organizations in Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

Revenues

We generate a majority of our revenues on a per transaction or subscription basis, which is derived from contracts that extend up to 60 months from execution.

The future success of our business depends on the continued growth of Business-to-Business and Business-to-Business-to-Consumer driving customer transactions, and continued expansion of our platforms into the TMT Market globally through Digital Transformation, Messaging, Cloud and Internet of Things (“IoT”) markets. As such, the volume of transactions and our ability to expand our footprint in TMT and globally may result in revenue fluctuations on a quarterly basis.

Most of our revenues are recorded in U.S. dollars but as we continue to expand our footprint with international carriers, we will become subject to currency translation that could affect our future net sales as reported in U.S. dollars.

Our top five customers accounted for 67.9% and 69.0% of net revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively. Contracts with these customers typically run for three to five years. Of these customers, Verizon accounted for

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more than 10% of our revenues in 2019 and 2018. The loss of Verizon as a customer would have a material negative impact on our company. However, we believe that the costs incurred and subscriber disruption by Verizon to replace Synchronoss’ solutions would be substantial.

Current Trends Affecting Our Results of Operations

Business from our Synchronoss Personal Cloud solution has been driven by the growth in mobile devices globally that are becoming content rich. As these devices replace other traditional devices like PCs, the ability to securely back up content from mobile devices, sync it with other devices and share it with family, friends and business associates have become essential needs and subscriber expectations.  Such devices include smartphones, connected cars, personal health and wellness devices and connected home devices. The need for the contents of these devices to be stored in a common cloud are also expected to be drivers of our business in the longer term.
 
Business from our traditional Synchronoss Messaging business (Email) has been driven by a resurgence in the need for white label secure messaging platforms that favor the Mobile Network Operator’s (“MNO”) business objectives and are not beholden to the objectives of a sponsoring over-the-top (“OTT”) platform. We believe that messaging drives higher subscriber engagement than any other application in the market today and holds the potential to stimulate new revenue from traditional services and third-party brands.  OTT global success has driven MNOs to look at opportunities to preempt and compete with the OTTs which has potential opportunity for Synchronoss future growth to be driven by the need of TMT companies including (and especially) MNOs to embrace Messaging as a Platform (“MaaP”). MaaP will allow TMT and MNO’s to converse with subscribers in an efficient, automated way by streamlining the costs and increasing the effectiveness of self-care, as well as yielding cross-sell upselling of service plans, devices, bundles, etc.. The Synchronoss Advanced Messaging Platform provides state of the art RCS-driven features including the ability to support advanced Peer to Peer communications and introduce new revenue streams driven by commerce and advertising via Application-to-Person capabilities.
 
Companies in the TMT market all face the dilemma of attempting to pivot their businesses to digital execution in order to create experiences that meet the expectations of their subscribers, generate new revenues and streamline costs creating healthier margins at a faster time to market than they have ever operated before. Their challenges feature the lack of skill set to conceptualize and run day to day digital operations and the lack of resources to integrate their legacy back end systems to enact digital experiences that achieve their business objectives. The growth of Synchronoss Digital Platforms will be driven by the ability to provide TMT companies’ desire to obtain digital transformation solutions as quickly as possible while educating them on the ability to operate a digital business efficiently. Our Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) model provides a desirable alternative to heavy capital expenditure spending options often tried internally. The ability for our platforms to create low/no code, new customer digital journeys, virtually on the fly, give TMT Companies the ability to operate new experiences and businesses without heavily investing in development resources.
 
Synchronoss Advanced Messaging, Cloud and Digital Platforms are poised to bring IoT initiatives to life across MNO and TMT companies creating new use cases that will help stimulate the commercial growth of the robust potential of the IoT market. As new devices and sensors come online in connected cities, Synchronoss, partnering with carriers like AT&T, has technology to unify and harness data from legacy systems; provide analytic insights that fuel automated communications, via our Advanced Messaging Platform between sensors, devices and people; and create a common storage reservoir with our secure Cloud.  There is opportunity in many areas of the IoT ecosystem for Synchronoss to support utilizing our Activation, Cloud and Analytics tools.
 
