XURA, INC. - FORM 10-Q - June 15, 2015

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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 April 30, 2015

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

For the transition period from to

COMVERSE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-35572	04-3398741
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Quannapowitt Parkway

Wakefield, MA

01880

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(781) 246-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). x Yes ¨ 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	x

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

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

There were 22,705,657 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding on June 1, 2015.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS			i

PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION		1

	ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)	1

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015 AND 2014	1

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015 AND 2014	2

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF APRIL 30, 2015 AND JANUARY 31, 2015	3

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2015 AND 2014	4

		NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	5

	ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	32

	ITEM 3.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	49

	ITEM 4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	49

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION		50

	ITEM 1.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	50

	ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	50

	ITEM 2.	UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	51

	ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	51

	ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	51

	ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION	52

	ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS	53

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2015 are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include financial projections, statements of plans and objectives for future operations, statements of future economic performance, and statements of assumptions relating thereto. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “potential,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results, performance and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report. Such risks or uncertainties may give rise to future claims and increase exposure to contingent liabilities.

In particular, we recently announced three material transactions:


•	the pending sale of our BSS business to Amdocs Limited;


•	execution of a master services agreement with Tech Mahindra pursuant to which Tech Mahindra will perform certain services for us on a global basis; and


•	The acquisition of Acision Global Limited (or Acision).

These transactions are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which include:


•	General disruption of the business and allocation of resources to completion of these transactions rather than sales and fulfillment efforts;


•	Loss of customers or delays in orders until the transactions are completed and operations normalize; and


•	Loss of key employees, employee unrest or distraction, or employee litigation or union or work council-related actions, including strikes or litigation.

The Tech Mahindra transaction poses additional risks such as:


•	Inability to transfer employees in certain jurisdictions immediately or at any time;


•	Failure to achieve the cost savings and other benefits anticipated; and


•	Material dependence on Tech Mahindra for critical functions and operations (including research and development, project deployment, delivery, maintenance, and support services).

The BSS sale transaction poses additional risks such as:


•	Delays in the transaction and anticipated benefits;


•	Termination of the transaction and loss of all anticipated benefits if closing conditions, such as third party consents, cannot be satisfied or other termination events occur, such as injunction preventing closure by or before a governmental authority;


•	Reduction in the purchase price as a result of breaches of representation, warranties or covenants, including those relating to certain third party consents to be achieved after closing;


•	Failure to meet performance standards under the post-closing Transition Services Agreement and/or losses from the fulfillment of our requirements under such agreement;


•	Difficulties in implementing restructuring initiatives necessary to reduce costs and expenses following the completion of the BSS sale transaction; and


•	Inability to re-invest the proceeds of the sale in our Digital Services or new businesses that are profitable or otherwise successful.

The Acision acquisition poses additional risks such as:

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•	conditions to the closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, including receipt of the consent of the lenders under Acision’s $157 million senior credit facility;


•	problems may arise in successfully integrating the Acision business into our current business, which may result in our not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected;


•	we may be unable to achieve expected synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve such synergies;


•	the transaction may involve unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities;


•	our business may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the transaction; and


•	our industry may be subject to future regulatory or legislative actions that could adversely affect us.

In addition, we generally face the following operating and legal risks:


•	possible inability to stem declines in customer sales and related cash flows, and then begin to achieve growth in sales and cash flows;


•	possible inability to develop, produce and sell products and services that satisfy customer demands, that operate in their particular technology environments, and that comply with constantly changing standards, laws and regulations;


•	the generation of a significant portion of our revenue from two major customers could materially adversely affect our revenue, profitability and cash flows if we are unable to maintain or develop relationships with these customers, or if these customers reduce demand for our products;


•	pricing pressure on products and services arising out of customer demand for lower capital and operating costs;


•	competition from larger and more well capitalized businesses that have greater ability to lower their pricing to secure business;


•	the difficulty in reducing costs to match revenues (and in forecasting quarterly and annual product bookings), because a high percentage of orders are typically placed late in fiscal quarters or fiscal years, sales cycles are lengthy and unpredictable, and we are dependent on large projects that require material upfront investment for a large portion of our revenues;


•	any failure to timely implement restructuring alternatives designed to reduce costs when and as required to align with revenues;


•	costs associated with product or service implementation delays, performance issues, warranty claims and other liabilities (which may result in material quarter to quarter fluctuations especially in projects accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method);


•	decline or weakness in the global economy;


•	adverse conditions in the telecommunications industry that result in reduced spending or demand for our products and services;


•	our reliance on third-party subcontractors for important company functions;


•	supply shortage and/or interruptions in product supply due to our dependence on a limited number of suppliers and manufacturers for certain components and third-party software:


•	the risk that natural disasters, environmental issues or other force majeure events may harm our business;


•	the cost to comply with, and the consequences if we fail to comply with, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, environmental laws, and other laws or regulations that govern our business;


•	the loss of revenues and any costs to assert any infringement of our proprietary technology by a third party;


•	costs associated with (including potential loss of sales revenue) any infringement by us of the intellectual property of third parties, including through the use of free or open source software;


•	contractual obligations, including intellectual property indemnity provisions, that in some cases expose us to significant or uncapped liabilities;

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•	our dependence upon hiring and retaining highly qualified employees;


•	labor disruptions, union or work council actions, or similar events;


•	security breaches and other disruptions that could compromise our confidential information (whether at our facilities or those of third party providers or other business partners), or customer or supplier information;

•

risks associated with significant foreign operations and international sales, including the impact of geopolitical, economic and military conditions in foreign countries, operations in countries with a history of corruption or which are on various restricted lists, entering into transactions with foreign governments, compliance with laws that prohibit improper payments, and adverse fluctuations of currency exchange rates;


•	in particular, risks relating to our significant operations in Israel, including economic, political and/or military conditions in Israel and the Middle East, and uncertainties and restrictions relating to research and development grants and tax benefits;


•	risks related to the Share Distribution (defined below) including our obligation to indemnify Verint Systems Inc. in connection with the distribution; taxes of the prior consolidated group for periods ending on or before the Share Distribution date; and any legal infirmities related to the Share Distribution; and


•	limitations on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards, which would reduce our future cash flows, that could arise out of changes in ownership we cannot prevent.

Any of these risks could result in adverse effects to our operations and financial conditions, which would likely result in a decline in our stock price.

These risks and uncertainties discussed above, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by us with the SEC on April 16, 2015 and Part II, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of this Quarterly Report. The documents and reports we file with the SEC are available through Comverse, or our website, www.comverse.com, or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. We undertake no commitment to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by law.

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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

COMVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except share and per share data)



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
Revenue:
Product revenue	$	10,107		$	17,010
Service revenue	35,598			48,072
Total revenue	45,705			65,082
Costs and expenses:
Product costs	12,953			9,895
Service costs	30,804			40,990
Research and development, net	8,280			8,359
Selling, general and administrative	19,873			25,560
Other operating expenses:
Restructuring expenses	3,408			1,872
Total other operating expenses	3,408			1,872
Total costs and expenses	75,318			86,676
Loss from operations	(29,613		)	(21,594		)
Interest income	84			115
Interest expense	(193		)	(123		)
Foreign currency transaction (loss) gain, net	(5,573		)	2,019
Other income (expense), net	102			(52		)
Loss before income tax expense	(35,193		)	(19,635		)
Income tax expense	(4,787		)	(2,460		)
Loss from continuing operations	(39,980		)	(22,095		)
Income from discontinued operations	13,319			5,964
Net loss	$	(26,661	)	$	(16,131	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic & Diluted	21,865,326			22,293,980
(Loss) earnings per share - basic & diluted:
Continuing operations	$	(1.83	)	$	(0.99	)
Discontinued operations	0.61			0.27
	$	(1.22	)	$	(0.72	)

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

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
Net loss	$	(26,661	)	$	(16,131	)
Other comprehensive income ("OCI"), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	2,695			(2,462		)
Changes in accumulated OCI on cash flow hedges, net of tax	429			123
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	3,124			(2,339		)
Comprehensive loss	$	(23,537	)	$	(18,470	)

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

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except share and per share data)



	April 30, 2015			January 31, 2015
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	136,096		$	158,121
Restricted cash and bank deposits	36,054			35,802
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,952 and $4,403, respectively	33,914			71,670
Inventories	17,550			17,817
Deferred cost of revenue	3,481			7,059
Deferred income taxes	14,314			13,781
Prepaid expenses	12,635			15,156
Other current assets	13,758			10,570
Assets held for sale	154,829			—
Total current assets	422,631			329,976
Property and equipment, net	39,825			49,230
Goodwill	67,585			151,217
Intangible assets, net	1,561			4,049
Deferred cost of revenue	20,305			30,437
Deferred income taxes	2,875			3,064
Long-term restricted cash	7,714			7,940
Other assets	15,365			30,439
Total assets	$	577,861		$	606,352
LIABILITIES AND (DEFICIT) EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	106,074		$	121,720
Deferred revenue	116,738			185,323
Deferred income taxes	1,575			1,491
Income taxes payable	4,339			2,166
Liabilities held for sale	134,013			—
Total current liabilities	362,739			310,700
Deferred revenue	56,729			89,999
Deferred income taxes	51,034			56,815
Other long-term liabilities	114,539			135,456
Total liabilities	585,041			592,970
Commitments and contingencies
(Deficit) equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value - authorized, 100,000,000 shares; issued 22,695,729 and 22,591,411 shares, respectively; outstanding, 21,930,512 and 21,830,081 shares, respectively	227			226
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value - authorized, 100,000 shares	—			—
Treasury stock, at cost, 765,217 and 761,330 shares, respectively	(17,292		)	(17,211		)
Accumulated deficit	(73,051		)	(46,390		)
Additional paid in capital	48,990			45,935
Accumulated other comprehensive income	33,946			30,822
Total (deficit) equity	(7,180		)	13,382
Total liabilities and (deficit) equity	$	577,861		$	606,352

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

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(26,661	)	$	(16,131	)
Non-cash operating items:
Depreciation and amortization	4,927			4,739
Provision for doubtful accounts	86			254
Stock-based compensation expense	3,056			2,938
Deferred income taxes	(6,039		)	1,150
Inventory write-downs	625			868
Other non-cash items, net	325			71
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(296		)	(17,720		)
Inventories	(475		)	(2,652		)
Deferred cost of revenue	2,554			5,822
Prepaid expense and other current assets	(8,603		)	(11,173		)
Accounts payable and accrued expense	13,280			(9,755		)
Income taxes	2,122			(267		)
Deferred revenue	2,757			3,404
Tax contingencies	(721		)	2,479
Other assets and liabilities	(4,641		)	374
Net cash used in operating activities	(17,704		)	(35,599		)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(4,999		)	(3,309		)
Net change in restricted cash and bank deposits	(710		)	(4,774		)
Proceeds from asset sales	97			9
Net cash used in investing activities	(5,612		)	(8,074		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment for repurchase of common stock in connection with tax liabilities upon settlement of stock awards	(81		)	(386		)
Proceeds from exercises of stock options	—			40
Net cash used in financing activities	(81		)	(346		)
Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	1,372			(465		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(22,025		)	(44,484		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	158,121			254,580
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	136,096		$	210,096
Non-cash investing transactions:
Accrued but unpaid purchases of property and equipment	$	1,220		$	3,887
Inventory transfers to property and equipment	$	179		$	1,020

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

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)


1.	ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Company Background

Prior to October 31, 2012, the date of the Share Distribution (as defined below), Comverse, Inc. (the “Company”) was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (“CTI”). The Company was organized as a Delaware corporation in November 1997.

The Company is a global provider of cloud-based and in-network services enablement and monetization software solutions for communication service providers (“CSPs”) and growing enterprises. The Company offers a suite of software solutions designed to support users’ connected lifestyles, and help its customers simplify and differentiate their offerings with faster time to value and less complexity.

The Company's Digital Services products are designed to help CSPs evolve to become Digital Service Providers and future-proof their offerings by monetizing the digital lifestyle of their subscribers. In addition, the Company continues to offer traditional VAS solutions, including voice and messaging services (including voicemail, visual voicemail, call completion, short messaging service (“SMS”), and multimedia picture and video messaging (“MMS”), and digital lifestyle services and Internet Protocol (“IP”) based rich communication services (including group chat, file transfer, video share, social, presence and geo-location information).

Amdocs Asset Purchase Agreement

On April 29, 2015, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Amdocs Purchase Agreement”) with Amdocs Limited, a Guernsey company (the “Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell substantially all of its assets required for operating the Company’s converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and active customer management systems for wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play communication service providers (the “BSS Business”) to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to assume certain liabilities of the Company, in exchange for a cash purchase price of $272 million, subject to various purchase price adjustments (the “Asset Sale”).

The Amdocs Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and covenants of the Company. Under the terms of the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, upon the closing of the Asset Sale, $26 million of the purchase price will be deposited into escrow to fund potential indemnification claims and certain adjustments for a period of twelve (12) months following the closing. The Company and the Purchaser will also enter into other ancillary transaction documents at closing. The closing of the Asset Sale is subject to the applicable regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.

The Amdocs Purchase Agreement may be terminated prior to the closing of the Asset Sale upon certain events, including by written agreement of the Company and the Purchaser, or by either the Company or the Purchaser if the Asset Sale has not closed by August 29, 2015 or if a permanent injunction or other order prohibiting the closing has been issued by a governmental entity.

Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed generally, but with some enumerated exceptions, to carry on its BSS Business in the ordinary course during the period from the date of the Amdocs Purchase Agreement to the completion of the Asset Sale.

In connection with the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Purchaser have also entered into a Transition Services Agreement (the “TSA”), which provides for several support services between the Company and the Purchaser in connection with the transition of the BSS Business to the Purchaser, and for various periods up to 12 months of services following the closing of the Asset Sale. Either party may terminate the TSA if the Amdocs Purchase Agreement is terminated. (see Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies)

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 (the “2014 Form 10-K”) (see Note 14, Discontinued Operations).

The condensed consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for the periods ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, and the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2015 are not audited but in the opinion of management reflect all adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature and that are considered necessary for a fair

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COMVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

statement of the results of the periods presented. Certain information and disclosures normally included in audited financial statements have been omitted in these condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Because the condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements, they should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the 2014 Form 10-K. The results for the three months ended April 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year ending January 31, 2016.

Intercompany accounts and transactions within the Company have been eliminated.

Discontinued Operations

The BSS Business met the criteria to be classified as held for sale as well as discontinued operations. As such, the BSS Business has been reclassified and reflected as discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. The estimated assets and liabilities related to BSS Business were reclassified and reflected as available for sale on the consolidated balance sheet at April 30, 2015.

Segment Information

Prior to entering into the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the Company’s reportable segments consisted of BSS and Digital Services. As a result of entering into the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the results of operations of the former BSS Business segment are classified as discontinued operations. Therefore, with the reported divestiture, the Company now operates as a single business segment the results of which are included in the Company's income statement from continuing operations.

The Share Distribution

On October 31, 2012, CTI completed the spin-off of the Company as an independent, publicly-traded company, accomplished by means of a pro rata distribution of 100% of the Company's outstanding common shares to CTI's shareholders (the “Share Distribution”). Following the Share Distribution, CTI no longer holds any of the Company's outstanding capital stock, and the Company is an independent publicly-traded company.

In order to govern certain ongoing relationships between CTI and the Company after the Share Distribution and to provide mechanisms for an orderly transition, CTI and the Company entered into agreements pursuant to which certain services and rights are provided for following the Share Distribution, and CTI and the Company agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities that may rise from their respective businesses and the services that are provided under such agreements. Following the completion of CTI's merger with Verint Systems Inc. (“Verint”) discussed below, these obligations continue to apply between the Company and Verint (see Note 3, Share Distribution Agreements).

