UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2017
 
 
UBIQUITI NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-35300
(Commission File Number)
 
32-0097377
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
685 Third Avenue, 27th Floor,
New York, NY 10017
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(646) 780-7958
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
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Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On September 18, 2017, Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) updated its previously issued guidance related to its revenue results for the Company’s fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2017. The Company expects its revenues for its fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2017 to range between $240 million and $250 million. The foregoing results are preliminary and subject to revision based upon the completion of our quarter-end financial closing process and are not meant to be comprehensive for this period. Following the completion of our quarter-end financial closing process and review by our independent registered public accounting firm, we may report financial results that could differ from these estimates, and the differences could be material.
 
The Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Robert Pera, will host an Investor Update on September 26, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. At the meeting, Mr. Pera expects to discuss the Company’s strategy and outlook that was provided, including its guidance of between $1.0 billion and $1.15 billion in revenue and diluted earnings per share of between $3.70 and $4.30 for fiscal 2018. The meeting will include an Investor Relations update from Laura Kiernan, and a question and answer session. The meeting will be video webcast live on http://ir.ubnt.com and will be accessible on the Company’s website following the event. The information on the Company’s corporate website is not part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
The information contained in this Section 2.02 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Registration statements or other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall not incorporate this information by reference, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
 
Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On March 3, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a $50 million stock repurchase program (the “March Program”). During the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017 and the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company repurchased an aggregate of $50 million of its common stock under the March Program.
 
On September 5, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a $50 million stock repurchase program (the “September Program”). The September Program expires on September 30, 2018. As of September 18, 2017, the Company had $27,628,253.91 available under the September Program.
 
On September 18, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an additional $100 million stock repurchase program (the “New Program”). Under the New Program, the Company may repurchase up to $100 million of its common stock. The New Program expires on September 30, 2018. As part of the New Program, shares may be purchased in open market transactions, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined in the Company’s discretion and the New Program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason. The New Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares, and all open market repurchases will be made in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, which sets certain restrictions on the method, timing, price and volume of open market stock repurchases.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forward Looking Statements
 
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K 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. Statements other than statements of historical fact including words such as “look”, "will", “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, "forecast", “consider” and “plan” and statements in the future tense are forward looking statements. The statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K that could be deemed forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations for our financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2018 and full fiscal year 2018 and any statements or assumptions underlying the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual future results to differ materially, or cause a material adverse impact on our results. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in our operating results; varying demand for our products due to the financial and operating condition of our distributors and their customers, and distributors’ inventory management practices; political and economic conditions and volatility affecting the stability of business environments, economic growth, currency values, commodity prices and other factors that may influence the ultimate demand for our products in particular geographies or globally; impact of counterfeiting and our ability to contain such impact; our reliance on a limited number of distributors; inability of our contract manufacturers and suppliers to meet our demand; our dependence on Qualcomm Atheros for chipsets without a short-term alternative; as we move into new markets competition from certain of our current or potential competitors who may be more established in such markets; our ability to keep pace with technological and market developments; success and timing of new product introductions by us and the performance of our products generally; our ability to effectively manage the significant increase in our transactional sales volumes; we may become subject to warranty claims, product liability and product recalls; that a substantial majority of our sales are into countries outside the United States and we are subject to numerous U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws; costs related to responding to government inquiries related to regulatory compliance; our reliance on the Ubiquiti Community; our reliance on certain key members of our management team, including our founder and chief executive officer, Robert J. Pera; adverse tax-related matters such as tax audits, changes in our effective tax rate or new tax legislative proposals; whether the final determination of our income tax liability may be materially different from our income tax provisions; the impact of any intellectual property litigation and claims for indemnification; litigation related to U.S. Securities laws; and economic and political conditions in the United States and abroad. We discuss these risks in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2017, and subsequent filings filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies may also be obtained by contacting the Ubiquiti Networks Investor Relations Department, by email at IR@ubnt.com or by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Ubiquiti Networks website, http://ir.ubnt.com. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management's beliefs and assumptions only as of the date made. Except as required by law, Ubiquiti Networks undertakes no obligation to update information contained herein. You should review our SEC filings carefully and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
 
 
 
Date: September 18, 2017   
By:  
/s/ Robert J. Pera
 
Name: 
Name: Robert J. Pera
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer