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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

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 001-33612

 

 

MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-3289482
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

500 Unicorn Park Drive

Woburn, Massachusetts

  01801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 970-6000

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant 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.

Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  x    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

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of May 5, 2008 was 34,313,833.

 

 

 

 


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MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

INDEX

 

     Page

Part I. Financial Information

   2

Item 1.

  Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)    2
 

•    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2008 and December  31, 2007

   2
 

    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended  March 31, 2008 and 2007

   3
 

    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended  March 31, 2008 and 2007

   4
 

•    Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   5

Item 2.

  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    16

Item 3.

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    28

Item 4T.

  Controls and Procedures    29

Part II. Other Information

   31

Item 1.

  Legal Proceedings    31

Item 1A.

  Risk Factors    31

Item 2.

  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    31

Item 3.

  Defaults Upon Senior Securities    31

Item 4.

  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    31

Item 5.

  Other Information    31

Item 6.

  Exhibits    31

Signatures

   32

Exhibit Index

   33

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited and in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     March 31,
2008
    December 31,
2007
 
Assets     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 27,802     $ 19,584  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $212 at March 31, 2008 and $177 at December 31, 2007

     6,064       4,459  

Income tax refunds receivable

     328       1,391  

Deferred income taxes

     1,506       1,506  

Prepaid expense and other current assets

     2,040       1,156  
                

Total current assets

     37,740       28,096  

Property and equipment, net

     2,421       2,290  

Goodwill

     145,375       141,346  

Intangible assets, net

     101,109       102,446  

Investment in interest rate cap

     32       1  

Prepaid royalties

     311       315  

Other assets

     1,879       1,852  
                

Total assets

   $ 288,867     $ 276,346  
                
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 931     $ 1,845  

Accrued expenses

     10,385       13,116  

Accrued income taxes

     2,331       2,687  

Deferred revenue

     14,826       4,652  

Current portion of long-term debt

     17,727       18,582  
                

Total current liabilities

     46,200       40,882  

Long-term debt, less current portion

     110,365       112,818  

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

     1,179       241  

Deferred income taxes

     17,928       15,567  

Reserve for income taxes, net of current portion

     1,149       1,387  

Other long-term liability

     233       245  

Accrued pension benefits

     3,541       3,199  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, Authorized shares: 10,000,000; Issued and outstanding: none

     —         —    

Common stock, $0.001 par value, Authorized shares: 250,000,000; Issued and outstanding: 34,309,761 at March 31, 2008 and 34,262,941 at December 31, 2007.

     34       34  

Additional paid-in capital

     139,098       138,219  

Treasury stock, at cost, 53,194 shares

     (41 )     (41 )

Accumulated deficit

     (35,140 )     (38,826 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     4,321       2,621  
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     108,272       102,007  
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 288,867     $ 276,346  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited and in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Revenue

   $ 27,343     $ 25,710  

Costs and expenses:

    

Cost of revenue

     2,701       2,747  

Cost of revenue—amortization of acquired technology

     849       844  

Marketing and selling

     5,428       4,531  

Research and development

     4,287       4,049  

General and administrative

     5,170       3,536  

Amortization of other intangible assets

     1,806       1,779  
                

Total costs and expenses

     20,241       17,486  

Income from operations

     7,102       8,224  

Other (income) expense:

    

Interest expense

     2,565       5,344  

Interest income

     (53 )     (21 )

Gain on foreign exchange

     (2,244 )     (140 )

Loss on interest rate caps

     14       259  

Other income, net

     (5 )     (246 )
                

Total other expense

     277       5,196  

Income before provision for income taxes

     6,825       3,028  

Provision for income taxes

     3,139       1,448  
                

Net income

   $ 3,686     $ 1,580  
                

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders

   $ 3,686     $ (12,126 )
                

Net income (loss) per common share:

    

Basic

   $ 0.11     $ (4.35 )

Diluted

   $ 0.10     $ (4.35 )

Weighted average number of shares:

    

Basic

     33,516,729       2,786,916  

Diluted

     35,406,054       2,786,916  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited and in thousands)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 3,686     $ 1,580  

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

    

Depreciation and amortization

     2,940       2,857  

Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount

     198       265  

Share based compensation

     688       382  

Provision for doubtful accounts

     57       —    

Deferred income taxes

     876       1,351  

Unrealized currency gain on foreign denominated intercompany transactions

     (2,608 )     (255 )

Unrealized (gain) loss on interest rate caps

     (31 )     13  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:

    

Accounts receivable

     (1,451 )     (6,000 )

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (167 )     (1,729 )

Accounts payable

     (993 )     (647 )

Accrued income taxes

     404       —    

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (3,025 )     (4,408 )

Deferred revenue

     10,371       7,168  
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     10,945       577  
                

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Purchases of property and equipment

     (311 )     (194 )

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     —         (9 )
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (311 )     (203 )
                

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Purchase of interest rate cap

     (45 )     —    

Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs

     —         (60 )

Payments on long-term debt

     (3,505 )     (2,374 )

Excess tax benefit on stock options

     38       —    

Proceeds from exercises of common stock options

     135       3  
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (3,377 )     (2,431 )

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     961       355  
                

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     8,218       (1,702 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     19,584       8,540  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 27,802     $ 6,838  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2008

 

1. Nature of the Business

Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) is a leading global provider of text imaging solutions. The Company’s technologies and fonts enable the display and printing of high quality digital text. The Company’s technologies and fonts have been widely deployed across a range of consumer electronic (“CE”) devices, including laser printers, digital copiers, mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes and digital cameras, as well as in numerous software applications and operating systems. The Company licenses its text imaging solutions to CE device manufacturers, independent software vendors and creative and business professionals. The Company is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. The Company operates in one business segment: the development, marketing and licensing of technologies and fonts. The Company also maintains various offices worldwide for selling and marketing, research and development and administration. The Company conducts its operations through two domestic operating subsidiaries, Monotype Imaging Inc. and International Typeface Corporation, and four foreign operating subsidiaries, China Type Design Limited (“China Type Design”), Monotype Imaging KK, Monotype Imaging Ltd. and Linotype GmbH (“Linotype”).

Initial Public Offering

We completed our initial public offering on July 30, 2007, issuing 6.5 million shares of our common stock at a price of $12.00 per share. After underwriter’s commissions and other costs and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $67.2 million. The following events occurred in connection with the initial public offering:

 

   

5,840,354 shares of convertible redeemable preferred stock held by certain investors were converted into 23,361,416 shares of common stock and 5,840,354 shares of redeemable preferred stock. The conversion resulted in approximately $64.6 million being reclassified to the capital accounts of the Company, and approximately $9.7 million being reclassified to redeemable preferred stock. We used approximately $9.7 million in proceeds from the initial public offering to redeem all of the shares of redeemable preferred stock at its stated redemption price of $1.653 per share.

 

   

We amended and restated our First Lien Credit Facility which increased our borrowings thereunder to $140.0 million from $128.4 million and increased the maximum available under our revolving line-of-credit to $20 million from $10 million. In connection with this amendment and restatement, we paid a fee of $0.7 million.

 

   

We used the proceeds from the offering, net proceeds from the amendment to our First Lien Credit Facility and cash on hand, to pay in full the outstanding borrowings under our Second Lien Credit Facility of $70.0 million, plus a $1.4 million prepayment penalty.