Upon completion of the Share Distribution, the Company's shares were listed, and began trading, on NASDAQ under the symbol “CNSI.” On November 1, 2012 in connection with the Share Distribution, CTI's equity-based compensation awards held by the Company's employees were replaced with the Company's equity-based compensation awards.

Merger of CTI and Verint

On August 12, 2012, CTI entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Verint Merger Agreement”) with Verint, its then majority-owned publicly-traded subsidiary, providing for the merger of CTI with and into a subsidiary of Verint to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verint (the “Verint Merger”). The Verint Merger was completed on February 4, 2013. The Company agreed to indemnify CTI and its affiliates (including Verint after the Verint Merger) against certain losses that may arise as a result of the Verint Merger and the Share Distribution (see Note 3, Share Distribution Agreements). On February 4, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Verint Merger Agreement, CTI placed $25.0 million in escrow to support indemnification claims to the extent made against the Company by Verint and any cash balance remaining in such escrow fund 18 months after the closing of the Verint Merger (the "Escrow Release Date"), less any claims made on or prior to such date, to be released to the Company. On August 6, 2014, the escrow was released in accordance with its terms and the Company received the escrow amount of approximately $25.0 million. As of the closing of the Verint Merger, the Company recognized the estimated fair value of the potential indemnification liability of $4.0 million with the remaining $21.0 million as an additional contribution from CTI. As of April 30, 2015, the indemnification liability is $3.7 million.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

Acquisition of Acision

On June 15, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Acision Purchase Agreement”) with Bergkamp Coöperatief U.A., a cooperative with excluded liability formed under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Seller”) relating to the sale and purchase of Acision Global Limited, a private company formed under the laws of the United Kingdom (“Acision”). Pursuant to the Acision Purchase Agreement, the Company will acquire Acision for a purchase price consisting of approximately $135 million in cash (including certain earnout payments) and 3.13 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Consideration Shares”), subject to certain adjustments (the “Transaction”). The Transaction includes arrangements relating to the retention of funds in escrow to support any indemnification claims to the extent made by the Company. In addition, Acision, in consultation with the Company, will seek an amendment and waiver (the “Amendment”) to the credit agreement (the “Acision Credit Agreement”) governing Acision’s existing approximately $157 million senior credit facility (the “Acision Senior Debt”), pursuant to which the Acision Senior Debt will remain in place during the pendency of and following completion of the Transaction. Subject to provisions allowing the Company to secure alternative financing, both the Company and the Seller are permitted to terminate the Acision Purchase Agreement in the event the requisite lenders under the Acision Credit Agreement do not consent to the Amendment.

Each party has agreed to indemnify the other for certain potential liabilities and claims, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. (See Note 19, Subsequent Events)

Acquisition of Solaiemes

On August 1, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding equity of Spain-based Solaiemes, S.L. (“Solaiemes”) for approximately $2.7 million and the assumption of $1.4 million of debt. Solaiemes is an innovator focused on enabling the creation and monetization of CSPs’ digital services. Solutions from Solaiemes complement the Company's Evolved Communication Suite offering and the combined portfolio creates an end-to-end platform for service monetization of IP-based digital services.

At the time of the acquisition, Solaiemes had 15 employees. Results of the most recent periods for Solaiemes were not material to the Company. The results of operations of Solaiemes have been included in our consolidated financial statements beginning on the acquisition date. Revenue and earnings of Solaiemes since the acquisition date were not material.

The acquisition of Solaiemes has been accounted for as a business combination. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been recorded at their estimated fair values as of the August 1, 2014 acquisition date. The fair values of intangible asset were based on valuations using a cost approach.

The excess of the purchase price over the tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets and assumed liabilities was recorded as goodwill.

Agreement with Tech Mahindra

On April 14, 2015, the Company entered into a Master Service Agreement (the “MSA”) with Tech Mahindra Limited (“Tech Mahindra”) pursuant to which Tech Mahindra will perform certain services for the Company’s Digital Services business on a global basis. The services include research and development, project deployment and delivery and maintenance and support for customers of the Company’s Digital Service business. In connection with the transaction, up to approximately 570 employees of the Company and its subsidiaries may be rehired by Tech Mahindra or its affiliates. However, under the terms of the MSA, where applicable, Tech Mahindra’s provision of such services (and any employee rehire) is contingent upon local decisions for Company entities to enter into the agreement on a country-by-country basis after the completion of all regulatory and compliance requirements under applicable law. Under the MSA, the Company is obligated to pay to Tech Mahindra in the aggregate approximately $211 million in base fees for services to be provided pursuant to the MSA for a term of six years, renewable at the Company’s option. The services under the MSA started on June 1, 2015. For more information, see Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies.

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will provide reverse transition services to transition the services being provided by Tech Mahindra pursuant to the MSA back to the Company or its designee. The MSA contains certain indemnification provisions by both Comverse and Tech Mahindra.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses.

The most significant estimates among others include:


•	Estimates relating to the recognition of revenue, including the determination of vendor specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value and the determination of best estimate of selling price for multiple element arrangements;


•	Fair value of stock-based compensation;


•	Fair value of reporting unit for the purpose of goodwill impairment testing;


•	Fair value of long-lived assets and asset groups;


•	Realization of deferred tax assets;


•	The identification and measurement of uncertain tax positions;


•	Contingencies and litigation;


•	Total estimates to complete on percentage-of-completion (“POC”) projects;


•	Valuation of inventory;


•	Israel employees severance pay;


•	Allowance for doubtful accounts; and


•	Valuation of other intangible assets.

The Company’s actual results may differ from its estimates.

Recoverability of Long-Lived Assets

The Company periodically evaluates its long-lived assets for potential impairment. In accordance with the relevant accounting guidance, the Company reviews the carrying value of our long-lived assets or asset group that is held and used for impairment whenever circumstances occur that indicate that those carrying values are not recoverable. Under the held and used approach, assets are grouped at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. The identification of asset groups involves judgment, assumptions, and estimates. The lowest level of cash flows which are largely independent of one another was determined to be at the BSS and Digital Services reporting units.

The Company makes judgments about the recoverability of long-lived assets, including fixed assets and purchased finite-lived intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may exist. Each period we evaluate the estimated remaining useful lives of long-lived assets and whether events or changes in circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining periods of depreciation or amortization. If circumstances arise that indicate an impairment may exist, we use an estimate of the undiscounted value of expected future operating cash flows over the primary asset’s remaining useful life and salvage value to determine whether the long-lived assets are impaired. If the aggregate undiscounted cash flows and salvage values are less than the carrying amount of the assets, the resulting impairment charge to be recorded is calculated based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over the fair value of such assets, with the fair value generally determined using the discounted cash flow ("DCF") method. Application of the DCF method for long-lived assets requires judgment and assumptions related to the amount and timing of future expected cash flows, salvage value assumptions, and appropriate discount rates. Different judgments or assumptions could result in materially different fair value estimates. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Company assessed its Digital Services asset group for impairment and determined no impairment was indicated.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the fair value of consideration transferred in a business combination over the fair value of tangible and intangible assets acquired net of the fair value of liabilities assumed and the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree. The Company has no indefinite-lived intangible assets other than goodwill. The carrying amount of

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goodwill is reviewed annually for impairment on November 1 and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.

The Company applies the FASB's guidance when testing goodwill for impairment which permits the Company to make a qualitative assessment of whether goodwill is impaired, or opt to bypass the qualitative assessment, and proceed directly to performing the first step of the two-step impairment test. If the Company performs a qualitative assessment and concludes it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill is not considered impaired and the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. However, if the Company concludes otherwise, it is then required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test.

The Company has the unconditional option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to performing the first step of the goodwill impairment test. The Company may resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period.

For reporting units where the Company decides to perform a qualitative assessment, the Company's management assesses and makes judgments regarding a variety of factors which potentially impact the fair value of a reporting unit, including general economic conditions, industry and market-specific conditions, customer behavior, cost factors, financial performance and trends, strategies and business plans, capital requirements, management and personnel issues, and stock price, among others. Management then considers the totality of these and other factors, placing more weight on the events and circumstances that are judged to most affect a reporting unit's fair value or the carrying amount of its net assets, to reach a qualitative conclusion regarding whether it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount.

For reporting units where the Company performs the two-step goodwill impairment test, the first step requires the Company to compare the fair value of each reporting unit to the carrying value of its net assets. The Company considers both an income-based approach using projected discounted cash flows and a market-based approach using multiples of comparable companies to determine the fair value of its reporting units. The Company's estimate of fair value of each reporting unit is based on a number of subjective factors, including: (i) the appropriate weighting of valuation approaches (income-based approach and market-based approach), (ii) estimates of the future revenue and cash flows, (iii) discount rate for estimated cash flows, (iv) selection of peer group companies for the market-based approach, (v) required levels of working capital, (vi) assumed terminal value, (vii) the time horizon of cash flow forecasts; and (viii) control premium.

If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill is not considered impaired and no further evaluation is necessary. If the carrying value of the reporting unit is greater than the estimated fair value of the reporting unit, there is an indication that impairment may exist and the second step is required. In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is calculated as the excess of the fair value of a reporting unit over the fair value assigned to its assets and liabilities. If the implied fair value of goodwill is less than the carrying value of the reporting unit's goodwill, the difference is recognized as an impairment charge.

The Company's forecasts and estimates are based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates used to manage the business. Changes in these estimates could change the conclusion regarding an impairment of goodwill.

As a result of the Amdocs Purchase Agreement for the sale the BSS Business, the Company performed an interim goodwill test in conjunction with the preparation of its financial statements for the three months ended April 30, 2015 which did not result in an impairment (see Note 5, Goodwill).

Revenue Recognition

Management is required to make judgments to estimate the total estimated costs and progress to completion. Changes to such estimates can impact the timing of the revenue recognition period to period. The Company uses historical experience, project plans, and an assessment of the risks and uncertainties inherent in the arrangement to establish these estimates. Uncertainties in these arrangements include implementation delays or performance issues that may or may not be within the Company's control. If some level of profitability is assured, but the related revenue and costs cannot be reasonably estimated, then revenue is recognized to the extent of costs incurred until such time that the project's profitability can be estimated or the services have been completed. If the Company determines that based on its estimates its costs exceed the sales price, the entire amount of the estimated loss is accrued in the period that such losses become known.

The change in profit estimate for those projects accounted for under the percentage of completion method where a loss provision was recorded, negatively impacted income from operations by $0.1 million and $1.5 million during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

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2.	RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

The Company is currently classified as an emerging growth company as defined under the JOBS Act. Emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until such time as those standards apply to private companies. The Company has elected to follow the required adoption dates for private companies. Therefore, the adoption dates below reflect the Company's current classification.

Standards To Be Implemented

In April 2014, the FASB issued and Accounting Standards update for Presentation of Financial Statements, Property, Plant, and Equipment and Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. Under the new guidance, raises the threshold for a disposal to qualify as a discontinued operation and requires new disclosures of both discontinued operations and certain other disposals that do not meet the definition of a discontinued operation. The guidance will be effective for the Company for the annual reporting period fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 and interim periods thereafter. The Company is currently following the previous guidance and is evaluating the impact of the adoption of this accounting standard update on its financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on revenue recognition. This topic requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance will be effective for the Company beginning January 31, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this accounting standard update on its financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued new guidance on going concern. Under the new guidance, management will be required to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances. The provisions of this guidance are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and for interim periods therein. This guidance is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.

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3.	SHARE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS

Share Distribution Agreements

The Company entered into a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”), transition services agreement, tax disaffiliation agreement and employee matters agreement (collectively, the “Share Distribution Agreements”) with CTI in connection with the Share Distribution. In particular, the Distribution Agreement, among other things, provides for the allocation between the Company and CTI of various assets, liabilities and obligations attributable to periods prior to the Share Distribution. Under the Distribution Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify CTI and its affiliates (including Verint following the Verint Merger) against certain losses that may arise as a result of the Verint Merger and the Share Distribution. Certain of the Company's indemnification obligations are capped at $25.0 million and certain are uncapped. Specifically, the capped indemnification obligations include indemnifying CTI and its affiliates (including Verint after the Verint Merger) against losses stemming from breaches by CTI of representations, warranties and covenants in the Verint Merger Agreement and for any liabilities of CTI that were known by CTI but not included on the net worth statement delivered by CTI at the closing of the Verint Merger. The Company's uncapped indemnification obligations include indemnifying CTI and its affiliates (including Verint after the Verint Merger) against liabilities relating to the Company's business; claims by any shareholder or creditor of CTI related to the Share Distribution, the Verint Merger or related transactions or disclosure documents; certain claims made by employees or former employees of CTI and any claims made by employees and former employees of the Company (including but not limited to the Israeli optionholder suits discussed in Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies); any failure by the Company to perform under any of the agreements entered into in connection with the Share Distribution; claims related to CTI's ownership or operation of the Company; claims related to the Starhome Disposition (as defined in Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies); certain retained liabilities of CTI that are not reflected on or reserved against on the net worth statement delivered by CTI at the closing of the Verint Merger; and claims arising out of the exercise of appraisal rights by a CTI shareholder in connection with the Share Distribution. On February 4, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Verint Merger Agreement, CTI placed $25.0 million in escrow to support indemnification claims to the extent made against the Company by Verint and any cash balance remaining in such escrow fund 18 months after the closing of the Verint Merger, less any claims made on or prior to such date, to be released to the Company. The escrow funds could not be used for claims related to the Israeli optionholder suits. On August 6, 2014, the escrow was released in accordance with its terms and the Company received the escrow amount of approximately $25.0 million. The Company also assumed all pre-Share Distribution tax obligations of each of the Company and CTI.

The Company and CTI entered into a tax disaffiliation agreement that governs their respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the Share Distribution with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax matters regarding income taxes, other taxes and related tax returns. The Company and CTI also entered into an employee matters agreement, which allocates liabilities and responsibilities relating to employee compensation and benefit plans and programs.


4.	INVENTORIES

Inventories consist of the following:



	April 30,		January 31,
	2015		2015
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	8,153	$	10,455
Work in process	9,397		7,362
	$	17,550	$	17,817

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5.	GOODWILL

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended April 30, 2015 are as follows:



	(In thousands)
Goodwill, gross, at January 31, 2015	$	313,277
Accumulated impairment losses at January 31, 2015	(162,060		)
Goodwill, net, at January 31, 2015	151,217
BSS Business Goodwill reclassified to available for sale⁽¹⁾	(83,699		)
Effect of changes in foreign currencies and other	67
Goodwill, net, at April 30, 2015	$	67,585
Balance at April 30, 2015
Goodwill, gross, at April 30, 2015	$	224,040
Accumulated impairment losses at April 30, 2015	(156,455		)
Goodwill, net, at April 30, 2015	$	67,585

(1) The BSS Business Goodwill was reclassified and reflected as available for sale on the consolidated balance sheet at April 30, 2015 (see Note 14, Discontinued Operations).

The Company tests goodwill for impairment annually as of November 1 or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate the potential for an impairment exists. Under the Company's current segment structure, the BSS and Digital Services segments have been evaluated and it has been determined that for each segment the fair value significantly exceeds the book value.

