ITEM 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
The following table provides information about our facilities as of December 31, 2013.
ITEM 3.
ITEM 3.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we are involved in litigation incidental to the conduct of our business. In the ordinary course of business, we are a party to inquiries, legal proceedings and claims including, from time to time, disagreements with vendors and customers. We are not a party to any lawsuit or proceeding that, in management’s opinion, is likely to materially harm our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
ITEM 4.
ITEM 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5.
ITEM 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information. Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “KVHI”. The following table provides, for the periods indicated, the high and low sale prices for our common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market.
Stockholders. As of March 13, 2014, we had 89 holders of record of our common stock. This number does not include stockholders for whom shares were held in a nominee or “street” name.
Dividends. We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock, and we have no plan to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance our operations and future growth. In addition, the terms of our bank line of credit place restrictions on our ability to pay cash dividends on our common stock.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. On November 26, 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to one million shares of our common stock. The repurchase program is funded using our existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and future cash flows. Under the repurchase program, at management’s discretion, we may repurchase shares on the open market from time to time, in privately negotiated transactions or block transactions, or through an accelerated repurchase agreement. The timing of such repurchases depends on availability of shares, price, market conditions, alternative uses of capital, and applicable regulatory requirements. The program may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. The repurchase program has no expiration date. There were no other repurchase programs outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2013 and no repurchase programs expired during the period.
During the year ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased 457,667 shares of our common stock in open market transactions at a cost of $3.7 million. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock in open market transactions during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, 60,699 vested restricted shares were surrendered in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations at an average price of $13.63 per share.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the performance of our cumulative stockholder return with that of the NASDAQ Composite Index, a broad equity market index, and the NASDAQ Telecommunications Index, a published industry index. The cumulative stockholder returns for shares of our common stock and for the market indices are calculated assuming $100 was invested on December 31, 2008. We paid no cash dividends during the periods shown. The performance of the market indices is shown on a total return (dividends reinvested) basis. Measurement points are the last trading days of the years ended December 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
ITEM 6.
ITEM 6.
Selected Financial Data
We have derived the following selected financial data from our audited consolidated financial statements. You should read this data in conjunction with “Item 7.
ITEM 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the other financial information and consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this annual report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this annual report.
Overview
We design, develop, manufacture and market mobile communications products for the marine, land mobile and aeronautical markets, and navigation, guidance and stabilization products for both the defense and commercial markets.
Our mobile communications products enable customers to receive voice and Internet services and live digital television via satellite services in marine vessels, recreational vehicles, buses and automobiles as well as live digital television on commercial airplanes while in motion. Our CommBox offers a range of tools designed to increase communication efficiency, reduce costs, and manage network operations. We sell our mobile communications products through an extensive international network of retailers, distributors and dealers. We also lease products directly to end users.
We offer precision fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based systems that enable platform and optical stabilization, navigation, pointing and guidance. Our guidance and stabilization products also include tactical navigation systems that provide uninterrupted access to navigation and pointing information in a variety of military vehicles, including tactical trucks and light armored vehicles. Our guidance and stabilization products are sold directly to U.S. and foreign governments and government contractors, as well as through an international network of authorized independent sales representatives. In addition, our guidance and stabilization products are used in numerous commercial products, such as navigation and positioning systems for various applications including precision mapping, dynamic surveying, autonomous vehicles, train location control and track geometry measurement systems, industrial robotics and optical stabilization.
Our mobile communications service sales include sales earned from satellite voice and Internet airtime services, engineering services provided under development contracts, sales from product repairs, and extended warranty sales. Our mobile communications services sales also include our distribution of commercially-licensed news, sports, music, movies and training video content to commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and/or retail markets. We typically recognize revenue from media content sales ratably over the period of the service contract. We provide, for monthly fixed and usage fees, satellite connectivity services for broadband Internet, data and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to our TracPhone V-series customers. We also earn monthly usage fees for third-party satellite connectivity for voice, data and Internet services to our Inmarsat and Iridium TracPhone customers who choose to activate their subscriptions with us. Our service sales have grown as a percentage of total revenue from 24% of our net sales in 2011 to 34% in 2012 to 44% in 2013.
Our guidance and stabilization service sales include engineering services provided under development contracts, product repairs and extended warranty sales.
We generate sales primarily from the sale of our mobile communications systems and services and our guidance and stabilization products and services. The following table provides, for the periods indicated, our sales by industry category:
Net sales to SANG accounted for approximately 12% of our net sales for the year ended December 31, 2013, driven by a TACNAV related order received in 2012 for which the majority of the deliverables were completed in 2013. Net sales to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (General Dynamics) accounted for approximately 11% of our net sales for the year ended December 31, 2011, and less than 10% of our net sales for each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease in net sales to General Dynamics from 2011 to 2012 was primarily driven by the timing of deliverables in fulfillment of a large TACNAV related order. The terms and conditions of sales to SANG and General Dynamics are consistent with our standard terms and conditions of product sales as discussed in note 1 of our consolidated financial statements. The SANG receivable balance was current as of December 31, 2013 and the outstanding receivable
balance as of that date has been paid as of the date of this report. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of our net sales for each of the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
We have historically derived a substantial portion of our revenue from sales to customers located outside the United States and Canada. The following table provides, for the periods indicated, sales to specified geographic regions:
See note 13 to our consolidated financial statements for more information on our geographic segments.
In addition to our internally funded research and development efforts, we also conduct research and development activities that are funded by our customers. These activities relate primarily to engineering studies, surveys, prototype development, program management and standard product customization. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, we account for customer-funded research as service revenue, and we account for the associated research and development costs as costs of service and product sales. As a result, customer-funded research and development are not included in the research and development expense that we present in our statement of operations. The following table presents our total annual research and development effort, representing the sum of research costs of service and product sales and the operating expense of research and development as described in our statement of operations. Our management believes this information is useful because it provides a better understanding of our total expenditures on research and development activities.
Results of Operations
The following table provides, for the periods indicated, certain financial data expressed as a percentage of net sales:
Years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012
Net Sales
Product sales decreased in 2013 by $0.4 million, or less than 1%, to $90.3 million from $90.7 million in 2012. The primary reason for the decrease in 2013 was a decrease in sales of our mobile communications products to $47.0 million, or 2%. The decrease was primarily due to a $1.2 million, or 25%, decrease in sales of our land mobile products. The decrease in our land mobile products was primarily a result of decreased sales to original equipment manufacturers in the recreational vehicle market. Sales of marine products in 2013 were consistent with 2012. Sales of our TracPhone V11 product, which was released in the fourth quarter of 2012, increased as did our TracPhone V7 sales in the Americas. Partially offsetting these increases in marine product sales was decreased sales of our TracPhone V7 product in Asia and Europe. We remain cautious about the prospects for our marine product sales, specifically in Europe and Asia, as a result of ongoing challenges in the global economy. However, we expect our mini-VSAT product sales will continue to grow year-over-year.
Mobile communications product sales originating from our European and Asian subsidiaries decreased $3.3 million, or 18%, in 2013 as compared to 2012. Mobile communications product sales originating from the Americas increased $2.1 million, or 7%, in 2013 as compared to 2012.
Offsetting the decrease in mobile communications product sales was an increase of $0.8 million, or 2%, in sales of guidance and stabilization products. Specifically, sales of our FOG products increased $1.1 million, or 5%, primarily due to increased demand for commercial applications. Partially offsetting the increase in FOG products was decreased sales from the U.S. Army’s Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS) III Program. Sales of our TACNAV defense products decreased $0.6 million, or 3%, primarily as a result of decreased product sales related to our SANG contract, the largest contract in our history. The SANG contract contributed $9.8 million and $11.4 million to our product sales in 2013 and 2012, respectively, and we completed delivery of products under the SANG contract in the second quarter of 2013.
We expect that our TACNAV product sales will decrease year-over-year, primarily due to the completion of the SANG product order discussed above. Although we expect that TACNAV sales will continue to grow over the long term, sales on a quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year basis could continue to be very uneven. We also expect that our FOG sales will modestly
increase year-over-year, primarily due to increased demand for new commercial applications, which is anticipated to be partially offset by reduced FOG demand for the U.S. Army’s CROWS III program.
Service sales increased in 2013 by $25.6 million, or 55%, to $72.0 million from $46.4 million in 2012. The primary reason for the increase was a $12.2 million increase in airtime sales for our mini-VSAT Broadband service. Also contributing to the increase were $8.8 million in new media services sales arising from our acquisition of Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013, and a $4.8 million increase in contracted engineering services driven by construction and program management services provided in connection with the SANG contract. We expect that our mini-VSAT services sales will continue to grow year-over-year primarily from increased TracPhone V11 and V7 activations, an overall increase in our mini-VSAT Broadband customer base, and from the introduction of new value-added services to our mini-VSAT Broadband customers such as IP-MobileCast, which is expected to begin generating service revenue in 2014. We also expect that our contracted engineering services will significantly decrease year-over-year driven by the anticipated completion of the SANG project management services in the first quarter of 2014.
Costs of Sales
Our costs of product sales consist primarily of materials, manufacturing overhead and direct labor used to produce our products. Costs of product sales in 2013 decreased by $0.3 million, or less than 1%, to $51.5 million from $51.8 million in 2012, consistent with the decrease in product sales discussed above.
Our costs of service sales consist primarily of satellite service capacity, depreciation and service network overhead expense associated with our mini-VSAT Broadband network infrastructure, direct network service labor, engineering and related direct costs associated with customer-funded research and development, media materials and distribution costs, service repair material, Inmarsat service costs, as well as product installation costs. Costs of service sales increased by $14.7 million, or 48%, to $45.1 million in 2013 from $30.4 million in 2012. The primary reason for the increase was a $6.2 million increase in airtime costs of service sales for our mini-VSAT Broadband service. Also contributing to the increase was a $5.8 million increase in engineering services costs of sales due primarily to the services provided in connection with the SANG contract discussed above, and a $2.5 million increase in costs of service sales from media services arising from our new KVH Media Group business.
Gross margin from product sales remained consistent at 43% in 2013 and 2012. We anticipate that the gross margin from product sales in 2014 will be consistent with 2013.
Gross margin from service sales increased to 37% in 2013 from 35% in 2012. The increase in our gross margin from service sales was primarily attributable to the service gross margin contributed from our new KVH Media Group business. Also contributing to the gross margin increase was an increase in gross margin for mini-VSAT Broadband service sales to 35% from 31% in the year-ago period. Partially offsetting the increase in gross margin for mini-VSAT broadband service was a significant decrease in gross margin for contracted engineering services as a result of the facility construction, installation and project management services in Saudi Arabia, as these services had a gross margin of approximately 10%.
We anticipate that the gross margin percentage for contracted engineering services will continue to remain at the fourth quarter 2013 level in the first quarter of 2014 before returning closer to historical levels for the remainder of the year, as a result of the anticipated completion of the lower gross margin installation and program management services portion of the SANG contract in the first quarter of 2014.
