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Form 8-K MAGICJACK VOCALTEC LTD For: May 13

May 13, 2016 4:45 PM EDT


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 


FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2016

MAGICJACK VOCALTEC LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Israel
000-27648
 
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
12 HAOMANUT STREET, 1ST FLOOR
POLEG INDUSTRIAL ZONE, NETANYA, ISRAEL 4250445
 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Telephone: (561) 749-2255
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 

 


Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.02.  Result of Operations and Financial Condition

On May 10, 2016, magicJack Vocaltec Ltd. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.  The Company held a conference call on May 10, 2016 to discuss these financial results, a transcript of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2.

In its press release, the Company included non-GAAP financial measures, as defined in Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The press release sets forth the reasons the Company believes that presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding the Company's financial condition and results of operations.  A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is also included in the press release.

The information in this Item 2.02 (including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Section 7 – Regulation FD

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 10, 2016, the Company announced plans to change its place of incorporation to the U.S. from Israel.  A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.3.

Important Additional Information About the Redomestication

This Form 8-K may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed redomestication.  The proposed redomestication will be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for their consideration. In connection with the proposed redomestication, the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement. Shareholders of the Company are urged to read the proxy statement when it becomes available and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. Shareholders of the Company will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement, as well as other filings containing information about the Company at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the proxy statement and the SEC filings that will be incorporated by reference in the proxy statement can be obtained, free of charge, by directing a request to Investor Relations, (561) 749-2255, 12 Haomanut Street, 1st Floor, Poleg Industrial Area, Netanya, Israel 4250445.

The Company and its directors, executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding the Company's directors and executive officers is available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2015, which was filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.

 
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The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.3) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
 
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Exhibit
   
Number
Description
 
     
99.1
Press release, dated May 10, 2016, announcing financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.
 
99.2
Transcript of earnings call held on May 10, 2016.
 
99.3
Press release, dated May 10, 2016, announcing the Company's plans to redomesticate to the U.S.
 

 
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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 
By:
 /s/ Jose Gordo
 
 
Name:
Jose Gordo
 
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Date: May 13, 2016

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press release dated May 10, 2016.
99.2
Transcript of earnings call held on May 10, 2016
99.3
Press release dated May 10, 2016.
 
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Exhibit 99.1
 

NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com
 
MAGICJACK REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2016 FINANCIAL RESULTS

 
·
Total net revenues of $23.7 million, access rights renewal revenues were $15.2 million
 
·
GAAP operating income of $4.2 million, Adjusted EBITDA of $7.4 million
 
·
GAAP diluted EPS of $0.05, non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.34
 
·
Generated $6.9 million in free cash flow
 
·
Cash and cash equivalents of $45.5 million and no debt as of March 31, 2016
 
West Palm Beach, Fla. and Netanya, Israel, May 10, 2016 – magicJack VocalTec Ltd. (Nasdaq: CALL), a leading VoIP cloud-based communications and UCaaS company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

“We were pleased with our execution during the first quarter highlighted by our ability to generate strong free cash flow,” said Gerald Vento, President and CEO of magicJack VocalTec. “During the quarter, we made great progress with all of our growth initiatives while the addition of Broadsmart successfully diversified the company into UCaaS targeting high end SMB and enterprise customers.”

First Quarter 2016 Financial Highlights:

 
 
Net revenues: Total net revenues for the first quarter of 2016 were $23.7 million. Net revenues from the sales of magicJack devices were $3.6 million and access rights renewal revenues were $15.2 million, and accounted for 64% of total net revenues. Prepaid minute revenues were $1.7 million and access and wholesale charges were $1.4 million during the quarter. Broadsmart Global, Inc. contributed $0.5 million in revenues to the first quarter since the acquisition closed on March 17, 2016. Other revenue contributed the remaining $1.3 million of total net revenues during the first quarter of 2016.

 
Operating income: GAAP operating income for the first quarter of 2016 was $4.2 million.

 
Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2016 was $7.4 million.

 
Net income: GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2016 was $0.7 million or $0.05 GAAP diluted net income per share based on 15.6 million weighted-average diluted ordinary shares outstanding.

 
Non-GAAP net income: Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2016 was $5.3 million or $0.34 non-GAAP net income per share based on 15.6 million weighted-average diluted ordinary shares outstanding.

 
Cash and free cash flow: As of March 31, 2016, magicJack VocalTec had cash and cash equivalents of $45.5 million and no debt. During the first quarter of 2016, the company generated $6.9 million in free cash flow.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures, as well as the calculation of free cash flow has been provided in the tables included below in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Measures.”

 
 

 
 

NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com
 
Additional First Quarter 2016 and Recent Highlights:

 
As of March 31, 2016, magicJack had an estimated 2.34 million active MJ subscribers, which are defined as device users that are under an active subscription contract.

 
magicJack activated 112,000 subscribers during the first quarter of 2016. Activations are defined as devices that become activated on to a subscription contract during a given period.

