Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014

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: 001-36131

 

 

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   46-3044956

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts

  01803
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 852-3200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

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

As of July 31, 2014, there were 129,201,413 shares of the issuer’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014

    3   

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three and six months ended June  30, 2013 and 2014

    4   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014

    5   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

    6   

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    23   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    43   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

    44   

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

    44   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

    44   

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

    45   

Item 5. Other Information

    45   

Item 6. Exhibits

    45   

Signatures

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Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

     December 31,
2013
    June 30,
2014
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 66,815      $ 23,947   

Restricted cash

     1,983        1,799   

Accounts receivable

     7,160        10,052   

Deferred tax asset—short term

     12,981        14,905   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     29,862        52,357   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     118,801        103,060   

Property and equipment—net

     49,715        62,079   

Goodwill

     984,207        1,079,750   

Other intangible assets—net

     406,140        397,279   

Deferred financing costs

     430        404   

Investments

     6,535        21,645   

Other assets

     15,110        10,301   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,580,938      $ 1,674,518   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 7,950      $ 10,495   

Accrued expenses

     35,433        37,993   

Deferred revenue

     194,196        239,546   

Current portion of notes payable

     10,500        43,500   

Current portion of capital lease obligations

     —         3,700   

Deferred consideration—short term

     24,437        13,815   

Other current liabilities

     6,796        9,971   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     279,312        359,020   

Long-term deferred revenue

     55,298        65,629   

Notes payable—long term

     1,036,875        1,031,625   

Capital lease obligations

     —         6,223   

Deferred tax liability—long term

     26,171        33,307   

Deferred consideration

     4,207        3,845   

Other liabilities

     3,041        2,980   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 1,404,904      $ 1,502,629   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Redeemable non-controlling interest

     20,772        21,893   

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred Stock—par value $0.0001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

     —          —     

Common Stock—par value $0.0001; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 124,788,853 and 127,402,909 shares issued at December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, respectively; 124,766,544 and 127,365,030 outstanding at December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, respectively

     13        14   

Additional paid-in capital

     754,061        781,479   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (55     (7

Accumulated deficit

     (598,757     (631,490
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     155,262        149,996   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity

   $ 1,580,938      $ 1,674,518   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

     Three Months ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Revenue

   $ 128,222      $ 151,992      $ 250,963      $ 297,742   

Cost of revenue

     87,972        92,611        175,180        181,802   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     40,250        59,381        75,783        115,940   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expense:

        

Sales and marketing

     29,768        38,225        58,299        79,849   

Engineering and development

     6,095        5,365        12,235        10,318   

General and administrative

     15,267        16,876        28,363        32,357   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expense

     51,130        60,466        98,897        122,524   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (10,880     (1,085     (23,114     (6,584
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expense:

        

Interest income

     18        89        30        172   

Interest expense

     (21,835     (14,177     (43,539     (27,812
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other expense—net

     (21,817     (14,088     (43,509     (27,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes and equity earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (32,697     (15,173     (66,623     (34,224

Income tax expense (benefit)

     10,390        1,048        (1,671     4,487   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before equity earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (43,087     (16,221     (64,952     (38,711

Equity income of unconsolidated entities, net of tax

     (129     (89     (266     (110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (42,958   $ (16,132   $ (64,686   $ (38,601
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

     —          (2,684     —          (5,868
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

   $ (42,958   $ (13,448   $ (64,686   $ (32,733
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss:

        

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     —          26        —          48   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss

   $ (42,958   $ (13,422   $ (64,686   $ (32,685
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.—basic and diluted

   $ (0.44   $ (0.11   $ (0.66   $ (0.26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.—basic and diluted

     97,933,795        127,225,196        97,550,649        126,844,111   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2013     2014  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (64,686   $ (38,601

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation of property and equipment

     8,267        14,548   

Amortization of other intangible assets

     52,314        49,541   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     106        38   

Amortization of net present value of deferred consideration

     1,168        5   

Stock-based compensation

     739        7,173   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

     (2,750     1,940   

Loss on sale of property and equipment

     332        74   

Income of unconsolidated entities

     (266     (110

Gain from change in deferred consideration

     —          22   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (1,902     (491

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (7,037     (17,463

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     2,087        (204

Deferred revenue

     33,651        49,917   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     22,023        66,389   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Business acquired in purchase transaction, net of cash acquired

     (2,434     (25,158

Proceeds from sale of assets

     23        —     

Cash paid for minority investment

     (8,760     (15,000

Purchases of property and equipment

     (17,947     (12,901

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

     13        84   

Purchases of intangible assets

     —          (100

Net (deposits) and withdrawals of principal balances in restricted cash accounts

     293        184   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (28,812     (52,891
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from borrowing of revolver

     34,000        55,000   

Repayment of term loan

     (4,000     (5,250

Repayment of revolver

     (26,000     (22,000

Payment of financing costs

     —          (12

Payment of deferred consideration

     (3,336     (81,503

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

     —          (1,782

Issuance costs of common stock

     —          (731
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     664        (56,278
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents

     (136     (88
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (6,261     (42,868

Cash and cash equivalents:

    

Beginning of period

     23,245        66,815   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 16,984      $ 23,947   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

    

Interest paid

   $ 47,272      $ 28,269   

Income taxes paid

   $ 1,090      $ 951   

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:

    

Shares issued in connection with the acquisition of Directi

   $ —       $ 27,235   

Assets acquired under capital lease

   $ —       $ 11,704   

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

1. Nature of Business

Formation and Nature of Business

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., (“Holdings”) is a Delaware corporation which together with its wholly owned subsidiary company, EIG Investors Corp. (“EIG Investors”), its primary operating subsidiary company, The Endurance International Group, Inc. (“EIG”), and other subsidiary companies of EIG, collectively form the “Company”. The Company is a leading provider of cloud-based platform solutions designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses succeed online.

EIG and EIG Investors were incorporated in April 1997 and May 2007, respectively, and Holdings was originally formed as a limited liability company in October 2011 in connection with the acquisition by investment funds and entities affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs on December 22, 2011, of a controlling interest in EIG Investors, EIG and EIG’s subsidiary companies. On November 7, 2012, Holdings reorganized as a Delaware limited partnership and on June 25, 2013, Holdings converted into a Delaware C-corporation and changed its name to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. The Company closed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of its common stock on October 25, 2013.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, have been prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). All intercompany transactions have been eliminated on consolidation. The Company has reviewed the criteria of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 280-10, Segment Reporting, and determined that the Company is comprised of only one segment for reporting purposes.

Use of Estimates

U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates, judgments and assumptions used in preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements are based on the relevant facts and circumstances as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. Although the Company regularly assesses these estimates, judgments and assumptions used in preparing the consolidated financial statements, actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. The more significant estimates reflected in these consolidated financial statements include estimates of fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed under purchase accounting related to the Company’s acquisitions and when evaluating goodwill and long-lived assets for potential impairment, the estimated useful lives of intangible and depreciable assets, stock-based compensation, certain accruals, reserves and deferred taxes.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying interim consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2014, and the related statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, and the notes to consolidated financial statements are unaudited. These unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position at June 30, 2014, and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014. The consolidated results in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

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Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable is primarily composed of cash due from credit card companies for unsettled transactions charged to subscribers’ credit cards. As these amounts reflect authenticated transactions that are fully collectible, the Company does not maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company also accrues for earned referral fees and commissions, which are governed by reseller or affiliate agreements, when the amount is reasonably estimable.

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets include deferred expenses for domain name registry fees that are paid in full at the time a domain is registered by one of the Company’s registrars on behalf of a subscriber. The registry fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the domain registration period. As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, the balance of deferred expenses for domain name registry fees was $22.8 million and $38.0 million, respectively.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is recorded at cost or fair value if acquired in an acquisition. The Company also capitalizes the direct costs of constructing additional computer equipment for internal use, as well as upgrades to existing computer equipment which extend the useful life, capacity or operating efficiency of the equipment. Capitalized costs include the cost of materials, shipping and taxes. Materials used for repairs and maintenance of computer equipment are expensed and recorded as a cost of revenue. Materials on hand and construction-in-process are recorded as property and equipment. Assets recorded under capital lease are depreciated over the lease term. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows:

 

Software    Two to three years
Computers and office equipment    Three years
Furniture and fixtures    Five years
Leasehold improvements    Shorter of useful life or remaining term of the lease

Software Development Costs

The Company accounts for software development costs for internal use software under the provisions of ASC 350-40, “Internal-Use Software” (“ASC 350”). Accordingly, certain costs to develop internal-use computer software are capitalized, provided these costs are expected to be recoverable. There were no such costs capitalized during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and there was $1.3 million and $2.4 million of internal-use software development costs capitalized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.

Goodwill

Goodwill relates to amounts that arose in connection with the Company’s various business combinations and represents the difference between the purchase price and the fair value of the identifiable intangible and tangible net assets when accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. Goodwill is not amortized, but is subject to periodic review for impairment. Events that would indicate impairment and trigger an interim impairment assessment include, but are not limited to, current economic and market conditions, including a decline in value, a significant adverse change in certain agreements that would materially affect reported operating results, business climate or operational performance of the business and an adverse action or assessment by a regulator.

In accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other, (“ASC 350”), the Company is required to review goodwill by reporting unit for impairment at least annually or more often if there are indicators of impairment present. The Company has determined its entire business represents one reporting unit. Historically, the Company has performed its annual impairment analysis during the fourth quarter of each year. The provisions of ASC 350 require that a two-step impairment test be performed for goodwill. In the first step, the Company compares the fair value of its reporting unit to which goodwill has been allocated to its carrying value. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that reporting unit, goodwill is considered not impaired and the Company is not required to perform further testing. If the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then the Company must perform the second step of the impairment test in order to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. If the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, then the Company would record an impairment loss equal to the difference. As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, the fair value of the Company’s reporting unit exceeded the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets, and therefore no impairment existed as of those dates.

 

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Determining the fair value of a reporting unit, if applicable, requires the Company to make judgments and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions relate to, among other things, revenue growth rates and operating margins used to calculate projected future cash flows, risk-adjusted discount rates, future economic and market conditions and determination of appropriate market comparables. The Company bases its fair value estimates on assumptions it believes to be reasonable but that are unpredictable and inherently uncertain. Actual future results may differ from those estimates.

The Company had goodwill of $984.2 million and $1,079.8 million as of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, respectively, and no impairment charges have been recorded.

Long-Lived Assets

The Company’s long-lived assets consist primarily of intangible assets, including acquired subscriber relationships, trade names, intellectual property and developed technology. The Company also has long-lived tangible assets, primarily consisting of property and equipment. The majority of the Company’s intangibles are recorded in connection with its various business combinations. The Company’s intangible assets are recorded at fair value at the time of their acquisition. The Company amortizes intangible assets over their estimated useful lives.

Determination of the estimated useful lives of the individual categories of intangible assets is based on the nature of the applicable intangible asset and the expected future cash flows to be derived from the intangible asset. Amortization of intangible assets with finite lives is recognized in accordance with their estimated projected cash flows.

The Company evaluates long-lived intangible and tangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If indicators of impairment are present and undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying amount, the fair value of the assets is determined and compared to the carrying value. If the fair value is less than the carrying value, then the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the estimated fair value and an impairment loss is charged to expense in the period the impairment is identified. No such impairment losses have been identified in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014.

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenue primarily from selling subscriptions for cloud-based products and services. The subscriptions are similar across all of the Company’s brands and are provided under contracts pursuant to which the Company has ongoing obligations to support the subscriber. These contracts are generally for service periods of up to 36 months and typically require payment in advance. The Company recognizes the associated revenue ratably over the service period, whether the associated revenue is derived from a direct subscriber or through a reseller. Deferred revenue represents the liability to subscribers for advance billings for services not yet provided and the fair value of the assumed liability outstanding for subscriber relationships purchased in an acquisition.

The Company sells domain name registrations that provide a subscriber with the exclusive use of a domain name. These domains are obtained either by one of the Company’s registrars on the subscriber’s behalf, or by the Company from third-party registrars on the subscriber’s behalf. Domain registration fees are non-refundable.

Revenue from the sale of a domain name registration by a registrar within the Company is recognized ratably over the subscriber’s service period as the Company has the obligation to provide support over the domain term. Revenue from the sale of a domain name registration purchased by the Company from a third-party registrar is recognized when the subscriber is billed on a gross basis as there are no remaining Company obligations once the sale to the subscriber occurs, and the Company has full discretion on the sales price and bears all credit risk.

Revenue from the sale of non-term based applications and services, such as online security products and professional technical services, referral fees and commissions, is recognized when the product is purchased, the service is provided or the referral fee or commission is earned, respectively.

A substantial amount of the Company’s revenue is generated from transactions that are multiple-element service arrangements that may include hosting plans, domain name registrations, and other cloud-based products and services.

 

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The Company follows the provisions of the FASB, Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-13, (“ASU 2009-13”), Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, and allocates revenue to each deliverable in a multiple-element service arrangement based on its respective relative selling price.

Under ASU 2009-13, to treat deliverables in a multiple-element service arrangement as separate units of accounting, the deliverables must have standalone value upon delivery. If the deliverables have standalone value upon delivery, the Company accounts for each deliverable separately. Hosting services, domain name registrations, cloud-based products and services have standalone value and are often sold separately.

