Form 10-Q/A
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

(Mark One)

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

 

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from                      to                     .

 

Commission File Number 0-25186

 


 

CAPTARIS, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Washington   91-1190085
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

10885 N.E. 4th Street, Suite 400

Bellevue, WA

  98004
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 455-6000

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

 

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

 

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock as of August 7, 2003 was 30,528,375.

 



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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q/A

For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2003

 

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               Page

PART I.    Financial information     
     Item 1.    Financial Statements (unaudited)    3
     Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    14
     Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    24
     Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    24
PART II.    Other Information     
     Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    25
     Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    25
     Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K    25
Signatures              26

 

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Explanatory Note: This amendment of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of Captaris, Inc. sets forth restated financial statements and related disclosures to correct a computational error in the calculation of stock compensation expense for options subject to variable accounting for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2003. See Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the restatement. Financial Statements (Part I, Item 1) and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Part I, Item 2) have been revised to reflect the restatement. For convenience and ease of reference, we are filing this Quarterly Report in its entirety, as amended. However, this amendment amends and restates only those Items of the previously filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003 which have been affected by the restatement as noted above. In order to preserve the nature and character of the disclosures set forth in such items as originally filed, no attempt has been made in this amendment to modify or update the disclosures in the original Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q except as required to reflect the effects of the restatement, to make revisions to the Notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and to make the other revisions described above. As a result, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A contains forward-looking information, which has not been updated for events subsequent to the date of the original filing, and the Company directs you to its SEC filings made subsequent to that original filing date for additional information.

 

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Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

CAPTARIS, INC.

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2003


   December 31,
2002


    

(As Restated –

See Note 2)

    
ASSETS              

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 14,450    $ 21,971

Short-term investments, available for sale

     21,786      30,519

Accounts receivable, net

     15,218      17,811

Inventories

     2,023      2,928

Deferred and income tax receivable

     4,165      4,308

Prepaid expenses and other

     1,854      1,544
    

  

Total current assets

     59,496      79,081

Long-term investments, available for sale

     39,438      20,599

Equipment and leasehold improvements, net

     7,493      7,595

Restricted cash

     1,000      1,000

Deferred income taxes

     1,572      1,546

Goodwill

     9,034      8,976

Intangible and other assets, net

     2,250      2,480
    

  

Total assets

   $ 120,283    $ 121,277
    

  

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY              

Current liabilities:

             

Accounts payable

   $ 5,428    $ 7,204

Accrued compensation and benefits

     3,822      4,186

Deferred revenue

     9,025      8,185

Other accrued liabilities

     2,158      3,401
    

  

Total current liabilities

     20,433      22,976
    

  

Total liabilities

     20,433      22,976
    

  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

             

Shareholders’ equity:

             

Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 2,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding

     —        —  

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 120,000,000 shares authorized; 30,423,009 and 30,217,955 outstanding, respectively

     304      302

Additional paid-in capital

     62,265      60,539

Retained earnings

     36,878      37,148

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     403      312
    

  

Total shareholders’ equity

     99,850      98,301
    

  

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 120,283    $ 121,277
    

  

 

See the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

    

Quarter Ended

June 30,


    Six Months Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 
     (As Restated –
See Note 2)
          (As Restated –
See Note 2)
       

Net sales:

                                

Software products

   $ 18,139     $ 16,767     $ 33,839     $ 32,567  

E-document services

     5,909       5,981       11,819       11,724  
    


 


 


 


Total net sales

     24,048       22,748       45,658       44,291  

Cost of sales:

                                

Software products

     6,440       6,023       12,244       12,091  

E-document services

     2,143       2,161       4,241       4,257  
    


 


 


 


Total cost of sales

     8,583       8,184       16,485       16,348  
    


 


 


 


Gross profit

     15,465       14,564       29,173       27,943  
    


 


 


 


Operating expenses:

                                

Research and development

     2,858       2,749       5,663       5,447  

Selling, general and administrative

     11,140       12,584       23,287       24,679  

Impairment of intangible assets (Note 10)

     —         5,529       —         5,529  

Amortization of intangible assets

     57       386       113       773  

Restructuring charges (Note 6)

     —         —         —         2,119  

Stock compensation expense (benefit) (Note 7)

     673       (410 )     1,297       (614 )

Patent settlement with AudioFax (Note 10)

     —         —         —         875  
    


 


 


 


Total operating expenses

     14,728       20,838       30,360       38,808  
    


 


 


 


Operating income (loss)

     737       (6,274 )     (1,187 )     (10,865 )
    


 


 


 


Other income (expense):

                                

Interest

     355       588       810       1,324  

Other, net

     (4 )     (80 )     (47 )     (442 )
    


 


 


 


Other income

     351       508       763       882  
    


 


 


 


Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     1,088       (5,766 )     (424 )     (9,983 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

     380       (2,018 )     (154 )     (4,127 )
    


 


 


 


Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     708       (3,748 )     (270 )     (5,856 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (Note 5)

     —         —         —         (2,695 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 708     $ (3,748 )   $ (270 )   $ (8,551 )
    


 


 


 


Basic income (loss) per common share prior to cumulative effect

   $ 0.02     $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.18 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     —         —         —         (0.09 )
    


 


 


 


Basic income (loss) per common share

   $ 0.02     $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )
    


 


 


 


Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic

     30,311       31,876       30,274       31,858  

Diluted income (loss) per common share prior to cumulative effect

   $ 0.02     $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.18 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     —         —         —         (0.09 )
    


 


 


 


Diluted income (loss) per common share

   $ 0.02     $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )
    


 


 


 


Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted

     30,816       31,876       30,274       31,858  

 

See the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

Six Months Ended

June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

 
    

(As Restated –

See Note 2)

   

(As Restated –

See Note 2)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net loss

   $ (270 )   $ (8,551 )

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

                

Depreciation and amortization

     2,192       2,849  

Realized loss on investments, net

     —         21  

Stock compensation expense (benefit)

     1,297       (614 )

Stock issued for consulting services

     6       —    

Impairment of intangibles

     —         5,529  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     —         2,695  

Restructuring and other charges

     —         1,611  

Changes in current assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts receivable, net

     2,629       162  

Inventories

     907       (859 )

Deferred tax asset

     110       (498 )

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (306 )     (193 )

Accounts payable

     (1,786 )     235  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     (365 )     (1,123 )

Deferred revenue

     838       —    

Deferred income taxes

     —         (1,935 )

Other accrued liabilities

     (1,266 )     (394 )
    


 


Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

     3,986       (1,065 )
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Purchase of equipment and leasehold improvements

     (1,856 )     (1,039 )

Purchase of investments

     (47,165 )     (17,378 )

Proceeds from sale of and principal pay downs on investments

     37,010       20,432  
    


 


Net cash provided (used) by investing activities

     (12,011 )     2,015  
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Proceeds from exercise of common stock options

     602       452  

Settlement of note payable

     —         (1,472 )

Stock repurchase

     (177 )     —    
    


 


Net cash provided (used) by financing activities

     425       (1,020 )
    


 


Net decrease in cash

     (7,600 )     (70 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     79       (34 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     21,971       19,654  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 14,450     $ 19,550  
    


 


 

See the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

1. Interim Financial Statements

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and related interim consolidated statements of operations and cash flows have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. All adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation have been included. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. 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 at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual amounts may differ from those estimates.

 

Certain prior-period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

2. Restatements

 

Subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-Q for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003, management determined that certain employee stock based compensation subject to variable accounting had been computed incorrectly and that the financial statements must be restated to correct the error. The restatement involves a non-cash charge, which reflects the impact of a computational error in the calculation of stock compensation expense for options subject to variable accounting. The effect of the restatement reduces net income for the second quarter of 2003 by $32,000 and $120,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003, having no effect on reported income per diluted share for the second quarter and increasing reported loss per diluted share by $0.01 for the six months ended June 30, 2003. See also Note 7 for further discussion of stock based compensation.

