UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
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(Mark One)
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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For the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018
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ScanSource, Inc.
South Carolina
(Exact nameState of registrant as specified in its charter)incorporation)

57-0965380
(I.R.S. Employer
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6 Logue Court
Greenville, South Carolina 29615
(864) 288-2432
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South Carolina
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
57-0965380
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6 Logue Court
Greenville, South Carolina
(Address of principal executive offices)
29615
(Zip Code)
(864) 288-2432
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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The aggregate market value of the voting common stock of the Registrant held by non-affiliates of the Registrant at December 31, 20142017 was $1,143,899,207,$910,611,127, as computed by reference to the closing price of such stock on such date.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The forward-looking statements included in the "Business," "Risk Factors," "Legal Proceedings," "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" sections and elsewhere herein, which reflect our best judgment based on factors currently known, involve risks and uncertainties.herein. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "plans," "hopes," "forecasts," "seeks," "estimates," "goals," "projects," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended togenerally identify such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this Form 10-K is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as may be required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.except as required by law. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors including, but not limited to, changes in interest and exchange rates and regulatory regimes impacting our overseas operations, the factors discussedfailure of acquisitions to meet our expectations, the failure to manage and implement our organic growth strategy, credit risks involving our larger customers and suppliers, termination of our relationship with key suppliers or a significant modification of the terms under which we operate with a key supplier, the decline in such sectionsdemand for the products and in particular, thoseservices that we provide, reduced prices for the products and services that we provide due both to competitor and customer actions and the other factors set forth in the cautionary statements"Risk Factors" contained in "Risk Factors." The forward-looking information we have provided in this Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to the safe harbor established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 should be evaluated in the context of these factors.herein.








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PART I

ITEM 1.    Business.

ScanSource, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries referred to as “the Company” or “ScanSource” or “we”) is at the center of the technology solution delivery channel, connecting businesses and providing solutions for their complex needs. Using a channel sales model, we provide technology solutions and services from the world’s leading suppliers of point-of-sale (POS), Inc. payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and collaboration, cloud and telecom services to market.
Our customers are businesses of all sizes that sell to end-users across many industries. Our customer channels include value-added resellers (“VARs”), sales partners or agents, independent sales organizations (“ISOs”) and independent software vendors (“ISVs”). These customer channels provide us with multiple routes-to-market. We align our teams, tools and processes around our customers to help them grow through reducing their costs, creating efficiencies and generating end-user demand for business solutions. We enable our customers to create, deliver and manage solutions for end-users across almost every vertical market in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe.
ScanSource was incorporated in South Carolina in 1992 and isserves approximately 45,000 customers globally. Net sales for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 totaled $3.8 billion. As a leading international wholesale distributorpercentage of specialty technology products. ScanSource, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("the Company") provide value-added distribution services for technology manufacturers and sell to resellersfiscal year 2018 net sales, approximately 75% of our business was in the following specialty technology markets: POS and Barcode, Physical Security, 3D Printing and Communications.

The Company operates in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe. The Company distributes to the United States and Canada, from its Southaven, Mississippi distribution center; toand approximately 14% in Latin America principallyand 11% in Europe. Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SCSC.”
Strategy
We rely on a channel sales model to offer hardware, software, services and connectivity from distribution centers locatedtechnology suppliers to our customers (resellers, agents, ISOs, ISVs) to solve end-user needs. While we do not manufacture products, we are a leading channel sales partner for many of our technology suppliers and offer the industry leading technology solutions and services for our customers. Our solutions may include a combination of offerings from multiple suppliers or access to additional services, such as custom configuration, key injection, deployment, provisioning and integration support. We also offer our customers the flexibility of on-premise, cloud or hybrid solutions for their end-users.
As a trusted adviser to our customers, we understand end-users' needs and provide our customers with hardware, software, service and connectivity solutions. In addition, we drive growth for our customers through enhancing their capabilities with value-added support programs and services, including education and training, network assessments, implementation and marketing, designed to help our customers develop new technology practices and reach new end-users.
Part of our strategy is to expand in Miami, Florida, Mexico, Brazilhigher margin and Colombia;adjacent markets to help our customers offer more products and services while building recurring revenue opportunities. In fiscal 2018, we acquired POS Portal, a leading provider of payments devices and services primarily to Europe, principallythe small and medium-sized (“SMB”) business segment. POS Portal added to our offerings industry-leading services and capabilities in serving the U.S. payments channel. In fiscal 2017, we acquired Intelisys, an industry-leading technology services provider (also called a master agent) of business telecommunications and cloud services. Using a master agent business model, Intelisys acts as an intermediary connecting sales partners with service providers and suppliers who offer services to end-users. Intelisys’ sales partners earn commission payments from its distribution centersthose service providers or suppliers on end-user sales, typically multi-year contracts. Intelisys earns a percentage of the commission streams, building more predictable, recurring revenues. Since our Intelisys business is a services model, the working capital requirements are very low and require no inventories.
Value Proposition
Our customer channels and supplier relationships serve as competitive advantages. From our position in Belgium, France, Germany,the center of the solution delivery channel, we provide robust value to both our customers and the United Kingdom.our suppliers. We make it easier for our customers and suppliers to deliver leading technology solutions that drive business outcomes for end-users.
Value proposition for our customers:
Understand end-user needs
Provide more complete technology solutions
Offer market and technology solution expertise
Offer training, education and marketing services
Provide custom configuration, platforms and digital tools
Deliver technical support

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Enable opportunities in emerging technologies
Reduce working capital requirements
Offer flexible financing solutions
Help provide navigation and understanding of supplier programs

Value proposition for our supplier:
Provide access to emerging, diverse and established customer channels
Create scale and efficiency
Serve small- and medium-sized businesses more efficiently
Deliver more complete technology solutions
Provide market insights
Offer expertise and technical support
Manage channel credit
Create demand

Financial Strength
Our consolidated balance sheet reflects financial strength. Our strong balance sheet and cash generated from our business provide us with the ability to execute our capital allocation plan, which includes organic growth, strategic acquisitions and share repurchases. We have the financial flexibility to invest in our business and in future growth.
Business Segments

We segment our business into two technology-focused areas that each operate in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and Europe:
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security (“WW Barcode, Networking & Security”); and
Worldwide Communications & Services (“WW Communications & Services”).

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment

The WW Barcode, Networking & Security distribution segment focuses on automatic identification andportfolio of solutions includes enterprise mobile computing, data capture, ("AIDC"), point-of-sale ("POS"),barcode printing, POS, payments, networking, electronic physical security, cyber security and 3D printingother technologies. We have business units within this segmentThere are adjacencies among these technologies to develop and deliver solutions for sales and merchandising functions, including ScanSource POS and Barcode business units in North America, Latin America, and Europe and the ScanSource Security business unit in North America. AIDCour customers. These solutions include data capture and POS productssolutions that interface with computer systems used to automate the collection, processing and communication of information for commercial and industrial applications, including retail sales, distribution, shipping, inventory control, materials handling, warehouse management and health care applications. Electronic physical security products include identification, access control, video surveillance, intrusion-related and wireless and networking infrastructure products. 3D printing solutions replace
The WW Barcode, Networking & Security segment includes the 2015 acquisition of KBZ, which specializes in video conferencing, services, and complement traditional printing methodscloud, and reduce the time and cost2017 acquisition of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input.

