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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, 2003

OR

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

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                     to                     

Commission file number: 0-9023

COMDIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

106 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, Florida 34232

    (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (941) 554-5000

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  ¨

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of Common Stock, as of April 25, 2003 was 8,514,518 shares, all of one class (Common Stock), par value $0.01 per share.

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COMDIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

PART 1.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consolidated Statements of Operations—(Unaudited)

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

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

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

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—(Unaudited)

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

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003—(Unaudited)

NOTE A. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Comdial Corporation (“the Company” or “Comdial”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2003, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2003.

The balance sheet at December 31, 2002, has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

Accounting For Stock-Based Compensation

Comdial accounts for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method under Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. No stock-based employee compensation cost is reflected in net income, as all options granted under these plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The following table illustrates the effect on net income if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Financial Accounting Standard Board Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, to stock-based employee compensation:

Amortization Of Deferred Financing Costs

In connection with the private placements in late 2002, Comdial issued 5.3 million warrants. These warrants, which were valued at $4.4 million using the Black Scholes method, and $1.8 million of legal and professional were recorded as deferred financing costs and amortized over the term of the private placement notes. During the first quarter of 2003, $0.5 million was amortized and is included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

Reclassifications

During the second quarter of 2002, the Company early adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections (“SFAS No. 145”). SFAS No. 145 requires any gain or loss on extinguishment of debt that was classified as an extraordinary item in prior periods presented that does not meet the criteria in Accounting Principles Board Statement No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations, for classification as an extraordinary item to be reclassified. Accordingly, the extraordinary gain of $11.9 million that was reported during the first quarter of 2002 has been reclassified. $9.0 million is included in gain on senior debt restructuring and $2.9 million is included in gain on other liability restructurings in the accompanying financial statements.

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NOTE B.    INVENTORIES

Inventories, net of allowances, consist of the following:

Comdial records provisions for product obsolescence, which reduce gross margin. Allowances for inventory obsolescence amounted to $1.5 million and $1.1 million as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively. Changes in reserves will be dependent on management’s estimates of the recoverability of costs from inventory.

As of March 31, 2003, the Company purchases substantially all of its finished goods from four outsource manufacturers.

NOTE C.    PRODUCT WARRANTY LIABILITY

In most cases, we provide a two-year warranty to our customers, including repair or replacement of defective equipment. Our outsource manufacturing partners are responsible for the first year of the warranty repair work. We are using a third party contractor to perform much of this warranty. We provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time the revenue is recognized. We calculate our warranty liability based on historical product return rates and estimated average repair costs. While we engage in various product quality programs and processes, our warranty obligation may be affected by product failure rates, the ability of our outsource manufacturers to satisfy warranty claims and the cost of warranty repairs charged by the third party contractor. The outcome of these items could differ from our estimates and revisions to the warranty estimates could be required. The table below summarizes the changes in the Company’s product warranty liability for the three months ended March 31, 2003:

During the first quarter of 2003, the Company recorded a decrease in its warranty liability, which increased gross margin by $0.3 million. The reduction to the warranty liability was due to several factors, including a reduction in product repair return rates and a reduction in the price charged by the third party contractor that performs much of the warranty repair work.

NOTE D.    EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. DilutedEPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common and potentially dilutive common shares outstanding during the period.

Unexercised options to purchase 1,178,268 and 56,455 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,115,451 and 11,667 shares of common stock for the three months ended March 31,2003 and 2002, respectively, were not included in the computations of diluted loss per share because assumed exercise would be anti-dilutive.

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The following table discloses the quarterly information for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002:

During the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, no stock options were exercised.

NOTE E.    SEGMENT INFORMATION

During the first three months of 2003 and 2002, substantially all of the Company’s sales, net income, and identifiable net assets were attributable to the telecommunications industry with over 98% of sales occurring in the United States.

The Company organizes its product segments to correspond with the industry background of primary business and product offerings which fall into three categories: (1) voice switching systems for small to mid-size businesses, (2) voice messaging systems, and (3) computer telephony integration (“CTI”) applications and other. Each of these categories is considered a business segment, and with respect to their financial performance, the costs associated with these segments can only be quantified and identified to the gross profit level for each segment. These three product segments comprise substantially all of Comdial’s sales to the telecommunications market.