 

   

Three convertible promissory notes issued in connection with our acquisition of China Type Design in July 2006 with an aggregate face amount of $0.6 million were converted into 415,903 shares of restricted common stock of the Company.

 

2. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of March 31, 2008 and for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q

 

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and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, such financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year or for any future periods.

In management’s opinion, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements contain all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for the interim periods presented.

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007 as reported in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, as amended.

 

3. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged.

Simplified Method

In December 2007, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110 (“SAB 110”). SAB 110 amends and replaces Question 6 of Section D.2 of Topic 14, Share-Based Payment. SAB 110 expresses the staff views regarding the use of the “simplified” method in developing an estimate of the expected term of “plain vanilla” share options in accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share Based Payment (“SFAS123R”). The use of the “simplified” method was scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. SAB 110 extends the use of the simplified method for “plain vanilla” awards in certain situations. We currently use the “simplified” method to estimate the expected term for share option grants as we do not have enough historical experience to provide a reasonable estimate due to the limited period the Company’s equity shares have been publicly traded. We will continue to use the “simplified” method until we have enough historical experience to provide a reasonable estimate of expected term in accordance with SAB 110. SAB 110 is effective for options granted after December 31, 2007.

Business Combinations

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and applies to all business combinations. SFAS141R provides that, upon initially obtaining control, an acquirer shall recognize 100 percent of the fair values of acquired assets, including goodwill, and assumed liabilities, with only limited exceptions, even if the acquirer has not acquired 100 percent of its target. As a consequence, the current step acquisition model will be eliminated. Additionally, SFAS141R changes current practice, in part, as follows: (1) contingent consideration arrangements will be fair valued at the acquisition date and included on that basis in the purchase price consideration; (2) transaction costs will be expensed as incurred, rather than capitalized as part of the purchase price; (3) pre-acquisition contingencies, such as legal issues, will generally have to be accounted for in purchase accounting at fair value; and (4) in order to accrue for a restructuring plan in purchase accounting, the requirements in FASB Statement No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, would have to be met at the acquisition date. While there is no expected impact to our consolidated financial statements on the

 

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accounting for acquisitions completed prior to December 31, 2008, the adoption of Statement 141(R) on January 1, 2009 could materially change the accounting for business combinations consummated subsequent to that date.

Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits, but does not require entities to measure financial instruments and certain other items at fair value and is effective for us beginning January 1, 2008. As we have not elected to fair value any of our financial instruments under the provisions of SFAS 159, the adoption of this statement will not have any impact to our consolidated financial statements.

 

4. Fair Value Measurement

On January 1, 2008 we adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, establishes a fair value hierarchy based on inputs used to measure fair value and expands disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. On February 6, 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) 157-2 which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for one year for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). SFAS 157 and FSP 157-2 are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We have elected a partial deferral of SFAS 157 in accordance with the provisions of FSP 157-2 related to the measurement of fair value when evaluating goodwill, other intangible assets and other long-lived assets for impairment. The impact of partially adopting SFAS 157 was not material to our consolidated financial statements.

As defined in SFAS 157, fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In order to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described below:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2: Other inputs that are observable directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities or market corroborated inputs.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available and requires the company to develop its own assumptions about how market participants would price the assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

In determining fair value, the company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of observable inputs to the extent possible as well as considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

 

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The following table presents our financial assets that are carried at fair value, classified according to the three categories described above (in thousands):

 

     Fair Value Measurement at
March 31, 2008
     Total    Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other
Observable Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Assets:

           

Derivatives – interest rate caps

   $ 32    $ —      $ 32    $ —  
                           

Total

   $ 32    $ —      $ 32    $ —  
                           

 

5. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

    Life (Years)   March 31, 2008   December 31, 2007
    Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Balance
  Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Balance

Customer relationships

  10-15   $ 47,215   $ (14,376 )   $ 32,839   $ 46,657   $ (13,206 )   $ 33,451

Acquired technology

  12-15     43,843     (10,068 )     33,775     43,634     (9,197 )     34,437

Non-compete agreements

  4-6     11,817     (8,989 )     2,828     11,691     (8,261 )     3,430

Trademarks

      27,267     —         27,267     26,728     —         26,728

Domain names

      4,400     —         4,400     4,400     —         4,400
                                         

Total

    $ 134,542   $ (33,433 )   $ 101,109   $ 133,110   $ (30,664 )   $ 102,446
                                         

Amortization is calculated on a straight line basis. Amortization of acquired technology is a cost of revenue and for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 was $0.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively. Amortization of other intangible assets for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 was $1.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

 

6. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     March 31, 2008    December 31, 2007

Payroll and related benefits

   $ 3,360    $ 5,256

Royalties

     2,671      2,223

Interest

     159      1,140

Legal and audit fees

     1,383      727

Sales taxes

     1,304      2,264

Other

     1,508      1,506
             

Total accrued expenses

   $ 10,385    $ 13,116
             

 

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7. Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

 

     March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  

First Lien Credit Facility—$122.5 million, interest at London Inter-Bank Offering Rate (LIBOR) plus 2.75% (5.3% at March 31, 2008), and $8.2 million at Prime plus 1.25% (6.5% at March 31, 2008) due in monthly installments of principal and interest through July 2012

   $ 130,667     $ 134,167  

Note payable—Other

     33       38  
                
     130,700       134,205  

Less unamortized financing costs and debt discount

     (2,608 )     (2,805 )
                

Total debt

     128,092       131,400  

Less current portion

     (17,727 )     (18,582 )
                

Long-term debt

   $ 110,365     $ 112,818  
                

We are subject to a maximum leverage ratio under the terms of our First Lien Credit Facility and we were in compliance with the convenants under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2008. There have been no changes to the leverage ratio definition or the allowable threshold criteria since December 31, 2007.

 

8. Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Linotype maintains an unfunded defined benefit pension plan based on the “Versorgungsordnung der Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG” (the “Linotype Plan”) which covers substantially all employees of Linotype who joined before April 1, 2006, at which time the Linotype Plan was closed. Employees are entitled to benefits in the form of retirement, disability and surviving dependent pensions. Benefits generally depend on years of service and the salary of the employees.

The components of net periodic benefit cost included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations were as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
     2008    2007

Service cost

   $ 25    $ 28

Interest cost

     44      34
             

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 69    $ 62
             

 

9. Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, our effective tax rate was 46.0% and 47.8%, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the effective rate includes 4.0% due to permanent non-deductible stock based compensation expense, and 2.7% for non-deductible costs for income tax purposes associated with the filing of a registration statement during the quarter. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company revised its estimate concerning the future reversal of timing items and concluded that reversal is likely to occur when the U.S. federal incremental tax rate is at 35% versus the 34% rate utilized in previous years. Accordingly the deferred tax impact associated with this change in estimate was recorded, and resulted in an increase in the effective tax rate by approximately 6.9%.