Although we expect that mini-VSAT Broadband service revenue will continue to increase year-over-year, we do not anticipate the same year-over-year increase in gross margin percentage achieved in 2013. We anticipate that the favorable impact to our mini-VSAT Broadband service margin that we expect to achieve from increased TracPhone V11 and V7 activations, as well as an overall increase in our mini-VSAT Broadband customer base will be partially offset by the additional service costs of introducing new value-added services to our mini-VSAT Broadband customers such as IP-MobileCast in 2014.
Operating Expenses
Sales, marketing and support expense consists primarily of salaries and related expenses for sales and marketing personnel, commissions for both in-house and third-party representatives, other sales and marketing support costs such as advertising, literature and promotional materials, product service personnel and support costs, warranty-related costs and bad debt expense. Sales, marketing and support expense also includes the entire operating expenses of our subsidiaries in Denmark, Singapore, Brazil and Japan. Sales, marketing and support expense in 2013 increased by $4.7 million, or 20%, to $28.8 million from $24.1 million in 2012. The primary reasons for the increase in 2013 were a $2.7 million increase in sales, marketing and
support expense related to our new KVH Media Group business, and our Danish and Japanese subsidiaries, and a $1.0 million increase in warranty expense predominantly associated with our mini-VSAT products.
Also contributing to the increase was a $0.8 million increase in U.S.-based compensation for sales, marketing and support, a $0.5 million increase in bad debt expense mainly related to airtime sales for our mini-VSAT Broadband service , a $0.3 million increase in variable sales expense primarily as a result of the sales relating to the SANG contract and related facility construction, and a $0.2 million increase in demonstration equipment expense. Partially offsetting these increases was a $0.5 million insurance recovery related to misappropriated funds identified at our Danish subsidiary, and a $0.2 million decrease in sales, marketing and support expense related to our Norwegian subsidiary. As a percentage of net sales, sales, marketing and support expense was 18% in 2013, which was consistent with 2012.
We expect that our sales, marketing and support expenses will continue to increase year-over-year, driven by the additional expenses for our new KVH Media Group business and the introduction of new value-added services to our mini-VSAT Broadband customers such as IP-MobileCast.
Research and development expense consists of direct labor, materials, external consultants and related overhead costs that support our internally funded product development and product sustaining engineering activities. Research and development costs are generally expensed as incurred. Research and development expense in 2013 increased by $0.9 million, or 7%, to $13.0 million from $12.1 million in 2012. The primary reason for the increase in 2013 expense was a $0.6 million increase in U.S.-based compensation for research and development personnel driven by the development of our new IP-MobileCast content delivery service. As a percentage of net sales, research and development expense decreased to 8% in 2013 from 9% in 2012.
We expect research and development expense will continue to increase year-over-year due to the continued development efforts associated with the introduction of new value-added services to our mini-VSAT Broadband customers such as IP-MobileCast, as well as new FOG products.
General and administrative expense consists of costs attributable to management, finance and accounting, information technology, human resources, certain outside professional services and other administrative costs. General and administrative expense in 2013 increased by $5.6 million, or 46%, to $17.8 million from $12.2 million in 2012. The primary reason for the increase in 2013 was a $3.9 million increase in general and administrative expense relating to our new KVH Media Group business, and $0.9 million in transaction expenses related to that acquisition. Also contributing to the increase was a $0.5 million increase in U.S.-based employee compensation, and a $0.2 million increase in legal expense. As a percentage of net sales, general and administrative expense increased to 11% in 2013 from 9% in 2012.
We expect general and administrative expense to increase year-over-year, driven primarily by additional expenses for our new KVH Media Group business.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense decreased by $1.1 million to $2.2 million in 2013 from $3.3 million in 2012. The decrease in income tax expense is primarily due an income tax benefit from the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which extended the research and development tax credit for two years to December 31, 2013. As a result of the retroactive extension, a discrete income tax benefit of $0.4 million was recognized in 2013 for qualifying research and development amounts incurred in 2012, and an income tax benefit of $0.4 million was recognized for qualifying research and development amounts incurred in 2013. In 2012, we also recognized a discrete income tax expense of $0.2 million associated with tax shortfalls for non-qualified stock options expirations and shortfalls associated with restricted stock awards vesting. We estimate our effective tax rate for 2014 to be approximately 40%, subject to the effect of unforeseen discrete tax events such as stock option exercise activity and changes in forecasted expectations for pre-tax income.
Years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011
Net Sales
Product sales increased in 2012 by $5.5 million, or 7%, to $90.7 million from $85.1 million in 2011. The primary reason for the increase in 2012 was an increase in sales of our mobile communications products of $4.3 million, or 10%. The increase was primarily due to an increase in sales of our marine products of $5.7 million, or 15%, driven primarily by increased demand for our TracPhone V7 and TracPhone V3 products, as well as our new HD11 and TracPhone V11 products that were released in first quarter of 2012 and the fourth quarter of 2012, respectively. Also contributing to the marine products increase was increased sales of our HD7 product. Partially offsetting this increase was a decrease in land mobile products of $1.3 million, or
20%. The decrease in our land mobile products was primarily a result of decreased sales to original equipment manufacturers in the recreational vehicle market.
Mobile communications product sales originating from the Americas increased $2.2 million, or 8%, in 2012 as compared to 2011. Mobile communications product sales originating from our European and Asian subsidiaries increased $2.1 million, or 13%, in 2012 as compared to 2011.
Also contributing to the increase in product sales was an increase of $1.3 million, or 3%, in sales of guidance and stabilization products. Specifically, sales of our TACNAV defense products increased $1.0 million, or 5%, primarily as a result of product sales related to the previously announced SANG contract. Also contributing to the increase in sales of our guidance and stabilization products was an increase in sales of our FOG products of $0.7 million, or 3%.
Service sales increased in 2012 by $19.0 million, or 69%, to $46.4 million from $27.4 million in 2011. The primary reason for the increase was a $12.6 million increase in airtime sales for our mini-VSAT Broadband service. Also contributing to the increase was a $4.4 million increase in contracted engineering services driven primarily by the SANG order and a separate TACNAV-related development effort, as well as contracted aviation antenna services, and a $1.9 million increase in service repair sales.
Costs of Sales
Costs of product sales in 2012 increased by $5.2 million, or 11%, to $51.8 million from $46.6 million in 2011. The primary reason for the increase in costs of product sales was the increase in sales of our mobile communications products discussed above.
Costs of service sales increased by $9.4 million, or 45%, to $30.4 million in 2012 from $21.0 million in 2011. The primary reason for the increase was a $5.3 million increase in airtime costs of sales for our mini-VSAT Broadband service. Also contributing to the increase was a $3.0 million increase in engineering services costs of sales due primarily to the services provided in connection with the SANG contract as well as a $0.9 million increase in cost of service repair sales.
Gross margin from product sales decreased in 2012 to 43% from 45% in 2011. The decrease in our gross margin from product sales was primarily due to the increase in mobile communications product sales discussed above, which generally have lower margins than our TACNAV defense products.
Gross margin from service sales increased in 2012 to 35% from 23% in 2011. The increase in our gross margin from service sales was primarily due to the increase in gross margin for mini-VSAT Broadband service sales, which increased in 2012 to 31% from 15% in 2011. Partially offsetting the increase in gross margin for the mini-VSAT Broadband service sales was a decrease in gross margin for contracted engineering services as a result of facility construction services and project management services in Saudi Arabia, as these services under the SANG contract had a gross margin of approximately 10%. The contract value for the services portion of the SANG TACNAV order remaining to be performed as of January 1, 2013 is approximately $11.0 million.
Operating Expenses
Sales, marketing and support expense in 2012 increased by $0.6 million, or 3%, to $24.1 million from $23.5 million in 2011. The primary reasons for the increase in 2012 were a $0.8 million increase in sales, marketing and support expense related to our Danish and Singaporean subsidiaries driven by the international expansion of our sales channel presence for the mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communication service, and a $0.4 million increase in variable sales expense primarily as a result of the sales related to the SANG TACNAV order and related facility construction that commenced in the third quarter of 2012. Also contributing to the increase was a $0.2 million increase in bad debt expense, a $0.2 million increase in trade show expenses, and a $0.2 million increase in demonstration equipment. Partially offsetting these increases was a $0.4 million decrease in U.S.-based compensation for sales, marketing and support, a $0.4 million decrease in warranty expense, a $0.2 million total decrease in marketing literature and cooperative advertising, and a $0.2 million decrease in Norwegian-based compensation for sales, marketing and support. As a percentage of net sales, sales, marketing and support expense decreased in 2012 to 18% from 21% in 2011.
Research and development expense in 2012 increased by $0.6 million, or 5%, to $12.1 million from $11.5 million in 2011. The primary reason for the increase in 2012 was a $0.5 million increase in U.S.-based employee compensation. Also contributing to the increase was a $0.2 million increase in research and development expense related to our Norwegian subsidiary. As a percentage of net sales, research and development expense decreased in 2012 to 9% from 10% in 2011.
General and administrative expense in 2012 increased by $1.6 million, or 15%, to $12.2 million from $10.6 million in 2011. The primary reason for the increase in 2012 was a $0.9 million increase in U.S.-based employee compensation. Also contributing to the increase was a $0.8 million increase in facility expenditures, a $0.2 million increase in equipment lease expense and software maintenance expense, and a $0.1 million increase in recruiting expense. Partially offsetting these increases was a $0.5 million decrease in legal expense. As a percentage of net sales, general and administrative expense was 9% in 2012, which was consistent with 2011.
Interest and Other Income, Net
Interest and other income, net decreased by $0.7 million to $0.3 million in 2012 from $1.0 million in 2011. The primary reason for the decrease was a $0.8 million net benefit in other income in September 2011 resulting from reaching agreement with LiveTV regarding the termination of our original antenna development and production agreement.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax expense increased by $3.7 million to $3.3 million as compared to an income tax benefit of $0.5 million in 2011. The increase in income tax expense is primarily due to a $6.5 million increase in pre-tax income. Also, in 2011 we completed the construction of our new Rhode Island production facility, and as a result we had fewer Rhode Island state investment tax credits in 2012. Further, Congress did not pass the 2012 federal research and development tax credit until January 2013, which reduced our federal research and development tax credits for 2012. Instead, these credits were treated as a discrete tax event that was accounted for in the first quarter of 2013. Partially offsetting this tax expense was a reduction in income tax expense associated with windfalls for non-qualified stock option exercises and restricted stock award vesting.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure at the date of our financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are summarized in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. The significant accounting policies that we believe are the most critical in understanding and evaluating our reported financial results include the following:
Revenue Recognition
Product sales. Product sales are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, goods are shipped, title has passed and collectability is reasonably assured. Our standard sales terms require that:
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All sales are final;
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Terms are generally Net 30;
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Shipments are tendered and shipped FOB (or as may be applicable, FCA or EXW) our plant or warehouse; and
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Title and risk of loss or damage passes to the dealer or distributor at the point of shipment when delivery is made to the possession of the carrier.
For certain guidance and stabilization product sales, customer acceptance or inspection may be required before title and risk of loss transfers to the customer. For those sales, revenue is recognized after transfer of title and risk of loss and after notification of customer acceptance.
Under certain limited conditions, we, at our sole discretion, provide for the return of goods. No product is accepted for return and no credit is allowed on any returned product unless we have granted and confirmed prior written permission by means of appropriate authorization. We establish reserves for potential sales returns, credits and allowances, and evaluate, on a monthly basis, the adequacy of those reserves based upon historical experience and our expectations for the future.