POS Portal.
Worldwide Communications & Services Segment

The WW Communications & Services distribution segment focuses onportfolio of solutions includes communications technologies and services. We have business units within this segmentservices for sales and merchandising functions, and these business units offer voice, video conferencing, wireless, data networking, cyber security, cable, unified communications and converged communications solutions in North America, Latin America,collaboration, cloud and Europe.technology services. As these solutions come together on IP networks, new opportunities are created for value-added resellers to move into adjacent solutions for all vertical markets, includingsuch as education, healthcare and government. ScanSource
The WW Communications & Services Group deliverssegment includes the 2015 acquisition of Network1, a leading value-added distributor of communications technologies, infrastructure solutions, digital networks and cyber security in Latin America, and the 2016 acquisition of Intelisys.
See Note 14 - Segment Information in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosures of financial statement metrics, including revenue by each technology-focused segment.




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Customers

Our customers are businesses of all sizes that sell to end-users across industries ranging from manufacturing, warehouse and distribution, retail and e-commerce, hospitality, transportation and logistics, government, education and health care, among others. Our customers provide us with multiple routes-to-market through various channels, including: VARs, agents, ISOs, and ISVs. No single customer accounted for more than 6% of our total net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.
VARs
Within VARs, our customers include specialty technology VARs, direct marketers, IT system integrators and service providers. Specialty technology VARs focus on one or more technologies, providing specialized knowledge and expertise for technology solutions, such as tailored software or integrated hardware. Direct marketers provide a very broad range of technology brands to business, government, education and healthcare markets. IT system integrators develop computer and networking solutions for end-user customers’ IT needs. Service providers deliver advanced multi-discipline services with customized solutions that bundle data, collaboration, cloud, network and digital telecommunication services for end-users' needs.
Sales Partner or Agents
Sales partners or agents focus on selling telecommunications and cloud services to end-users, advising about various services, technologies and cost alternatives to help them make informed choices. Sales partners or agents typically earn monthly commissions on multi-year contract sales as they build their recurring revenue business.
Independent Sales Organizations
ISOs focus on selling credit card processing and finding new merchant customers for credit card member banks. They offer on-going customer service and support programsand look to bundle hardware, software and processing services.
Independent Software Vendors
ISVs develop software, apps and integrated solutions. They generally focus on cloud solutions and sell bundled hardware, software and service solutions.
Suppliers
We provide products and services from more than 500 suppliers, including educationAruba/HPE, Axis, AudioCodes, Avaya, Barco, Bematech, Brocade/Ruckus, CenturyLink/Level 3, Cisco, Comcast Business, Datalogic, Dell, Dialogic, Elo, Epson, F5, Fortinet, Hanwha, Honeywell, HID, Ingenico, Jabra, March Networks, Mitel, NCR, Oracle, Panasonic, Plantronics/Polycom, RingCentral, Samsung, Sony, Spectralink, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Ubiquiti, Unify, Verifone, Verizon, Windstream, XO and training, network assessments, custom configuration, implementationZebra Technologies. We also offer customers significant choices in cloud services through our Intelisys business, including offerings in contact center, infrastructure and unified communications.
We provide products and services from many of our key suppliers in all of our geographic markets; however, certain suppliers only allow distribution to specific geographies. We typically purchase products directly from the supplier and our supplier agreements generally do not restrict us from selling similar or competitive products or services. We have the flexibility to terminate or curtail sales of one product line in favor of another due to technological change, pricing considerations, product availability, customer demand or supplier distribution policies.
Products from three suppliers, Avaya, Cisco and Zebra, each constituted more than 10% of our net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.
We have two non-exclusive agreements with Avaya. One agreement covers the distribution of Avaya products in the United States and Latin America, and the other agreement covers distribution of Avaya products in the United Kingdom and portions of continental Europe. Our Avaya agreements each have a one year term that automatically renews for additional one year terms. Either party may terminate upon 180 days' notice for the United States and Latin America agreement and upon 90 days' notice for the European agreement.

We have three non-exclusive agreements with Cisco. One agreement covers the distribution of Cisco products in the United States for our KBZ business and has a three year term; one agreement covers distribution of Cisco products in the Unites States for the rest of our business and has a two year term; and one agreement covers distribution of products in

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Brazil and has a two year term. Each of these agreements must be renewed by written agreement. Either party may terminate the agreement upon 30 days' notice to the other party.

We have two non-exclusive agreements with Zebra. One agreement covers sales of Zebra products in North and South America, and the other agreement covers sales of Zebra products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"). The Zebra agreements each have a one year term that automatically renews for additional one year terms, and either party may terminate the agreement upon 30 days' notice to the other party.

In addition to the agreements mentioned above, we have written agreements with almost all of our other suppliers. These agreements generally include the following terms:

Non-exclusive distribution rights to resell products and related services in geographical areas (vendor agreements often include territorial restrictions that limit the countries in which we can sell their products and services).
Short-term periods, subject to periodic renewal, and provide for termination by either party without cause upon 30 to 120 days' notice.
Stock rotation rights, which give us the ability, subject to limitations, to return for credit or exchange a portion of the items purchased.
Price protection provisions, which enables us to take a credit for declines in inventory value resulting from the vendor's price reductions.

Along with our inventory management policies and practices, these stock rotation rights and price protection provisions are designed to reduce our risk of loss due to slow-moving inventory, vendor price reductions, product updates and obsolescence.
We participate in various rebate, cash discount and cooperative marketing programs offered by our suppliers to support expenses associated with selling and marketing the suppliers' products and services. These rebates and purchase discounts are largely influenced by sales volumes and are subject to help resellers developchange.
Our suppliers generally warrant their products we sell and allow returns of defective products, including those returned to us by our customers. For three of our product offerings, we offer a new technology practice,self-branded warranty program. We purchase contracts from unrelated third parties, generally the original equipment manufacturers, to fulfill our obligations to service or to extend their capability and reach.replace defective product claimed on these warranty programs. To maintain customer relations, we also facilitate returns of defective products from our customers by accepting for exchange, with our prior approval, most defective products within 30 days of invoicing. In addition, local laws may in some cases impose warranty obligations on the Company.

ProductsOfferings and Markets

The CompanyWe currently marketsmarket over 100,000 products from over 300500 hardware, software and software vendorsservice suppliers to approximately 35,000 reseller customers45,000 customers. We sell products and services to the U.S. and Canada from distribution centersour facilities located in Mississippi, California and Kentucky; into Latin America principally from facilities located in Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia Brazil,and Chile; and into Europe principally from facilities located in Belgium, France Germany, and the United Kingdom. See "Risk Factors," for a discussion of the risks related to our foreign operations. We also have drop-shipment arrangements with some of our suppliers, which allow us to offer products to customers without taking physical delivery at our facilities. These drop-shipment arrangements represent approximately 25% of fiscal year 2018 net sales.

The Barcode & Security distribution segment focusesOur offerings to our customers include hardware, software, services and connectivity from leading technology suppliers, including the flexibility of on-premise, cloud and hybrid solutions. We believe that customers want to offer end-users complete technology solutions that solve real business needs and drive business outcomes. We align our teams, tools, and processes to help our customers grow by providing more complete solutions through a better understanding of end-users’ need. We may provide a combination of offerings from multiple suppliers or give our customers access to additional services, such as configuration, key injection, integration support and others to deliver solutions.
We provide our customers and suppliers an array of pre-sale business tools and value-added services, including market and technology solution expertise, education and training, product configuration tools, technical support, logistics and channel financial services. These services allow our customers to gain knowledge and experience on AIDC, POS, physical securitymarketing, negotiation and 3D printing technologies.selling, to improve customer service, to profitably grow their business and be more cost effective. Our business is enhanced by our ability and our willingness to provide the extra level of services that keeps both our customers and our suppliers satisfied.
We bring technology solutions and services that include the following offerings:

AIDC
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POS: We provide POS solutions for retail, grocery and hospitality environments to efficiently manage in-store sales and operations. POS solutions include computer-based terminals, tablets, monitors, payment processing solutions, receipt printers, pole displays, cash drawers, keyboards, peripheral equipment and fully integrated processing units. These solutions may include self-service checkout, kiosks and products that attach to the POS network in the store, including network access points, routers and digital signage.