 

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In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB 109 (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“SFAS 109”). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting for interim periods, disclosure and transition. On January 1, 2007, we adopted FIN 48, which resulted in the reclassification of approximately $1.6 million from deferred income tax liabilities to the reserve for income taxes. As of both March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the reserve balance was approximately $1.4 million, of which approximately $1.0 million, if recognized, would result in a reduction to the Company’s effective tax rate. Approximately $0.2 million is expected to be recognized within the next year. Accordingly, $0.2 million has been included in accrued income taxes in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet and the remaining $1.2 million has been included in reserve for income taxes, net of current portion in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2008. The reserve has decreased by approximately $13 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2008. In accordance with FIN 48, the Company elected to classify potential interest and penalties as a component of tax expense. As of January 1, 2007, the Company accrued approximately $0.1 million for tax related interest and penalties, and as of both March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the total amount of accrued interest and penalties was $0.3 million. The Company does not anticipate a material change in the amount of uncertain tax positions within the next twelve months.

The Company is currently subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and foreign jurisdictions for the years 2004 through 2007. The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ state income tax returns are subject to audit for the years 2004 through 2007.

 

10. Comprehensive Income

The components of comprehensive income are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
     2008    2007

Net income

   $ 3,686    $ 1,580

Net changes in:

     

SFAS 158 pension liability, net of tax of $44 and $0, respectively

     65      —  

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $1,044 and $72, respectively

     1,635      112
             

Total comprehensive income

   $ 5,386    $ 1,692
             

 

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11. Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The following presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share under the “two class” method (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2008      2007  

Numerator:

     

Net income, as reported

   $ 3,686      $ 1,580  

Less: preferred stock accretion

     —          (13,706 )
                 

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )
                 

Allocation of net income (loss):

     

Basic:

     

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )

Net income available for preferred shareholders

     —          —    
                 

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )
                 

Diluted:

     

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )

Less: dividends on redeemable preferred stock

     —          —    
                 

Net income (loss) available for common shareholders

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )
                 

Denominator:

     

Basic:

     

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

     34,289,333        3,767,164  

Less: weighted-average shares of unvested restricted common stock outstanding

     (772,604 )      (980,248 )
                 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per common share

     33,516,729        2,786,916  
                 

Diluted:

     

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

     34,289,333        3,767,164  

Less: weighted-average shares of unvested restricted common stock outstanding

     (772,604 )      (980,248 )

Weighted-average number of common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options, based on the treasury stock method

     1,246,079        —    

Weighted-average number of restricted stock, based on the treasury stock method

     643,246        —    
                 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per common share

     35,406,054        2,786,916  
                 

Computation of net income (loss) per common share:

     

Basic:

     

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )

Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per common share

     33,516,729        2,786,916  
                 

Net income (loss) per share applicable to common shareholders

   $ 0.11        (4.35 )
                 

Diluted:

     

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

   $ 3,686      $ (12,126 )

Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per common share

     35,406,054        2,786,916  
                 

Net income (loss) per share applicable to common shareholders

   $ 0.10      $ (4.35 )
                 

 

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The following common share equivalents and unvested restricted shares have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted-average shares outstanding, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
     2008    2007

Convertible redeemable preferred stock

   —      23,361,416

Unvested restricted shares

   —      980,248

Options

   67,574    1,107,724

Convertible notes payable

   —      413,345

All share information has been adjusted to reflect a 4-for-1 stock split of our common stock, which was effective on July 5, 2007.

 

12. Stock Compensation Plans

Equity Award Plans

In November 2004, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2004 Stock Option and Grant Plan (“2004 Award Plan”). The 2004 Award Plan provides long-term incentives and rewards to full-time and part-time officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors and other key persons (collectively, “Key Persons”) who are responsible for, or contribute to, the management, growth or profitability of the Company. Options and stock grants issued under the 2004 Award Plan generally vest over a four year period and expire ten years from the date of grant. The Company has granted incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options and restricted stock awards under the 2004 Award Plan. As of March 31, 2008, 2,591,204 options and 2,810,403 restricted stock awards have been granted under the 2004 Option Plan. There will be no future grants of awards from the 2004 Award Plan. Pursuant to the terms of our 2004 Award Plan, we have the right to repurchase unvested restricted shares from employees upon their termination, and it is generally our policy to do so. There were no repurchases of unvested restricted stock made in the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007.

In March 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the adoption of the Company’s 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (“2007 Award Plan”), and the 2007 Award Plan was subsequently approved by stockholders in May 2007 and became effective on July 24, 2007. The 2007 Award Plan permits the Company to make grants of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock awards, restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards, cash based awards and dividend equivalent rights to Key Persons. The Company has reserved 4,383,560 shares of common stock for issuance of awards under the 2007 Award Plan after giving effect to a 4-for-1 stock split effective July 5, 2007, and subject to adjustment for any stock split, dividend or other change in the Company’s capitalization. In addition, shares that are forfeited or cancelled from awards under the 2004 Award Plan or the 2007 Award Plan will be available for future grants under the 2007 Award Plan. Stock options granted under the 2007 Award Plan have a maximum term of ten years from the date of grant. Option awards granted under the 2007 Award Plan must have an exercise price of no less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. As of March 31, 2008, 1,031,283 options and 13,559 restricted stock awards have been granted under the 2007 Option Plan.

Share Based Compensation

We account for share based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123R which requires the measurement of compensation costs at fair value on the date of grant and recognition of compensation expense over the service period for awards expected to vest. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, we recorded total share based compensation expense of $0.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

 

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The following presents the impact of share based compensation expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
         2008            2007    

Marketing and selling

   $ 130    $ 101

Research and development

     303      74

General and administrative

     255      207
             

Total share based compensation

   $ 688    $ 382
             

Included in our share based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2008, was $0.2 million of expense related to shares of restricted common stock that were issued upon the conversion of the China Type Design promissory notes and which is included in research and development in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had $12.7 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to employees and directors unvested stock option awards and restricted stock awards that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.5 years.

Stock Option Awards

The fair value of options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
         2008             2007      

Risk-free interest rate

     2.7 %     4.7 %

Expected dividend yield

     —         —    

Expected volatility

     66.0 %     71.7 %

Expected term (in years)

     6.1       6.1  

Weighted average fair value per share

   $ 9.35     $ 11.35  

Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is presented below:

 

Stock Option Awards

   Number of
Shares
    Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price

Per Share
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(1)

(in thousands)
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (in Years)

Outstanding at December 31, 2007

   2,335,769     $ 4.57      

Granted

   905,800       15.10      

Cancelled

   (26,141 )     6.01      

Exercised

   (46,820 )     2.88      
              

Outstanding at March 31, 2008

   3,168,608     $ 7.59    $ 23,835    8.6 years
              

Exercisable at March 31, 2008

   1,046,447     $ 3.04    $ 12,629    7.6 years
              

Vested or expected to vest at March 31, 2008(2)

   3,104,943     $ 7.55    $ 23,499   
              

 

(1) The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the quoted price of our shares of common stock on March 31, 2008.
(2) Represents the number of vested options as of March 31, 2008, plus the number of unvested options expected to vest as of March 31, 2008, based on the unvested options outstanding at March 31, 2008, adjusted for the estimated forfeitures.