 

A summary of the significant effects of the restatement (in thousands, except per share data) is as follows:

 

    

Quarter ended

June 30, 2003


  

Six months ended

June 30, 2003


 
     As
previously
reported


   As
restated


   As
previously
reported


    As
restated


 

Restatement to correct stock compensation expense:

                              

Statement of operations data:

                              

Stock compensation expense

   $ 622    $ 673    $ 1,104     $ 1,297  

Income tax expense (benefit)

     399      380      (81 )     (154 )

Net income (loss)

     740      708      (150 )     (270 )

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

     0.02      0.02      (0.00 )     (0.01 )

Balance sheet data:

                              

Deferred and income tax receivable

   $ 4,092    $ 4,165                 

Total current assets

     59,423      59,496                 

Additional paid-in capital

     62,069      62,265                 

Retained earnings

     36,998      36,878                 

Total shareholders’ equity

     99,777      99,850                 

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Company incorrectly calculated its stock compensation amounts for its pro forma disclosure under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

 

Restatement to correct SFAS No. 123 disclosure including restatement of stock based compensation expense:

 

     Quarter Ended
June 30, 2003


    Quarter Ended
June 30, 2002


 
     As
Previously
Reported


    As
Restated


    As
Previously
Reported


    As
Restated


 

Net income (loss), as reported

   $ 740     $ 708     $ (3,748 )   $ (3,748 )

Add: Stock-based compensation expense (benefit), as reported, net of income taxes

     404       415       (266 )     (243 )

Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of income taxes

     243       237       949       361  
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss), pro forma

   $ 901     $ 886     $ (4,963 )   $ (4,352 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss) per share:

                                

Basic and diluted, as reported

   $ 0.02     $ 0.02     $ (0.12 )   $ (0.12 )
    


 


 


 


Basic and diluted, pro forma

   $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ (0.16 )   $ (0.14 )
    


 


 


 


Restatement to correct SFAS No. 123 disclosure including restatement of stock based compensation expense:  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2003


    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2002


 
     As
Previously
Reported


    As
Restated


    As
Previously
Reported


    As
Restated


 

Net loss, as reported

   $ (150 )   $ (270 )   $ (8,551 )   $ (8,551 )

Add: Stock-based compensation expense (benefit), as reported, net of income taxes

     717       799       (399 )     (350 )

Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of income taxes

     600       526       1,712       749  
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss), pro forma

   $ (33 )   $ 3     $ (10,662 )   $ (9,650 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss) per share:

                                

Basic and diluted, as reported

   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )   $ (0.27 )
    


 


 


 


Basic and diluted, pro forma

   $ (0.00 )   $ 0.00     $ (0.31 )   $ (0.30 )
    


 


 


 


 

The Company is also restating its statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002. Previously, the Company had not separately presented the effect of exchange rate changes on cash in its cash flow statement in accordance with SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. The Company made other minor adjustments within the statement of shareholders’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2003. Further, the common stock equivalent shares excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding were restated for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

3. Segment Reporting

 

The Company has adopted SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. This standard requires segmentation based upon the Company’s internal organization and disclosure of revenue and operating income based upon internal accounting methods. The segment information is provided for software products and e-document delivery services. Software products include the Company’s telephony and computer-oriented products, as well as the Company’s mobility products. Interest and other debt expense, provision for income taxes, interest income, and gains and losses on the disposition of marketable securities are not presented by segment since they are excluded from the measure of segment profitability reviewed by the Company’s management. Corporate items include corporate expense items, impairment, restructuring, stock compensation and other charges, which are not allocated to operating segments. The Company’s assets are managed on a company-wide basis; and, accordingly, asset information is not reported.

 

     Software
Products


    E-document
Services


   Corporate

    Total

 
     (in thousands)  

Quarter ended June 30, 2003

                               

Net sales

   $ 18,139     $ 5,909    $ —       $ 24,048  

Operating income (loss)

     1,174       785      (1,222 )     737  

Quarter ended June 30, 2002

                               

Net sales

   $ 16,767     $ 5,981    $ —       $ 22,748  

Operating income (loss)

     (1,516 )     992      (5,750 )     (6,274 )

Six months ended June 30, 2003

                               

Net sales

   $ 33,839     $ 11,819    $ —       $ 45,658  

Operating income (loss)

     (694 )     1,784      (2,277 )     (1,187 )

Six months ended June 30, 2002

                               

Net sales

   $ 32,567     $ 11,724    $ —       $ 44,291  

Operating income (loss)

     (3,504 )     1,824      (9,185 )     (10,865 )

 

The Company’s sales by country, as determined by shipping destination, were as follows:

 

    

Quarter ended

June 30,


  

Six months ended

June 30,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

     (in thousands)

United States

   $ 19,835    $ 18,987    $ 37,133    $ 36,407

United Kingdom

     735      863      1,655      1,907

Canada

     629      326      1,382      733

Other

     2,849      2,572      5,488      5,244
    

  

  

  

Total net sales

   $ 24,048    $ 22,748    $ 45,658    $ 44,291
    

  

  

  

 

4. OEM Agreement

 

In January 2002, the Company entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc., under which the Company has granted Cisco an exclusive third-party license to certain enabling technology. The agreement generally provides for quarterly payments to be made by Cisco to the Company through mid-2005. However, the timing and amount of these payments are subject to a number of conditions, some of which are beyond the control of the Company, and there can be no assurance that any additional payments will be received. Future payments depend on Cisco’s ability to successfully implement the technology and, under certain conditions, Cisco may accelerate the payments at a discounted rate or terminate the license and make no further payments. The Company received a payment of $833,000 in 2001 and received payments of $2.5 million in 2002. The Company recognized $3.3 million in revenue from this agreement in 2002, of which $98,000 and $588,000 were recognized in the first and second quarters of 2002, respectively. The Company did not receive a payment, or recognize revenue, from Cisco in the first or second quarter of 2003. Revenue related to the Company’s OEM agreement with Cisco Systems is generally recorded as cash payments are received. However, if payments are received ahead of schedule, a portion would be deferred to account for future support periods.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

5. Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle

 

Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangibles Assets, which eliminates the amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, addresses the amortization of intangible assets with finite lives, and addresses impairment testing and recognition for goodwill and intangible assets. The company evaluated its other intangible assets, including core technology, customer lists, and other and determined that these assets have finite lives. Additionally, a $2.7 million non-cash charge was recognized in the first quarter of 2002 as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle as a result of the impairment of goodwill. SFAS No. 142 prescribes an impairment testing of goodwill to be performed at least annually. The Company completed this annual evaluation during the first quarter of 2003 noting no additional impairment.

 

6. Restructuring Charge

 

In January 2002, the Company announced a reduction of its workforce, affecting approximately 90 employees, or 18% of the total Company workforce. This reduction in force, primarily affecting the software products segment, resulted in the recognition of a restructuring charge of $2.1 million primarily related to severance. All costs associated with this reduction in force were paid as of December 31, 2002.

 

7. Stock Based Compensation

 

During the second quarter of 2001, the Company offered a limited non-compulsory exchange of employee stock options on a less than one-for-one basis. The exchange (which closed on July 10, 2001) resulted in the voluntary cancellation of employee stock options to purchase 3,135,720 shares of our common stock with varying exercise prices greater than $10.00 per share in exchange for 1,286,790 employee stock options with an exercise price of $2.11. The option exchange offer resulted in variable accounting treatment for a total of 1,993,250 options, representing the 1,286,790 new options granted in the exchange, as well as all employee options modified during the year. Variable accounting will continue until all options subject to variable accounting treatment are exercised, cancelled or expired. Variable accounting treatment will result in charges or credits, recorded to “Stock-based compensation”, dependent on fluctuations in quoted prices for the Company’s common stock, multiplied by the number of stock options subject to variable accounting that are outstanding for the period, neither of which can be predicted. At June 30, 2003 and 2002, the Company had 1,194,057 and 1,538,797 options to purchase common shares subject to variable accounting. The Company recorded a charge of $673,000 and a benefit of $410,000 for the second quarter of 2003 and 2002, respectively. The net effect of variable accounting resulted in a charge of $1,297,000 and a benefit of $614,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Allocation of this stock compensation expense (benefit) to the operating categories is as follows:

 

     Quarter ended
June 30,


    Six months ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

    2003

   2002

 
     (in thousands)  

Cost of sales

   $ 55    $ (34 )   $ 102    $ (41 )

Research and development

     127      (91 )     248      (126 )

Selling, general and administrative

     491      (285 )     947      (447 )
    

  


 

  


Total expense (benefit)

   $ 673    $ (410 )   $ 1,297    $ (614 )
    

  


 

  


 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

The Company accounts for stock options under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, under which no compensation cost has been recognized, as there is no difference between the exercise price and fair market value at the date of grant. Had compensation cost for stock option grants made in the second quarter of 2003 been determined using the fair value method consistent with SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, the Company’s net income (loss) and income (loss) per share would have been as shown in the following pro forma amounts for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2002:

 

     Quarter ended
June 30,


    Six months ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

    2003

    2002

 
     (in thousands, except per share data)  

Net income (loss), as reported

   $ 708    $ (3,748 )   $ (270 )   $ (8,551 )

Add: Stock based compensation expense (benefit), as reported, net of income taxes

     415      (243 )     799       (350 )

Deduct: Total stock based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of income taxes

     237      361       526       749  
    

  


 


 


Net income (loss), pro forma

   $ 886    $ (4,352 )   $ 3     $ (9,650 )
    

  


 


 


Net income (loss) per share:

                               

Basic – as reported

   $ 0.02    $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )

Basic – pro forma

   $ 0.03    $ (0.14 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.30 )

Diluted – as reported

   $ 0.02    $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )

Diluted – pro forma

   $ 0.03    $ (0.14 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.30 )

 

In calculating the pro forma compensation, the fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:

 

    

Quarter ended

June 30,


   

Six months ended

June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 

Dividend yield

   0.0 %   0.0 %   0.0 %   0.0 %

Expected volatility

   68.8 %   61.4 %   68.8 %   61.4 %

Risk-free interest rate

   2.81 %   4.48 %   2.81 %   4.48 %

Expected life (in years)

   5     5     5     5  

 

8. Net Income (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic income (loss) per common share were computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted income (loss) per common share was computed by dividing net income (loss) by the sum of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year, plus the net additional shares that would have been issued had all dilutive options and warrants been exercised, less shares that would be repurchased with the proceeds from such exercise. Dilutive options are those that have an exercise price that is less than the average stock price during the period.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per common share:

 

     Quarter ended
June 30,


    Six months ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

    2003

    2002

 
     (in thousands, except per share data)  

Numerator:

                               

Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   $ 708    $ (3,748 )   $ (270 )   $ (5,856 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     —        —         —         (2,695 )
    

  


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 708    $ (3,748 )   $ (270 )   $ (8,551 )
    

  


 


 


Denominator:

                               

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic

     30,311      31,876       30,274       31,858  

Dilutive effect of common shares from stock options

     505      —         —         —    
    

  


 


 


Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted

     30,816      31,876       30,274       31,858  
    

  


 


 


Basic net income (loss) per share:

                               

Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   $ 0.02    $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.18 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     —        —         —         (0.09 )
    

  


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 0.02    $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )
    

  


 


 


Diluted net income (loss) per share:

                               

Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   $ 0.02    $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.18 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     —        —         —         (0.09 )
    

  


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 0.02    $ (0.12 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.27 )
    

  


 


 


 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

Potentially issuable common shares of 3,445,368 and 4,523,888 were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding for the quarters ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, as they were antidilutive.

 

Potentially issuable common shares of 4,136,107 and 4,381,235 were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, as they were antidilutive.

 

9. Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

 

     Common
Stock


    Additional
Paid in
Capital


    Retained
Earnings


    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)


    Total

 
     (in thousands)  

Beginning balance at December 31, 2002

   $ 302     $ 60,539     $ 37,148     $ 312     $ 98,301  

Net loss*

                     (270 )     —         (270 )

Exercise of stock options*

     3       599       —         —         602  

Stock buyback*

     (1 )     (176 )     —         —         (177 )

Stock based compensation expense*

     —         1,297       —         —         1,297  

Stock issued for consulting services*

     —         6       —         —         6  

Unrealized loss on investments, net of income tax

     —         —         —         (50 )     (50 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment*

     —         —         —         141       141  
    


 


 


 


 


Ending balance at June 30, 2003*

   $ 304     $ 62,265     $ 36,878     $ 403     $ 99,850  
    


 


 


 


 


 

* As restated – See Note 2.

 

Total comprehensive income was $881,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. Total comprehensive loss was $179,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and $3,704,000 and $8,507,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively.

 

10. Intangible and Other Assets

 

On January 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. SFAS No. 144 develops one accounting model for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. In the second quarter of 2002, the Company engaged an independent valuation firm to provide an estimated fair value of each of its intangible, long-lived assets using a discounted cash flow model. The determination of fair value is a critical and complex consideration when assessing impairment under SFAS No. 144 that involves significant assumptions and estimates. These assumptions and estimates were based on the Company’s best judgments. The Company determined that certain intangible assets acquired from Infinite Technologies in January 2001 were impaired. Accordingly, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $5.5 million for the mobile delivery reporting unit in the second quarter of 2002. This impairment charge consisted of a write-down of core technology of approximately $2.4 million, a write-down of customer base and marketing channel of approximately $2.2 million and a write-down of tradename of approximately $849,000.

 

In April 2002, the Company entered into a nonexclusive license agreement with AudioFax IP LLC, settling a patent infringement suit filed by AudioFax on November 30, 2001. The Company paid a one-time fee to license the technology until the patents expire in 2008 and 2011. In the first quarter of 2002, the Company recorded a charge of $875,000, reflecting management’s assessment of the fair value of the portion of the license fee that relates to prior years. The balance of the license fee was capitalized and is being amortized over the remaining life of the licensor’s patents. Amortization expense related to this license was $22,000 for the quarters ended June 30, 2002 and 2003, respectively. Amortization expense was $22,000 and $44,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2003, respectively.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

11. Legal Proceeding

 

As reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, on September 25, 2002, Lan-Aces, Inc. filed a complaint in the District Court of Harris County, Texas against the Company seeking damages of $600,000 plus attorney’s fees for breach of contract. The Company removed the action to Federal Court in the Southern District of Texas on October 18, 2002. On January 23, 2003, Lan-Aces, Inc. filed an amended complaint adding unspecified statutory damages under the Copyright Act. The amended complaint alleged that the Company either breached an alleged agreement between the plaintiff and Infinite Technologies, Inc., or infringed plaintiff’s copyright, with respect to software incorporated in the “MailandNews.com” website, a free Internet service acquired as part of the Infinite Technologies acquisition and subsequently transferred to an unrelated third party. In July 2003, the matter was resolved by settlement between the parties, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay an immaterial amount to the plaintiff. Pursuant to settlement, the case has been dismissed.

 

12. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company periodically receives letters and other communications from third parties asserting patent rights and requesting royalty payments, and will probably receive additional claims in the future. For example, over the past six years, the Company has been involved in intermittent communications with Avaya, which was spun off from Lucent Technologies in 2001. Over this period of time, Lucent/Avaya asserted that the Company was infringing on their patents or technology, eventually identifying 10 patents as including claims that allegedly cover the Company’s current or former products and/or services. Several communications and meetings between the Company and Lucent/Avaya have occurred. The Company has also been in communication with BellSouth since December of 2001, at which time BellSouth asserted that the Company was infringing on two of its patents. Analysis of both patents in light of the Company’s current and former products/services is still underway. The last communication with representatives of BellSouth was on June 19, 2003. The ultimate outcome of these matters cannot presently be determined. Accordingly, the ultimate resolution of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, cash flow and results of operations.