Payments: We offer payment terminals, comprehensive key injection services, reseller partner branding, extensive key libraries, ability to provide point-to-point encryption (“P2PE”), and redundant key injection facilities. We have the resources to deliver secure payment devices that are preconfigured and ready for use. In addition, we partner with ISVs to deliver to merchants integrated tablet POS solution hardware that a merchant may purchase outright or “as a service,” and which includes merchant hardware support and next-day replacement of tablets, terminals and peripherals.

Barcode: We offer automatic identification and data capture (“AIDC”) technology that incorporates the capabilities for electronic identification and data processing without the need for manual input andinput. These solutions consists of a wide range of products that include portable data collection terminals, wireless products, bar code label printers and scanners. As AIDC technology has become more pervasive, applications have evolved from traditional uses, such as inventory control, materials handling, distribution, shipping and warehouse management, to more advanced applications, such as health care.

POS products include those computer-based systems that have replaced
Physical Security: We provide electronic cash registers in grocery, retail and hospitality environments. POS product lines include computer-based terminals, monitors, receipt printers, pole displays, cash drawers, keyboards, peripheral equipment and fully integrated processing units. In addition, ScanSource POS and

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Barcode business units sell products that attach to the POS network in the store, including kiosks, network access points, routers and digital signage displays.

Electronic physical security productssolutions that include identification, access control, video surveillance and intrusion-related products and networking.networking infrastructure. Physical security products are used every day across every vertical market to protect lives, property and information; there is a heavy penetration into schools, municipalities, correctional institutions and retail environments. Physical security products are deployed across both wired and wireless infrastructures and often serve as the backbone of the solution.information. These technology productssolutions require specialized knowledge to deploy effective solutions,effectively, and ScanSource Security offerswe offer in-depth training and education to its partnersour customers to enable them to maintain the appropriate skill levels.

3D printing solutions replace
Unified Communications and complement traditional printing methodsCollaboration: We provide unified communications and reduce the timecollaboration capabilities, such as voice, video, audio conferencing, web conferencing and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input. 3D printing is targeted at the manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace, and automotive markets, providing professionals and consumers the ability to bring their ideas to life in material choices including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles.messaging. These solutions are used to rapidly design, create, communicate, plan, guide, prototype or produce functional parts, devices and assemblies.

The Communications & Services distribution segment focuses on communications technologies and services.

In Communications, voice and data products include private branch exchanges ("PBXs"), key systems, telephone handsets and components used in voice, fax, data, voice recognition, call center management and IP communication applications. Converged communication productsofferings combine voice, data, fax and speech technologies with computers, telecommunications and the internet to deliver communications solutions that combine computers, telecommunicationson-premise, from the cloud and the Internet. Converged communicationsas a hybrid. Software and hardware products include telephone and IP network interfaces,IP-based telephony platforms, Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") systems, PBX integration productsprivate branch exchanges (“PBXs”), call center applications, video conferencing, desk phones and carrier-class board systems-level products. Video products includeother endpoints. Cloud-delivered services, such as unified communications, contact center and video conferencing, enable end-user customers to consume and voice conferencing and network systems; and data networking products include switches, servers and routers.pay for communications services typically on a monthly subscription basis.

Through our ScanSource
Cloud and Telecom Services Group: We offer business unit, we deliver value-added support programs andcommunications services, including educationvoice, data, access, cable collaboration, wireless and training, customer configuration, marketingcloud. We focus on empowering and educating customers so they can advise end-users in making informed choices about services, network assessments, WiFitechnology and cost savings. We have contracts with more than 150 of the world’s leading telecom carriers and cloud services and partnership programs, including our SUMO partner directory. ScanSource Services Group focuses on reducing complexity, building efficiency, and helping our resellers grow their businesses.providers.

See Item 7, "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"Operations," below for a discussion of the amount of the Company’sour net sales contributed by business segment.

Industry Overview

Our People
The distribution channels for specialty technology products generally consiststrength of manufacturers (also referred to as vendors), wholesale distributors such as ScanSource, resellers and end users. The "sales channel" for specialty technology products typically evolves through a three-stage process: (i) direct sales by manufacturers to end-users; (ii) single-tier distribution in which manufacturers sell to resellers who, in turn, sell directly to end users; and (iii) two-tier, or wholesale distribution, in which manufacturers sell to wholesale distributors, including ScanSource, who sell only to resellers who, in turn, sell directly to end users. Currently, the wholesale distribution channel for technology productsour Company is served by both broad line and specialty distributors. The broad line distributors are engaged primarily in conventional order fulfillment and typically offer their reseller customers less support and fewer value-added services than do specialty distributors. The specialty distributors that compete with ScanSource are generally smaller, both in terms of size and geographic area covered.

Competition among an expanding number of manufacturers typically causes product prices to decrease and product applications to expand, which has resulted in an increasing number of resellers entering the market in order to support a broader base of potential end users. As the number of resellers and end-users has grown, competition among manufacturers and within the reseller channel has intensified. Because many specialty technology manufacturers develop products that represent only one part of a total solution, most products eventually are developed to provide interoperability among products from multiple manufacturers. As a result of interoperability, a variety of manufacturers' products are typically configuredour people, working together to create a system solution. Therefore, both manufacturers and resellers have become more dependent upon value-added wholesale distributors, such as ScanSource, for the aggregationhelp our customers grow their businesses. As of products and reseller support services, as well as the organization and maintenance of an efficient market structure.

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In addition, manufacturers that face declining product prices and rising costs of direct sales increasingly rely upon value-added wholesale distributors by outsourcing certain support functions, such as product assortment, delivery, inventory management, technical assistance and marketing. At the same time, shortened product life cycles and the introduction of new products and applications have caused resellers to increasingly rely on wholesale distributors for various inventory management, financing, technical support and related functions. The Company believes that, as the reseller market grows and becomes more fragmented, and as specialty technology products continue to transition to open systems, the wholesale distribution channel in which the Company operates will become increasingly more important.

Vendors

The Company's key vendors in barcode technologies include Bematech, Cisco, Datalogic, Elo, Epson, Honeywell, Ingenico, NCR, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Verifone and Zebra Technologies. The Company's key vendors for security technologies include Arecont, Axis, Bosch, Cisco, Datacard, Exacq Technologies, HID, March Networks, Panasonic, Ruckus Wireless, Samsung, Sony and Zebra Card. The Company's key vendors in communications technologies include Aruba, AudioCodes, Avaya, Cisco, Dialogic, Jabra, Mitel, Plantronics, Polycom, Shoretel, and Spectralink.
The Company's products are typically purchased directly from the manufacturer on a non-exclusive basis. The Company's agreements with its vendors generally do not restrict the Company from selling similar or comparable products manufactured by competitors. The Company has the flexibility to terminate or curtail sales of one product line in favor of another due to technological change, pricing considerations, product availability, customer demand or vendor distribution policies.

The Company has over 300 hardware and software vendors that currently supply its products. Two vendors, Zebra and Avaya, each constitutedJune 30, 2018, we had more than 10%2,600 employees, of the Company's net sales. These vendors represent key vendors for the Company, and further, represent a vendor concentration for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.

The Company has two non-exclusive distribution agreements with Motorola/Zebra. One agreement covers sales of Motorola/Zebra hardware and software products in North and South America, and another agreement covers sales of Motorola/Zebra hardware and software products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"). The Motorola/Zebra agreements each have a one year term that automatically renews for additional one year terms, and either party may terminate the agreement upon 30 days notice to the other party.

The Company also has two non-exclusive distribution agreements with Avaya. One agreement covers the distribution of Avaya productswhich approximately 1,500 are in the United States and Latin America, and the other agreement covers distribution of Avaya products1,100 are located internationally in the United Kingdom and certain portions of continental Europe. The Company's Avaya agreements each have a one year term that automatically renews for additional one year terms. These agreements may be terminated upon providing notice to the other party of 180 days for the U.S. and Latin America agreement and 90 days for the European agreement.

In addition to the Motorola/Zebra and Avaya agreements mentioned above, the Company has written distribution agreements with almost all of its vendors. These agreements were entered into in the ordinary course of business and are in the form that the Company believes are customarily used by manufacturers and distributors. The Company's agreements generally provide it with non-exclusive distribution rights and often include territorial restrictions that limit the countries in which the Company can distribute its products. These agreements, including those with Motorola and Avaya typically provide the Company with stock rotation and price protection provisions. Stock rotation rights give the Company the ability, subject to certain limitations, to return for credit or exchange a portion of those inventory items purchased from the vendor. Price protection situations occur when a vendor credits the Company for declines in inventory value resulting from the vendor's price reductions. Along with the Company's inventory management policies and practices, these provisions are designed to reduce the Company's risk of loss due to slow-moving inventory, vendor price reductions, product updates or obsolescence.

Some of the Company's distribution agreements contain minimum purchase requirements that the Company must meet in order to receive preferential prices. The Company participates in various rebate, cash discount and cooperative marketing programs offered by its vendors to support expenses associated with distributing and marketing the vendor's products. These rebates and purchase discounts are generally influenced by sales volumes and are subject to change.

The Company's distribution agreements are generally short term, subject to periodic renewal, and provide for termination by either party without cause upon 30 to 120 days' notice. The Company's vendors generally warrant the products the Company distributes and allow returns of defective products, including those returned to the Company by its customers. The Company generally does

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not independently warrant the products it distributes; however, local laws may in some cases impose warranty obligations on the Company.

The Company’s merchandising departments recruit vendors and manage important aspects of its vendor relationships, such as purchasing arrangements, cooperative marketing initiatives, vendor sales force relationships, product training, monitoring of rebate programs, and various contract terms and conditions.

Customers

The Company’s reseller customers currently include approximately 35,000 active value-added reseller ("VAR") accounts located in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. No single customer accountedWe have no organized labor or trade unions in the United States. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.
Competition
We believe we are a leader in the specialty markets we serve. The market for more than 5% of the Company’s total net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. The Company generally targets resellers, including specialty technology VARs and Information Technology ("IT") system integrators and service providers.

Specialty Technology VARs

These resellers focus on selling specialty technology products as tailored software or integrated hardwareand solutions for their end-users’ existing applications. They also incorporate specialty technology products into customized technology solutions for their end-users. Primary industries served by these resellers include manufacturing, distribution, health care, pharmaceutical, hospitality, government, convenience, grocery, financial and other retail markets.

IT System Integrators

These resellers develop computer and networking solutions for their end-users’ IT needs. They typically have well-established relationships with end-user decision makers and are seeking additional revenue and profit opportunities in technology markets, such as AIDC, POS, physical security or communications.

Service Providers

These providers focus on providing advanced services that offer customized solutions that bundle data, collaboration, cloud, network and digital telecommunication services for their end-users' needs. They specialize in multi-vendor and multi-discipline services within various geographies.

Sales and Electronic Commerce

The Company’s sales department consists primarily of inside sales representatives locatedis highly competitive, both in the United States Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In order to build strong customer relationships, most active resellers are assigned to a sales representative. Each sales representative negotiates pricing directly with their assigned customers. The Company also employs business development representatives who are responsible for developing technical expertise within broad product markets, recruiting customers, creating demand, and reviewing overall product and service requirements of resellers. Each sales representative and business development representative receives comprehensive training with respect to the technical characteristics of each vendor’s products. This training is supplemented by frequent product seminars conducted by vendors’ representatives and bi-weekly meetings among product, marketing and sales managers.

Increasingly, customers rely upon the Company’s electronic ordering and information systems, in addition to its product catalogs and frequent mailings, as sources for product information, including availability and price. Through the Company’s websites, most customers can gain remote access to the Company’s information systems to check real-time product availability, see their customized pricing and place orders. Customers can also follow the status of their orders and obtain United Parcel Service ("UPS") and Federal Express ("FedEx") package tracking numbers from this site.

Marketing

The Company provides a range of marketing services, including cooperative advertising with vendors through trade publications and direct mail, product catalogs for each of the North American, European and Latin American markets, periodic newsletters, management of sales leads, trade shows with hardware and software companies and vendors and sales promotions. In addition, the Company organizes and operates its own web seminars and works closely with top vendors to recruit prospective resellers and

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introduce new applications for the specialty technology products it distributes. The Company frequently customizes its marketing services for vendors and, through its ScanSource Services Group, for resellers.

Value-Added Services

We differentiate ourselves by providing our resellers and our vendors an array of pre-sale business tools and value-added services, including logistics, financial services, product configuration tools, sales expertise, and technical support. These services allow our customers to gain knowledge on marketing, to gain expertise in selling and negotiation, to grow their business profitably, and to be more cost effective in their business. These services allow our vendors to recognize cost savings in their business, to improve their market presence, and to reduce variation in their business. Our business is based upon our abilities and our willingness to provide the extra service that keeps both our vendors and our customers coming back. In addition, our ScanSource Services Group ("SSG") assists resellers in providing more complete solutions and improving customer service. The mission of SSG is to provide our partners with the best and most cost-effective tools that will help accelerate business growth. Through our professional services, integration, custom configuration, marketing, education and training programs and partnership services, SSG improves efficiency, productivity, quality control, and profitability of our business partners. Since partners can leverage our expertise to complement or expand their reach, SSG is positioned to create opportunities, extend resources and increase profit for our partners.

Operations

Information Systems

The Company is in the process of continuing to roll-out a new, global information system designed to replace the current existing systems. This new system is currently operating in Europe and in North America. The current information systems (including the new SAP system) are scalable and capable of supporting numerous operational functions including purchasing, receiving, order processing, shipping, inventory management and accounting. Sales representatives rely on the information systems for on-line, real-time information on product pricing, inventory availability and reservation, and order status. The Company’s warehouse operations use bar code technology for receiving and shipping, and automated UPS and FedEx systems for freight processing and shipment tracking, each of which is integrated with the Company’s multiple information systems. The customer service and technical support departments employ the systems for documentation and faster processing of customer product returns. To ensure that adequate inventory levels are maintained, the Company’s buyers depend on the system’s purchasing and receiving functions to track inventory on a continual basis.

Warehouse and Shipping Strategy

We operate a 600,000 square foot distribution center in Southaven, Mississippi, which is located near the FedEx hub facility in Memphis, Tennessee and serves all of North America. Our European operations utilize a limited number of distribution centers located in Belgium, France, Germany and the United Kingdom that serves all of Europe. Warehouses for our Latin American operations are located in Miami, Florida, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Our distribution model creates several advantages, including: (i) a reduced amount of "safety stock" inventory which, in turn, reduces the Company’s working capital requirements; (ii) an increased turnover rate through tighter controls over inventory; (iii) maintenance of a consistent order-fill rate; (iv) improved personnel productivity; (v) improved delivery time; (vi) simplified purchasing and tracking; (vii) decreased demand for management personnel; and (viii) flexibility to meet customer needs for systems integration. Our objective is to ship all orders on the same day, using bar code technology to expedite shipments and minimize shipping errors. The Company offers reduced freight rates and flexible delivery options to minimize a reseller’s need for inventory.

Financial Services

Our sales terms are competitive within our specific geographic areas for qualified resellers and facilitate various third-party financing options whichinternationally. Competitive factors include leasing, flooring and other secured financing. We believe this policy reduces the customer’s need to establish multiple credit relationships with a large number of manufacturers.

Competition

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive. Competition is based primarily on factors such as price, product availability, speed and accuracy of delivery, effectiveness of sales and marketing programs, credit availability, ability to tailor

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specific solutions to customer needs, quality and breadth of product lines and services, and availability of technical and product information.

Our competitors include local, regional, national and national wholesaleinternational distributors, as well as hardware manufacturers (including most of the Company’s vendors)suppliers that sell directly to resellers and to end users.end-users. In addition, our competitors include master resellers that sell to franchisees, third partythird-party dealers and end users. end-users.

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Certain current and potential competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than the Company haswe have and may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Certain smaller, regional competitors, who are specialty two tiertwo-tier or mixed model master resellers, may also be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and local or regional changes in customer requirements.requirements from the specialized market focus. Competition has increased for our sales units over the last several years as broad line and other value addedvalue-added distributors have entered into the specialty technology markets. Such competition could also result in price reductions, reduced margins and/orand loss of market share.

In our Barcode/WW Barcode, Networking & Security segment, we compete with broad-line distributors, such as Avnet, Ingram Micro, Synnex and Tech Data in allmost geographic areas, and more specialized security distributors, such as ADI and Anixter. Additionally, the Companywe also competescompete against other smaller, more specialized AIDC and POS distributors, such as Azerty, BlueStar, BP Solutions, Jarltech Prime Interway Do Brasil and Nimax. In our Communications/WW Communications & Services segment, the Company competeswe compete against broad-line distributors, such as Avnet, Ingram Micro, Synnex and Tech Data, and more specialized distributors, such as Jenne NETXUSA and Westcon. Additionally, for Intelisys' technology services, we also compete against other smaller, master agents, such as Avant and Telarus. As the Company seekswe seek to expand itsour business into other areas closely related to the Company’sour offerings, the Companywe may encounter increased competition from current competitors and/or from new competitors, some of which may be the Company’sour current customers.

Sales
Employees

AsOur sales department consists of June 30, 2015, we had approximately 2,000 employeesinside and field sales representatives located in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. The majority of our customers are assigned to a dedicated sales representative or team whose main focus is developing customer relationships and providing the customer with the solutions to meet their end-user’s needs. Our sales teams are advocates for and trusted advisers to our customers. Sales teams are often responsible for developing technical expertise within broad product markets, recruiting customers, creating demand, negotiating pricing and reviewing overall product and service requirements of our customers. Our sales representatives receive comprehensive training with respect to the technical characteristics of suppliers’ products, supplemented by frequent product and service seminars conducted by vendor representatives and bi-weekly meetings among product, marketing and sales managers.
Our sales teams also provide customers with online ordering, API, EDI and other information systems, allowing customers to easily gain access to product specifications, availability, and customized pricing, as well as the ability to place and follow the status of orders.
Marketing
We market our technology solutions and services through a range of digital and print channels, including online product catalogs customized for our North American, Latin American and European markets; social media; search engine optimization and marketing; content marketing; content automation; e-commerce; email direct marketing, among others. Our marketing practices are tailored to fit the specific needs of our customers and suppliers - ensuring we help our partners create, deliver and manage solutions for end-users across our vertical markets. Our comprehensive marketing efforts include sales promotions, advertisements, management of sales leads, trade show design and event management, advertorials, content creation, partner events, and training and certification courses with leading suppliers in an effort to recruit prospective customers.
Operations
Information Technology Systems
Starting in 2015, we rolled-out a new, global SAP information system designed to replace the current existing systems. This new system is currently operating in the U.S. and Canada, excluding Intelisys and POS Portal; in Europe; and in Latin America, excluding Brazil. Our information systems are scalable and Europe.capable of supporting numerous operational functions including purchasing, receiving, order processing, shipping, inventory management and accounting. Our customers and employees rely on our information systems for on-line, real-time information on pricing, inventory availability and reservation and order status. Our warehouse operations use bar code technology for receiving and shipping and automated systems for freight processing and shipment tracking, each of which is integrated with our multiple information systems. The Company has no organized labor or trade unions incustomer service and technical support departments employ systems for documentation and faster processing of customer inquiries. To ensure that adequate inventory levels are maintained, our buyers depend on the United States. The Company considers its employee relationssystem’s purchasing and receiving functions to be good.track inventory on a perpetual basis.



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Warehouse and Shipping Strategy
We operate a 741,000 square foot distribution center in Southaven, Mississippi, which is located near the FedEx hub facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and serves primarily all of North America. We also acquired warehouses in California and Kentucky through our POS Portal acquisition. Our European operations utilize a limited number of distribution centers located in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom. Warehouses for our Latin American operations are located in Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile. Our objective is to ship all orders on the same day, using technology to expedite shipments and minimize shipping errors. We offer reduced freight rates and flexible delivery options to minimize a customer’s need for inventory.
Financial Services
Our sales terms compete within our specific geographic areas to facilitate various third-party financing options, which include leasing, flooring and other secured financing for qualified customers. We believe this policy reduces the customer’s need to establish multiple credit relationships.
Trade and Service Marks

The Company conducts itsWe conduct our business under the trade names and service marks "ScanSource POS and Barcode," "ScanSource Catalyst," "ScanSource Communications," "ScanSource Services," "ScanSource Networking and Security," "ScanSource KBZ," "ScanSource Europe," "ScanSource Europe Communications," "ScanSource Latin America," "ScanSource de Mexico," "ScanSource Brasil," "Imago ScanSource,"ScanSource Imago," and "Network1, a ScanSource company.company," "Intelisys" and "POS Portal."

The Company hasCertain of our tradenames, trademarks and service marks are registered, or are in the process of being registered, in the United States or various other countries. We have been issued registrations for the service marks including, among others, "ScanSource," "Catalyst Telecom," and "NetPoint""Network1" in countries in itsour principal markets. Additionally,Even though our marks are not registered in every country where we conduct business, in many cases we have registered "ScanSource Catalyst" as a trademarkacquired rights in the United States.those marks because of our continued use of them. These trade names and service marks do not have value assigned to them and have a designated indefinite life. The Company doesWe do not believe that itsour operations are dependent upon any of its trade names or serviceour marks. The CompanyWe also sellssell products and providesprovide services under various trade namesthird-party tradenames, trademarks and service marks, tosome of which we reference is made in this report, thatand these tradenames, trademarks, and service marks are the property of owners other than the Company.

their respective owners.
Additional Information

The Company’sOur principal internet address is www.scansource.com. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the Company’sour website is not incorporated by reference into this annual report. The Company has included its website address as a factual reference and does not intend it as an active link to its website. The Company provides itsWe provide our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports, free of charge on www.scansource.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

ITEM 1A.Risk Factors.

The following are certain risk factorsrisks that could affect our business, financial position and results of operations. These risks should be considered in connection with evaluating an investment in our company and, in particular, the forward lookingforward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K because these factorsrisks could cause the actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected insuggested by the forward looking statements

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or from our historical performance.forward-looking statements. Additionally, there are other risks which could impact us that we may not describe, because we currently do not perceive them to be material or because they are presently unknown, which could impact us.unknown. If any of these risks develops into actual events, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be negatively affected, the market price of our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment in our common stock. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any risk factors, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

IT SystemsAcquisitions - Our growth strategy includes acquisitions of companies that complement or expand our existing business. Acquisitions involve unique risks and uncertainties.

We have acquired, and expect to continue to acquire, companies that complement or expand our existing business in the United States and internationally, and some of these acquisitions may be in business lines where we have little, if any, experience. Acquisitions entail a number of risks, including that the acquired company will not perform as expected and that we will be responsible for unexpected costs or liabilities. In addition, increases in the size and complexity of our business may place a significant strain on our management, operations, technical performance, financial resources and internal financial control and reporting functions, and there are no assurances that we will be able to manage the acquisition process or newly acquired companies

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effectively. It is not always possible to conduct an assessment of an acquired business’s internal control over financial reporting in the period between the consummation date and the transitiondate of management’s assessment. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Our personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to effectively manage our future operations, especially as we employ personnel in multiple domestic and international locations. We may not be able to hire, train, retain and manage the personnel required to address our growth. Failure to effectively manage our acquisition opportunities could damage our reputation, limit our future growth, and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
International operations - Our international operations expose us to risks that are different from, and possibly greater than, the risks we are exposed to domestically.

We currently have significant facilities outside the United States, and a substantial portion of our revenue is derived from our international operations. These operations are subject to a variety of risks that are different from the risks that we face domestically or are similar risks but with potentially greater exposure. These risks include:

Fluctuations of foreign currency and exchange rates, which can impact sales, costs of the goods we sell and the reporting of our results and assets on our financial statements;
Changes in international trade laws, trade agreements, or trading relationships affecting our import and export activities, including export license requirements, restrictions on the export of certain technology and tariff changes, or the imposition of new Enterprise Resource Planning Systemor increased trade sanctions;
Difficulties in collecting accounts receivable and longer collection periods;
Changes in, or expiration of, various foreign incentives that provide economic benefits to us;
Labor laws or practices that impact our ability and costs to hire, retain and discharge employees;
Difficulties in staffing and managing operations in foreign countries;
Changes in the interpretation and enforcement of laws (in particular related to items such as duty and taxation), and laws related to data privacy such as GDPR and other similar privacy laws that impact our IT systems and processes;
Global economic and financial market instability related to the U.K.’s referendum withdrawal from the E.U., as well as instability from the possibility of withdrawal of other E.U. member states:
Potential political and economic instability and changes in governments;
Compliance with foreign and domestic import and export regulations and anti-corruption laws, including the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, and similar laws of other jurisdictions, governing our business activities outside the United States, the violation of which could result in severe penalties, including monetary fines, criminal proceedings and suspension of export or import privileges; and
Terrorist or military actions that result in destruction or seizure of our assets or suspension or disruption of our operations or those of our customers, suppliers or service providers.

We currently transact business in the U.K., where we also have offices and a distribution center, and in key E.U. markets. A majority of U.K. voters voted for the U.K. to exit the E.U. (“Brexit”). Negotiations have commenced to determine the future terms of the U.K.’s relationship with the E.U., including the terms of trade between the U.K. and the E.U. and the rest of the world. The effects of Brexit will depend on any agreements the U.K. makes to retain access to E.U. markets either during a transitional period or more permanently. The measures could potentially disrupt the markets we serve and the tax jurisdictions in which we operate and adversely change tax benefits or liabilities in these or other jurisdictions, and may cause us to lose customers, suppliers and employees.

We have substantial operations in Brazil and other Latin American countries and face risks related to these countries' complex tax, labor, trade compliance and consumer protection laws and regulations. Additionally, developing markets such as Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru have greater political volatility and vulnerability to infrastructure and labor disruptions, are more likely to experience market and interest rate fluctuations and may have higher inflation. In addition, doing business in these countries poses additional challenges, such as finding and retaining qualified employees, particularly management-level employees, navigating underdeveloped infrastructure and identifying and retaining qualified suppliers, resellers, agents and service providers, among other risks. Furthermore, in developing markets it may be common for others to engage in business practices prohibited by laws and regulations applicable to us, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, or similar local anti-bribery laws. Our commitment to legal compliance could put us at a competitive disadvantage, and any lapses in our compliance could subject us to civil and criminal penalties that could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

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In addition, competition in developing markets is increasing. Our success in integrating our Brazilian and additional Latin American operations is important to our growth strategy. If we cannot successfully increase our business in these countries, our product sales, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Credit exposure - We have credit exposure to our customers. Any adverse trends or significant adverse incident in their businesses could cause us to suffer credit losses.
As is customary in our industry, we extend credit to our customers, and most of our sales are on open accounts. As we grow and compete for business, our typical payment terms tend to be longer, and therefore may increase our credit risk.
While we evaluate our customers' qualifications for credit and monitor our extensions of credit, and in some instances purchase credit insurance, these efforts cannot prevent all credit losses and any credit losses negatively impact our performance. In addition, for financial reporting purposes, we estimate future credit losses and establish reserves. To the extent that our credit losses exceed those reserves, our financial performance will be negatively impacted beyond what is expected. If there is deterioration in the collectability of our receivables, or if we are unable to collect under credit insurance policies, or if we fail to take other actions to adequately mitigate such credit risk, our earnings, cash flows and our ability to utilize receivable-based financing could deteriorate.
In addition, extending credit to international customers involves additional risks. It is often more difficult to evaluate credit risk with a customer or obtain credit protections in our international operations. Also, credit cycles and collection periods are typically longer in our international operations. As a result of these factors and other challenges in extending credit to international customers, we generally face greater credit risk from international sales compared to domestic sales.
Organic growth strategies - If we fail to effectively manage and implement our organic growth strategies, we may experience a negative effect on our business and financial results.

A significant component of our growth strategy is to expand our channels. Expansion of our existing products and services in our existing channels and entry into new channels may divert our resources and systems, require additional resources that might not be available (or available on acceptable terms), result in new or more intense competition, require longer implementation times or greater expenditures than anticipated and otherwise fail to achieve timely desired results, if at all. If we are unable to increase our sales and earnings by expanding our product and service offerings in a cost effective manner, our results may suffer.
Our ability to successfully manage our organic growth will require continued enhancement of our operational, managerial and financial resources, controls, and model. Our failure to effectively manage our organic growth could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Suppliers - Changes to supply agreement terms or lack of product availability from our suppliers could adversely affect our operating margins, revenues or the level of capital required to fund our operations.
A significant percentage of our net sales relates to products we purchase from relatively few suppliers. As a result of such concentration risk, terminations of supply or services agreements or a change in terms or conditions of sale from one or more of our key suppliers could adversely affect our operating margins, revenues or the level of capital required to fund our operations. Our suppliers have the ability to make adverse changes in their sales terms and conditions, such as reducing the level of purchase discounts and rebates they make available to us. We have no guaranteed price or delivery agreements with our suppliers. In certain product categories, limited price protection or return rights offered by our suppliers may have a bearing on the amount of product we are willing to stock. Our inability to pass through to our customers the impact of these changes, as well as if we fail to develop or maintain systems to manage ongoing supplier programs, could cause us to record inventory write-downs or other losses and could have significant negative impact on our gross margins.
We receive purchase discounts and rebates from some suppliers based on various factors, including goals for quantitative and qualitative sales or purchase volume and customer related metrics. Certain purchase discounts and rebates may affect gross margins. Many purchase discounts from suppliers are based on percentage increases in sales of products. Our operating results could be adversely impacted if these rebates or discounts are reduced or eliminated or if our suppliers significantly increase the complexity of their refund procedures and thus increase costs for us to obtain such rebates.
Our ability to obtain particular products or product lines in the required quantities and our ability to fulfill customer orders on a timely basis is critical to our success. Our suppliers have experienced product supply shortages from time to time due to the inability of certain of their suppliers to supply products on a timely basis. In addition, our dependence on a limited number of suppliers leaves us vulnerable to having an inadequate supply of required products, price increases, late deliveries and poor product quality.  As a result, we have experienced, and may in the future continue to experience, short-term shortages of specific products or be unable to purchase our desired volume of products. Suppliers that currently distribute their products through us, may decide to shift to or substantially increase their existing distribution with other distributors, their own dealer networks, or directly to resellers

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or end-users. Suppliers have, from time to time, made efforts to reduce the number of distributors with which they do business. This could result in more intense competition as distributors strive to secure distribution rights with these suppliers, which could have an adverse impact on our operating results. We cannot provide any assurances that suppliers will maintain an adequate supply of products to fulfill all of our customer orders on a timely basis. Our reputation, sales and profitability may suffer if suppliers are not able to provide us with an adequate supply of products to fulfill our customer orders on a timely basis or if we cannot otherwise obtain particular products or a product lines.
Increasingly, our suppliers are combining and merging, leaving us with fewer alternative sources. Supplier consolidation may also lead to changes in the nature and terms of relationships with our suppliers. Any loss or deterioration of a major supplier relationship could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
As of December 15, 2017, Avaya completed a restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Avaya is one of our largest suppliers, and while we expect Avaya to operate successfully following this reorganization, the bankruptcy may result in a loss of customer confidence that will negatively impact sales.  Any such adverse outcome could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Competition - We experience intense competition in all of our markets. This competition could result in reduced margins and loss of our market share.

Our markets are fiercely competitive. We compete on the basis of price, product and service availability, speed and accuracy of delivery, effectiveness of sales and marketing programs, credit availability and terms, ability to tailor solutions to the needs of our customers, quality and breadth of product line and services, and availability of technical and product information. Our competitors include local, regional, national and international distributors as well as hardware and service suppliers that sell directly to resellers and to end-users. In addition, we compete with master resellers that sell to franchisees, third party dealers and end-users. Certain of our current and potential competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we have and may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Certain smaller, regional competitors, that are specialty two-tier or mixed model master resellers, may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements in their regions. Competition has increased for our sales units as broad line and other value-added distributors have entered into the specialty technology markets. Such competition could result in price reductions, reduced margins and loss of our market share.
As a result of intense price competition in our industry, our gross margins and our operating profit margins historically have been narrow, and we expect them to continue to be narrow in the future. To remain competitive, we may be forced to offer more credit or extended payment terms to our customers. This could result in an increase in our need for capital, increase our financing costs, increase our bad debt expenses and have an adverse impact on our results of operations. We do not offer any assurance that we will not lose market share, or that we will not reduce our prices in response to the action of our competitors and thereby experience a reduction in our gross margins. We expect continued intense competition as current competitors expand their operations and new competitors enter the market. Our inability to compete successfully against current and future competitors could cause our revenue and earnings to decline.
Customers - We operate in a highly competitive environment and good customer relations are critical to our success. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain and expand our customer relationships or acquire new customers.

Meeting our customers' needs quickly and fairly is critical to our business success. Transactions with our customers generally are performed on a purchase order basis rather than under long term supply agreements. Therefore, our customers readily can choose to purchase from other sources. From time to time, we experience shortages in availability of some products from suppliers, and this impacts customers' decisions regarding whether to make purchases from us. Anything that negatively influences customer relations also can negatively impact our operating results.
Customer consolidation also may lead to changes in the nature and terms of relationships with our customers. The loss or deterioration of a major customer relationship could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
People - If we cannot continue to hire and retain high quality employees, our business and financial results may be negatively affected.
Our operating results could be adversely affected by increased competition for employees, higher employee turnover or increased salary and benefit costs. Our employees are important to our success and we are dependent in part on our ability to retain the services of our key management, sales, IT, operational, finance and administrative personnel. We have built our business on a set of core values, and we attempt to hire and retain employees who are committed to these values and our culture of providing exceptional service to our customers and suppliers. In order to compete and to continue to grow, we must attract, retain and motivate

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employees, including those in executive, senior management, sales, marketing, logistics, technical support and other operating positions.
Many of our employees work in small teams to provide specific services to customers and suppliers. They are trained to develop their knowledge of products, services, programs and practices and customer business needs, as well as to enhance the skills required to provide exceptional service and to manage our business. As they gain experience and develop their knowledge and skills, our employees become highly desired by other businesses. Therefore, to retain our employees, we have to provide a satisfying work environment and competitive compensation and benefits. If our costs to retain our skilled employees increase, then our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.
IT Systems - Our ability to manage our business and monitor results is highly dependent upon information and communication systems. A failure of these systems or a new ERP system could disrupt our business.

We are highly dependent upon a variety of internal computer and telecommunication systems to operate our business, including our enterprise resource planning ("ERP") systems. In order to continue support of our growth, we are making significant technological upgrades to our information systems. We have been in the process of developing and implementing a company-wide, single ERP software system and related processes to perform various functions and improve on the efficiency of our global business. This is a lengthy and expensive process that has resulted, and will continue to result in aresource diversion of resources from other operations.

AnyOur new global ERP system is currently operating in Europe, Latin America, excluding Brazil, and North America, excluding Intelisys and POS Portal. As we continue to implement our new ERP system in locations, any disruptions, delays or deficiencies in the design and/or implementation of the new ERP system, or in the performance of our legacy systems, particularly any disruptions, delays or deficiencies that impact our operations, could adversely affect our ability to effectively run and manage our business and potentially our customers' ability to access our price and product availability information or place orders. Further, as we are dependent upon our ability to gather and promptly transmit accurate information to key decision makers, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected if our information systems do not allow us to transmit accurate information, even for a short period of time. Failure to properly or adequately address these issues could impact our ability to perform necessary business operations, which could adversely affect our reputation, competitive position, business, financial condition and results of operations and financial condition.

operations.
In addition, the information systems of companies we acquire may not be sufficient to meet our standards or we may not be able to successfully convert them to provide acceptable information on a timely and cost-effective basis. Furthermore, we must attract and retain qualified people to operate our systems, expand and improve them, integrate new programs effectively with our existing programs and convert to new systems efficiently when required. Any disruption to our business due to such issues, or an increase in our costs to cover these issues that is greater than what we have anticipated, could have an adverse effect on our financial results and operations.

Our customers rely increasingly on our electronic ordering and information systems as a source for product information, including availability and pricing. There can be no assurance that our systems will not fail or experience disruptions, and any significant failure or disruption of these systems could prevent us from making sales, ordering and delivering products and otherwise conducting our business. Many of our customers use our website to check real-time product availability, see their customized pricing and place orders. The Internet and individual websites have experienced a number of disruptions and slowdowns. In addition, some websites have experienced security breakdowns. While our website has not experienced any material disruptions or security breakdowns, it may in the future and any disruptions or breaches in security or a breach that compromises sensitive information could harm our relationship with our vendors,suppliers, customers and other business partners. Any material disruption of our website or the Internet in general could impair our order processing or prevent our vendorssuppliers and customers from accessing information and cause us to lose business.

AcquisitionsCyber security risk - Our growth strategy includes potential acquisitionsreputation and business may be harmed from cyber security risk and we may be subject to legal claims if there is loss, disclosure or misappropriation of companies that complement or expandaccess to our existing business. Acquisitions involve a numbercustomers' or our business partners' or our own information or other breaches of risks and uncertainties.our information security.