To support our growth, which will be driven by these favorable industry trends mentioned above, we will leverage modular components from our existing software platforms to build new products. We believe that these opportunities will continue to provide future benefits and position us for future revenue growth. We are also making investments in research and development of new products designed to enable us to grow rapidly in the mobile wireless market. Our purchase of capital assets and equipment may also increase based on aggressive deployment, subscriber growth and promotional offers for free or bundled storage by our major Tier 1 carrier customers.
 
We continue to expand our platforms into the converging TMT, MNO, Digital and IoT spaces to enable connected devices to do more things across multiple networks, brands and communities. Our initiatives with AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, British Telecom, Softbank and other CSPs continue to grow both with regard to our current business as well as our new product offerings. We are also exploring additional opportunities through merger and acquisition activities to support our customer, product and geographic diversification strategies.


Three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018


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The following table presents an overview of our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
2019 vs 2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
$ Change 
Net revenues
$
77,846

 
$
76,742

 
$
1,104

Cost of revenues*
33,403

 
39,525

 
(6,122
)
Research and development
19,026

 
20,200

 
(1,174
)
Selling, general and administrative
23,080

 
33,938

 
(10,858
)
Restructuring charges
356

 
2,778

 
(2,422
)
Depreciation and amortization
20,269

 
23,401

 
(3,132
)
Total costs and expenses
96,134

 
119,842

 
(23,708
)
Loss from continuing operations
$
(18,288
)
 
$
(43,100
)
 
$
24,812

________________________________
*
Cost of revenues excludes depreciation and amortization which are shown separately.

Net revenues increased $1.1 million to $77.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The overall change is primarily due to an increase in cloud subscriptions compared to the prior year.

Cost of revenues decreased $6.1 million to $33.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to cost savings initiatives implemented in 2017 and 2018. These initiatives resulted in a significant decrease in cost of revenues driven mainly by data center consolidation and operating expense savings.

Research and development expense decreased $1.2 million to $19.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease in 2019 is primarily due to the realization of our strategic efforts to reduce costs and refocus our resources on key strategic priorities. These efforts resulted in decreased personnel related costs including stock-based compensation expense.

Selling, general and administrative expense decreased $10.9 million to $23.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to a net reduction in professional services and outside consulting fees from the prior year period and lower telecommunication and facility costs.

Restructuring charges were $0.4 million and $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which primarily related to employment termination costs as a result of the work-force reduction and facility consolidation plans initiated in connection with acquisition and divestiture activities. In the prior year, we commenced separate plans designed to reduce operating costs and align our resources with our key strategic priorities. Material cash outlays for restructuring typically occur in the quarter in which the plan is initiated or in the subsequent quarter.

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $3.1 million to $20.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily attributable to the expiration of amortizable acquired assets, partially offset by the increased amortization of capitalized software.

Interest income decreased $3.5 million to $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to 2018 interest earned on a paid-in-kind purchase money note (the “PIK Note”), which the Company began deferring effective July 1, 2018 related to PIK Note.

Interest expense decreased $0.9 million to $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to a decrease in our borrowings outstanding in 2019 after repayments of 2019 Notes and new lease standard (Topic 842) implementation for interest expense presentation which is now reflected in operating expense effective first quarter of 2019.

Equity method investment loss changed $0.4 million to a loss of $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. All equity method investment income (loss) are the result of our 30% equity interest in STIN and vary based on the financial results of the investment company during the respective reporting period.


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Income tax. The Company recognized approximately $1.8 million benefit and $0.6 million in related income tax provision during the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The effective tax rate was approximately 10.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2019, which was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the valuation allowances recorded in domestic and foreign jurisdictions offset by certain jurisdictions projecting current tax expense. The Company’s effective tax rate was approximately 1.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2018, which was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the to the valuation allowance recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Discussion of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

Six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018

The following table presents an overview of our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019 vs 2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
$ Change 
Net revenues
$
165,951