The determination of whether or not goodwill is impaired involves a significant level of judgment in the assumptions underlying the approaches used to determine the estimated fair value of the Company’s reporting units as well as the allocation of the carrying value of the assets and liabilities to each of the reporting units which has historically been based on headcount. Management believes the analysis included sufficient tolerance for sensitivity in key assumptions. The determination of the fair value of the Company’s reporting units include a market-based approach using multiples of comparable companies to determine the fair value of its reporting units and an income-based approach using projected discounted cash flows based on the Company’s internal forecasts and projections. Management believes the assumptions and rates used in the Company’s impairment assessment are reasonable, but they are judgmental, and variations in any assumptions could result in materially different calculations of fair value and potentially result in impairment of assets.

BSS Reporting Unit

Step one of the quantitative goodwill interim impairment test for the three months ended April 30, 2015 resulted in the determination that the estimated fair value of BSS significantly exceeded its carrying amount, including goodwill. Accordingly, the second step was not required for this reporting unit.

Digital Services Reporting Unit

Step one of the quantitative goodwill impairment interim test resulted in the determination that the estimated fair value of Digital Services exceeded its carrying amount, including goodwill; however a step two analysis was performed on the reporting unit due to the negative carrying value of continuing assets and liabilities following the classification of BSS as an asset held for sale. The fair value of the goodwill as calculated under Step two of the impairment test exceeded the carrying value as recorded.

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6.	INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Intangible assets, net are as follows:



	April 30,		January 31,
	2015		2015
	(In thousands)
Acquired technology
Gross carrying amount	$	1,822	$	99,833
Customer relationships	—		35,499
Trade names	—		3,400
Total intangible assets	1,822		138,732

Accumulated amortization	261		98,175
Customer relationships	—		33,108
Trade names	—		3,400
	261		134,683
Total ⁽¹⁾	$	1,561	$	4,049

(1) The BSS Business intangible assets were reclassified and reflected as available for sale on the consolidated balance sheet at April 30, 2015 (see Note 14, Discontinued Operations).

Amortization of intangible assets was $0.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015. There were no impairments of intangible assets for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.

Estimated future amortization expense on finite-lived acquisition-related assets for each of the succeeding fiscal years is as follows:



Fiscal Years Ending January 31,	(In thousands)
2016 (remainder of fiscal year)	$	264
2017	349
2018	316
2019	316
2020 and thereafter	316
	$	1,561


7.	OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following:



	April 30,		January 31,
	2015		2015
	(In thousands)
Severance pay fund⁽¹⁾	$	11,614	$	25,759
Deposits	2,448		2,776
Other ⁽²⁾	1,303		1,904
	$	15,365	$	30,439


(1)	Represents deposits into insurance policies to fund severance liability of the Company's Israeli employees (see Note 12, Other Long-Term Liabilities). As a result of entering into a MSA with Tech Mahindra, the Company has re-classified $11.9 million in severance pay long-term assets to Other current assets as of April 30, 2015.

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(2)	Includes a $1.2 million cost-method investment in a subsidiary of a significant customer at each of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015.


8.	RESTRUCTURING

The Company reviews its business, manages costs and aligns resources with market demand and in conjunction with various acquisitions. As a result, the Company has taken several actions to improve its cash position, reduce fixed costs, eliminate redundancies, strengthen operational focus and better position itself to respond to market pressures or unfavorable economic conditions. Restructuring expenses are recorded within Other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

2015 Initiatives

During the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Company approved the commencement of a restructuring plan primarily in connection with the MSA with Tech Mahindra which is expected to include a reduction of workforce included in cost of revenue, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. The aggregate cost of the plan is currently estimated at $15 million in severance-related costs, which is expected to be accrued and paid by January 2017. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Company recorded severance-related costs of $4.1 million and paid $0.5 million.

2014 Initiatives

During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015, the Company commenced certain initiatives with a plan to further restructure its operations towards aligning operating costs and expenses with anticipated revenue. On September 9, 2014, the Company commenced an expansion of its previously disclosed 2014 restructuring plan. The restructuring plan has been facilitated by efficiencies gained through initiatives implemented in recent fiscal periods and the expectation that software will account for a higher portion of the Company's revenue in future periods. The restructuring is designed to align operating costs and expenses with currently anticipated revenue. The restructuring plan (as expanded) includes a reduction of workforce included in cost of revenue, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. In relation to this restructuring plan, the Company recorded severance-related and facilities-related costs of $13.0 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Company paid severance and facilities-related costs of $1.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively. The remaining severance-related and facilities-related costs accrued under the plan are expected to be paid by July, 2015 and December, 2024, respectively.

During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015, the Company recognized a write-off of $1.5 million in property and equipment in connection with the 2014 restructuring initiatives.

Fourth Quarter 2012 Initiatives

During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013, following the Share Distribution, the Company commenced certain initiatives to restructure its operations and reorganize its activities and go-to-market strategy, including a plan to restructure the operations of the Company with a view towards aligning operating costs and expenses with anticipated revenue and the new go-to-market strategy. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Company paid facilities-related costs of $0.3 million. The remaining facilities-related costs accrued under this plan are expected to be paid by October 2019.

Third Quarter 2010 Restructuring Initiatives and Business Transformation

During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, the Company commenced certain initiatives to improve its cash position, including a plan to restructure its operations with a view towards aligning operating costs and expenses with anticipated revenue, reducing its annualized operating costs. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012, the Company implemented a second phase of measures (the “Phase II Business Transformation”) that focuses on process reengineering to maximize business performance, productivity and operational efficiency. As part of the Phase II Business Transformation, the Company restructured its operations into new business units that are designed to improve operational efficiency and business performance. One of the primary purposes of the Phase II Business Transformation is to solidify the Company’s leadership in BSS and leverage the growth in mobile data usage, while maintaining its leading market position in Digital Services and implementing further cost savings through operational efficiencies and strategic focus. The remaining facilities-related costs accrued under this plan are expected to be paid by April 2016.

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Netcentrex 2010 and 2011 Initiatives

During the fiscal years ended January 31, 2011 and 2012, management, as part of initiatives to improve focus on the Company’s core business and to maintain its ability to face intense competitive pressures in its markets, approved the first phase of a restructuring plan to eliminate staff positions primarily located in France.

The following tables represent a roll forward of the workforce reduction and restructuring activities noted above for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:



	2015 Initiative						2014 Initiative						Fourth Quarter 2012 Initiative			Third Quarter 2010 Initiative
	Severance Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related			Facilities Related			Facilities Related			Total
	(In thousands)
January 31, 2015	$	—		$	—		$	2,843		$	1,837		$	2,872		$	214		$	7,766
Expenses ⁽¹⁾	4,097			161			23			40			19			6			4,346
Change in assumptions	—			—			(482		)	93			18			—			(371		)
Translation and other adjustments	(1		)	—			—			—			—			—			(1		)
Paid or utilized	(508		)	(130		)	(1,217		)	(374		)	(284		)	(49		)	(2,562		)
April 30, 2015	$	3,588		$	31		$	1,167		$	1,596		$	2,625		$	171		$	9,178

(1) Includes restructuring expense associated with BSS employees of $0.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015.



	2014 Initiative			Fourth Quarter 2012 Initiative						Third Quarter 2010 Initiative			Netcentrex 2010 and 2011 Initiative
	Severance Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related		Total
	(In thousands)
January 31, 2014	$	—		$	1,062		$	5,728		$	390		$	50		$	15	$	7,245
Expenses ⁽¹⁾	2,751			38			25			6			—			—		2,820
Change in assumptions	—			(18		)	(59		)	—			—			—		(77		)
Translation and other adjustments	—			—			—			—			—			—		—
Paid or utilized	(1,657		)	(892		)	(307		)	(49		)	(2		)	—		(2,907		)
April 30, 2014	$	1,094		$	190		$	5,387		$	347		$	48		$	15	$	7,081

(1) Includes restructuring expense associated with BSS employees of $0.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2014.


9.	DEBT

Spain Government Sponsored Loans

On August 1, 2014, the Company assumed in connection with the acquisition of Solaiemes approximately $1.4 million of debt. The debt consists of Spain government sponsored loans extended for research and development projects. The loans are subject to certain acceleration clauses which are not considered probable of being triggered. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the balance of outstanding debt classified in accounts payable and accrued expense and long-term liabilities are as follows:

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(In thousands)	April 30, 2015		January 31, 2015
3.98% note due 2017	$	215	$	216
0.53% note due 2018	310		312
2.48% notes due 2018	118		118
3.95% note due 2020	84		84
0% note due 2022	397		400
	1,124		1,130
Less: current portion	132		132
Long-term debt	$	992	$	998

Aggregate debt maturities for each of the succeeding fiscal years are as follows:



Fiscal Years Ending January 31,	(In thousands)
2016 (remainder of fiscal year)	$	132
2017	257
2018	260
2019	247
2020 and thereafter	228
	$	1,124

Comverse Ltd. Lines of Credit

As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd., the Company’s wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, had a $25.0 million line of credit with a bank to be used for various performance guarantees to customers and vendors, letters of credit and foreign currency transactions in the ordinary course of business. This line of credit is not available for borrowings. The line of credit bears no interest and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain cash balances with the bank of no less than the capacity under the line of credit at all times regardless of amounts utilized under the line of credit. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $15.3 million and $19.5 million, respectively, of capacity under the line of credit for guarantees and foreign currency transactions.

As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had an additional line of credit with a bank for $10.0 million, to be used for borrowings, various performance guarantees to customers and vendors, letters of credit and foreign currency transactions in the ordinary course of business. The line of credit bears no interest other than on borrowings thereunder and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. Borrowings under the line of credit bear interest at an annual rate of London Interbank Offered Rate plus a variable margin determined based on the bank’s underlying cost of capital. Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain cash balances with the bank of no less than the capacity under the line of credit at all times regardless of amounts borrowed or utilized under the line of credit. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had no outstanding borrowings under the line of credit. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $6.5 million and $6.8 million, respectively, of capacity under the line of credit for guarantees and foreign currency transactions.

Other than Comverse Ltd.’s requirement to maintain cash balances with the banks as discussed above, the lines of credit have no financial covenants. These cash balances required to be maintained with the banks were classified as “Restricted cash and bank deposits” and “Long-term restricted cash” included within the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015.


10.	DERIVATIVES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company entered into derivative arrangements to manage a variety of risk exposures during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, including foreign currency risk related to forecasted foreign currency denominated payroll costs. The Company assesses the counterparty credit risk for each party prior to entering into its derivative financial instruments and in valuing the derivative instruments for the periods presented.

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Forward Contracts

During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company entered into a series of short-term foreign currency forward contracts to limit the variability in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the new Israeli shekel to hedge probable cash flow exposure from expected future payroll expense. The transactions qualified for cash flow hedge accounting under the FASB’s guidance and there was no hedge ineffectiveness. Accordingly, the Company recorded all changes in fair value of the forward contracts as part of other comprehensive income (loss) in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). Such amounts are reclassified to the statements of operations when the effects of the item being hedged are recognized. The Company’s derivatives outstanding as of April 30, 2015 are short-term in nature and are due to contractually settle within the next twelve months.

The following tables summarize the Company’s derivative positions and their respective fair values:



	April 30, 2015
Type of Derivative	Notional Amount		Balance Sheet Classification	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Assets
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Short-term foreign currency forward	$	25,362	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	312
Total assets				$	312



	January 31, 2015
Type of Derivative	Notional Amount		Balance Sheet Classification	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Short-term foreign currency forward	$	31,123	Other current liabilities	$	117
Total liabilities				$	117

The following tables summarize the Company’s classification of gains and losses on derivative instruments:



	Three Months Ended April 30, 2015
	Gain (Loss)
Type of Derivative	Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Statement of Operations			Recognized in foreign currency transaction gain (loss), net
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward	$	322	$	(107	)	$	—
Total	$	322	$	(107	)	$	—

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	Three Months Ended April 30, 2014
	Gain (Loss)
Type of Derivative	Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Statement of Operations		Recognized in foreign currency transaction gain (loss), net
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward	$	251	$	128	$	—
Total	$	251	$	128	$	—

There were no gains or losses from ineffectiveness of these hedges recorded for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.


11.	FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Under the FASB’s guidance, fair value is defined as the price that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., “the exit price”).

In determining fair value, the Company uses various valuation approaches, including quoted market prices and discounted cash flows. The FASB's guidance also establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect a company's judgment concerning the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. The fair value hierarchy is broken down into three levels based on the reliability of inputs as follows:


•	Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments that the Company is able to access. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these instruments does not entail a significant degree of judgment.


•	Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for instruments that are similar, or quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar instruments, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets.


•	Level 3 – Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

Assets and liabilities are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in transfers within fair value measurement hierarchy. All transfers into and/or out of all levels are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period. The Company did not have any transfers between levels of the fair value measurement hierarchy during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The fair value of financial instruments is estimated by the Company, using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Money Market Funds. The Company values these assets using quoted market prices for such funds.

Derivative assets and liabilities. The fair value of derivative instruments is based on quotes or data received from counterparties and third party financial institutions. These quotes are reviewed for reasonableness by discounting the future estimated cash flows under the contracts, considering the terms and maturities of the contracts and market rates for similar contracts using readily observable market prices thereof.

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The following tables present financial instruments according to the fair value hierarchy as defined by the FASB’s guidance:

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of:



	April 30, 2015
	Quoted Prices to Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Financial Assets:
Money market funds ⁽¹⁾	$	15,401	$	—	$	—	$	15,401
Derivative assets	—		312		—		312
	$	15,401	$	312	$	—	$	15,713



	January 31, 2015
	Quoted Prices to Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Financial Assets:
Money market funds ⁽¹⁾	$	20,401	$	—	$	—	$	20,401
	$	20,401	$	—	$	—	$	20,401
Financial Liabilities:
Embedded derivatives	$	—	$	117	$	—	$	117
	$	—	$	117	$	—	$	117


(1)	Money market funds are classified in “Cash and cash equivalents” within the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Assets and Liabilities Not Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

In addition to assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, the Company also measures certain assets and liabilities at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. The Company measures non-financial assets, classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, including goodwill, intangible assets and property and equipment, at fair value when there is an indication of impairment. These assets are recorded at fair value only when an impairment expense is recognized. The Company has elected not to apply the fair value option for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and bank deposits, accounts receivable and accounts payable are reasonable estimates of their fair value.

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12.	OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Other long-term liabilities consisted of the following:



	April 30,		January 31,
	2015		2015
	(In thousands)
Liability for severance pay⁽¹⁾	$	17,235	$	36,166
Tax contingencies	85,803		85,782
Long-term debt	992		998
Other long-term liabilities	10,509		12,510
Total	$	114,539	$	135,456

(1) As a result of entering into a MSA with Tech Mahindra, the Company has re-classified $15.6 million in severance pay long-term liabilities to Accounts payable and accrued expense as of April 30, 2015.

Under Israeli law, the Company is obligated to make severance payments under certain circumstances to employees of its Israeli subsidiaries on the basis of each individual’s current salary and length of employment. The Company’s liability for severance pay is calculated pursuant to Israel’s Severance Pay Law based on the most recent monthly salary of the employee multiplied by the number of years of employment, as of the balance sheet date. The liability for severance pay is recognized as compensation benefits in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Employees are entitled to one month’s salary for each year of employment or a portion thereof. The Company records the obligation as if it was payable at each balance sheet date. A portion of such severance liability is funded by monthly deposits into insurance policies, which are restricted to only be used to satisfy such severance payments. Any change in the fair value of the asset is recognized as an adjustment to compensation expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The asset and liability are recognized gross and not offset on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Upon involuntary termination, employees will receive the balance from deposited funds from the insurance policies with the remaining balance paid by the Company. For voluntarily termination the employees are entitled, based on Company's policy, to the balance in the deposited funds. Any remaining net liability balance is reversed as compensation benefits in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

For employees in Israel hired after January 2011, the Company makes regular deposits with certain insurance companies for accounts controlled by each applicable employee in order to secure the employee's rights upon termination. The Company is relieved from any severance pay liability with respect to deposits made on behalf of each employee. As such, the severance plan is only defined by the monthly contributions made by the Company, the liability accrued in respect of these employees and the amounts funded are not reflected in the Company's condensed balance sheets. The portion of liability not funded is included in Other liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

A portion of such severance liability is funded by monthly deposits into insurance policies, which are restricted to only be used to satisfy such severance payments. The amount of deposits is classified in “Other assets” within the condensed consolidated balance sheets as severance pay fund in the amounts of $11.6 million and $25.8 million as of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively.