 
During the quarter ended March 31, 2016, magicJack’s average monthly churn was 3.0%.
 
Quarterly Conference Call:

In conjunction with this announcement, magicJack VocalTec will host a conference call on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. EDT to review the company's financial results for the first quarter 2016. To access this call, dial 1-800-967-7140 (United States), or 1-719-457-2652 (international), with conference ID #4922571. A live webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the investor relations page of magicJack VocalTec's website at http://www.vocaltec.com and a recording will be archived and accessible at http://www.vocaltec.com/events.cfm. A recording of this conference call will also be available through May 24, 2016, by dialing 1-877-870-5176 (United States), or 1-858-384-5517 (international). The recording access code is #4922571.

About magicJack VocalTec Ltd.

magicJack VocalTec Ltd. (Nasdaq: CALL), the inventor of magicJack and a pioneer in Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and services, is a leading cloud communications company. With its easy-to-use, low cost solution for telecommunications, the Company has sold more than 11 million award-winning magicJack devices, now in its fifth generation, has millions of downloads of its free calling app, and holds more than 30 technology patents. magicJack is the largest-reaching CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) in the United States in terms of area codes available and number of states in which it is certified.

In March 2016, magicJack VocalTec Ltd. Acquired Broadsmart, a leading hosted UCaaS (Unified Communication as a Service) provider for medium-to-large multi-location enterprise customers. Broadsmart has a track record of designing, provisioning and delivering complex UCaaS solutions to blue chip corporate customers on a nationwide basis. Broadsmart has expertise in servicing enterprises with hundreds-to-thousands of locations.

 
 

 
 

NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com
 
Non-GAAP Measures

The GAAP measures shown in this release exclude various items detailed further below.

 
magicJack defines adjusted net revenues as net revenues minus the impact of certain tax matters.

 
magicJack defines adjusted EBITDA as GAAP operating income excluding: depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation, transaction related expenses, severance payments, transition costs related to introduction of a new device, the net change to provision for bad debt expense, a legal settlement and certain tax matters.

 
magicJack defines non-GAAP net income as GAAP net income excluding: share-based compensation, transaction related expenses, severance payments, transition costs related to introduction of a new device, the net change to provision for bad debt expense, a legal settlement, decrease in tax valuation allowance, foreign currency revaluations on tax assets, net uncertain tax positions, tax impact due to expiration of stock options and impact of income tax rate reduction in Israel.

 
magicJack defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures.

Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included with the financial information included in this press release. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP results, when shown in conjunction with corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends related to the company's results of operations. Further, management believes that these non-GAAP measures improve management's and investors' ability to compare the company's financial performance with other companies in the technology industry. Because these items vary significantly between companies, it is useful to compare results excluding these amounts as identified below.

 
 

 
 

NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com
 
Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, including statements about our projected cash flows, strategy, future operations, new product introductions and customer acceptance, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things: changes to our business resulting from increased competition; our ability to develop, introduce and market innovative products, services and applications; our ability to expand our network of retail partners and to increase sales of magicJack devices; our ability to successfully integrate the magicJack GO and magicJack Express devices with our mobile app; our ability to successfully monetize our products, services and applications and market them globally; delays in development we may experience with respect to magicJack devices, our mobile app, our first SMB product and Broadsmart’s products; our customer turnover rate and our customer acceptance rate; the risk that Broadsmart's assets will not be integrated successfully or that such integration may be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected; the risk that expected increased revenues and EBITDA and expected synergies from the Broadsmart acquisition may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the risk that magicjJack will experience any difficulty maintaining relationships with Broadsmart's customers, employees or suppliers; our ability to expand our network of small, medium-sized and large businesses; changes in general economic, business, political and regulatory conditions; availability and costs associated with operating our network and business and our ability to control costs; potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation, or from changes in the laws, regulations or policies; the degree of legal protection afforded to our products; changes in the composition or restructuring of us or our subsidiaries and the successful completion of acquisitions, divestitures and joint venture activities; and the various other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors, among others, could have a material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations and financial condition. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

magicJack® is a registered trademark of magicJack VocalTec Ltd. All other product or company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
 
Contact:

Seth Potter
Investor Relations
561-749-2255

 
 

 
 

NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com

First quarter 2016 financial tables follow:

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
(In thousands except per share data)
           
(Unaudited)
 
Quarter
   
Quarter
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Mar-15
 
Net revenues
  $ 23,699     $ 25,512  
Cost of revenues
    8,209       9,467  
Gross profit
    15,490       16,045  
Operating expenses:
               
Marketing
    1,221       2,750  
General and administrative
    8,935       7,700  
Research and development
    1,100       1,162  
Total operating expenses
    11,256       11,612  
Operating income
    4,234       4,433  
Other income (expense):
               