 

13. New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In April 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133. SFAS No. 149 is effective for certain contracts entered into or modified by the Company after June 30, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 149 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments With Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.” SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how the Company would classify and measure financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity and requires the Company to classify a financial instrument that is within the scope of SFAS No. 150 as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). SFAS No. 150 also revises the definition of a liability to encompass obligations that the Company can or must settle by issuing equity shares, depending on the nature of the relationship established between the Company and a holder of its stock. SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 150 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In November 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) published its consensus on EITF No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables. EITF No. 00-21 provides guidance on how to account for arrangements that involve the delivery or performance of multiple products, services and/or rights to use assets. The provisions of EITF No. 00-21 apply to revenue arrangements entered into in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company adopted EITF No. 00-21 on July 1, 2003. The adoption of EITF No. 00-21 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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CAPTARIS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

(Unaudited)

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others. FIN No. 45 elaborates on the disclosures to be made by a guarantor in its interim and annual financial statements about its obligations under guarantees issued. FIN No. 45 also clarifies that a guarantor is required to recognize, at inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken. In addition, FIN No. 45 also requires a guarantor to make significant new disclosures, even when the likelihood of making any payments under the guarantee is remote. In general, FIN No. 45 applies to contracts or indemnification agreements that contingently require the guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party based on changes in an underlying obligation that is related to an asset, liability or an equity security of the guaranteed party. The initial recognition and measurement provisions of FIN No. 45 are applicable to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The disclosure requirements are effective for financial statements of interim and annual periods ending after December 15, 2002. The adoption of FIN No. 45 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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

 

This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this document and the 2002 audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003.

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Captaris’ actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the factors described below and under the caption “Factors that May Affect Our Business, Future Operating Results, Financial Condition and Market Price of Our Stock” set forth at the end of this Item 2. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Form 10-Q.

 

Restatement

 

The accompanying management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations gives effect to the restatement of the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 as described in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Overview

 

The Company is a leading provider of business communication software solutions for medium and large-sized enterprises, which the Company considers to be primarily enterprises with 250-5,000 employees. The Company provides flexible, cost-effective products for information delivery, unified communications, and mobile business solutions. These products address the electronic document (e-document) delivery, fax server, unified messaging, voice messaging, and mobile wireless markets and are distributed primarily through independent distributors and value-added resellers worldwide. The Company’s products run on industry standard server hardware, support Windows-based operating systems, and interface with a wide variety of leading enterprise applications and telephony and computer equipment. The Company also offers an e-document delivery service, including both broadcast fax and permission-based e-mail services. These services are offered to customers primarily through a direct sales force.

 

The Company’s product lines include e-document delivery and unified communications products, as well as, outsourced e-document delivery services. The Company’s computer-oriented product lines target the fax server and production fax markets and focus on high-performance fax processing and unified messaging, as well as Internet, corporate intranet and phone-based information access. The Company’s telephony-oriented product lines serve the messaging markets and focus on voice and call processing, unified messaging, and personal and workgroup call management. E-document delivery services target the outsourced mass fax and permission e-mail markets for time-critical business-to-business (B2B) communications. These services include high-volume, IP fax and e-mail broadcast and merge offerings, fax reply and fax-on-demand applications as well as industry-specific services and custom workflow solutions for unique customer requirements.

 

The Company sells its products primarily through an indirect channel of resellers and distributors, as well as through direct sales, OEM and private label agreements. The Company’s data oriented enhanced fax products include RightFax and RightFax Enterprise, the Company’s LAN-based fax server lines for Windows based operating systems, and the RightFax Production System, a high-volume production-oriented server that enables fax and other forms of electronic transmission for electronic commerce applications. The Company’s telephony-oriented products include: CallXpress, and CallXpress Enterprise, a multi-application, high capacity voice and unified messaging platform and PhoneXpress, a full-featured advanced messaging system for small to medium-sized enterprises. The Company’s e-document delivery services, branded under the name MediaLinq, offer high-volume, simultaneous delivery of fax and e-mail documents via the Web, from desktop software or a fax machine.

 

Intention to Sell CallXpress Business of the Company

 

In July of 2003, the Company announced its intention to sell substantially all of its CallXpress product line, which primarily includes the Company’s voice and unified messaging business. Except as specifically set forth below, the discussions below, including any forward looking statements, do not contemplate the impact of any such sale on the Company’s results of operations for 2003, and beyond, as we are unable to predict the impact of the potential sale of the CallXpress business until we reach a definitive agreement and understand the related terms and timing of such a transaction. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a sale transaction on acceptable terms or that the Company will realize the benefits of any such transaction. In addition, depending on the terms of any sale transaction, the Company may incur restructuring and other sale related charges that could have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations in the quarter or year in which such charges are incurred.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The Company derives net sales primarily from initial sales of software and licenses, outsourced e-document delivery services as well as follow-on sales of add-on software modules and product upgrades. Sales to resellers, distributors and end-users are recognized when the products are shipped unless the sale includes acceptance provisions. Sales of fully integrated systems are no longer significant. The Company continues to distribute both fax and voice circuit boards with a significant number of its software product sales for which the Company receives a margin significantly less, particularly with respect to the hardware associated with its voice messaging products, than the margin on its software products. The sales mix among the Company’s product categories and the circuit board content of its product sales affect both net sales and gross margin. Additionally, the Company receives maintenance fees for providing technical support and/or product upgrades. The Company recognizes maintenance revenue ratably over the life of the maintenance contract. Revenue from outsourced e-document delivery services is recognized at the time the service is provided.

 

Net Sales and Gross Margin

 

    

Quarter
ended

June 30,

2003


  

% of
total

net
sales


    Change
from prior
year
quarter


   

Quarter

ended

June 30,
2002


  

% of
total

net
sales


 
     (in thousands)  

Net Sales:

                                  

E-document products

   $ 15,444    64.2 %   $ 2,939     $ 12,505    55.0 %

Other software products

     2,695    11.2       (1,567 )     4,262    18.7  
    

  

 


 

  

Total software products

     18,139    75.4       1,372       16,767    73.7  

E-document services

     5,909    24.6       (72 )     5,981    26.3  
    

  

 


 

  

Total net sales

   $ 24,048    100.0 %   $ 1,300       22,748    100.0 %

Gross Margin:

                                  

Software products

   $ 11,699          $ 956     $ 10,743       

E-document services

     3,766            (55 )     3,821       
    

        


 

      

Total gross margin

   $ 15,465    64.3 %   $ 901     $ 14,564    64.0 %
    

  

 


 

  

    

Six months
ended

June 30,

2003


  

% of
total

net
sales


    Change
from prior
year
period


   

Six months

ended

June 30,
2002


  

% of
total

net
sales


 
     (in thousands)  

Net Sales:

                                  

E-document products

   $ 28,803    63.1 %   $ 4,088     $ 24,715    55.8 %

Other software products

     5,036    11.0       (2,816 )     7,852    17.7  
    

  

 


 

  

Total software products

     33,839    74.1       1,272       32,567    73.5  

E-document services

     11,819    25.9       95       11,724    26.5  
    

  

 


 

  

Total net sales

   $ 45,658    100.0 %   $ 1,367       44,291    100.0 %

Gross Margin:

                                  

Software products

   $ 21,595          $ 1,119     $ 20,476       

E-document services

     7,578            111       7,467       
    

        


 

      

Total gross margin

   $ 29,173    63.9 %   $ 1,230     $ 27,943    63.1 %
    

  

 


 

  

 

Net Sales

 

E-document product sales, which represent sales of the Company’s RightFax products and related maintenance and upgrade revenues, increased 23.5% and 16.5% over the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively. Management attributes this increase in sales to a renewed focus on, and investment in, marketing efforts that began in the prior year and continued into 2003. E-document product sales were primarily generated through the Company’s indirect channel of distributors. The decline in other software products net sales is attributable to a decline in demand for the Company’s messaging products. The Company believes demand for these messaging products has been slow industry-wide, and that net sales for messaging products has been negatively impacted by levels of IT spending and continued softness in telephony related spending in general. In July of 2003, the Company announced its intention to sell substantially all of the assets of its CallXpress business, which consists of the Company’s messaging products. Net sales of mobility products are also included in other software products and continue to be insignificant.