Multiple-element revenue arrangements. Some of our sales involve multiple-element arrangements that include both hardware-related products and contracted service, or satellite connectivity. We analyze revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables to determine if the deliverables should be divided into more than one unit of accounting. For contracts with more than one unit of accounting, we allocate the consideration we receive among the separate units of accounting based on a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of each deliverable, which includes: (1) vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) if available; (2) third-party evidence (TPE) if VSOE is not available; and (3) best estimated selling price (BESP), if
neither VSOE nor TPE is available. Best estimate selling price is determined based on prices of the deliverables if sold on a stand-alone basis, or if not sold on a stand-alone basis, the prices we would charge if sold on a stand-alone basis. We recognize revenue for each deliverable based on the revenue recognition policies described in this section.
We have accounted for our $35.6 million contract received in June 2012 from SANG to purchase TACNAV defense products and services as a multiple-element arrangement. The total contract value associated with TACNAV defense products is $21.2 million, for which the final shipments were completed in the second quarter of 2013. The total contract value associated with all services is $14.4 million, which are estimated to continue into the first quarter of 2014. The contract value for the services portion of the SANG TACNAV order remaining to be performed as of December 31, 2013 is approximately $1.3 million. The revenue for these services is recognized using the percentage of completion accounting method. Total revenue recognized on the SANG contract in 2013 was approximately $19.6 million.
Contracted service sales. We also have contracts for development, production and services activities that are recognized primarily under the percentage of completion method of revenue recognition. The use of contract accounting requires significant judgment relative to estimating total contract revenues and costs, including assumptions relative to the length of time to complete the contract, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, and prices for subcontractor services and materials. Our estimates are based upon the professional knowledge and experience of our engineers, program managers and other personnel, who review each long-term contract monthly to assess the contract's schedule, performance, technical matters and estimated cost at completion. A cancellation, schedule delay, or modification of a fixed-price contract which is accounted for using the percentage of completion method may adversely affect our gross margins for the period in which the contract is modified. Changes in estimates are applied when adjustments in estimated contract costs are identified, such revisions may result in current period adjustments to earnings applicable to performance in prior periods.
Satellite connectivity and media content sales. Directly sold and re-sold satellite connectivity service for voice, data and Internet is recognized monthly based upon minutes or megabytes of traffic processed or contracted fixed fee schedules. Typically, all subscribers enter into a contracted one-year minimum service agreement. We record all satellite connectivity service sales to subscribers as gross sales, as we are the primary obligor in the contracted service arrangement. All associated regulatory service fees and costs are recorded net in our consolidated financial statements. Media content sales include our distribution of premium licensed news, sports, movies and music content for commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets as well as training videos to the merchant marine market that are typically based on a contracted fixed fee schedule. We typically recognize revenue from media content sales ratably over the period of the service contract. The accounting estimates related to the recognition of satellite connectivity and media content service sales in our results of operations require us to make assumptions about future billing adjustments for disputes with subscribers as well as unauthorized usage.
Accounts Receivable Allowance
Our estimate of allowance for doubtful accounts related to trade receivables is primarily based on specific and historical criteria. We evaluate specific accounts where we have information that the customer may have an inability to meet its financial obligations. We make judgments, based on facts and circumstances, regarding the need to record a specific reserve for that customer against amounts owed to reduce the receivable to the amount that we expect to collect. We also provide for a reserve based on an aging analysis of our accounts receivable. We evaluate these reserves on a monthly basis and adjust them as we receive additional information that impacts the amount reserved. If circumstances change, we could change our estimates of the recoverability of amounts owed to us by a material amount. For example, our bad debt expense increased $0.5 million in 2013 from 2012, driven by bad debt expense associated with airtime sales for our mini-VSAT Broadband service.
We wrote off approximately $0.5 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million of our accounts receivable in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These write-offs were driven largely by the financial deterioration of several airtime and lease customers as well as several mobile communications product distributors. The current economic downturn could continue to adversely impact the financial condition of our customers, which could result in additional write-offs and increases in our allowance for doubtful accounts and have a negative impact on our results of operations.
Inventories
Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market. We generally must order components for our products and build inventory in advance of product shipments. We regularly review current quantities on hand, actual and projected sales volumes and anticipated selling prices on products and write down, as appropriate, slow-moving and/or obsolete inventory to its net realizable value. In 2013, 2012 and 2011, we wrote off approximately $0.1 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of fully reserved inventory. However, if we overestimate projected sales or anticipated selling prices, our inventory might be overstocked or overvalued, and we would have to reduce our inventory valuation accordingly.
Accounting for Income Taxes
As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate our provision for income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This involves estimating our actual current tax exposure, including assessing the risks associated with tax audits, together with assessing temporary differences resulting from the different treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities. We assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and record a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that, in our judgment, is more likely than not to be recovered.
Management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities, and any valuation allowance recorded against our deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance is based on our estimates of future taxable income and the period over which we expect the deferred tax assets to be recovered. Our assessment of future taxable income is based on historical experience and current and anticipated market and economic conditions and trends. In the event that actual results differ from these estimates or we adjust our estimates in the future, we may need to adjust our valuation allowance, which could materially impact our consolidated financial position and results of operations. At December 31, 2013, we had valuation allowances of $2.7 million to offset gross deferred tax assets of $10.8 million.
Warranty Provision
We typically offer a one to two year warranty for all of our base products. We provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time product revenue is recognized. Factors that affect our warranty reserves include the number of units sold, historical and anticipated rates of warranty repairs and the cost per repair. While we engage in extensive product quality programs and processes, including actively monitoring and evaluating the quality of our component suppliers, our estimated warranty obligation is affected by ongoing product failure rates, specific product class failures outside our baseline experience, material usage and service delivery costs incurred in correcting a product failure. If actual product failure rates, material usage or service delivery costs differ from our estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty liability would be required. For example, our warranty expense increased $1.0 million in 2013 from 2012, driven primarily by warranty expense associated with our mini-VSAT products.
Assumptions and historical warranty experience are evaluated to determine the appropriateness of such assumptions. We assess the adequacy of the warranty provision on a quarterly basis and we adjust this provision when necessary.
Stock-Based Compensation
Our stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period.
We use the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value on the date of grant of compensatory stock options. Determining the fair value of stock option awards at the grant date requires judgment regarding certain valuation assumptions, including the volatility of our stock price, expected term of the option, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends. Changes in these assumptions and estimates could result in different fair values and could therefore impact our earnings. These changes would not impact our cash flows. The fair value of restricted stock awards is based upon our stock price on the grant date.
The amount of stock-based compensation expense recorded in any period for unvested awards requires estimates of the amount of stock-based awards that are expected to be forfeited prior to vesting.
Compensation costs for awards subject only to service conditions that vest ratably are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment. If an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable, the Company will perform an interim test at that time. The impairment test begins by allocating goodwill to its reporting unit. Goodwill is then tested using a two step process that begins with an estimation of the fair value of the reporting unit using an income approach, which looks to the present value of expected future cash flows. The impairment test is performed through the application of a two-step process. The first step is a screen for potential impairment by comparing the carrying value of the Company’s reporting units to their estimated fair values as of the test date. The estimated cash flows are calculated using an income approach. If fair value is less than carrying value, a second step is performed to quantify the amount of the impairment, if any.
Intangible assets with estimated lives and other long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of intangible assets with estimated lives and other long-lived assets is measured by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If these comparisons indicate that an asset is not recoverable, we will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds the related estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is based on either discounted future operating cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the asset.
Considerable judgment is required to estimate discounted future operating cash flows. Judgment is also required in determining whether an event has occurred that may impair the value of goodwill or identifiable intangible or other long-lived assets. Factors that could indicate an impairment may exist include significant underperformance relative to plan or long-term projections, changes in business strategy, significant negative industry or economic trends, a significant change in circumstances relative to a large customer, a significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period and a decline in our market capitalization to below net book value. We must make assumptions about future cash flows, future operating plans, discount rates and other factors in our models and valuation reports. To the extent these future projections and estimates change, the estimated amounts of impairment could differ from current estimates. Our annual testing for impairment of goodwill is completed as of August 31 of each year. As of August 31, 2013, the Company performed its annual impairment test for goodwill at the reporting unit level and, after conducting the first step, determined that it was not necessary to conduct the second step as it concluded that the fair value of its reporting units substantially exceeded their carrying value. Accordingly, the Company determined no adjustment to goodwill was necessary. There were no indicators of potential goodwill, intangible asset, or other long-lived asset impairment noted as of December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, the Company has goodwill of $18.3 million and intangible assets of $15.0 million, which are associated with the purchase of Virtek Communication in September 2010 and Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013.
Contingencies
We are subject to ongoing business risks arising in the ordinary course of business. An estimated loss contingency is accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred or an asset has been impaired and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. We regularly evaluate current information available to determine whether such amounts should be adjusted and record changes in estimates in the period they become known. We reserve for legal contingencies and legal fees when the amounts are probable and reasonably estimable. At December 31, 2013, we have not recorded any material loss contingencies.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have historically funded our operations primarily from cash flows from operations, net proceeds from public and private equity offerings, bank financings and proceeds received from exercises of stock options. As of December 31, 2013, we had $55.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, of which $4.3 million in cash equivalents were held in a local currency by our foreign subsidiaries. There were no marketable securities held by our foreign subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, we had $78.9 million in working capital.
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operations for 2013 was $16.3 million as compared to net cash provided by operations of $15.1 million for 2012. The $1.2 million increase is primarily due to an increase in cash inflows attributable to accounts receivable of $3.5 million, a $1.3 million decrease in prepaid and other assets, a $1.0 million increase in net income, a $0.7 million increase in cash inflows related to deferred revenue. Partially offsetting the increase in cash inflows are a $4.4 million increase in cash outflows as a result of increased inventory levels, and a $0.3 million increase in cash outflows related to accrued expenses and accounts payable.
Net cash provided by operations for 2012 was $15.1 million as compared to net cash provided by operations of $1.9 million for 2011. The increase is primarily due to a $6.3 million decrease in cash outflows as a result of decreased inventory levels, a $5.2 million increase in cash inflows attributable to accounts receivable, as well as a $2.7 million increase in net income, which reflected a $2.8 million reduction in non-cash benefits related to deferred income taxes . Also contributing to the increase was a decrease in cash outflows of approximately $1.7 million related to accrued expenses and a $1.1 million decrease in cash outflows related to other long-term liabilities. Partially offsetting the increase in cash inflows is an increase in cash outflows of $2.6 million related to other non-current assets and a $2.5 million decrease in cash inflows related to deferred revenue. In addition, there was an increase in cash outflows of $1.3 million related to accounts payables and a $0.9 million increase in cash outflows related to prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for 2013 was $44.7 million as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $12.3 million for 2012. The $32.4 million increase in cash outflows is primarily due to the net cash paid for the acquisition of Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) of $22.9 million, and a $11.3 million increase in our net investment in marketable securities. Partially offsetting the increase in cash outflows is a decrease in capital expenditures of approximately $1.8 million.