Gains on investments
    -       -  
Interest and dividend income
    7       11  
Interest expense
    -       (34 )
Other expense
    (7 )     -  
Total other expense
    -       (23 )
Income before income taxes
    4,234       4,410  
Income tax expense
    3,500       3,102  
Net income
  $ 734     $ 1,308  
                 
Earnings per ordinary share:
               
Basic
  $ 0.05     $ 0.07  
Diluted
  $ 0.05     $ 0.07  
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding:
         
Basic
    15,647       17,868  
Diluted
    15,649       17,877  
 
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NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS INFORMATION
 
(In thousands)
           
(Unaudited)
           
   
As of
   
As of
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Dec-15
 
ASSETS
           
Current Assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 45,500     $ 78,589  
Marketable securities, at fair value
    367       367  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments
    2,571       2,925  
Inventories
    5,238       5,723  
Deferred costs
    1,884       2,097  
Deferred tax assets, current
    -       -  
Prepaid income taxes
    1,552       2,747  
Deposits and other current assets
    2,097       2,655  
Total current assets
    59,209       95,103  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    3,891       3,302  
Intangible assets, net
    32,529       6,687  
Goodwill
    47,485       32,304  
Deferred tax assets, non-current
    29,748       30,689  
Deposits and other non-current assets
    859       751  
Total Assets
  $ 173,721     $ 168,836  
                 
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL EQUITY
               
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $ 3,663     $ 1,086  
Income tax payable
    -       -  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    5,700       6,284  
Deferred revenue, current portion
    51,815       52,554  
Total current liabilities
    61,178       59,924  
                 
Deferred revenue, net of current portion
    49,134       50,146  
Other non-current liabilities
    12,328       11,098  
Total Capital Equity
    51,081       47,668  
Total Liabilities and Capital Equity
  $ 173,721     $ 168,836  

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NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
(In thousands)
           
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months
   
Three Months
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Mar-15
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income
  $ 734       1,308  
Provision for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments
    1       33  
Share-based compensation
    1,002       1,283  
Depreciation and amortization
    792       1,016  
Increase of uncertain tax position
    1,150       -  
Deferred income tax provision
    1,016       602  
Interest expense - non-cash
    -       34  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
    2,239       3,257  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    6,934       7,533  
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchases of property and equipment
    (5 )     (543 )
Acquisition of Broadsmart
    (40,019 )     -  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (40,024 )     (543 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from exercise of ordinary share options
    1       -  
Net cash provided by financing activities
    1       -  
                 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
    (33,089 )     6,990  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    78,589       75,945  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 45,500     $ 82,935  

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NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com
 
RECONCILIATION OF NET REVENUES TO ADJUSTED NET REVENUES
 
(In thousands)
           
(Unaudited)
 
Quarter
   
Quarter
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Mar-15
 
    $ 23,699     $ 25,512  
Favorable settlement with a retail sales broker
    -       -  
Transition costs related to introduction of New magicJack Plus
    -       -  
Certain tax matters
    57       -  
Non-GAAP net revenues
  $ 23,756     $ 25,512  
 
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA
 
(In thousands)
           
(Unaudited)
 
Quarter
   
Quarter
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Mar-15
 
GAAP Operating income
  $ 4,234     $ 4,433  
Depreciation and amortization
    792       1,016  
Share-based compensation
    1,002       1,283  
Transaction related expenses
    799       551  
Severance payments
    548       -  
Transition costs related to introduction of new device
    -       5  
Net change to provision for bad debt expense
    (8 )     32  
Legal settlement
    -       675  
Certain tax matters
    57       -  
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 7,424     $ 7,995  
 
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NEWS RELEASE
www.vocaltec.com

RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
 
(In thousands)
           
(Unaudited)
 
Quarter
   
Quarter
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Mar-15
 
GAAP Net income
  $ 734     $ 1,308  
Share-based compensation
    1,002       1,283  
Transaction related expenses
    799       551  
Severance payments
    548       -  
Transition costs related to introduction of new device
    -       5  
Net change to provision for bad debt expense
    (8 )     32  
Legal settlement
    -       675  
Decrease in tax valuation allowance
    -       (195 )
Foreign currency revaluations on tax assets
    -       1,847  
Uncertain tax positions, net
    668       105  
Tax impact due to expiration of stock options
    150       -  
Impact of income tax rate reduction in Israel
    1,411       -  
Non-GAAP Net income
  $ 5,304     $ 5,611  
                 
GAAP earnings (loss) per ordinary share – Diluted
  $ 0.05     $ 0.07  
Share-based compensation
    0.06       0.07  
Transaction related expenses
    0.05       0.03  
Severance payments
    0.04       -  
Transition costs related to introduction of new device
    -       0.00  
Net change to provision for bad debt expense
    (0.00 )     0.00  
Legal settlement
    -       0.04  
Release of tax valuation allowance
    -       (0.01 )
Foreign currency revaluations on tax assets
    -       0.10  
Uncertain tax positions, net
    0.04       0.01  
Tax impact due to expiration of stock options
    0.01       -  
Impact of income tax rate reduction in Israel
    0.09       -  
Non-GAAP Net income per share – Diluted
  $ 0.34     $ 0.31  
                 