 
$
160,451

 
$
5,500

Cost of revenues*
72,356

 
84,074

 
(11,718
)
Research and development
38,707

 
41,105

 
(2,398
)
Selling, general and administrative
52,326

 
72,048

 
(19,722
)
Restructuring charges
777

 
3,886

 
(3,109
)
Depreciation and amortization
40,412

 
46,672

 
(6,260
)
Total costs and expenses
204,578

 
247,785

 
(43,207
)
Loss from continuing operations
$
(38,627
)
 
$
(87,334
)
 
$
48,707

________________________________
*
Cost of revenues excludes depreciation and amortization which are shown separately.

Net revenues increased $5.5 million to $166.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The overall change is due to an increase in messaging revenue primarily due to the delivery of an advanced messaging solution to a customer in the Japanese market and an uptick in business volume in the cloud business.

Cost of revenues decreased $11.7 million to $72.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to cost savings initiatives implemented in 2017 and 2018. These initiatives resulted in a significant decrease in cost of revenues driven mainly by data center consolidation and operating expense savings.

Research and development expense decreased $2.4 million to $38.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease in 2019 is primarily due to the realization of our strategic efforts to reduce costs and refocus our resources on key strategic priorities. These efforts resulted in decreased personnel related costs including stock-based compensation expense.

Selling, general and administrative expense decreased $19.7 million to $52.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to $16.6 million net reduction in professional services and outside consulting fees in prior year period and lower telecommunication and facility costs.

Restructuring charges were $0.8 million and $3.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which primarily related to employment termination costs as a result of the work-force reduction and facility consolidation plans initiated in connection with acquisition and divestiture activities. In the prior year, we commenced separate plans designed to reduce operating costs and align our resources with our key strategic priorities. Material cash outlays for restructuring typically occur in the quarter in which the plan is initiated or in the subsequent quarter.

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $6.3 million to $40.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily attributable to the expiration of amortizable acquired assets, partially offset by the increased amortization of capitalized software.


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Interest income decreased $6.8 million to $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to 2018 interest earned on a paid-in-kind purchase money note (the “PIK Note”), which the Company began deferring effective July 1, 2018 related to PIK Note.

Interest expense decreased $1.5 million to $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The 2019 decrease was primarily due to a decrease in our borrowings outstanding in 2019 after repayments of 2019 Notes and new lease standard (Topic 842) implementation for interest expense presentation which is now reflected in operating expense effective first quarter of 2019.

Other expense increased $3.8 million to $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. The change from prior year was primarily due to a $3.8 million remeasurement gain on our mandatorily redeemable put option in 2018, which expired prior to the first quarter of 2019.

Equity method investment loss changed $1.4 million to a loss of $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to a loss of $0.2 million for the same period in 2018. All equity method investment income (loss) are the result of our 30% equity interest in STIN and vary based on the financial results of the investment company during the respective reporting period.

Income tax. The Company recognized approximately $3.2 million in related income tax benefit and $0.7 million in related income tax provision during the six ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The effective tax rate was approximately 8.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2019, which was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the valuation allowances recorded in domestic and foreign jurisdictions offset by certain jurisdictions projecting current tax expense. The Company’s effective tax rate was approximately 0.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the valuation allowance recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2019, our principal sources of liquidity have been cash provided by operations and proceeds from divestitures. Our cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash balance was $78.9 million at June 30, 2019. We anticipate that our principal uses of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities will be to fund the expansion of our business through both organic growth and acquisition activities and the expansion of our customer base as well as the repayment of our Convertible Senior Notes due in August 2019. Uses of cash will also include facility and technology expansion, significant integration and restructuring activities, capital expenditures, and working capital.

At June 30, 2019, our non-U.S. subsidiaries held approximately $15.2 million of cash and cash equivalents that are available for use by all of our operations around the world. At this time, we believe the funds held by all non-U.S. subsidiaries will be permanently reinvested outside of the U.S. However, if these funds were repatriated to the U.S. or used for U.S. operations, certain amounts could be subject to U.S. tax for the incremental amount in excess of the foreign tax paid. Due to the timing and circumstances of repatriation of these earnings, if any, it is not practical to determine the unrecognized deferred tax liability related to the amount.

