Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

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Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

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Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

The Company

SeaChange International, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively “SeaChange”, “we”, or the “Company”) is an industry leader in the delivery of multiscreen video, advertising and premium over-the-top (“OTT”) video. Our products and services facilitate the aggregation, licensing, management and distribution of video and advertising content to cable television system operators, telecommunications companies, satellite operators and media companies.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SeaChange International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“SeaChange” or the “Company”) and are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reports as well as rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring items, necessary to present a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for the periods shown. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our most recently audited financial statements and related footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) as filed with the SEC. The balance sheet data as of January 31, 2017 that is included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) was derived from our audited financial statements. We have reclassified certain amounts previously reported in our financial statements to conform to current presentation.

Effective February 1, 2017, the Company changed how it classifies costs associated with its solution architect employees. In fiscal 2017, all solution architect costs were classified as cost of revenues. However, beginning in fiscal 2018, the Company began reflecting in cost of revenues only those costs associated with revenue-generating projects, based on the hours worked by solutions architect employees. Solutions architect costs that are not associated with revenue-generating projects are recognized as selling and marketing expenses since these employees are involved in pre-sales and other customer-facing activities.

 

We have adjusted prior fiscal year amounts to conform to the current fiscal year presentation. The effect of this change in methodology, which is a decrease to cost of revenues and an increase to selling and marketing expenses, is reflected in our current statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2016 as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Filed Fiscal 2017

 

 

Conform to

 

 

Adjusted

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Current Year

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

October 31, 2016

 

 

Presentation

 

 

October 31, 2016

 

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Cost of revenues - service

 

$

8,036

 

 

$

(566

)

 

$

7,470

 

Selling and marketing expenses

 

$

3,422

 

 

$

566

 

 

$

3,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Filed Fiscal 2017

 

 

Conform to

 

 

Adjusted

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Current Year

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

October 31, 2016

 

 

Presentation

 

 

October 31, 2016

 

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Cost of revenues - service

 

$

27,982

 

 

$

(1,646

)

 

$

26,336

 

Selling and marketing expenses

 

$

10,841

 

 

$

1,646

 

 

$

12,487

 

 

The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods and actual results may differ from our estimates. During the three and nine months ended October 31, 2017, there have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies that were described in our fiscal 2017 Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC.

The Company believes that existing funds and cash provided by future operating activities are adequate to satisfy our working capital, potential acquisitions and capital expenditure requirements and other contractual obligations for the foreseeable future, including at least the next 12 months. However, if our expectations are incorrect, we may need to raise additional funds to fund our operations, to take advantage of unanticipated strategic opportunities or to strengthen our financial position. In the future, we may enter into other arrangements for potential investments in, or acquisitions of, complementary businesses, services or technologies, which could require us to seek additional equity or debt financing. If adequate funds are not available, or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities, to develop new products or to otherwise respond to competitive pressures.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2017, following a review of our operations, liquidity and funding, and investment in our product roadmap, we determined that the ability to access cash resulting from earnings in prior fiscal years that had previously been deemed permanently restricted for foreign investment would provide greater flexibility to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, we changed our permanent reinvestment assertion on $58.6 million of earnings generated by our Irish operations through July 2016.  We recorded a deferred tax liability of $14.7 million related to the foreign income taxes on $58.6 million of undistributed earnings. The balance of the deferred tax liability is $16.3 million as of October 31, 2017.