 

The Company did not receive a payment, nor did it recognize revenue, from its OEM agreement with Cisco Systems during the first or second quarters of 2003. Revenue from this agreement was $98,000 and $588,000 in the first and second quarters of 2002, respectively. The company currently expects to receive at least one payment from Cisco in the second half of 2003. However, the timing and amount of future payments are subject to a number of conditions, some of which are beyond the control of the Company and there can be no assurance that any additional payments will be made. In particular, any future payments, including the payments we expect to receive in the second half of 2003, depend on Cisco’s ability to successfully implement the technology. In addition, under certain conditions Cisco may accelerate the payments at a discounted rate or terminate the license and make no further payments.

 

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E-document services net sales are derived from the Company’s MediaLinq services group that is a provider of outsourced broadcast fax and permission email services. Net sales of these services decreased 1.2% over the second quarter of 2002 and increased nominally over the six months ended June 30, 2002. Outsourced volume grew but was offset by pricing pressures in the second quarter. Historically, the industry has been susceptible to pricing pressures. There can be no assurances regarding future pricing trends.

 

International sales increased 12.0% over the second quarter of 2002 and represented 17.5% and 16.5% of total net sales for the second quarter of 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

International sales increased 8.1% over the six months ended June 30, 2002 and represented 18.7% and 17.8% of total net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and for the six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively.

 

Gross Profit

 

The increase in gross margin is attributable to favorable product mix, which contained a greater portion of higher margin RightFax product sales. The Company expects gross margin percentages to remain relatively constant and could increase later in the year depending on the amount and timing of future revenues from the Company’s OEM agreement with Cisco Systems. Realization of revenue from the Cisco OEM agreement has a material impact on the Company’s margin percentage as this revenue carries a significantly higher margin than normal product and service sales.

 

Research and Development

 

    

Quarter
ended

June 30,
2003


   Change
from
2002


   Quarter
ended
June 30,
2002


   Six
months
ended
June 30,
2003


   Change
from
2002


   Six
months
ended
June 30,
2002


     (in thousands)

Research and development

   $ 2,858    $ 109    $ 2,749    $ 5,663    $ 216    $ 5,447

 

Research and development costs were 11.9% and 12.1% of sales in the second quarter of 2003 and 2002, respectively. The percentage decrease in such expenses is nominal and represents normal fluctuation in spending. Research and development costs are expected to remain relatively constant throughout 2003.

 

Selling, General and Administrative

 

     Quarter
ended
June 30,
2003


   Change
from
2002


    Quarter
ended
June 30,
2002


   Six
months
ended
June 30,
2003


   Change
from
2002


    Six
months
ended
June 30,
2002


     (in thousands)

Selling, general and administrative

   $ 11,140    $ (1,444 )   $ 12,584    $ 23,287    $ (1,392 )   $ 24,679

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales declined to 46.3% and 51.0% for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2003 when compared to the same periods in 2002. This decline in expenses reflects the benefits resulting from changes in the Company’s business model and staffing levels in prior periods. The Company anticipates such levels of spending to remain relatively constant throughout 2003.

 

Impairment of Intangible Assets

 

On January 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. SFAS No. 144 develops one accounting model for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. In the second quarter of 2002, the Company engaged an independent valuation firm to provide an estimated fair value of each of its intangible, long-lived assets using a discounted cash flow model. The determination of fair value is a critical and complex consideration when assessing impairment under SFAS No. 144 that involves significant assumptions and estimates. These assumptions and estimates were based on the Company’s best judgments. The Company determined that certain intangible assets acquired from Infinite Technologies in January 2001 were impaired. Accordingly, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $5.5 million for the mobile delivery reporting unit in the second quarter of 2002. This impairment charge consisted of a write-down of core technology of approximately $2.4 million, a write-down of customer base and marketing channel of approximately $2.2 million and a write-down of tradename of approximately $849,000.

 

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Restructuring Charges

 

In January 2002, the Company announced a reduction of its workforce, affecting approximately 90 employees, or 18% of the total Company workforce. This reduction in force, primarily affecting the software products segment, resulted in the recognition of a restructuring charge of $2.1 million related to severance, impairment of certain assets and non-cancelable lease obligations. All costs associated with this reduction in force were paid as of December 31, 2002.

 

Patent Settlement with AudioFax

 

In April 2002, the Company entered into a nonexclusive license agreement with AudioFax IP LLC, settling a patent infringement suit filed by AudioFax on November 30, 2001. The Company paid a one-time fee to license the technology until the patents expire in 2008 and 2011. In the first quarter of 2002, the Company recorded a charge of $875,000, included in other charges, reflecting management’s assessment of the fair value of the portion of the license fee that relates to prior years. The balance of the license fee, the amount of which is confidential, was capitalized and is being amortized over the remaining life of the licensor’s patents. Amortization expense in each of the first and second quarters of 2003 was $22,000.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

During the second quarter of 2001, the Company offered a limited non-compulsory exchange of employee stock options on a less than one-for-one basis. The exchange (which closed on July 10, 2001) resulted in the voluntary cancellation of employee stock options to purchase 3,135,720 shares of our common stock with varying exercise prices greater than $10.00 per share in exchange for 1,286,790 employee stock options with an exercise price of $2.11. The option exchange offer resulted in variable accounting treatment for a total of 1,993,250 options, representing the 1,286,790 new options granted in the exchange as well as all employee options modified during the year. Variable accounting treatment will result in charges or credits, recorded to “Stock-based compensation”, dependent on fluctuations in quoted prices for the Company’s common stock, multiplied by the number of stock options subject to variable accounting that are outstanding for the period, neither of which can be predicted. At June 30, 2003 and 2002 the Company had 1,194,057 and 1,538,797 options to purchase common shares subject to variable accounting. The Company recorded a charge of $673,000 and a benefit of $410,000 for the second quarter of 2003 and 2002, respectively. The net impact of variable accounting resulted in a charge of $1,297,000 and a benefit of $614,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Other Income, Net

 

The decline in interest income was driven by the decrease in interest rates on invested funds. Assuming interest rates remain at recent levels, the Company expects interest income to further decline, as rates on maturing investments are greater than rates currently available.

 

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

The effective income tax expense (benefit) rate for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003 was 35%, which is the estimated annual effective tax rate.

 

Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle

 

Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangibles Assets, which eliminates the amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, addresses the amortization of intangible assets with finite lives, and addresses impairment testing and recognition for goodwill and intangible assets. The company evaluated its other intangible assets, including core technology, customer lists, and other and determined that these assets have finite lives. Additionally, a $2.7 million non-cash charge was recognized as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle as a result of the impairment of goodwill. SFAS No. 142 prescribes an impairment testing of goodwill to be performed at least annually. The Company completed this annual evaluation during the first quarter of 2003 noting no additional impairment.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash generated by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2003 was $4.0 million and was driven primarily by positive receivable trends and changes in other working capital accounts. The accounts receivable collection period was approximately 55 days at June 30, 2003. Cash used by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2002 was $1.1 million due primarily to the loss from operations. The accounts receivable collection period was approximately 60 days at June 30, 2002. The Company faces credit risks with customers and partners in its distribution model and therefore maintains appropriate accruals for such exposures, while continuing to closely monitor reserves. Net accounts receivables decreased from $17.8 million at December 31, 2002 to $15.2 million at June 30, 2003.