Net cash used in investing activities for 2012 was $12.3 million as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $7.6 million for 2011. The increase in cash outflows is due to a $12.3 million increase in our net investment in marketable securities. Partially offsetting the increase in cash outflows is a decrease in capital expenditures of approximately $7.6 million, which in 2011 included expenditures relating to the construction of our new manufacturing facility in Middletown, Rhode Island.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for 2013 was $29.3 million as compared to net cash used in financing activities of $0.9 million for 2012. The $30.2 million increase in cash provided by financing activities is primarily due to $23.0 million in borrowings from our line of credit used to finance the majority of the acquisition cost of Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013, and $5.8 million in borrowings on long-term debt associated with the equipment security notes that we entered into in January and December 2013. Also contributing to the increase was a $2.0 million reduction in payments on our line of credit and a $0.8 million increase in proceeds from exercises of stock options and purchases under our employee stock purchase plan. Partially offsetting this increase was a $1.0 million increase in repayments of long-term debt, as well as a $0.5 million increase in payments related to employee restricted stock withholdings.
Net cash used in financing activities for 2012 was $0.9 million as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $5.5 million for 2011. The decrease in cash provided by financing activities is primarily the result of repayments on our line of credit of $2.0 million in 2012, in comparison to $9.0 million in borrowings under our line of credit in 2011, which were used to finance the construction of our new manufacturing facility in Middletown, Rhode Island. Partially offsetting this decrease was a $3.7 million decrease in common stock repurchases, a $0.6 million increase in proceeds from exercises of stock options and purchases of shares under our employee stock purchase plan, as well as a $0.3 million decrease in payments related to employee restricted stock withholdings.
Borrowing Arrangements
On April 6, 2009, we entered into a mortgage loan in the amount of $4.0 million related to our headquarters facility in Middletown, Rhode Island. The loan term is 10 years, with a principal amortization of 20 years, and the interest rate will be a rate per year adjusted periodically based on a defined interest period equal to the BBA LIBOR Rate plus 2.25 percentage points. On June 9, 2011, we entered into an amendment to the mortgage loan, providing for an adjustment of the interest rate from the BBA LIBOR Rate plus 2.25 percentage points to the BBA LIBOR Rate plus 2.00 points. Land, building and improvements with an approximate carrying value of approximately $5.0 million as of December 31, 2013 secure the mortgage loan. The monthly mortgage payment is approximately $11,000, plus interest and increases in increments of $1,000 each year throughout the life of the mortgage. Due to the difference in the term of the loan and amortization of the principal, a balloon payment of $2.6 million is due on April 1, 2019. The loan contains one financial covenant, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, which applies in the event that our consolidated cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balance falls below $25.0 million at any time. As our consolidated cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balance was above $25.0 million throughout 2013, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio did not apply. Under the mortgage loan we may prepay our outstanding loan balance subject to certain early termination charges as defined in the mortgage loan agreement. If we were to default on our mortgage loan, the land, building and improvements would be used as collateral. As discussed in note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, effective April 1, 2010, in order to reduce the volatility of cash outflows that arise from changes in interest rates, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements that are intended to hedge our mortgage interest obligations by fixing the interest rates specified in the mortgage loan to 5.9% for half of the principal amount outstanding and 6.1% for the remaining half of the principal amount outstanding as of April 1, 2010 until the mortgage loan expires on April 16, 2019.
On May 9, 2013, we amended our revolving loan agreement with a bank to increase our line of credit from $15.0 million to $30.0 million. The revolving loan, as amended, no longer permits us to convert revolving loans into term loans. We pay interest on any outstanding amounts at a rate equal to the BBA LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus 1.25%. The line of credit contains two financial covenants, a Liquidity Covenant, which requires us to maintain at least $20.0 million in unencumbered liquid assets, as defined in the loan agreement, and a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of December 31, 2013, we were not in default of either covenant. We may terminate the loan agreement prior to its full term without penalty, provided we give 30
days' advance written notice to the bank. Effective December 31, 2013, we further amended our revolving loan agreement with the bank to extend the maturity date from December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2015.
On May 11, 2013, we acquired Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately £15.5 million ($24.0 million at the exchange rate of £1.00: $1.5517 on May 11, 2013). The purchase price was subject to a potential post-closing adjustment based on the value of the net assets delivered at the closing. In July 2013, the Company paid approximately $0.2 million related to the post-closing purchase price adjustments.
In connection with the acquisition of Headland Media Limited, we borrowed $23.0 million under our line of credit to pay substantially all of the purchase price for the acquisition. Our obligation to repay the loan could be accelerated upon a default or event of default under the terms of the revolving loan agreement, including certain failures to pay principal or interest when due, certain breaches of representations and warranties, the failure to comply with our affirmative and negative covenants under the loan agreement, a change of control, certain defaults in payment relating to other indebtedness, the acceleration of payment of certain other indebtedness, certain events relating to our liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership, the entry of certain judgments against us, certain events relating to the impairment of collateral or the bank’s security interest therein, and any other material adverse change.
As of December 31, 2013, we had $30.0 million outstanding under the revolving loan agreement, all of which we must repay on or before December 31, 2015. The monthly interest payments are presently approximately $36,000, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement.
Other Matters
It is our intent to continue to invest in the mini-VSAT Broadband network on a global basis in cooperation with ViaSat under the terms of a 10-year agreement announced in July 2008. As part of the future potential capacity expansion, we would plan to seek to acquire additional satellite capacity from satellite operators, expend funds to seek regulatory approvals and permits, develop product enhancements in anticipation of the expansion, and hire additional personnel. In addition, in December 2011, we entered into a five-year agreement to lease C-band satellite capacity from a satellite operator, effective February 1, 2012, and in 2012 we also purchased three satellite hubs to support this C-band service. The total cost of the five-year satellite capacity agreement, the satellite hubs, and teleport services is approximately $12.2 million, of which approximately $2.7 million related to the total cost of the three hubs. On January 30, 2013, we borrowed $4.7 million from a bank and pledged as collateral six satellite hubs and related equipment, including the three hubs purchased in 2012. The term of the equipment loan is five years, and the loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 2.76% per annum. The monthly payment is approximately $83,000, including interest expense. On December 30, 2013, we borrowed $1.2 million from a bank and pledged as collateral one satellite hub and related equipment. The term of the equipment loan is five years, and the loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.08% per annum. The monthly payment is approximately $21,000, including interest expense.
On November 26, 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to one million shares of our common stock. The share repurchase program is funded using our existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and future cash flows. As of December 31, 2013, 341,009 shares of our common stock remain available for repurchase under the program. We did not purchase any shares of our common stock in 2013.
We believe that the $55.7 million we hold in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, together with our other existing working capital and cash flows from operations, will be adequate to meet planned operating and capital requirements through at least the next twelve months. However, as the need or opportunity arises, we may seek to raise additional capital through public or private sales of securities or through additional debt financing. There are no assurances that we will be able to obtain any additional funding or that such funding will be available on terms acceptable to us.
Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments
As of December 31, 2013, our contractual commitments consisted of satellite service capacity, near-term purchase commitments, line of credit borrowings, a mortgage note payable, equipment notes payable, and equipment and facility leases. Our purchase commitments include unconditional purchase orders for inventory, manufacturing materials and fixed assets extending out over various periods throughout 2014. We are also obligated under satellite service capacity leases and multi-year facility leases that terminate at various times between 2014 and 2018.
The following table summarizes our obligations under these commitments, excluding interest, at December 31, 2013:
We did not have any off-balance sheet commitments, guarantees or standby repurchase obligations as of December 31, 2013.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See note 1 of our accompanying audited consolidated financial statements for a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements including the dates of adoption and effects on our results of operations, financial position and disclosures.
ITEM 7A.
ITEM 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Our primary market risk exposures are interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk.
We are exposed to changes in interest rates because we finance certain operations through fixed and variable rate debt instruments.
We have $30.0 million in borrowings outstanding under our variable-rate credit facility at December 31, 2013, at an interest rate equal to the BBA LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus 1.25%.
As discussed in note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, effective April 1, 2010, in order to reduce the volatility of cash outflows that arise from changes in interest rates, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements. These interest rate swap agreements are intended to hedge our mortgage loan related to our headquarters facility in Middletown, Rhode Island by fixing the interest rates specified in the mortgage loan to 5.9% for half of the principal amount outstanding and 6.1% for the remaining half of the principal amount outstanding as of April 1, 2010 until the mortgage loan expires on April 16, 2019.
We are exposed to currency exchange rate fluctuations related to our subsidiary operations in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Norway, Brazil, Singapore, Belgium, the Netherlands, Cyprus, and Japan. Certain transactions in these locations are made in the local currency, yet are reported in the U.S. dollar, the functional currency. For foreign currency exposures existing at December 31, 2013, a 10% unfavorable movement in the foreign exchange rates for our subsidiary locations would not expose us to material losses in earnings or cash flows.
From time to time, we purchase foreign currency forward contracts generally having durations of no more than five months. These forward contracts are intended to offset the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on cash flows of our foreign subsidiaries. Foreign exchange contracts are accounted for as cash flow hedges and are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value until executed. Changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings. We did not enter into any such contracts during 2012 or 2013. However, we did inherit cash flow hedges from our acquisition of Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013. We do not currently anticipate that we will enter into similar agreements once the existing agreements expire by the end of 2014.
The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal and maintain liquidity, while at the same time maximize income. We have not entered into any instruments for trading purposes. Some of the securities that we invest in may have market risk. To minimize this risk, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents and short-term investments in a variety of securities that can include government agency bonds, money market mutual funds, corporate notes, and certificates of deposit. As of December 31, 2013, a hypothetical 100 basis-point increase in interest rates would result in an immaterial decrease in the fair value of our investments that have maturities of greater than one year. Due to the conservative nature of our
investments and the relatively short duration of their maturities, we believe interest rate risk is substantially mitigated. As of December 31, 2013, 67% of the $46.4 million classified as available-for-sale marketable securities will mature or reset within one year. Accordingly, long-term interest rate risk is not considered material. We did not invest in any financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies as of December 31, 2013.
ITEM 8.
ITEM 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Our consolidated financial statements and supplementary data, together with the report of KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, are included in Part IV of this annual report.
ITEM 9.
ITEM 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
ITEM 9A.
ITEM 9A.
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, or CEO, and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer, or CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2013, the end of the period covered by this annual report. Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2013.
Background
In March 2013, our management identified that the most senior member of our accounting staff at our Danish subsidiary had engaged in a fraudulent scheme to misappropriate assets from us over a period of at least three years. The scheme included fraudulent wire transfers to a personal bank account, fraudulent documentation, forged signatures and use of a corporate credit card for personal expenses. For the three years ended December 31, 2013, the aggregate amount of misappropriated funds in any year ranged from approximately $118,000 to $250,000. We recovered these losses in 2013 through our insurance policies.
In March 2013, management's assessment of our internal control over financial reporting identified the following control deficiencies at our Danish subsidiary as of December 31, 2012:
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override of access controls over banking security devices and personal identification numbers enabling the unauthorized execution of wire transfers;
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ineffective review controls over the supporting documentation by the subsidiary country general manager over expenditures and expenses; and
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override of review controls designed to address the accuracy and approval of manual journal entries at the Danish subsidiary.
Management concluded that these control deficiencies constituted a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, which meant that there was a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented or detected in a timely manner.
Following the identification of the material weakness, management implemented a remediation plan that included the following steps:
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termination of the employment of the individual involved and reassignment of his duties to a controller for our Danish subsidiary;
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implementation of a new corporate-level control to review manual journal entries of foreign subsidiaries;
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implementation of new controls regarding the physical safekeeping of banking security devices and personal identification numbers, which are designed to prevent one person from gaining access to two devices and personal identification numbers required to execute wire transfers;
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reviewing the design and operation of our process level and transaction level controls at our foreign subsidiaries in relation to cash management and manual journal entry review and approvals; and
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conducting training sessions at our Danish subsidiary to reinforce control consciousness.
These steps were completed and successfully tested as of December 31, 2013. On that basis, management concluded that the control deficiencies had been remediated as of December 31, 2013.
Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is the process designed by and under the supervision of our CEO and CFO to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management has evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework and criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (1992), issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management has assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 and concluded that it is effective.
Management excluded from its assessment of internal control over financial reporting Headland Media Limited and its subsidiaries (now known as the KVH Media Group) which were acquired in May 2013. The aggregated total assets and revenues of the KVH Media Group represent 19% (including approximately 15% of total assets related to goodwill and intangible assets that were included within the scope of its assessment) and 5%, respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, has issued a report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, and that report is included in Part IV of this annual report.
Evaluation of Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management has evaluated changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2013. Based on that evaluation, other than the remediation of the material weakness discussed above, our CEO and CFO did not identify any other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Important Considerations
The effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting is subject to various inherent limitations, including cost limitations, judgments used in decision making, assumptions about the likelihood of future events, the soundness of our systems, the possibility of human error, and the risk of fraud. Moreover, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions and the risk that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate over time. Because of these limitations, there can be no assurance that any system of disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting will be successful in preventing all errors or fraud or in making all material information known in a timely manner to the appropriate levels of management.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
KVH Industries, Inc.:
We have audited KVH Industries, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). KVH Industries, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets
of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, KVH Industries, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
KVH Industries, Inc. acquired Headland Media Limited and its subsidiaries (now known as the KVH Media Group) on May 11, 2013, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of KVH Industries, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, the KVH Media Group’s internal control over financial reporting. The aggregated total assets and total revenues of the KVH Media Group represent 19% (including approximately 15% of total assets related to goodwill and intangible assets that were included within the scope of its assessment) and 5%, respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of KVH Industries, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of KVH Media Group.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of KVH Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, and our report dated March 17, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 9B.
ITEM 9B.
Other Information
None.
PART III
We have omitted the information required in Part III of this annual report because we intend to include that information in our definitive proxy statement for our 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, which we expect to file before 120 days after the end of fiscal 2013. We incorporate the information required in Part III of this annual report by reference to our 2014 proxy statement.
ITEM 10.
ITEM 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Except as set forth below, the information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2014 proxy statement.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our directors, executive officers and employees. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be found on our website, which is located at www.kvh.com. We intend to make all required disclosures concerning any amendments to or waivers from, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on our website. Any person may request a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, at no cost, by writing to us at the following address: KVH Industries, Inc., 50 Enterprise Center, Middletown, Rhode Island, 02842, Attention: Investor Relations.
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2014 proxy statement.
ITEM 12.
ITEM 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2014 proxy statement.
ITEM 13.
ITEM 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2014 proxy statement.
ITEM 14.
ITEM 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2014 proxy statement.
PART IV
ITEM 15.
ITEM 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Management contract or compensatory plan.
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Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files included as Exhibit 101.1 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
KVH Industries, Inc.
Date: March 17, 2014
By:
/S/ MARTIN A. KITS VAN HEYNINGEN
Martin A. Kits van Heyningen
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
KVH Industries, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of KVH Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 17, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(1)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a)
Description of Business
KVH Industries, Inc. (the Company or KVH) designs, develops, manufactures and markets mobile communications products for the marine, land mobile and aeronautical markets, and navigation, guidance and stabilization products for both the defense and commercial markets.
KVH’s mobile communications products enable customers to receive voice and Internet services, and live digital television via satellite services in marine vessels, recreational vehicles, buses and automobiles as well as live digital television on commercial airplanes while in motion. KVH’s CommBox offers a range of tools designed to increase communication efficiency, reduce costs, and manage network operations. KVH sells its mobile communications products through an extensive international network of retailers, distributors and dealers. KVH also leases products directly to end users.
KVH offers precision fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based systems that enable platform and optical stabilization, navigation, pointing and guidance. KVH’s guidance and stabilization products also include tactical navigation systems that provide uninterrupted access to navigation and pointing information in a variety of military vehicles, including tactical trucks and light armored vehicles. KVH’s guidance and stabilization products are sold directly to U.S. and foreign governments and government contractors, as well as through an international network of authorized independent sales representatives. In addition, KVH's guidance and stabilization products are used in numerous commercial products, such as navigation and positioning systems for various applications including precision mapping, dynamic surveying, autonomous vehicles, train location control and track geometry measurement systems, industrial robotics and optical stabilization.
KVH’s mobile communications service sales include sales earned from satellite voice and Internet airtime services, engineering services provided under development contracts, sales from product repairs, and extended warranty sales. Mobile communications services sales also include our distribution of commercially-licensed news, sports, music, movies and training video content to commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and/or retail markets through the KVH Media Group (acquired as Headland Media Limited), the media and entertainment service company that KVH acquired on May 11, 2013. KVH provides, for monthly fixed and usage fees, satellite connectivity sales from broadband Internet, data and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to its TracPhone V7 customers. KVH also earns monthly usage fees for third-party satellite connectivity for voice, data and Internet services to its Inmarsat and Iridium TracPhone customers who choose to activate their subscriptions with KVH.
KVH’s guidance and stabilization service sales include product repairs, engineering services provided under development contracts and extended warranty sales.
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Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of KVH Industries, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, KVH Industries AS, KVH Industries Pte. Ltd., KVH Industries Brasil Comunicacao Por Satelite Ltda., KVH Industries Japan Co. Ltd., KVH Industries Norway AS, KVH Industries UK Ltd., and KVH Media Group Ltd. (collectively, KVH or the Company), have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. KVH Media Group Ltd. is comprised of wholly-owned subsidiaries, KVH Media Group Services Ltd., KVH Media Group Entertainment Ltd., KVH Media Group Communication Ltd., KVH Media Group International Ltd., KVH Media Group Ltd., Good Morning News Sprl., KVH Media Group ApS, KVH Media Group Communication, Inc., KVH Media Group, Inc., Rigstream B.V., and Bamboo Option Ltd. (collectively, KVH Media Group). The Company has evaluated all subsequent events through the date of this filing. Given that KVH Industries AS, KVH Industries Pte. Ltd., KVH Industries Japan Co. Ltd., and KVH Industries Brasil Comunicacao Por Satelite Ltda. operate as the Company’s European, Singaporean, Japanese and Brazilian international distributors, all of their operating expenses are reflected within sales, marketing and support within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. KVH Industries Norway AS, a subsidiary of KVH Industries AS develops and distributes middleware software solutions known as CommBox technology, and the KVH Media Group distributes premium licensed news, sports, movies and music content for commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets. Both KVH Industries Norway AS and the KVH Media Group are included in the Company’s mobile communications products and services. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
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(c)
Significant Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and assumptions by management affect the Company’s revenue recognition, valuation of accounts receivable, valuation of inventory, assumptions used to determine fair value of goodwill and intangible assets, deferred tax assets and related valuation allowance, stock-based compensation, warranty and accounting for contingencies.
Although the Company regularly assesses these estimates, actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The Company has accounted for its $35,600 contract received in June 2012 from SANG to purchase TACNAV products and services under ASC 605-25, Multiple-Element Arrangements. See section (e) of this note for estimates and assumptions related to multiple-element-arrangements and completed contract sales accounting.
The total contract value associated with TACNAV products is $21,200, for which final shipments were completed in the second quarter of 2013. Revenue was recognized for these product sales after transfer of title and risk of loss after inspection occurred. The total contract value associated with all services is $14,400, which are estimated to continue into the first quarter of 2014. The contract value for the services portion of the SANG TACNAV order remaining to be performed as of December 31, 2013 is approximately $1,300. The revenue for these services is recognized using the percentage of completion accounting method. The Company limits the amount of revenue recognized for delivered elements to the amount that is not contingent on the future delivery of products or services, future performance obligations, or subject to customer-specific return or refund privileges. Total revenue recognized on the SANG contract in 2013 was approximately $19,600.
(d)
Concentration of Credit Risk and Single Source Suppliers
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. The Company is potentially subject to financial instrument concentration of credit risk through its cash, cash equivalent and marketable securities investments. To mitigate these risks the Company maintains cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities with reputable and nationally recognized financial institutions. As of December 31, 2013, $46,386 classified as marketable securities was held by Wells Fargo and substantially all of the cash and cash equivalents were held by Bank of America, N.A. See note 2 for a description of marketable securities.
Trade accounts receivable. Concentrations of risk (see note 12) with respect to trade accounts receivable are generally limited due to the large number of customers and their dispersion across several geographic areas. Although the Company does not foresee credit risk associated with these receivables to deviate from historical experience, repayment is dependent upon the financial stability of those individual customers. The Company establishes allowances for potential bad debts and evaluates, on a monthly basis, the adequacy of those reserves based upon historical experience and its expectations for future collectability concerns. Activity within the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts for the periods presented is as follows:
Certain components from third parties used in the Company’s products are procured from single sources of supply. The failure of a supplier, including a subcontractor, to deliver on schedule could delay or interrupt the Company’s delivery of products and thereby materially adversely affect the Company’s revenues and operating results.
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(e)
Revenue Recognition
Product sales. Product sales are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, goods are shipped, title has passed and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company’s standard sales terms require that:
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All sales are final;
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Terms are generally Net 30;
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Shipments are tendered and shipped FOB (or as may be applicable, FCA, or EXW) the Company’s plant or warehouse; and
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Title and risk of loss or damage passes to the dealer or distributor at the point of shipment when delivery is made to the possession of the carrier.
For certain guidance and stabilization product sales, customer acceptance or inspection may be required before title and risk of loss transfers. For those sales, revenue is recognized after transfer of title and risk of loss and after notification of customer acceptance.
Under certain limited conditions, the Company, at its sole discretion, provides for the return of goods. No product is accepted for return and no credit is allowed on any returned product unless the Company has granted and confirmed prior written permission by means of appropriate authorization. The Company establishes reserves for potential sales returns, credits, and allowances, and evaluates, on a monthly basis, the adequacy of those reserves based upon historical experience and expectations for the future.
Multiple-element revenue arrangements. Some of our sales involve multiple-element arrangements that include both hardware-related products and contracted service, or satellite connectivity that are accounted under ASC 605-25, Multiple-Element Arrangements.