The information in the following tables is derived directly from the segment’s internal financial reporting used for management purposes. Unallocated costs include operating expenses, interest expense, other miscellaneous expenses, gains on restructurings and income tax expense. Comdial does not maintain information that would allow assets, liabilities, or unallocated costs to be broken down into the various product segments as most of these items are shared in nature.

The following tables show segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002:

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NOTE F.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Comdial currently and from time to time is involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that certain of these may have a significant impact on the Company and these claims are described below. Comdial can give no assurance that the resolution of any particular claim or proceeding would not have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

During February 2003, the Company discovered that approximately $0.6 million and $0.1 million of unauthorized disbursements were made from the pension plan during 2002 and 2003, respectively, by a former employee of Comdial. The Company believes it has adequate insurance coverage to protect the pension plan against these losses, but there can be no assurance that the plan will completely recover the losses. Management believes that this matter will not have a material adverse financial impact on the Company. No amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for any losses.

On January 24, 2003, the Company was notified by letter from an insurance representative of the Catholic Cathedral of St. Thomas Moore that the Cathedral’s insurance carrier might pursue a subrogation claim based on a fire at the Cathedral that may have been caused by the installation or failure of equipment installed by the Company. The Company does not believe it installed any equipment at the Cathedral and has notified its insurance carrier of this claim. In light of the fact that this claim is so recent and no investigation into this matter has been conducted, the Company can provide no assessment of potential liability. The Company believes that the repairs needed to repair the damage to the Cathedral were approximately $150,000, although it has received no written confirmation of same. No amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for any losses.

During late 2002, the Company began discussions with a third party concerning a potential claim of patent infringement that such party has indicated it may bring against the Company. Although the Company expects to settle such claim prior to litigation, there can be no assurance that such settlement will be reached, or, even if settlement is reached, that the terms of such settlement will not have a material adverse affect on the Company. If settlement is not reached, and if litigation is filed against the Company, defense of such case will likely result in material expenditures and could have a material adverse affect on the Company. Further, there can be no assurance that the Company would prevail in such litigation, and a finding against the Company could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse affect on the Company. The Company has accrued the probable settlement amount with respect to this matter, which is not material to the financial statements.

In separate suits filed against the Company and Allegheny Voice & Data, Inc. (“Allegheny”) in Kanawha County, West Virginia in November and December 2002, Federal Insurance Company of Warren New Jersey as Subrogee of Rubin Brothers, LLC and Allstate Insurance Company as Subrogee of Kathryn Standsfield & Rebecca Hayes D/B/A Geraniums, Inc., and Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company and Alex Franklin, Ltd., allege that a telecommunications system sold by Comdial and installed by Allegheny caused a fire resulting in damage to a commercial building. These cases have been consolidated upon a motion filed by the Company. Since the filing of these actions, additional plaintiffs have filed to intervene. The total damages sought against Comdial and Allegheny by all claimants is approximately $1.0 million. After substantial investigation into this matter, the Company believes its equipment was not the cause of the fire, and has denied all of the substantive claims made against it in this matter. No amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for any losses.

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In November 2002, the Company filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association against Boundless Manufacturing Services, Inc. (“Boundless”). Among other things, the Company contends that Boundless breached its contractual obligations to the Company by failing to meet the Company’s orders for the delivery of products manufactured by Boundless. The Company’s demand seeks damages in excess of $6.0 million. On February 6, 2003, Boundless responded to the Company’s demand by denying substantially all of the Company’s claims and asserting counterclaims totaling approximately $8.2 million, including approximately $0.8 million in past due invoiced amounts. The Company believes that Boundless’ claims are substantially without merit and that it has adequate substantive and procedural defenses against such claims. On March 13, 2003, Boundless announced that it has filed for protection pursuant to Ch. 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. This filing will result in an immediate stay of the arbitration matter. It is not known at this time whether this filing will have any long-term impact on the arbitration, or whether the arbitration will eventually proceed. No amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for any losses.

