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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 October 31, 2014

¨ 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 21,910,740 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding on December 1, 2014.

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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 AND NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014 AND 2013	1

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014 AND 2013	2

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2014 AND JANUARY 31, 2014	3

		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014 AND 2013	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	59

	ITEM 4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	59

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION		60

	ITEM 1.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	60

	ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	60

	ITEM 2.	UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	61

	ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	61

	ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	61

	ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION	61

	ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS	62

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2014 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. These risks and uncertainties arise from (among other factors) the following:


•	the risk that if customer solution order activity does not increase, our revenue, profitability and cash flows will likely be materially affected and we may be required to implement certain measures to preserve or enhance our operating results and cash position;


•	our ability to anticipate customer demand for new products and technologies, and our advanced offerings may not be widely adopted by existing and potential customers and increases in revenue from our advanced offerings, if any, may not exceed or fully offset potential declines in revenue from traditional solutions and technologies;


•	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;


•	the difficulty in predicting quarterly and annual product bookings as a result of a high percentage of orders typically generated late in fiscal quarters and in fiscal years, lengthy and variable sales cycles, and our focus on large customers and projects;


•	the risk that the occurrence of implementation delays or performance issues in projects accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method which are not provided for in our estimates for a given fiscal period may result in significant decreases in our revenue in subsequent fiscal periods;


•	decline or weakness in the global economy may result in reduced information technology spending and reduced demand for our products and services;


•	conditions in the telecommunications industry have harmed and may continue to harm our business, including our revenue, profitability and cash flows;


•	restructuring initiatives to align operating costs and expenses with anticipated revenue could have an adverse impact on our product development, project deployment and the timely execution of our business strategy;


•	our ability to implement strategies for achieving growth by enhancing existing products and developing and marketing new products in response to rapidly changing technology in our industries;


•	if we are unable to establish and demonstrate the benefits of new and innovative products to customers after investing time and resources, our business will be adversely affected;


•	our dependence on contracts for large systems and large installations for a significant portion of our sales and operating results could adversely affect our business;


•	the potential incurrence of fees, penalties and costs if our solutions develop operational problems and significant costs to correct previously undetected operational problems in our complex solutions;


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


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

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•	the risk that increased competition could force us to lower our prices or take other actions to differentiate our products and changes in the competitive environment in the telecommunications industry worldwide could seriously affect our business;


•	the risk that increased costs or reduced demand for our products resulting from compliance with evolving telecommunications regulations and the implementation of new standards may adversely affect our business and financial condition;


•	the risk that environmental and other related laws and regulations could result in significant liabilities and costs;


•	the risk that the failure or delay in achieving interoperability of our products with our customers' systems could impair our ability to sell our products;


•	the competitive bidding process used to generate sales requires us to expend significant resources with no guarantee of recoupment;


•	third parties' infringement of our proprietary technology and the infringement by us of the intellectual property of third parties, including through the use of free or open source software, could have a material adverse effect on our business;


•	risks of certain of our contractual obligations exposing us to uncapped or other significant liabilities;


•	our dependence upon hiring and retaining highly qualified employees;


•	the risk that environmental and other disasters may harm our business;


•	security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information, expose us to liability and harm our reputation and business;


•	risks associated with significant foreign operations and international sales, including the impact of geopolitical, economic and military conditions in foreign countries, conducting operations in countries with a history of corruption, entering into transactions with foreign governments and ensuring compliance with laws that prohibit improper payments;


•	potential adverse fluctuations of currency exchange rates;


•	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, tax benefits and the ability of our Israeli subsidiaries to pay dividends;

•

for as long as we are an emerging growth company, we are exempt from certain reporting requirements, including those relating to accounting standards and disclosure about our executive compensation, that apply to other public companies, which may cause some investors to find our common stock less attractive and result in a less active trading market and more volatile stock price for our common stock;


•	the cost of compliance or failure to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may adversely affect our business;


•	the risk that we may continue to incur significant expenses for professional fees in connection with the preparation of our periodic reports;

•

our obligation to indemnify a subsidiary of Verint Systems Inc. (or Verint) as successor to Comverse Technology, Inc., our former parent (or CTI) and its affiliates following the merger of CTI with and into a subsidiary of Verint (referred to as the Verint Merger)) after the Verint Merger against certain claims or losses that may arise in connection with the Verint Merger and the spin-off of our company as an independent, publicly-traded company, accomplished by means of a pro rata distribution of 100% of our outstanding common shares to CTI's shareholders (referred to as the Share Distribution);


•	the risk that future changes in stock ownership could limit our use of net operating loss carryforwards;


•	potential significant liabilities for taxes of the CTI consolidated group for periods ending on or before the Share Distribution date, and possible indemnity obligation to CTI for any tax on the Share Distribution;


•	potential exposure to liabilities arising out of state and federal fraudulent conveyance laws and legal dividend requirements related to the Share Distribution; and


•	risks related to the ownership and price of our common stock.

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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, 2014 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 October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenue:
Product revenue	$	25,482		$	49,413		$	73,768		$	158,808
Service revenue	97,637			111,003			283,803			327,179
Total revenue	123,119			160,416			357,571			485,987
Costs and expenses:
Product costs	13,729			23,551			39,537			79,936
Service costs	62,895			72,337			193,411			210,400
Research and development, net	15,007			17,536			45,285			50,476
Selling, general and administrative	25,534			31,283			89,228			103,342
Other operating expenses:
Restructuring expenses and write-off of property and equipment	8,046			1,005			12,701			7,859
Total other operating expenses	8,046			1,005			12,701			7,859
Total costs and expenses	125,211			145,712			380,162			452,013
(Loss) income from operations	(2,092		)	14,704			(22,591		)	33,974
Interest income	126			121			341			436
Interest expense	(122		)	(211		)	(476		)	(565		)
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss), net	7,257			(2,733		)	6,327			(7,761		)
Other (expense) income, net	(31		)	(65		)	(496		)	277
Income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit	5,138			11,816			(16,895		)	26,361
Income tax (expense) benefit	(4,188		)	11,320			(15,152		)	(23,452		)
Net income (loss)	$	950		$	23,136		$	(32,047	)	$	2,909
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	22,216,878			22,218,600			22,304,366			22,138,389
Diluted	22,294,590			22,412,267			22,304,366			22,312,009
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	0.04		$	1.04		$	(1.44	)	$	0.13
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.04		$	1.03		$	(1.44	)	$	0.13

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

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COMVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net income (loss)	$	950		$	23,136		$	(32,047	)	$	2,909
Other comprehensive income ("OCI"), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	3,716			(2,975		)	2,559			790
Changes in accumulated OCI on cash flow hedges, net of tax	(762		)	(210		)	(529		)	(475		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	2,954			(3,185		)	2,030			315
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	3,904		$	19,951		$	(30,017	)	$	3,224

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)



	October 31, 2014			January 31, 2014
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	175,462		$	254,580
Restricted cash and bank deposits	35,546			34,343
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $4,585 and $6,945, respectively	101,207			89,361
Inventories	14,379			16,166
Deferred cost of revenue	9,367			14,500
Deferred income taxes	2,080			2,329
Prepaid expenses	19,723			17,000
Other current assets	12,378			1,680
Total current assets	370,142			429,959
Property and equipment, net	45,998			41,541
Goodwill	151,846			150,346
Intangible assets, net	5,035			5,153
Deferred cost of revenue	33,805			45,717
Deferred income taxes	1,119			1,720
Long-term restricted cash	8,493			33,815
Other assets	33,176			40,586
Total assets	$	649,614		$	748,837
LIABILITIES AND (DEFICIT) EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	143,938		$	168,406
Deferred revenue	220,887			239,902
Deferred income taxes	845			514
Income taxes payable	158			2,102
Total current liabilities	365,828			410,924
Deferred revenue	94,197			113,426
Deferred income taxes	46,487			43,735
Other long-term liabilities	145,930			147,942
Total liabilities	652,442			716,027
Commitments and contingencies
Deficit (equity):
Common stock, $0.01 par value - authorized, 100,000,000 shares; issued 22,575,789 and 22,286,123 shares, respectively; outstanding, 21,910,740 and 22,251,226 shares, respectively	226			223
Treasury stock, at cost, 665,049 and 34,897 shares, respectively	(15,291		)	(1,024		)
Accumulated deficit	(56,298		)	(24,251		)
Additional paid in capital	43,173			34,530
Accumulated other comprehensive income	25,362			23,332
Total (deficit) equity	(2,828		)	32,810
Total liabilities and (deficit) equity	$	649,614		$	748,837

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)



	Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(32,047	)	$	2,909
Non-cash operating items:
Depreciation and amortization	14,890			14,070
Provision for doubtful accounts	740			824
Stock-based compensation expense	8,606			8,011
Deferred income taxes	3,933			15,050
Inventory write-downs	2,174			3,916
Other non-cash items, net	1,622			(1,355		)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(14,353		)	37,156
Inventories	(2,484		)	(19		)
Deferred cost of revenue	17,055			30,322
Prepaid expense and other current assets	(10,179		)	(433		)
Accounts payable and accrued expense	(22,447		)	(16,870		)
Income taxes	(2,367		)	(1,379		)
Deferred revenue	(33,835		)	(89,955		)
Tax contingencies	4,290			(4,624		)
Other assets and liabilities	(1,032		)	(3,010		)
Net cash used in operating activities	(65,434		)	(5,387		)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments	—			100
Purchases of property and equipment	(17,698		)	(9,832		)
Acquisition of Solaiemes, net of cash acquired	(2,673		)	—
Net change in restricted cash and bank deposits	24,063			(27,324		)
Proceeds from asset sales	86			78
Other, net	—			743
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	3,778			(36,235		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
CTI capital contribution	—			25,000
Payment for repurchase of common stock in connection with tax liabilities upon settlement of stock awards	(984		)	(820		)
Payment for repurchase of common stock under repurchase program	(13,126		)	—
Proceeds from exercises of stock options	40			846
Proceeds from loan	87			—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(13,983		)	25,026
Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(3,479		)	(2,139		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(79,118		)	(18,735		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	254,580			262,921
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	175,462		$	244,186
Non-cash investing transactions:
Accrued but unpaid purchases of property and equipment	$	3,348		$	1,278
Inventory transfers to property and equipment	$	2,082		$	3,201

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 leading provider of business enablement solutions for communication service providers (“CSPs”) and enterprises through a portfolio of product-based solutions and associated services in the following domains:

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Business Support Systems. The Company provides converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and active customer management systems (“BSS”) for wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play CSPs, as well as to business-to-business (“B2B”) and consumer oriented enterprises, delivering a value proposition designed to enable an effective service and data monetization, a consistent, enhanced customer experience, reduced complexity and cost, and real-time choice and control. In addition, the Company provides CSPs with the ability to better manage their data networks and to better monetize their data network investment through its Policy Management and Policy Enforcement capabilities for wireless and wireline data networks.


•	Digital Services. The Company enables network-based voice and messaging (including voicemail, visual voicemail, call completion, short messaging service (“SMS”), and multimedia picture and video messaging ("MMS")), enterprise communication services, and Internet Protocol (“IP”) based rich communication services (including group chat, file transfer, video, social and presence).

In connection with each of these domains, the Company offers a portfolio of services primarily related to its solutions (“managed services”).

The Share Distribution

On October 31, 2012, CTI completed its 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 have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities arising 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

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(UNAUDITED)

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 October 31, 2014, the estimated potential indemnification liability is $3.7 million.

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 $1.3 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. Solaiemes has been integrated into our Digital Services segment.

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.

The amounts in the table below represent the preliminary estimated fair value upon acquisition.



(In thousands)	Amount
Assets:
Cash	$	16
Other current assets	114
Intangible assets	2,174
Goodwill	1,907
Other assets	129
Total assets acquired	$	4,340
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	253
Current and long-term debt	1,292
Other long-term liabilities	117
Total liabilities acquired	$	1,662

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, 2014 (the “2013 Form 10-K”).

The condensed consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for the periods ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, and the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2014 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 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 2013 Form 10-K. The results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year ending January 31, 2015.

Intercompany accounts and transactions within the Company have been eliminated.

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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 units for the purpose of goodwill impairment testing;


•	Fair value of long-lived assets;


•	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;


•	Probability assessment of performance based stock units vesting;


•	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 October 31, 2014, the Company recognized a write-off of $1.5 million in property and equipment in connection with the 2014 restructuring initiatives (see Note 8, Restructuring).

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 stock price and market capitalization declined during the three months ended April 30, 2014 following the announcement on April 15, 2014 of the Company's fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 results. As a result of the decrease in stock price and market capitalization, the Company performed an interim goodwill test in conjunction with the preparation of its financial statements for the three months ended April 30, 2014 which did not result in an impairment.

The Company completed its annual review for impairment as of November 1, 2014 which did not result in an impairment (see Note 5, Goodwill).

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.

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.

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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 $9.1 million and $6.1 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Out of Period Adjustments

During the three months ended October 31, 2014, the Company identified an error related to customer contracts accounted for under the percentage of completion method. The correction of this error resulted in a reduction in cost of revenue of $1.4 million and an increase in revenue of $0.3 million during the three month ended October 31, 2014.

In addition during the three months ended October 31, 2014, the Company identified and corrected over accruals related to various tax matters recorded in the periods 2010 to 2013. The correction resulted in a $0.5 million reduction of its income tax expense during the three month ended October 31, 2014.

These prior period adjustments were not material to the financial results of the previously issued annual or interim financial statements, and the Company does not believe this error will be material for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015.


2.	RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

The Company is currently classified as an emerging growth company and as such, can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards 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 Implemented

In February 2013, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on other comprehensive income. This topic requires the Company to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component and the line items of net income to which significant amounts are reclassified. The guidance was effective for the Company beginning February 1, 2014. The adoption of this guidance resulted in additional disclosures (see Note 14, Stockholders Equity and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income).

Standards To Be Implemented

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 consisted of the following:



	October 31,		January 31,
	2014		2014
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	9,338	$	11,445
Work in process	5,041		4,612
Finished goods	—		109
	$	14,379	$	16,166

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5.	GOODWILL

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill in the Company’s reportable segments for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 are as follows:



	BSS			Digital Services			Total
	(In thousands)
Goodwill, gross, at January 31, 2014	$	89,798		$	222,608		$	312,406
Accumulated impairment losses at January 31, 2014	(5,605		)	(156,455		)	(162,060		)
Goodwill, net, at January 31, 2014	84,193			66,153			150,346
Goodwill acquired with the purchase of Solaiemes ⁽¹⁾	—			1,907			1,907
Effect of changes in foreign currencies and other	(159		)	(248		)	(407		)
Goodwill, net, at October 31, 2014	$	84,034		$	67,812		$	151,846
Balance at October 31, 2014
Goodwill, gross, at October 31, 2014	$	89,639		$	224,267		$	313,906
Accumulated impairment losses at October 31, 2014	(5,605		)	(156,455		)	(162,060		)
Goodwill, net, at October 31, 2014	$	84,034		$	67,812		$	151,846

(1) The resulting amount of goodwill reflects the value of the additional functionality added to the Company's Evolved Communications Suite product offering that distinguishes the Company technologically in competitive bids.

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.

The Company completed its annual review for impairment as of November 1, 2014 which did not result in an impairment.

BSS Reporting Unit

Step one of the quantitative goodwill interim impairment test for the three months ended April 30, 2014 and annual impairment test as of November 1, 2014 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 and annual tests 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 the Digital Services equity. The fair value of the goodwill as calculated under the Step two of the impairment test significantly exceeded the carrying value as recorded.

A step two analysis was only required to be performed for the Digital Services reporting unit. For the annual impairment test the implied fair value of goodwill exceeded its carrying amount by 17%. Revenues and operating income growth assumptions and the risk-adjusted discount rate, which represents the weighted average cost of capital, have the most significant

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influence on the estimation of the fair value of the Digital Services reporting unit under the income approach, specifically the discounted cash flow method, which uses revenues and operating income growth rate assumptions to estimate cash flows in future periods. Growth rates were based on current levels of backlog, the retention of existing customers, and the Company’s ability to generate new order bookings with both existing and new customers. The factors that affect the forecasted results and related revenue and operating income growth assumptions include, but are not limited to: (1) declines in new order bookings with existing and new customers, (2) the achievement of expected cost efficiencies from restructuring actions taken previously, (3) the retention of maintenance contracts with existing customers. Management used a discount rate of 9.5% to estimate the present value of future cash flows, which is lower than the Company's interim goodwill impairment assessment performed as of April 30, 2014. The reduced discount rate was based upon an analysis of market data from similar companies and a higher proportion of recurring revenues in the forecasted cash flows. Holding all other assumptions constant, an increase in the discount rate used by approximately 475 basis points would reduce the headroom of the reporting unit’s goodwill such that goodwill would be impaired.


6.	INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Intangible assets, net are as follows:



	October 31,		January 31,
	2014		2014
	(In thousands)
Gross carrying amount:
Acquired technology ⁽¹⁾	$	100,033	$	98,000
Customer relationships	35,856		36,033
Trade names	3,400		3,400
Total Intangible Assets	139,289		137,433
Accumulated amortization:
Acquired technology	98,098		98,000
Customer relationships	32,756		30,880
Trade names	3,400		3,400
	134,254		132,280
Total	$	5,035	$	5,153

(1) Includes $2.2 million of acquired technology, with a weighted average useful life of 5.5 years, in the acquisition of Solaiemes on August, 1, 2014.

Acquired technology intangible assets, net relate to the Digital Services segment as of October 31, 2014. Customer relationships intangible assets, net relate to the BSS segment as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014.

Amortization of intangible assets was $0.8 million and $2.2 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, respectively, and $0.7 million and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013, respectively. There were no impairments of intangible assets for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 or 2013.

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)
2015 (remainder of fiscal year)	$	789
2016	2,797
2017	390
2018	353
2019 and thereafter	706
	$	5,035

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As discussed in note 5, Goodwill, the Company's stock price and market capitalization declined during the three months ended April 30, 2014 following the announcement on April 15, 2014 of the Company's fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 results. As a result of the decrease in stock price and market capitalization, the Company concluded there were indicators of potential impairment and therefore performed an intangible and long lived asset impairment assessment in conjunction with the preparation of its financial statements for the three months ended April 30, 2014 by comparing the carrying value of the assets to the pre-tax undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets over their remaining book useful lives. Based on the calculations performed by management, the sum of the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by certain assets exceeded the carrying value of those assets. Therefore, no impairment charge was recorded.

While no impairment was indicated as a result of this assessment, a future potential impairment is possible for these asset groups if actual results should differ materially from forecasted results or for other factors as described in regard to the Company’s goodwill impairment test, (see Note 5, Goodwill).


7.	OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following:



	October 31,		January 31,
	2014		2014
	(In thousands)
Severance pay fund⁽¹⁾	$	27,663	$	33,482
Deposits	2,654		2,956
Other ⁽²⁾	2,859		4,148
	$	33,176	$	40,586


(1)	Represents deposits into insurance policies to fund severance liability for Israeli-based employees (see Note 12, Other Long-Term Liabilities).


(2)	Includes a $1.2 million cost-method investment in a subsidiary of a significant customer at each of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014.


8.	RESTRUCTURING

The Company reviews its business, manages costs and aligns resources with market demand. 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.

2014 Initiatives

During the nine months ended October 31, 2014, 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) is expected to include reduction of workforce included in cost of revenue, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. The aggregate total cost of the 2014 restructuring plan (as expanded) is currently expected to include approximately $15.0 million to $17.0 million of severance-related costs which are expected to be accrued and paid by January 31, 2015. In relation to this restructuring plan, the Company recorded severance-related costs of $9.7 million and paid $6.6 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014. During the three months ended October 31, 2014, the restructuring plan was further expanded to include $2.1 million in facilities-related costs expected to be paid by December 2024.

During the three months ended October 31, 2014, the Company recognized a write-off of $1.5 million in property and equipment in connection with the 2014 restructuring initiatives.

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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 nine months ended October 31, 2014, the Company paid severance and facilities-related costs of $1.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively, in relation to this restructuring plan. The remaining severance and 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.

Netcentrex 2010 and 2011 Initiative

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 liabilities related to the workforce reduction and restructuring activities noted above for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013:



	2014 Initiative						Fourth Quarter 2012 Initiative						Third Quarter 2010 Initiative			Netcentrex 2010 and 2011 Initiative
	Severance Related			Facilities 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	9,706			2,065			106			70			14			—			—			11,961
Change in assumptions	(225		)	—			(82		)	(359		)	—			(47		)	(11		)	(724		)
Translation and other adjustments	—			—			—			—			—			(1		)	(2		)	(3		)
Paid or utilized	(6,550		)	(161		)	(1,072		)	(1,058		)	(145		)	(2		)	(2		)	(8,990		)
October 31, 2014	$	2,931		$	1,904		$	14		$	4,381		$	259		$	—		$	—		$	9,489

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	Fourth Quarter 2012 Initiative						Third Quarter 2010 Initiative			Netcentrex 2010 and 2011 Initiative
	Severance Related			Facilities Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related			Total

January 31, 2013	$	3,713		$	885		$	391		$	212		$	438		$	5,639
Expenses	4,868			4,432			7			(126		)	1			9,182
Change in assumptions	(1,693		)	396			68			—			(94		)	(1,323		)
Translation and other adjustments ⁽¹⁾	62			997			—			(5		)	(8		)	1,046
Paid or utilized	(5,353		)	(1,141		)	(140		)	(26		)	(322		)	(6,982		)
October 31, 2013	$	1,597		$	5,569		$	326		$	55		$	15		$	7,562

(1) Includes deferred rent liability balance for restructured facilities.


9.	DEBT

Government Sponsored Loans

As of October 31, 2014 the Company had approximately $0.1 million and $1.2 million of short-term and long-term debt, respectively, which the Company 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. The terms of the loans include interest rates which range from zero to 4% with maturity dates between November 30, 2018 and March 31, 2022. The loans are subject to certain acceleration clauses which are not considered probable. There were no outstanding debt amounts as of January 31, 2014.

Comverse Ltd. Lines of Credit

As of January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd., the Company’s wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, had a $20.0 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. During the three months ended April 30, 2014, Comverse Ltd. increased the line of credit from $20.0 million to $25.0 million with a corresponding increase in the cash balances Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain with the bank to $25.0 million. 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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $19.4 million and $20.0 million, respectively, of capacity under the line of credit for guarantees and foreign currency transactions.

As of January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had an additional line of credit with a bank for $8.0 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. During the three months ended April 30, 2014, Comverse Ltd. increased the line of credit from $8.0 million to $10.0 million with a corresponding increase in the cash balances Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain with the bank to $10.0 million. 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 (“LIBOR”) 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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had no outstanding borrowings under the line of credit. As of each of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $7.3 million and $8.0 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 within the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014.

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10.	DERIVATIVES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company entered into derivative arrangements to manage a variety of risk exposures during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 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.

Forward Contracts

During the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 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 (“NIS”) 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 October 31, 2014 are short-term in nature and are due to contractually settle within the next twelve months.

Embedded Derivative

The Company has entered into a lease agreement whereby the lease payments are indexed to a non-functional currency exchange rate subject to a floor. The fair value of this embedded derivative is measured at fair value and adjusted each reporting period through the statement of operations.

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



	October 31, 2014
Type of Derivative	Notional Amount		Balance Sheet Classification	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Short-term foreign currency forward	$	6,421	Other current liabilities	$	471
Embedded derivatives
Long-term	6,543		Other long-term liabilities	9
Total liabilities				$	480



	January 31, 2014
Type of Derivative	Notional Amount		Balance Sheet Classification	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Assets
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Short-term foreign currency forward	$	25,607	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	58
Total assets				$	58
Liabilities
Embedded derivatives
Long-term	6,543		Other long-term liabilities	$	719
Total liabilities				$	719

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



	Three Months Ended October 31, 2014
	Gain (Loss)
Type of Derivative	Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Statement of Operations		Recognized in Other (Expense) Income, Net
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward	$	(1,159	)	$	397	$	—
Total	$	(1,159	)	$	397	$	—



	Three Months Ended October 31, 2013
	Gain (Loss)
Type of Derivative	Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Statement of Operations			Recognized in Other (Expense) Income, Net
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward	$	(53	)	$	(157	)	$	—
Total	$	(53	)	$	(157	)	$	—



	Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014
	Gain (Loss)
Type of Derivative	Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Statement of Operations		Recognized in Other (Expense) Income, Net
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward	$	(699	)	$	170	$	—
Total	$	(699	)	$	170	$	—



	Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013
	Gain (Loss)
Type of Derivative	Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Statement of Operations			Recognized in Other (Expense) Income, Net
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward	$	710	$	(1,185	)	$	—
Total	$	710	$	(1,185	)	$	—

There were no gains or losses from ineffectiveness of these hedges recorded for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013.

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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 and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013.

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:



	October 31, 2014
	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⁾	$	38,396	$	—	$	—	$	38,396
	$	38,396	$	—	$	—	$	38,396
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	—	$	471	$	—	$	471
Embedded Derivatives	—		9		—		9
	$	—	$	480	$	—	$	480



	January 31, 2014
	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⁾	$	34,398	$	—	$	—	$	34,398
Derivative assets	—		58		—		58
	$	34,398	$	58	$	—	$	34,456
Financial Liabilities:
Embedded Derivatives	$	—	$	719	$	—	$	719
	$	—	$	719	$	—	$	719


(1)	As of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, money market funds of $38.4 million and $34.4 million, respectively, were 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 time 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:



	October 31,		January 31,
	2014		2014
	(In thousands)
Liability for severance pay	$	38,621	$	44,793
Tax contingencies	93,515		90,345
Other long-term liabilities	13,794		12,804
Total	$	145,930	$	147,942

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 (“shut-down method”). 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 $27.7 million and $33.5 million as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively.

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



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Increase due to passage of time	$	854		$	1,195		$	2,926		$	3,741
Increase due to salary increase	67			269			741			1,302
Reversal due to voluntary termination of employee	(86		)	(358		)	(597		)	(826		)
Gain from increase in fund value	(8		)	(528		)	(160		)	(1,189		)
Total operating expense due to Israeli Severance Law	$	827		$	578		$	2,910		$	3,028

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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 nonqualified 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 Comverse 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 October 31, 2014, stock options to purchase 1,108,987 Shares and additional Awards covering 619,438 Shares were outstanding. As of October 31, 2014, an aggregate of 1,156,819 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 and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations is as follows:



	Three Months Ended October 31,				Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Stock options:
Service costs	$	73	$	53	$	190	$	87
Research and development	53		38		147		47
Selling, general and administrative	636		412		1,583		1,018
	762		503		1,920		1,152
Restricted/Deferred stock awards:
Service costs	599		654		2,229		2,201
Research and development	185		206		738		736
Selling, general and administrative	1,137		1,305		3,719		3,922
	1,921		2,165		6,686		6,859
Total	$	2,683	$	2,668	$	8,606	$	8,011

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 and nine months ended October 31, 2014, the Company granted Restricted Awards covering an aggregate of 11,075 and 311,569 Shares, respectively, and stock options to purchase an aggregate of 29,890 and 404,717 Shares, respectively. For the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013, the Company granted Restricted Awards covering an aggregate of 4,014 and 312,009 Shares, respectively, of which 116,279 were performance based awards, and stock options to purchase an aggregate of 17,424 and 342,157 Shares, respectively.

During the nine months ended October 31, 2014, 1,365 Shares were issued upon exercise of stock options under the 2012 Incentive Plan. Total proceeds from these Shares were negligible. During the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013, 10,551 and 31,501 Shares, respectively, were issued upon exercise of stock options under the 2012 Incentive Plan. Total proceeds from these Shares were $0.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

The fair market value of the Company's Restricted Awards that vested during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, was $0.1 million and $9.1 million, respectively. The fair market value of the Company's Restricted Awards that vested during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013, was $0.2 million and $8.2 million, respectively.

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As of October 31, 2014, the unrecognized Company compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to unvested Restricted Awards was $11.3 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.91 years.

The Company's outstanding stock options as of October 31, 2014 include unvested stock options to purchase 731,307 Shares with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $9.25, an expected term of 4.0 years and a total fair value of $6.8 million. The unrecognized compensation expenses related to the remaining unvested stock options to purchase Shares was $5.4 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.12 years.


14.	(DEFICIT) EQUITY AND ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Components of (deficit) equity are as follows:



	Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Balance, January 31	$	32,810		$	(18,763	)
Net (loss) income	(32,047		)	2,909
Unrealized gain (loss) for cash flow hedge positions, net of reclassification adjustments and tax	(529		)	(475		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	2,559			790
Stock-based compensation expense	8,606			8,011
Exercises of stock options	40			846
CTI contribution ⁽¹⁾	—			20,980
Repurchase of common stock in connection with tax liabilities upon settlement of stock awards	(984		)	(820		)
Repurchase of common stock under repurchase program	(13,283		)	—
Balance, October 31	$	(2,828	)	$	13,478

(1)

On February 4, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Verint Merger, CTI placed $25.0 million in escrow to support indemnification claims to the extent made against the Company by Verint. 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 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 (see Note 1, Organization, Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies).

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, 2013	$	21,276	$	475		$	21,751
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	790		710			1,500
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—		(1,185		)	(1,185		)
Other comprehensive income	790		(475		)	315
Balance as of October 31, 2013	$	22,066	$	—		$	22,066

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	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	2,559		(699		)	1,860
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—		170			170
Other comprehensive (loss) income	2,559		(529		)	2,030
Balance as of October 31, 2014	$	25,833	$	(471	)	$	25,362

The amounts of unrealized (gains) losses 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 October 31,					Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	186	$	(84	)	$	75	$	(602	)
Research and development, net	54		(25		)	21		(186		)
Selling, general and administrative	157		(48		)	74		(397		)
Total	$	397	$	(157	)	$	170	$	(1,185	)


15.	INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. For purposes of computing diluted income (loss) per share, 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 income (loss) per share is as follows:



	Three Months Ended October 31,				Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014		2013		2014			2013
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net income (loss) - basic and diluted	$	950	$	23,136	$	(32,047	)	$	2,909
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	22,217		22,219		22,304			22,138
Stock options	—		13		—			6
Restricted Awards	78		181		—			167
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	22,295		22,412		22,304			22,312
Earnings (loss) per share
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	0.04	$	1.04	$	(1.44	)	$	0.13
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.04	$	1.03	$	(1.44	)	$	0.13

As a result of the Company’s net loss during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, stock-based awards have been excluded from the diluted loss per share calculations because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For the nine months ended October 31, 2014, the diluted earnings per share computation excludes 0.1 million shares.

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16.	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 $4.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, representing an effective tax rate of 81.5% compared with an income tax benefit from operations of $11.3 million, representing an effective tax rate of (95.8)% for the three months ended October 31, 2013. During the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 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 October 31, 2014, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013 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.

The Company recorded an income tax expense from operations of $15.2 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, representing an effective tax rate of (89.7)% compared with an income tax expense from operations of $23.5 million, representing an effective tax rate of 89.0% for the nine months ended October 31, 2013. During the nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014, the Company reassessed its valuation allowance requirements taking into consideration the Share Distribution and concluded that it intends to maintain its valuation allowance until sufficient positive evidence exists to support its reversal.

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 October 31, 2014, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the Company's effective tax rate were approximately $93.6 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 October 31, 2014 could decrease by approximately $68.3 million in 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 $42.0 million as of October 31, 2014.

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17.	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company’s reportable segments consist of BSS and Digital Services. The results of operations of the Company’s global corporate functions that support its business units are included in the column captioned “All Other” as part of the Company’s business segment presentation. The Company does not maintain balance sheets for its operating segments.

Historically, Mobile Internet (“Comverse MI”), which was renamed Policy and is responsible for the Company's mobile Internet and policy products, and Netcentrex, an IP-based solution that provides carrier-hosted enterprise and consumer IP services, were included in All Other. Effective in the three months ended January 31, 2014, Comverse MI and Netcentrex were combined with the Comverse BSS and Comverse VAS segments, respectively, to form the “BSS” and “Digital Services” segments. The change in segment reporting aligns with information reviewed by the Company's chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), a change in management structure and the convergence of operations to take advantage of potential synergies. Accordingly, the results presented under segment reporting for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013 reflect the change in segment reporting to conform to the current period segment reporting presentation. The change in segment reporting does not affect the Company’s previously reported consolidated financial statements.

Segment Performance

The Company evaluates its business by assessing the performance of each of its operating segments. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is its CODM. The CODM uses segment performance, as defined below, as the primary basis for assessing the financial results of the operating segments and for the allocation of resources. Segment performance, as the Company defines it in accordance with the FASB’s guidance relating to segment reporting, is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies.

Segment performance is computed by management as income (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) Italian VAT recovery recorded within operating expense; (ix) restructuring expenses; and (x) certain other gains and expenses. Compliance-related professional fees relate to fees and expenses recorded in connection with the Company's efforts to remediate material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014.

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The tables below present information about total revenue, total costs and expenses, income (loss) from operations, segment performance, interest expense, and depreciation for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013:



	BSS			Digital Services			All Other			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended October 31, 2014
Total revenue	$	68,235		$	54,884		$	—		$	123,119
Total costs and expenses	$	50,310		$	42,098		$	32,803		$	125,211
Income (loss) from operations	$	17,925		$	12,786		$	(32,803	)	$	(2,092	)
Computation of segment performance:
Segment revenue	$	68,235		$	54,884		$	—
Total costs and expenses	$	50,310		$	42,098		$	32,803
Segment expense adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	—			—			2,683
Amortization of intangibles assets	698			98			—
Compliance-related professional fees	—			—			55
Strategic-related costs	—			—			186
Write-off of property and equipment	2			1			1,467
Certain litigation settlements and related cost	—			—			41
Restructuring expenses	—			—			6,582
Gain on sale of fixed assets	—			—			(4		)
Other	—			—			305
Segment expense adjustments	700			99			11,315
Segment expenses	49,610			41,999			21,488
Segment performance	$	18,625		$	12,885		$	(21,488	)
Interest expense	$	—		$	—		$	(122	)	$	(122	)
Depreciation	$	(887	)	$	(1,304	)	$	(2,342	)	$	(4,533	)

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	BSS			Digital Services			All Other			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended October 31, 2013
Total revenue	$	70,892		$	89,524		$	—		$	160,416
Total costs and expenses	$	58,379		$	54,422		$	32,911		$	145,712
Income (loss) from operations	$	12,513		$	35,102		$	(32,911	)	$	14,704
Computation of segment performance:
Segment revenue	$	70,892		$	89,524		$	—
Total costs and expenses	$	58,379		$	54,422		$	32,911
Segment expense adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	—			—			2,668
Amortization of intangibles assets	692			—			—
Compliance-related professional fees	—			—			744
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	—			(39		)	(5		)
Write-off of property and equipment	—			—			208
Certain litigation settlements and related cost	—			—			8
Restructuring expenses	—			—			1,005
Gain on sale of fixed assets	(1		)	—			(13		)
Other	—			—			367
Segment expense adjustments	691			(39		)	4,982
Segment expenses	57,688			54,461			27,929
Segment performance	$	13,204		$	35,063		$	(27,929	)
Interest expense	$	—		$	—		$	(211	)	$	(211	)
Depreciation	$	(936	)	$	(1,268	)	$	(1,857	)	$	(4,061	)

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	BSS			Digital Services			All Other			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014
Total revenue	$	185,262		$	172,309		$	—		$	357,571
Total costs and expenses	$	145,982		$	130,024		$	104,156		$	380,162
Income (loss) from operations	$	39,280		$	42,285		$	(104,156	)	$	(22,591	)
Computation of segment performance:
Segment revenue	$	185,262		$	172,309		$	—
Total costs and expenses	$	145,982		$	130,024		$	104,156
Segment expense adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	—			—			8,606
Amortization of intangibles assets	2,093			98			—
Compliance-related professional fees	—			—			759
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	—			1			(71		)
Strategic-related costs	—			—			2,576
Write-off of property and equipment	2			3			1,643
Certain litigation settlements and related cost	—			—			46
Restructuring expenses	—			—			11,237
Gain on sale of fixed assets	2			1			(24		)
Other	—			—			905
Segment expense adjustments	2,097			103			25,677
Segment expenses	143,885			129,921			78,479
Segment performance	$	41,377		$	42,388		$	(78,479	)
Interest expense	$	—		$	—		$	(476	)	$	(476	)
Depreciation	$	(2,632	)	$	(3,828	)	$	(6,239	)	$	(12,699	)

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	BSS			Digital Services			All Other			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013
Total revenue	$	221,314		$	264,673		$	—		$	485,987
Total costs and expenses	$	186,013		$	165,759		$	100,241		$	452,013
Income (loss) from operations	$	35,301		$	98,914		$	(100,241	)	$	33,974
Computation of segment performance:
Segment revenue	$	221,314		$	264,673		$	—
Total costs and expenses	$	186,013		$	165,759		$	100,241
Segment expense adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	—			—			8,011
Amortization of intangibles assets	2,070			—			—
Compliance-related professional fees	—			—			1,550
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	122			179			(138		)
Write-off of property and equipment	29			1			221
Certain litigation settlements and related cost	—			—			(15		)
Italian VAT refund recovery recorded within operating expense	—			—			(10,861		)
Restructuring expenses	—			—			7,859
Gain on sale of fixed assets	—			(1		)	(31		)
Other	—			—			1,224
Segment expense adjustments	2,221			179			7,820
Segment expenses	183,792			165,580			92,421
Segment performance	$	37,522		$	99,093		$	(92,421	)
Interest expense	$	—		$	—		$	(565	)	$	(565	)
Depreciation	$	(2,822	)	$	(3,777	)	$	(5,401	)	$	(12,000	)

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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.

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

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of the defendants were submitted on November 20, 2014; Summations of response by the plaintiffs will be submitted by December 18, 2014.

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. The Company does not believe that the motion has merit. 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 did not accrue for these matters as the potential loss is currently not probable or estimable.

An additional case has been filed by an individual plaintiff 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. The parties are now conducting preliminary proceedings. The Company did not accrue for this matter as the potential loss is currently not probable or estimable.

On February 4, 2013, Verint and CTI completed the Verint Merger. 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 above. However, under the terms of the Distribution Agreement between CTI and the Company relating to the Share Distribution, Verint, as successor to CTI, is entitled to indemnification from the Company for any losses it suffers in its capacity as successor-in-interest to CTI in connection with these actions.

Starhome Sale and Indemnification

Starhome was a CTI subsidiary (66.5% owned as of January 31, 2012). 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014, the Company received approximately $4.7 million in settlement of escrow.

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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, 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

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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 $30.5 million and $33.4 million as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, 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 November 30, 2015.

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 our 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 October 31, 2014, 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 $9.4 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 October 31, 2014, the Company had $6.6 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.

France Labor Contingency

A former employee based in France has filed a notice of appeal in the appellate court, seeking to overturn a decision of the Labor Court rejecting his claim to requalify his resignation as a constructive dismissal and for damages in the Labor Court of approximately $2.9 million. In July 2014, after disputing this appeal and vigorously defending the Company’s position, the parties reached a settlement agreement through mediation, which was approved by the Court of Appeal of Paris in November 2014. The Company accrued $0.8 million for this matter.

Italy VAT

The Company applied for Italian VAT refunds for the periods 2004 to 2010. However, collectability was deemed uncertain, as a result of the Italian financial crisis and other matters. On April 30, 2013, the Company received a refund approximating $10.9 million, which was recognized as a reduction of service costs in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended October 31, 2013.


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, 2014 (or the 2013 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,

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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.

The Share Distribution

On October 31, 2012, CTI completed its spin–off of our company as an independent, publicly-traded company, accomplished by means of a pro rata distribution of 100% of our outstanding common shares to CTI’s shareholders (referred to as the Share Distribution). Following the Share Distribution, CTI no longer holds any of our outstanding capital stock, and we are an independent, publicly-traded company.

In order to govern certain ongoing relationships between CTI and us after the Share Distribution and to provide mechanisms for an orderly transition, we and CTI entered into agreements pursuant to which certain services and rights are provided for following the Share Distribution, and we and CTI have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities arising from our respective businesses and the services that will be provided under such agreements. Following the completion of CTI's merger with Verint Systems Inc. (or Verint), these obligations continue to apply between us and Verint. For more information, see Note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Overview

We are a leading provider of business enablement solutions for communication service providers (or CSPs) and enterprises through a portfolio of product-based solutions and associated services in the following domains:

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Business Support Systems. We provide converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and active customer management systems (or BSS) for wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play CSPs, as well as to business-to-business (or B2B) and consumer oriented enterprises, delivering a value proposition designed to enable an effective service and data monetization, a consistent, enhanced customer experience, reduced complexity and cost, and real-time choice and control. In addition, we provide CSPs with the ability to better manage their data networks and to better monetize their data network investment through our Policy Management and Policy Enforcement capabilities for wireless and wireline data networks.


•	Digital Services. We enable voice and messaging services (including voicemail, visual voicemail, call completion, short messaging service (or SMS), and multimedia picture and video messaging (or MMS)), enterprise communication services, and Internet Protocol (or IP) based rich communication services (including group chat, file transfer, video, social and presence).

In connection with each of these domains, we offer a portfolio of services primarily related to our solutions (referred to as managed services).

Our reportable segments are:


•	BSS—comprised of the BSS operating segment; and


•	Digital Services—comprised of the Digital Services operating segment.

The results of operations of our global corporate functions that support our business units are included in the column captioned “All Other” as part of our business segment presentation.

Historically, Mobile Internet, which was renamed Policy and is responsible for our mobile Internet and policy products, and Netcentrex, an IP-based solution that provides carrier-hosted enterprise and consumer IP services, were included in All Other. Effective in the three months ended January 31, 2014, Policy and Netcentrex have been combined with the Comverse BSS and Comverse VAS segments, respectively, to form our BSS and Digital Services segments. Accordingly, the results presented under segment reporting for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013 reflect the change in segment reporting to conform to the current period segment reporting presentation.

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Condensed Consolidated Financial Highlights

The following table presents certain financial highlights for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, including Comverse performance and Comverse performance margin (reflecting Comverse performance as a percentage of revenue), non-GAAP financial measures, for our company on a consolidated basis:



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Total revenue	$	123,119		$	160,416		$	357,571		$	485,987
Gross margin	37.8		%	40.2		%	34.9		%	40.3		%
(Loss) income from operations	(2,092		)	14,704			(22,591		)	33,974
Operating margin	(1.7		)%	9.2		%	(6.3		)%	7.0		%
Net income (loss)	950			23,136			(32,047		)	2,909
Net cash used in operating activities	(16,050		)	(15,028		)	(65,434		)	(5,387		)
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Comverse performance	$	10,022		$	20,338		$	5,286		$	44,194
Comverse performance margin	8.1		%	12.7		%	1.5		%	9.1		%

Reconciliation of Income from Operations to Comverse Performance

We provide Comverse performance, a non-GAAP financial measure, as additional information for our operating results. This measure is not in accordance with, or an alternative 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 this 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) income from operations to Comverse performance for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013:



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
(Loss) income from operations	$	(2,092	)	$	14,704		$	(22,591	)	$	33,974
Expense Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	2,683			2,668			8,606			8,011
Amortization of intangible assets	796			692			2,191			2,070
Compliance-related professional fees	55			744			759			1,550
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	—			(44		)	(70		)	163
Strategic related costs	186			—			2,576			—
Write-off of property and equipment	1,470			208			1,648			251
Certain litigation settlements and related costs	41			8			46			(15		)
Italian VAT refund recovery recorded within operating expenses	—			—			—			(10,861		)
Restructuring expenses	6,582			1,005			11,237			7,859
Gain on sale of fixed assets	(4		)	(14		)	(21		)	(32		)
Other	305			367			905			1,224
Total expense adjustments	12,114			5,634			27,877			10,220
Comverse performance	$	10,022		$	20,338		$	5,286		$	44,194

Segment Performance

We evaluate our business by assessing the performance of each of our operating segments. Our Chief Executive Officer is our chief operating decision maker (or CODM). The CODM uses segment performance, as defined below, as the primary basis for assessing the financial results of the operating segments and for the allocation of resources. Segment performance, as we define it in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (or the FASB) guidance relating to segment reporting, is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies.

Segment performance is computed by management as (loss) income 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) Italian VAT recovery recorded within operating expense; (ix) restructuring expenses; and (x) 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 for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014.

Segment Financial Highlights

The following table presents, for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, segment revenue, gross margin, income (loss) from operations, operating margin, segment performance and segment performance margin (reflecting segment performance as a percentage of segment revenue) for each of our reportable segments and loss from operations and segment performance for All Other:

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	Three Months Ended October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
SEGMENT RESULTS
BSS
Segment revenue	$	68,235		$	70,892		$	185,262		$	221,314
Gross margin	45.1		%	40.3		%	43.0		%	38.6		%
Income from operations	17,925			12,513			39,280			35,301
Operating margin	26.3		%	17.7		%	21.2		%	16.0		%
Segment performance	18,625			13,204			41,377			37,522
Segment performance margin	27.3		%	18.6		%	22.3		%	17.0		%
Digital Services
Segment revenue	$	54,884		$	89,524		$	172,309		$	264,673
Gross margin	38.9		%	48.0		%	37.6		%	46.4		%
Income from operations	12,786			35,102			42,285			98,914
Operating margin	23.3		%	39.2		%	24.5		%	37.4		%
Segment performance	12,885			35,063			42,388			99,093
Segment performance margin	23.5		%	39.2		%	24.6		%	37.4		%
All Other
Loss from operations	$	(32,803	)	$	(32,911	)	$	(104,156	)	$	(100,241	)
Segment performance	(21,488		)	(27,929		)	(78,479		)	(92,421		)

For a discussion of the results of our segments, see “—Results of Operations.”

Business Trends and Uncertainties

For the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013 our consolidated revenue decreased and our costs and operating expenses decreased. The decrease in revenue exceeded the decrease in our costs and operating expenses, resulting in loss from operations for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to income from operations for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013. Comverse performance for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased compared to the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013.

The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to a decrease in customer solutions revenue at our BSS and Digital Services segments and a decrease in maintenance revenue at our Digital Services segment, partially offset by an increase in maintenance revenue at our BSS segment. For a discussion of the reasons for the changes in revenue at our BSS and Digital Services segments, see “-BSS,” “-Digital Services,” “-Results of Operations-Segment Results-BSS” and “-Results of Operations-Segment Results-Digital Services.”

Our costs and operating expenses decreased during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 primarily due to a decrease in cost of revenue due to lower revenue in the BSS and Digital Services segments and a significant reduction in expenses due to the reversal of loss provisions. Cost of revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2013 was favorably impacted by a $10.9 million Italian VAT refund that we received during the three months ended April 30, 2013. The decrease in operating expenses was also attributable to a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses primarily attributable to a decrease in personnel-related costs due to lower headcount and professional fees.

During the three months ended October 31, 2014, our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash decreased primarily due to negative operating cash flow, repurchase of common stock in the open market, purchases of property and equipment and payments made in connection with restructuring activities.

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ended October 31, 2014, we repurchased in the open market under this program 452,402 and 595,982 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $9.7 million and $13.3 million, respectively. The weighted average purchase price per share for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 was $21.46 and $22.29, respectively.

On August 1, 2014, we acquired Spain-based Solaiemes for approximately $2.7 million and the assumption of $1.3 million of debt. Solaiemes is an innovator focused on enabling the creation and monetization of CSPs' digital services. Solutions from Solaiemes complement our Evolved Communication Suite offering and the combined portfolio creates a comprehensive platform for service monetization of IP-based digital services.

As previously disclosed, 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 us 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, was to be released to us. On August 6, 2014, the escrow was released in accordance with its terms and we received the escrow amount of approximately $25.0 million.

During the three months ended July 31, 2014, as part of our efforts to achieve revenue growth we conducted a comprehensive review of the markets and opportunities of our two businesses and refined our growth strategy and in the three months ended October 31, 2014 commenced the implementation of our strategy. For more information, see “-BSS” and “-Digital Services.”

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 the following initiatives during the three months ended October 31, 2014:


•	The industrialization of Comverse ONE to meet or exceed our customer requirements, for ease of use and faster deployment times to reduce deployment costs;


•	The relocation of certain delivery and research and development activities to low cost centers of excellence in Eastern Europe and Asia;


•	Initiatives to reduce costs and expenses.

On September 9, 2014, we commenced an expansion of our previously disclosed 2014 restructuring plan. We expect that as a result of the restructuring plan (as expanded), our global workforce will be reduced by approximately 14% and that our annual cost of revenue and operating expenses will decrease by approximately $30 million to $40 million. 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 our revenue in future periods. The restructuring is designed to align operating costs and expenses with currently anticipated revenue.

The restructuring plan (as expanded) is expected to include reduction of workforce included in cost of revenue, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. The aggregate total cost of the 2014 restructuring plan (as expanded) is currently expected to be approximately $15.0 million to $17.0 million, primarily related to severance costs which are expected to be accrued and paid by January 31, 2015. In relation to this restructuring plan, we recorded severance-related costs of $9.7 million and paid $6.6 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014. During the three months ended October 31, 2014, the restructuring plan was further expanded to include $2.1 million in facilities-related costs which are expected to be paid by December 2024.

Our principal business activities are reported through the following segments:

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BSS, which provides our converged, prepaid and postpaid billing and BSS for wireless, wireline, cable and multi-play CSPs as well as B2B and consumer oriented enterprises, delivering a value proposition designed to enable an effective service and data monetization, a consistent, enhanced customer experience, reduced complexity and cost, and real-time choice and control. In addition, we provide CSPs with the ability to better manage their data networks and to better monetize their data network investment through our Policy Management and Policy Enforcement capabilities for wireless and wireline data networks; and


•	Digital Services, which conducts our voice and messaging services (including voicemail, visual voicemail, call completion, SMS, and MMS), enterprise communication services, and IP-based rich communication services (including group chat, file transfer, video, social and presence).

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In connection with each of these segments, we offer a portfolio of services primarily related to our solutions (referred to as managed services). For more information, see “-Managed Services.”

BSS

Revenue from BSS customer solutions for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased compared to the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue for the three-month period was primarily attributable to a lower number and size of acceptances. The decrease in revenue for the nine-month period was primarily attributable to a lower volume of BSS projects in the current period resulting from lower bookings in the past year and a decrease in collections from certain customers whose revenue is limited to collections.

BSS maintenance revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2014 increased compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The increase in revenue was due to the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts with customers. BSS maintenance revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. BSS maintenance revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to maintenance revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2013 under a large maintenance contract that, as previously disclosed, was cancelled effective during the three months ended April 30, 2013, a decrease in product bookings which resulted in a decrease in related maintenance services and a decrease in collections from certain customers whose revenue is limited to collections.

As noted above, we conducted a comprehensive review of our BSS markets and opportunities and refined our growth strategy. We plan to focus our efforts in the BSS segment on providing converged BSS solutions, through our Comverse ONE solution and enterprise and cloud billing through our Kenan solution.

We believe we have a leading industry position in the BSS converged billing market and believe that we are well positioned to take advantage of the growth in the converged BSS market. However, as previously disclosed, our BSS product bookings were adversely affected in recent fiscal periods by (i) the deferral of significant capital investments involved in deploying our BSS solutions and upgrading existing prepaid or postpaid systems to our converged BSS solution, (ii) the cancellation of projects by customers who prioritized their capital expenditures to the deployment of next generation networks, including LTE, and (iii) the loss of projects to significantly larger competitors who bundled the BSS transformation with an overall network deployment project.

In addition, CSPs are experiencing significant industry changes and a shifting ecosystem which includes device manufacturers and over-the-top (or OTT) software and content providers. In response to these market trends, CSPs require enhanced BSS system functionality to accommodate their business needs. As a result, BSS is facing increasing complexity of project deployment resulting in extended periods of time required to complete project milestones and receive customer acceptance which are generally required for revenue recognition and receipt of payment. In addition, project complexity impacts our customers’ ability to meet their obligations as part of the delivery process which has at times also resulted in project delivery delays. Furthermore, our customers encounter issues in managing the operations of their BSS systems and tend to rely more heavily on our support services.

To address our customer challenges, we invested significant resources in industrializing our Comverse ONE solutions and during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, launched a new version of Comverse ONE that we believe improves efficiency, shortens deployment periods and reduces project implementation costs in deployments utilizing the new version. In addition, in fiscal 2013, we have established a Managed Services offering designed to allow us to manage Comverse ONE operations, as well as other BSS-related IT functions.

The key elements to our BSS strategy include:

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Emphasizing Managed Services. The ecosystem of CSPs’ Networks, Services and support systems is becoming more complex and requires higher levels of experience and expertise to operate efficiently. We believe this represents a significant growth potential in the BSS market. We have entered into important managed services engagements with existing BSS customers and intend to offer managed services to existing and new potential BSS customers. We plan to focus our efforts on tier 3 and 4 CSPs who operate the systems using their in-house IT departments. In addition, we may expand our managed services portfolio and customer base through opportunistic acquisitions;

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Continuing focusing on Emerging Mobile CSPs. As the Networks and Services are becoming more complex, we are expanding the prebuilt capabilities and business processes within our converged BSS solution to address CSPs’ needs. In addition, we are pre-integrating our policy offering into our converged BSS solution to offer a comprehensive data monetization solution for CSPs’ growing data networks, reducing the footprint required to optimize operational costs,

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improving the delivery process and enhancing functionality to address the emerging needs for Customer Relationship Management (or CRM) and support for their Enterprise segments;


•	Expanding in mature markets. We plan to expand our efforts in mature markets primarily through the expansion of our indirect sales channels, including the use of systems integrators and third party point solutions. To address this market, we are making the Comverse ONE product open, modular and extendable while enhancing its enterprise support capabilities; and

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Evolving Enterprise Billing. We plan to expand our efforts in the enterprise billing software and cloud markets with a combined direct sales force and through third party distribution channels. To address this market, we are enhancing our Kenan software-only solution to support complex global billing requirements, cloud environment, Software-as-a-Service (or SaaS) business model, and an open eco-system.

In addition, we continue to focus on increasing our BSS revenue and improving our margins by providing a growth and evolution path to our Kenan postpaid billing customers, including upgrades and expansions. We are also pursuing aggressively new Kenan engagements and offer Kenan solutions to CSPs who are not prepared to commit to a full converged transformation and to enterprise businesses with complex billing requirements.

We believe that our BSS solutions’ offering has the potential to become a key driver of growth going forward. We expect that as a leader in the BSS market, we will continue to build on the strength of our Comverse ONE and Kenan solutions as well as managed services. We also expect that growth in mobile data traffic will increase the demand for our policy solutions, which include policy management and enforcement, deep packet inspection and smart data monetization solutions all of which are integrated into our BSS solutions.

In addition to the CSP market, we intend to focus on the enterprise, eCommerce and subscription base billing market. This market is expected to experience significant growth and we believe it will surpass the size of the more traditional billing market currently targeted by Comverse ONE. We believe that there has been a significant shift in the billing needs of the enterprise and subscription markets. We believe that (i) B2B enterprises require a global complex billing layer and agile software, (ii) business-to-consumer (or B2C) businesses using subscription services require a carrier-grade and complex software support and (iii) customers in a wide array of industries are seeking cloud-based billing solutions. We believe that no other vendor currently can adequately addresses all customer needs as legacy vendors have focused on their closed suites and new SaaS providers have focused on simple recurring billing models. We believe we can compete for business in a large portion of this market by leveraging our Kenan product expertise, large installed base, existing Kenan enterprise customer base and reputation. This market includes our traditional CSP customers as well as media, eCommerce, retail service providers and other digital players who use a subscription-type business model. As part of our strategy, we continue to enhance our Kenan solution by making it available as a cloud-based service (in a SaaS business model).

We believe that enterprise, cloud-based and subscription billing solutions could contribute to our growth in BSS in future periods through the ability to address a broader base of customers that are growing at a rapid pace.

Digital Services

Revenue from Digital Services customer solutions for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased compared to the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue from Digital Services customer solutions for both periods was primarily attributable to a lower number and size of acceptances in the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Digital Services maintenance revenue for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 decreased compared to the three and nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease for both periods was primarily attributable to the termination of several maintenance agreements and the reduction in maintenance fees charged to certain customers. The fluctuation in revenue was also due to the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts with customers which resulted in an increase in revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013, and a reduction in revenue for nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

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.

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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.

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 pursuing aggressively 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.

Managed Services

Through our BSS and Digital Services business units, we continue to emphasize a suite of managed services. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 and the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, we invested significant resources in solidifying our managed services organization, hired senior leadership and enhanced our processes and methodologies. As a result, we expect that managed services will continue to be an important component of our growth strategy in future periods.

Our managed services’ offering enables us to assume responsibility for the operation and management of our customers' billing and digital services systems. Our managed services suite is designed to provide customers with improved efficiencies relating to the operation and management of their systems, thereby allowing them to focus on their own internal business needs and strengths with reduced management distraction. Managed services provide us with recurring and predictable revenue and are used by us to create and establish long-term relationships with customers as well as cross-sell additional solutions and system enhancements. We believe that the longevity of our customer relationships and the recurring revenue that such

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relationships generate provide us with stability and a competitive advantage in marketing our solutions to our existing customer base.

Our current initiatives in respect of managed services include:

•Leading with Managed Services. As part of strategy, we are currently leading engagements with our managed services offering with the objective of providing value to our customers by increasing their efficiency and system utilization and reducing their operating costs; and

•Leveraging our existing customer base. We are currently approaching our existing customer base and offering our managed services, primarily to Tier 2, 3 and 4 CSPs and are seeking alliances with system integrators in respect of Tier 1 CSPs.

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. We expect that sales of advanced offerings will not fully offset declines in the sale of traditional VAS solutions in fiscal 2014. 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.

Change in CSP Capital Expenditure Priorities

During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 and the nine months ended October 31, 2014, several large-scale projects that we were pursuing were ultimately canceled or postponed by customers, who prioritized their capital expenditure budgets to the deployment of next generation networks, including LTE, rather than engage in BSS transformations. In addition, the sales cycle for such large scale projects continues to lengthen and the number of large scale projects have decreased due to pressure on CSPs’ capital expenditure spending which in turn is adversely impacting our future revenue growth. We expect this trend to continue in future periods, and accordingly our ability to achieve growth in BSS may 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 BSS and Digital Services 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

The following discussion provides an analysis of our condensed consolidated results and the results of operations of each of our segments for the fiscal periods presented. The discussion of the results of operations of each of our segments provides a more detailed analysis of the results of each segment presented. Accordingly, the discussion of our condensed consolidated results should be read in conjunction with the discussions of the results of operations of our segments.

Three and Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013

Condensed Consolidated Results



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Change					Nine Months Ended October 31,						Change
	2014			2013			Amount			Percent		2014			2013			Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Total revenue	$	123,119		$	160,416		$	(37,297	)	(23.3	)%	$	357,571		$	485,987		$	(128,416	)	(26.4	)%
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenue	76,624			95,888			(19,264		)	(20.1	)%	232,948			290,336			(57,388		)	(19.8	)%
Research and development, net	15,007			17,536			(2,529		)	(14.4	)%	45,285			50,476			(5,191		)	(10.3	)%
Selling, general and administrative	25,534			31,283			(5,749		)	(18.4	)%	89,228			103,342			(14,114		)	(13.7	)%
Other operating expenses	8,046			1,005			7,041			700.6	%	12,701			7,859			4,842			61.6	%
Total costs and expenses	125,211			145,712			(20,501		)	(14.1	)%	380,162			452,013			(71,851		)	(15.9	)%
(Loss) income from operations	(2,092		)	14,704			(16,796		)	N/M		(22,591		)	33,974			(56,565		)	N/M
Interest income	126			121			5			4.1	%	341			436			(95		)	(21.8	)%
Interest expense	(122		)	(211		)	89			42.2	%	(476		)	(565		)	89			15.8	%
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss), net	7,257			(2,733		)	9,990			N/M		6,327			(7,761		)	14,088			N/M
Other (expense) income, net	(31		)	(65		)	34			N/M		(496		)	277			(773		)	N/M
Income tax (expense) benefit	(4,188		)	11,320			(15,508		)	N/M		(15,152		)	(23,452		)	8,300			N/M
Net income (loss)	$	950		$	23,136		$	(22,186	)	95.9	%	$	(32,047	)	$	2,909		$	(34,956	)	N/M
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	0.04		$	1.04		$	(1.00	)			$	(1.44	)	$	0.13		$	(1.57	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.04		$	1.03		$	(0.99	)			$	(1.44	)	$	0.13		$	(1.57	)

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 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.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue from customer solutions was $64.7 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $33.3 million, or 34.0%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of $4.9 million and $28.4 million in customer solutions revenue at the BSS and Digital Services segments, respectively. Revenue recognized using the percentage-of-completion method was $33.2 million and $44.7 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Maintenance revenue was $58.4 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $4.0 million, or 6.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. This decrease was attributable to a decrease of $6.3 million in maintenance revenue at the Digital Services segment partially offset by an increase of $2.3 million at the BSS segment.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue from customer solutions was $184.9 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $106.8 million, or 36.6%, compared to

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the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of $31.0 million and $75.7 million in customer solutions revenue at the BSS and Digital Services segments, respectively. Revenue recognized using the percentage-of-completion method was $92.3 million and $109.8 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Maintenance revenue was $172.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $21.6 million, or 11.1%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. This decrease was attributable to a decrease of $5.0 million and $16.6 million in maintenance revenue at the BSS and Digital Services segments, respectively.

Revenue by Geographic Region

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

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue in the Americas, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) represented approximately 34%, 24% and 42% of our revenue, respectively, for the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to approximately 38%, 26% and 36% of our revenue, respectively, for the three months ended October 31, 2013.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue in the Americas, APAC and EMEA represented approximately 35%, 27% and 38% of our revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to approximately 40%, 24%, and 36% of our revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Foreign Currency Impact on Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Our currency for financial reporting purposes is the U.S. dollar. The majority of our revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2014 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 October 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013 had unfavorably impacted revenue by $2.2 million.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Our currency for financial reporting purposes is the U.S. dollar. The majority of our revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013 unfavorably impacted revenue by $3.1 million.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue primarily consists of (i) material costs, (ii) compensation and related overhead expenses for personnel involved in customer delivery and maintenance and professional services our products, (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.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $76.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $19.3 million, or 20.1%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decrease in costs of $4.8 million, $13.0 million and $1.4 million at the BSS and Digital Services segments and All Other, respectively.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $232.9 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $57.4 million, or 19.8%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decrease in costs of $30.3 million and $34.5 million, at the BSS and Digital Services segments, respectively, partially offset by an increase of $7.4 million at All Other, respectively.

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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.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $15.0 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 14.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decline of $3.7 million at the BSS segment, partially offset by an increase of $0.8 million and $0.4 million at the Digital Services segment and All Other, respectively.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $45.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $5.2 million, or 10.3%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decline of $4.8 million and $0.9 million at the BSS and Digital Services segments, respectively, partially offset by an increase of $0.5 million at All Other.

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.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $25.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $5.7 million, or 18.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of $0.1 million and $6.1 million at the Digital Services segment and All Other, respectively, partially offset by an increase of $0.5 million at the BSS segment.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $89.2 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $14.1 million, or 13.7%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of $4.9 million, $0.4 million and $8.8 million at the BSS and Digital Services segments, and All Other, respectively.

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 periods presented consist of restructuring expenses.

(Loss) Income from Operations

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Loss from operations was $2.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $16.8 million, compared to income from operations of $14.7 million for the three months ended October 31, 2013. The change was attributable to a decrease in income from operations of $22.3 million at the Digital Services segment, partially offset by an increase in income from operations of $5.4 million at the BSS segment.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Loss from operations was $22.6 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $56.6 million, compared to income from operations of $34.0 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The change was attributable to a decrease in income from operations of $56.6 million at the Digital Services segment and an increase in loss from operations of $3.9 million at All Other, partially offset by an increase income from operations of $4.0 million at the BSS segment.

Interest Income

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Interest income was $0.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of 4.1%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013.

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Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Interest income was $0.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $0.1 million, or 21.8%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Interest Expense

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Interest expense was $0.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $0.1 million, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Interest expense was $0.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $0.1 million compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Net

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Foreign currency transaction gain, net, was $7.3 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $10.0 million compared to a foreign currency transaction loss, net, of $2.7 million for the three months ended October 31, 2013. The change was attributable to exchange rate volatility, most significantly with respect to the British pound, Israeli shekel, euro, Japanese yen and Brazilian real.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Foreign currency transaction gain, net, was $6.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $14.1 million compared to $7.8 million to a foreign currency transaction loss, net, for the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The change was attributable to exchange rate volatility, most significantly with respect to the British pound, Israeli shekel, euro, Japanese yen and Brazilian real.

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Other expense, net, was $0.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $0.8 million compared to Other income, net of $0.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Income Tax (Expense) Benefit

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. We recorded an income tax expense of $4.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, representing an effective tax rate of 81.5%, compared with an income tax benefit of $11.3 million, representing an effective tax rate of (95.8)% for the three months ended October 31, 2013. During the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 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 October 31, 2014, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013, 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.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. We recorded an income tax expense of $15.2 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, representing an effective tax rate of (89.7)%, compared with an income tax expense of $23.5 million, representing an effective tax rate of 89.0% for the nine months ended October 31, 2013. During the nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013, 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.

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Net Income (Loss)

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Net income was $1.0 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $22.2 million, or 95.9%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013, due primarily to the reasons discussed above.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Net loss was $32.0 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $35.0 million, compared to net income for the nine months ended October 31, 2013, due primarily to the reasons discussed above.

Segment Results

BSS



	Three Months Ended October 31,					Change					Nine Months Ended October 31,				Change
	2014		2013			Amount			Percent		2014		2013		Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Revenue:
Total revenue	$	68,235	$	70,892		$	(2,657	)	(3.7	)%	$	185,262	$	221,314	$	(36,052	)	(16.3	)%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	37,460		42,302			(4,842		)	(11.4	)%	105,593		135,911		(30,318		)	(22.3	)%
Research and development, net	6,753		10,453			(3,700		)	(35.4	)%	23,834		28,664		(4,830		)	(16.9	)%
Selling, general and administrative	6,097		5,624			473			8.4	%	16,555		21,438		(4,883		)	(22.8	)%
Total costs and expenses	50,310		58,379			(8,069		)	(13.8	)%	145,982		186,013		(40,031		)	(21.5	)%
Income from operations	$	17,925	$	12,513		$	5,412		43.3	%	$	39,280	$	35,301	$	3,979		11.3	%
Computation of segment performance:
Segment revenue	$	68,235	$	70,892		$	(2,657	)	(3.7	)%	$	185,262	$	221,314	$	(36,052	)	(16.3	)%
Total costs and expenses	$	50,310	$	58,379		$	(8,069	)	(13.8	)%	$	145,982	$	186,013	$	(40,031	)	(21.5	)%
Segment expense adjustments:
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles	698		692			6			0.9	%	2,093		2,070		23			1.1	%
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	—		—			—			N/M		—		122		(122		)	(100.0	)%
Write-off of property and equipment	2		—			2			N/M		2		29		(27		)	(93.1	)%
Gain on sale of fixed assets	—		(1		)	1			(100.0	)%	2		—		2			N/M
Segment expense adjustments	700		691			9			1.3	%	2,097		2,221		(124		)	(5.6	)%
Segment expenses	49,610		57,688			(8,078		)	(14.0	)%	143,885		183,792		(39,907		)	(21.7	)%
Segment performance	$	18,625	$	13,204		$	5,421		41.1	%	$	41,377	$	37,522	$	3,855		10.3	%

Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue from BSS customer solutions was $36.8 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $4.9 million, or 11.8%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to a lower number and size of acceptances for the three months ended October 31, 2014.

BSS maintenance revenue was $31.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $2.3 million, or 7.8%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in revenue due to the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts with customers.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue from BSS customer solutions was $97.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $31.0 million, or 24.2%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to a lower volume of BSS projects in the current period resulting from lower bookings in the past year and a decrease in collections from certain customers whose revenue is limited to collections.

BSS maintenance revenue was $88.0 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $5.0 million, or 5.4%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to maintenance revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2013 under a large maintenance contract that, as previously disclosed, was cancelled

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effective during the three months ended April 30, 2013, a decrease in product bookings which resulted in a decrease in related maintenance services and a decrease in collections from certain customers whose revenue is limited to collections.

Revenue by Geographic Region

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue in the Americas, APAC and EMEA represented approximately 24%, 25% and 51% of BSS's revenue, respectively, for the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to approximately 21%, 26%, and 53% of BSS's revenue, respectively, for the three months ended October 31, 2013.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue in the Americas, APAC and EMEA represented approximately 25%, 26% and 49% of BSS's revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to approximately 22%, 27% and 51% of BSS's revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Foreign Currency Impact on Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies in which BSS conducted business for the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013 had a $1.2 million unfavorable impact on revenue primarily due to transactions denominated in euro and the Brazil real.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies in which BSS conducted business for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013 had a $1.2 million unfavorable impact on revenue primarily due to transactions denominated in Brazil real, Indian rupee and the Australian dollar.

Cost of Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $37.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $4.8 million, or 11.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in revenue and a significant reduction in expenses due to the reversal of loss provisions.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $105.6 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $30.3 million, or 22.3%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in revenue and a significant reduction in expenses due to the reversal of loss provisions.

Research and Development, Net

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $6.8 million for three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $3.7 million, or 35.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease of $2.0 million and $0.6 million in personnel related costs and subcontractor costs due to the relocation of certain delivery and research and development activities to low cost centers of excellence and overall reduction in headcount, respectively.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $23.8 million for nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $4.8 million, or 16.9%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease of $3.5 million and $2.0 million in personnel-related costs and subcontractor costs due to a relocation of certain delivery and research and development activities to low cost centers of excellence and overall reduction in headcount, respectively, partially offset by a $1.6 million decrease in personnel engaged in assignment to specific revenue generating projects recorded in cost of revenue in lieu of research and development activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Selling, General and Administrative

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $6.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $0.5 million, or 8.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The increase was primarily attributable to a $0.9 million increase in agent commissions due to the amount and mix of bookings partially offset by a $0.4 million decrease in personnel related costs primarily due to a decrease in headcount.

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Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $16.6 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $4.9 million, or 22.8%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $3.2 decrease in agent commissions due to a reduction and mix in bookings and a $1.3 million decrease in personnel related costs primarily due to a decrease in bonuses and headcount.

Segment Performance

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Segment performance was $18.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014 based on segment revenue of $68.2 million, representing a segment performance margin of 27.3% as a percentage of segment revenue. Segment performance was $13.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2013 based on segment revenue of $70.9 million, representing a segment performance margin of 18.6% as a percentage of segment revenue. The increase in segment performance margin was primarily attributable to the decrease in cost of revenue and research and development costs.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Segment performance was $41.4 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 based on segment revenue of $185.3 million, representing a segment performance margin of 22.3% as a percentage of segment revenue. Segment performance was $37.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2013 based on segment revenue of $221.3 million, representing a segment performance margin of 17.0% as a percentage of segment revenue. The increase in segment performance margin was primarily attributable to the decrease in total costs and expenses exceeding the decrease in revenue.

Digital Services



	Three Months Ended October 31,					Change					Nine Months Ended October 31,					Change
	2014		2013			Amount			Percent		2014		2013			Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Revenue:
Total revenue	$	54,884	$	89,524		$	(34,640	)	(38.7	)%	$	172,309	$	264,673		$	(92,364	)	(34.9	)%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	33,552		46,540			(12,988		)	(27.9	)%	107,465		141,918			(34,453		)	(24.3	)%
Research and development, net	6,990		6,219			771			12.4	%	17,649		18,522			(873		)	(4.7	)%
Selling, general and administrative	1,556		1,663			(107		)	(6.4	)%	4,910		5,319			(409		)	(7.7	)%
Total costs and expenses	42,098		54,422			(12,324		)	(22.6	)%	130,024		165,759			(35,735		)	(21.6	)%
Income from operations	$	12,786	$	35,102		$	(22,316	)	(63.6	)%	$	42,285	$	98,914		$	(56,629	)	(57.3	)%
Computation of segment performance:
Segment revenue	$	54,884	$	89,524		$	(34,640	)	(38.7	)%	$	172,309	$	264,673		$	(92,364	)	(34.9	)%
Total costs and expenses	$	42,098	$	54,422		$	(12,324	)	(22.6	)%	$	130,024	$	165,759		$	(35,735	)	(21.6	)%
Segment expense adjustments:
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles	98		—			98			N/M		98		—			98			N/M
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	—		(39		)	39			N/M		1		179			(178		)	(99.4	)%
Write-off of property and equipment	1		—			1			N/M		3		1			2			200.0	%
Gain on sale of fixed assets	—		—			—			N/M		1		(1		)	2			(200.0	)%
Segment expense adjustments	99		(39		)	138			(353.8	)%	103		179			(76		)	(42.5	)%
Segment expenses	41,999		54,461			(12,462		)	(22.9	)%	129,921		165,580			(35,659		)	(21.5	)%
Segment performance	$	12,885	$	35,063		$	(22,178	)	(63.3	)%	$	42,388	$	99,093		$	(56,705	)	(57.2	)%

Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue from Digital Services customer solutions was $27.9 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $28.4 million, or 50.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue from Digital Services customer solutions was primarily attributable to a lower number and size of acceptances in the three months ended October 31, 2014.

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Digital Services maintenance revenue was $26.9 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $6.3 million, or 18.9%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to the reduction in maintenance fees charged to certain customers and due to the termination of several maintenance agreements partially offset by an increase due to the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts with customers.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue from Digital Services customer solutions was $87.6 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $75.7 million, or 46.4%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue from Digital Services customer solutions was primarily attributable to a lower number and size of acceptances in the nine months ended October 31, 2014.

Digital Services maintenance revenue was $84.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $16.6 million, or 16.4%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to the termination of several maintenance agreements, the timing of entering into renewals of maintenance contracts with customers and a reduction in maintenance fees charged to certain customers.

Revenue by Geographic Region

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue in the Americas, APAC and EMEA represented approximately 46%, 23% and 31% of Digital Services revenue, respectively, for the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to approximately 51%, 27% and 22% of Digital Services revenue, respectively, for the three months ended October 31, 2013.

The increase in revenue as a percentage of total revenue for Digital Services in APAC was primarily attributable to a decrease in revenue in the Americas and EMEA while the APAC region remained relatively constant.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Revenue in the Americas, APAC and EMEA represented approximately 47%, 26% and 27% of Digital Services revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to approximately 54%, 22% and 24% of Digital Services revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Foreign Currency Impact on Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies in which Digital Services conducted business for the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013 unfavorably impacted revenue by $1.0 million primarily due to transactions denominated in euro and the Japanese yen.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies in which Digital Services conducted business for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013 unfavorably impacted revenue by $2.0 million primarily due to transactions denominated in Japanese yen.

Cost of Revenue

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $33.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $13.0 million, or 27.9%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in revenue partially offset with higher expenses resulting in lower margins.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $107.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $34.5 million, or 24.3%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in revenue partially offset with higher expenses resulting in lower margins.

Research and Development, Net

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $7.0 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $0.8 million, or 12.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $1.1 million increase in research and development activities in lieu of resources being reassigned to revenue generating projects recorded in cost of revenue.

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Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $17.6 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $0.9 million, or 4.7%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $0.9 million decrease in personnel related costs due to a reduction in headcount as we reduce research and development activities in traditional solutions and shift to advanced offerings.

Selling, General and Administrative

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $1.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $0.1 million, or 6.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $0.1 million decrease in subcontractor costs.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $4.9 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 7.7%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $0.4 million decrease in bad debt expense due to recoveries in the nine months ended October 31, 2014.

Segment Performance

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Segment performance was $12.9 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014 based on segment revenue of $54.9 million, representing a segment performance margin of 23.5% as a percentage of segment revenue. Segment performance was $35.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2013 based on segment revenue of $89.5 million, representing a segment performance margin of 39.2% as a percentage of segment revenue. The decrease in segment performance margin was primarily attributable to the decrease in revenue partially offset by the decrease in total costs and expenses.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Segment performance was $42.4 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 based on segment revenue of $172.3 million, representing a segment performance margin of 24.6% as a percentage of segment revenue. Segment performance was $99.1 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2013 based on segment revenue of $264.7 million, representing a segment performance margin of 37.4% as a percentage of segment revenue. The decrease in segment performance margin was primarily attributable to the decrease in revenue partially offset by the decrease in total costs and expenses.

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All Other



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Change					Nine Months Ended October 31,						Change
	2014			2013			Amount			Percent		2014			2013			Amount			Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	$	5,612		$	7,047		$	(1,435	)	(20.4	)%	$	19,890		$	12,507		$	7,383		59.0	%
Research and development, net	1,264			863			401			46.5	%	3,802			3,292			510			15.5	%
Selling, general and administrative	17,881			23,996			(6,115		)	(25.5	)%	67,763			76,583			(8,820		)	(11.5	)%
Other operating expenses	8,046			1,005			7,041			N/M		12,701			7,859			4,842			61.6	%
Total costs and expenses	32,803			32,911			(108		)	(0.3	)%	104,156			100,241			3,915			3.9	%
Loss from operations	$	(32,803	)	$	(32,911	)	$	108		0.3	%	$	(104,156	)	$	(100,241	)	$	(3,915	)	(3.9	)%
Computation of segment performance:
Total costs and expenses	$	32,803		$	32,911		$	(108	)	(0.3	)%	$	104,156		$	100,241		$	3,915		3.9	%
Segment expense adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense	2,683			2,668			15			0.6	%	8,606			8,011			595			7.4	%
Compliance-related professional fees	55			744			(689		)	(92.6	)%	759			1,550			(791		)	(51.0	)%
Compliance-related compensation and other expenses	—			(5		)	5			(100.0	)%	(71		)	(138		)	67			(48.6	)%
Strategic related costs	186			—			186			N/M		2,576			—			2,576			N/M
Write-off of property and equipment	1,467			208			1,259			N/M		1,643			221			1,422			N/M
Certain litigation settlements and related costs	41			8			33			N/M		46			(15		)	61			(406.7	)%
Italian VAT refund recovery recorded within operating expenses	—			—			—			N/M		—			(10,861		)	10,861			(100.0	)%
Restructuring expenses	6,582			1,005			5,577			554.9	%	11,237			7,859			3,378			43.0	%
Gain on sale of fixed assets	(4		)	(13		)	9			(69.2	)%	(24		)	(31		)	7			(22.6	)%
Other, net	305			367			(62		)	(16.9	)%	905			1,224			(319		)	(26.1	)%
Segment expense adjustments	11,315			4,982			6,333			127.1	%	25,677			7,820			17,857			228.4	%
Segment expenses	21,488			27,929			(6,441		)	(23.1	)%	78,479			92,421			(13,942		)	(15.1	)%
Segment performance	$	(21,488	)	$	(27,929	)	$	6,441		23.1	%	$	(78,479	)	$	(92,421	)	$	13,942		15.1	%

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue is primarily attributable to unallocated shared services costs associated with customer projects in the BSS and Digital Services segments. These shared services costs relate to several organizations that provide delivery and support services to both BSS and Digital Services segments and whose costs are not allocated to BSS and Digital Services, such as our centralized call center, business operations, quality assurance infrastructure and management teams. In addition, management views certain costs as corporate expenses such as stock compensation expense and inventory write-offs, which are included in All Other. In the nine months ended October 31, 2013, the Italian VAT refund was also included in All Other.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $5.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $1.4 million or 20.4%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $1.0 million decrease in personnel-related costs due to a reduction in headcount.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Cost of revenue was $19.9 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $7.4 million, or 59.0%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The increase was primarily attributable to a VAT refund of $10.9 million in the nine months ended October 31, 2013 partially offset by a $1.3 million decrease in inventory write-offs and due to a decrease of $1.2 million and $0.5 million in personnel-related costs and subcontractor costs due to a reduction in headcount, respectively.

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Research and Development, Net

Research and development expenses, net, primarily include expenses incurred by our centralized research and development departments that support the BSS and Digital Services segments.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $1.3 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $0.4 million, or 46.5%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Research and development expenses, net, were $3.8 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $0.5 million, or 15.5%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Selling, General and Administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of expenses incurred by our global corporate functions in connection with shared services provided to the BSS and Digital Services segments.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $17.9 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $6.1 million, or 25.5%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $1.8 million decrease in finance department costs, a $1.8 million decrease in personnel-related costs due to a reduction in headcount and a $1.2 million decrease in commissions due to a reduction in bookings and change in mix.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $67.8 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $8.8 million, or 11.5%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $5.8 million decrease in finance department costs, a $3.8 million decrease in personnel-related costs due to a reduction in headcount and a $2.2 million decrease in commissions due to a reduction in bookings and change in mix, partially offset by an increase of $2.6 million in strategic-related costs.

Other Operating Expenses

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Other operating expenses were $8.0 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $7.0 million, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. The increase was attributable to an increase of $5.6 million in restructuring expenses during the three months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013. See Note 8 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report. The increase was also attributable a write-off of $1.5 million in property and equipment in connection with the 2014 restructuring initiatives.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Other operating expenses were $12.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $4.8 million, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The increase was attributable to an increase of $3.6 million in restructuring expenses during the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. See Note 8 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report. The increase was also attributable a write-off of $1.5 million in property and equipment in connection with the 2014 restructuring initiatives.

Segment Performance

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2013. Segment performance was a loss of $21.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease in loss of $6.4 million, or 23.1%, compared to the three months ended October 31, 2013.

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013. Segment performance was a loss of $78.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease in loss of $13.9 million, or 15.1%, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

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

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sources of liquidity will include cash and cash equivalents, and may include new borrowings or proceeds from the issuance of equity or debt securities.

During the nine months ended October 31, 2014, our principal uses of liquidity were to fund operating expenses, make capital expenditures, repurchase our shares as part of our repurchase program and, to a lesser extent, fund an acquisition.

Financial Condition

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

As of October 31, 2014, we had cash, cash equivalents, bank time deposits and restricted cash of approximately $219.5 million, compared to approximately $322.7 million as of January 31, 2014.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash aggregated $44.0 million and $68.2 million as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively. Restricted cash includes compensating cash balances related to existing lines of credit and deposits that are pledged as collateral or restricted for use to settle specified performance guarantees to customers and vendors, letters of credit, funds in escrow to support indemnification claims, 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 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 2013 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2014, 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

Nine Months Ended October 31, 2014 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 31, 2013



	Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(65,434	)	$	(5,387	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	3,778			(36,235		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(13,983		)	25,026
Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(3,479		)	(2,139		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(79,118		)	(18,735		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	254,580			262,921
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	175,462		$	244,186

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Operating Cash Flows

Net cash used in operating activities from operations was $65.4 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase in cash used of $60.0 million, compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013. This increase in cash used was primarily attributable to an increase in cash used of $51.5 million due to an increase of $14.4 million in accounts receivable due to higher invoicing than collections in the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to a decrease of $37.2 million in accounts receivable from improved collections in the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Investing Cash Flows

Net cash provided by investing activities was $3.8 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of $40.0 million, compared to cash used of $36.2 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

The change was primarily attributable to restricted cash used of $27.3 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2013, compared to restricted cash provided of $24.1 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014. This change in restricted cash was mainly due to $25.0 million in bank time deposits placed in escrow by CTI in connection with the closing of the Verint Merger during the nine months ended October 31, 2013, which was released from escrow during the nine months ended October 31, 2014. Additionally, the cash provided by restricted cash during the nine months ended October 31, 2014 includes $4.7 million in return of escrow funds following the sale of Starhome partially offset by cash used in the ordinary course of business for use to settle specified performance guarantees to customers and vendors.

This decrease was partially offset by an increase in cash used of $7.9 million for purchases of property and equipment and $2.7 million for the acquisition of Solaiemes during the nine months ended October 31, 2014 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2013.

Financing Cash Flows

Net cash used in financing activities was $14.0 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a change of $39.0 million, compared to cash provided of $25.0 million during the nine months ended October 31, 2013. The change was primarily attributable to a $25.0 million cash capital contribution from CTI in the nine months ended October 31, 2013 and the increase of $13.1 million in cash used to repurchase common stock under the repurchase program.

Effects of Exchange Rates on Cash and Cash Equivalents

The majority of our cash and cash equivalents is 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, the Brazil real, British pound, and the NIS. For the nine months ended October 31, 2014, the fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates had an unfavorable impact of $3.5 million on cash and cash equivalents.

Escrow Related to the Merger of CTI and Verint

Under the Share Distribution Agreements we and CTI entered into in connection with the Share Distribution, we have 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. Certain of our indemnification obligations are capped at $25.0 million and certain are uncapped. CTI placed $25.0 million in escrow to support indemnification claims to the extent made against us 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 us. The escrow funds could not be used for claims related to the Israeli Optionholder suit. On August 6, 2014, the escrow was released in accordance with its terms and we received the escrow amount of approximately $25.0 million. We also assumed all pre-Share Distribution tax obligations of each of us and CTI. For more information, see Note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Sale of Starhome

On August 1, 2012, CTI, certain other Starhome shareholders and Starhome entered into the Starhome Share Purchase Agreement with Fortissimo pursuant to which Fortissimo agreed to purchase all of the outstanding share capital of Starhome as part of the Starhome Disposition. On September 19, 2012, CTI, in order to ensure it could meet the conditions of the Verint Merger, contributed to us its interest in Starhome, including its rights and obligations under the Starhome Share Purchase Agreement. The Starhome Disposition was completed on October 19, 2012.

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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. We 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 approximately $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 exceed $1.0 million. During the nine months ended October 31, 2014, we received approximately $4.7 million in return of escrow.

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 which expires on December 15, 2014. Repurchases are made under the program using our own cash resources. During the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014, we repurchased in the open market under this program 452,402 and 595,982 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $9.7 million and $13.3 million, respectively. The weighted average purchase price per share for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2014 was of $21.46 and $22.29, respectively.

Acquisition of Solaiemes

On August 1, 2014, we acquired Spain-based Solaiemes for approximately $2.7 million and the assumption of $1.3 million of debt. Solaiemes is an innovator focused on enabling the creation and monetization of CSPs' digital services. Solutions from Solaiemes complement our Evolved Communication Suite offering and the combined portfolio creates an end-to-end platform for service monetization of IP-based digital services.

Indebtedness

As of October 31, 2014, we had approximately $0.1 million and $1.2 million of short-term and long-term debt, respectively, 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. The terms of the loans include interest rates which range from zero to 4% with maturity dates between November 30, 2018 and March 31, 2022. The loans are subject to certain acceleration clauses which are not considered probable. There were no outstanding debt amounts as of January 31, 2014.

Comverse Ltd. Lines of Credit

As of January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd., our wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, had a $20.0 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. During the three months ended April 30, 2014, Comverse Ltd. increased the line of credit from $20.0 million to $25.0 million with a corresponding increase in the cash balances Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain with the bank to $25.0 million. 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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $19.4 million and $20.0 million, respectively, of capacity under the line of credit for guarantees and foreign currency transactions.

As of January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had an additional line of credit with a bank for $8.0 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. During the three months ended April 30, 2014, Comverse Ltd. increased the line of credit from $8.0 million to $10.0 million with a corresponding increase in the cash balances Comverse Ltd. is required to maintain with the bank to $10.0 million. 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 (or LIBOR) 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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had no outstanding borrowings

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under the line of credit. As of each of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, Comverse Ltd. had utilized $7.3 million and $8.0 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 time deposits” and long-term restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014.

Restructuring Initiatives

We review our business, manage costs and align resources with market demand. 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded severance and facility-related costs attributable to existing restructuring initiatives of $11.2 million and $7.9 million, respectively, and paid $9.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively. The remaining severance and facility-related costs relating to existing restructuring initiatives of $2.9 million and $4.6 million are expected to be substantially paid by January 31, 2015 and October 2019, 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.

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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, 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 $30.5 million and $33.4 million as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, 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 November 30, 2015.

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.

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 October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries was $88.0 million and $97.2 million, respectively. 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.

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COMVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of October 31, 2014, 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, 2014. For a more comprehensive discussion of our off-balance sheet arrangements as of January 31, 2014, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Part II, Item 7 of our 2013 Form 10-K.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

There were no material changes in our contractual obligations from January 31, 2014. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Part II, Item 7 of our 2013 Form 10-K.

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 2013 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 2013 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;


•	Israel employees severance pay; and


•	Probability assessment of performance based stock unit vesting.

We have expanded our critical accounting policies for the nine months ended October 31, 2014.

Recoverability of Long-Lived Assets

We periodically evaluate our long-lived assets for potential impairment. In accordance with the relevant accounting guidance, we review 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.

We make 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 (or DCF) method. Application of the DCF method for long-lived assets requires judgment and

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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.

Recoverability of Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the fair value of consideration transferred in the 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.

We apply the FASB's guidance when testing goodwill for impairment which permits management 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 management 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 management concludes otherwise, it is then required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test.

For reporting units where we decide to perform a qualitative assessment, our 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, our financial performance and trends, our strategies and business plans, capital requirements, management and personnel issues, and our 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 we perform the two-step goodwill impairment test, the first step requires us to compare the fair value of each reporting unit to the carrying value of its net assets. Management 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. Management'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.

We use the work of an independent third party appraisal firm to assist us in considering our determination of the implied fair value of our goodwill. The fair values are calculated using the income approach and a market approach based on comparable companies. The income approach, more commonly known as the discounted cash flow approach, estimates fair value based on the cash flows that an asset can be expected to generate over its useful life. If the carrying value of a reporting unit's goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, then an impairment charge equal to the difference is recorded. Assumptions and estimates about future values of our reporting units and implied goodwill are complex and subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in our business strategy and our internal forecasts. Although we believe the historical assumptions and estimates we have made are reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions and estimates could materially impact our reported financial results.

The determination of reporting units also requires management judgment. We assess whether a reporting unit exists within a reportable segment by identifying the unit, determining whether the unit qualifies as a business under U.S. GAAP, and assessing the availability and regular review by segment management of discrete financial information for the unit.

Management'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.

During the three months ended April 30, 2014, following the announcement on April 15, 2014 of our fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 results, our stock price and market capitalization declined. As a result of the decrease in stock price and market capitalization, we performed an interim goodwill test in conjunction with the preparation of the financial statements for the three months ended April 30, 2014.

We completed our annual review for impairment as of November 1, 2014 which did not result in an impairment.

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discounted cash flow method, which uses revenues and operating income growth rate assumptions to estimate cash flows in future periods. Growth rates were based on current levels of backlog, the retention of existing customers, and our ability to generate new order bookings with both existing and new customers. The factors that affect the forecasted results and related revenue and operating income growth assumptions include, but are not limited to: (1) declines in new order bookings with existing and new customers, (2) the achievement of expected cost efficiencies from restructuring actions taken previously, (3) the retention of maintenance contracts with existing customers. Management used a discount rate of 9.5% to estimate the present value of future cash flows, which is lower than the Company's interim goodwill impairment assessment performed as of April 30, 2014. The reduced discount rate was based upon an analysis of market data from similar companies and a higher proportion of recurring revenues in the forecasted cash flows. Holding all other assumptions constant, an increase in the discount rate used by approximately 200 basis points would reduce the headroom of the reporting unit’s goodwill such that goodwill would be impaired.

Our 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.

We do not believe that there were any other significant changes in our critical accounting policies during the nine months ended October 31, 2014.

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 2013 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2014, 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 nine months ended October 31, 2014.


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 October 31, 2014. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of October 31, 2014 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 October 31, 2014 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 18 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 2013 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2014.


ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS

Except as noted below, there are no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2013 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2014.

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information, expose us to liability and harm our reputation and business.

In the ordinary course of our business we collect and store sensitive data, including intellectual property, personal information, our proprietary business information and that of our customers, suppliers and business partners, and personally identifiable information of our customers and employees in our data centers and on our networks. The secure maintenance and transmission of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of confidential information. Computer hackers may attempt to penetrate our computer systems and, if successful, misappropriate personal or confidential business information. In addition, an associate, contractor, or other third-party with whom we do business may attempt to circumvent our security measures in order to obtain such information, and may purposefully or inadvertently cause a breach involving such information. Any such compromise of our data security and access, public disclosure, or loss of personal or confidential business information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and regulatory penalties, disrupt our operations, damage our reputation and customers’ willingness to transact business with us, and subject us to additional costs and liabilities any of which could adversely affect our business. Although we have historically experienced actual or attempted breaches of our computer systems, none of these breaches has had a material effect on our business, operations or reputation.

We experienced a decline in product bookings during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 compared to the prior fiscal year. If product bookings do not increase, our revenue, profitability and cash flows will likely be materially adversely affected and we may be required to implement certain measures to preserve or enhance our operating results and cash position.

We experienced a decline in product bookings in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, which continued an adverse business trend that began in 2008. Product bookings is expected to decrease in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015 and may continue to decrease in future periods. If product bookings do not increase, our revenue, profitability and cash flows will likely be materially adversely affected and we may be required to implement further cost reduction measures and other initiatives to preserve and enhance our operating results and cash position. Any such measures may limit or hinder our ability to execute our strategy and achieve our objectives thereby adversely affecting our business. In addition, declines in customer activity may result in reduced revenue in future periods and may require us to record non-cash expenses relating to the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, which may materially adversely affect our results of operations.

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

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

In the three months ended October 31, 2014, we purchased an aggregate of 563 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 which expires on December 15, 2014. Repurchases are made under the program using our own cash resources. During the three months ended October 31, 2014, we repurchased in the open market under this program 452,402 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $9.7 million, at a weighted average purchase price of $21.46 per share.



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
August 1, 2014 – August 31, 2014	—	$	—	—	$	26,427,214
September 1, 2014 – September 30, 2014	185,282	22.67		185,282	22,227,341
October 1, 2014 – October 31, 2014	267,683	20.63		267,120	16,716,813
Total	452,965	$	21.46	452,402	$	16,716,813


ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None


ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.


ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.

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ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.		Exhibit Description


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 and nine months ended October 31, 2014, 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.

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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.

December 10, 2014	/s/ Philippe Tartavull
	Philippe Tartavull President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

December 10, 2014	/s/ Thomas B. Sabol
	Thomas B. Sabol Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

XURA, INC. - FORM 10-Q - December 10, 2014

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