Multiple elements, arrangement consideration is allocated to each element based on the relative selling prices of all of the elements in the arrangement using the fair value hierarchy as required by “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements,” (Accounting Standards Update “ASU” 2009-13). The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2009-13 as of January 1, 2010. ASU 2009-13 requires the Company establish VSOE of fair value based upon the price charged when the same element is sold separately or established by management having the relevant pricing authority. When VSOE exists it is used to determine the selling price of a deliverable. When VSOE is not established, the Company attempts to establish the selling price of each element based on TPE. When the Company is unable to establish selling price using VSOE or TPE, the Company uses BESP in the allocation of arrangement consideration for the relevant deliverables. The objective of BESP is to determine the price at which the Company would transact a sale if a product or service was sold on a stand-alone basis. The Company determines BESP for our products and certain services by considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, overall market conditions, including geographic or regional-specific market factors and profit objectives for such deliverables.
Each deliverable within the Company's multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements is accounted for as a separate unit of accounting under the guidance of ASU 2009-13 if both of the following criteria are met: the delivered item or items have value to the customer on a standalone basis; and for an arrangement that includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item(s), delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in the control of the Company. The Company considers a deliverable to have standalone value if the item is sold separately by the Company or another vendor or if the item could be resold by the customer. Further, the Company's revenue arrangements generally do not include a general right of return relative to delivered products.
Deliverables not meeting the criteria for being a separate unit of accounting are combined with a deliverable that does meet that criterion. The appropriate allocation of arrangement consideration and recognition of revenue is then determined for the combined unit of accounting.
Satellite connectivity and media content sales. Directly sold and re-sold satellite connectivity service for voice, data and Internet is recognized monthly based upon minutes or megabytes of traffic processed or contracted fixed fee schedules. Typically, all subscribers enter into a contracted one-year minimum service agreement. The Company records all satellite connectivity service sales to subscribers as gross sales, as the Company is the the primary obligor in the contracted service arrangement. All associated regulatory service fees and costs are recorded net in the consolidated financial statements. Media content sales include the Company's distribution of premium licensed news, sports, movies and music content for commercial
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and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets as well as training videos to the merchant marine market that are typically based on a contracted fixed fee schedule. The Company typically recognizes revenue from media content sales ratably over the period of the service contract. The accounting estimates related to the recognition of satellite connectivity and media content service sales in results of operations requires the Company to make assumptions about future billing adjustments for disputes with subscribers as well as unauthorized usage.
Lease financing. Lease financing consists of sales-type leases primarily of the TracPhone V7. The Company records the leases at a price typically equivalent to normal selling price and in excess of the cost or carrying amount. Upon delivery, the Company records the present value of all payments under these leases as revenues, and the related costs of the product are charged to cost of sales. Interest income is recognized throughout the lease term (typically 3 years) using an implicit interest rate. Through December 31, 2013, lease sales have not been a significant portion of the Company’s total sales.
Contracted service sales. The Company engages in contracts for development, production and services activities which it accounts for consistent with FASB ASC 605-35, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts, and other relevant revenue recognition accounting literature. The Company considers the nature of these contracts and the types of products and services provided when determining the proper accounting for a particular contract. Customer and government-agency contracted engineering service and grant sales under development contracts are recognized primarily under the percentage of completion method during the period in which the Company performs the service or development efforts in accordance with the agreement. Services performed under these types of contracts include engineering studies, surveys, building construction, prototype development and program management. Performance is determined principally by comparing the accumulated costs incurred to date with management’s estimate of the total cost to complete the contracted work. The Company establishes billing terms at the time project deliverables and milestones are agreed. Unbilled revenue recognized in excess of the amounts invoiced to clients are classified within the accompanying consolidated balance sheets in the caption “prepaid expenses and other assets.”
Sales related to customer contracts that call for standard product modification or enhancement are recognized upon the complete delivery and title transfer of all customer-approved products. Costs of contracts in progress are accumulated within the accompanying consolidated balance sheets in the caption “prepaid expenses and other assets” and relieved upon product delivery or when billed.
The use of contract accounting requires significant judgment relative to estimating total contract revenues and costs, including assumptions relative to the length of time to complete the contract, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, and prices for subcontractor services and materials. The risk to the Company on a fixed-price contract is that if estimates to complete the contract change from one period to the next, profit levels will vary from period to period. The Company's estimates are based upon the professional knowledge and experience of its engineers, program managers and other personnel, who review each long-term contract monthly to assess the contract's schedule, performance, technical matters and estimated cost at completion. Changes in estimates are applied when adjustments in estimated contract costs are identified, such revisions may result in current period adjustments to earnings applicable to performance in prior periods. Any advance payments arising from such extended-term development contracts are recorded as deposits. If, in any period, estimated total costs under a contract indicate an expected loss, then such loss is provided for in that period. Through December 31, 2013, contracted service revenue has not been a significant portion of the Company’s total sales.
Product service sales. Product service sales other than under development contracts are recognized when completed services are provided to the customer and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company establishes reserves for potential sales returns, credit and allowances, and evaluates, on a monthly basis, the adequacy of those reserves based upon historical experience and its expectations for the future. Through December 31, 2013, product service sales have not been a significant portion of the Company’s total sales.
Extended warranty sales. The Company sells extended warranty contracts on mobile communications and guidance and stabilization products. Sales under these contracts are recognized ratably over the contract term. Through December 31, 2013, warranty sales have not been a significant portion of the Company’s total sales.
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December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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(f)
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, which include cash equivalents, investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to the short maturity of these instruments. The carrying amount of the Company’s mortgage loan approximates fair value based on currently available quoted rates of similarly structured mortgage facilities. See note 2 for more information on the fair value of the Company’s marketable securities.
(g)
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities
In accordance with the Company’s investment policy, cash in excess of operational needs is invested in money market mutual funds, government agency bonds, United States treasuries, corporate notes, and certificates of deposit, which are reflected within marketable securities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company determines the appropriate classification of marketable securities at each balance sheet date. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, all of the Company’s marketable securities have been designated as available-for-sale and are carried at their fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
The Company reviews investments in debt securities for other than temporary impairment whenever the fair value of an investment is less than amortized cost and evidence indicates that an investment’s carrying amount is not recoverable within a reasonable period of time. To determine whether an impairment is other-than-temporary, the Company considers whether it intends to sell the security, whether it expects to recover the credit loss, and if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security prior to recovery. Evidence considered in this assessment includes the reasons for the impairment, compliance with the Company’s investment policy, the severity and duration of the impairment, changes in value subsequent to year-end and forecasted performance of the investee. The Company has reviewed its securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and has concluded that no other-than-temporary impairments exist.
(h)
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the first-in first-out costing method. The Company provides inventory reserves based on excess and obsolete inventory determined primarily by future demand forecasts. The Company records inventory charges to costs of product sales.
(i)
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization are computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. The principal lives used in determining the depreciation rates of various assets are: buildings and improvements, 5-40 years; machinery, satellite hubs and equipment, 5-10 years; office and computer equipment, 3-7 years; and motor vehicles, 5 years.
(j)
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The Company’s goodwill and intangible assets are associated with the purchase of Virtek Communication (now known as KVH Industries Norway AS) in September 2010 and Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013.
Goodwill is recorded when the consideration for an acquisition exceeds the fair value of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at least annually, or if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The Company estimates the fair value of the reporting unit using a discounted cash flow model or other valuation models, such as comparative transactions and market multiples. The impairment test is performed through the application of a two-step process. The first step compares the carrying value of the Company’s reporting units to their estimated fair values as of the test date. If fair value is less than carrying value, a second step is performed to quantify the amount of the impairment, if any. As of August 31, 2013, the Company performed its annual impairment test for goodwill at the reporting unit level and, after conducting the first step, determined that it was not necessary to conduct the second step as it concluded that the fair value of its reporting units substantially exceeded their carrying value. Accordingly, the Company determined no adjustment to goodwill was necessary. There were no indicators of potential goodwill impairment noted as of December 31, 2013.
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Intangible assets are comprised of the following, which are being amortized on a straight line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Intangible assets with estimated lives and other long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of intangible assets with estimated lives and other long-lived assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset or asset group to future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group. If these comparisons indicate that an asset is not recoverable, the Company will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value of the asset or asset group exceeds the related estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is based on either discounted future operating cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the asset. There are no events or changes in circumstances that indicated any of the carrying amounts of the Company’s intangible assets may not be recoverable during 2013. See note 10 for further discussion of goodwill and intangible assets.
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Other Non-Current Assets
Other non-current assets are primarily comprised of long-term lease receivables, prepaid expenses, and deposits.
(l)
Product Warranty
The Company’s products carry limited warranties that range from one to four years and vary by product. The warranty period begins on the date of retail purchase or lease by the original purchaser. The Company accrues estimated product warranty costs at the time of sale and any additional amounts are recorded when such costs are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Factors that affect the Company’s warranty liability include the number of units sold or leased, historical and anticipated rates of warranty repairs and the cost per repair. Warranty and related costs are reflected within sales, marketing and support in the accompanying statements of operations. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had accrued product warranty costs of $1,269 and $814, respectively. The following table summarizes product warranty activity during 2013 and 2012:
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Shipping and Handling Costs
Shipping and handling costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of sales. Billings for shipping and handling are reflected within net sales in the accompanying statements of operations.
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(n)
Research and Development
Expenditures for research and development, including customer-funded research and development, are expensed as incurred. Revenue and related development costs from customer-funded research and development are as follows:
(o)
Advertising Costs
Costs related to advertising are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was $3,189, $2,523, and $2,081 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively, and is included in sales, marketing, and support expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
(p)
Foreign Currency Translation
The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries located in Denmark and Singapore are maintained using the United States dollar as the functional currency. Exchange rates in effect on the date of the transaction are used to record monetary assets and liabilities. Revenue and other expense elements are recorded at rates that approximate the rates in effect on the transaction dates. Realized foreign currency remeasurement gains and losses are recognized within “other income (expense)” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, the Company experienced foreign currency losses of $123, $37 and $79, respectively.
The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries located in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Norway, Cyprus, Belgium, the Netherlands and Japan subsidiaries use the foreign subsidiaries’ respective local currencies as the functional currency. The Company translates the assets and liabilities of these foreign subsidiaries at the exchange rates in effect at year-end. Net sales, costs and expenses are translated using average exchange rates in effect during the year. Gains and losses from foreign currency translation are credited or charged to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) included in stockholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
(q)
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company records valuation allowances to reduce deferred income tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. The Company determines whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination. If it is not more likely than not that a position will be sustained, no amount of the benefit attributable to the position is recognized. The tax benefit to be recognized of any tax position that meets the more likely than not recognition threshold is calculated as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon resolution of the contingency. See note 8 for further discussion of income taxes.
(r)
Net Income per Common Share
Basic net income per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share incorporates the dilutive effect of common stock equivalent options, warrants and other convertible securities, if any, as determined in accordance with the treasury stock accounting method. Common stock equivalents related to options and restricted stock awards for 545,000, 862,000, and 597,000 shares of common stock for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 respectively, have been excluded from the fully diluted calculation of net income per share, as inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
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A reconciliation of the basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding is as follows:
(s)
Contingent Liabilities
The Company estimates the amount of potential exposure it may have with respect to claims, assessments and litigation in accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies. The Company is not party to any lawsuit or proceeding that, in management’s opinion, is likely to materially harm the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows, as described in note 17. It is not always possible to predict the outcome of litigation, as it is subject to many uncertainties. Additionally, it is not always possible for management to make a meaningful estimate of the potential loss or range of loss associated with such litigation. As of December 31, 2013, no losses have been accrued with respect to pending litigation.