We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and expected positive cash flows generated from operations will be sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months from the date of filing based on our current business plans. Our liquidity plans are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described in the "Forward-Looking Statements" section of this MD&A and Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors”, some of which are outside of our control.

Convertible Senior Notes

On August 12, 2014, we issued the 2019 Notes. The 2019 Notes mature on August 15, 2019, and bear interest at a rate of 0.75% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. We accounted for the $230.0 million face value of the debt as a liability and capitalized approximately $7.1 million of financing fees, related to the issuance.

At June 30, 2019, the carrying amount of the liability was $47.1 million and the outstanding principal of the 2019 Notes was $47.1 million, with an effective interest rate of approximately 1.37%. For further details, see Note 7. Debt of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Share Repurchase Program

There were no repurchases in 2019.


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Shares of Preferred Stock

In accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of October 17, 2017 (the “PIPE Purchase Agreement”), with Silver Private Holdings I, LLC, an affiliate of Siris (“Silver”), on February 15, 2018, we issued to Silver 185,000 shares of our newly issued Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with an initial liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, in exchange for $97.7 million in cash and the transfer from Silver to us of the 5,994,667 shares of our common stock held by Silver (the “Preferred Transaction”). In connection with the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, we (i) filed the Series A Certificate and (ii) entered into an Investor Rights Agreement with Silver setting forth certain registration, governance and preemptive rights of Silver with respect to us (the “Investor Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement, at the closing, we paid to Siris $5.0 million as a reimbursement of Silver’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Preferred Transaction.

Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock

The rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the Series A Certificate. Under the Series A Certificate, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive Preferred Dividends. The Preferred Dividends are due on each Series A Dividend Payment Date. We may choose to pay the Preferred Dividends in cash or in additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event we do not declare and pay a dividend in-kind or in cash on any Series A Dividend Payment Date, the unpaid amount of the Preferred Dividend will be added to the Liquidation Preference. In addition, the Series A Preferred Stock participates in dividends declared and paid on shares of our common stock.

Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into the number of shares of common stock equal to the “Conversion Price” (as that term is defined in the Series A Certificate) multiplied by the then applicable “Conversion Rate” (as that term is defined in the Series A Certificate). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is initially convertible into 55.5556 shares of common stock, representing an initial “conversion price” of approximately $18.00 per share of common stock. The Conversion Rate is subject to equitable proportionate adjustment in the event of stock splits, recapitalizations and other events set forth in the Series A Certificate.

On and after the fifth anniversary of February 15, 2018, holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to cause the Company to redeem each share of Series A Preferred Stock for cash in an amount equal to the sum of the current liquidation preference and any accrued dividends. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is also redeemable at the option of the holder upon the occurrence of a “Fundamental Change” (as that term is defined in the Series A Certificate) at a specified premium (“Liquidation Value”). In addition, the Company is also permitted to redeem all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at any time (i) within the first 30 months of the date of issuance for the sum of the then-applicable Liquidation Preference, accrued but unpaid dividends and a make whole amount (known as “Redemption Value”) and (ii) following the 30-month anniversary of the date of issuance for the sum of the then-applicable Liquidation Preference and the accrued but unpaid dividends. As of June 30, 2019, the Liquidation Value and Redemption Value of the Preferred Shares was $243.1 million.

The holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, are entitled at each of our annual meetings of stockholders or at any special meeting called for the purpose of electing directors (or by written consent signed by the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock in lieu of such a meeting): (i) to nominate and elect two members of our Board of Directors for so long as the Preferred Percentage (as defined in the Series A Certificate) is equal to or greater than 10%; and (ii) to nominate and elect one member of our Board of Directors for so long as the Preferred Percentage is equal to or greater than 5% but less than 10%.