 

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During the quarter ended June 30, 2003, the Company repurchased 54,800 common shares for a total of $177,000, or an average of $3.23 per share pursuant to the Company’s ongoing stock repurchase program. In July 2003, the Board of Directors of the Company allocated an additional $5 million in funds for the Company’s share repurchase program. Funds available to repurchase shares currently total approximately $15 million. The company may repurchase shares in the future subject to open trading windows, overall market conditions, stock prices and the Company’s cash position and requirements going forward. Captaris intends to provide updates on the status of its repurchase program each quarter in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The Company expects that its current cash, short-term investments, and available bank line of credit will provide sufficient working capital for operations for the foreseeable future.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of June 30, 2003 and the effect such obligations are expected to have on liquidity in future periods:

 

     Payments Due by Period

     (in thousands)

Contractual Obligations


   Total

  

Less
than 1

year


   1-3
years


   3-5
years


  

After 5

years


Operating Lease Obligations

   $ 6,604    $ 1,917    $ 2,858    $ 1,829    —  

Co-op advertising

     309      309      —        —      —  

 

At June 30, 2003, the Company had a $4.0 million unsecured revolving line of credit, of which $2.0 million was available for unsecured borrowings and $2.0 million dollars was reserved for letters of credit. As of June 30, 2003, the Company utilized $1.0 million of its letter of credit capacity in conjunction with its corporate headquarters lease. The Company has placed $1.0 million in a restricted certificate of deposit with the bank that supports the letter of credit. The Company did not borrow under its line of credit during the year ended December 31, 2002 and did not borrow in the six months ended June 30, 2003. The line expires in August 2004, and contains certain financial covenants and restrictions as to various matters, including restrictions on the Company’s ability to pay cash dividends without the bank’s prior approval. Borrowings under the line of credit bear interest at the bank’s prime rate or, at the Company’s option, the one, two, three or six month LIBOR rate plus 1.50%.

 

The Company periodically receives letters and other communications from third parties asserting patent rights and requesting royalty payments, and will probably receive additional claims in the future. For example, over the past six years, the Company has been involved in intermittent communications with Avaya, which was spun off from Lucent Technologies in 2001. Over this period of time, Lucent/Avaya asserted that the Company was infringing on their patents or technology, eventually identifying 10 patents as including claims that allegedly cover the Company’s current or former products and/or services. Several communications and meetings between the Company and Lucent/Avaya have occurred. The Company has also been in communication with BellSouth since December of 2001, at which time BellSouth asserted that the Company was infringing on two of its patents. Analysis of both patents in light of the Company’s current and former products/services is still underway. The last communication with representatives of BellSouth was on June 19, 2003. The ultimate outcome of these matters cannot presently be determined. Accordingly, the ultimate resolution of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, cash flow and results of operations.

 

FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS, FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS,

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND MARKET PRICE OF OUR STOCK

 

The following factors may materially adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations. In that event, the trading price of the Company’s common stock could decline and shareholders may lose part or all of their investment, therefore, shareholders should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision.

 

Our stock price may be highly volatile.

 

The market price of our common stock may continue to be highly volatile. The future price of our common stock may fluctuate in response to factors involving our competitors, or us, such as

 

  new product announcements or changes in product pricing policies;

 

  quarterly fluctuations in our operating results;

 

  announcements of technical innovations;

 

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  announcements relating to strategic relationships or acquisitions;

 

  changes in earnings estimates by securities analysts; and

 

  general conditions in the economy, levels of IT spending and/or the computer-telephony market.

 

In addition, the market prices of securities issued by many companies, particularly in high-technology industries, are volatile for reasons unrelated to the operating performance of the specific companies. This industry volatility, along with broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

Our operating results fluctuate from quarter to quarter, which could cause our operating results to fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors.

 

We expect our operating results to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter in the future. Because of these fluctuations, our operating results for a particular quarter may fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. If this occurs, the trading price of our common stock may decline. Such fluctuations could cause period-to-period comparisons to be less than meaningful. Numerous factors contribute to the unpredictability of our operating results, including

 

  the timing of customers’ orders;

 

  changes in our mix of products and distribution channels;

 

  the announcement or introduction of new products by us or our competitors;

 

  pricing pressures; and

 

  general economic conditions.

 

Most of our software product revenue comes from current-quarter orders and sales, of which a substantial portion has, at times, occurred in the last month of the quarter. We do not maintain a large backlog of orders, and most of our distributors maintain little or no inventory. Order fulfillment cycles are typically short, and often as short as one to two days. Accordingly, the timing of customer orders can cause significant variations in quarterly results of operations. Because we sell our products to end-customers through various third parties such as telephone system manufacturers, value-added resellers, telephone interconnect resellers, and others, we are unable to project with certainty the actual orders, sales, and revenues these third parties will generate in a given quarter. The combination of these factors impairs and delays our ability to know when revenues and earnings will be higher or lower than expected. We base product development and other operating expenses on our expected revenues. Because our expenses are relatively fixed in the short term, we may be unable to adjust our spending in time to compensate for any unexpected shortfall in quarterly revenues.

 

Our revenue, and therefore our results of operations, may also fluctuate based on the amount of revenue, if any, we receive pursuant to our original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc. Under the agreement, the Company has granted Cisco an exclusive third-party license to certain enabling technology. The agreement generally provides for quarterly payments to be made by Cisco to the Company through mid-2005. The Company received a payment of $833,000 in 2001 and received payments totaling $2.5 million in 2002. The Company recognized $3.3 million in revenue from this agreement in 2002. The Company received no payments and recognized no revenue in the first or second quarters of 2003. The timing and amount of any future payments under the agreement are subject to a number of conditions, some of which are beyond our control. In particular, any future payments, including any payments we expect to receive in the second half of 2003, depend on Cisco’s ability to successfully implement the technology. In addition, under certain conditions, Cisco may accelerate the payments at a discounted rate or terminate the license and make no further payments. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that any additional payments will be made under the agreement or that any payments that are made will be made on the schedule we anticipate, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations generally or in a particular quarter.

 

Our operating results may vary by season, which could cause our operating results to fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors.

 

Our results of operations may fluctuate as a result of seasonal factors, and this may cause our operating results to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors for a particular quarter. Specifically, due to typical year-end dealer sales patterns and end-user buying patterns, net product sales in our first quarter, without taking into account the effect of acquisitions, have historically declined from the fourth quarter of the previous year. Historically, the services segment has experienced seasonally low net sales in the fourth quarter as a result of the impact of the holiday season on broadcast fax and email services.

 

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We depend on third parties for certain key components of our products and for certain services necessary to the delivery of our broadcast fax and email services.

 

Our products operate on standard computer hardware, most of which is readily available. However, only two domestic suppliers can provide fax processing circuit boards to meet our specifications. In addition, only three domestic suppliers can provide voice-processing circuit boards to meet our specifications. Historically, we have relied almost exclusively on Brooktrout, Inc. for fax cards and on Dialogic Corporation (now a division of Intel Corporation) for voice cards. We rely on these suppliers primarily because of volume price discounts and the cost and effort required to develop software for an alternate fax or voice card. Significant changes in technology, issues regarding quality performance, delays, interruptions or reductions in our supply of fax or voice cards, or unfavorable changes to price and delivery terms could adversely affect our business.

 

In the Company’s services segment, we are dependent on long distance service providers to provide access to the PSTN and on ISP’s to provide access to the Internet.

 

We rely heavily on telephone system manufacturers, independent equipment resellers and value-added resellers.