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - Diluted:
    15,649       17,877  
 
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW
 
(In thousands)
           
(Unaudited)
 
Quarter
   
Quarter
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
31-Mar-16
   
31-Mar-15
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 6,934     $ 7,533  
Less: Capital expenditures
    (5 )     (543 )
Free cash flow
  $ 6,929     $ 6,990  
 
 




Exhibit 99.2
 

 
C O R P O R A T E   P A R T I C I P A N T S

Jose Gordo magicJack VocalTec Ltd. - CFO
Gerald Vento magicJack VocalTec Ltd. - President, CEO

C O N F E R E N C E   C A L L   P A R T I C I P A N T S

Ray McDonough Oppenheimer & Co. – Analyst
 
P R E S E N T A T I O N

Operator

Good day and welcome to the magicJack VocalTec First Quarter 2016 Earnings Results Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to hand the call over to Jose Gordo, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.

Jose Gordo - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. – CFO

Thank you, operator. Good afternoon and welcome to the magicJack first quarter earnings call. I am Jose Gordo, CFO. With me on the call today is Gerald Vento, President and CEO.

During the call, we will make statements related to our business that may be considered forward-looking nature under federal securities laws. These statements reflect our current views regarding the future only as of today and should not be reflected upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. For a discussion of the material risks and other important factors that could affect our actual results, please refer to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which was filed today, May 10th, 2016, with the SEC.

Also, during the course of today's call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. There is a reconciliation schedule showing GAAP versus non-GAAP results currently available in our press release issued after the close of market today, which is located on our website at www.vocaltec.com.

At the outset of today's call, we would like to note that for the first time beginning this quarter and going forward, we plan to report our results in three operating segments; first, our core consumer business; second, our enterprise business consistently of Broadsmart; and third, our SMB subsidiary.

With that, I will turn the call over to Gerry.

Gerald Vento - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. - President, CEO

Great. Thanks, Jose. Good afternoon, everyone. Turning to our financial results and significant events for the consumer business in the quarter, revenue for the quarter was $23.2 million and in line with our expectations. Our renewal revenue was $15.2 million, representing 66% of our revenue base. Device activations were 112,000 for the quarter. We ended the quarter with 2.3 million device subscribers. We reported average monthly churn of 3% and we had adjusted EBITDA of $8.4 million for the quarter. We also generated free cash flow of approximately $7 million and ended the quarter with $45.5 million in cash and cash equivalent and no debt.

In Q1, we continued to focus on controlling expenses and generating cash in our consumer business while at the same time working on our organic growth initiatives that leverage our core assets with minimal CapEx requirements. We are pleased that the adjusted EBITDA was 36% of consumer revenues, up from 31% last year, despite the 9% year-over-year decline in revenue. This highlights the success of our expense rationalization effort during the past year, as we remain committed to operate the consumer business to maximize profits and free cash flow. We will continue our cost control efforts and seek to identify other areas of additional cost savings. These areas include, but aren't limited to, reduction in termination expense through elimination of free voice app calling, which is currently under way; driving efficiencies in care, also a project underway; and reorganizing the legacy offshore development in resources, which has recently been completed.

 
 

 
 

 
Now, turning to Broadsmart and that acquisition which we announced on our fourth quarter earnings call in March. During Q1, the business performed very well as we signed a number of new customer contracts and continue to see a growing pipeline of new opportunities. In addition, the integration into magicJack has been seamless and we are pleased with the high level of engagement by both Todd and Tom, the two co-founders, as they continue to grow the customer base. We're also in the process of realizing cost synergies over the next few quarters by leveraging magicJack's proprietary CLEC network. As a reminder, Broadsmart is among the very few highly profitable, fast-growing UCaaS providers, which has a successful history selling to, provisioning, and servicing large enterprise customers with complex service needs at thousands of locations in multiple geographies. We are pleased to have added Broadsmart to our business and expect to see high year-over-year growth for 2016.

Regarding our mobile app, the magicJack app, as of the end of Q1, we have acquired over 70,000 paid app subscribers, up 27% from 55,000 at the end of 2015. While the revenues are still immaterial, we're pleased with our progress, especially given that the take-up rate is increasing steadily and the high margins on this organic new growth offering are in line with our consumer business. As we've discussed on our last call, since the start of 2016, we have limited this service offering to one-year subscriptions.