For so long as the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to nominate at least one director, we are required to obtain the prior approval of Silver prior to taking certain actions, including: (i) certain dividends, repayments and redemptions; (ii) any amendment to our certificate of incorporation that adversely effects the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock; (iii) issuances of stock ranking senior or equivalent to shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock) in the priority of payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of us; (iv) changes in the size of our Board of Directors; (v) any amendment, alteration, modification or repeal of the charter of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors and related documents; and (vi) any change in our principal business or the entry into any line of business outside of our existing lines of businesses. In addition, in the event that we are in EBITDA Non-Compliance (as defined in the Series A Certificate) or the undertaking of certain actions would result in us exceeding a specified pro forma leverage ratio, then the prior approval of Silver would be required to incur indebtedness (or alter any debt document) in excess of $10.0 million, enter or consummate any transaction where the fair market value exceeds $5.0 million individually or $10.0 million in the aggregate in a fiscal year or authorize or commit to capital expenditures in excess of $25.0 million in a fiscal year.

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Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock has one vote per share on any matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote separately as a class, whether at a meeting or by written consent. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock are permitted to take any action or consent to any action with respect to such rights without a meeting by delivering a consent in writing or electronic transmission of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock entitled to cast not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize, take or consent to such action at a meeting of stockholders. In addition to any vote (or action taken by written consent) of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock as a separate class provided for in the Series A Certificate or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the holders of shares of common stock (and any other class or series that may similarly be entitled to vote on an as-converted basis with the holders of common stock) on all matters submitted to a vote or to the consent of the stockholders of the Company (including the election of directors) as one class.

Under the Series A Certificate, if Silver and certain of its affiliates have elected to effect a conversion of some or all of their shares of Series A Preferred Stock and if the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate number of shares of our common stock issued to such holders upon such conversion and any shares of our common stock previously issued to such holders upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and then held by such holders, plus (ii) the number of shares of our common stock underlying shares of Series A Preferred Stock that would be held at such time by such holders (after giving effect to such conversion), would exceed the 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of our voting stock on an as converted basis (the “Conversion Cap”), then such holders would only be entitled to convert such number of shares as would result in the sum of clauses (i) and (ii) (after giving effect to such conversion) being equal to the Conversion Cap (after giving effect to any such limitation on conversion). Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock which a holder has elected to convert but which, by reason of the previous sentence, are not so converted, will be treated as if the holder had not made such election to convert and such shares of Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding. Also, under the Series A Certificate, if the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate voting power of the shares previously issued to Silver and certain of its affiliates held by such holders at the record date, plus (ii) the aggregate voting power of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holders as of such record date, would exceed 19.99% of the total voting power of our outstanding voting stock at such record date, then, with respect to such shares, Silver and certain of its affiliates are only entitled to cast a number of votes equal to 19.99% of such total voting power. The limitation on conversion and voting ceases to apply upon receipt of the requisite approval of holders of our common stock under the applicable listing standards.

Investor Rights Agreement
 
Concurrently with the closing of the Preferred Transaction, Synchronoss and Silver entered into an Investor Rights Agreement. Under the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, Silver and Synchronoss have agreed that, effective as of the closing of the Preferred Transaction, the Board of Directors of Synchronoss will consist of ten members. From and after the closing of the Preferred Transaction, so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to nominate a member to the Board of Directors pursuant to the Series A Certificate, the Board of Directors of Synchronoss will consist of (i) two directors nominated and elected by the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) four directors who meet the independence criteria set forth in the applicable listing standards (each of whom will be initially agreed upon by Synchronoss and Silver); and (iii) four other directors, two of whom shall satisfy the independence criteria of the applicable listing standards and, as of the closing of the Preferred Transaction, one of whom shall be the individual then serving as chief executive officer of Synchronoss and one of whom shall be the current chairman of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss as of the date of execution of the Investors Rights Agreement. Following the closing of the Preferred Transaction, so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock have the right to nominate at least one director to the Board of Directors of Synchronoss pursuant to the Series A Certificate, Silver will have the right to designate two members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.

Pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, neither Silver nor its affiliates may transfer any shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to certain exceptions (including transfers to affiliates that agree to be bound by the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement).