On March 5, 2001, William Grover, formerly a senior vice president of Comdial, filed suit in state court in Charlottesville, Virginia alleging breach of an employment contract and defamation, and seeking compensatory, punitive and exemplary damages in the total amount of $1.9 million, plus interest. Among other things, Mr. Grover claims that the for-cause termination of his employment was unjustified and that he is therefore entitled to all benefits accrued to him pursuant to the Company’s executive retirement plan. The Company removed this case to the federal district court for the Western District of Virginia, because Mr. Grover’s state law claims against Comdial are preempted by federal law, specifically ERISA. However, the district court granted Mr. Grover’s motion to remand the case back to state court. Subsequently, in February 2003, the case was removed to federal court once again on notice from the Company. Mr. Grover has moved to have the case remanded to state court, and this motion has been taken under advisement by the federal court. Comdial believes it has adequate substantive and procedural defenses against all claims made against Comdial in this matter and no amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for any losses.

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

OPERATIONS

The following discussion is intended to assist the reader in understanding and evaluating the financial condition and results of operations of Comdial Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”). This review should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes continued herein. This analysis attempts to identify trends and material changes that occurred during the periods presented.

Comdial is a Delaware corporation based in Sarasota, Florida. Comdial’s common stock is quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “CMDZ.OB”.

Comdial^® designs and markets sophisticated voice communications solutions for small to mid-sized offices. Comdial’s products consist of business telephone systems, unified and voice messaging, call processing, and computer telephony integration solutions. Comdial currently has an installed base of approximately 375,000 telephone systems, 4 million telephones and 80,000 messaging systems.

As part of our restructuring program, we have outsourced substantially all of our manufacturing requirements. Outsourced manufacturing is carried out in three principal locations: Asia, Mexico and the United States.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions. Management believes the following critical accounting policies, among others, affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue using the guidance from SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements” and the AICPA Statement of Position No. 97-2, as amended, on “Software Revenue Recognition.” We allow certain of our customers to return unsold product when they meet Company-established criteria as outlined in the Company’s trade terms. Under these guidelines, we estimate the amount of product returns based upon actual historical return rates and any additional unique information and reduce our revenue by these estimated future returns. Returned products, which are recorded as inventories, are valued based upon expected realizability. If the historical data we use to calculate these estimates does not properly reflect future returns, these estimates could be revised.

Rebates and Incentives

We record estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentive offerings including special pricing agreements, promotions and other volume-based incentives. If market conditions were to decline, we may take actions to increase rebates and incentive offerings possibly resulting in incremental reduction of revenue at the time the incentive is offered.

Warranty

In most cases, we provide a two-year warranty to our customers, including repair or replacement of defective equipment. We use a third party contractor to perform much of this warranty. Our outsource manufacturing partners are now responsible for the first year of the warranty repair work. We provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time the revenue is recognized. While we engage in various product quality programs and processes, our warranty obligation may be affected by product failure rates, the ability of our outsource manufacturers to satisfy warranty claims and the cost of warranty repairs charged by the third party contractor. The outcome of these items could differ from our estimates and revisions to the warranty estimates could be required.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We provide allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses from the inability of our customers to satisfy their accounts as originally contemplated at the time of sale. We calculate these allowances based on the detailed review of certain individual customer accounts, historical rates and our estimation of the overall economic conditions affecting our customer base. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

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Inventory

We measure our inventories at lower of cost or market. For those items that we manufacture, cost is determined using standards that we believe approximate first-in, first-out (FIFO) method including material, labor and overhead. We also provide allowances for excess and obsolete inventory equal to the difference between the cost of our inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about product life cycles, product demand and market conditions. If actual product life cycles, product demand, or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory allowances or write-downs may be required.

Deferred Income Taxes

We estimate our actual current tax exposures together with our temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for accounting and tax purposes. These temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities. We then must assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent that we believe that recovery is not likely, based on the guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, we establish a valuation allowance. As of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, all net deferred tax assets were reduced by a valuation allowance. In later years, after the Company ceases to have cumulative tax losses for three years, management will need to assess the continuing need for a full or partial valuation allowance. Significant judgment is required in this calculation and changes in this assessment could result in income tax benefits, in later periods, or the continued provision of valuation allowances until the realizability is more likely than not.