In regards to our new app, magicJack Connect, which we launched earlier today, it is available on both iOS and Google platforms. The new app offers consumers free worldwide app-to-app Wi-Fi calling and messaging. It also offers unlimited calling to the US from anywhere in the world plus a US phone number for only $9.99 a year. Within app purchase capability, other offers available on the magicJack Connect app include unlimited international calling plans for as low as $6.99 per month from select countries, the ability to purchase local phone numbers from over 50 countries, and the ability to purchase international calling credits for consumers that prefer pay-as-you-go options and on net VoIP calls are encrypted, providing secure communications and the app has superior voice quality due to the wideband OPUS codec that we now utilize.

Turning to our internal SMB initiative, we are pleased with the progress to date and are excited to announce that we have begun initial trials to groups of select early adopters. We expect to have product offering for small business customers selling in the market in the second quarter that will deliver a great customer experience at a disruptive price point. As a reminder, we plan to invest up to $10 million to $12 million in 2016 to support this business and that investment is tied to specific operational and performance milestones we expect to achieve. We have forecasted a conservative ramp in revenues as the team builds this new organic business and don't expect the revenue contribution from this internal SMB segment to be material in 2016. We continue to target annualized exit revenues for 2017 in the range of $15 million to $20 million with a double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth in subsequent years.

Now turning to Telefonica and the Movistar in Mexico offering. In Q1, we launched the testing of our unlimited inbound calling service from the US to Mexico, which is integrated with Movistar's payment platform. We're pleased with the initial traction on this limited service and while still in the very early stages, margins for this organic service are expected to be high and in line with our consumer business. In addition, we do not expect to have any market spend associated with customer ads through this service as we are planning to leverage Telefonica's push notification platform. We continue to work with Telefonica and Movistar to determine whether unlimited outbound calling can be added to this service offering. In consultation with Telefonica, we have agreed to explore the opportunity to bring our inbound service offering similar to Mexico to other countries in Central and South America and will hopefully have more to chat about on our next call regarding this initiative.

Finally, I want to provide an update on HOTELiJack. As a reminder, we have a strong relationship with the Patel family, supported by the Asian American Hotel Owners Association to jointly sell telephony services to the US hotel industry. We're currently targeting over 15,000 US hotels with a low-cost dial-tone solution that replaces their current, more expensive service and leverages our existing CLEC and switching assets.

At the end the first quarter, we had installed our solution in approximately 50 hotels and have a strong pipeline of hotel opportunities in the queue. Our experience so far confirms that this is a high margin business, similar to our consumer business margins and should have low churn. In consultation with Broadsmart, we have agreed that they will undertake the management of installations, billing, and care, given their superior track record in servicing and supporting large enterprise customers in multiple geographies. We expect Broadsmart's expertise will improve the overall efficiency of this initiative and accelerate the speed with which we can onboard new hotel customers. Again, as a reminder, we have not included any material revenue in our forecast for 2016 from our hotel initiative.

 
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With that, let me turn the call over to Jose.

Jose Gordo - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. – CFO

Thank you, Gerry. Our first quarter financial performance was highlighted by strong EBITDA and operating cash flow in our consumer business, the completion of the Broadsmart acquisition, and the start up of our SMB subsidiary.

Starting with the consumer business, we generated total GAAP net revenues of $23.2 million for the quarter. Revenues from magicJack device sales for the quarter were $3.6 million, a decrease of 7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2015. Renewal revenue for the quarter was $15.2 million, which accounted for 66% of our consumer business.

Network expense for the quarter was $3.3 million, substantially flat from the prior quarter. Total operating expenses decreased to $9.4 million compared to $9.8 million from the prior quarter, primarily as a result of a $1.2 million decrease in marketing spend offset in part by approximately $1 million in legal and professional fees associated with the Broadsmart acquisition. For the quarter, our cost per activation decreased to $5.39 versus $14.30 last quarter, driven by the reduced media spend.

Turning to profitability, our GAAP operating income was $5.8 million, a decrease of 17% compared to the prior quarter. For the quarter, adjusted EBITDA was $8.4 million as compared to $9.2 million last quarter.

Turning to our enterprise business, we generated total GAAP net revenues of $500,000 for the quarter, which only includes the 15-day period since the Broadsmart acquisition was completed on March the 17th. Total operating expenses were $239,000 and were comprised primarily of personnel-related costs, which included $110,000 in stock-based compensation. Adjusted EBITDA for the period was $168,000.

For our SMB business, operating expenses were approximately $1.6 million and were comprised primarily of personnel-related costs and professional fees as we ramped up hiring and set up operations. On a consolidated basis, we generated total GAAP net revenues of $23.7 million for the quarter. Consolidated operating income for the quarter was $4.2 million compared to $7 million in the prior quarter.

Turning to income taxes, our effective income tax rate for the first quarter was approximately 82.7%. Our income tax expense for the quarter was $3.5 million compared to an income tax expense of $5.1 million for the prior quarter. The higher tax rate this quarter is primarily attributable to the impact of a decrease in the statutory tax rate in Israel from 26.5% to 25%, which resulted in us having to reduce the carrying value of our Israeli-deferred tax assets and the increase in uncertain tax positions primarily related to state income taxes and the impact of the expiration of certain stock options, offset by various other benefits. Excluding the impact of the rate change, the increase in the uncertain tax positions and the expiration of the stock options and other items, our effective income tax rate for the first quarter would have been 34.9%.