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Operating Segments
The Company operates in a single segment. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. To date, the chief operating decision maker has made such decisions and assessed performance at the company level, as one segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
(u) Recently Issued Accounting Standards
As of December 31, 2013, there were no recently issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements that would have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
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(2)
Marketable Securities
Included in marketable securities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are the following:
The amortized costs and fair value of debt securities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are shown below by effective maturity. Effective maturities may differ from contractual maturities because the issuers of the securities may have the right to prepay obligations without prepayment penalties.
No realized gains or losses were recognized on the Company’s marketable securities during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
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(3)
Inventories
Inventories as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 include the costs of material, labor, and factory overhead. Inventories consist of the following:
(4)
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following:
Depreciation for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 amounted to $4,815, $4,216, and $4,043, respectively.
(5)
Debt and Line of Credit
On April 6, 2009, the Company entered into a mortgage loan in the amount of $4,000 related to its headquarters facility in Middletown, Rhode Island. The loan term is ten years, with a principal amortization of twenty years, and the interest rate will be a rate per year adjusted periodically based on a defined interest period equal to the BBA LIBOR Rate plus 2.25 percentage points. On June 9, 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to the mortgage loan, providing for an adjustment of the interest rate from the BBA LIBOR Rate plus 2.25 percentage points to the BBA LIBOR Rate plus 2.00 points. Land, building and improvements with an approximate carrying value of approximately $5,000 as of December 31, 2013 secure the mortgage loan. The monthly mortgage payment is approximately $11 plus interest and increases in increments of approximately $1 each year throughout the life of the mortgage. Due to the difference in the term of the loan and amortization of the principal, a balloon payment of $2,551 is due on April 1, 2019. The loan contains one financial covenant, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, which applies in the event that the Company’s consolidated cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balance falls below $25,000 at any time. As the Company’s consolidated cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balance was above $25,000 throughout the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio did not apply. Under the mortgage loan, the Company may prepay its outstanding loan balance subject to certain early termination charges as defined in the mortgage loan agreement. If the Company were to default on its mortgage loan, the land, building and improvements would be used as collateral.
On January 30, 2013, the Company borrowed $4,700 from a bank and pledged as collateral six satellite hubs and related equipment, including the three hubs purchased in 2012. The term of the equipment loan is five years, at a fixed interest rate of 2.76%. The monthly payment is approximately $83 including interest expense. On December 30, 2013, the Company borrowed
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$1,200 from a bank and pledged as collateral one satellite hub and related equipment. The term of the equipment loan is five years, at a fixed interest rate of 3.08%. The monthly payment is approximately $21 including interest expense.
The following is a summary of future principal payments under these long-term debt agreements:
On May 9, 2013, the Company amended its revolving loan agreement with a bank to increase the available line of credit from $15,000 to $30,000. The revolving loan, as amended, no longer permits the Company to convert revolving loans into term loans. The Company pays interest on any outstanding amounts at a rate equal to the BBA LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus 1.25%. The line of credit contains two financial covenants, a Liquidity Covenant, which requires us to maintain at least $20,000 in unencumbered liquid assets, as defined in the loan agreement, and a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of December 31, 2013, the Company was not in default of either covenant. The Company may terminate the loan agreement prior to its full term without penalty; provided the Company has given 30 days' advance written notice to the bank. Effective December 31, 2013, the Company further amended our revolving loan agreement with a bank to extend the maturity date from December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2015.
In connection with the acquisition of KVH Media Group on May 11, 2013, the Company borrowed $23,000 under the revolving loan to pay substantially all of the purchase price for the acquisition. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had $30,000 outstanding under the revolving loan, the repayment of which is due no later than the maturity date of December 31, 2015. The monthly interest payments are approximately $36, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. Total commitment fees related to the line of credit were $35, $27, and $49 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
(6)
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company has certain operating leases for satellite capacity, various equipment, and facilities. The following reflects future minimum payments under operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms at December 31, 2013:
Total rent expense incurred under facility operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 amounted to $639, $302, and $745, respectively. Total expense incurred under satellite capacity and equipment operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 amounted to $23,215, $18,135, and $14,726, respectively.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into unconditional purchase order obligations with its suppliers for inventory and other operational purchases. Outstanding and unconditional purchase order obligations were $16,100 as of December 31, 2013.
The Company did not have any off-balance sheet commitments, guarantees, or standby repurchase obligations as of December 31, 2013.
(7)
Stockholders’ Equity
(a)
Employee Stock Options
Options are granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and generally vest in equal annual amounts over four years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. No options are exercisable for periods of more than 5 years after date of grant. Under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, each share issued under awards other than options will reduce the number of shares reserved for issuance by two shares. Shares issued under options will reduce the shares reserved for issuance on a share-for-share basis. All plans were approved by the Company’s shareholders, pursuant to which 9,415,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance. As of December 31, 2013, 6,645,081 options and awards to purchase shares of common stock had been issued net of expired, canceled or forfeited options and 2,769,919 were available for future grants. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors administers the plans, approves the individuals to whom options will be granted and determines the number of shares and exercise price of each option. Outstanding options under the plans at December 31, 2013 expire from January 2014 through September 2018. None of the Company’s outstanding options includes performance-based or market-based vesting conditions as of December 31, 2013.
The Company has estimated the fair value of each option grant on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The expected volatility assumption is based on the historical daily price data of the Company’s common stock over a period equivalent to the weighted average expected life of the Company’s options. The expected term of options granted is derived using assumed exercise rates based on historical exercise patterns and represents the period of time the options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate is based on the actual U.S. Treasury zero-coupon rates for bonds matching the expected term of the option as of the option grant date. The dividend yield of zero is based upon the fact that the Company has not historically declared or paid cash dividends, and does not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
The per share weighted-average fair values of stock options granted during 2013, 2012 and 2011 were $5.45, $4.97, and $6.36, respectively. The weighted-average assumptions used to value options as of their grant date were as follows:
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The changes in outstanding stock options for the year ended December 31, 2013, are as follows:
The total aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised was $933, $173, and $183 in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The total aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $112 and $1,254, respectively. The total aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $85 and $851, respectively.
As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the number of options exercisable was 290,911 and 361,994, respectively, and the weighted average exercise price of those options was $10.52 and $9.36 per share, respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual term for options exercisable at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was 1.78 and 1.18 years, respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual term for options outstanding at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was 3.28 and 2.63 years, respectively.
As of December 31, 2013, there was $2,556 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.23 years. In 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded compensation charges of $1,438, $1,130 and $709, respectively, related to stock options. Compensation costs for options subject only to service conditions that vest ratably are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. During 2013, 2012 and 2011, cash received under stock option plans for exercises was $1,344, $689 and $652, respectively.
(b)
Restricted Stock
The Company granted 265,625, 43,340 and 167,500 restricted stock awards to employees under the terms of the Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. The restricted stock awards vest annually over four years from the date of grant subject to the recipient remaining an employee through the applicable vesting dates. Compensation expense for restricted stock awards is measured at fair value on the date of grant based on the number of shares granted and the quoted market closing price of the Company’s common stock. Such value is recognized as expense over the vesting period of the award, net of estimated forfeitures. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock granted during 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $13.61, $12.53 and $13.29 per share, respectively.
As of December 31, 2013, there was $3,217 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.17 years. Compensation costs for awards subject only to service conditions that vest ratably are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. Compensation cost for awards initially subject to certain performance conditions are recognized on a ratable basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. In 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded compensation charges of $2,613, $2,495 and $2,728, respectively, related to restricted stock awards.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Restricted stock activity under the Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for 2013 is as follows:
(c)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Under the Company’s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), the Company is authorized to issue up to 650,000 shares of common stock, of which 58,973 shares remain available as of December 31, 2013.
The ESPP covers all of the Company’s employees. Under the terms of the ESPP, eligible employees can elect to have up to six percent of their pre-tax compensation withheld to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock on a semi-annual basis. The ESPP allows eligible employees the right to purchase the Company’s common stock on a semi-annual basis at 85% of the market price at the end of each purchase period. During 2013, 2012 and 2011, 27,027, 27,308, and 38,718 shares, respectively, were issued under this plan. The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to calculate the fair value of these discounted purchases. The fair value of the 15% discount is recognized as compensation expense over the purchase period. The Company applies a graded vesting approach because the ESPP provides for multiple purchase periods and is, in substance, a series of linked awards. In 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded compensation charges of $73, $54 and $96, respectively, related to the ESPP. During 2013, 2012 and 2011, cash received under the ESPP was $308, $270 and $289, respectively.
(8)
Income Taxes
Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 attributable to income (loss) from operations is presented below.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The actual income tax expense (benefit) differs from the “expected” income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the United States Federal corporate income tax rate of 35% to income before tax expense (benefit) as follows:
The components of results of income before income tax expense (benefit) determined by tax jurisdiction, are as follows:
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities as of the dates presented are as follows:
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had foreign net operating loss carry-forwards available to offset future foreign income of $4,032. The foreign net operating loss carry-forwards have no expiration.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had federal research and development tax credit carry-forwards in the amount of $2,654 that expire in years 2021 through 2031, and foreign tax credit carry-forwards in the amount of $1,479 that expire in years 2015 through 2021. The Company also had alternative minimum tax credits of $132 that have no expiration date. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had state research and development tax credit carry-forwards in the amount of $3,143 that expire in years 2014 through 2018. The Company also had other state tax credit carry-forwards of $373 available to reduce future state tax expense that expire in years 2014 through 2018. The tax benefit related to $1,651 of federal and state tax credits would occur upon utilization of these deferred tax assets to reduce taxes payable and would result in a credit to additional paid-in capital within stockholders’ equity rather than the provision for income taxes.
The Company’s ability to utilize these net operating loss carry-forwards and tax credit carry-forwards may be limited in the future if the Company experiences an ownership change pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 382. An ownership change occurs when the ownership percentages of 5% or greater stockholders change by more than 50% over a three-year period.
For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, the Company generated income before income taxes of $6,683, $6,843 and $376, respectively. In assessing the realizability of its net deferred tax assets, the Company considered whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets depends upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. As of December 31, 2013, based upon an evaluation of the positive and negative evidence, the Company concluded that an increase of $564 of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance was appropriate, resulting in a
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
valuation allowance of $2,700 as of December 31, 2013. As part of the Company’s analysis, the Company evaluated, among other factors, its recent history of generating taxable income and its near-term forecasts of future taxable income and determined that it is more likely than not that it will not be able to realize an additional $564 of the Company’s deferred tax assets over the next several years. After considering these factors, the Company concluded that an increase of the valuation allowance was required. The net increase in valuation allowance of $564 is composed of an increase of $397 in net operating losses that the Company does not expect to realize, a decrease of $104 related to the expiration of previously reserved state tax credit carry-forwards and an increase of $177 related to the use of net operating loss and credit carryforwards attributed to tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation expense from employee stock compensation awards that existed as of the adoption of ASC 718, Stock compensation. Total expense from the change in valuation allowance is $491. At December 31, 2013, the Company has recorded valuation allowances of approximately $1,473 against certain state tax credits and foreign net operating loss carryforwards, and intends to maintain the valuation allowance until sufficient evidence exists to support the reversal of the valuation allowance.