Long-lived Assets, including Goodwill and Other Intangibles

In October 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“SFAS No. 144”). SFAS No. 144 establishes a single accounting model, based on the framework established in SFAS No. 121, for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale, and resolves implementation issues related to SFAS No. 121. We adopted SFAS No. 144 effective January 1, 2002. For long-lived assets that are held for use, the Company compares the forecasted undiscounted net cash flows to the carrying amount. If the long-lived asset is determined to be unable to recover the carrying amount, then it is written down to fair value. Differences in actual cash flows as compared to the projected cash flows could require us to record an impairment.

In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS No. 142”). SFAS No. 142 includes requirements to test goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets for impairment rather than amortize them. Goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible assets must be tested for impairment on an annual basis, and any impairment charge resulting from the initial application of SFAS No. 142 is classified as a cumulative change in accounting principle. The Company adopted SFAS No. 142 and discontinued the amortization of goodwill effective January 1, 2002 and completed the transitional impairment test, determining that goodwill was not impaired. Impairment of goodwill is tested using a two step method. The first step is to compare the fair value of the reporting unit to its book value, including goodwill. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows, appraised values or management’s estimates, depending upon the nature of the assets. If the fair value of the unit is less than its book value, the Company then determines the implied fair value of goodwill by deducting the fair value of the reporting unit’s net assets from the fair value of the reporting unit. If the book value of goodwill is greater than its implied fair value, the Company writes down goodwill to its implied fair value. The Company performed its annual impairment review for 2002 and determined that no goodwill impairment charge needed to be recorded; however, there can be no assurances that subsequent reviews will not result in material impairment charges. Differences in actual cash flows as compared to the projected discounted cash flows could require us to record an impairment.

Retirement and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Prior to the fourth quarter 2000, we provided a defined pension benefit to our employees. In the fourth quarter of 2000, we froze this plan. We accrue benefit obligations based on an annual independent actuarial valuation, but do not obtain interim valuations or otherwise adjust our accruals on an interim basis. This valuation has a number of variables, not only to estimate our benefit obligation, but also to provide us with minimum funding requirements for the retirement plan. The actuarial estimates include the expected rate of return on the retirement plan assets, the rate of compensation increases to eligible employees and the interest rate used to discount estimated future payments to retirement participants. Differences in actual experience as compared to these estimates or future changes in these estimates could require us to make changes to these benefit accruals or recognize under funding in our pension plan.

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On December 31, 2002, the projected benefit obligations of $25.6 million (calculated using a discount rate of 7.25%) exceeded the market value of the plan assets of $19.9 million by $5.7 million. As the Company has a prepaid pension asset of $2.5 million recorded as of December 31, 2002, the Company recorded a liability and related other comprehensive loss item (as a direct decrease in stockholders’ equity) on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of $8.2 million, net of tax benefits of $0. If the Company’s investment return and other actuarial assumptions remain unchanged, no contributions are projected to be required through 2003.

Commitments and Contingencies

Management’s current assessment of the claims that have been asserted against the Company is based on our review of the claim, our defenses and consultation with certain of our external legal counsel. Changes in this assessment could result as more information is obtained or as management decides that a settlement is more advantageous to the Company than a protracted legal process. These changes in our estimates of the outcome could require us to make changes in our conclusions or our accruals for these contingencies.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements included or incorporated by reference into our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, press releases, and shareholder communications and other information provided periodically in writing or orally by our officers, directors or agents, including this Form 10-Q, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on certain expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, our beliefs and our assumptions. These risks could cause our actual results for 2003 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in any forward-looking statement made by, or on behalf of, us. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in “Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995” set forth on page 16.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the percentage of revenues represented by certain items reflected in our statements of operations:

First Quarter 2003 vs. 2002

Comdial’s net sales for the first quarter of 2003 were $12.3 million compared to $12.3 million in the first quarter of 2002.