When multiple deliverables included in a multiple-element service arrangement are separated into different units of accounting, the total transaction amount is allocated to the identified separate units based on a relative selling price hierarchy. The Company determines the relative selling price for a deliverable based on vendor specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value, if available, or best estimate of selling price (“BESP”), if VSOE is not available. The Company has determined that third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”) is not a practical alternative due to differences in its multi-brand offerings compared to competitors and the lack of availability of relevant third-party pricing information. The Company has not established VSOE for its offerings due to lack of pricing consistency, the introduction of new products, services and other factors. Accordingly, the Company generally allocates revenue to the deliverables in the arrangement based on the BESP. The Company determines BESP by considering its relative selling prices, competitive prices in the marketplace and management judgment; these selling prices, however, may vary depending upon the particular facts and circumstances related to each deliverable. The Company analyzes the selling prices used in its allocation of transaction amount, at a minimum, on a quarterly basis. Selling prices are analyzed on a more frequent basis if a significant change in the business necessitates a more timely analysis.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for in accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

ASC 740 clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing a minimum recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. There were no unrecognized tax benefits in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014.

The Company records interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in operating expenses. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, the Company did not recognize any interest or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires employee stock-based payments to be accounted for under the fair value method. Under this method, the Company is required to record compensation cost based on the estimated fair value for stock-based awards granted over the requisite service periods for the individual awards, which generally equals the vesting periods. The Company uses the straight-line amortization method for recognizing stock-based compensation expense.

The Company estimates the fair value of employee stock options on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires the use of highly subjective estimates and assumptions. For restricted stock awards granted, the Company estimates the fair value of each restricted stock award based on the closing trading price of its common stock on the date of grant.

 

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Net Loss per Share

The Company considered ASC 260-10, Earnings per Share, (“ASC 260-10”), which requires the presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company’s basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period, and, if there are dilutive securities, diluted income per share is computed by including common stock equivalents which includes shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, net of shares assumed to have been purchased with the proceeds, using the treasury stock method.

The Company’s potentially dilutive shares of common stock would be excluded from the diluted weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding as their inclusion in the computation would be anti-dilutive due to net losses. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, non-vested shares, stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units amounting to 6,774,763 and 9,588,364, respectively, were excluded from the denominator in the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

     Three Months ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2013     2014     2013     2014  
     (unaudited)  
     (in thousands, except per share amount and per share data)  

Net loss attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

   $ (42,958   $ (13,448   $ (64,686   $ (32,733
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.:

        

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.44   $ (0.11   $ (0.66   $ (0.26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.:

        

Basic and diluted

     97,933,795        127,225,196        97,550,649        126,844,111   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, or ASU 2014-08. Under ASU 2014-08, only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations should be presented as discontinued operations. Those strategic shifts should have a major effect on the organization’s operations and financial results. Additionally, ASU 2014-08 requires expanded disclosures about discontinued operations that will provide financial statement users with more information about the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of discontinued operations. ASU 2014-08 is effective for fiscal and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. The Company believes the adoption of ASU 2014-08 will not have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), or ASU 2014-09, which supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, more judgments and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing U.S. GAAP. This standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods therein, using either of the following transition methods: (i) a full retrospective approach reflecting the application of the standard in each reporting period with the option to elect certain practical expedients, or (ii) a retrospective approach with the cumulative effect of initially adopting ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of adoption (which includes additional footnote disclosures). The Company is currently evaluating the impact of its pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements and has not yet determined the method by which it will adopt the standard in 2017.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period, or ASU 2014-12. This new guidance requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award. ASU 2014-12 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2014-12 on its existing stock-based compensation plans.

 

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Reclassifications

In 2013, the Company reclassified deferred consideration in the consolidated statements of cash flows from net cash used in investing activities to net cash provided by financing activities.

3. Acquisitions

The Company accounts for the acquisitions of businesses using the purchase method of accounting. The Company allocates the purchase price to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. Purchased identifiable intangible assets include subscriber relationships, trade names and developed technology. The methodologies used to determine the fair value assigned to subscriber relationships is typically based on the excess earnings method that considers the return received from the intangible asset and includes certain expenses and also considers an attrition rate based on the Company’s internal subscriber analysis and an estimate of the average life of the subscribers. The fair value assigned to trade names is typically based on the income approach using a relief from royalty methodology that assumes that the fair value of a trade name can be measured by estimating the cost of licensing and paying a royalty fee for the trade name that the owner of the trade name avoids. The fair value assigned to developed technology typically uses the cost approach. If applicable, the Company estimates the fair value of contingent consideration payments in determining the purchase price. The contingent consideration is then adjusted to fair value in subsequent periods as an increase or decrease in current earnings in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

On January 23, 2014, the Company acquired the web presence business of Directi (“Directi”) from Directi Web Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“Directi Holdings”). Directi provides web presence solutions to SMBs in various countries, including India, the United States, Turkey, China, Russia and Indonesia. The acquisition provides the Company with an established international presence focused on growing emerging markets as well as the ability to expand its geographic footprint by taking its existing portfolio of brands to international markets.

The final purchase price of $109.8 million consisted of cash payments of $82.6 million in aggregate and the issuance of 2,269,579 shares of the Company’s common stock to Directi Holdings equivalent to $27.2 million or $12.00 per share. 2,123,039 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued at closing and 146,540 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued in May 2014. Cash payments included a $5.0 million advance paid in August 2013, $20.5 million paid at the closing and the remaining $57.1 million of deferred consideration was paid during the three months ended June 30, 2014.

The purchase price of $109.8 million has been allocated on a preliminary basis to goodwill of $92.1 million, long-lived intangible assets consisting of subscriber relationships, developed technology, trade-names and leasehold interests of $7.7 million, $6.4 million, $7.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, property and equipment of $2.7 million, other assets of $4.7 million and working capital of $0.2 million, offset by deferred revenue of $3.0 million, other payables of $5.4 million and deferred tax liabilities of $3.3 million. The majority of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill reflects the value of an established international business and infrastructure that enables the Company to increase its market penetration in emerging markets. The intangible assets are being amortized in accordance with their estimated projected cash flows. Subscriber relationships, developed technology, trade names and leasehold interests are being amortized over 17 years, 7 years, 5 years and 4 years, respectively.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, $6.6 million and $9.1 million, respectively, of revenue from the Company’s 2014 acquisition of Directi was included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.

The Company has omitted earnings information related to its acquisitions as it does not separately track earnings from each of its acquisitions that would provide meaningful disclosure. The Company considers it to be impracticable to compile such information on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis since activities of integration and use of shared costs and services across the Company’s business are not allocated to each acquisition and are not managed to provide separate identifiable earnings from the dates of acquisition.

In addition, in connection with the acquisition of Directi, the Company was initially obligated to make additional aggregate payments of up to a maximum of approximately $62.0 million, which expires in May 2015, subject to specified terms, conditions and operational contingencies. The Company has paid $7.6 million of this amount and recorded an estimated acquisition liability of $13.4 million in connection with the purchase of a domain name business by a subsidiary of the Company from a company associated with the founders of Directi Holdings pursuant to an agreement entered into on April 30, 2014. The estimated aggregate purchase price of $21.0 million was allocated on a preliminary basis to long-lived intangible assets of $15.6 million and goodwill of $5.4 million, all of which is deductible for tax purposes. The intangible

 

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assets are being amortized in accordance with their estimated projected cash flows, using the accelerated method. The goodwill reflects the value of an established domain portfolio business that enables the Company to monetize that domain portfolio.

4. Property and Equipment and Capital Lease Obligations

Components of property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     December 31, 2013     June 30, 2014  

Software

   $ 4,503      $ 18,805   

Computers and office equipment

     59,201        69,635   

Furniture and fixtures

     3,715        4,219   

Leasehold improvements

     6,033        6,919   

Construction in process

     1,392        1,977   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment—at cost

     74,844        101,555   

Less accumulated depreciation

     (25,129     (39,476
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment—net

   $ 49,715      $ 62,079   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 was $4.3 million and $7.5 million, respectively. Depreciation expense related to property and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 was $8.3 million and $14.5 million, respectively.

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to lease software licenses for use on certain data center server equipment for a term of thirty-six months.

As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, the Company’s software shown in the above table included the software assets under a capital lease as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

     December 31, 2013      June 30, 2014  

Software

   $ —        $ 11,704   

Less accumulated depreciation

     —          (1,951
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Assets under capital lease—net

   $ —        $ 9,753   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At June 30, 2014, the expected future minimum lease payments under the capital lease discussed above were approximately as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

     Amount  

Remainder of 2014

   $ 2,056   

2015

     4,112   

2016

     4,420   
  

 

 

 

Total minimum lease payments

     10,588   

Less amount representing interest

     (665
  

 

 

 

Present value of minimum lease payments (capital lease obligation)

     9,923   

Current portion

     3,700   
  

 

 

 

Long-term portion

   $ 6,223   
  

 

 

 

5. Fair Value Measurements

The following valuation hierarchy is used for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:

 

    Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

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    Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

    Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on the Company’s own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value.

A financial asset or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, the Company’s financial assets or liabilities required to be measured on a recurring basis are accrued earn-out consideration payable in connection with the 2012 acquisition of certain assets of Mojoness, Inc. or Mojo and the 2014 acquisition of a domain name business. The Company has classified its liabilities for contingent earn-out consideration related to these acquisitions within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because the fair value is determined using significant unobservable inputs, which included probability weighted cash flows. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company paid $0.2 million related to the earn-out provisions for Mojo and recorded $13.4 million related to the April 2014 acquisition. The earn-out consideration in the table below is included in total deferred consideration in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Basis of Fair Value Measurements

 

     Balance      Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Items
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
     (in thousands)  

Balance at December 31, 2013:

           

Financial liabilities:

           

Contingent earn-out consideration

   $ 1,655         —          —        $ 1,655   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial liabilities

   $ 1,655         —          —        $ 1,655   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2014:

           

Financial liabilities:

           

Contingent earn-out consideration

   $ 14,851         —          —        $ 14,851   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial liabilities

   $ 14,851         —          —        $ 14,851   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s goodwill balances from December 31, 2013 to June 30, 2014 (in thousands):

 

Goodwill balance at December 31, 2013

   $ 984,207   

Goodwill related to 2013 acquisitions

     (2,261

Goodwill related to 2014 acquisitions

     97,522   

Foreign translation impact

     282   
  

 

 

 

Goodwill balance at June 30, 2014

   $ 1,079,750   
  

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company completed the purchase accounting related to a 2013 acquisition and allocated an additional $2.3 million to long-lived intangible assets which had been included in goodwill on a preliminary basis. The Company has not recorded any impairment charges related to goodwill during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014.

In accordance with ASC 350, the Company reviews goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets for indicators of impairment on an annual basis and between tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of goodwill below its carrying amount. The Company concluded there were no triggering events as of June 30, 2014.

 

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At June 30, 2014, other intangible assets consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

     Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Net Carrying
Amount
     Weighted
Average
Useful Life
 

Developed technology

   $ 190,370       $ 46,483       $ 143,887         9 years   

Subscriber relationships

     356,687         171,317         185,370         13 years   

Trade-names

     76,655         26,092         50,563         12 years   

Intellectual property

     18,420         1,184         17,236         13 years   

Leasehold interests

     314         91         223         1 year   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total June 30, 2014

   $ 642,446       $ 245,167       $ 397,279      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

The estimated useful lives of the individual categories of other intangible assets are based on the nature of the applicable intangible asset and the expected future cash flows to be derived from the intangible asset. Amortization of intangible assets with finite lives is recognized over the period of time the assets are expected to contribute to future cash flows. The Company amortizes finite-lived intangible assets over the period in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized based upon their estimated projected cash flows.

The Company’s amortization expense is included in cost of revenue in the aggregate amounts of $26.2 million and $25.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively, and $52.3 million and $49.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

7. Investments

As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, the Company’s carrying value of investments in privately-held companies, was $6.5 million and $21.6 million, respectively.

In 2012, the Company assumed a 50% interest in another privately-held company, with a fair value of $10.0 million. On October 31, 2013, the Company sold 10% of its ownership interest in this privately-held company, reducing its interest to 40%.

During the three months ended June 30, 2014, the Company made a strategic investment of $15.0 million in Automattic, Inc. (“Automattic”), an entity that provides content management systems associated with WordPress. The investment represents less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Automattic and better aligns the Company with an important partner.

Investments in which the Company’s interest is less than 20% and which are not classified as available-for-sale securities are carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value unless it is determined that the Company exercises significant influence over the investee company, in which case the equity method of accounting is used. For those investments in which the Company’s voting interest is between 20% and 50%, the equity method of accounting is used. Under this method, the investment balance, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of net earnings or losses of the investee company, as they occur, limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in, advances to and commitments for the investee. These adjustments are reflected in equity income of unconsolidated entities, net of tax. The Company recognized net income of $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively, related to its investments.

From time to time, the Company may make new and follow-on investments and may receive distributions from investee companies. As of June 30, 2014, the Company was not obligated to fund any follow-on investments in these investee companies.

As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014, the Company did not have an equity method investment in which the Company’s proportionate share exceeded 10% of the Company’s consolidated assets or income from continuing operations.

 

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8. Notes Payable

At December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014 notes payable consisted of a first lien term loan facility with a principal amount outstanding of $1,047.4 million and $1,042.1 million, respectively, which bore interest at a LIBOR-based rate of 5.00%. The current portion of the first lien loan as of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014 was $10.5 million in both periods. At June 30, 2014, notes payable also included a total of $33.0 million in bank revolver loans, consisting of a loan of $30.0 million which bore interest at a LIBOR-based rate of 7.75% and a loan of $3.0 million which bore interest at an alternate base rate of 8.50%. The amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014 of $0.0 million and $33.0 million were classified as current notes payable on the consolidated balance sheets.