Severance pay expenses pursuant to Israel’s Severance Pay Law were as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Increase due to passage of time	$	754		$	1,034
Increase due to salary increase	126			227
Reversal due to voluntary termination of employee	(105		)	(147		)
Loss (gain) from change in fund value	(23		)	25
Total operating expense due to Israeli Severance Law	$	752		$	1,139

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13.STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

2012 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan

In October 2012, in connection with the Share Distribution the Company adopted the Comverse, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan (the "2012 Incentive Plan"). The 2012 Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance-based compensation awards and other stock-based awards (referred to collectively as the "Awards") based on shares of the Company's common stock (referred to as "Shares"). The Company's employees, non-employee directors and consultants as well as employees and consultants of its subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible to receive Awards.

A total of 2.5 million Shares are reserved for issuance under future Awards to be granted under the 2012 Incentive Plan following the effective date of the plan (referred to as the "Future Awards").

As of April 30, 2015, stock options to purchase 1,048,211 Shares and additional Awards covering 470,577 Shares were outstanding. As of April 30, 2015, an aggregate of 1,202,768 Future Awards are available for future grant under the 2012 Incentive Plan.

Share-Based Awards

Stock-based compensation expense associated with awards for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations is as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Stock options:
Service costs	$	21	$	41
Research and development	49		39
Selling, general and administrative	617		383
	687		463
Restricted/Deferred stock awards:
Service costs	762		929
Research and development	216		318
Selling, general and administrative	1,391		1,228
	2,369		2,475
Total ⁽¹⁾	$	3,056	$	2,938

(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense associated with awards granted to BSS employees of $0.7 million and $0.8 million, respectively, for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.

Restricted Awards and Stock Options

The Company grants restricted stock unit awards subject to vesting provisions (“RSUs”) and stock options to certain key employees and director stock unit awards (“DSUs”) to non-employee directors (such RSUs and DSUs collectively referred to as “Restricted Awards”). For the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not grant any Restricted Awards or stock options.

During the three months ended April 30, 2014, 1,365 were issued upon exercise of stock options under the 2012 Incentive Plan. Total proceeds from these Shares were negligible. For the three months ended April 30, 2015, there were no shares issued upon exercise of stock options under the 2012 Incentive Plan.

The fair market value of the Company's Restricted Awards that vested during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, was $2.2 million and $6.1 million, respectively.

As of April 30, 2015, the unrecognized Company compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to unvested Restricted Awards was $7.0 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.78 years.

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The Company's outstanding stock options as of April 30, 2015 include unvested stock options to purchase 669,151 Shares with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $9.19, an expected term of 4.0 years and a total fair value of $6.1 million. The unrecognized compensation expenses related to the remaining unvested stock options to purchase Shares was $3.7 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.78 years.


14.	DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Amdocs Asset Purchase Agreement

The Company decided to sell its BSS Business in order to focus on its existing Digital Services business including IP communication which is expected to experience growth.

On April 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Amdocs Purchase Agreement with Amdocs Limited, a Guernsey company (the “Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell substantially all of its assets required for operating the Company’s converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and active customer management systems for wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play communication service providers (the “BSS Business”) to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to assume certain liabilities of the Company, in exchange for a cash purchase price of $272 million, subject to various purchase price adjustments.

Upon completion of the sale, the Company will pay a commission of approximately $4.0 million to its advisors.

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The table below provides a breakout of the discontinued operations statements of operations.



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015		2014
Revenue:
Product revenue	$	9,473	$	10,346
Service revenue	39,115		43,703
Total revenue	48,588		54,049
Costs and expenses:
Product costs	5,833		4,910
Service costs	22,676		24,669
Research and development, net	4,150		7,173
Selling, general and administrative	7,154		8,584
Other operating expenses:
Restructuring expenses	567		871
Total other operating expenses	567		871
Total costs and expenses	40,380		46,207
Income from operations	8,208		7,842
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	5,111		(1,878		)
Net income from discontinued operations	$	13,319	$	5,964

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Components of assets and liabilities held for sale (in thousands):



	April 30, 2015
ASSETS
Current assets:
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $653	$	38,315
Deferred cost of revenue	4,042
Other current assets	8,345
Total current assets	50,702
Property and equipment, net	8,794
Goodwill	83,797
Intangible assets, net	1,700
Deferred cost of revenue	7,114
Other assets	2,722
Total assets	$	154,829
LIABILITIES AND (DEFICIT) EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	28,725
Deferred revenue	73,334
Total current liabilities	102,059
Deferred revenue	27,738
Other long-term liabilities	3,549
Total liabilities	$	133,346

Stock-based compensation expense associated with awards for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 included in the discontinued operations statements of operations is as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Stock options:
Service costs	$	5	$	1
Research and development	—		4
Selling, general and administrative	43		25
	48		30
Restricted/Deferred stock awards:
Service costs	376		419
Research and development	49		149
Selling, general and administrative	206		187
	631		755
Total ⁽¹⁾	$	679	$	785

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15.	(DEFICIT) EQUITY AND ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Components of (deficit) equity are as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Balance, January 31	$	13,382		$	32,810
Net loss	(26,661		)	(16,131		)
Unrealized gain for cash flow hedge positions, net of reclassification adjustments and net of zero tax	429			123
Foreign currency translation adjustment	2,695			(2,462		)
Stock-based compensation expense	3,056			2,938
Exercises of stock options	—			40
Repurchase of common stock in connection with tax liabilities upon settlement of stock awards	(81		)	(386		)
Balance, April 30	$	(7,180	)	$	16,932

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”), net of zero tax, were as follows (in thousands, unaudited):



	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Unrealized Gains on Cash Flow Hedges			Total
Balance as of January 31, 2015	$	30,939	$	(117	)	$	30,822
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	2,695		322			3,017
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—		107			107
Other comprehensive income	2,695		429			3,124
Balance as of April 30, 2015	$	33,634	$	312		$	33,946



	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Unrealized Gains on Cash Flow Hedges			Total
Balance as of January 31, 2014	$	23,274		$	58		$	23,332
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications	(2,462		)	251			(2,211		)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—			(128		)	(128		)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(2,462		)	123			(2,339		)
Balance as of April 30, 2014	$	20,812		$	181		$	20,993

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The amounts of unrealized losses (gains) on cash flow hedges reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into the condensed consolidated condensed statements of operations, with presentation location, were as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	47	$	(62	)
Research and development, net	20		(19		)
Selling, general and administrative	40		(47		)
Total	$	107	$	(128	)

Net Operating Loss Rights Agreement

Effective April 29, 2015, the Company's Board of Directors adopted a rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock. The dividend is payable to our stockholders of record as of May 11, 2015.

The Company's Board of Directors adopted the Rights Plan in an effort to protect stockholder value by attempting to diminish the risk that the Company's ability to use its net operating losses and unrealized losses (collectively, the “NOLs”) to reduce potential future federal income tax obligations may become substantially limited. The Company has experienced and may continue to experience substantial operating losses, including realized losses for tax purposes from sales inventory previously written down for financial statement purposes, which would produce NOLs. Under the Internal Revenue Code and regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Company may “carry forward” these NOLs in certain circumstances to offset any current and future taxable income and thus reduce our federal income tax liability, subject to certain requirements and restrictions. To the extent that the NOLs do not otherwise become limited, the Company projects to be able to carry forward a significant amount of NOLs, and therefore these NOLs could be a substantial asset to the Company. However, if the Company experiences an “Ownership Change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, the ability to use the NOLs, including NOLs later arising from sales inventory previously written down, will be substantially limited, and the timing of the usage of the NOLs could be substantially delayed, which could therefore significantly impair the value of that asset.

The Rights Plan is intended to act as a deterrent to any person or group acquiring 4.9% or more of our outstanding common stock (an “Acquiring Person”) without the approval of the Company's Board of Directors. Stockholders who own 4.9% or more of our outstanding common stock as of the close of business on May 11, 2015 will not trigger the Rights Plan so long as they do not (i) acquire any additional shares of common stock or (ii) fall under 4.9% ownership of common stock and then re-acquire 4.9% or more of the common stock of the Company. The Rights Plan does not exempt any future acquisitions of common stock by such persons. Any rights held by an Acquiring Person are void and may not be exercised. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, exempt any person or group from being deemed an Acquiring Person for purposes of the Rights Plan.

The Company's Board of Directors authorized the issuance of one right per each outstanding share of our common stock payable to our stockholders of record as of May 11, 2015. Subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Plan, if the rights become exercisable, each right would initially represent the right to purchase from us one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) for a purchase price of $100.00 (the “Purchase Price”). If issued, each fractional share of preferred stock would give the stockholder approximately the same dividend, voting and liquidation rights as does one share of our common stock. However, prior to exercise, a right does not give its holder any rights as a stockholder of the Company, including without limitation any dividend, voting or liquidation rights.

The rights and the Rights Plan will expire on the earliest of (i) April 29, 2018, (ii) the time at which the rights are redeemed pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iii) the time at which the rights are exchanged pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iv) the repeal of Section 382 of the Code or any successor statute if the Board of Directors determines that the Rights Agreement is no longer necessary for the preservation of Tax Benefits, (v) the beginning of a taxable year of the Company to which the Board of Directors determines that no Tax Benefits may be carried forward and (vi) April 29, 2016 if Stockholder Approval has not been obtained.

The Company submitted the Rights Plan for stockholder approval at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for June 24, 2015.

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16.	LOSS PER SHARE

Basic loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. For purposes of computing diluted loss per share attributable to the Company's stockholders, shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and deliverable in settlement of unvested Restricted Awards are included in the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, except when the effect would be antidilutive.

The calculation of loss per share is as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net loss attributable to continuing operations	$	(39,980	)	$	(22,095	)
Net earnings attributable to discontinued operations	13,319			5,964
Denominator:
Basic & diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	21,865			22,294
(Loss) earnings per share basic and diluted:
Loss per share from continuing operations	$	(1.83	)	$	(0.99	)
Earnings per share from discontinued operations	0.61			0.27
Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(1.22	)	$	(0.72	)

As a result of the Company’s net loss during the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the diluted earnings per share computation excludes 0.1 million and 0.3 million shares, respectively, of stock-based awards from the calculations because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.


17.	INCOME TAXES

The Company's quarterly provision for income taxes is measured using an annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items that occur within the periods presented. The significant differences that impact the effective tax rate relate to the difference between the U.S. federal statutory rate and the rates in foreign tax jurisdictions, withholding taxes, incremental valuation allowances and tax contingencies.

The Company recorded an income tax expense from operations of $4.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, representing an effective tax rate of (13.6)% compared with an income tax expense from operations of $2.5 million, representing an effective tax rate of (12.5)% for the three months ended April 30, 2014. During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the effective tax rates were different from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to the fact that the Company did not record an income tax benefit on losses incurred in certain of the Company's U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions in which the Company maintains valuation allowances against the Company's net deferred tax assets. The income tax provisions from operations are comprised of income tax expense recorded in non-loss tax jurisdictions, withholding taxes, incremental valuation allowances and certain tax contingencies. The change in the Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended April 30, 2015, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014 was primarily attributable to changes in the relative mix of income and losses across various tax jurisdictions, and the fact that the Company has to compute a separate effective tax rate for certain tax jurisdictions incurring losses.

As required by the authoritative guidance on accounting for income taxes, the Company evaluates the realizability of deferred tax assets on a tax jurisdictional basis at each reporting date. Accounting for income taxes requires that a valuation allowance be established when it is more-likely-than-not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In circumstances where there is sufficient negative evidence indicating that the deferred tax assets are not more-likely-than-not realizable, the Company establishes a valuation allowance. The Company determined that there is sufficient negative evidence to maintain valuation allowances against certain of the Company's federal, state and foreign deferred tax assets as a result of historical losses in the most recent three-year period in the U.S. and certain state and foreign tax jurisdictions. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Company reassessed its valuation allowance requirements taking into consideration the Share

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Distribution and concluded that it intends to maintain its valuation allowance until sufficient positive evidence exists to support its reversal. When we complete the disposition of the BSS business, which met the held-for-sale criteria in ASC 360 as of April 30, 2015, we will reevaluate whether, based on the existing positive and negative evidence at that time, a portion or all of the valuation allowance maintained against our deferred tax assets may be released.

The Company regularly assesses the adequacy of the Company's provisions for income tax contingencies in accordance with the applicable authoritative guidance on accounting for income taxes. As a result, the Company may adjust the reserves for unrecognized tax benefits for the impact of new facts and developments, such as changes to interpretations of relevant tax law, assessments from taxing authorities, settlements with taxing authorities, and lapses of statutes of limitation. As of April 30, 2015, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the Company's effective tax rate were approximately $85.8 million (see Note 12, Other Long-Term Liabilities). The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of April 30, 2015 could decrease by approximately $36.0 million within the next twelve months as a result of settlements of certain tax audits or lapses of statutes of limitation. Such decreases may involve the payment of additional taxes, the adjustment of deferred taxes, including the need for additional valuation allowances and the recognition of tax benefits.

The Company's policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of the provision for income taxes in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Accrued interest and penalties was $39.4 million as of April 30, 2015.

As of January 31, 2015, the Company operated in Israel under a “Preferred Enterprise” program pursuant to the Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, subject to an alternative income tax rate of 16%. In the first quarter of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016, the Company entered into a master service agreement with Tech Mahindra (India). Following this agreement, the company is not expected to fulfill the direct local manufacturing employment requirement of the program. Accordingly, the alternative income tax rate of 16% no longer applies and the general corporate income tax rate of 26.5% is applicable for the entire fiscal year ended January 31, 2016. The change in corporate income tax rate results in a $48.5 million increase to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 opening net deferred tax assets and to offsetting valuation allowance, with no net impact on income tax expense.


18.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company provides indemnifications of varying scopes to customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use of the Company's products. The Company evaluates its indemnifications for potential losses and in its evaluation considers such factors as the degree of probability of an unfavorable outcome and the ability to make a reasonable estimate of the amount of loss. Generally, the Company has not encountered significant expenses as a result of such indemnification provisions.

To the extent permitted under state laws or other applicable laws, the Company has agreements in which it agreed to indemnify its directors and officers for certain events or occurrences while the director or officer is, or was, serving at the Company's request in such capacity. The indemnification period covers all pertinent events and occurrences during the Company's director's or officer's lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has certain director and officer insurance coverage that limits the Company's exposure and enables the Company to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. The Company is not able to estimate the fair value of these indemnification agreements in excess of applicable insurance coverage, if any.