For so long as Silver has the right to appoint a director to the Board of Directors of Synchronoss, without the prior approval by a majority of directors voting who are not appointed by the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, neither Silver nor its affiliates will directly or indirectly purchase or acquire any debt or equity securities of Synchronoss (including equity-linked derivative securities) if such purchase or acquisition would result in Silver’s Standstill Percentage (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) being in excess of 30%. However, the foregoing standstill restrictions would not prohibit the purchase of shares pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement or the receipt of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued as Preferred Dividends pursuant to the Series A Certificate, shares of Common Stock received upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or receipt of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other securities of the Company otherwise paid as dividends or as an increase of the Liquidation Preference (as defined in the Series A Certificate) or distributions thereon. Silver will also have preemptive rights with respect to issuances of securities of Synchronoss in order to maintain its ownership percentage.

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Under the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, Silver will be entitled to (i) three demand registrations, with no more than two demand registrations in any single calendar year and provided that each demand registration must include at least 10% of the shares of Common Stock held by Silver, including shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) unlimited piggyback registration rights with respect to primary issuances and all other issuances.

Discussion of Cash Flows

A summary of net cash flows follows (in thousands):
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019 vs 2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
Change
Net cash provided by (used in):
 
 
 
 
 
Operating activities
$
18,564

 
$
(71,381
)
 
$
89,945

Investing activities
(20,250
)
 
(33,232
)
 
12,982

Financing activities
(73,574
)
 
85,502

 
(159,076
)

Our primary source of cash is receipts from revenue. The primary uses of cash are personnel and related costs, telecommunications and facility costs related primarily to our cost of revenue and general operating expenses including professional service fees, consulting fees, building and equipment maintenance and marketing expense.

Cash flows from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was a $18.6 million of cash provided by operating activities, as compared to $71.4 million of cash used for operating activities for the same period in 2018. The increase of cash provided by operating activities of $89.9 million was primarily due to favorable changes in cash earnings of $43.8 million and a favorable change in working capital of $46.2 million.

Cash flows from investing for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was $20.3 million, as compared to $33.2 million in cash used for investing activities during the same period in 2018. The increase of $13.0 million in cash in investing activities was due primarily to incremental spend in 2018 to fund the honeybee acquisition.

Cash flows from financing for six months ended June 30, 2019 was $73.6 million use of cash, as compared to $85.5 million of cash provided by financing activities for the same period in 2018. The cash used for financing for 2019 was primarily driven by the $65.9 million partial repayment of the convertible debt and preferred dividend payment of $7.1 million compared to proceeds for the issuance of preferred stock for the same period in 2018.

Effect of Inflation

Although inflation generally affects us by increasing our cost of labor and equipment, we do not believe that inflation has had any material effect on our results of operations during 2019 and 2018. We do not expect the current rate of inflation to have a material impact on our business.

Contractual Obligations
Our contractual obligations consist of principal and interest related to our Convertible Senior Notes, contingent consideration, non-cancelable capital leases, operating leases or long-term agreements for office space, automobiles, office equipment and colocation services and contractual commitments under third-party hosting, software licenses and maintenance agreements. The following table summarizes our long‑term contractual obligations as of June 30, 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
Payments Due by Period
 
 
Total
 
Remainder of 2019
 
2020 - 2022
 
2023 - 2024
 
Thereafter
Convertible Senior Notes (1)
 
47,112

 
47,112

 
—

 
—

 
—

Interest (1)
 
44

 
44

 
—

 
—

 
—

Operating lease obligations
 
99,036

 
6,339

 
38,452

 
20,363

 
33,882

Purchase obligations (2)
 
33,681

 
12,541

 
21,140

 
—

 
—

Total
 
$
179,873

 
$
66,036

 
$
59,592

 
$
20,363

 
$
33,882

________________________________
(1) Amount represents obligation and interest associated with 2019 Notes.

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(2) 
Amount represents obligations associated with colocation agreements and other customer delivery related purchase obligations.