January 2013—November 24, 2013

On November 9, 2012, the Company entered into the November Financing Amendment (“November 2012 Financing Amendment”) for a new first lien term loan in the original principal amount of $800.0 million (“November 2012 First Lien”), a revolver in aggregate principal amount not to exceed $85.0 million (“Revolver”) and a new second lien credit agreement (“November 2012 Second Lien”) for an original principal amount of $315.0 million. In August 2013, the Company amended its November 2012 First Lien for an additional $90.0 million of incremental first lien term loan before refinancing its debt in November 2013, as described below.

The loans automatically bore interest at the bank’s reference rate unless the Company gave notice to opt for LIBOR-based interest rate loans. For the November 2012 First Lien, the interest rate for a LIBOR-based loan was 5.00% plus the greater of the LIBOR rate, or 1.25%. The interest rate for a reference rate loan was 4.00% per annum plus the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, an Adjusted LIBOR rate or 2.25%. For the November 2012 Second Lien, the interest rate for a LIBOR-based loan was 9.00% plus the greater of the LIBOR rate or 1.25%. The interest rate for an Alternate Base Rate (“ABR”) Revolver loan was 5.25% per annum plus the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, an adjusted LIBOR rate or 2.25%. The interest rate for a LIBOR-based Revolver loan was 6.25% per annum plus the greater of the LIBOR rate or 1.50%. The November 2012 First Lien also had a non-refundable fee, equal to 0.50% of the daily unused principal amount of the Revolver payable in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company made aggregate mandatory repayments on the November 2012 First Lien of $4.0 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, amortization of deferred financing costs of $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, was included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Debt Refinancing—November 25, 2013

In November 2013, following its IPO, the Company repaid in full its November 2012 Second Lien of $315.0 million and increased the first lien term loan facility (“November 2013 First Lien”) by $166.2 million to $1,050.0 million, thereby reducing its overall indebtedness by $148.8 million. The Company also increased the Revolver by $40.0 million to $125.0 million. The mandatory repayment of principal on the November 2013 First Lien was increased to approximately $2.6 million at the end of each quarter. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company made aggregate mandatory repayments on the November 2013 First Lien of $5.3 million. In the three months ended June 30, 2014, the Company had drawn down $55.0 million on its Revolver, and subsequently repaid $22.0 million of the amount drawn down, resulting in the $33.0 million Revolver balance outstanding at June 30, 2014. There was no change to the maturity dates of the term loan facility and Revolver, which mature on November 9, 2019 and December 22, 2016, respectively.

Effective November 25, 2013, the interest rate for a LIBOR based interest loan was reduced to 4.00% plus the greater of the LIBOR rate or 1.00%. The interest rate for a reference rate loan was reduced to 3.00% per annum plus the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, an Adjusted LIBOR rate or 2.00%. There was no change to the interest rates for a Revolver loan. Interest is payable on maturity of the elected interest period for a LIBOR-based interest loan, which can be one, two, three or six months. Interest is payable at the end of each fiscal quarter for a reference rate loan term loan or an ABR Revolver loan.

Interest

The Company recorded $21.8 million and $14.2 million in interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively, and $43.5 million and $27.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

 

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The following table provides a summary of interest rates and interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
2013
    Three Months Ended
June 30,
2014
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
2013
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
2014
 

Interest rate—LIBOR

     6.25%-10.25     5.00%-7.75     6.25%-10.25     5.00%-7.75

Interest rate—reference

     7.75%-10.25     5.00%-8.50     7.75%-10.25     5.00%-8.50

Non-refundable fee—unused facility

     0.50     0.50     0.50     0.50

Interest expense and service fees

   $ 21,153      $ 13,956      $ 42,187      $ 27,307   

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   $ 53      $ 19      $ 106      $ 38   

Amortization of net present value of deferred consideration

   $ 589      $ —       $ 1,168      $ 5   

Accretion of present value of deferred bonus payments

   $ 40      $ —       $ 78      $ 1   

Interest expense for capital lease obligations

   $ —       $ 131      $ —       $ 274   

Interest expense for deferred consideration promissory note

   $ —       $ 70      $ —       $ 140   

Other interest expense

   $ —       $ 1      $ —       $ 47   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest expense

   $ 21,835      $ 14,177      $ 43,539      $ 27,812   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The November 2013 Financing Amendment contains certain restrictive financial covenants, including a net leverage ratio, restrictions on the payment of dividends, as well as reporting requirements. Additionally, the November 2013 Financing Amendment contains certain negative covenants and defines certain events of default, including a change of control and non-payment of principal and interest, among others, which could result in amounts becoming payable prior to their maturity dates. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014.

Substantially all of the Company’s assets are pledged as collateral for the outstanding loan commitments with the exception of certain excluded equity interests and the exception of certain restricted cash balances and bank deposits permitted under the terms of the Financing Agreement.

9. Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company has 5,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock, par value $0.0001. There are no preferred shares issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014.

Common Stock

The Company has 500,000,000 shares of authorized common stock, par value $0.0001.

Voting Rights

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The following tables present the changes in total stockholders’ equity (in thousands):

 

     Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 

Balance, December 31, 2013

   $ 155,262   

Issuance of common stock for Directi acquisition

     27,235   

Stock-based compensation

     7,173   

Non-controlling interest accretion

     (1,121

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     48   

Net loss

     (38,601
  

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2014

   $ 149,996   
  

 

 

 

10. Stock-Based Compensation

2012 Restricted Stock Awards

The following tables present a summary of the 2012 restricted stock awards activity for the six months ended June 30, 2014 for restricted stock awards that were granted prior to the Company’s IPO (dollars in thousands):

 

     2012 Restricted Stock Awards  

Non-vested at December 31, 2013

     1,456,666   

Forfeitures

     (15,487

Vested

     (325,226
  

 

 

 

Non-vested at June 30, 2014

     1,115,953   
  

 

 

 

The following table provides a summary of the activity of the restricted stock units that were granted in connection with the IPO and the non-vested balance as of June 30, 2014 (dollars in thousands except grant date fair value price):

 

     Restricted Stock Units     Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Non-vested at December 31, 2013

     288,014      $ 12.00   

Vested and unissued

     (66,452   $ 12.00   
  

 

 

   

Non-vested at June 30, 2014

     221,562      $ 12.00   
  

 

 

   

2013 Stock Incentive Plan

The 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) of the Company provides for the grant of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company.

For stock options issued under the 2013 Plan, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant, and an estimated forfeiture rate is used when calculating stock-based compensation expense for the period. Stock options typically vest over four years and the Company recognizes compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock option awards and determine the related compensation expense. The weighted-average assumptions used to compute stock-based compensation expense for awards granted under the 2013 Stock Incentive Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2014 are as follows:

 

     2014  

Risk-free interest rate

     2.2

Expected volatility

     58.4

Expected life (in years)

     6.25   

Expected dividend yield

     —     

 

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The risk-free interest rate assumption was based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with maturities similar to those of the expected term of the award being valued. The Company bases its estimate of expected volatility using volatility data from comparable public companies in similar industries and markets because there is currently limited public history for the Company’s common stock, and therefore, a lack of market-based company-specific historical and implied volatility information. The weighted-average expected life for employee options reflects the application of the simplified method, which represents the average of the contractual term of the options and the weighted-average vesting period for all option tranches. The simplified method has been used since the Company does not have sufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate expected term due to a limited history of stock option grants. The assumed dividend yield was based on the Company’s expectation of not paying dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, the Company has estimated expected forfeitures of stock options based on management’s judgment due to the limited historical experience of forfeitures. The forfeiture rate was not material to the calculation of stock-based compensation expense. Unless otherwise determined by the Company’s board of directors, stock-based awards granted under the 2013 Plan generally vest annually over a four-year period.

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s stock options as of June 30, 2014 and the stock option activity for all stock options granted under the 2013 Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2014 (dollars in thousands except exercise price):

 

     Stock
Options
    Weighted-
Average

Exercise
Price
     Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(In Years)
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(3)
 

Outstanding at December 31, 2013

     5,619,671      $ 12.00         

Granted

     12,006      $ 12.52         

Canceled

     (267,740   $ 12.00         
  

 

 

         

Outstanding at June 30, 2014

     5,363,937      $ 12.00         9.3       $ 17,641   
  

 

 

         

Exercisable at June 30, 2014

     469,144      $ 12.00         9.3       $ 1,543   

Expected to vest at June 30, 2014(1)

     4,804,240      $ 12.00         9.3       $ 15,800   

Exercisable and expected to vest at June 30, 2014(2)

     5,273,384      $ 12.00         9.3       $ 17,343   

 

(1) This represents the number of unvested options outstanding as of June 30, 2014, which has been reduced using an estimated forfeiture rate and are expected to vest in the future.
(2) This represents the number of vested options as of June 30, 2014 plus the number of unvested options outstanding as of June 30, 2014, which has been reduced using an estimated forfeiture rate and are expected to vest in the future.
(3) The aggregate intrinsic value was calculated based on the positive difference between the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock on June 30, 2014 of $15.29 per share, or the date of exercise as appropriate, and the exercise price of the underlying options.

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s restricted stock award activity for the 2013 Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2014 (dollars in thousands except weighted-average grant date fair value price):

 

     Restricted Stock
Awards
    Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Non-vested at December 31, 2013

     714,928      $ 12.00   

Granted

     85,900      $ 12.28   

Vested

     (3,682   $ 12.00   

Canceled

     (75,603   $ 12.02   
  

 

 

   

Non-vested at June 30, 2014

     721,543      $ 12.03   
  

 

 

   

 

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The following table provides a summary of the Company’s restricted stock unit activity for the 2013 Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2014 (dollars in thousands except weighted-average grant date fair value price):

 

     Restricted Stock Units     Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Non-vested at December 31, 2013

     461,556      $ 12.00   

Vested and unissued

     (60,197   $ 12.00   
  

 

 

   

Non-vested at June 30, 2014

     401,359      $ 12.00   
  

 

 

   

All Plans

The following table presents total stock-based compensation expense recorded in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for all 2012 restricted stock awards and units issued prior to the Company’s IPO in October 2013 and all awards granted under the 2013 Plan in connection with or subsequent to the IPO (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2013      2014      2013      2014  

Cost of revenue

   $ 2       $ 114       $ 11       $ 246   

Sales and marketing

     5         385         45         753   

Engineering and development

     3         180         29         373   

General and administrative

     176         2,950         654         5,801   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expense

   $ 186       $ 3,629       $ 739       $ 7,173   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table provides a summary of the unrecognized compensation expense for the Company’s 2012 restricted stock awards and units and the 2013 Plan awards by plan and type of award as of June 30, 2014 (dollars in thousands):

 

     Unrecognized Compensation
Expense at June 30, 2014
     Weighted
Average
Period To Be
Recognized
 

2012 Restricted Stock Awards

   $ 978         1.8 years   

2012 Restricted Stock Unit Awards

   $ 2,620         1.7 years   

2013 Plan Stock Option Awards

   $ 30,224         3.3 years   

2013 Plan Restricted Stock Awards

   $ 7,323         3.3 years   

2013 Plan Restricted Stock Unit Awards

   $ 4,793         3.3 years   

11. Redeemable Non-controlling Interest

In connection with a 2013 equity investment in a privately held company based in the United Kingdom, where the Company acquired a controlling interest, the agreement provided for a put option for the then non-controlling interest (“NCI”) shareholders to put the remaining equity interest to the Company within pre-specified put periods. As the NCI is subject to a put option that is outside the control of the Company, it is deemed a redeemable non-controlling interest and not recorded in permanent equity, and is being presented as mezzanine redeemable non-controlling interest on the consolidated balance sheet, and is subject to the guidance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under ASC 480-10-S99, Accounting for Redeemable Equity Securities.

The difference between the $20.8 million initial fair value of the redeemable non-controlling interest and the value expected to be paid upon exercise of the put option is being accreted over the period commencing December 11, 2013 and up to the end of the first put option period, which commences on the eighteen month anniversary of the acquisition date. Adjustments to the carrying amount of the redeemable non-controlling interest are charged to additional paid-in capital. The estimated value of the redeemable non-controlling interest as of June 30, 2014 was $21.9 million. Non-controlling interest arising from the application of the consolidation rules is classified within the total stockholders’ equity with any adjustments charged to net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in a consolidated subsidiary in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.

 

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12. Income Taxes

The Company files income tax returns in the United States for federal income taxes and in various state jurisdictions. The Company also files in several foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by tax authorities throughout the world. Since the Company is in a loss carry-forward position, the Company is generally subject to U.S. federal and state income tax examinations by tax authorities for all years for which a loss carry-forward is available.

The Company recognizes, in its consolidated financial statements the effect of a tax position when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained upon examination. The Company has no unrecognized tax positions at December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2014 that would affect its effective tax rate. The Company does not expect a significant change in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months.