 

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Unvested Share Awards

Unvested stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is presented below:

 

Unvested Shares

   Number of
Shares
    Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

Unvested at December 31, 2007

   826,119     $ 0.69

Granted

   —         —  

Vested

   (145,478 )     0.41

Cancelled

   —         —  
        

Unvested at March 31, 2008

   680,641     $ 0.75
        

 

13. Segment Reporting

We view our operations and manage our business as one segment: the development, marketing and licensing of technologies and fonts. Factors used to identify our single segment include the financial information available for evaluation by our chief operating decision maker in making decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. While our technologies and services are sold into two principal markets, OEM and creative professional, expenses and assets are not formally allocated to these market segments, and operating results are assessed on an aggregate basis to make decisions about the allocation of resources. The following table presents revenue for these two major markets (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
     2008    2007

OEM

   $ 17,760    $ 17,263

Creative professional

     9,583      8,447
             

Total

   $ 27,343    $ 25,710
             

Geographic segment information

The Company attributes revenues to geographic areas based on the location of our subsidiary receiving such revenue. For example, licenses may be sold to large international companies which may be headquartered in Asia, but the sales are received and recorded by our subsidiary located in the United States. In this example, the revenue would be reflected in the United States totals in the table below. We market our products and services through offices in the U.S. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries and affiliates in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong and Japan. The following summarizes revenue by location:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     Sales    % of Total     Sales    % of Total  
     (In thousands of dollars, except percentages)  

United States

   $ 9,703    35.5 %   $ 9,277    36.1 %

Asia

     10,060    36.8       9,544    37.1  

United Kingdom

     2,599    9.5       2,303    8.9  

Germany

     4,981    18.2       4,586    17.9  
                          

Total

   $ 27,343    100.0 %   $ 25,710    100.0 %
                          

 

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14. Concentration of Credit Risk

We grant credit to customers in the ordinary course of business. Credit evaluations are performed on an ongoing basis to reduce credit risk, and no collateral is required from our customers. An allowance for uncollectible accounts is provided for those accounts receivable considered to be uncollectible based upon historical experience and credit evaluation. Due to the nature of our business and timing of our contracts, we sometimes have significant balances in accounts receivable from just a small number of customers. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, no customer individually accounted for 10% or more of our accounts receivable. Historically, we have not recorded material losses due to customer nonpayment.

 

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

Adobe Systems, Incorporated

On October 30, 2006 Adobe filed an action in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California against Linotype alleging that Linotype breached its obligations under agreements between Linotype and Adobe by failing to pay all royalties due under those agreements, submitting inaccurate royalty reports, and using the fonts licensed under those agreements improperly and without authorization. Adobe requested unspecified money damages, a declaratory judgment, costs and attorneys’ fees. On November 9, 2007, Adobe dismissed the case without prejudice.

Licensing Warranty

Under our standard license agreement with our OEM customers, we warrant that the licensed technologies are free of infringement claims of intellectual property rights and will meet the specifications as defined in the licensing agreement for a one-year period. Under the licensing agreements, liability for such indemnity obligations is limited, generally to the total arrangement fee; however, exceptions have been made on a case-by-case basis, increasing the maximum potential liability to agreed upon amounts at the time the contract is entered into. We have never incurred costs payable to a customer or business partner to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these warranties, and as a result, management believes the estimated fair value of these warranties is minimal. Accordingly, there are no liabilities recorded for these warranties as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

 

16. Subsequent Events

On April 4, 2008, Linotype entered into a lease for new office space in Bad Homburg, Germany. The lease term commences on September 1, 2008 and ends December 31, 2012. Annual rent costs approximates $0.6 million, and consist of rent and service charges which are payable monthly. The lease contains a five year renewal option and a 2% annual rent escalation beginning January 2009.

On May 7, 2008, we entered into a currency swap contract to mitigate foreign currency exchange rate risk on a Euro denominated intercompany note, which matures on December 14, 2012. The swap contract payment terms approximate the payment terms of the intercompany note. The currency swap contract reduces the availability under our line-of-credit by approximately $4.0 million. The derivative instrument will be accounted for under the provisions of SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS 133”) and SFAS 157. For the period April 1, 2008 through the date of execution of the swap, the Company’s foreign exchange loss on the intercompany note was approximately $0.9 million.

 

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

Forward Looking Statements and Projections

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward looking statements. Forward looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. We generally identify forward looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar words. These statements are only predictions. We have based these forward looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The outcome of the events described in these forward looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward looking statements as predictions of future events. We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements. The forward looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Overview

We are a leading global provider of text imaging solutions. Our technologies and fonts enable the display and printing of high quality digital text. Our software technologies have been widely deployed across, and embedded in, a range of consumer electronic, or CE, devices, including laser printers, digital copiers, mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes and digital cameras, as well as in numerous software applications and operating systems. In the laser printer market, we have worked together with industry leaders for over 16 years to provide critical components embedded in printing standards. Our scaling, compression, text layout, color and printer driver technologies solve critical text imaging issues for CE device manufacturers by rendering high quality text on low resolution and memory constrained CE devices. We combine these proprietary technologies with access to over 10,000 typefaces from a library of some of the most widely used designs in the world, including popular names like Helvetica and Times New Roman. We also license our typefaces to creative and business professionals through custom font design services, direct sales and our e-commerce websites fonts.com, itcfonts.com, linotype.com and faces.co.uk, which attracted more than 25 million visits in 2007 from over 200 countries and territories.

Sources of Revenue

We derive revenue from two principal sources: licensing our text imaging solutions to CE device manufacturers and independent software vendors, which we refer to as our OEM revenue, and licensing our fonts to creative and business professionals, which we refer to as our creative professional revenue. We derive our OEM revenue primarily from CE device manufacturers. We derive our creative professional revenue primarily from multinational corporations, graphic designers, advertisers, printers and publishers. Historically, we have experienced, and we expect to continue to have lower revenue in the first and third quarters of the year due to the timing of some contractual payments of licensing fees from our OEM customers. In prior years we have experienced, and we may in the future have, seasonal slowness in the third quarter of the year from our creative professional customers.

Our customers are located in the United States, Asia, Europe and throughout the rest of the world, and our operating subsidiaries are located in the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany and Hong Kong. We are dependent on international sales by our foreign operating subsidiaries for a substantial amount of our total revenue. Revenue from our Asian subsidiaries is generally from Asian customers and revenue from our other subsidiaries is from customers in a number of different countries,

 

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including the United States. We attribute revenue to geographic areas based on the location of our subsidiary receiving such revenue. For example, licenses may be sold to large international companies which may be headquartered in Asia, but the sales are received and recorded by our subsidiary located in the United States. In this example, the revenue would be reflected in the United States totals in the table below.

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     Sales    % of Total     Sales    % of Total  
     (In millions of dollars, except
percentages)
 

United States

   $ 9.7    35.5 %   $ 9.3    36.1 %

Asia

     10.0    36.8       9.5    37.1  

United Kingdom

     2.6    9.5       2.3    8.9  

Germany

     5.0    18.2       4.6    17.9  
                          

Total

   $ 27.3    100.0 %   $ 25.7    100.0 %
                          

For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, sales by our subsidiaries located outside North America comprised 64.5% and 63.9%, respectively, of our total revenue. We expect that sales by our international subsidiaries will continue to represent a substantial portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Future international revenue will depend on the continued use and expansion of our text imaging solutions worldwide.

We derive a majority of our revenue from a limited number of customers, in particular manufacturers of laser printers and mobile phones. For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, our top ten licensees by revenue accounted for approximately 45.4% and 48.7% of our total revenue, respectively. Although no one customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007, if we are unable to maintain relationships with major customers or establish relationships with new customers, our licensing revenue will be adversely affected.