GAAP diluted earnings per share for the quarter was $0.05 based on 15.6 million weighted average diluted shares outstanding as compared to GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.12 based on 15.8 million weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the last quarter. Operating cash flow for the quarter was $6.9 million, an increase of 25% compared to the last quarter.

Turning to non-GAAP results, for the quarter we reported adjusted EBITDA of $7.4 million as compared to $9.2 million last quarter. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $5.3 million as compared to $6 million last quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per share for the quarter was $0.34 based on 15.6 million weighted average diluted shares outstanding compared to $0.38 last quarter based on 15.8 million weighted average diluted shares outstanding. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures have been provided in the financial statement tables included in our earnings press release from earlier today and is available on our website.

 
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Turning to our balance sheet, as of March 31st, we had cash and cash equivalents of $45.5 million and no debt. Our deferred revenues decreased quarter over quarter to $100.9 million from $102.7 million. We continue to generate solid operating cash flow. Even in its gradual decline, our US consumer business remains a cash flow engine that gives us substantial flexibility to finance growth and enhance shareholder value.

Regarding capital allocation, in the last three quarters we have spent approximately $60 million of our cash, $20 million of which we spent on our 2015 stock repurchase program and $40 million of which we spent on the Broadsmart acquisition. In addition, as we have previously announced, we plan to spend an additional $10 million to $12 million in fiscal 2016 on our organic SMB initiative. That is a total of just over $70 million in cash invested over a 6-quarter period on a combination of growth initiatives and capital allocation. Given the significant level of recent activity and our desire to preserve flexibility to support our consumer business, our various pending organic initiatives and other potential growth opportunities we may explore, we do not plan to repurchase any stock for the time being. We and our board of directors will continue to evaluate stock repurchase opportunities on a quarterly basis.

Before turning to guidance, I wanted to comment on our plans to re-domesticate the parent company to the US, which we announced earlier today. We expect this process to take four to six months and we will be submitting it for shareholder approval at the 2016 annual meeting, which we expect to hold within the next two to three months. We are pleased to make this announcement this afternoon and believe this step will make the company an attractive security for large institutional investors who cannot hold a position in non-US companies. As of March 31st, 2016, we had approximately $22 million in net deferred tax assets for Israeli net operating losses related to prior operations of our parent company. If the re-domestication is approved by our shareholders, we would likely not be able to utilize those net deferred tax assets and would need to establish a corresponding valuation allowance.

Turning to our financial outlook for the full year 2016, we continue to project 2016 revenues in the range of approximately $100 million to $105 million inclusive of our consumer business and Broadsmart revenues. The consumer business revenue forecast includes no material revenue for the new magicJack Connect app, SMB, or the Telefonica initiative. The Broadsmart revenue forecast for 2016 is approximately $16 million of which we estimate approximately $12.5 million will be recognized during the year since the acquisition closed mid-March. We are projecting 2016 adjusted EBITDA in the range of approximately $30 million for the consumer business, approximately $5 million for Broadsmart and approximately negative $10 million for the SMB initiative, for a consolidated 2016 EBITDA forecast of approximately $25 million.

With that, we would like to open the call up for questions.

Q U E S T I O N S   A N D   A N S W E R S

Operator

Thank you. (Operator Instructions) Ray McDonough, Oppenheimer.

Ray McDonough - Oppenheimer & Co. – Analyst

Great. Thanks for taking my questions. Just on the marketing spend, it's down significantly and I know you're focused on cutting costs around the consumer business and milking those cash flows. But given the subscriber losses and the increase in churn, do you expect that level of spend around marketing to ramp a little bit throughout the year?

Gerald Vento - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. - President, CEO

It will. It will, Ray. We've begun to launch the infomercial for the first time in a few years. So we're starting to see the results there. We're looking at digital advertising. We're looking at moving away from some of the cable channels to some local channels that seemingly are producing greater results for us. So, what we expect and I think what you should think about is that that number will increase. As I said in previous calls, I don't believe that we'd be getting up into the 20 plus dollar CPGA range, but we're relatively low now and I think that number will start to move up into the low teens.

 
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Ray McDonough - Oppenheimer & Co. – Analyst

Great and then just on the SMB initiative and with the acquisition of Broadsmart, you know these businesses seem to be operating on two separate platforms. Do you have any thoughts about consolidating those businesses, possibly onto one platform eventually? If not, do you see any advantages of operating two separate platforms? Maybe how do those two business segments differ in terms of their go-to-market strategy?