The Company regularly assesses its ability to realize its deferred tax assets. Assessing the realization of deferred tax assets requires significant management judgment. In determining whether its deferred tax assets are more likely than not realizable, the Company evaluated all available positive and negative evidence, and weighted the evidence based on its objectivity. Evidence the Company considered included:

 

    Net Operating Losses (“NOLs”) incurred from the Company’s inception to June 30, 2014;

 

    Expiration of various federal and state tax attributes;

 

    Reversals of existing temporary differences;

 

    Composition and cumulative amounts of existing temporary differences; and

 

    Forecasted profit before tax.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company is in a cumulative pre-tax book loss position for the past three years. The Company has generated significant NOLs since inception, and as such, it has no U.S. carryback capacity. The Company has a history of expiring state NOLs. The Company scheduled out the future reversals of existing deferred tax assets and liabilities and concluded that these reversals did not generate sufficient future taxable income to offset the existing net operating losses. After consideration of the available evidence, both positive and negative, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance of $55.8 million as of December 31, 2013. The provision for income taxes results from a combination of the activities of the Company’s domestic and foreign subsidiaries.

For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, the Company has recognized tax expense of $10.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, the Company has recognized a tax benefit of $1.7 million and tax expense of $4.5 million, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2014 is primarily comprised of U.S. deferred tax expense of $1.7 million related to the differences in the accounting treatment of goodwill under U.S. GAAP and the tax accounting for goodwill, a foreign deferred tax benefit of $0.8 million related to the reductions of deferred liabilities created in purchase accounting and a provision for foreign taxes of $0.3 million. The income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2014 is primarily attributable to a provision for foreign taxes of $2.1 million and U.S. alternative minimum taxes of $0.4 million. The remaining balance of $2.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 is primarily attributable to an increase in U.S. deferred tax liabilities due to the differences in the accounting treatment of goodwill under U.S. GAAP and the tax accounting treatment for goodwill of $4.5 million offset by a foreign deferred benefit of $2.5 million related to the reductions of deferred liabilities created in purchase accounting.

The provision (benefit) for income taxes shown on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss differs from amounts that would result from applying the statutory tax rates to income before taxes primarily because of state income taxes and certain permanent expenses that were not deductible, as well as the application of valuation allowances against U.S. and foreign assets.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company had NOL carry-forwards available to offset future U.S. federal taxable income of approximately $214.2 million and future state taxable income by approximately $152.8 million. These NOL carry-forwards expire on various dates through 2033. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had NOL carry-forwards in foreign jurisdictions available to offset future foreign taxable income by approximately $33.7 million. India has loss carry-forwards totaling $2.1 million that expire in 2021. The Company also has loss carry-forwards in the United Kingdom of $31.6 million, and these losses do not expire.

 

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Utilization of the NOL carry-forwards can be subject to an annual limitation due to the ownership percentage change limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 382 limitation”). Ownership changes can limit the amount of net operating loss and other tax attributes that a company can use each year to offset future taxable income and taxes payable. In connection with a change in control in 2011 the Company was subject to Section 382 annual limitations of $77.1 million against the balance of NOL carry-forwards generated prior to the change in control in 2011. Through December 31, 2013 the Company accumulated the unused amount of Section 382 limitations in excess of the amount of NOL carry-forwards that were originally subject to limitation. Therefore these unused NOL carry-forwards are available for future use to offset taxable income. The Company has completed an analysis of changes in its ownership from 2011, through its IPO, to December 31, 2013. The conclusion is that there was not a Section 382 ownership change during this period and therefore any NOLs generated through December 31, 2013, are not subject to any new Section 382 annual limitations on NOL carry-forwards. As a result, all unused NOL carry-forwards at December 31, 2013 are available for future use to offset taxable income.

13. Severance and Other Exit Costs

In connection with acquisitions, the Company may evaluate its data center, sales and marketing, customer support and engineering operations and the general and administrative function in an effort to eliminate redundant costs. As a result, the Company may incur charges for employee severance, exiting facilities and restructuring data center commitments and other related costs. During the three months ended June 30, 2014, the Company implemented plans to further integrate and consolidate its customer support and engineering operations, resulting in severance and facility exit costs. The severance charges are associated with eliminating 90 positions across primarily customer support, engineering operations and sales and marketing. Total severance for these plans will be approximately $1.5 million, of which, $1.2 million was incurred in the three months ended June 30, 2014, with the balance to be incurred in the second half of fiscal year 2014. The Company expects the employee-related charges to be completed during the year ended December 31, 2014. The Company has accrued a severance liability of $1.0 million as of June 30, 2014 related to these severance costs.

The Company expects to incur facility costs associated with closing offices in Redwood City, California and Englewood, Colorado. The Company will have remaining lease obligations of approximately $3.0 million for vacated facilities, and will take a charge for these future lease payments, less expected sublease income, during the third quarter of fiscal year 2014. The Company is still evaluating the amount of potential sublease income that will partially offset this charge. The Company has cash payment obligations for these leases, net of sublease income, through March 31, 2018.

The following table provides a summary of the activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 related to the Company’s severance accrual (in thousands):

 

     Employee Severance  

Balance at December 31, 2013

   $ —    

Severance charges

     1,247   

Cash paid

     (216
  

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2014

   $ 1,031   
  

 

 

 

The following table presents severance charges recorded in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended      Six Months Ended  
     June 30, 2014      June 30, 2014  

Cost of revenue

   $ 290       $ 290   

Sales and marketing

     115         115   

Engineering and development

     823         823   

General and administrative

     19         19   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total severance charges

   $ 1,247       $ 1,247   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

14. Commitments and Contingencies

On February 28, 2014, the Company entered into a Master Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ace Data Centers, Inc. Under the terms of the Agreement, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), the Company will license space at a data center facility in Provo, Utah. The Agreement provides for a term of ten years from the Effective Date and has a total estimated financial obligation of $102.0 million over the ten year term, exclusive of certain fees and charges, including without limitation, non-recurring charges, late fees or other penalties, fees for additional bandwidth purchased by the Company and additional services not contemplated in the Agreement.

 

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From time to time, the Company is involved in legal proceedings or subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is not presently a party to any legal proceedings, that in the opinion of management, if determined adversely to the Company, would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, operating results or cash flow. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

15. Related Party Transactions

The Company has various agreements in place with related parties. Below are details of related party transactions that occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014.

The Company has certain contracts with entities for outsourced services that are related parties. The ownership of these entities is held directly or indirectly by family members of the Company’s chief executive officer, who is also a director of the Company. For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively, was recorded as expense in cost of revenue, $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, was recorded in engineering and development expense, $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, was recorded in sales and marketing expense, and $0.6 million and $0.0 million, respectively, was recorded in general and administrative expense, relating to services provided to the Company under these agreements. For the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, $2.4 million and $2.4 million, respectively, was recorded as expense in cost of revenue, $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, was recorded in engineering and development expense, $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, was recorded in sales and marketing expense, and $1.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively, was recorded in general and administrative expense, relating to services provided to the Company under these agreements.

The Company also has an agreement with an entity that provides a third-party security application that is sold by the Company. The entity is collectively majority owned by the Company’s chief executive officer, and two investors in the Company, one of whom is a director of the Company, and both of whom are beneficial owners, directly and indirectly, of equity in the Company. For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, $0.9 million and $1.4 million, respectively, were recorded as expense in cost of revenue related to this agreement. For the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, $1.6 million and $2.0 million, respectively, were recorded as expense in cost of revenue related to this agreement.

16. Subsequent Events

With respect to the unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date of this filing.

On July 7, 2014, the Company paid $4.2 million to increase its investment in a privately-held company based in the United Kingdom, of which the Company has a controlling interest. Also on July 7, 2014, the Company entered into an amendment to the put option made by the NCI shareholders (see Note 11), which proportionately reduced the value expected to be paid upon exercise.

 

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

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. The statements contained in this report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue;” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions or variations intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included under Part II, Item 1A below, among others. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Overview

We are a leading provider of cloud-based platform solutions designed to help small and medium-sized businesses, or SMBs, succeed online. Leveraging our proprietary technology platform, we serve over 3.7 million subscribers globally with a comprehensive and integrated suite of over 150 products and services that help SMBs get online, get found and grow their businesses. The products and services available on our platform include domains, website builders, web hosting, email, security, backup, search engine optimization, or SEO, and search engine marketing, or SEM, social media services, website analytics, and productivity and e-commerce solutions.

We deliver these products and services to our subscribers through an integrated technology platform that enables the delivery of cloud-based products and services in an easy to use, intuitive and cost-effective manner. Over our 17 year history, we have honed and refined our platform to amass significant insights into the needs and aspirations of our subscribers. This allows us to engage our subscribers in timely and compelling ways, driving significant business value for them. We believe that our platform delivers these solutions quickly, reliably and safely and that these strengths and capabilities help us attract and retain subscribers who view their web presence as mission critical. These subscribers then demand products which we seek to upsell to them over a sustained period of time.

Our Multi-Channel, Multi-Brand Approach. The SMB market is broad and diverse in terms of geography, industry, size and degree of technology sophistication. As a consequence, we leverage our proprietary data to implement a multi-brand, multi-channel approach that allows us to precisely target the SMB universe, identify the best ways to reach different categories of subscribers and tailor our brands and product offerings specifically toward those audiences. Our approach is designed to reach and efficiently on-board subscribers at scale while minimizing subscriber acquisition costs.

Our Multi-Product, Multi-Engagement Approach. Once we get our subscribers online, we offer them a comprehensive and integrated suite of over 150 products and services that helps them get found and grow their businesses. We use our technology and proprietary data and analytics to identify subscriber needs and opportunities based on type of business, length of time in business, geography, products and services previously purchased from us and various other factors. This allows us to proactively engage with our subscribers in a timely manner through a variety of customer engagement channels. Using this multi-product, multi-engagement approach, we have been able to steadily increase our average revenue per subscriber, or ARPS, by selling additional products and services to our subscribers throughout their subscription period.

 

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Our approach to addressing the needs of SMBs and meeting the challenges of serving the SMB market has enabled us to grow rapidly, to create long-term subscriber relationships and to build an attractive business model that generates substantial cash flow.

Second Quarter Results

Our revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 was $128.2 million and $152.0 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 19% while our net losses were $43.0 million and $13.4 million, respectively, and our Adjusted EBITDA was $53.7 million and $56.5 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of approximately 5%. During the same three month periods, our unlevered free cash flow, or UFCF, was $40.8 million and $43.6 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 7%, while our free cash flow, or FCF, was $19.7 million and $29.5 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 50%.

Our revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 was $251.0 million and $297.7 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 19% while our net losses were $64.7 million and $32.7 million, respectively, and our Adjusted EBITDA was $111.8 million and $115.6 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of approximately 3%. During the same six month periods, our UFCF was $85.9 million and $92.6 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 8%, while our FCF was $43.8 million and $65.0 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 48%.

Our revenue growth during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 resulted from increases in our two key growth drivers, total subscribers and ARPS. We added approximately 93,000 net paying subscribers during the quarter bringing the total number of subscribers on our platform to over 3.7 million. During the quarter, ARPS grew $1.32 from $13.01 at the end of the second quarter of 2013 to $14.33. Excluding the impact of Directi (which we acquired in January 2014), our ARPS grew to $13.35 or $0.34 greater than for the second quarter of 2013. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, we added approximately 194,000 net paying subscribers, excluding the 51,000 added to our base from the acquisition of Directi in the first quarter of 2014. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, ARPS grew $1.30 from $12.96 at the end of the second quarter of 2013 to $14.26. Excluding the impact of Directi, our ARPS grew to $13.41 or $0.45 greater than at the end of the second quarter of 2013. We believe that the growth in both total subscribers and ARPS on a year-over-year basis was driven by increased investments in our direct and product marketing programs as well as favorable trends in our free to pay conversions that attracted new subscribers, combined with an increase in product adoption rates and higher cart values. We typically add fewer net paying subscribers in the second quarter over the first quarter due to seasonality and believe that we will continue to grow our total subscriber base as we invest behind our marketing programs.

Growth in Adjusted EBITDA on a year-over-year basis was primarily a result of our revenue growth offset by the additional costs we incurred related to becoming a public company, as well as by our increased investments in marketing as compared to the first half of 2013. In 2013, our marketing expenditures were lower due to our focus on integrating our 2012 acquisitions of Homestead and HostGator into our technology platform. Typically, when we are integrating technology platforms, we curtail marketing spend and subscriber additions. Following the completion of the technology integration at the end of 2013, we began re-investing in marketing and finding new channels that we believe will provide revenue-generating opportunities. We have explored new ways to on-board subscribers such as through lead-in products like back-up and storage. We have increased marketing that targets sales of products such as these while also increasing our direct marketing effort for our core web presence solutions. We believe these additional marketing investments will enable our continued growth in subscribers and ARPS and we plan to continue to increase our overall marketing spend provided we can manage our subscriber acquisition costs and return on our marketing investments at favorable levels. While these investments are generally neutral on a cash flow basis in the first year, we expect based on our experience that they will become cash flow generative over the lifetime of the product renewal cycle.

Year-over year growth in UFCF was favorably impacted by the reduction in capital expenditures following the completion of the integration of Homestead and HostGator into our technology platform.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, FCF grew 50% and 48%, respectively, over the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, as we benefited from economies of scale and reduced financing costs as a result of our November 2013 bank debt refinancing.

Adjusted EBITDA, UFCF and FCF were lower in the second quarter of 2014 over the first quarter of 2014 primarily from higher sales due to typical seasonality in the first quarter. In addition higher capital expenditures of $0.5 million and a negative change in operating assets and liabilities contributed to the lower UFCF and FCF in the second quarter. We believe our Adjusted EBITDA, UFCF and FCF may increase or decrease between quarters for these reasons but will continue to increase on a year over year basis as we continue to grow our revenue and realize efficiencies in the business.