Gross profit for the first quarter of 2003 was $4.4 million compared to $4.4 million in the first quarter of 2002. Gross profit, as a percentage of sales, was 36% for the first quarter of 2003 compared to 36% for the same period of 2002. During the first quarter of 2003, the Company recorded a decrease in its warranty liability, which increased gross margin by $0.3 million. The reduction to the warranty liability was due to several factors, including a reduction in product repair return rates and a reduction in the price charged by the third party contractor that performs much of the warranty repair work. During the first quarter of 2003, the Company recorded a provision for product obsolescence, which decreased gross margin by $0.4 million. The provision primarily related to raw materials that were written down to estimated net realizable value due to a reduction in demand for a legacy product line that management, in the first quarter of 2003, decided should be discontinued.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) decreased for the first quarter of 2003 by 21% to $4.0 million, compared with $5.0 million in the first quarter of 2002. SG&A expenses, as a percentage of sales, decreased to 32% for the first quarter of 2003 compared with 41% for the same period of 2002. This decrease primarily resulted from downsizing the work force in 2002 and more closely controlling costs.

Engineering, research and development expenses for the first quarter of 2003 decreased by 42% to $0.9 million, compared with $1.6 million for the first quarter of 2002. Engineering expenses, as a percentage of sales, decreased to 8% for the first quarter of 2003 compared with 13% for the first quarter of 2002. This decrease primarily resulted from downsizing of the work force and lower amortization of software development costs due to the write-down of impaired assets in the fourth quarter of 2002.

Interest expense increased for the first quarter of 2003 by 88% to $0.8 million, compared with $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2002. This was primarily due to the amortization of the deferred financing costs on the private placement notes of $0.5 million during the first quarter of 2003.

During the first quarter of 2002, the Company expended significant efforts to restructure its various liabilities resulting in gains of $14.7 million, which included the gain on senior debt restructuring of $9.0 million, the gain on other liability restructurings of $2.9 million, and the gain on lease renegotiation of $2.8 million.

The net loss for the first quarter of 2003 was $1.3 million compared with net income of $12.1 million for the first quarter of 2002, primarily due to the gains on debt and other liability restructurings recorded during the first quarter of 2002 discussed above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources:

The following table sets forth Comdial’s cash and cash equivalents, current maturities on debt, and working capital at the dates indicated:

In late 2002, majority control of the Company’s stock ownership changed. Since then, changes have been made in the management team and in operations in efforts to increase sales, improve gross margins and further control other expenses so that the Company can achieve profitability. In addition, in March 2003, management obtained a letter of intent for a $5 million asset-backed financing, which it intends to pursue further, although there are no assurances that this financing will be executed. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. Management believes that its cash flow from operations, combined with cash and working capital on hand, will be sufficient to allow the Company to meet its operating expenses, debt service and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next year. However, if sales levels and/or gross margins decline, other operating expenses increase, or other matters arise, management could be required to undertake an alternative plan to potentially include further restructuring or changes in the business, or seek additional debt or equity financing.

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In connection with the debt restructuring in late 2002, ComVest deposited $1.5 million to secure two outstanding letters of credit previously issued by Bank of America (“BofA”) to the Company, and entered into a pledge agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”) with BofA concerning the disposition of the deposited funds. As security for the deposit, the Company entered into a reimbursement agreement (the “Reimbursement Agreement”) with ComVest, and issued a revolving note (the “Revolving Note”) to ComVest in the amount of the deposit. On October 25, 2002, ComVest and the Company entered into an amendment to the Reimbursement Agreement (the “Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment the Company paid $1.5 million to ComVest and ComVest issued a letter of direction to BofA directing BofA to pay to the Company any amounts payable to ComVest pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. In addition, the Revolving Note was canceled. As of December 31, 2002, the $1.5 million remained on deposit with BofA as collateral for the two letters of credit and was recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. In March 2003, the letters of credit expired and BofA paid, under the terms of the letter of direction discussed above, $1.5 million to the Company, which the Company recorded as cash in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2003. In April 2003, the Company obtained two new letters of credit totaling $1.0 million and was required to secure these letters of credit with $1.0 million of cash, which will be recorded as restricted cash.