In addition, under the Share Distribution Agreements the Company entered into in connection with the Share Distribution, the Company has agreed to indemnify CTI and its affiliates (including Verint following the Verint Merger) against certain losses that may arise as a result of the Verint Merger and the Share Distribution (see Note 3, Share Distribution Agreements). On February 4, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Verint Merger Agreement, CTI placed $25.0 million in escrow to support indemnification claims to the extent made against the Company by Verint and any cash balance remaining in such escrow fund 18 months after the closing of the Verint Merger, less any claims made on or prior to such date, to be released to the Company. On August 6, 2014, the escrow was released in accordance with its terms and the Company received the escrow amount of approximately $25.0 million.

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As a result of the Verint Merger, Verint assumed certain rights and liabilities of CTI, including any liability of CTI arising out of the actions discussed below. Under the terms of the Distribution Agreement between CTI and us relating to the Share Distribution, Verint, as successor to CTI, is entitled to indemnification from us for any losses it suffers in its capacity as successor-in-interest to CTI in connection with these actions. As of the closing of the Verint Merger, the Company recognized the estimated fair value of the potential indemnification liability (see Note 1, Organization, Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies).

Israeli Optionholder Class Action

CTI and certain of its former subsidiaries, including Comverse Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Company), were named as defendants in four potential class action litigations in the State of Israel involving claims to recover damages incurred as a result of purported negligence or breach of contract due to previously-settled allegations regarding illegal backdating of CTI options that allegedly prevented certain current or former employees from exercising certain stock options. The Company intends to vigorously defend these actions.

Two cases were filed in the Tel Aviv District Court against CTI on March 26, 2009, by plaintiffs Katriel (a former Comverse Ltd. employee) and Deutsch (a former Verint Systems Ltd. employee). The Katriel case (Case Number 1334/09) and the Deutsch case (Case Number 1335/09) both seek to approve class actions to recover damages that are claimed to have been incurred as a result of CTI’s negligence in reporting and filing its financial statements, which allegedly prevented the exercise of certain stock options by certain employees and former employees. By stipulation of the parties, on September 30, 2009, the court ordered that these cases, including all claims against CTI in Israel and the motion to approve the class action, be stayed until resolution of the actions pending in the United States regarding stock option accounting, without prejudice to the parties’ ability to investigate and assert the unique facts, claims and defenses in these cases. On May 7, 2012, the court lifted the stay, and the plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint and motion to certify a class of plaintiffs in a single consolidated class action. The defendants responded to this amended complaint on November 11, 2012, and the plaintiffs filed a further reply on December 20, 2012. A pre-trial hearing for the case was held on December 25, 2012, during which all parties agreed to attempt to settle the dispute through mediation.

The mediation process ended without success. According to the parties’ consent to submit summations in the motion to certify the claims as a class action, including the certification of the class of plaintiffs, the court held the following dates for submission of summations: Summations on behalf of the plaintiffs were submitted on August 31, 2014; Summations on behalf of the defendants were submitted on November 20, 2014; and summations of response by the plaintiffs were submitted on December 30, 2014. On February 9, 2015, the Judge presiding over the case recused herself due to a conflict of interests. On March 30, 2015, the plaintiffs filed a motion to the Court seeking to have the case assigned to a new presiding Judge and as a result on April 4, 2015 a new presiding judge was assigned to the case. The parties are now awaiting for the Court’s decision.

Separately, on July 13, 2012, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking an order that CTI hold back $150 million in assets as a reserve to satisfy any potential damage awards that may be awarded in this case, but did not seek to enjoin the Share Distribution. On July 25, 2012, the court decided that it will not rule on the motion until after it rules on plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class of plaintiffs. On August 16, 2012, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to appeal the court’s decision to the Israeli Supreme Court (the “Appeal”) and on November 11, 2012, CTI responded to plaintiff's motion.

On July 1, 2014, the plaintiffs filed a motion to the Supreme Court to withdraw the Appeal and accordingly the Appeal was dismissed.

Two cases were also filed in the Tel Aviv Labor Court by plaintiffs Katriel and Deutsch, and both sought to approve class actions to recover damages that are claimed to have been incurred as a result of breached employment contracts, which allegedly prevented the exercise by certain employees and former employees of certain CTI and Verint stock options, respectively. The Katriel litigation (Case Number 3444/09) was filed on March 16, 2009, against Comverse Ltd., and the Deutsch litigation (Case Number 4186/09) was filed on March 26, 2009, against Verint Systems Ltd. The Tel Aviv Labor Court has ruled that it lacks jurisdiction, and both cases have been transferred to the Tel Aviv District Court. These cases have been consolidated with the Tel Aviv District Court cases discussed above.

The Company has not accrued for these matters as the potential loss is currently not probable or estimable.

An additional case has been filed by an individual plaintiff in the Tel Aviv District Court similarly seeking to recover damages up to an aggregate of $3.3 million allegedly incurred as a result of the inability to exercise certain stock options. The case generally alleges the same causes of actions alleged in the potential class action discussed above. The parties conducted a mediation process that ended without success. On June 26, 2014 the Court ordered the plaintiff to notify it why not to transfer the claim to the Labor Court. On July 10, 2014, the plaintiff filed a notice to court according to which the subject-matter jurisdiction is reserved to the District Court. The Court did not accept the plaintiff's argument and has assigned the case to the

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Labor Court. A preliminary hearing at the Labor court is scheduled for July 8, 2015. The Company has not accrued for this matter as the potential loss is currently not probable or estimable.

Starhome Sale and Indemnification

Starhome was a CTI subsidiary (66.5% owned prior to the disposition). On September 19, 2012, CTI, in order to ensure it could meet the conditions of the Verint Merger, contributed to the Company its interest in Starhome, including its rights and obligations under the Starhome Share Purchase Agreement discussed below. The Starhome Disposition was completed on October 19, 2012.

Under the terms of the Starhome Share Purchase Agreement, Starhome’s shareholders received aggregate cash proceeds of approximately $81.3 million, subject to adjustment for fees, transaction expenses and certain taxes. Of this amount, $10.5 million is held in escrow to cover potential post-closing indemnification claims, with $5.5 million being released after 18 months and the remainder released after 24 months, in each case, less any claims made on or prior to such dates. The Company received aggregate net cash consideration (including $4.9 million deposited in escrow at closing) of approximately $37.2 million, after payments that CTI agreed to make to certain other Starhome shareholders of up to $4.5 million. The escrow funds were available to satisfy certain indemnification claims under the Starhome Share Purchase Agreement to the extent that such claims exceeded $1.0 million. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015, the Company received approximately $4.7 million in settlement of escrow.

Amdocs Asset Purchase Agreement

On April 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Amdocs Limited, a Guernsey company (the “Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell substantially all of its assets required for operating the Company’s BSS Business to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to assume certain liabilities of the Company, in exchange for a cash purchase price of $272 million, subject to various purchase price adjustments.

Agreement with Tech Mahindra

On April 14, 2015, the Company entered into a MSA with Tech Mahindra pursuant to which Tech Mahindra will perform certain services for the Company’s Digital Services business on a global basis. The services include research and development, project deployment and delivery and maintenance and support for customers of the Company’s Digital Service business. In connection with the transaction, up to approximately 570 employees of the Company and its subsidiaries may be rehired by Tech Mahindra or its affiliates. However, under the terms of the MSA, where applicable, Tech Mahindra’s provision of such services (and any employee rehire) is contingent upon local decisions for Company entities to enter into the agreement on a country-by-country basis after the completion of all regulatory and compliance requirements under applicable law. Under the MSA, the Company is obligated to pay to Tech Mahindra in the aggregate approximately $211 million in base fees for services to be provided pursuant to the MSA for a term of six years, renewable at the Company’s option. The Company's expected obligation is $23 million, $40 million, $39 million, $36 million, $32 million, $29 million and $12 million, for fiscal years ended January 31, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. The services under the MSA started on June 1, 2015.

The Company has the right to terminate the MSA for convenience subject to the payment of certain termination fees. The Company may terminate the MSA upon certain material breaches, certain material performance failures or violations of applicable law by Tech Mahindra without termination fees. Tech Mahindra may terminate the MSA upon certain material breaches by the Company, including the failure to pay undisputed amounts. Upon any termination or expiration, Tech Mahindra will provide reverse transition services to transition the services being provided by Tech Mahindra pursuant to the MSA back to the Company or its designee. The MSA contains certain customary indemnification provisions by both Comverse and Tech Mahindra.

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Guarantees

The Company provides certain customers in the ordinary course of business with financial performance guarantees, which in certain cases are backed by standby letters of credit or surety bonds, the majority of which are cash collateralized and accounted for as restricted cash and bank deposits. The Company is only liable for the amounts of those guarantees in the event of its nonperformance, which would permit the customer to exercise the guarantee. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the Company believes that it was in compliance with its performance obligations under all contracts for which there is a financial performance guarantee, and that any liabilities arising in connection with these guarantees will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows. The Company also obtained bank guarantees primarily to provide customer assurance relating to the performance of certain obligations required by customer agreements for the guarantee of certain payment obligations. These guarantees, which aggregated $24.5 million and $29.0 million as of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively, are generally scheduled to be released upon the Company’s performance of specified contract milestones, a majority of which are scheduled to be completed at various dates through May 30, 2016.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to claims in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. The Company does not believe that it or its subsidiaries are currently party to any pending legal action not described herein or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

Brazil Tax and Labor Contingencies

The Company's operations in Brazil are involved in various litigation matters and have received or been the subject of numerous governmental assessments related to indirect and other taxes, as well as disputes associated with former Company employees. The tax matters, which comprise a significant portion of the contingencies, principally relate to claims for taxes on the transfers of inventory, municipal service taxes on rentals and gross revenue taxes. The Company is disputing these tax matters and intends to vigorously defend its positions. The labor matters principally relate to claims made by former Company employees for pay wages, social security and other related labor benefits, as well as related tax obligations. As of April 30, 2015, the total amounts related to the reserved portion of the tax and labor contingencies was $0.1 million and the unreserved portion of the tax and labor contingencies totaled approximately $7.6 million. With respect to the unreserved balance, these have been assessed by management as being either remote or possible as to the likelihood of ultimately resulting in a loss to the Company. Local laws and regulations often require that the Company make deposits or post other security in connection with such proceedings. As of April 30, 2015, the Company had $5.4 million of deposits, included in Long-term restricted cash, with the government in Brazil for claims that the Company is disputing which provides security with respect to these matters. Generally, any deposits would be refundable to the extent the matters are resolved in the Company's favor. Management routinely assesses these matters as to probability of ultimately incurring a liability against the Company's Brazilian operations and the Company records its best estimate of the ultimate loss in situations where management assesses the likelihood of an ultimate loss as probable.


19.	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Pursuant to the Acision Purchase Agreement, the Company will acquire all of the equity securities of and voting interests in Acision for a purchase price consisting of approximately $135 million in cash, certain earnout payments (as discussed below) and 3.13 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Consideration Shares”) which will be issued in a private placement transaction conducted pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) or Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to certain adjustments (the “Transaction”). The Company expects to finance the cash portion of the purchase price with cash-on-hand. The parties have further agreed that an amount up to $35 million of cash

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consideration will be subject to an earnout, contingent on the achievement of certain revenue objectives by certain of the Acision’s business lines. To secure claims the Company may have under the Acision Purchase Agreement, $10 million of the initial cash consideration will be retained in escrow, which amount will be increased in the event that further consideration is triggered under the earnout, up to a total maximum aggregate escrow retention of $25 million. Such funds will be released to the Seller two years after completion of the Transaction, subject to any claims. In addition, Acision, in consultation with the Company will seek an amendment and waiver (the “Amendment”) to Acision’s credit agreement (the “Acision Credit Agreement”) governing Acision’s existing $157 million senior credit facility (the “Acision Senior Debt”), pursuant to which the Acision Senior Debt will remain in place during the pendency of and following completion of the Transaction. Subject to provisions allowing the Company to secure alternative financing, both the Company and the Seller are permitted to terminate the Purchase Agreement in the event the requisite lenders under the Acision Credit Agreement do not consent to the Amendment. Pursuant to the terms of the Acision Credit Agreement the Acision Senior Debt bears interest at a rate per annum, at the option of the Acision, of either (i) a customary adjusted Eurocurrency interest rate plus 9.75% or (ii) a customary base rate plus 8.75%, and matures, subject to the terms and conditions of the Acision Credit Agreement, on December 15, 2018. In connection with the Amendment, the Company has agreed to pay certain costs imposed on Acision by its lenders under the Acision Senior Debt.

The Acision Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, by the parties thereto and completion of the Transaction as set forth therein is subject to certain closing conditions including (i) the completion of the sale of the substantial majority of the Company’s BSS business to Amdocs Limited in accordance with the Amdocs Purchase Agreement and (ii) the receipt of the requisite approvals and consents of certain local regulatory authorities in respect of the Transaction. Assuming the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions, the Transaction is expected to close no later than the end of the third calendar quarter in 2015.

Each party has agreed to indemnify the other for certain potential liabilities and claims, subject to certain exceptions and limitations.


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

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part IV, Item 15 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 (or the 2014 Form 10-K) and the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations relating to future events and our future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Forward-Looking Statements” on page i of this Quarterly Report. Percentages and amounts within this section may not calculate due to rounding differences.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Overview

We are a global provider of cloud-based and in-network services enablement and monetization software solutions for communication service providers (or CSPs) and growing enterprises. We offer a suite of software solutions designed to support users’ connected lifestyles, and help our customers simplify and differentiate their offerings with faster time to value and less complexity.

Our Digital Services products are designed to help CSPs evolve to become Digital Service Providers and future-proof their offerings by monetizing the digital lifestyle of their subscribers. In addition, we continue to offer traditional VAS solutions, including voice and messaging services (including voicemail, visual voicemail, call completion, short messaging service (or SMS), and multimedia picture and video messaging (or MMS), and digital lifestyle services and Internet Protocol (or IP) based rich communication services (including group chat, file transfer, video share, social, presence and geo-location information).

Amdocs Asset Purchase Agreement

On April 29, 2015, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (or the Amdocs Purchase Agreement) with Amdocs Limited, a Guernsey company (or Purchaser). Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, we agreed to sell substantially all of our assets required for operating our converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and active customer management systems for

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wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play communication service providers (or BSS Business) to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to assume certain liabilities of ours, in exchange for a cash purchase price of $272 million, subject to various purchase price adjustments (or the Asset Sale).

The Amdocs Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and covenants of ours. Under the terms of the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, upon the closing of the Asset Sale, $26 million of the purchase price will be deposited into escrow to fund potential indemnification claims and certain adjustments for a period of twelve (12) months following the closing. We and the Purchaser will also enter into other ancillary transaction documents at closing. The closing of the Asset Sale is subject to the applicable regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.

The Amdocs Purchase Agreement may be terminated prior to the closing of the Asset Sale upon certain events, including by written agreement of ours and the Purchaser, or by either us or the Purchaser if the Asset Sale has not closed by August 29, 2015 or if a permanent injunction or other order prohibiting the closing has been issued by a governmental entity.

Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, we have agreed generally, but with some enumerated exceptions, to carry on its BSS Business in the ordinary course during the period from the date of the Amdocs Purchase Agreement to the completion of the Asset Sale.

In connection with the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, we and the Purchaser have also entered into a Transition Services Agreement (or the TSA), which provides for several support services between us and the Purchaser in connection with the transition of the BSS Business to the Purchaser, and for various periods up to 12 months of services following the closing of the Asset Sale. Either party may terminate the TSA if the Amdocs Purchase Agreement is terminated.

Discontinued Operations

The BSS Business met the criteria to be classified as held for sale. As such, the BSS Business have been reclassified and reflected as discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of earnings for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities related to BSS Business were reclassified and reflected as available for sale on the consolidated balance sheet at April 30, 2015 (see Note 14, Discontinued Operations).