Gerald Vento - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. - President, CEO

Yes, right now we see them as very distinct, heading in two directions. As you know, Broadsmart has been very successful putting on very large complex customers in multiple geographies at high margins. One of the few companies out there after doing our due diligence that we found is actually making some good money on the customer base that they have and we can see that continuing. We're looking for double-digit growth there, strong growth.

Contrast that to the operation that we started under the senior management of Keith Reed. Look Keith put a game plan together at Intuit that was extraordinary. We believe we're doing the same thing here. Right now we have friendly business users in trials. Right now we're gaining a lot of knowledge about those folks. In Q2, we'll be going with a full fledge offering into the marketplace and what we're doing there is frankly going after the SOHO market. This is a market that we see now that has essentially been -- that market is no longer the focus of the larger players that are moving upstream, you know looking at multiple hundreds if not thousands of seats and going up market for big commercial customers. So we see the one to ten-seat market as very attractive to us. We're starting with a fresh slate. We're taking a playbook that Keith has used before at Intuit, you know going after one to ten-seat type of customers with a full 100% sort of self-service sales configuration, account management, you know ease of use and disruptive pricing model where in the very near term we're going to be going after those customers with inside sales and digital.

Probably on the next call, we'll start to talk about bars, channel partners, our retail channel partners. As you know, we've got an extensive and robust retail channel partnership across the United States which we could put in play here once we feel we're ready. We're also looking at partnering opportunities, strategic partnering opportunities that we think we'll start to talk about on the next call.

But right now, it's this opportunity, this internal SMB offering is really a high velocity sales model with inside sales, digital demand, you know sales execution to win this space that we think has been ceded control of, because most of the other guys are going way up market.

Jose Gordo - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. – CFO

Ray, it's Jose. I'd just add one quick thing that may help further frame it for you. You know when we're going -- when Broadsmart's going after its clients, it's typically selling into a CPO or a CIO, who's making a decision at a fairly large business about dozens, hundreds or thousands of locations, so technical sales, quite a bit of engineering involved in designing the solution and making the pitch. When you're talking about Keith and SMB, you're selling to typically an entrepreneur who's looking to start a business in his or her office or you know you're talking like, as Gerry said, ten seats or less. So you're much more competing on ease of use, price, and having the core feature set.

Ray McDonough - Oppenheimer & Co. – Analyst

Great. I appreciate that color and it makes a ton of sense. On the app, I know you put in initiatives to disallow free calls and I think you're through that process and correct me if I'm wrong, but do you have any metrics around the addressable base of subscribers at this point and maybe what you can see in terms of the monetization potential of those that were using the app for free calls?

Gerald Vento - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. - President, CEO

Yes, Ray, we've had some reasonable success with the magic app, the old app and you saw that in the numbers that we just reported. But you know now we're talking about our new magic Connect app that is really head and shoulders above of what we've ever done before. Voice quality is great. The features we've talked about. You know customers now can register for the app using their mobile numbers and identifier. You can register on Facebook and Google. You can post to Facebook and Twitter. I think there's about ten minutes of international prepay when people first sign up. There's tour screens. There's setting updates so you can customize the profile. We have presence now which means that users can see friends that are on the magicJack Connect when they're offline or online. You can send pictures.

 
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So we've waited until we've had this new Connect app ready and debugged and launched to start to attempt to convert the 2.3 million, 2.4 million, or 2.5 million unique app users that have been on the old magic app using free voice service. What we've said to you in the past and what we're doing now is we're beginning very soon, we're beginning that digital and push notification and marketing effort to attempt to convert those folks. As we've said before, we're cutting off free voice service. So you should expect that that will be completed in a few weeks' time.

So, we'll be able to tell you in relatively short period of time, probably on the next call, the success with which we've had in converting some of the free voice only users on the old magicJack to magicJack Connect. But if you are able to download magicJack Connect and use it, you'll see voice quality features, functionality, ease of use, all of the things that we've hoped to build in this new app come to life and we think there's real opportunity to convert that base as well as others. There are 57 million or 58 million people who go outside the US every year and all you have to do is download that magicJack Connect app and use it one time and that $10 a year subscription price will be returned to you 100 fold on one trip abroad. So we're in the process of doing that.

Ray McDonough - Oppenheimer & Co. – Analyst

Great. Then just the last one for me on the Movistar partnership. Any targets that you're thinking about in terms of subscribers or levels of monetization? I know you're not giving specific guidance around that, but you know as we look into kind of the back half of 2016 and into 2017 when you go live with this service, just any thoughts about your goals and around monetization?

Jose Gordo - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. – CFO

You know Ray, it's a little too early to say. What we can say is that the plans to go to these other countries are real. We need to see Telefonica and we're pushing them extremely hard to implement the outbound solution because most of that implementation is on their end. They've already scoped out the work. So we know what's entailed. It's not too much more, but really the offering has to be completed with both inbound and outbound to be at its most effective. Then we feel reasonably good that these -- that certain other countries are going to adopt and to try to push it out.