Uncertain Tax Positions

Unrecognized tax positions of $4.0 million at June 30, 2019 are excluded from the table above as we are not able to reasonably estimate when we would make any cash payments required to settle these liabilities, but we do not believe that the ultimate settlement of our obligations will materially affect our liquidity. We do not expect that the balance of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease over the next twelve months.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to utilize accounting policies and make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingencies as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during a fiscal period. The SEC considers an accounting policy to be critical if it is important to a company’s financial condition and results of operations, and if it requires significant judgment and estimates on the part of management in its application. We have discussed the selection and development of the critical accounting policies with the Audit Committee, and the Audit Committee has reviewed our related disclosures in this Form 10-Q. Although we believe that our judgments and estimates are appropriate, correct and reasonable under the circumstances, actual results may differ from those estimates. If actual results or events differ materially from those contemplated by us in making these estimates, our reported financial condition and results of operations for future periods could be materially affected. See Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q for certain matters bearing risks on our future results of operations.

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company made significant changes in its accounting policies over leases, to align with the adoption of Topic 842. These updates are described in detail in Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation. Aside from the adoption of Topic 842, there were no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates discussed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 during the six months ended June 30, 2019.  Please refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for a more complete discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

For a discussion of recently issued accounting standards see Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation included in Part I, Item 1. “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We had no off-balance sheet arrangements as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market Risk

The following discussion about market risk disclosures involves forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We deposit our excess cash in what we believe are high-quality financial instruments, primarily money market funds and certificates of deposit and, we may be exposed to market risks related to changes in interest rates. We do not actively manage the risk of interest rate fluctuations on our marketable securities; however, such risk is mitigated by the relatively short-term nature of these investments. These investments are denominated in United States dollars.

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve our capital for the purpose of funding operations, while at the same time maximizing the income, we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. To achieve these objectives, our investment policy allows us to maintain a portfolio of cash equivalents and short- and long-term investments in a variety of securities, which could include commercial paper, money market funds and corporate and government debt securities. Our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were invested in liquid money market accounts, certificates of deposit and government securities. All market-risk sensitive instruments were entered into for non-trading purposes.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We are exposed to translation risk because certain of our foreign operations utilize the local currency as their functional currency and those financial results must be translated into U.S. dollars. As currency exchange rates fluctuate, translation of the financial statements of foreign businesses into U.S. dollars affects the comparability of financial results between years.

We do not hold any derivative instruments and do not engage in any hedging activities. Although our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, we may conduct business and incur costs in the local currencies of other countries in which we may operate, make sales and buy materials and services. As a result, we are subject to foreign currency transaction risk. Further, changes in exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar could affect our future net sales, cost of sales and expenses and could result in foreign currency transaction gains or losses.

We cannot accurately predict future exchange rates or the overall impact of future exchange rate fluctuations on our business, results of operations and financial condition. To the extent that our international activities recorded in local currencies increase in the future, our exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates will correspondingly increase and hedging activities may be considered if appropriate.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to the risk of interest rate fluctuations on the interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents. A hypothetical 100 basis point movement in interest rates applicable to our cash and cash equivalents outstanding at June 30, 2019 would increase interest income by approximately $0.3 million on an annual basis.


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ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Background

In connection with the preparation of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2017 and a related internal investigation commenced by the Audit Committee, certain adjustments related to the Company’s accounting treatment for software license revenue were identified. The Company subsequently completed additional accounting review procedures and identified other adjustments.

The accounting adjustments referenced above resulted from certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Management determined these material weaknesses and other control deficiencies were primarily the result of an ineffective control environment. As a result, the Company lacked effective control activities necessary to prepare accurate financial statements and ensure compliance with regulatory filing requirements applicable to public companies. These material weaknesses are further described in subsection “Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures” in Part II, Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Material Weakness

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

As described in additional detail in the 2018 Form 10-K, the Company did not maintain effective controls within its financial close process. Until these material weaknesses are remediated, they could result in material misstatements of the Company’s financial statements that would not be prevented or detected. As of June 30, 2019, the remedial measures identified below are in place and being tested by management for operational effectiveness throughout fiscal 2019.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), that are designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the design and effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2019 and, due to the existence of the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described above, the Company’s Principal Executive and Principal Financial Officers have determined that such disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of such date. In light of the material weakness, the Company performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures to ensure the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, the Company’s management, including its Principal Executive and Principal Financial Officers, has concluded that the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q present fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Remediation of Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Following the identification of the material weaknesses described above and further described in subsection “Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures” in Part II, Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and with the oversight of the Audit Committee, management is committed to our remediation efforts to address these material weaknesses. The remediation efforts, summarized below, are intended to both address the identified material weaknesses and strengthen our overall financial control environment. In this regard, the following represents the enhancements the Company has designed and is in the process of testing as of June 30, 2019 to remediate the material weaknesses above:

Control Environment


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•
The Company has increased standardization of contract documentation and revenue analysis for individual transactions, including increased oversight of revenue opportunities and contract review by personnel with the requisite accounting knowledge to identify revenue-impacting terms and consider potential downstream effects.
•
The Company has developed a more comprehensive review process and monitoring controls over contracts with customers to ensure accurate accounting for multiple-element arrangements.
•
The Company has developed a recurring non-recurring transaction review meeting cadence with key stakeholders within the Company to identify and discuss potentially significant transactions. Meetings are attended by process owners across various functions or departments, both domestic and international, to promote regular and effective communication between finance and non-finance personnel, and to ensure that information related to significant transactions is communicated timely.
•
The Company performed a review of key business process controls related to high-risk financial statement accounts, such as revenue, significant transactions, capitalized software, accounts receivable, treasury and financial close, which resulted in the redesign of existing controls and the addition of newly developed / documented control activities, in order to mitigate known risks and strengthen the overall control environment.
•
The Company has hired a Director of Revenue Recognition, a Director of Technical Accounting, and other resources to augment our staff to support further enhancement on the controls and procedures surrounding revenue recognition and technical matters.

Control Activities

•
The Company has performed a review of key IT process controls, enhanced the control design and is in the process of executing full testing on the IT environment.
•
The Company has engaged external resources to assist management in our control design assessment and execution. As of June 30, 2019, we have completed our risk assessment and control design for the Company and are in the process of executing full testing of the control environment.

Information and Communication

•
The Company has established a Disclosure Committee that includes key members of management that include key members of management that have responsibility for disclosure information necessary for periodic filings with the SEC. The committee met formally for purposes of the Fiscal 2019 Form 10-Q filing to discuss all significant events and relevant disclosure matters for the filing.
•
The Company has established a quarterly significant non-recurring transactions meeting that includes key members of management from each functional business area including sales, marketing, finance, operations, information technology, and legal. The meeting includes a standardized agenda that discusses relevant business matters and updates that may have an accounting implication for the quarter. Each matter is documented, the accounting implications are assessed, and the appropriate actions are taken.

Monitoring Activities and Risk Assessment

•
The Company formally established an Internal Audit function and our Audit Committee approved their charter in January 2019.
•
The Company has enhanced and completed our risk assessment processes to identify relevant accounts and assertions and design control procedures that relate to relevant risks.
•
The Company has reevaluated and completed our control design of our entity level controls. The Company is in the process of executing full control testing for entity level controls as of June 30, 2019.
•
We have hired external resources to support and improve our Internal Audit function.

We believe the control measures described above have been implemented and will remediate the material weaknesses we have identified in our internal control over financial reporting, as well as our disclosure controls and procedures once the controls have been operating effectively for a sufficient period of time. We are committed to continuing to improve our internal control processes and will continue to diligently and vigorously review our financial reporting controls and procedures. As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting, our management may determine to take additional measures.

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

Excluding the changes described above under “Remediation of Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” including the on-going remediation efforts described above, there were no changes in our internal control over

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financial reporting during the period ended June 30, 2019 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

For a discussion of our material pending legal proceedings that could impact our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows see Note 13. Commitments, Contingencies and Other included in Part I, Item 1. “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Form 10-K and other reports we file are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our stock could decline, and our stockholders may lose part or all of their investment.

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION
None.


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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
3.1

 
3.2

 
3.3

 
31.1

 
31.2

 
32.1

 
32.2

 
101.INS

 
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH

 
XBRL Schema Document
101.CAL

 
XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF

 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB

 
XBRL Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE

 
XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document



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SIGNATURES

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

 
 
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Glenn Lurie
 
 
 
Glenn Lurie
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ David Clark
 
 
 
David Clark
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 

August 6, 2019

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