Segment Information

Prior to entering into the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, our reportable segments consisted of BSS and Digital Services. As a result of entering into the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, the results of operations of the former BSS Business segment are classified as discontinued operations. Therefore, with the reported divestiture we now operate as a single business segment the results of which are included in the Company's income statement from continuing operations.

Other Significant Events

During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and subsequent thereto, the following significant events occurred:

Acquisition of Acision. On June 15, 2015, we entered into an agreement (referred to as the Acision Purchase Agreement”) with Bergkamp Coöperatief U.A., a cooperative with excluded liability formed under the laws of the Netherlands (or the Seller) relating to the sale and purchase of Acision Global Limited, a private company formed under the laws of the United Kingdom (or Acision). Pursuant to the Acision Purchase Agreement we will acquire Acision for a purchase price consisting of approximately $135 million in cash (including certain earnout payments) and 3.13 million shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (referred to as the Consideration Shares), subject to certain adjustments (or the Transaction). The Transaction includes arrangements relating to the retention of funds in escrow to support any indemnification claims to the extent made by us. In addition, Acision, in consultation with us, will seek an amendment and waiver (referred to as the Amendment) to the credit agreement (the “Acision Credit Agreement”) governing Acision’s existing approximately $157 million senior credit facility (the “Acision Senior Debt”), pursuant to which the Acision Senior Debt will remain in place during the pendency of and following completion of the Transaction. Subject to provisions allowing us to secure alternative financing, both we and the Seller are permitted to terminate the Acision Purchase Agreement in the event the requisite lenders under the Acision Credit Agreement do not consent to the Amendment.

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Each party has agreed to indemnify the other for certain potential liabilities and claims, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. Assuming the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions, the Transaction is expected to close no later than the end of the third calendar quarter in 2015. For additional information, see Note 19 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Master Services Agreement with Tech Mahindra. On April 14, 2015, we entered into a Master Service Agreement (or the MSA) with Tech Mahindra Limited (or Tech Mahindra) pursuant to which Tech Mahindra will perform certain services for our Digital Services business on a global basis. The services include research and development, project deployment and delivery, and maintenance and support for customers of our Digital Service business. In connection with the transaction, up to 570 employees of our company and our subsidiaries may be rehired by Tech Mahindra or its affiliates. However, under the terms of the MSA, where applicable, Tech Mahindra’s provision of such services (and any employee rehire) is contingent upon local decisions for our entities to enter into the agreement on a country-by-country basis after the completion of all regulatory and compliance requirements under applicable law.

Under the MSA, we are required to pay to Tech Mahindra in the aggregate approximately $211 million in base fees for services to be provided pursuant to the MSA for a term of six years, renewable at the Company’s option. The services under the MSA started on June 1, 2015. We expect to realize gross savings in excess of $70 million over the term of the MSA.

We have the right to terminate the MSA for convenience subject to the payment of certain termination fees. We may terminate the MSA upon certain material breaches, certain material performance failures or violations of applicable law by Tech Mahindra without termination fees. Tech Mahindra may terminate the MSA upon certain material breaches by us, including the failure to pay undisputed amounts. Upon any termination or expiration, Tech Mahindra will provide reverse transition services to transition the services being provided by Tech Mahindra pursuant to the MSA back to us or our designee.

Net Operating Loss Rights Agreement. Effective April 29, 2015, our Board of Directors adopted a rights plan (or the Rights Plan) and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock. The dividend is payable to our stockholders of record as of May 11, 2015.

Our Board of Directors adopted the Rights Plan in an effort to protect stockholder value by attempting to diminish the risk of our ability to use its net operating losses and unrealized losses (collectively, the “NOLs”) to reduce potential future federal income tax obligations may become substantially limited. We have experienced and may continue to experience substantial operating losses, including realized losses for tax purposes from sales inventory previously written down for financial statement purposes, which would produce NOLs. Under the Internal Revenue Code and regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department, we may “carry forward” these NOLs in certain circumstances to offset any current and future taxable income and thus reduce our federal income tax liability, subject to certain requirements and restrictions. To the extent that the NOLs do not otherwise become limited, we project to be able to carry forward a significant amount of NOLs, and therefore these NOLs could be a substantial asset to us. However, if we experience an “Ownership Change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, the ability to use the NOLs, including NOLs later arising from sales inventory previously written down, will be substantially limited, and the timing of the usage of the NOLs could be substantially delayed, which could therefore significantly impair the value of that asset.

The Rights Plan is intended to act as a deterrent to any person or group acquiring 4.9% or more of our outstanding common stock (an “Acquiring Person”) without the approval of our Board of Directors. Stockholders who own 4.9% or more of our outstanding common stock as of the close of business on May 11, 2015 will not trigger the Rights Plan so long as they do not (i) acquire any additional shares of common stock or (ii) fall under 4.9% ownership of common stock and then re-acquire 4.9% or more of our common stock. The Rights Plan does not exempt any future acquisitions of common stock by such persons. Any rights held by an Acquiring Person are void and may not be exercised. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, exempt any person or group from being deemed an Acquiring Person for purposes of the Rights Plan.

Our Board of Directors authorized the issuance of one right per each outstanding share of our common stock payable to our stockholders of record as of May 11, 2015. Subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Plan, if the rights become exercisable, each right would initially represent the right to purchase from us one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) for a purchase price of $100.00 (the “Purchase

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Price”). If issued, each fractional share of preferred stock would give the stockholder approximately the same dividend, voting and liquidation rights as does one share of our common stock. However, prior to exercise, a right does not give its holder any rights as a stockholder of ours, including without limitation any dividend, voting or liquidation rights.

We submitted the Rights Plan for stockholder approval at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for June 24, 2015.

Separation agreement with Thomas Sabol. On April 30, 2015, we entered into a separation agreement with Thomas Sabol, our former Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to which Mr. Sabol ceased to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on April 30, 2015 and his employment with us will terminate on July 1, 2015.

Resignation of Board Member. On May 9, 2015, Neil Montefiore informed us that he will not stand for re-election at the upcoming 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (or Annual Meeting) and will be resigning from our Board of Directors effective the date of the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Montefiore, whose primary expertise lies with our BSS Business, advised us that his resignation was prompted by the recently announced pending sale of our business to Amdocs Limited.

Extension of Employment Terms of Executive Officers. On May 14, 2015, the Company entered into amendment to employments agreements with each of Philippe Tartavull, its President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, and Nassrin Tavakoli, its Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer pursuant to which the term of employment of Mr. Tartavull and Ms. Tavakoli was extended for a year through May 21, 2016 and October 1, 2016, respectively. The term of each executive’s employment will automatically renew for one year increments, unless either the executive of the Company provides the other party with a prior written notice of non-renewal at least 60 days prior to the renewal date.

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Condensed Consolidated Financial Highlights

The following table presents certain financial highlights for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, including Comverse performance, Comverse performance margin (reflecting Comverse performance as a percentage of revenue), Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA loss per share - basic & diluted, non-GAAP financial measures, for our company on a consolidated basis:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Total revenue	$	45,705		$	65,082
Gross margin	4.3		%	21.8		%
Loss from operations	(29,613		)	(21,594		)
Operating margin	(64.8		)%	(33.2		)%
Loss from continuing operations	(39,980		)	(22,095		)
Income from discontinued operations	13,319			5,964
Net loss	(26,661		)	(16,131		)
Net cash used in operating activities	(17,704		)	(35,599		)
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Comverse performance	$	(21,849	)	$	(15,717	)
Comverse performance margin	(47.8		)%	(24.1		)%
Adjusted EBITDA	(21,849		)	(15,717		)
Adjusted EBITDA loss per share - basic & diluted	$	(0.85	)	$	(0.56	)

Reconciliation of Loss from Operations to Comverse Performance and Adjusted EBITDA

We provide Comverse performance Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per share, non-GAAP financial measures, as additional information for our operating results. These measure are not in accordance with, or alternatives for, GAAP financial measures and may be different from, or not comparable to similarly titled or other non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. We believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information to investors regarding certain additional financial and business trends relating to our results of operations as viewed by management in monitoring our businesses, reviewing our financial results and for planning purposes.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of loss from operations to Comverse performance and Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Loss from operations	$	(29,613	)	$	(21,594	)
Expense Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	2,376			2,153
Amortization of intangible assets	86			—
Compliance-related professional fees	51			369
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	8			(70		)
Strategic related costs	1,716			1,290
Write-off of property and equipment	26			9
Certain litigation settlements and related costs	42			(36		)
Restructuring expenses	3,408			1,872
Gain on sale of fixed assets	(2		)	(5		)
Other	53			295
Total expense adjustments	7,764			5,877
Comverse performance	$	(21,849	)	$	(15,717	)
Depreciation	3,367			3,161
Adjusted EBITDA	(18,482		)	(12,556		)
Adjusted EBITDA loss per share - basic & diluted	$	(0.85	)	$	(0.56	)

Comverse Performance and Adjusted EBITDA

Our Chief Executive Officer is our chief operating decision maker (or CODM). The CODM uses Comverse performance, as defined below, as the primary basis for assessing our financial results. Comverse performance is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies.

Comverse performance is computed by management as loss from operations adjusted for the following: (i) stock-based compensation expense; (ii) amortization of intangible assets; (iii) compliance-related professional fees; (iv) compliance-related compensation and other expenses; (v) strategic-related costs (vi) write-off of property and equipment; (vii) certain litigation settlements and related costs; (viii) restructuring expenses; and (ix) certain other gains and expenses. Compliance-related professional fees relate to fees and expenses recorded in connection with our efforts to remediate material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. Strategic related costs include business strategy evaluation and mergers and acquisition efforts.

Adjusted EBITDA is computed by management by adding depreciation to Comverse performance.

Business Trends and Uncertainties

For the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014 our consolidated revenue decreased and our costs and operating expenses decreased. The decrease in revenue exceeded the decrease in our costs and operating expenses.

Revenue from customer solutions for the three months ended April 30, 2015 decreased compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower volume of projects in the current period resulting from lower bookings.

Revenue from maintenance revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2015 decreased compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $2.3 million decrease from the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts, the termination of certain maintenance contracts and reduction in maintenance fees charged to certain customers.

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Our costs and operating expenses for the three months ended April 30, 2015 decreased compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014, primarily due to a decrease in cost of revenue due to lower revenue and a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses decrease due to support department costs and agent and employee commissions due to a reduction in and mix of bookings. The decreases were partially offset by an increase in project loss accruals during the three months ended April 30, 2015.

During the three months ended April 30, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash decreased primarily due to negative operating cash flow, payments made in connection with restructuring activities and purchases of property and equipment.

Our costs, operating expenses and disbursements decreased during the three months ended April 30, 2015 primarily due to our continued focus on closely monitoring our costs and operating expenses as part of our efforts to improve our cash position and achieve long-term improved operating performance and positive operating cash flows. As part of our efforts to reduce costs and expenses, improve our cash position and achieve long-term improved operating performance and positive operating cash flows, we continued to implement initiatives to reduce costs and expenses during the three months ended April 30, 2015, including the relocation of certain delivery and research and development activities to low cost centers of excellence in Eastern Europe and Asia.

In connection with the MSA, on April 14, 2015, we commenced a restructuring plan for a reduction of workforce included in cost of revenue, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. The aggregate cost of the plan is currently estimated to be approximately $15 million in severance-related costs, which is expected to be accrued and paid by January 31, 2017.

We continue to maintain our market leadership in the traditional value added services (or VAS) market by providing solutions to CSPs based on voice and messaging services, such as voicemail, call completion, SMS and MMS. However, CSPs face increasing competition from both Internet players and mobile device manufacturers, using new technologies that may provide alternatives to CSP products and services. For example, the introduction of IP-based applications on wireless devices by OTT providers, allows end users to utilize IP-based services, such as Facebook, Facetime, Google, Whatsapp, Line or Skype, to access, among other things, IP communications free of charge rather than use similar services provided by CSPs. Furthermore, these CSP services continue to face competition from low-cost competitors from emerging markets. We believe these changes have reduced demand for traditional communication products and services and increased pricing pressures, which have in turn adversely impacted our revenue and margins and we expect this trend to continue.

At the same time, the growth in global wireless subscriptions, and high growth wireless segments, such as data services and Internet browsing are pushing CSPs to evolve to 4G/LTE IP-based network technologies, supporting the demand for several of our products. In addition, a key need for CSPs is to increase their relevance in the digital lifestyle of their subscribers. We believe that leveraging our IP-based solutions, CSPs will be able to launch and offer applications and services that service subscribers’ digital lifestyle and that will create new revenue streams to CSPs.

To address these market trends and the needs of our customers, we are implementing our strategy in respect of traditional VAS, IP-based solutions and unified communications. The key elements to our Digital Services strategy include:


•	Continuing to leverage our leading market position in traditional VAS. As a market leader in the traditional VAS market we plan to focus on the following initiatives:


◦	Leveraging existing customer base. We continue to maintain our existing VAS customer base by enhancing our existing products and services and offering new products and services that facilitate total cost reduction of CSPs system operations and allow CSPs to launch new services;


◦	Gain market share through virtualization and cloud-based offering. We are currently aggressively pursuing new opportunities with new and existing customers by offering virtualized and cloud-based solutions which are designed to simplify CSPs’ current systems, improve efficiencies and reduce total cost of ownership; and

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Centralize the systems of multi-country large CSPs. We are currently pursuing and intend to continue to pursue opportunities to consolidate the systems of large, multi-country CSPs by moving their traditional VAS deployments from a per-country operation to a centralized cloud infrastructure that either they can operate or we could operate for them. This proposition is designed to create a significant reduction in the total cost of ownership for CSPs and also provides them with a platform for launching new digital services for their markets.

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Focusing on IP-Based Evolved Communication Services (or ECS): Our ECS solution is designed to modernize the Traditional VAS deployments by extending current services to IP endpoints, as well as upgrade the CSP’s voice and messaging offer to a comprehensive communication package that is based on Rich Communication Standards (or RCS), including voice, multi-device visual voicemail, messaging to IP-based devices, video, presence and chat. Our connectivity layer uses multiple access technologies to bridge traditional endpoints, web endpoints, and IP Multimedia System Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) endpoints. In order to enhance our solution, we recently acquired Solaiemes, whose WebRTC, RCS Monetization API Gateway and Presence solutions complement our ECS offering, with the combined portfolio creating a platform for service monetization of IP-based digital services. We plan to continue to enhance our ECS solution internally and through acquisitions or third party engagements; and

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Pursuing Enterprise Unified Communications Opportunities. We offer a portfolio of IP Trunking and Unified Communications services that CSPs can extend to their enterprise customers. Our objective is to sell these solutions through the CSP, and become the CSP’s Unified Communication solution of choice. The strength of our portfolio lies in its ability to provide convergence between the “at-work” Unified Communication experience and the “outside-work” ECS experience for CSPs’ end customers. This capability leverages our existing broad customer base which we believe provides us with a competitive advantage.

Uncertainties Impacting Future Performance

Mix of Revenue in Digital Services

It is unclear whether our advanced Digital Services offerings will be widely adopted by existing and potential customers. Currently, we are unable to predict whether sales of advanced offerings will fully offset declines in the sale of traditional VAS solutions in subsequent fiscal periods. If sales of advanced offerings do not increase or if increases in sales of advanced offerings do not exceed or fully offset any declines in sales of traditional solutions, due to adverse market trends, changes in consumer preferences or otherwise, our revenue, profitability and cash flows would likely be materially adversely affected.