 

A substantial majority of our net sales depends on a network of computer-oriented value-added resellers and independent telephone equipment resellers. There is intense competition for the attention of these resellers from our competitors and from providers of other products distributed through these channels. Many of these resellers do not have the financial resources to withstand a downturn in their businesses. We may not be able to maintain or expand our network of resellers in the future. Moreover, our resellers may not maintain or expand their present level of efforts to sell our products. If we lose a major dealer or reseller, or if our dealers and resellers lose interest in selling our products, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

 

Failure to establish and maintain strategic relationships could limit our ability to maintain or increase sales.

 

Creating and maintaining strategic relationships is important to our success because these relationships enable us to market and distribute our products to a larger customer base than we could otherwise reach through our direct marketing efforts. We currently have strategic relationships with Ericsson, IBM (Lotus), Verizon, Xerox Corporation, Cisco Systems and others. However, we may not be successful in creating new strategic relationships on acceptable terms, if at all. Moreover, although we view our strategic relationships as an important factor in the successful commercialization of our products and services, our current strategic partners may not view their relationships with us as significant for their own businesses and any one of them could reassess their commitment to us in the future. Further, our strategic relationships are generally non-exclusive, which means our strategic partners may develop relationships with some of our competitors. Failure of one or more of our strategic partners to successfully develop and sustain a market for our services, or the termination of one or more of our strategic relationships, could adversely affect our ability to maintain or increase sales.

 

Additionally, our strategic partners from time to time require us to customize our products and/or develop further enhancements or capabilities. If we are unable to meet these requests in a timely manner, our relationships with our partners and operating results could be negatively impacted.

 

Our market is highly competitive.

 

The business communications market is highly competitive. We may not have the financial resources, marketing, distribution and service capability, and depth of key personnel or technological knowledge to continue to compete successfully in each of our markets.

 

We believe the main competitive factors affecting our business are breadth and quality of application software, product integration, ability to respond to technological change, quality of our sales force, price, size of the installed base, level of customer support and professional services.

 

In the market for LAN-based fax systems, our principal competitors are Esker, S.A., ACCPAC International, Inc., TOPCALL International AG, Omtool, Ltd., Optus Software, Inc., and Biscom, Inc. Our fax server products also compete with vendors offering a range of alternative fax solutions, including operating systems containing fax and document transmission features, low-end fax modem products, desktop fax software, single-platform fax software products and customized proprietary software solutions. In the market for production fax systems, our principal competitors are Biscom, Inc., Esker, S.A. and Topcall International AG. In the e-document delivery services market, the Company’s services segment, principal competitors are the Xpedite division of PTEK Holdings, telecommunications companies who provide fax services and other regionally-based specialty providers. Competitors to our mobility offerings include companies such as Research In Motion Limited, Microsoft Corporation (Mobile Information Server-MIS), IBM Corporation (International Business Machine’s Lotus Domino Everyplace), Aether Systems, Inc., Wireless Knowledge, Fenestrae BV, Mobeon AB, and Openwave Systems, Inc.

 

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In the telephony-oriented market for messaging systems, our principal competitors include PBX manufacturers like Avaya, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Interactive Intelligence, Inc., Mitel Corporation, NEC America, Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation and Siemens. In addition, there are independent suppliers of computer-telephony solutions such as Cycos AG, Esna Technologies, Inc., and Teleware plc, who offer integrated voice-messaging systems and unified messaging systems that integrate with multiple PBX products, sold independently or as an OEM offering.

 

Further acceptance of open systems architectures and the development of industry standards in the call processing market may eliminate some of the technical barriers to entry, allowing additional competitors to enter the market. Many of our existing competitors have larger customer and installed bases and substantially greater technical, financial and marketing resources than the Company. In addition, some of our competitors have a marketing advantage because they can sell their call processing equipment or fax solutions as part of their broader product offerings. We believe our business has been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by the introduction of next-generation IP-PBX switches as potential customers delay purchasing decisions as they evaluate these new product offerings. We expect our competitors will continue to offer improved product technologies and capabilities. The availability of these products could cause sales of our existing products to decline. For these reasons, we may be unable to compete successfully against our current and future competitors.

 

Technology and customer demands change rapidly in our industry.

 

In our industry, technology and customer demands change rapidly, and the Company and its competitors frequently introduce new products and features. To succeed, we must identify, develop and market new products, features and services that achieve broad market acceptance by satisfying those changing customer needs and keeping pace with those technological developments. To do this, we must spend substantial funds on product development. We regularly devote significant resources to technologies that we anticipate will be widely adopted. The market for unified messaging software has not developed at the rate forecasted by many industry analysts. The market for mobile business solutions is relatively new and has, to date, not developed at the rate originally anticipated. To be successful, we must, among other things, develop and market products and services that achieve broad market acceptance. We may not be able to develop new products or product enhancements on a timely basis. Even if we do, the market may not accept the new products, product enhancements, or hosted services that we develop and accordingly, the results of our operations may be adversely affected.

 

We face risks from expansion of our international operations.

 

Maintaining or growing our revenue depends, in part, on continued expansion of our international product sales. We have focused significant management attention and financial resources on our international operations. Significant portions of our revenues are subject to the risks associated with international sales, which include

 

  difficulty adapting products to local languages and telephone system technology;

 

  inability to respond to changes in regulatory requirements;

 

  inability to meet special standards requirements;

 

  exposure to exchange rate fluctuations;

 

  tariffs and other trade barriers;

 

  difficulties in staffing and managing international operations;

 

  potentially adverse tax consequences; and

 

  uncertainties arising from local business practices and cultural considerations.

 

In addition, the laws of some foreign countries are uncertain or do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the U.S. Moreover, we could be sued for patent infringement or other intellectual property violations in a foreign country where it could be very costly to defend such a lawsuit.

 

Currently, substantially all of our sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. We do price our international sales to the United Kingdom and to participating European Community countries in U.K. Pounds and the Euro, respectively. Increases in the value of the dollar against any local currencies could cause our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country or region, leading to reduced sales or profitability in that country or region. As we continue to expand our international operations, we expect our non-U.S.-dollar-denominated sales and our exposure to gains and losses on international currency transactions to increase. We do not currently engage in transactions to hedge against the risk of currency fluctuations, but we may do so in the future.

 

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Our investment in the mobile business solutions market, which is an unproven market, may not be successful.

 

In March 2001, we announced that we were expanding our business strategy to focus on the mobile business solutions market, which we believed to be a potential higher-growth opportunity. We continue to believe that this market is likely to develop over time, but it has been slower to develop than we anticipated. Certain early entrants to this market have not achieved their publicly forecasted financial results. While we will continue to invest in this strategy, we have slowed our investment rate and intend to invest cautiously until the market develops. There can be no assurance that we will realize a return on our past or future investment in this unproven mobile business solutions market.

 

In the future, if the market for mobile business solutions develops, competing in this market would likely require an increase in our development and marketing efforts disproportionate to potential revenue streams. Accordingly, the results of our operations may be negatively impacted. Moreover, future focus on this strategy could disrupt our other operations and distract management, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. We cannot guarantee that the demand for mobile business solutions will develop in the future, that new technologies will not cause the market to evolve in a manner different from what we expect or that we will be able to obtain a leadership position if this market opportunity develops.

 

Our average sales prices may decline for some of our products and hosted services.

 

If the average sales prices of our more significant product lines decline, our overall gross margins will likely decline. To offset and forestall potential declines in average sales prices, we must continue to develop product enhancements and new products with advanced features that are likely to generate higher-margin incremental revenue. If we are unable to do so in a timely manner, or if our products do not achieve significant customer acceptance, our business, results of operations and financial condition may suffer.

 

Additionally, we have experienced, as have others in the broadcast fax and permission e-mail markets, pricing pressure for our services. To compensate for potential declines in average pricing, we must continue to develop additional value added services and seek reductions in our costs from various third party access providers.

 

The integration of recent and any future acquisitions may be difficult and disruptive.