OEM Revenue

Our OEM revenue is derived substantially from per-unit royalties. Under our licensing arrangements, we typically receive a royalty for each product unit incorporating our text imaging solutions that is shipped by our OEM customers. We also receive OEM revenue from fixed fee licenses with certain of our OEM customers. Fixed fee licensing arrangements are not based on units the customer ships, but instead, customers pay us on a periodic basis for use of our text imaging solutions. Though significantly less than royalties from per-unit shipments and fixed fees from OEM customers, we also receive revenue from software application and operating systems vendors, who include our text imaging solutions in their products, and for font development. Many of our licenses continue so long as our OEM customers ship products that include our technology, unless terminated for breach. Other licenses have terms that range from three to five years and usually provide for automatic or optional renewals. Revenue from per-unit royalties is recognized in the period during which we receive a royalty report from a customer, typically one quarter after royalty-bearing units are shipped. Revenue from fixed fee licenses is generally recognized when it is billed to the customer, so long as the product has been delivered, the license fee is fixed and non-refundable and collection is probable.

Creative Professional Revenue

Our creative professional revenue is derived from font licenses and from custom font design services. We license fonts directly to end-users through our e-commerce websites, via telephone, email and indirectly through third-party resellers. We also license fonts and provide custom font design services to graphic designers, advertising agencies and corporations.

 

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Revenue from font licenses to our e-commerce customers is recognized upon payment by the customer and electronic shipment of the software embodying the font. Revenue from font licenses to other customers is recognized upon shipment of the software embodying the font. Revenue from resellers is recognized upon notification from the reseller that our font product has been licensed. We generally recognize custom font design services revenue upon delivery.

Cost of Revenue

Our cost of revenue consists of font license fees that we pay on certain fonts that are owned by third parties, allocated internal engineering expense and overhead costs directly related to custom design services. License fees are typically based on a percentage of our OEM and creative professional revenue and do not involve minimum fees. Our cost of OEM revenue is typically lower than our cost of creative professional revenue because we own a higher percentage of the fonts licensed to our OEM customers, provide value-added technology and have negotiated lower royalty rates on the fonts we license from third parties because of volume. The cost of our custom design service revenue includes labor costs for the design and thus is substantially higher than the cost of our other revenue and as a result our gross margin varies from period to period depending on the level of custom design revenue recorded.

Cost of revenue also includes amortization of acquired technology, which we amortize over 12 to 15 years. For purposes of amortizing acquired technology we estimate the remaining useful life of the technology based upon various considerations, including our knowledge of the technology and the way our customers use it. We use the straight-line method to amortize our acquired technology. There is no reliable evidence to suggest that we should expect any other pattern of amortization than an even pattern, and we believe this best reflects the expected pattern of economic usage.

Marketing and Selling

Our marketing and selling expense consists of salaries, bonuses, commissions and benefits related to our marketing and selling personnel and their business travel expenses, advertising and trade show expenses, web-related expenses and allocated facilities costs and other overhead expenses.

Sales commission expense varies as a function of revenue and goal achievement from period-to-period. Marketing and selling non-commission expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2008 as a result of headcount increases and associated salary increases as compared to the same period in 2007. We expect marketing and selling expense to continue to increase in absolute dollars going forward.

Research and Development

Our research and development expense consists of salaries, bonuses and benefits related to our research and development, engineering, font design and integration support personnel and their business travel expenses, license fees related to certain of our technology licenses, expenses for contracted services and allocated facilities costs and other overhead expenses. Our research and development expense in a given period may be reduced to the extent that internal engineering resources are allocated to cost of revenue for custom design services.

Our research and development is primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of our text imaging solutions and developing new products. From time to time we license third-party font technology in connection with new technology development projects that are part of our research and development efforts. Our research and development costs are expensed as incurred. We made a strategic decision to increase our research and development headcount in 2006, and continued in 2007, to develop and launch next generation technologies. Excluding share based compensation expense, we expect research

 

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and development expense to increase in absolute dollars going forward. A significant portion of the research and development share based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is associated with a consultant, who was granted restricted stock in connection with the acquisition of China Type Design. The restricted stock for this consultant is subject to variable accounting.

General and Administrative

Our general and administrative expense consists of salaries, bonuses and benefits related to our general and administrative personnel, accounting, legal and other professional fees, allocated facilities costs and other overhead expenses and insurance costs.

In the three months ended March 31, 2008, our general and administrative expenses were higher compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007 as a result of the additional infrastructure required to operate as a public company and increased legal costs of maintaining and protecting the Linotype font library. In addition, we incurred approximately $0.5 million of additional costs associated with a registration statement filed with the SEC in the first quarter of 2008. Excluding these additional costs, we expect future general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars in 2008.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

We amortize intangible assets acquired as follows:

 

   

Customer relationships—10 to 15 years; and

 

   

Non-compete agreements—4 to 6 years.

For purposes of amortization, we estimate the life of customer relationships based upon various considerations, including our knowledge of the industry and the marketplace in which we operate. We amortize non-compete agreements over the stated life of the agreement. We use the straight-line method to amortize our intangible assets. There is no reliable evidence to suggest that we should expect any other pattern of amortization than an even pattern, and we believe this best reflects the expected pattern of economic usage.

Provision for Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2008, our effective tax rate was 46.0%. Our effective tax rate is comprised principally of a federal statutory rate of 35.0% and a local rate of 3.5%, plus approximately 2.7% as a result of non-deductible expenses associated with a registration statement filed with the SEC in the first quarter of 2008 and 4.0% for stock based compensation.

Our actual payments for taxes are significantly lower than our book tax expense because we amortize goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for tax purposes. The difference between the amortization for tax purposes and accounting for financial statements in accordance with GAAP gives rise to a deferred tax liability for GAAP. The balance of this GAAP deferred tax liability at December 31, 2007 was $14.1 million. This balance is included with the net intangible deferred tax liabilities disclosed in the footnotes to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, (File No. 001-33612) for the year ended December 31, 2007 and is expected to increase each year over the 15 year period that goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are amortized for tax purposes, unless goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles are determined to be impaired for GAAP purposes. In the event of an impairment, a charge would be recognized in our financial statements, and the GAAP deferred tax liability would be reversed. This charge and reversal of the deferred tax liability would not give rise to a payment of taxes. Absent an impairment, the change in these deferred tax liabilities from period to period generally approximates the additional deduction for amortization we receive for tax purposes, but not for book tax expense.

 

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We provide for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, or SFAS 109. Under this method, a deferred tax asset or liability is determined based on the difference between the financial statement and the tax basis of assets and liabilities, as measured by enacted tax rates in effect when these differences are expected to be reversed. This process includes estimating current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and financial accounting purposes. These differences, including differences in the timing of recognition of share based compensation expense, result in deferred tax assets and liabilities. We also assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent we believe recovery to be unlikely, we have established a valuation allowance. Significant judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. Our financial position and results of operations may be materially affected if actual results significantly differ from these estimates or the estimates are adjusted in future periods.

We calculate our estimated annual effective tax rate for all of our locations within the United States. Our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and China calculate their tax provisions based on the laws of their respective jurisdictions.