As of March 31, 2003, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were higher than December 31, 2002 by $1.0 million primarily due to the cash received from BofA related to the expiration of the letters of credit discussed above. Working capital decreased by $0.4 million due primarily to the timing of vendor payments.

Accounts receivable decreased by $3.1 million compared with December 31, 2002, due to increased collections. Cash received from collections was used to pay vendors, which is reflected in the $2.6 million decrease in accounts payable as of March 31, 2003 compared to December 31, 2002.

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

During the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, primarily all of Comdial’s sales, net income, and identifiable net assets were attributable to the telecommunications industry.

During February 2003, the Company discovered that approximately $0.6 million and $0.1 million of unauthorized disbursements were made from the pension plan during 2002 and 2003, respectively, by a former employee of Comdial. The Company believes it has adequate insurance coverage to protect the pension plan against these losses, but there can be no assurance that the plan will completely recover the losses. Management believes that this matter will not have a material adverse financial impact on the Company. No amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for any losses.

NASDAQ DELISTING

The Company’s common stock was delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on August 7, 2002. The Company received a letter from Nasdaq on August 6, 2002 stating that the decision to delist the Company’s stock was made principally due to the Company’s failure to obtain either shareholder approval prior to closing of the bridge financing transaction entered into in June 2002 or permission from Nasdaq to proceed with the transaction in the absence of such approval. The Bridge Financing resulted in the issuance of promissory notes to ComVest and Mr. Branica that converted into common stock substantially in excess of the threshold ownership levels permitted without shareholder approval under the applicable NASDAQ rules. Beginning January 29, 2003, the Company’s common stock is quoted on the NASD’s OTC-BB.

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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

Some of the statements included or incorporated by reference into our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, press releases, and shareholder communications and other information provided periodically in writing or orally by our officers, directors or agents, including this prospectus, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward- looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on certain expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, our beliefs and our assumptions. Words such as “may”, “will”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks” and “estimates” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Some of the risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

These risks could cause our actual results for 2003 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in any forward-looking statement made by, or on behalf of, us. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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OUTSOURCING RISKS

As part of our restructuring program, we have outsourced substantially all of our manufacturing requirements. Outsourced manufacturing is carried out in three principal locations: Asia, Mexico and the United States. Outsourcing, particularly with international manufacturers, carries certain risks, which include, but may not be limited to:

In addition, our outsourcing contractors acquire component parts from various suppliers. Similar risks are involved in such procurement efforts. Due to our dependency on outsourced manufacturing and the inherent difficulty in replacing outsourced manufacturing capacity in an efficient or expeditious manner, the occurrence of any condition preventing or hindering the manufacture or delivery of manufactured goods by any one or more of our outsourcing contractors would have a material adverse affect on our business in the short term and may have a material adverse affect in the long term. In calendar 2002, we experienced significant problems associated with a principal outsource manufacturer. Faulty component parts used by the manufacturer in the production of a principal product caused a significant shortfall in product inventory, and led to our inability to meet product orders, negatively impacting sales and revenues. In addition, the Company was adversely affected in 2002 by the port strike that resulted in the temporary closure of certain ports on the West Coast of the United States.

During the third quarter of 2002, the Company experienced difficulties in fulfilling certain product orders as a result of the production transition from Virginia to the outsourcing partners plus a backlog that was built up with one of the United States outsourcing partners. These problems have been addressed, although the Company hasn’t completely resolved its backlog situation. Also in 2002, we were forced to terminate our relationship with a principal outsource manufacturer and transition that work to other contractors. The terminated manufacturer was unable to meet substantially all of our product delivery orders because of financial and operational problems. That inability caused further problems for us in meeting customer orders and resulted in a substantial backlog, potential lost business and other losses. We filed an arbitration action against that manufacturer in 2002 in order to seek recovery of the losses caused by their failure in performance. While these problems with our contract manufacturers have been addressed, we cannot give assurances that they will not continue to have an impact on sales and revenues, or that similar or other significant problems will not occur in the future.

ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISKS

Comdial believes that it does not have any material exposure to market risk associated with interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk, equity price risk, or other market risks.

ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Quarterly Evaluation of the Company’s Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls. Within the 90 days prior to the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”), and its “internal controls and procedures for financial reporting” (“Internal Controls”). This evaluation (the “Controls Evaluation”) was done under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer (“CEO”) and chief financial officer (“CFO”). Rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that in this section of the Quarterly Report we present the conclusions of the CEO and the CFO about the effectiveness of our Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls based on and as of the date of the Controls Evaluation.

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Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls. As provided in Rule 13a-14 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Disclosure Controls are defined as meaning controls and procedures that are designed with the objective of insuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, designed and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure Controls include, within the definition under the Exchange Act, and without limitation, controls and procedures to insure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. Internal Controls are procedures which are designed with the objective of providing reasonable assurance that (1) our transactions are properly authorized; (2) our assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use; and (3) our transactions are properly recorded and reported, all to permit the preparation of our financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Scope of the Controls Evaluation. The evaluation made by our CEO and CFO of our Disclosure Controls and our Internal Controls included a review of the controls’ objectives and design, the controls’ implementation by the Company and the effect of the controls on the information generated for use in this Quarterly Report. In the course of the Controls Evaluation, we sought to identify data errors, control problems or acts of fraud and to confirm that appropriate corrective action, including process improvements, were being undertaken. This type of evaluation will be done on a quarterly basis so that the conclusions concerning controls effectiveness can be reported in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K. The overall goals of these various evaluation activities are to monitor our Disclosure Controls and our Internal Controls and to make modifications as necessary; our intent in this regard is that the Disclosure Controls and the Internal Controls will be maintained as dynamic systems that change (including with improvements and corrections) as conditions warrant.

Among other matters, we sought in our evaluation to determine whether there were any “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” in the Company’s Internal Controls, or whether the Company had identified any acts of fraud involving personnel who have a significant role in the Company’s Internal Controls. In the professional auditing literature, “significant deficiencies” are referred to as “reportable conditions”; these are control issues that could have a significant adverse effect on the ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data in the financial statements. A “material weakness” is defined in the auditing literature as a particularly serious reportable condition where the internal control does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud may occur in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. We also sought to deal with other controls matters in the Controls Evaluation, and in each case if a problem was identified, we considered what revision, improvement and/or correction to make in accord with our on-going procedures.

In accord with SEC requirements, our CEO and CFO each have confirmed that, since the date of the Controls Evaluation to the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no significant changes in Internal Controls or in other factors that could significantly affect Internal Controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Except, in February 2003, the Company discovered that approximately $0.7 million of unauthorized disbursements were made from the Company’s pension plan by a former employee. The employee has been arrested, and the Company has initiated an internal investigation. The Company has designed and implemented additional controls relating to disbursements from the pension plan, and has discussed the additional controls with the Audit Committee and the Company’s external auditors. The CEO and CFO believe the additional controls are effective.

Conclusions. Based upon the Controls Evaluation, our CEO and CFO have each concluded that, our Disclosure Controls are effective to ensure that material information relating to Comdial and its consolidated subsidiaries is made known to management, including the CEO and CFO, particularly during the period when our periodic reports are being prepared, and that our Internal Controls are effective to provide reasonable assurance that our financial statements are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    Legal Proceedings

See Note F of the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part I, Item 1 above.

ITEM 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

None.

Items not listed if not applicable.

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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.

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CERTIFICATIONS

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Comdial Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending March 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Nickolas A. Branica, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Comdial Corporation;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report; and

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; and

(4) The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company and we have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

(b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

(c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

(5) The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

(a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Company’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls; and

(6) The Company’s other certifying officer and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

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CERTIFICATIONS

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Comdial Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending March 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Kenneth M. Clinebell, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Comdial Corporation;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report; and

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; and

(4) The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company and we have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

(b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

(c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

(5) The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

(a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Company’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls; and

(6) The Company’s other certifying officer and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

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