 

We frequently evaluate potential acquisitions of products, technologies and businesses. Since January 1997, we have completed five strategic acquisitions, including the January 2001 acquisition of Infinite Technologies. Our recent and any future acquisitions may direct management’s attention away from the day-to-day operations of our business and may pose numerous other risks. For instance, we may not be able to successfully integrate any technologies, products, personnel or operations of companies that we may acquire.

 

In making acquisitions, we may need to make dilutive issuances of our equity securities, incur debt, write-off purchased in-process research and development, and amortize expenses related to other intangible assets.

 

The discontinuance or divestiture of any of our product lines or operating units may be necessary and could be disruptive.

 

The Company believes that to maximize profitability and shareholder return, it must place a greater emphasis on focusing its resources on strategic products and services. The Company regularly evaluates its product lines and operating units not only for their contribution to current results, but also for their potential for benefiting the Company long-term. Based upon the results of such evaluations, the Company may discontinue, divest or take other actions to improve the performance of product lines and/or operating units. In July 2003, we announced our intention to sell substantially all of the assets relating to our CallXpress product line. The discontinuance or divestiture of a product line, including CallXpress, or an operating unit, could cause disruption in our operations and may be distracting to management or our workforce in general. Although any such actions would be designed to improve our long-term results of operations, our near term results could suffer. In addition, there can be no assurance that we would realize the benefits of any such disposition or divestiture.

 

We may be unable to adequately protect our proprietary rights.

 

To succeed, we must adequately protect our proprietary technology. We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secret laws, nondisclosure and other agreements, and technical measures to protect our proprietary technology, but those measures may be insufficient. We have seven patents, but our competitors may challenge or circumvent the claims in our patents. Our current patents, or any future patents, may never provide us with any competitive advantages. Other measures that we take to protect our proprietary technology may not prevent or deter misappropriation of our technology or the development of technologies with similar characteristics. Moreover, our use of open systems architecture in the design of our products may make it easier for competitors to misappropriate or replicate our designs and developments.

 

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Other companies may claim that we infringe their intellectual property or proprietary rights, which could cause us to incur significant expenses or be prevented from selling our products.

 

Our success depends on our ability to operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of third parties. Product development is inherently uncertain in a rapidly evolving technological environment in which there may be numerous patent applications pending, many of which are confidential when filed, with regard to similar technologies. Historically, competitors in the computer-telephony software industry have filed numerous allegations of patent infringement, resulting in considerable litigation. We have received claims of patent infringement from several third parties and will probably receive additional claims in the future. Any litigation, regardless of our success, would probably be costly and require significant time and attention of our key management and technical personnel. Litigation could also force us to

 

  stop or delay selling, or using, products that use the challenged intellectual property;

 

  pay damages for infringement;

 

  obtain licenses, which may be unavailable on acceptable terms; or

 

  redesign products or services that use the infringing technology.

 

We may not be able to hire and retain highly skilled employees, which could affect our ability to compete effectively.

 

To succeed, we must attract and retain key personnel in engineering, research and development, marketing, sales, finance and administration. We also depend, to a significant degree, on the efforts of our senior management team. If we fail to recruit such personnel or lose the services of existing key personnel in any functional area, our current operations and new product development efforts could be adversely affected. Competition for skilled personnel is intense. Past reductions in force and any additional reductions in force we undertake may adversely impact employee morale and impair our ability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel. We do not maintain material key person life insurance.

 

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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The Company is exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, each of which could adversely affect the value of the Company’s investments. The Company does not currently use derivative financial instruments.

 

The Company maintains an investment portfolio consisting primarily of investment grade interest bearing securities. These securities are classified as “available for sale” securities. The interest bearing securities are subject to interest rate risk and will decline in value if market interest rates increase. If market interest rates were to increase immediately and uniformly by 10% from levels at June 30, 2003, the fair value of the portfolio would decline by an immaterial amount. Because the Company has the ability to hold its fixed income investments until maturity, it does not expect its operating results or cash flows to be affected to any material degree by a sudden change in market interest rates on its securities portfolio.

 

The Company has assets and liabilities denominated in certain foreign currencies related to the Company’s international sales operations. The Company has not hedged its translation risk on these currencies as the Company has the ability to hold its foreign-currency denominated assets indefinitely and does not expect that a sudden or significant change in foreign exchange rates would have a material impact on future net income or cash flows.

 

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

In July 2002, the Company engaged new independent accountants, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), to audit the Company’s 2002 financial statements. In addition, in October 2002, the Company engaged D&T to audit the Company’s 2001 restated financial statements. In connection with the completion of its audit of, and the issuance of an unqualified report on, the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, D&T advised management of the Company and the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors of certain deficiencies that existed in the design or operation of the Company’s internal accounting controls which, considered collectively, constituted a material weakness in the Company’s internal controls pursuant to standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. These deficiencies included the design of controls surrounding timely reconciliation of accounts and supervision and monitoring of staff that have significant roles in internal control.

 

The Company has taken appropriate steps to correct the deficiencies identified by D&T and implemented improvements to its policies, procedures, systems and staff who have significant roles in internal control to address these matters. The steps taken to correct the weaknesses and deficiencies identified by D&T (1) constitute changes to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter covered by this report and (2) may constitute changes that have materially affected the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”), the Company has evaluated the internal control weaknesses identified by D&T and the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation”). During the course of the Evaluation, the CEO and CFO took note of, and considered as part of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, the additional procedures performed and controls instituted by the Company to supplement its internal control over financial reporting in order to mitigate the effect of the weaknesses identified by D&T, including the steps taken by the Company to correct those weaknesses and deficiencies. Based on the Evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, including the additional procedures, are effective as of the end of the quarter to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the appropriate time periods.

 

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Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceeding

 

As reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, on September 25, 2002, Lan-Aces, Inc. filed a complaint in the District Court of Harris County, Texas against the Company seeking damages of $600,000 plus attorney’s fees for breach of contract. The Company removed the action to Federal Court in the Southern District of Texas on October 18, 2002. On January 23, 2003, Lan-Aces, Inc. filed an amended complaint adding unspecified statutory damages under the Copyright Act. The amended complaint alleged that the Company either breached an alleged agreement between the plaintiff and Infinite Technologies, Inc., or infringed plaintiff’s copyright, with respect to software incorporated in the “MailandNews.com” website, a free Internet service acquired as part of the Infinite Technologies acquisition and subsequently transferred to an unrelated third party. In July 2003, the matter was resolved by settlement between the parties, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay an immaterial amount to the plaintiff. Pursuant to the settlement, the case has been dismissed.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Captaris, Inc. was held on May 22, 2003. A total of 27,107,334 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting, which comprised 89.56% of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on March 28, 2003, the record date for the meeting.

 

At the meeting, David P. Anastasi and James S. Campbell were elected to serve as directors of the Company for a term of three years until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2006. The vote was as follows:

 

Name


   For

   Withheld

David P. Anastasi

   26,651,408    455,926

James S. Campbell

   26,955,422    151,912

 

There were no broker non-votes in the election of directors since brokers who hold shares for the accounts of their clients have discretionary authority to vote such shares with respect to election of directors.

 

The terms of the following directors continued after the annual meeting:

 

Bruce L. Crockett

Robert F. Gilb

John A. Kelley, Jr.

Richard LaPorte

Robert L. Lovely

 

Thomas M. Murnane was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2003. Mr. Murnane will serve until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2004.

 

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

  (a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description


31.1    Rule 13a-14(a) Certification (Chief Executive Officer)
31.2    Rule 13a-14(a) Certification (Chief Financial Officer)
32.1    Section 1350 Certification (Chief Executive Officer)
32.2    Section 1350 Certification (Chief Financial Officer)

 

  (b) Reports on Form 8-K

 

The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (Items 7 and 9) on May 8, 2003 relating to its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on the 12th day of March 2004.

 

CAPTARIS, INC.
By:   /s/    PETER. PAPANO        
   
   

Peter Papano

Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary

 

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