 

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As we acquire other businesses, we regularly combine data center, sales and marketing, customer support and engineering operations and the general and administrative function to better leverage our cost structure by eliminating redundant costs. In order to remove these costs, we may incur charges for employee severance, exiting facilities and restructuring data center commitments and other related costs. During the second quarter, we began the process to close office locations in California and Colorado. These office closings resulted in the elimination of 90 positions, for which we will take severance charges of $1.5 million, of which $1.2 million was incurred during the second quarter of 2014, with the balance to be incurred during the second half of 2014. We will have approximately $3.0 million in remaining lease obligations for these closed facilities and will take a charge for remaining lease payments, net of expected sublease income, in the third quarter of 2014. We are still evaluating the amount of potential sublease income that will partially offset this charge.

Finally, we have been focusing efforts on creating more technology-focused efficiencies that we believe will support the business overall and benefit us over the long-term. The acquisition of Directi has allowed us to assess our current footprint and has resulted in a decision to reconfigure and consolidate our data center operations and customer support organization during 2014. We currently estimate that these additional plans will result in approximately $1.0 million of severance charges during the second half of 2014.

ARPS, Adjusted EBITDA, UFCF and FCF are non-GAAP financial measures. For more information regarding ARPS, Adjusted EBITDA, UFCF and FCF and a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Metrics” below.

Growth Strategy

We believe total subscribers and ARPS will continue to be the key drivers of our revenue growth in the future, and we intend to drive growth in both of these metrics by leveraging the strengths of our approach to serving the SMB market.

Increasing Total Subscribers

We plan to increase total subscribers by continuing to invest in our multi-channel, multi-brand approach. We expect to continue to develop and refine our multiple subscriber acquisition channels, including our word of mouth referrals, our referral and reseller network, our partnership with Google and other strategic partners and to expand our geographic footprint and our internationally-sourced revenues, particularly in emerging markets, as more and more SMBs in these markets come online due to wider availability of internet infrastructure and mobile connectivity. The Directi acquisition has allowed us to expand our reach in these markets. Bluehost China went live in the first quarter, and in the second quarter we released localized versions of our Bluehost and HostGator sites in several countries, including Brazil, India, Turkey and Russia. We expect to develop and launch these brands and additional brands from our portfolio in more international markets over the next several quarters. We are planning to add to our portfolio of brands, both organically and through acquisitions, to target specific segments of the SMB market.

Increasing Average Revenue per Subscriber

We plan to increase ARPS through our multi-product, multi-engagement approach by offering our subscribers additional products and services, particularly higher value items such as advanced hosting services, mobile and productivity solutions and professional services. As part of these efforts, we expect to continue to enhance our technology platform and services delivery architecture by continuing to invest in new data center space and capacity, new gear and the development of intellectual property. We also plan to build out our cloud-based applications and services to help us upsell to more price conscious subscribers in emerging markets as well as to increase our penetration in mature markets.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Metrics

In addition to our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, we use certain “non-GAAP financial measures” described below to evaluate the operating and financial performance of our business, identify trends affecting our business, develop projections and make strategic business decisions. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s operating performance, financial position or cash flow that includes or excludes amounts that are included or excluded from the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We monitor the non-GAAP financial measures described below, and we believe they are helpful to investors, because we believe they reflect the operating performance of our business and help management and investors gauge our ability to generate cash flow, excluding some recurring and non-recurring expenses that are included in the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Our non-GAAP financial measures may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in our industry, as other companies in our industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently, particularly related to adjustments for integration and restructuring expenses. In addition, there are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because they are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies and exclude expenses that may have a material impact on our reported financial results. Furthermore, interest expense, which is excluded from some of our non-GAAP measures, has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in our business. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We urge you to review the reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included below, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Key Metrics

We use a number of metrics, including the following key metrics, to evaluate the operating and financial performance of our business, identify trends affecting our business, develop projections and make strategic business decisions:

 

    total subscribers;

 

    average revenue per subscriber;

 

    monthly recurring revenue retention rate;

 

    Adjusted Net Income;

 

    Adjusted EBITDA;

 

    unlevered free cash flow; and

 

    free cash flow.

The following table, which includes Directi for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, summarizes these non-GAAP financial measures and key metrics for the periods presented (all data in thousands, except average revenue per subscriber and monthly recurring revenue retention rate):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Financial and other metrics:

        

Total subscribers

     3,370        3,747        3,370        3,747   

Average revenue per subscriber

   $ 13.01      $ 14.33      $ 12.96      $ 14.26   

Monthly recurring revenue retention rate

     99     99     99     99

Adjusted Net Income

   $ 15,442      $ 31,444      $ 58,110      $ 64,354   

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 53,701      $ 56,496      $ 111,827      $ 115,623   

Unlevered free cash flow

   $ 40,808      $ 43,574      $ 85,949      $ 92,572   

Free cash flow

   $ 19,673      $ 29,505      $ 43,792      $ 64,976   

Total Subscribers

We define total subscribers as those that, as of the end of a period, are subscribing directly to our web presence solutions on a paid basis. Historically, in calculating total subscribers, we included the number of end-of-period subscribers we added through business acquisitions as if those subscribers had subscribed with us since the beginning of the period presented. Since the first quarter of 2014, we have included subscribers we added through business acquisitions from the date of the relevant acquisition. We do not include in total subscribers accounts that access our solutions via resellers or purchase only domain names from us. Subscribers of more than one brand are counted as separate subscribers. We believe total subscribers is an indicator of the scale of our platform and our ability to expand our subscriber base and is a critical factor in our ability to monetize the opportunity we have identified in serving the SMB market.

 

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During the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, we added approximately 93,000 and 194,000 net paying subscribers, respectively, excluding the subscribers added to our base from the acquisition of Directi in the first quarter of 2014. The increase in subscriptions is primarily a result of growth in the market for our products and services, referrals, channel development, investing in our sales and our support organizations and training them to better utilize our data and analytical capabilities. In addition, upon closing the acquisition of Directi, we acquired a base of over 51,000 subscribers, bringing our total subscribers on platform to over 3.7 million as of June 30, 2014 versus 3.4 million as of June 30, 2013. The Directi subscriber base includes a significant number of resellers, which reduces the total amount of Directi’s contribution to total subscribers because we count only the resellers, and not their end customers, as subscribers.

Average Revenue per Subscriber

Average revenue per subscriber, or ARPS, is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as the amount of revenue we recognize in a period divided by the average of the number of total subscribers at the beginning of the period and at the end of the period. In calculating ARPS, we exclude the impact of any fair value adjustments to deferred revenue resulting from acquisitions. Historically, we adjusted the amount of revenue to include the revenue generated from subscribers we added through business acquisitions as if those acquired subscribers had been our subscribers since the beginning of the period presented. Since the first quarter of 2014, we have adjusted the amount of revenue to include the revenue generated from subscribers we add through business acquisitions from the date of the relevant acquisition. We believe including revenue from acquired subscribers in this manner provides a useful comparison of the revenue generated per subscriber from period to period. We believe ARPS is an indicator of our ability to optimize our mix of products and services and pricing, and sell products and services to new and existing subscribers.

For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, ARPS increased from $13.01 to $14.33, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, ARPS increased from $12.96 to $14.26, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, excluding the impact of Directi, ARPS increased from $13.01 to $13.35, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014, excluding the impact of Directi, ARPS increased from $12.96 to $13.41, respectively. These increases in ARPS was a result of increasing demand for our solutions as we made progress with product adoption rates from both new and existing subscribers. We expect ARPS to increase as we increase sales to existing and new subscribers by offering additional products and services and improving our distribution by expanding our points of subscriber engagement, optimizing our communications across our various subscriber touchpoints and by facilitating easier access to our solutions.

The following table reflects the reconciliation of ARPS to revenue calculated in accordance with GAAP (all data in thousands, except ARPS data):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2013      2014      2013      2014  

Revenue

   $ 128,222       $ 151,992       $ 250,963       $ 297,742   

Purchase accounting adjustment

     2,198         7,046         5,475         14,067   

Pre-acquisition revenue from acquired properties

     —           —           512         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted revenue

   $ 130,420       $ 159,038       $ 256,950       $ 311,809   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total subscribers

     3,370         3,747         3,370         3,747   

ARPS

   $ 13.01       $ 14.33       $ 12.96       $ 14.26   

Adjusted revenue attributable to Directi

     —           12,850         —           22,310   

Adjusted revenue excluding Directi

   $ 130,420       $ 146,188       $ 256,950       $ 289,499   

Total subscribers excluding Directi

     3,370         3,695         3,370         3,695   

ARPS excluding Directi

   $ 13.01       $ 13.35       $ 12.96       $ 13.41   

Monthly Recurring Revenue Retention Rate

We believe that our ability to retain revenue from our subscribers is an indicator of the long-term value of our subscriber relationships and the stability of our revenue base. To assess our performance in this area, we measure our monthly recurring revenue, or MRR, retention rate. We calculate MRR retention rate at the end of a period by taking the retained recurring value of subscription revenue of all active subscribers at the end of the prior period and dividing it into the retained recurring value of subscription revenue for those same subscribers at the end of the period presented. We believe MRR retention rate is an indicator of our ability to retain existing subscribers, sell products and services and maintain subscriber satisfaction.

 

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Our MRR retention rate was 99% for all periods presented.

Adjusted Net Income

Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net income (loss) plus (i) changes in deferred revenue inclusive of purchase accounting adjustments related to acquisitions, amortization, stock-based compensation expense, loss of unconsolidated entities, net loss on sale of property and equipment, expenses related to integration of acquisitions and restructurings, any dividend-related payments accounted for as compensation expense, transaction expenses and charges including costs associated with certain litigation matters, and preparation for our IPO, less (ii) earnings of unconsolidated entities and net gain on sale of property and equipment and (iii) the estimated tax effects of the foregoing adjustments. Due to our history of acquisitions and financings, we have incurred accounting charges and expenses that obscure the operating performance of our business. We believe that adjusting for these items and the use of Adjusted Net Income is useful to investors in evaluating the performance of our company.

Our adjusted net income increased from $15.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $31.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and increased from $58.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $64.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in our Adjusted Net Income was in part due to lower interest expense of $7.7 million and $15.9 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, as a result of a lower effective interest rate on our term loan debt, following our refinancing in November 2013. The increase in our Adjusted Net Income in the three months ended June 30, 2014 was also due to a lower income tax charge of $8.7 million compared with the three months ended June 30, 2013. In the second quarter of 2013 we recorded a valuation allowance against substantially all of our deferred tax assets. Year over year for the six month periods we had higher income taxes of $7.1 million which in part offsets the overall increase in our Adjusted Net Income. This increase in our Adjusted Net Income was also partially offset by a higher depreciation charge of $3.2 million and $6.3 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, as a result of expanding our business and data center infrastructure as we migrated customers from our 2012 acquisitions of HostGator and Homestead onto our platform.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as Adjusted Net Income plus interest expense, depreciation, and income tax expense (benefit). We manage our business based on the cash collected from our subscribers and the cash required to acquire and service those subscribers. We believe highlighting cash collected and cash spent in a given period provides insight to an investor to gauge the overall health of our business. Under GAAP, although subscription fees are paid in advance, we recognize the associated revenue over the subscription term, which does not fully reflect short-term trends in our operating results.

After adjusting both periods for the impact of the changes in deferred tax, depreciation and interest expense, as described above under Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA increased by $2.8 million from $53.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $56.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and increased by $3.8 million from $111.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $115.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. These increases in Adjusted EBITDA were primarily a result of our revenue growth, increases in the number of subscribers on our platform, an increase in ARPS and achieving greater scale benefits. This growth was impacted by our increased investments in marketing and by the additional costs we incurred related to becoming a public company. While growth in new subscriber revenue is typically offset by marketing expense in the first year of subscription, these investments in marketing are generally neutral on a cash flow basis in the first year. In our experience, these investments become cash flow generative over the lifetime of the product renewal cycle. We expect that these investments in 2014 will be contributing to cash flow starting in 2015 as subscribers remain on platform, renew their subscription and buy additional products with minimal further marketing investment.

Unlevered Free Cash Flow

Unlevered free cash flow, or UFCF, is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as Adjusted EBITDA plus change in operating assets and liabilities (other than deferred revenue) net of acquisitions, less capital expenditures and income taxes excluding deferred tax. We believe the most useful indicator of our operating performance is the cash generating potential of our company prior to any accounting charges related to our acquisitions. We also invest in marketing, our largest operating expense, which may increase or decrease in a given period, depending on the cost of attracting new

 

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subscribers to our solutions. We also believe that because our business has meaningful data center and related infrastructure requirements, the level of capital expenditures required to run our business is an important factor for investors. We believe UFCF is a useful measure that captures the effects of these issues.

UFCF increased from $40.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $43.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014 and increased from $85.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $92.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Year-over year growth in UFCF was favorably impacted by the reduction in capital expenditures, following the completion of integration of Homestead and HostGator into our technology platform.

Free Cash Flow

Free cash flow, or FCF, is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as unlevered free cash flow less interest expense. We believe that this presentation of free cash flow provides investors with an additional indicator of our ability to generate positive cash flows after meeting our obligations with regard to payment of interest on our outstanding indebtedness.

FCF increased from $19.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $29.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. FCF increased from $43.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $65.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The increases in FCF were primarily due to realizing economies of scale in the business and reduced financing costs following our initial public offering or IPO. This included reducing our overall term loan bank debt and a reduction in our effective interest rate as a result of our debt refinancing which occurred in November 2013. We expect our FCF to continue to benefit in future periods from the reduction in our term loan interest expense, based on the current loan balance and interest rates.