In addition, the Company continues to maintain a $1,228 valuation allowance against net operating losses and credits carryforwards attributed to tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost from employee stock compensation awards that existed as of the adoption of ASC 718. The Company will recognize the net deferred tax asset and corresponding benefit to additional paid-in capital for these windfall tax benefits once such amounts reduce income taxes payable, in accordance with the requirements of ASC 718.
The Company's income taxes currently payable for federal and state purposes have been reduced by the benefit of the tax deduction in excess of recognized compensation cost from employee stock compensation transactions in the amount of $693 which has been recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital for the year ended December 31, 2013.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company has not provided for U.S. deferred income taxes on undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries of approximately $2,050 since these earnings are expected to be indefinitely reinvested. Upon distribution of those earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company will be subject to additional U.S. and state income taxes (less foreign tax credits), as well as withholding taxes in its foreign locations. The amount of taxes attributable to the undistributed earnings is not practicably determinable.
On January 2, 2013, the President signed into law The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Under the prior law, a taxpayer was entitled to a research tax credit for qualifying amounts paid or incurred on or before December 31, 2011. The 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act extends the research credit for two years to December 31, 2013. The extension of the research credit is retroactive and includes amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2011. As a result of the retroactive extension, the Company is recognizing a benefit of approximately $363 for qualifying amounts incurred in 2012.
The Company establishes reserves for uncertain tax positions based on management’s assessment of exposure associated with tax deductions, permanent tax differences and tax credits. The tax reserves are analyzed periodically and adjustments are made as events occur to warrant adjustment to the reserve.
The Company did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. The Company’s tax jurisdictions include the United States, the UK, Denmark, Cyprus, Norway, Brazil, Singapore, Belgium, Bermuda, the Netherlands, and Japan. In general, the statute of limitations with respect to the Company’s United States federal income taxes has expired for years prior to 2010, and the relevant state and foreign statutes vary. However, preceding years remain open to examination by United States federal and state and foreign taxing authorities to the extent of future utilization of net operating losses and research and development tax credits generated in each preceding year. The Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations by the Danish tax authorities for years prior to 2010.
(9) Acquisition
On May 11, 2013, KVH Industries U.K. Limited, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of KVH, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P., Mark Woodhead, Andrew Michael Galvin and the Trustees of the Headland Media Limited Employee Benefit Trust to acquire all of the issued share capital of Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group), a media and entertainment service company based in the United Kingdom that distributes premium licensed news, sports, movies and music content for commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets, for an aggregate purchase price of £15,576 ($24,169 at the exchange rate of £1.00: $1.5517 on May 11, 2013).
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The aggregate purchase price includes $169 in payments made in July 2013 related to finalizing the post-closing adjustment. The acquisition of Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting for the business combination. The purchase price was determined as a result of arms-length negotiation and was subject to a potential post-closing adjustment based on the value of the net assets delivered at the closing.
The Share Purchase Agreement contains certain representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. The Share Purchase Agreement provides that 10% of the purchase price shall be held in escrow for a period of at least eighteen months after the closing in order to satisfy valid indemnification claims that KVH may assert for specified breaches of representations, warranties and covenants.
The total purchase price and related preliminary excess total purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired is as follows, excluding approximately $8,200 of acquired intercompany debt due KVH from Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group):
The final determination of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is based on the established fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired is allocated to goodwill.
The acquired finite-lived intangible assets from the KVH Media Group acquisition were recorded at their estimated fair value of $13,888 on the acquisition date. The weighted-average useful life of the acquired intangible assets is estimated at approximately 11 years.
The goodwill of $13,129 arising from the KVH Media Group acquisition largely reflects the expansion of our service offerings complementary to our existing products. The KVH Media Group acquisition was intended to expand our future VSAT broadband communications product offerings by offering new media content to our customers.
Since the date of the acquisition, May 11, 2013, the Company has recorded approximately $8,800 of service revenue attributable to KVH Media Group within its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Pro Forma Financial Information
The following table summarizes the supplemental statements of operations information on an unaudited pro forma basis as if the KVH Media Group acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012:
The pro forma results presented above are for illustrative purposes only for the periods presented and do not purport to be indicative of the actual results which would have occurred had the transaction been completed as of the beginning of the period, nor are they indicative of results of operations which may occur in the future.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
(10) Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The Company’s goodwill and intangible assets are associated with the purchase of Virtek Communication (now the KVH Industries Norway AS) in September 2010 and Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013.
Intangible assets are subject to amortization. The following table summarizes other intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively:
The Company amortizes its intangible assets over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $1,179, $394 and $333 for years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
Estimated future amortization expense for intangible assets recorded by the Company at December 31, 2013 is as follows:
Goodwill is recorded when the consideration for an acquisition exceeds the fair value of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows:
(11) 401(k) Plan
The Company has a 401(k) Plan (the Plan) for all eligible employees. Participants may defer a portion of their pre-tax earnings subject to limits determined by the Internal Revenue Service. Participants age 50 or older may be eligible to make additional contributions. As of December 31, 2013, the Company matches one half of the first 4% contributed by the Plan participants. The Company’s contributions vest over a five-year period from the date of hire. Total Company matching contributions were $376, $352 and $335 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. In addition, the Company may make contributions to the Plan at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. There were no discretionary contributions in 2013, 2012, or 2011.
(12) Business and Credit Concentrations
Significant portions of the Company’s net sales are as follows:
*
Represents less than 10% of net sales.
The terms and conditions of sales to SANG and General Dynamics are consistent with the Company’s standard terms and conditions of product sales as discussed in note 1 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. All receivable balances outstanding for these customers as of December 31, 2013 were paid as of the date of this report. No other individual customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s net sales for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
(13) Segment Reporting
Under common operational management, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets its navigation, guidance and stabilization and mobile communications products for use in a wide variety of applications. Products are generally sold directly to third-party consumer electronic dealers and retailers, original equipment manufacturers, government contractors or to U.S. and other foreign government agencies. Primarily, sales originating in the Americas consist of sales within the United States and Canada and, to a lesser extent, Mexico and some Latin and South American countries. The Americas’ sales also include all guidance and stabilization product sales throughout the world. Sales originating from the Company’s European and Asian subsidiaries principally consist of sales into all European countries, both inside and outside the European Union, as well as Africa, Asia/Pacific, the Middle East and India.
The Company operates in two geographic segments, exclusively in the mobile communications, navigation and guidance and stabilization equipment industry, which it considers to be a single business activity. The Company has two primary product categories: mobile communication and guidance and stabilization. Mobile communication sales and services include marine, land mobile, automotive, and aeronautical communication equipment and satellite-based voice, television and Broadband Internet connectivity services as well as distribution of premium licensed news, sports, movies and music content for commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets. Guidance and stabilization sales and services include sales of defense-related navigation and guidance and stabilization equipment based upon digital compass and FOG sensor technology. Mobile communication and guidance and stabilization sales also include development contract revenue, product repairs and extended warranty sales.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
The following table summarizes information regarding the Company’s operations by geographic segment:
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
(14) Share Buyback Program
On November 26, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to one million shares of the Company’s common stock. As of December 31, 2013, 341,009 shares of the Company’s common stock remain available for repurchase under the authorized program. The repurchase program is funded using the Company’s existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and future cash flows. Under the repurchase program, the Company, at management’s discretion, may repurchase shares on the open market from time to time, in privately negotiated transactions or block transactions, or through an accelerated repurchase agreement. The timing of such repurchases depends on availability of shares, price, market conditions, alternative uses of capital, and applicable regulatory requirements. The program may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. The repurchase program has no expiration date. There were no other repurchase programs outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2013 and no repurchase programs expired during the period.
During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 the Company repurchased 0, 0 and 457,667 shares of its common stock in open market transactions at a cost of $0, $0 and $3,679, respectively.
(15) Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides a framework for measuring fair value and requires expanded disclosures regarding fair value measurements. ASC 820 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 820 describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1:
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities. The Company’s Level 1 assets are investments in money market mutual funds, government agency bonds, United States treasuries, corporate notes, and certificates of deposit.
Level 2:
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; or observable prices that are based on observable market data, based on directly or indirectly market-corroborated inputs. The Company’s Level 2 liabilities are interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward contracts.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, and are developed based on the best information available given the circumstances. The Company has no Level 3 assets.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are based the valuation techniques identified in the table below. The valuation techniques are:
(a)
Market approach-prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets.
(b)
The valuations of the interest rate swaps intended to mitigate the Company’s interest rate risk are determined with the assistance of a third-party financial institution using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each instrument. This analysis utilizes observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and interest rate volatility, and reflects the contractual terms of these instruments, including the period to maturity.
(c)
The valuations of foreign currency forward contracts are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each instrument. This analysis utilizes observable market-based inputs, including commodity forward curves, and reflects the contractual terms of these instruments, including the period to maturity.
The following tables present financial assets at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 for which the Company measures fair value on a recurring basis, by level, within the fair value hierarchy:
Certain financial instruments are carried at cost on the consolidated balance sheets, which approximates fair value due to their short-term, highly liquid nature. These instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses.
Assets Measured and Recorded at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
The Company's non-financial assets and liabilities, such as goodwill, intangible assets, and other long-lived assets resulting from business combinations are measured at fair value using income approach valuation methodologies at the date of acquisition and subsequently re-measured if there are indicators of impairment. There were no indicators of impairment identified during the year ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, the Company did not have any other non-financial assets and liabilities that were carried at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated financial statements or for which a fair value measurement was required.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
(16) Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Effective April 1, 2010, in order to reduce the volatility of cash outflows that arise from changes in interest rates, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements. These interest rate swap agreements are intended to hedge the Company’s mortgage loan related to its headquarters facility in Middletown, Rhode Island by fixing the interest rates specified in the mortgage loan to 5.91% for half of the principal amount outstanding and 6.07% for the remaining half of the principal amount outstanding as of April 1, 2010 until the mortgage loan expires on April 16, 2019.
As required by ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, the Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. As of December 31, 2013, the fair value of the derivatives is included in other accrued liabilities and the unrealized loss is included in other comprehensive loss.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:
(17) Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation incidental to the conduct of its business. In the ordinary course of business, KVH is a party to inquiries, legal proceedings and claims including, from time to time, disagreements with vendors and customers. The Company is not a party to any lawsuit or proceeding that, in management’s opinion, is likely to materially harm the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
(18) Quarterly Financial Results (Unaudited)
The following financial information for interim periods includes transactions which affect comparability of the quarterly results for the year ended December 31, 2013. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company acquired Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group), as described in note 9, “Acquisition”, resulting in increased service sales and service gross margins.
Financial information for interim periods was as follows:
(a)
Net income (loss) per share is computed independently for each of the quarters. Therefore, the net income (loss) per share for the four quarters may not equal the annual net income (loss) per share data.