So I know that's not a numeric answer, but I think you know they're number one and number two in pretty much all the 14 countries in Latin America where they are. So they have the ability to reach millions of customers. We just don't have enough data to kind of back into an adoption rate. We know that the price point should be compelling and we know that for 85% or 90% of the Telefonica customer base, which does not have smart phones, this should be an interesting offer with unlimited outbound and inbound and a virtual US phone number. But until we have more data, you know we're probably going to be cautious and until we see Telefonica implement outbound.

Ray McDonough - Oppenheimer & Co. – Analyst

That's fair enough. Thanks for taking the question, guys.

Operator

(Operator Instructions) At this time, we have no further questions. So I hand the call back over to management for any additional or closing remarks.

Jose Gordo - magicJack VocalTec Ltd. – CFO

Okay, thanks everyone. We'll see you on the next -- or hear you on the next call. Thanks.
 
Operator

That does conclude today's conference. We thank you for your participation.
 
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Exhibit 99.3
 

 
magicJack Announces Plans to Redomesticate Parent Company to the U.S.

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Expected to open stock to persons restricted from investing in non-U.S. companies
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Process expected to take approximately 4-6 months
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Plan to be submitted for shareholder approval at 2016 annual meeting

West Palm Beach, Fla. and Netanya, Israel, May 10, 2016 -- magicJack VocalTec, Ltd (Nasdaq: CALL), a leading cloud-based communications company, today announced plans to change its parent company's place of incorporation to the U.S. from Israel.  The redomestication process is expected to take approximately 4-6 months and will be submitted for shareholder approval at the 2016 annual meeting expected to be held in the next several months.  The proposed redomestication will be subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, approval by magicJack's shareholders and satisfaction of other conditions.

The redomestication will make magicJack stock eligible for purchase by investors who are restricted from investing in non-U.S. companies. As of March 31, 2016, magicJack had approximately $22.0 million in net deferred tax assets for Israeli net operating losses related to prior operations of the parent company included on its Balance Sheet.  If the redomestication is approved by magicJack shareholders, magicJack would likely not be able to utilize those net deferred tax assets and would need to establish a corresponding valuation allowance.

Estimated costs of the redomestication, along with a discussion of the benefits and risks of the redomestication, are expected to be included in the proxy statement for the 2016 annual shareholders meeting.

“We are pleased to be redomesticating our parent company to the U.S. and believe this step will make us an attractive security for large institutional investors who cannot hold a position in non-U.S. companies.  We plan to fully maintain our Israeli operations as they are critical to our business,’’ said Gerald Vento CEO of magicJack.

Important Additional Information About the Redomestication

This press release may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed redomestication.  The proposed redomestication will be submitted to the shareholders of magicJack for their consideration. In connection with the proposed redomestication, magicJack will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement. Shareholders of magicJack are urged to read the proxy statement when it becomes available and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. Shareholders of magicJack will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement, as well as other filings containing information about magicJack at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the proxy statement and the SEC filings that will be incorporated by reference in the proxy statement can be obtained, free of charge, by directing a request to Investor Relations, (561) 749-2255, 12 Beni Gaon Street, Building 2B, Poleg Industrial Area, Netanya, Israel 42504.

magicJack and its directors, executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding magicJack's directors and executive officers is available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2015, which was filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
 
 
 

 
 

 
About magicJack VocalTec Ltd.
magicJack VocalTec Ltd. (Nasdaq: CALL), the inventor of magicJack and a pioneer in Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and services, is a leading cloud communications company. With its easy-to-use, low cost solution for telecommunications, the Company has sold more than 11 million award-winning magicJack devices, now in its fifth generation, has millions of downloads of its free calling app, and holds more than 30 technology patents, magicJack is the largest-reaching CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) in the United States in terms of area codes available and number of states in which it is certified.  In March 2016, magicJack VocalTec Ltd. acquired Broadsmart, a leading hosted UCaaS (Unified Communication as a Service) provider for medium-to-large multi-location enterprise customers. Broadsmart has a track record of designing, provisioning and delivering complex UCaaS solutions to blue chip corporate customers on a nationwide basis. Broadsmart has expertise in servicing enterprises with hundreds-to-thousands of locations.
 
Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, including statements aboutour proposed redomestication, its anticipated timing and effects, and statements regarding certain tax and financial matters relating to the redomestication.  Many factors could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things:our ability to successfully consummate the redomestication within the expected timing, or at all, shareholders or regulators may not provide required approvals, the risk that the proposed redomestication may disrupt our current plans and operations, we may encounter difficulties moving jurisdictions, tax and financial expectations and advantages might not materialize or might change, our stock price could decline, the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the redomestication and U.S. corporate governance and regulatory schemes could prove different or more challenging than currently expected.  In addition, the Company's business in general will continue to be subject to the risks and the various other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors, among others, could have a material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations and financial condition. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
 
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INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
Seth Potter
561-749-2255

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