Difficulty in Forecasting Product Bookings

Our product bookings are difficult to predict. A high percentage of our product bookings have typically been generated late in fiscal quarters. In addition, based on historical industry spending patterns of CSPs, we typically forecast our highest product booking levels in our fourth fiscal quarter. This trend makes it difficult for us to forecast our annual product bookings and to implement effective measures to cover any shortfalls of prior fiscal quarters if product bookings for the fourth fiscal quarter fail to meet our expectations. Furthermore, we continue to emphasize large capacity systems in our product development and marketing strategies. Contracts for installations typically involve a lengthy, complex and highly competitive bidding and selection process, and our ability to obtain particular contracts is inherently difficult to predict. A delay, cancellation or other factor resulting in the postponement or cancellation of significant orders may cause us to miss our projections.

Share Distribution

In connection with the Share Distribution, we entered into the Distribution Agreement with CTI pursuant to which, among other things, we agreed to indemnify CTI and its affiliates (including Verint after the Verint Merger) against certain losses that may arise as a result of the Verint Merger and the Share Distribution. To the extent that we are required to make payments to satisfy these indemnification obligations, our liquidity could be impacted. For additional information, see Note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Segment Information

The expenses that qualify for inclusion in discontinued operations are only the direct operating expenses incurred by the disposed component. As a result of the reported divestiture, certain previously allocated corporate overhead costs (indirect BSS costs) charged to the BSS Segment are excluded from discontinued operations and included in continuing operations.

Under the prior segment structure, our global corporate functions, that provided common support to its segments, were included in a column captioned “All Other” as part of our business segment presentation. All Other included sales, marketing, finance, legal, and management as they provided services to both the BSS and Digital Services segments. In addition, there were certain delivery, support, and research and development groups that provided common support to the BSS and Digital Services segments, and therefore the costs of these common groups were included in All Other. The majority of the costs included in All Other are indirect costs that did not qualify for the inclusion in discontinued operations. As a result of reported divestiture, included in continuing operations are all unallocated indirect shared costs (unallocated indirect costs) of ours previously included in All Other.

The following discussion provides an analysis of our condensed consolidated results of operations.

Three Months Ended April 30, 2015 Compared to Three Months Ended April 30, 2014

Condensed Consolidated Results



	Three Months Ended April 30,						Change
	2015			2014			Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Total revenue	$	45,705		$	65,082		$	(19,377	)	(29.8	)%
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenue	43,757			50,885			(7,128		)	(14.0	)%
Research and development, net	8,280			8,359			(79		)	(0.9	)%
Selling, general and administrative	19,873			25,560			(5,687		)	(22.2	)%
Other operating expenses	3,408			1,872			1,536			82.1	%
Total costs and expenses	75,318			86,676			(11,358		)	(13.1	)%
Loss from operations	(29,613		)	(21,594		)	(8,019		)	37.1	%
Interest income	84			115			(31		)	(27.0	)%
Interest expense	(193		)	(123		)	(70		)	(56.9	)%
Foreign currency transaction (loss) gain, net	(5,573		)	2,019			(7,592		)	N/M
Other income (expense), net	102			(52		)	154			N/M
Income tax expense	(4,787		)	(2,460		)	(2,327		)	94.6	%
Loss from continuing operations	(39,980		)	(22,095		)	(17,885		)	(80.9	)%
Income from discontinued operations	13,319			5,964			7,355			(123.3	)%
Net loss	$	(26,661	)	$	(16,131	)	$	(10,530	)	(65.3	)%
(Loss) earnings per share - basic & diluted:
Continuing operations	$	(1.83	)	$	(0.99	)	$	(0.84	)
Discontinued operations	0.61			0.27			0.34
	$	(1.22	)	$	(0.72	)	$	(0.50	)

Total Revenue

Management analyzes our revenue by: (i) revenue generated from customer solutions, and (ii) maintenance revenue. Revenue generated from customer solutions consists primarily of the licensing of our customer solutions, hardware and related

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professional services and training. Professional services primarily include installation, customization and consulting services. Certain revenue arrangements that require significant customization of a product to meet the particular requirements of a customer are recognized under the percentage-of-completion method. The vast majority of the percentage-of-completion method arrangements are fixed-fee contracts. Maintenance revenue consists of post-contract customer support (or PCS), including technical software support services, unspecified software updates or upgrades to customers on a when-and-if-available basis.

Revenue from customer solutions was $24.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $11.6 million, or 32.1%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower volume of projects in the current period resulting from lower bookings. Revenue recognized using the percentage-of-completion method was $13.7 million and $20.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Maintenance revenue was $21.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $7.7 million, or 26.9%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. This decrease was primarily attributable to an approximate $2.7 million decrease from the termination of certain maintenance contracts, a $2.3 million decrease due to the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts and a reduction in maintenance fees charged to certain customers.

Revenue by Geographic Region

The presentation of revenue by geographic region is based on the location of customers.

Revenue in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa represented approximately 46%, 27% and 27% of our revenue, respectively, for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to approximately 48%, 29% and 23% of our revenue, respectively, for the three months ended April 30, 2014.

Foreign Currency Impact on Revenue

Our currency for financial reporting purposes is the U.S. dollar. The majority of our revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2015 was derived from transactions denominated in U.S. dollars. All other revenue was derived from transactions denominated in various foreign currencies, primarily the euro and Japanese yen. Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies in which we conducted business for the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014 had unfavorably impacted revenue by $1.9 million primary related to that euro and Japanese yen.

Foreign Currency Impact on Costs

A significant portion of our expenses, principally personnel-related costs, is incurred in new Israeli shekel (or NIS), whereas our currency for financial reporting purposes is the U.S. dollar. A strengthening of the NIS against the U.S. dollar would increase the U.S. dollar value of our expenses in Israel. In order to mitigate this risk we enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

For the three months ended April 30, 2015, fluctuations in the U.S. dollar relative to all foreign currencies in which we conducted business favorably impacted costs by $3.3 million compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014, primarily due to a favorable impact of the NIS.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue primarily consists of (i) material costs, (ii) compensation and related overhead expenses for personnel involved in the customization of our products, customer delivery and maintenance and professional services, (iii) contractor costs, (iv) royalties and license fees, (v) depreciation of equipment used in operations, and (vi) amortization of capitalized software costs and certain purchased intangible assets.

Cost of revenue was $43.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $7.1 million, or 14.0%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was attributable to a decrease in revenue offset by an increase of $4.8 million in project loss accruals.

Cost of revenue includes previously unallocated indirect corporate costs and indirect BSS costs of $8.9 million and $12.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.

Research and Development, Net

Research and development expenses, net, primarily consist of personnel-related costs involved in product development and third party development and programming costs.

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Research and development expenses, net, were $8.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of 0.9%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

Research and development expenses, net, includes previously unallocated indirect corporate costs and indirect BSS costs of $2.5 million and $3.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Selling, General and Administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related expenses of personnel involved in sales, marketing, finance, legal and management and professional fees related to such functions.

Sales and marketing costs were $7.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $3.1 million or 31.1%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $2.0 million decrease in agent and employee commissions due to a reduction in and mix of bookings with varying commission fee arrangements and a $0.5 million decrease in personnel-related costs.

General and administrative expenses were $12.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $2.5 million or 31.1%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in legal and personnel-related costs.

Selling, general and administrative expenses include previously unallocated indirect corporate costs and indirect BSS costs of $16.9 million and $23.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses consist of operating expenses not included in research and development, net and selling, general and administrative expenses and for the fiscal periods presented consist of restructuring expenses.

Other operating expenses were $3.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, an increase of $1.5 million, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The increase was attributable to an increase in restructuring expenses during the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. See Note 14 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Other operating expenses include previously unallocated indirect costs of $3.4 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014.

Loss from Operations

Loss from operations was $29.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, an increase in loss of $8.0 million, or 37.1% compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

Interest Income

Interest income was $0.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of 27.0%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $0.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2014, an increase of $0.1 million, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

Foreign Currency Transaction (Loss) Gain, Net

Foreign currency transaction loss, net, was $5.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a change of $7.6 million compared to a foreign currency transaction gain, net, of $2.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2014. The change was attributable to exchange rate volatility primarily related to the Brazilian real, euro and the British pound.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income, net, was $0.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a change of $0.2 million compared to Other expense, net of $0.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2014.

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Income Tax Expense

We recorded income tax expense of $4.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, representing an effective tax rate of (13.6)%, compared with income tax expense of $2.5 million, representing an effective tax rate of (12.5)% for the three months ended April 30, 2014. During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, the effective tax rates were different than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to the fact that we did not record an income tax benefit on losses incurred in certain of our U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions in which we maintain valuation allowances against our net deferred tax assets. The income tax provisions from operations are comprised of income tax expense recorded in non-loss tax jurisdictions, withholding taxes, incremental valuation allowances and certain tax contingencies. The change in our effective tax rate for the three months ended April 30, 2015, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014, was primarily attributable to changes in the relative mix of income and losses across various tax jurisdictions, the timing of when that mix of income occurs during the year and because we compute a separate effective tax rate for tax jurisdictions incurring losses.

Discontinued Operations

Revenue from BSS customer solutions was $26.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $1.6 million, or 5.4%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease in revenue from BSS customer solutions was primarily attributable to a lower volume of BSS projects in the current period resulting from lower bookings in the past year.

BSS maintenance revenue was $21.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2014, a decrease of $3.9 million, or 15.3%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in product bookings which resulted in a decrease in related maintenance services.

Cost of revenue was $28.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $1.1 million, or 3.6%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in revenue.

Research and development expenses, net, were $4.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $3.0 million, or 42.1%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in personnel related due to the relocation of certain delivery and research and development activities to low cost centers of excellence and overall reduction in headcount.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $7.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $1.4 million, or 16.7%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to a reduction in sales personnel and commissions.

Other operating expenses were $0.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $0.3 million, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

We recorded income tax benefit of $5.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, representing an effective tax rate of (62.3)%, compared with income tax expense of $1.9 million, representing an effective tax rate of 23.9% for the three months ended April 30, 2014. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, a valuation reserve of $6.4 million was released since the pending sale of discontinued operations allows the deferred tax liability associated with goodwill to be used as a source of income for the realization of deferred tax assets. Due to this pending disposition, which meets the held-for-sale criteria as of April 30, 2015, we will continue to reevaluate whether, based on the existing positive and negative evidence at that time, a portion or all of the valuation allowance maintained against our deferred tax assets should be released in future quarters.

Net loss was $26.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015, an increase in loss of $10.5 million, or 65.3%, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014, due primarily to the reasons discussed above.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

Our principal sources of liquidity historically have consisted of cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations, including changes in working capital, borrowings from CTI, and the sale of investments and assets. We believe that our future sources of liquidity will include cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations, proceeds from the sale of assets and may include new borrowings or proceeds from the issuance of equity or debt securities.

During the three months ended April 30, 2015, our principal uses of liquidity were to fund operating expenses, implement restructuring initiatives and make capital expenditures. We expect that our future principal uses of liquidity will also include funding of acquisitions, primarily the acquisition of Acision.

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Financial Condition

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

As of April 30, 2015, we had cash, cash equivalents, bank time deposits and restricted cash of approximately $179.9 million, compared to approximately $201.9 million as of January 31, 2015. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 in connection with our restructuring initiatives we made approximately $2.6 million in restructuring payments, which were primarily severance-related.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash aggregated $43.8 million and $43.7 million as of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively. Restricted cash includes compensating cash balances related to existing lines of credit and deposits that are pledged as collateral or restricted for use specified performance guarantees to customers and vendors, letters of credit, foreign currency transactions in the ordinary course of business and pending tax judgments.

Liquidity Forecast

We currently forecast that available cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs, including capital expenditures, for at least the next 12 months.

Management's current forecast is based upon a number of assumptions including, among others: assumed levels of customer order activity, revenue and collections; continued implementation of initiatives to reduce operating costs; no significant degradation in operating margins; increased spending on certain investments in the business; slight reductions in the unrestricted cash levels required to support the working capital needs of the business and other professional fees; successful integration of the Acision business; intra-quarter working capital fluctuations consistent with historical trends. Management believes that the above-noted assumptions are reasonable. However, should one or more of the assumptions prove incorrect, or should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the 2014 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015, or in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report materialize, we may experience a shortfall in the cash required to support working capital needs.

Sources of Liquidity

The following is a discussion that highlights our primary sources of liquidity, cash and cash equivalents, and changes in those amounts due to operations, financing, and investing activities and the liquidity of our investments.

Cash Flows

Three Months Ended April 30, 2015 Compared to Three Months Ended April 30, 2014



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(17,704	)	$	(35,599	)
Net cash used in investing activities	(5,612		)	(8,074		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(81		)	(346		)
Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	1,372			(465		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(22,025		)	(44,484		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	158,121			254,580
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	136,096		$	210,096

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Operating Cash Flows

Net cash used in operating activities from operations was $17.7 million during the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease in cash used of $17.9 million, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The change was primarily attributable to the decreases in revenue, which was partially offset by a decrease in costs and operating expenses. The cash used in operating activities from operations during the three months ended April 30, 2014 was partially attributable to an increase of $17.7 million in accounts receivable due to higher invoicing than collections.

Investing Cash Flows

Net cash used in investing activities was $5.6 million during the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $2.5 million, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in restricted cash used of $4.1 million during the three months ended April 30, 2015, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The cash used by restricted cash during the three months ended April 30, 2014 includes $2.6 million in return of escrow funds following the sale of Starhome.

This decrease was partially offset by an increase in cash used of $1.7 million for purchases of property and equipment during the three months ended April 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014.

Financing Cash Flows

Net cash used in financing activities was $0.1 million during the three months ended April 30, 2015, a decrease of $0.3 million, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2014. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of $0.3 million in cash used to repurchase common stock in connection with tax liabilities upon settlement of awards during the three months ended April 30, 2015.

Effects of Exchange Rates on Cash and Cash Equivalents

The majority of our cash and cash equivalents are denominated in U.S. dollars. However, due to the nature of our global business, we also hold cash denominated in other currencies, primarily the euro, British pound, and the NIS. For the three months ended April 30, 2015, the fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates had an unfavorable impact of $1.4 million on cash and cash equivalents.

Common Stock Repurchase

As previously disclosed, our Board of Directors adopted a program to repurchase from time to time at management’s discretion up to $30.0 million in shares of our common stock on the open market during the 18-month period ending October 9, 2015 at prevailing market prices. In early September 2014, as part of this program, our Board approved a $5.0 million committed repurchase plan to be implemented in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. Repurchases were made under the program using our own cash resources. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015, we repurchased in the open market under this program 688,642 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $15.1 million and a weighted average purchase price of $21.98 per share. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, there were no repurchases made under the program.

Indebtedness

Spain Government Sponsored Loans

As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, we had approximately $1.1 million of debt which we assumed in connection with the acquisition of Solaiemes on August 1, 2014. The debt consists of Spain government sponsored loans extended for research and development projects. For additional information, see Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Comverse Ltd. Lines of Credit

As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd., our wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, had a $25.0 million line of credit with a bank to be used for various performance guarantees to customers and vendors, letters of credit and foreign currency transactions in the ordinary course of business. This line of credit is not available for borrowings. The line of credit

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bears no interest and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain cash balances with the bank of no less than the capacity under the line of credit at all times regardless of amounts utilized under the line of credit. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $15.3 million and $19.5 million, respectively, of capacity under the line of credit for guarantees and foreign currency transactions.

As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had an additional line of credit with a bank for $10.0 million, to be used for borrowings, various performance guarantees to customers and vendors, letters of credit and foreign currency transactions in the ordinary course of business. The line of credit bears no interest other than on borrowings thereunder and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. Borrowings under the line of credit bear interest at an annual rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate plus a variable margin determined based on the bank’s underlying cost of capital. Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain cash balances with the bank of no less than the capacity under the line of credit at all times regardless of amounts borrowed or utilized under the line of credit. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had no outstanding borrowings under the line of credit. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $6.5 million and $6.8 million, respectively, of capacity under the line of credit for guarantees and foreign currency transactions.

Other than Comverse Ltd.’s requirement to maintain cash balances with the banks as discussed above, the lines of credit have no financial covenants. These cash balances required to be maintained with the banks were classified as “Restricted cash and bank deposits” and “Long-term restricted cash” included within the consolidated balance sheets as of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015.

Restructuring Initiatives

We review our business, manage costs and align resources with market demand and in connection with acquisitions. As a result, we have taken several actions to improve our cash position, reduce fixed costs, eliminate redundancies, strengthen operational focus and better position us to respond to market pressures or unfavorable economic conditions. While such restructuring initiatives are expected to have positive impact on our operating cash flows in the long term, they also have led and will lead to some expenses. During the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, we recorded severance and facility-related costs attributable to existing restructuring initiatives of $4.0 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and paid $2.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively. The remaining severance and facility-related costs relating to existing restructuring initiatives of $4.8 million and $4.4 million are expected to be substantially paid by January 31, 2017 and December 2024, respectively.

For additional information relating to our financial obligations in respect of restructuring initiatives, see "-Overview-Business Trends and Uncertainties" and Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Amdocs Asset Purchase Agreement

On April 29, 2015, we entered into a Purchase Agreement with Amdocs Limited, a Guernsey company (or Purchaser). Pursuant to the Amdocs Purchase Agreement, we agreed to sell substantially all of our assets required for operating our BSS Business to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to assume certain liabilities of ours, in exchange for a cash purchase price of $272 million, subject to various purchase price adjustments.

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transition of the BSS Business to the Purchaser, and for various periods up to 12 months of services following the closing of the Asset Sale. Either party may terminate the TSA if the Amdocs Purchase Agreement is terminated.

Acquisition of Acision

On June 15, 2015, we entered into an agreement (referred to as the Acision Purchase Agreement) with Bergkamp Coöperatief U.A., a cooperative with excluded liability formed under the laws of the Netherlands (or the Seller) relating to the sale and purchase of Acision Global Limited, a private company formed under the laws of the United Kingdom (or Acision). Pursuant to the Acision Purchase Agreement we will acquire Acision for a purchase price consisting of approximately $135 million in cash (including certain earnout payments) and 3.13 million shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (referred to as the Consideration Shares), subject to certain adjustments (or the Transaction). The Transaction includes arrangements relating to the retention of funds in escrow to support any indemnification claims to the extent made by us. In addition, Acision, in consultation with us, will seek an amendment and waiver (referred to as the Amendment) to the credit agreement (the “Acision Credit Agreement”) governing Acision’s existing approximately $157 million senior credit facility (the “Acision Senior Debt”), pursuant to which the Acision Senior Debt will remain in place during the pendency of and following completion of the Transaction. Subject to provisions allowing us to secure alternative financing, both we and the Seller are permitted to terminate the Acision Purchase Agreement in the event the requisite lenders under the Acision Credit Agreement do not consent to the Amendment.

Contractual Obligations

On April 14, 2015, we entered into a MSA with Tech Mahindra pursuant to which Tech Mahindra will perform certain services for our Digital Services business on a global basis. Under the MSA, we are obligated to pay to Tech Mahindra in the aggregate approximately $211 million in base fees for services to be provided pursuant to the MSA for a term of six years, renewable at our option. As a result of the MSA, we expect approximately $12 million in annual cost savings. For additional information relating to our contractual obligations see "Contractual Obligations" included in this Quarterly Report.

Guarantees and Restrictions on Access to Subsidiary Cash

Guarantees

We provide certain customers in the ordinary course of business with financial performance guarantees, which in certain cases are backed by standby letters of credit or surety bonds, the majority of which are cash collateralized and accounted for as restricted cash and bank time deposits. We are only liable for the amounts of those guarantees in the event of our nonperformance, which would permit the customer to exercise the guarantee. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, we believe that we were in compliance with our performance obligations under all contracts for which there is a financial performance guarantee, and that any liabilities arising in connection with these guarantees will not have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows. We also obtained bank guarantees primarily to provide customer assurance relating to the performance of certain obligations required by customer agreements for the guarantee of certain payment obligations. These guarantees, which aggregated $24.5 million and $29.0 million as of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively, are generally scheduled to be released upon our performance of specified contract milestones, a majority of which are scheduled to be completed at various dates through May 30, 2016.

Dividends from Subsidiaries

The ability of our Israeli subsidiaries to pay dividends is governed by Israeli law, which provides that dividends may be paid by an Israeli corporation only out of earnings as defined in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law of 1999, provided that there is no reasonable concern that such payment will cause such subsidiary to fail to meet its current and expected liabilities as they come due.

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Cash and cash equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries

We operate our business internationally. A significant portion of our cash and cash equivalents are held by various foreign subsidiaries. As of April 30, 2015 and January 31, 2015, we had $79.9 million and $88.0 million or 59% and 56% respectively, of our cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries. If cash and cash equivalents held outside the United States are distributed to the United States resident corporate parents in the form of dividends or otherwise, we may be subject to additional U.S. income taxes (subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and foreign withholding taxes. We may incur substantial withholding taxes if we repatriate our cash from certain foreign subsidiaries. We expect a portion of our foreign subsidiaries cash to be repatriated to the U.S. As this amount has been previously subject to U.S. tax, the non-U.S. withholding taxes that would be imposed on an actual triggering of a dividend of $149.0 million has been accrued in the amount of $20.1 million. At April 30, 2015, the Company had approximately $83.0 million of undistributed earnings in its foreign subsidiaries which are considered to be indefinitely reinvested, and the determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability on unremitted foreign earnings is not practicable because of the complexities of the calculation.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of April 30, 2015, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements, other than performance guarantees disclosed in “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Guarantees and Restrictions on Access to Subsidiary Cash—Guarantees.” There were no material changes in our off-balance sheet arrangements since January 31, 2015. For a more comprehensive discussion of our off-balance sheet arrangements as of January 31, 2015, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Part II, Item 7 of our 2014 Form 10-K.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

On April 14, 2015, we entered into a MSA with Tech Mahindra pursuant to which Tech Mahindra will perform certain services for our Digital Services business on a global basis. The services include research and development, project deployment and delivery and maintenance and support for customers of our Digital Service business. In connection with the transaction, up to approximately 570 of our employees and its subsidiaries may be rehired by Tech Mahindra or its affiliates. However, under the terms of the MSA, where applicable, Tech Mahindra’s provision of such services (and any employee rehire) is contingent upon local decisions for our entities to enter into the agreement on a country-by-country basis after the completion of all regulatory and compliance requirements under applicable law. Under the MSA, we are obligated to pay to Tech Mahindra in the aggregate approximately $211 million in base fees for services to be provided pursuant to the MSA for a term of six years, renewable at our option. Of this obligation, $23 million are due in the next twelve months, $79 million are due in one to three years, $68 million are due in three to five years and $41 million are due in more than five years. The services under the MSA started on June 1, 2015.

Except as disclosed herein, there were no other material changes in our contractual obligations from January 31, 2015. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Part II, Item 7 of our 2014 Form 10-K.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

We described the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in Part IV, Item 15 of our 2014 Form 10-K. The accounting policies that reflect our more significant estimates, judgments and assumptions in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Part II, Item 7 of our 2014 Form 10-K, and include the following:


•	revenue recognition;


•	extended payment terms;


•	percentage-of-completion accounting;


•	stock-based compensation;


•	recoverability of goodwill;


•	recoverability of long-lived assets;


•	income taxes;


•	litigation and contingencies; and


•	Israel employees severance pay.

We do not believe that there were any significant changes in our critical accounting policies during the three months ended April 30, 2015.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For information related to recently issued accounting pronouncements, see Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.


ITEM 3.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Our 2014 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015, provides a detailed discussion of the market risks affecting our operations. We believe our exposure to these market risks did not materially change during the three months ended April 30, 2015.


ITEM 4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2015. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of April 30, 2015 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

In connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, there was no change identified in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2015 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

For a description of our legal proceedings, see Note 19 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report. Except as disclosed in such note, there have been no material developments in the legal proceedings previously reported in our 2014 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015.


ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS

Except as noted below, there are no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2014 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015.

We are subject to various risks and uncertainties arising out of the recently announced master services agreement pursuant to which a substantial portion of the employee base in our Digital Services will transfer to a third party, Tech Mahindra, and the pending sale of our Business Support Systems to Amdocs Limited, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business and operations, and our stock price.

We have been focused on the recently announced planned transfer of employees and related functions of our Digital Services and pending sale of our BSS business. Allocation of material resources to these matters affects our normal operations, including sales and fulfillments efforts. These circumstances could result in the loss of customers or delays in orders. In addition, we may lose key employees or be faced with employee unrest, distraction or litigation, or union or work council-related actions, including strikes or litigation.

Specifically with respect to the master services agreement with Tech Mahindra, we may be unable to transfer employees in certain jurisdictions timely or at any time. Further, we will be materially dependent on Tech Mahindra for certain critical functions and operations, including research and development, project deployment, delivery, maintenance, and support services. Any failure on Tech Mahindra’s part could materially affect our business and financial results.

The sale of our BSS business poses additional risks. There may be delays in the transaction itself or delays in the realization of anticipated benefits of the sale. The transaction is subject to termination if we fail to satisfy closing conditions, such as secure third party consents, or if other termination events occur, such as injunction or similar governmental action. In such case, we would bear the material costs associated with this effort, and lose all anticipated benefits of the transaction. Even if closed, the purchase price is subject to various post-closing adjustment provisions relating to compliance with our representations, warranties and covenants, including post-closing covenants relating to the procurement of various third party consents, over which we will have no meaningful control. In addition, we could bear losses under our post-closing Transition Services Agreement, whether due to pricing versus cost variances, or in the case of any breach of or failure to meet performance standards under the agreement. In addition, we may be unable to re-invest the proceeds of the sale in our Digital Services business or new businesses that are profitable or otherwise successful.

As a result of the reported divestiture of the BSS business, certain previously allocated corporate overhead costs (indirect BSS costs) charged to the BSS Segment are excluded from discontinued operations and included in continuing operations. Accordingly, following the closing of the sale of the BSS business, we will need to reduce our costs and expenses, including through restructuring initiatives. We may encounter difficulties in implementing restructuring initiatives in certain countries in a timely manner or at all and restructuring costs may ultimately exceed our initial estimates. There is no assurance that these initiatives will reduce costs and the costs to implement them may not offset any savings for a period of time.

Future changes in stock ownership could limit our use of net operating loss carryforwards.

As of January 31, 2015, we had net operating loss carryforwards and other tax benefits totaling approximately $451.0 million available to offset future federal taxable income. Similarly, we had net operating loss carryforwards to offset state taxable income in varying amounts. As a result of future changes in stock ownership, we may become subject to limitations on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards, which could result in loss of these benefits altogether, or payment of federal or state income taxes earlier than otherwise would be required. We recently implemented a shareholder rights plan intended to provide a meaningful deterrent effect against acquisitions that could cause a change in ownership. However, the plan does not guarantee against such a change in ownership.

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Our pending acquisition of Acision may not close in a timely manner or at all and we may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of the anticipated acquisition transaction with Acision or those benefits may take longer to realize than expected. We may also encounter significant unexpected difficulties in integrating the two businesses.

Our pending acquisition of Acision is subject to closing conditions including the completion of the Amdocs transaction and the receipt of requisite regulatory approvals. There can be no assurance that these conditions will be met and that the transaction will close in a timely manner or at all. If the transaction closes, the success of the acquisition transaction with Acision will depend, in part, on our ability to realize the anticipated benefits and cost savings from combining our business with the business of Acision. Our business and Acision have operated and, until the completion of the transaction, will continue to operate, independently. It is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of key employees, the disruption of each company’s ongoing businesses or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies that could adversely affect the combined company’s ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the transaction. If we experience difficulties with the integration process, the anticipated synergies and other benefits of the transaction may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected. Integration efforts between the two companies may also divert management attention and resources. These integration matters could have an adverse effect on us and Acision during this transition period and for an undetermined period after completion of the transaction. In addition, even if we successfully integrate Acision’s business operations with our own, we may not realize the full expected benefits of transaction, including the synergies, cost savings, sales and growth opportunities that we expect. These benefits may not be achieved within the anticipated time frame, or at all. Additional unanticipated costs may also be incurred in the integration of the companies’ businesses. As a result, we cannot assure you that the combination of our business and the business of Acision will result in the realization of the full synergies and other benefits anticipated from the transaction.


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

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

In the three months ended April 30, 2015, we purchased an aggregate of 3,887 shares of our common stock from certain of our directors, executive officers and employees to cover tax liabilities in connection with the delivery of shares in settlement of stock awards. The shares purchased by the Company are deposited in its treasury.

Common Stock Repurchase Program

As previously disclosed, our Board of Directors adopted a program to repurchase from time to time at management’s discretion up to $30.0 million in shares of our common stock on the open market during the 18-month period ending October 9, 2015 at prevailing market prices. In early September 2014, as part of this program, our Board approved a $5.0 million committed repurchase plan to be implemented in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015, we repurchased in the open market under this program 688,642 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $15.1 million and a weighted average purchase price of $21.98 per share. Repurchases are made under the program using our own cash resources. During the three months ended April 30, 2015, there were no repurchases made under the program.



Period	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share (or Unit)		Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
February 1, 2015 – February 28, 2015	—	$	—	—	$	14,865,329
March 1, 2015 – March 31, 2015	—	—		—	14,865,329
April 1, 2015 – April 30, 2015	3,887	20.67		—	14,865,329
Total	3,887	$	20.67	—	$	14,865,329

Sales of Unregistered Securities

In connection with the Acision Purchase Agreement, we agreed to pay at closing part of the consideration through the issuance of 3.13 million shares of our common stock, which will be issued in a private placement transaction conducted pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) or Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None


ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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Not applicable.


ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.

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ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.		Exhibit Description

2.1*		Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2015, by and between Comverse, Inc. and Amdocs Limited.

3.1		Certificate of Designation of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 1, 2015).

4.1		Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2015, between Comverse, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit C (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 1, 2015).

10.1*#		Master Services Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2015, by and between Comverse, Inc. and Tech Mahindra Limited.

10.2*†		Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2015, by and between Comverse, Inc. and Philippe Tartavull.

10.3*†		Amendment to Employment Letter, dated as of May 14, 2015, by and between Comverse, Inc. and Nassrin Tavakoli.

10.4*†		Employment Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2015, by and between Comverse, Inc. and Jacky Wu.

10.5*†		Separation Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2015, by and between Comverse, Inc. and Thomas Sabol.

31.1*		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

31.2*		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

32.1**		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101*		The following materials from the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended April 30, 2015, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), include: (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



*	Filed herewith.

**	This exhibit is being “furnished” pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of SEC Regulation S-K and is not deemed “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not incorporated by reference in any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

†	Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

#	Confidential treatment was requested for certain provisions of this exhibit pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These provisions have been omitted from the filing and submitted separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The location of the confidential information is indicated in the exhibit with brackets and an asterisk ([*]).

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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.



	COMVERSE, INC.

June 15, 2015	/s/ Philippe Tartavull
	Philippe Tartavull President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

June 15, 2015	/s/ Jacky Wu
	Jacky Wu Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

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