 

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The following table reflects the reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA, UFCF and FCF to net loss calculated in accordance with GAAP (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Net loss

   $ (42,958   $ (16,132   $ (64,686   $ (38,601

Stock-based compensation

     186        3,629        739        7,173   

(Gain) loss on sale of property and equipment

     345        68        332        74   

(Gain) loss of unconsolidated entities

     (129     (89     (266     (110

Amortization of intangible assets

     26,244        25,462        52,314        49,541   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     53        19        106        38   

Changes in deferred revenue (inclusive of impact of purchase accounting)

     13,926        12,188        33,651        37,580   

Transaction expenses and charges

     4,517        757        8,358        2,120   

Integration and restructuring expenses

     15,021        7,975        31,280        11,171   

Tax-affected impact of adjustments

     (1,763     (2,433     (3,718     (4,632
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income

   $ 15,442      $ 31,444      $ 58,110      $ 64,354   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation

     4,342        7,502        8,267        14,548   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     12,153        3,481        2,047        9,119   

Interest expense, net (net of impact of amortization of deferred financing costs)

     21,764        14,069        43,403        27,602   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 53,701      $ 56,496      $ 111,827      $ 115,623   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions

     (5,839     (5,242     (6,852     (5,821

Capital expenditures (1)

     (6,442     (7,595     (17,947     (14,683

Income tax (excluding deferred tax)

     (612     (85     (1,079     (2,547
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unlevered free cash flow

   $ 40,808      $ 43,574      $ 85,949      $ 92,572   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash interest paid (net of change in accrued loan interest)

     (21,135     (14,069     (42,157     (27,596
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

   $ 19,673      $ 29,505      $ 43,792      $ 64,976   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Capital expenditures during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 includes $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, of payments under a three year capital lease for software of $11.7 million beginning in January 2014. The remaining balance on the capital lease is $9.9 million as of June 30, 2014.

The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in deferred revenue (inclusive of impact of purchase accounting), included in Adjusted EBITDA to changes in deferred revenue in our consolidated statements of cash flows (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,      Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013      2014      2013      2014  

Changes in deferred revenue (inclusive of impact of purchase accounting)

   $ 13,926       $ 12,188       $ 33,651       $ 37,580   

Application of purchase accounting for the Directi acquisition:

           

Impact of reduced fair value of deferred domain registration costs

     —           6,335         —           12,337   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes in deferred revenue in consolidated statements of cash flows

   $ 13,926       $ 18,523       $ 33,651       $ 49,917   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following table provides a reconciliation of change in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions, included in UFCF to the changes in operating assets and liabilities in our consolidated statements of cash flows (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions

   $ (5,839   $ (5,242   $ (6,852   $ (5,821

Application of purchase accounting for the Directi acquisition:

        

Impact of reduced fair value of deferred domain registration costs

     —          (6,335     —          (12,337
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in operating assets and liabilities, excluding deferred revenue, in consolidated statements of cash flows

   $ (5,839   $ (11,577   $ (6,852   $ (18,158
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of income tax expense (benefit) included in FCF to the income tax expense (benefit) in our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and to the income taxes paid amount in our consolidated statements of cash flows (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Income tax expense (benefit)

   $ 12,153      $ 3,481      $ 2,047      $ 9,119   

Tax-affected impact of adjustments

     (1,763     (2,433     (3,718     (4,632
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit) in consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss

   $ 10,390      $ 1,048      $ (1,671   $ 4,487   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less: change in deferred tax benefit (expense)

     (9,778     (963     2,750        (1,940
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax (excluding deferred tax)

   $ 612      $ 85      $ 1,079      $ 2,547   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in accrued income taxes

     225        619        11        (1,596
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income taxes paid in consolidated statements of cash flows

   $ 837      $ 704      $ 1,090      $ 951   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of net interest expense included in FCF to net interest in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss and to interest paid in our consolidated statement of cash flows (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Interest expense, net (net of impact of deferred financing costs)

   $ 21,764      $ 14,069      $ 43,403      $ 27,602   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     53        19        106        38   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expense in consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss

   $ 21,817      $ 14,088      $ 43,509      $ 27,640   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less:

        

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (53     (19     (106     (38

Amortization of net present value of deferred consideration

     (589     —          (1,168     (5

Decrease in accrued interest

     4,108        16        5,007        500   

Interest income

     18        89        30        172   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest paid in consolidated statements of cash flows

   $ 25,301      $ 14,174      $ 47,272      $ 28,269   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The following table provides the three major categories of the statement of our cash flows, calculated in accordance with GAAP (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Cash flows provided by operating activities

   $ 6,537      $ 28,402      $ 22,023      $ 66,389   

Cash flows used in investing activities

   $ (15,135   $ (28,311   $ (28,812   $ (52,891

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

   $ 7,809      $ (27,662   $ 664      $ (56,278

The following table reflects the reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities (“operating cash flow”) to free cash flow (all data in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  

Operating cash flow

   $ 6,537      $ 28,402      $ 22,023      $ 66,389   

Less:

        

Capital expenditures and capital lease obligations

     (6,442     (7,595     (17,947     (14,683

Plus:

        

Costs excluded in free cash flow net of costs also excluded in operating cash flow:

        

Transaction expenses and charges

     4,557        723        8,436        2,099   

Integration and restructuring expenses

     15,021        7,975        31,280        11,171   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

   $ 19,673      $ 29,505      $ 43,792      $ 64,976   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Components of Operating Results

Revenue

We generate revenue primarily from selling subscriptions for our cloud-based products and services. The subscriptions we offer are similar across all of our brands and are provided under contracts pursuant to which we have ongoing obligations to support the subscriber. These contracts are generally for service periods of up to 36 months and typically require payment in advance at the time of initiating the subscription for the entire subscription period. Typically, we also have arrangements in place to auto renew a subscription at the end of the subscription period. Due to factors such as introductory pricing, our renewal fees may be higher than our initial subscription. We sell more subscriptions with twelve month terms than with any other term length. We also earn revenue from the sale of domain name registrations and non-term based products and services, such as online security products and professional technical services as well as through referral fees and commissions. We expect our revenue to increase in future periods as we expand our subscriber base and increase our average revenue per subscriber by selling additional products and services throughout their subscription period.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue includes costs of operating our subscriber support organization, fees we pay to register domain names for our subscribers, costs of leasing and operating data center infrastructure, including personnel costs for our network operations, fees we pay to third-party product and service providers, and merchant fees we pay as part of our billing processes. We also allocate to cost of revenue the depreciation and amortization related to these activities and the intangible assets we have acquired, as well as a portion of our overhead costs attributable to our employees engaged in subscriber support activities. In addition, cost of revenue includes stock-based compensation expense for employees engaged in support and network operations. We expect cost of revenue to increase in absolute dollars in future periods as we expand our subscriber base, increase our levels of subscriber support, expand our domain name business and add data center capacity. Cost of revenue may increase or decrease as a percentage of revenue in a given period, depending on our ability to manage our infrastructure costs, in particular with respect to data centers and support, the amount of third-party product and services that we sell and as a result of our amortization expense.

 

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Gross Profit

Gross profit is the difference between revenue and cost of revenue. Gross profit has fluctuated from period to period in large part as a result of revenue and cost of revenue adjustments from purchase accounting impacts related to acquisitions, as well as revenue and cost of revenue impacts from growth in our business. With respect to revenue, the application of purchase accounting requires us to record purchase accounting adjustments for acquired deferred revenue, which reduces the revenue recorded from acquisitions. With respect to cost of revenue, the application of purchase accounting requires us to defer domain registration costs, which reduces cost of revenue, and record long-lived assets at fair value, which increases cost of revenue through an increase in amortization expense over the estimated useful life of the long-lived assets. In addition, our revenue and our cost of revenue have increased in recent years as our subscriber base has expanded. For a new subscriber that we bring on to our platform, we typically recognize revenue over the term of the subscription, even though we collect the subscription fee at the initial billing. As a result, our gross profit may be affected by the prices we charge for our subscriptions, as well as by the number of new subscribers and the terms of their subscriptions. We expect our gross profit to increase in absolute dollars in future periods while our gross profit margin may increase or decrease.

Operating Expense

We classify our operating expense into three categories: sales and marketing, engineering and development, and general and administrative.

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense primarily consists of costs associated with payments to our network of partners, SEM and SEO, general awareness and brand building activities, as well as the cost of employees engaged in sales and marketing activities. Sales and marketing expense also includes costs associated with sales of products. In the last fiscal quarter of 2013 we broadened our investment in marketing expense to include new channels for acquiring subscribers through lead in products like storage and backup. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, we increased our investment in marketing, including ramping up our investment in product marketing.

Sales and marketing expense includes stock-based compensation expense for employees engaged in sales and marketing activities. We expect sales and marketing expense to increase in absolute dollars in future periods as we continue to expand our business and increase our sales efforts. We also expect sales and marketing expense to be our largest category of operating expense for the foreseeable future as we continue with our plans to develop and grow additional subscriber acquisition channels. Sales and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue may increase or decrease in a given period, depending on the cost of attracting new subscribers to our solutions (our subscriber acquisition costs), changes in how we invest in different subscriber acquisition channels, changes in how we approach search engine marketing and search engine optimization and the extent of general awareness and brand building activities we may undertake as well as the efficiency of our sales and support people and our ability to monetize our subscribers and drive favorable returns on invested marketing dollars.

Engineering and Development. Engineering and development expense includes the cost of employees engaged in enhancing our systems, developing and expanding product and service offerings, and integrating technology capabilities from our acquisitions. Engineering and development expense includes stock-based compensation expense for employees engaged in engineering and development activities. We expect our engineering and development expense as a percentage of our revenue to remain in line with current performance.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expense includes the cost of employees engaged in corporate functions, such as finance, human resources, legal affairs and general management. General and administrative expense also includes all facility and related overhead costs not allocated to cost of revenue, as well as insurance premiums and professional service fees. We incurred additional expenses in preparing for our IPO and will continue to incur additional expenses associated with being a publicly traded company and due to our expansion into international territories, including increased legal, corporate insurance, tax and accounting expenses, and the additional costs of achieving and maintaining compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulations. General and administrative expense includes stock-based compensation expense for employees engaged in general and administrative activities. We expect that general and administrative expense will continue to increase in absolute dollars but decrease marginally as a percentage of revenue.

Net Interest Income (Expense)

Interest expense consists primarily of costs related to, and interest paid on, our indebtedness. We include the cash cost of interest payments and loan financing fees, the amortization of deferred financing costs and the amortization of the net present value adjustment which we may apply to some deferred consideration payments related to our acquisitions in our

 

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calculation of interest expense. Interest income consists primarily of interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents balances. We expect net interest expense on our first lien term loan to be lower in future periods as compared to 2013 following a refinancing of our bank debt in November 2013.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

We estimate our income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements and the financial statements that are prepared in accordance with tax regulations for the purpose of filing our income tax returns, using statutory tax rates. This methodology requires us to record a valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we recorded a reversal of our existing deferred tax liability, which created a deferred tax benefit. We established a valuation allowance on substantially all of our deferred tax assets during the year ended December 31, 2013.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reported periods. We base our estimates, judgments and assumptions on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Our actual results may differ from the estimates, judgments and assumptions made by our management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates, judgments and assumptions and our actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be affected.

We believe that our critical accounting policies and estimates are the assumptions and estimates associated with the following:

 

    revenue recognition,

 

    goodwill,

 

    long-lived assets,

 

    depreciation,

 

    amortization,

 

    income taxes, and

 

    stock-based compensation arrangements.

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2013. For further information on our critical accounting policies and estimates, see Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements appearing in Part I. Item 1. in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on February 28, 2014.

 

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Results of Operations

The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods presented (all data in thousands). The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2013     2014     2013     2014  
     (unaudited)  

Revenue

   $ 128,222      $ 151,992      $ 250,963      $ 297,742   

Cost of revenue

     87,972        92,611        175,180        181,802   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     40,250        59,381        75,783        115,940   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expense:

        

Sales and marketing

     29,768        38,225        58,299        79,849   

Engineering and development

     6,095        5,365        12,235        10,318   

General and administrative

     15,267        16,876        28,363        32,357   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expense

     51,130        60,466        98,897        122,524   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (10,880     (1,085     (23,114     (6,584

Total other expense, net

     (21,817     (14,088     (43,509     (27,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes and equity earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (32,697     (15,173     (66,623     (34,224

Income tax expense (benefit)

     10,390        1,048        (1,671     4,487   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before equity earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (43,087     (16,221     (64,952     (38,711
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity income of unconsolidated entities, net of tax

     (129     (89     (266     (110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (42,958   $ (16,132   $ (64,686   $ (38,601
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

     —         (2,684     —         (5,868
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

   $ (42,958   $ (13,448   $ (64,686   $ (32,733
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2014

Revenue

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Change  
     2013      2014      Amount      %  

Revenue

   $ 128,222       $ 151,992       $ 23,770         19

Revenue increased by $23.8 million, or 19%, from $128.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $152.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Of this increase, $6.6 million was related to revenues from our acquisition of Directi and $17.2 million was primarily due to an increase in subscribers on our platform as we expanded lead-in products such as back-up and storage and focused our marketing on attracting new subscribers, an increase in demand for our solutions from both new and existing subscribers and increases in prices paid by our subscribers at renewals or after expiration of promotional periods. Consistent with our plans, as we completed the integration of the 2012 acquisitions of HostGator and Homestead onto our integrated technology platform, we were able to increase our marketing spend and drive additional subscriber signups and also enhance the promotion of our products and services through improved business insight and analytics offered through the integrated technology platform.