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB 109, or FIN 48. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS 109. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting for interim periods, disclosure and transition. We adopted FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007. In accordance with FIN 48, paragraph 19, we have decided to classify potential interest and penalties as a component of tax expense.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP and our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations requires us to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Additional information about our critical accounting policies may be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue in accordance with Statement of Position, or SOP, 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, or SOP 97-2, as modified by SOP 98-9, Modifications of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain Transactions. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, the product has been delivered or services have been provided, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collection of the fee is probable.

 

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Sales Taxes

We record revenue net of sales taxes. Sales taxes are collected and remitted to tax authorities as required, typically on a monthly or quarterly basis, except for Japanese consumption tax, which is remitted on an annual basis. As a result, accrued sales tax consists principally of Japanese consumption tax (see Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements).

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

We assess the impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets exceeds their fair value. With respect to both goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant negative industry or economic trends, exiting an activity in conjunction with a restructuring of operations, or current, historical or projected losses that demonstrate continuing losses associated with an asset. Impairment evaluations involve management estimates of useful lives and future cash flows, including assumptions about future conditions such as future revenue, operating expenses, the fair values of certain assets based on appraisals and industry trends. Actual useful lives and cash flows could be different from those estimated by our management. If this resulted in an impairment of goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

Share Based Compensation

We account for share based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share Based Payment, or SFAS 123R. SFAS 123R requires that all share based payments to employees, including grants of stock options and restricted stock, be recognized in the statements of operations based on their fair values at the grant dates. We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options granted to employees. In accordance with SFAS 123R, we recognized the fair value of employees share based awards granted or modified on or after January 1, 2006 using the straight line method over the vesting period of the award. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we recorded total share based compensation expense of $0.7 million, of which $0.2 million is associated with the China Type Design restricted shares. In connection with our initial public offering on July 25, 2007, three promissory notes issued in connection with the acquisition of China Type Design were converted into 415,903 shares of restricted common stock. These shares vest over a four year period that commenced upon the issuance of the notes in July 2006. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, we recorded total share based compensation expense of $0.4 million.

Pension Plan

In 2006, we adopted accounting statement SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans. Our unfunded defined benefit pension plan was acquired in connection with our acquisition of Linotype on August 1, 2006. The plan covers substantially all employees of our Linotype subsidiary who joined Linotype prior to April 1, 2006, at which time the pension plan was closed to new participants. Benefits under this plan are based on the employees’ years of service and compensation. We fund the plan sufficiently to meet current benefits only. There are no assets associated with the plan. Given the fact that the pension plan is unfunded, changes in economic and market conditions may require us to increase cash contributions in future years.

 

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

The following discussion compares the three months ended March 31, 2008 with the three months ended March 31, 2007.

Sales by Segment. We view our operations and manage our business as one segment; the development, marketing and licensing of technologies and fonts. Factors used to identify our single segment include the financial information available for evaluation by our chief operating decision maker in making decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. While our technologies and services are sold to customers in two principal markets (CE device manufacturers and independent software vendors, together OEM, and creative professional), expenses and assets are not formally allocated to these markets, and operating results are assessed on an aggregate basis to make decisions about the allocation of resources. The following table presents revenue for these two principal markets (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
   Increase
     2008    2007   

OEM

   $ 17,760    $ 17,263    $ 497

Creative professional

     9,583      8,447      1,136
                    

Total revenue

   $ 27,343    $ 25,710    $ 1,633
                    

Revenue

Revenue was $27.3 million and $25.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, an increase of $1.6 million, or 6.4%. We experienced growth in both OEM and creative professional revenue. OEM revenue was $17.8 million and $17.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, an increase of $0.5 million, or 2.9%, primarily the result of an increase in license revenue. Creative professional revenue was $9.5 million and $8.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, an increase of $1.1 million, or 13.5%, primarily the result of an increase in direct sales.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue, excluding amortization of acquired technology, remained unchanged at $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. Cost of revenue, excluding amortization of acquired technology, was 9.9% and 10.7% as a percentage of total revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The decrease as a percentage of total revenue is mainly due to a shift in sales mix primarily resulting from a decrease in custom revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2008. Custom revenue has a higher associated cost.

The portion of cost of revenue consisting of amortization of acquired technology remained unchanged at $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.

Operating Expenses

Marketing and Selling. Marketing and selling expense was $5.4 million and $4.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, an increase of $0.9 million, or 19.8%. Increased personnel and personnel-related costs contributed $0.6 million to the increase in sales and marketing expenses in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the first quarter of 2007. Increased internet and direct advertising expenses contributed $0.2 million to the increase in marketing and selling.

 

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Research and Development. Research and development expense increased $0.3 million, or 5.9%, to $4.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008 from $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007. The increase was primarily due to share based compensation expense of $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008, related to the shares of restricted common stock issued upon the conversion of the China Type Design promissory notes, as there was no similar expense in the same period in 2007.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expense was $5.2 million and $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, an increase of $1.6 million, or 46.2%. Increased personnel costs of $0.7 million, mainly as a result of an increase in the number of employees in our finance department, contributed to the overall increase. We were a private company in the three months ended March 31, 2007 and had begun to add additional personnel and infrastructure needed to operate as a public company. Increased professional services and legal expenses contributed $0.7 million to the increase, primarily the result of filing a registration statement with the SEC and protection of the Linotype font library.

Amortization of Other Intangible Assets. Amortization of other intangible assets remained unchanged at $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net of interest income decreased $2.8 million, or 52.8%, to $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, as compared to $5.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007. The decrease is the result of lower total debt outstanding in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007, as well as a decreased rate of interest on the outstanding debt. Total debt outstanding at March 31, 2008 was $128.1 million as compared to $205.1 million at March 31, 2007. In July 2007, we paid off our $70 million Second Lien Credit Facility. At March 31, 2008, the blended interest rate on our First Lien Credit Facility was 5.4% as compared to a blended rate of 8.6% at March 31, 2007.

Gain on Foreign Exchange

Gain on foreign exchange was $2.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008, as compared to $0.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2007, an increase of $2.1 million. The gain is due primarily to our intercompany note, which is denominated in Euros, and was unhedged at March 31, 2008 and 2007. While there was significant strengthening of the Euro as compared to the U.S. dollar in the three months ended March 31, 2008, there was no corresponding increase in the three months ended March 31, 2007.

Provision for Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, our effective tax rate was 46.0% and 47.8%, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the effective rate includes 4.0% due to permanent non-deductible stock based compensation expense, and 2.7% for non-deductible costs for income tax purposes associated with a registration statement filed with the SEC during the quarter. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company revised its estimate concerning the future reversal of timing items and concluded that reversal is likely to occur when the U.S. federal incremental tax rate is at 35% versus the 34% rate utilized in previous years. Accordingly the deferred tax impact associated with this change in estimate was recorded, and resulted in an increase in the effective tax rate by approximately 6.9%.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through cash from operations, private and public stock sales and long-term debt arrangements, as described below. We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents, our cash flow from operating activities and available bank borrowings will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next twelve months. At March 31, 2008, our principal sources of liquidity were cash and cash equivalents totaling $27.8 million and a $20.0 million revolving line-of-credit. The line-of-credit was undrawn at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. In April 2008, we made a mandatory prepayment of $6.8 million under our Amended and Restated Credit Facility. Our future working capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the operations of our existing business, our potential strategic expansion, future acquisitions we might undertake, and the expansion into complementary businesses. To the extent that our cash and cash equivalents, our current debt arrangements and our cash flow from operating activities are insufficient to fund our future activities, we may need to raise additional funds through bank credit arrangements or public or private equity or debt financings. In the event additional funding is required, we may not be able to obtain bank credit arrangements or affect an equity or debt financing on terms acceptable to us or at all.