 

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Cost of Revenue

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,               
     2013     2014     Change  
     Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      %  

Cost of revenue

   $ 87,972         69   $ 92,611         61   $ 4,639         5

Cost of revenue increased by $4.6 million, or 5%, from $88.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $92.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Of this increase, $6.0 million, which included an amortization charge of $1.7 million, was attributable to our acquisition of Directi on January 23, 2014, $2.8 million was due to an increase in depreciation expense as a result of expanding our data center infrastructure during 2012 and 2013, $1.4 million was related to an increase in domain registration costs and $2.2 million was attributable to costs of third party products and services related to our sales. Stock-based compensation expense increased by approximately $0.1 million from $2,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in data center expenses of $2.6 million, a decrease in support costs of $2.8 million resulting from the migration of HostGator and Homestead subscribers onto our platform and a $2.5 million decrease in amortization expense.

Gross Profit

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,               
     2013     2014     Change  
     Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      %  

Gross profit

   $ 40,250         31   $ 59,381         39   $ 19,131         48

Gross profit increased by $19.1 million, from $40.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $59.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased by 8 percentage points from 31% for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to 39% for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Approximately 50% of this increase, quarter over quarter, was attributable to the net contribution from an increase in our subscriber base, our monetization of those subscribers and our acquisition of Directi. The remaining increase in our gross profit as a percentage of revenue, quarter over quarter, was attributable to the net purchase accounting impact of amortization related to our acquisitions since 2012, including Directi. A reduction in the amortization expense from our earlier acquisitions was offset by additional amortization expense from our acquisitions since June 30, 2013.

Operating Expense

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,              
     2013     2014     Change  
     Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount     %  

Sales and marketing

   $ 29,768         23   $ 38,225         25   $ 8,457        28

Engineering and development

     6,095         5     5,365         4     (730     (12 )% 

General and administrative

     15,267         12     16,876         11     1,609        11
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total

   $ 51,130         40   $ 60,466         40   $ 9,336        18
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense increased by $8.5 million, or 28%, from $29.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $38.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. In addition to investing in marketing expense for the acquisition of new subscribers, we have increased our investing in product marketing. The increase is primarily attributable to increases of $8.6 million in marketing spend, $0.4 million in stock-based compensation expense, which increased from $5,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014, and $0.2 million in depreciation expense. These increases were partially offset by a net decrease in payroll and commissions of $0.7 million as we changed our commission structure.

 

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Engineering and Development. Engineering and development expense decreased by $0.7 million, or 12%, from $6.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $5.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Of this decrease, $0.9 million was due to capitalizing certain software development costs in connection with our investment in improvements to our infrastructure and technology platform and $0.6 million was due to a reduction in integration and restructuring costs as we completed our integration of 2012 acquisitions at the end of the last fiscal year. These cost reductions were partially offset by a $0.6 million increase as we expanded our international footprint following the acquisition of Directi and by a $0.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense from $3,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expense increased by $1.6 million, or 11%, from $15.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $16.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Of this increase, $2.8 million was attributable to increased stock-based compensation expense, which increased from $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $3.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in our stock-based compensation is primarily a result of stock awards granted under our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan during the fourth quarter of 2013. In addition, $1.7 million was attributable to increased spending to support the growth of our business. These increases were offset by a $2.7 million decrease in transaction expenses and a $0.2 million decrease in depreciation expense. We incurred higher transaction costs in the three months ended June 30, 2013 which primarily consisted of deferred bonus payments in connection with the acquisition of HostGator and legal and professional costs incurred related to our acquisition of Directi.

Net Interest Income (Expense)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Change  
     2013     2014     Amount      %  

Net interest income (expense)

   $ (21,817   $ (14,088   $ 7,729         35

Net interest expense decreased by $7.7 million, or 35%, from $21.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $14.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Of this decrease, $7.2 million is due to lower interest expense resulting from our debt refinancing activities in November 2013, which lowered our aggregate notes payable and our effective interest rates. The decrease is also due to a $0.6 million reduction in the accretion of present value for the deferred consideration and deferred bonus payments related to the HostGator acquisition, paid in January 2014. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $0.1 million related to capitalized lease obligations which were entered into during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Change  
     2013      2014      Amount      %  

Income tax expense

   $ 10,390       $ 1,048       $ 9,342         90

Income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2013 decreased by $9.3 million, or 90%, from $10.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 to $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease of $9.3 million is primarily attributable to the tax expense incurred in 2013 with the establishment of a valuation allowance against substantially all of our deferred tax assets. In both periods, we had nondeductible expenses primarily related to stock-based compensation, transaction costs and interest.

 

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Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2014

Revenue

 

     Six Months
Ended June 30,
     Change  
     2013      2014      Amount      %  

Revenue

   $ 250,963       $ 297,742       $ 46,779         19

Revenue increased by $46.7 million, or 19%, from $251.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $297.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Of this increase, $9.1 million was related to revenues from our acquisition of Directi and $37.6 million was primarily due to an increase in subscribers on our platform as we expanded lead-in products such as back-up and storage and focused our marketing on attracting new subscribers, an increase in demand for our solutions from both new and existing subscribers and increases in prices paid by our subscribers at renewals or after expiration of promotional periods. Consistent with our plans, as we completed the integration of the 2012 acquisitions of HostGator and Homestead onto our integrated technology platform, we were able to increase our marketing spend and drive additional subscriber signups and also enhance the promotion of our products and services through improved business insight and analytics offered through the integrated technology platform.

Cost of Revenue

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,               
     2013     2014     Change  
     Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      %  

Cost of revenue

   $ 175,180         70   $ 181,802         61   $ 6,622         4

Cost of revenue increased by $6.6 million, or 4%, from $175.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $181.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Of this increase, $9.2 million, which included an amortization charge of $2.7 million, was attributable to our acquisition of Directi on January 23, 2014, $5.7 million was due to an increase in depreciation expense as a result of expanding our data center infrastructure during 2012 and 2013, $3.2 million was related to an increase in domain registration costs and $3.8 million was attributable to costs of third party products and services related to our sales. Stock-based compensation expense increased by approximately $0.2 million from $11,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in data center expenses of $7.2 million, support of $2.8 million resulting from the migration of HostGator and Homestead subscribers onto our platform and a $5.5 million decrease in amortization expense.

Gross Profit

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,               
     2013     2014     Change  
     Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      %  

Gross profit

   $ 75,783         30   $ 115,940         39   $ 40,157         53

Gross profit increased by $40.2 million, from $75.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $116.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased by 9 percentage points from 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to 39% for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Approximately 50% of this increase, period over period, was attributable to the net contribution from an increase in our subscriber base, our monetization of those subscribers and our acquisition of Directi. The remaining increase in our gross profit as a percentage of revenue, period over period, was attributable to the net purchase accounting impact of amortization related to our acquisitions since 2012, including Directi. A reduction in the amortization expense from our earlier acquisitions was offset by additional amortization expense from our acquisitions since June 30, 2013.

 

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Operating Expense

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,              
     2013     2014     Change  
     Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount      % of
Revenue
    Amount     %  

Sales and marketing

   $ 58,299         23   $ 79,849         27   $ 21,550        37

Engineering and development

     12,235         5     10,318         3     (1,917     (16 )% 

General and administrative

     28,363         11     32,357         11     3,994        14
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total

   $ 98,897         39   $ 122,524         41   $ 23,627        24
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense increased by $21.5 million, or 37%, from $58.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $79.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. In addition to investing in marketing expense for the acquisition of new subscribers, we have increased our investing in product marketing. The increase is primarily attributable to increases of $18.9 million in marketing spend, $0.7 million in stock-based compensation expense, which increased from $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014, and $0.4 million in depreciation expense. In addition, net payroll and commission expense increased by $1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 as we changed our commission structure.

Engineering and Development. Engineering and development expense decreased by $1.9 million, or 16%, from $12.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $10.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Of this decrease, $1.9 million was due to a reduction in integration and restructuring costs as we completed our integration of 2012 acquisitions at the end of the last fiscal year, and $1.5 million was due to capitalizing certain software development costs in connection with our investment in improvements to our infrastructure and technology platform. This was partially offset by a $1.2 million increase as we expanded our international footprint following the acquisition of Directi and a $0.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense from $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expense increased by $4.0 million, or 14%, from $28.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $32.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Of this increase, $5.2 million was attributable to increased stock-based compensation expense, which increased from $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $5.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in our stock-based compensation is primarily a result of stock awards granted under our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan during the fourth quarter of 2013. In addition, $3.6 million was attributable to increased spending to support the growth of our business. These increases were offset by a $4.6 million decrease in transaction expenses and a $0.2 million decrease in depreciation expense. We incurred higher transaction costs in the six months ended June 30, 2013 which primarily consisted of deferred bonus payments in connection with the acquisition of HostGator and legal and professional costs incurred related to our international acquisitions.

Net Interest Income (Expense)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
    Change  
     2013     2014     Amount      %  

Net interest income (expense)

   $ (43,509   $ (27,640   $ 15,869         36

Net interest expense decreased by $15.9 million, or 36%, from $43.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $27.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Of this decrease, $14.9 million is due to lower interest expense resulting from our debt refinancing activities in November 2013, which lowered our aggregate notes payable and our effective interest rates. The decrease is also due to a $1.2 million reduction in the accretion of present value for the deferred consideration and deferred bonus payments related to the HostGator acquisition, paid in January 2014. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $0.2 million related to capitalized lease obligations which were entered into during the six months ended June 30, 2014.

 

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Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
     Change  
     2013     2014      Amount      %  

Income tax expense (benefit)

   $ (1,671   $ 4,487       $ 6,158         369

The benefit for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2013 decreased by $6.2 million, or 369%, from a $1.7 million benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to a $4.5 million expense for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease includes a net increase in our state and foreign income tax expense of $1.5 million and a net increase in our deferred tax expense of $4.7 million. The decrease in our deferred tax benefit from June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014 was primarily attributable to the establishment of a valuation allowance during the second quarter of 2013. In both periods, we had nondeductible expenses primarily related to stock-based compensation, transaction costs and interest.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity

We have funded our operations since inception primarily with cash flow generated by operations and borrowings under credit facilities. In October 2013, we also raised funds from our IPO and received net proceeds of $232.1 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering–related expenses payable by us. On November 25, 2013, we completed a debt refinancing and used a portion of the net proceeds from our IPO to reduce our overall indebtedness by $148.8 million to $1,050.0 million, consisting of first lien debt which matures November 9, 2019. We also increased our revolving credit facility, which matures on December 22, 2016, to $125.0 million. As part of the refinancing, we paid off our second lien term loan and added an incremental first lien term loan, resulting in a lower interest rate which we expect will provide annualized savings of approximately $35.0 million, based on the first lien term loan balance as of June 30, 2014.

Under our first lien term loan facility, we are required to make quarterly principal payments of $2.6 million. We currently pay 5.00% interest on our first lien term loan and between 7.75% and 8.50% on our revolving credit facility borrowings, which we use to fund our acquisition and investing activities.

Historically, we have used debt primarily to finance our acquisition related activities. Our current debt originated as a term loan in the amount of $350.0 million in connection with our acquisition by investment funds and entities affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs on December 22, 2011. Between the end of 2011 and our IPO, we raised additional debt through a series of refinancings, primarily in 2012, for funding the redemption of certain redeemable preferred stock for $156.0 million, a dividend distribution of $300.0 million and the acquisitions of HostGator and Homestead, which had an aggregate purchase price of approximately $360.0 million.

As of June 30, 2014, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $23.9 million and negative working capital of $256.0 million. In addition, we had approximately $1,042.1 million of indebtedness outstanding under our first lien term loan facility and $33.0 million drawn against our $125.0 million revolving credit facility.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

As of June 30, 2014, our cash and cash equivalents were primarily held for working capital purposes and for required principal and interest payments under our indebtedness. A majority of our cash and cash equivalents was held in operating accounts. Our cash and cash equivalents decreased by $42.9 million from $66.8 million at December 31, 2013 to $23.9 million at June 30, 2014. We used excess cash on hand at December 31, 2013, along with cash flows from operations and a net draw against our revolving credit facility of $33.0 million to fund our acquisition and investment activity described under financing and investing activities below. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including, but not limited to, our growth rate, the continued expansion of sales and marketing activities, the introduction of new and enhanced products and services, market acceptance of our solutions, acquisitions and our gross profits and operating expenses. We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents and operating cash flows will be sufficient to meet our anticipated working capital and capital expenditure requirements as well as our required principal and interest payments under our indebtedness, for at least the next 12 months.

 

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The following table shows our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the stated periods (all data in thousands):

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30,
 
     2013     2014  

Purchases of property and equipment

   $ (17,947   $ (12,901

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

     —         (1,782

Depreciation

     8,267        14,548   

Amortization

     53,588        49,584   

Cash flows provided by operating activities

     22,023        66,389   

Cash flows used in investing activities

     (28,812     (52,891

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

     664        (56,278

Capital Expenditures

Our capital expenditures on purchase of property and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 were $17.9 million and $12.9 million, respectively. The higher expenditure in the six months ended June 30, 2013 included a significant and extraordinary investment in data center infrastructure to support the migration of subscribers from the 2012 HostGator acquisition to our systems. In addition, our capital expenditures during the six months ended June 30, 2014, includes $1.8 million of principal payments under a three year capital lease for software of $11.7 million beginning in January 2014. The remaining balance payable on the capital lease is $9.9 million. We did not have any capital lease obligations in the six months ended June 30, 2013. We expect to maintain our total capital expenditures in line with revenue growth as we expand our business.

Depreciation

Our depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 increased from $8.3 million to $14.5 million. This increase was primarily due to expansion in our business by on-boarding acquisitions as well as investments in data center infrastructure as described above and leasehold improvements. The leasehold improvements were associated with new operating leases as we expanded and revamped our presence in Arizona, Utah, Texas, and Massachusetts.

Amortization

Our amortization expense, which includes amortization of other intangible assets, amortization of deferred financing costs and amortization of net present value of deferred consideration, decreased by $4.0 million from $53.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $49.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Of this decrease in amortization expense, $2.8 million was primarily due to lower expenses associated with customer relationships and trademarks related to acquisitions that occurred prior to June 30, 2013, partially offset by the increase of amortization expense related to intangible assets of businesses that have been acquired since December 1, 2013. The remaining $1.2 million was attributable to lower amortization expense of net present value of deferred consideration as a result of our acquisition of HostGator in July 2012, which had deferred consideration payments payable twelve and eighteen months after the date of the acquisition. The final payment was made in January 2014.

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities consists primarily of net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items including depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation expense and changes in deferred taxes, and the effect of changes in working capital, in particular in deferred revenue. As we add subscribers to our platform, we typically collect subscription fees at the time of initial billing and recognize revenue over the terms of the subscriptions. Accordingly, we generate operating cash flows as we collect cash from our subscribers in advance of delivering the related products and services, and we maintain a significant deferred revenue balance. As we add subscribers and sell additional products and services, our deferred revenue balance increases. Our operating cash flows are net of transaction expenses and charges, including IPO expenses.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $66.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared with $22.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2013. The increase in the six months ended June 30, 2014 consisted of a net loss of $38.6 million, offset by non-cash charges of $73.2 million, and a net change of $31.8 million in our operating assets and liabilities. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities included an increase in deferred revenue of $49.9 million which was $16.3 million greater than in the same period in 2013. In addition, we used $19.0 million less cash to fund our interest payments.

 

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Net cash provided by operating activities was $22.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2013 which consisted of a net loss of $64.7 million, offset by non-cash charges of $59.9 million and a net change of $26.8 million in our operating assets and liabilities. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities included an increase in deferred revenue of $33.7 million.

Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities consists primarily of purchase of property and equipment, acquisition consideration payments, and changes in restricted cash balances.

During the six months ended June 30, 2014 we used $25.2 million in cash, net of cash acquired, for the purchase consideration for our acquisition of Directi and our purchase of a domain name business and $15.0 million was used to acquire a minority interest in Automattic, Inc. We also used $12.8 million of cash to purchase property and equipment, net of proceeds from disposals of $0.1 million. These were partially offset by a net return of $0.2 million of restricted cash held by a payment processor.

The majority of the cash used during the six months ended June 30, 2013 was to purchase $17.9 million of property and equipment, in particular for the migration of HostGator subscribers as previously described above under Capital Expenditures. We also used $2.4 million, net of cash acquired, for initial consideration for an acquisition in Brazil and $8.8 million to acquire a minority interest in a company based in the United Kingdom. These were partially offset by a $0.3 million return of restricted cash held by a payment processor.

Financing Activities

Cash flow from financing activities consists primarily of the net change in our overall indebtedness, payment of associated financing costs, payment of deferred consideration for our acquisitions and the issuance or repurchase of equity.

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, cash flows used in financing activities was $56.3 million, which includes $81.5 million of deferred consideration paid during the period, the majority of which was for our Directi and HostGator acquisitions, offset by net borrowings against our revolving credit facility of $33.0 million, principal payments of $5.3 million under our first lien term loan facility, $1.8 million of principal payments related to capital lease obligations and $0.7 million of payments related to issuance costs from our IPO which were unpaid as of December 31, 2013. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, we borrowed $55.0 million against our revolving credit facility and subsequently repaid $22.0 million of the amount borrowed. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, we entered into a three year capital lease agreement for $11.7 million for software licenses which require principal payments of approximately $0.9 million each quarter in 2014.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, cash flow provided by financing activities net of repayments was $0.7 million. We drew $34.0 million from our revolving credit facility and subsequently repaid $26.0 million under that facility, as well as $4.0 million under our first lien term loan facility. In addition, we paid $3.3 million of deferred consideration obligations outstanding at December 31, 2012.

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, our cash flows from operations and use of our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet the maximum payment obligations related to our acquisitions, credit facility obligations and minority investments.

Net Operating Loss Carry-Forwards

As of December 31, 2013, we had net operating loss, or NOL, carry-forwards available to offset future U.S. federal taxable income of approximately $214.2 million and future state taxable income by approximately $152.8 million. These NOL carry-forwards expire on various dates through 2033. As of December 31, 2013, we had NOL carry-forwards in foreign jurisdictions available to offset future foreign taxable income by approximately $33.7 million, including approximately $2.1 million in NOL carry-forwards that expire in 2021 and approximately $31.6 million of NOL carry-forwards in the United Kingdom that do not expire.

 

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Utilization of the NOL carry-forwards can be subject to an annual limitation due to the ownership percentage change limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 382 limitation”). Ownership changes can limit the amount of net operating loss and other tax attributes that a company can use each year to offset future taxable income and taxes payable. In connection with a change in control in 2011 we were subject to Section 382 annual limitations of $77.1 million against the balance of NOL carry-forwards generated prior to the change in control in 2011. Through December 31, 2013 we accumulated the unused amount of Section 382 limitations in excess of the amount of NOL carry-forwards that were originally subject to limitation. Therefore these unused NOL carry-forwards are available for future use to offset taxable income. We completed an analysis of changes in our ownership from 2011, through our IPO, to December 31, 2013 and concluded that there was not a Section 382 ownership change during this period and therefore any NOLs generated through December 31, 2013 will not be subject to any new Section 382 annual limitations on NOL carry-forwards. As a result, all unused NOL carry-forwards at December 31, 2013 are available for future use to offset taxable income.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

As of July 31, 2014, we had outstanding indebtedness of $1,042.1 million under our first lien term loan facility, which has a quarterly principal repayment of $2.6 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, we paid $24.1 million of deferred consideration and $2.0 million of compensation expense in connection with the HostGator acquisition. On February 28, 2014, we entered into a Master Service Agreement with Ace Data Centers Inc., to license space at a data center facility in Provo, Utah. This agreement provides for a term of ten years and has a total estimated financial obligation of approximately $102.0 million over the term of the agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2014 we paid deferred consideration payment obligations of $57.1 million related to our acquisition of Directi. In addition, in connection with the acquisition of Directi, we entered into agreements that may require us to make additional aggregate payments of up to approximately $62.0 million, subject to specified terms, conditions and operational contingencies of which we have paid $7.6 million during the three months ended June 30, 2014. There have been no other significant changes in our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2014.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

For information on recent accounting pronouncements, see Recent Accounting Pronouncements in the notes to the consolidated financial statements appearing in Part I., Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any special purpose entities or off-balance sheet arrangements.

Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

We have operations both within the United States and internationally, and we are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business. These risks include primarily foreign exchange risk, interest rate and inflation.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

A significant majority of our subscription agreements and our expenses are denominated in US dollars. We do, however, have sales in a number of foreign currencies as well as business operations in Brazil and India and are subject to the impacts of currency fluctuations in those markets. The impact of these currency fluctuations is insignificant relative to the overall financial results of our company.

Interest Rate Sensitivity

We had cash and cash equivalents of $23.9 million at June 30, 2014, the majority of which was held in operating accounts for working capital purposes and other general corporate purposes, which include payment of principal and interest under our indebtedness. As of June 30, 2014, we had approximately $1,042.1 million of indebtedness outstanding under our first lien term loan facility and a revolving credit facility of $125.0 million, of which $92.0 million was available.

The first lien term loan facility bears interest at a rate per annum equal to an applicable credit spread plus, at our option, (a) adjusted LIBOR or (b) an alternate base rate determined by reference to the greater of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (iii) one-month adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00%. The term loan is subject to a floor of 1.00% per annum with an applicable credit spread for interest based on adjusted LIBOR of 4.00%.

 

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Under our credit facility, our revolving credit loans that bear interest at the LIBOR reference rate are subject to a floor of 1.50% per annum with the applicable credit spread for interest based on adjusted LIBOR of 6.25%.

We are also required to pay a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum to the lenders based on the average daily unused amount of the revolving commitments.

Based on our aggregate indebtedness on our first lien term loan facility of $1,042.1 million as of June 30, 2014, a 100-basis-point increase in the adjusted LIBOR rate above the LIBOR floor would result in a $10.5 million increase in our aggregate interest payments over a 12-month period, and a 100-basis-point decrease at the current LIBOR rate would not result in a decrease in our interest payments.

Inflation Risk

We do not believe that inflation has a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. If our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary pressures, we may not be able to fully offset such higher costs through price increases. Our inability to do so could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of June 30, 2014, our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2014, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are, from time to time, party to litigation arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not presently involved in any legal proceeding that in the opinion of our management, if determined adversely to us, would have a material adverse effect on our business operating results or financial condition.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

You should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results set forth under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2014. There have been no material changes from the factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, although we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

 

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

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On May 22, 2014, we issued 146,540 shares of our common stock to Directi Holdings as partial consideration for our acquisition of the web presence business of Directi. The shares of common stock issued to Directi Holdings were valued at $12.00 per share for purposes of calculating the number of shares to be issued.

No underwriters were involved in this transaction. This issuance was deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering. The securities issued in this transaction are deemed restricted securities for purposes of the Securities Act.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Disclosures of Iranian Activities under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act

Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or ITRA, which added Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act, we are required to disclose in our annual or quarterly reports, as applicable, whether we or any of our affiliates knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions or dealings relating to Iran or with individuals or entities that are subject to sanctions under U.S. law. Disclosure is generally required even where the activities, transactions or dealings were conducted in compliance with applicable law.

Warburg Pincus LLC, or WP LLC, affiliates of which (i) beneficially own more than 10% of our outstanding common stock and/or are members of our board of directors and (ii) beneficially own more than 10% of the equity interests of, and have the right to designate members of the board of directors of, Santander Asset Management Investment Holdings Limited, or SAMIH, has informed us that, during the reporting period, Santander Asset Management UK Limited, or Santander UK, an affiliate of SAMIH and WP LLC, engaged in activities subject to disclosure pursuant to Section 219 of ITRA and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act. As a result, we are required to provide disclosure as set forth below pursuant to Section 219 of ITRA and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act. WP LLC has informed us that SAMIH has provided WP LLC with the information below relevant to Section 219 of ITRA and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act.

At the time of the events described below, SAMIH and its non-U.S. affiliates, including Santander UK, may have been deemed to be under common control with us, but this statement is not meant to be an admission that common control existed or exists. We have no control over or involvement in the activities of SAMIH or its non-U.S. affiliates, including Santander UK, or any of its subsidiaries or predecessor companies, and we were not involved in the preparation of, nor have we independently verified, the information provided by SAMIH to WP LLC. The disclosure below does not relate to any activities conducted by us and does not involve us or our management. The disclosure relates solely to activities conducted by SAMIH and its non-U.S. affiliates, including Santander UK. We are not representing to the accuracy or completeness of the disclosure below, and we undertake no obligation to correct or update this information.

We understand that SAMIH’s affiliates intend to disclose in their next annual or quarterly report that an Iranian national, resident in the United Kingdom, who is currently designated by the United States under the Iran Financial Sanctions Regulations and the NPWMD designation, holds two investment accounts with Santander UK. The accounts have remained frozen throughout 2013 and the first half of 2014. The investment returns are being automatically reinvested, and no disbursements have been made to the customer. Total revenue for the Banco Santander group in connection with the investment accounts was £23,200, while net profits in the first half of 2014 were negligible relative to the overall profits of Banco Santander, S.A.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

See the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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.

 

    ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: August 8, 2014     By:  

/s/ Tivanka Ellawala

      Tivanka Ellawala
     

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

          Incorporated by Reference        

Filed

Herewith

  

Furnished

Herewith

          Form      File Number      Date of Filing   

Exhibit

Number

         
    3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant      S-1/A         333-191061       October 23, 2013    3.3      
    3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant      S-1/A         333-191061       October 23, 2013    3.5      
    4.1    Specimen certificate evidencing shares of common stock of the Registrant      S-1/A         333-191061       October 8, 2013    4.1      
    4.2    Form of Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and the other parties thereto      S-1/A         333-191061       October 8, 2013    4.2      
    4.3    Form of Stockholders Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain holders of the Registrant’s common stock      S-1/A         333-191061       October 8, 2013    4.3      
  10.1#    Bonus Arrangement for Ronald LaSalvia      10-Q         001-36131       May 9, 2014    10.2      
  31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended                X   
  31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended                X   
  32.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                X   
  32.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                X   
101.INS†    XBRL Instance Document                   X
101.SCH†    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document                   X
101.CAL†    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document                   X
101.DEF†    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document                   X
101.LAB†    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document                   X
101.PRE†    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document                   X

 

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In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) documents in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections.
# Management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or agreement.

 

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