The following table presents our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 10,945     $ 577  

Net cash used in investing activities

     (311 )     (203 )

Net cash used in financing activities

     (3,377 )     (2,431 )

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     961       355  
                

Total increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 8,218     $ (1,702 )
                

Operating Activities

Since 2005, our operating activities have generated positive cash flows. Significant variations in operating cash flows may occur because, from time to time, our customers make prepayments against future royalties. Prepayments may be required under the terms of our license agreements and are occasionally made on an elective basis. The timing and extent of such prepayments significantly impacts our cash balances.

We generated $10.9 million in cash from operations during the three months ended March 31, 2008. We generated $0.6 million in cash from operations during the three months ended March 31, 2007. Net income, after adjusting for depreciation and amortization, amortization of financing costs and debt discount, share based compensation, provision for income taxes, deferred income taxes, unrealized currency gain on foreign denominated intercompany transactions and loss on interest rate caps, generated $5.7 million in cash. Deferred revenue and accrued income taxes provided $10.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in cash. These were partially offset by increases in accounts receivables and prepaid and other assets and decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities using $5.6 million in cash. The decreased balance in accounts payable is the result of timing of some contractual royalty payments.

Net cash provided from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was $0.6 million. Net income, after adjusting for depreciation and amortization, amortization of financing costs and debt discount, share based compensation, , deferred income taxes, unrealized currency gain on foreign denominated intercompany transactions and loss on interest rate caps, generated $6.2 million in cash.

 

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Net cash used for working capital purposes was $5.6 million, consisting principally of a decrease in accrued expenses of $4.4 million and an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $1.7 million. The decrease in accrued expenses was driven primarily by the payment of annual bonuses to employees during the quarter, and the increase in prepaid expenses and other assets was driven primarily by payments of direct costs of our initial public offering. In addition, our accounts receivable increased by $6.0 million and our deferred revenue increased by $7.2 million, both changes primarily due to the billing of prepaid royalties that were contractually due from one customer in the amount of $5.0 million.

Investing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2008, cash used in investing activities was $0.3 million which consisted of purchases of property and equipment. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, we used $0.2 million in cash for investing activities, which consisted primarily of $0.2 million of purchases of property and equipment.

Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2008 was $3.4 million. Installment payments on long-term debt were $3.5 million in cash. We received $0.1 million in cash from the issuance of common stock for stock option exercises. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, cash used in financing activities consisted primarily of payments on our long term debt totaling $2.4 million.

Credit Facilities

On July 30, 2007, in connection with our initial public offering, we amended and restated our First Lien Credit Facility, or Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The principal amount of our term loan was increased to $140.0 million payable in monthly installments of approximately $1.2 million throughout the term of the facility, which expires in July 2012. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for an additional annual mandatory principal payment based on excess cash flow, as defined by the agreement, which must be paid within five days of the delivery of our audited financial statements.

Interest rates on borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at either (i) the prime rate plus 1.25%, as defined by the credit agreement, or (ii) LIBOR plus a 2.75%, payable monthly. As of March 31, 2008, the blended interest rate on the First Lien Credit Facility was 5.42%. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of our assets and places limitations on indebtedness, liens, dividends and distributions, asset sales, transactions with affiliates and acquisitions and conduct of business, all as defined in the agreements. In addition, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides that we maintain a maximum leverage ratio. The leverage ratio is defined as the ratio of aggregate outstanding indebtedness to trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as consolidated net earnings (or loss), plus net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and share based compensation expense. As of March 31, 2008, the maximum leverage ratio permitted was 4.00:1.00 and our leverage ratio was 2.60:1.00.

In May 2007, we amended our First Lien Credit Facility to define Adjusted EBITDA as described above. We also amended our First Lien Credit Facility to provide additional borrowings, reduce our interest rate and modify covenants; however, the Adjusted EBITDA definition was not changed. On April 17, 2008, we amended our First Lien Credit Facility to increase the beneficial owner threshold in the change of control definition.

 

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The following table presents a reconciliation from net income, which is the most directly comparable GAAP operating performance measure, to EBITDA and from EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA as defined in our credit facilities (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
     2008    2007

Net income

   $ 3,686    $ 1,580

Provision for income taxes

     3,139      1,448

Interest expense, net

     2,512      5,323

Depreciation and amortization

     2,940      2,857
             

EBITDA

   $ 12,277    $ 11,208

Share based compensation

     688      382
             

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

   $ 12,965    $ 11,590
             

 

(1) Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of operating performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative or substitute for GAAP profitability measures such as income (loss) from operations and net income (loss). Adjusted EBITDA as an operating performance measure has material limitations since it excludes the statement of income impact of depreciation and amortization expense, interest expense, net, the provision (benefit) for income taxes and share based compensation and therefore does not represent an accurate measure of profitability, particularly in situations where a company is highly leveraged or has a disadvantageous tax structure. We have significant intangible assets and amortization expense is a meaningful element in our financial statements and therefore its exclusion from Adjusted EBITDA is a material limitation. We have a significant amount of debt, and interest expense is a necessary element of our costs and therefore its exclusion from Adjusted EBITDA is a material limitation. We generally incur significant U.S. federal, state and foreign income taxes each year and the provision for income taxes is a necessary element of our costs and therefore its exclusion from Adjusted EBITDA is a material limitation. We have share based compensation and the associated expense is a meaningful element in our financial statements and therefore its exclusion from Adjusted EBITDA is a material limitation. As a result, Adjusted EBITDA should be evaluated in conjunction with net income for complete analysis of our profitability, as net income includes the financial statement impact of these items and is the most directly comparable GAAP operating performance measure to Adjusted EBITDA. As Adjusted EBITDA is not defined by GAAP, our definition of Adjusted EBITDA may differ from and therefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, thereby limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of the limitations that Adjusted EBITDA has as an analytical tool, investors should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under GAAP.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also contains provisions for an increased interest rate during periods of default. We do not believe that these covenants will affect our ability to operate our business, and we were in compliance with the covenants under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2008.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities, often referred to as special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. Other than our operating leases for office space and computer equipment, we do not engage in off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133, or SFAS 161. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged.

Simplified Method

In December 2007, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110, or SAB 110. SAB 110 amends and replaces Question 6 of Section D.2 of Topic 14, Share-Based Payment. SAB 110 expresses the staff views regarding the use of the “simplified” method in developing an estimate of the expected term of “plain vanilla” share options in accordance with SFAS 123R. The use of the “simplified” method was scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. SAB 110 extends the use of the simplified method for “plain vanilla” awards in certain situations. We currently use the “simplified” method to estimate the expected term for share option grants as we do not have enough historical experience to provide a reasonable estimate due to the limited period the Company’s equity shares have been publicly traded. We will continue to use the “simplified” method until we have enough historical experience to provide a reasonable estimate of expected term in accordance with SAB 110. SAB 110 is effective for options granted after December 31, 2007.

Business Combinations

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations, or SFAS 141R. SFAS 141R is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and applies to all business combinations. SFAS141R provides that, upon initially obtaining control, an acquirer shall recognize 100 percent of the fair values of acquired assets, including goodwill, and assumed liabilities, with only limited exceptions, even if the acquirer has not acquired 100 percent of its target. As a consequence, the current step acquisition model will be eliminated. Additionally, SFAS141R changes current practice, in part, as follows: (1) contingent consideration arrangements will be fair valued at the acquisition date and included on that basis in the purchase price consideration; (2) transaction costs will be expensed as incurred, rather than capitalized as part of the purchase price; (3) pre-acquisition contingencies, such as legal issues, will generally have to be accounted for in purchase accounting at fair value; and (4) in order to accrue for a restructuring plan in purchase accounting, the requirements in FASB Statement No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, would have to be met at the acquisition date. While there is no expected impact to our consolidated financial statements on the accounting for acquisitions completed prior to December 31, 2008, the adoption of Statement 141(R) on January 1, 2009 could materially change the accounting for business combinations consummated subsequent to that date.

Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115, or SFAS 159. SFAS 159 permits, but does not require entities to measure financial instruments and certain other items at fair value and is effective for us beginning January 1, 2008. As we have not elected to fair value any of our financial instruments under the provisions of SFAS 159, the adoption of this statement will not have any impact to our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fair Value Measurements

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, or SFAS 157. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and establishes a hierarchy that categorizes and prioritizes the sources to be used to estimate fair value. SFAS 157 also expands financial statement disclosures about fair value measurements. On February 6, 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) 157-2 which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for one year for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). SFAS 157 and FSP 157-2 are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We have elected a partial deferral of SFAS 157 in accordance with the provisions of FSP 157-2 related to the measurement of fair value when evaluating goodwill, other intangible assets and other long-lived assets for impairment. The impact of partially adopting SFAS 157 effective January 1, 2008 was not material to our consolidated financial statements. Details of our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are found in Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements. We have not completed our assessment of the impact of the deferral on our financial statements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to financial market risk, including interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange risk.

Concentration of Revenue and Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade receivables. Cash equivalents consist primarily of bank deposits and overnight repurchase agreements. Deposits of cash held outside the United States totaled approximately $11.8 million and $11.2 million at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

We grant credit to customers in the ordinary course of business. Credit evaluations are performed on an ongoing basis to reduce credit risk, and no collateral is required from our customers. An allowance for uncollectible accounts is provided for those accounts receivable considered to be uncollectible based upon historical experience and credit evaluation. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, no customer individually accounted for 10% or more of our accounts receivable. Due to the nature of our quarterly revenue streams derived from royalty revenue, it is not unusual for our accounts receivable balances to include a few customers with large balances. Historically, we have not recorded material losses due to customers’ nonpayment.

For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, no customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue.

Derivative Financial Instruments and Interest Rate Risk

We use interest rate derivative instruments to hedge our exposure to interest rate volatility resulting from our variable rate debt. SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended, or SFAS 133, requires that all derivative instruments be reported on the balance sheet at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships, including a requirement that all designations must be made at the inception of each instrument. As we did not make such initial designations, SFAS 133 requires changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument to be recognized as current period income or expense.

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changes in interest rates relates primarily to our long term debt. The interest rate on our First Lien Credit Facility fluctuates with either the prime rate or the LIBOR interest rate. At March 31, 2008, the blended rate of interest on our outstanding debt was 5.4%. For each one percent increase in interest rates our interest expense would increase by $1.3 million; however, this would be mitigated by our interest rate caps. We purchase interest rate cap instruments to hedge our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates on our debt obligations. At March 31, 2008, we had three interest rate cap contracts outstanding with notional amounts totaling $120.0 million. One contract, in the notional amount of $50.0 million, has a fixed rate of 5.5% and expires in September 2008. The second contract, in the notional amount of $60.0 million, has a fixed rate of 6.5% and expires in August 2008. The third contract, in the notional amount of $10.0 million, has a fixed rate of 6.5% and expires in December 2010. Under these contracts, to the extent that LIBOR exceeds a fixed maximum rate, we will receive payments on the notional amount. At March 31, 2008, there was a shortfall of approximately $8.1 million of our total debt that was unhedged which approximates the amount of principal paid in early April 2008. The total fair value of these financial instruments at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was approximately $32 thousand and $900, respectively. In the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, we recognized losses of $14 thousand and $0.3 million, respectively, which have been included in other income and expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

In accordance with SFAS No. 52, Foreign Currency Translation, or SFAS 52, all assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is a currency other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at an exchange rate as of the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses of these subsidiaries are translated at the average monthly exchange rates. The resulting translation adjustments as calculated from the translation of our foreign subsidiaries to U.S. dollars are recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

We also incur foreign currency exchange gains and losses related to certain customers that are invoiced in U.S. dollars, but who have the option to make an equivalent payment in their own functional currencies at a specified exchange rate as of a specified date. In the period from that date until payment in the customer’s functional currency is received and converted into U.S. dollars, we can incur realized gains and losses. To mitigate our exposure we utilize forward contracts with maturities of 90 days or less to hedge our exposure to these currency fluctuations. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the forward contracts is offset by the change in the value of the hedged assets of our consolidated foreign affiliate. At March 31, 2008, there were no currency contracts outstanding. At December 31, 2007, we had one currency contract outstanding with fair value loss of $74 thousand.

In addition, we incur foreign currency exchange rate gains and losses on an intercompany note with one of our foreign subsidiaries that is stated in Euros. At March 31, 2008, the note balance was approximately $28.9 million. This is an unhedged position with respect to which we are subject to currency fluctuation risk. The effect of an immediate 10% strengthening of the U.S. dollar as compared to the Euro would result in a $2.8 million unrealized transaction loss on this note receivable which would be reported in (gain) loss on foreign exchange within our results of operations. On May 7, 2008 we entered into a currency swap contract to mitigate our exposure to this risk. For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, we incurred exchange gains of $2.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, on this intercompany note.

 

Item 4T. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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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 on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2008, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of such date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting and for the timeliness and reliability of the information disclosed. Since 2006, we have been documenting and reviewing the design and effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting in anticipation of the requirements to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Continuous review and monitoring of our business processes will likely identify other possible changes to our internal controls in the future. If we identify any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls, our share price may be negatively impacted. In addition, we expect our general and administrative expenses to increase substantially as we incur expenses associated with comprehensively analyzing, documenting and testing our system of internal controls over financial reporting in anticipation of our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of any change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter and that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. That evaluation did not identify a change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008 and that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our 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 March 31, 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be a party to various claims, suits and complaints. We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There are no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

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

 

(a) Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

 

(b) Use of proceeds

Not applicable.

 

(c) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.

 

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

None.

 

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and such Exhibit Index 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.

 

    MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.
Date: May 13, 2008     By:   /S/    DOUGLAS J. SHAW        
     

Douglas J. Shaw

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 13, 2008     By:   /S/    JACQUELINE D. ARTHUR        
     

Jacqueline D. Arthur

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Listed and indexed below are all exhibits filed as part of this report.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

31.1    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Executive Officer.
31.2    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Financial Officer.
32.1    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

 

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