We havemake extensive use of online services and expect to continue to acquire companies that complement or expand our business in the United States or internationally. This expansion increases the complexitycentralized data processing, including through third-party service providers. The secure maintenance and transmission of customer information is a critical element of our business and places a significant strain on our management, operations, technical performance, financial resources and internal financial control and reporting functions, and there are no assurances that we will be able to manage it effectively.operations. Our personnel, systems, procedures, and controls may not be adequate to effectively manage our future operations, especially as we employ personnel in multiple domestic and international locations. We may not be able to hire, train, retain and manage the personnel required to address our growth. Failure to effectively manage our growth opportunities could damage our reputation, limit our future growth, negatively affect our operating results, and harm our business.

Acquisitions may involve significant risks and uncertainties, including the following: distraction of management's attention away from normal business operations; insufficient revenue generation to offset liabilities assumed and expenses associated with the acquisition; difficulty in the integration of acquired businesses, including new employees, business systems and technology; inability to adapt to challenges of new markets, including geographies, products and services, or to attract new sources of profitable

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business from expansion of products or services; exposure to new regulations; and issues not discovered in our due diligence process, such as unknown liabilities, fraud, cultural or business environment issues or that may not have adequate internal controls as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Also, we may be unable to retain or replace key employees of our acquired companies. Our operations may be adversely impacted by an acquisition that is not suited for us, is improperly executed, or substantially increases our debt. In addition, adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates could increase the purchase price paid, including earnout payments. Any of these factors could adversely affect our operating results or financial condition. Moreover, future acquisitions could result in dilutive issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities, amortization of intangible assets, or impairment of goodwill. Acquisitions could also result in a dilutive impact to our earnings. No assurances can be given that we will be able to dispose of business units on favorable terms or without significant costs, nor can there be any assurance future acquisitions will not result in future impairment charges.

International operations - Our international operations expose us to risks that are different from, or possibly greater than, the risks we are exposed to domestically.

We currently have facilities in twelve countries outside the United States and sell products in a number of others. A significant portion of our revenue is derived from our international operations. These operations are subject to a variety of risks that are in addition to the risks that we face domestically or are similar risks but with potentially greater exposure. These risks include:

Fluctuations of foreign currency, exchange controls and currency devaluations;
Difficulties in collecting accounts receivable and longer collection periods;
Changes in, or expiration of, various foreign incentives that provide economic benefits to us;
Changes in labor laws and regulations affecting our ability to hire and retain employees;
Difficulties in staffing and managing operations in foreign countries;
Changes in international trade laws, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, affecting our import and export activities, including export license requirements, restrictions on the export of certaininformation technology and tariff changes;
Changes in the interpretationother systems that maintain and enforcement of laws (in particular related to items such as duty and taxation);
Potential political and economic instability and changes in governments;
Compliance with foreign and domestic import and export regulations and anti-corruption laws, including the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,transmit customer or similar laws of other jurisdictions for our business activities outside the United States, the violation of which could result in severe penalties including monetary fines, criminal proceedings and suspension of export privileges;
Terrorist or military actions that result in destruction or seizure of our assets or suspension or disruption of our operationsemployee information or those of our customers;
Natural disasters, power shortages, telecommunication failures, water shortages, fires, medical epidemics or pandemics, and other manmade or natural disastersservice providers or business interruptions inpartners may be compromised by a region or specific country;
Potential regulatory changes, including foreign environmental restrictions; and
Different general economic conditions.

Our company conducts business in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Latin American countries, which exposes our business to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Significant volatility and fluctuations in the rates of exchange for the U.S. dollar against currencies such as the Brazilian real, euro, British pound, Canadian dollar, Mexican peso, Colombian peso, Chilean peso and other currencies may also negatively impact our customer pricing, operating results and acquisition purchase prices, including earnout payments. While we manage our short-term exposure to fluctuations in the value of currencies using various derivatives or other financial instruments, such attempts to mitigate these risks are costly and not always successful. Our ability to engage in such mitigation may decrease or become even more costly as a result of more volatile market conditions.

Exchange rate fluctuations may cause our international results to fluctuate significantly when translated into U.S. dollars. Developing economies, such as Brazil, could have sudden and drastic changes in foreign exchange rates compared to others. The uncertainty of certain European countries to continue to service their sovereign debt obligations and the related European financial restructuring efforts may cause the value of the euro and other European currencies to fluctuate. Currency variations also contribute to variations in sales of products in impacted jurisdictions, and our vendors may change product pricing due to currency changes. Thus, the volatility in exchange rates can have tremendous impact on our customers' ability to purchase our products.

The valuemalicious third-party penetration of our equity investment in foreign subsidiaries may fluctuate based on changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These fluctuations may result in losses in the event a foreign subsidiary is soldnetwork security, or closed at a time when the foreign currency is weaker than when we initially invested. We are unable to predict the impact of future exchange rate fluctuations on our business, financial position or operating results.


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The potential criminal penalties for violations of export regulations and anti-corruption laws, particularly the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, data privacy laws and environmental laws and regulations in many jurisdictions, create heightened risks for our international operations. In the event that a governing regulatory body determined that we have violated applicable export regulations or anti-corruption laws, we could be fined significant sums, incur sizable legal defense costs and/or our export capabilities could be restricted, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business and reputation.

In addition, in foreign markets we are more dependent upon third party providers of key services, such as third party freight forwarders and third party warehouses in Europe and Latin America. We also rely on third party legal advisors to provide guidance on trade compliance issues and information systems providers to provide services related to denied party screening. Adverse changes in any of these third party services could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. As we expand our international operations, we expect these risks to increase.


Brazilian and Latin America operations - We face special political, economic and regulatory risks by doing business in Brazil and other Latin American countries, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

As a result of our April 2011 acquisition of all of the shares of CDC Brasil Distribuidora de Tecnologias Especiais LTDA ("CDC' or "ScanSource Brasil") and our January 2015 acquisition of all of the shares of Intersmart Comércio Importação Exportação de Equipamentos Eletrônicos, S.A., and its related entities (collectively “Network1”), we have substantial operations in Brazil and other Latin American countries and face risks related to these country's complex tax, labor, trade compliance and consumer protection laws and regulations. We may now have exposure to the complex tax structure in Brazil, where we have noted that several other companies have had issues with Brazilian tax authorities that have impacted earnings. Additionally, developing markets such as Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru have greater political volatility, greater vulnerability to infrastructure and labor disruptions, are more likely than developed economies to experience market, currency and interest rate fluctuations and may have higher inflation. In addition, doing business in these countries poses additional challenges such as finding qualified employees, underdeveloped infrastructure, and identifying and retaining qualified suppliers and service providers among other risks. Any of these factors could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, in developing markets it may be common for others to engage in business practices prohibited by laws and regulations applicable to us, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or similar local anti-bribery laws. These laws generally prohibit companies and their employees, contractors or agents from making improper payments to government officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Failure to comply with these laws could subject us to civil and criminal penalties that could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, competition in developing markets is increasing as our competitors grow their global operations. Our success in integrating our Brazilian and additional Latin American operations is critical to our growth strategy. If we cannot successfully increase our business in these countries, our product sales, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

While our operations expose us to general economic risks related to Latin America, we cannot assure you that favorable economic, political, and other business conditions will exist in the future. A general economic recession in the region or any volatility or uncertainty related to the conditions to do business in the region could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Growth strategies - If we fail to effectively manage and implement our organic growth strategies, we will experience a negative effect on our business and financial results.

A significant component of our growth strategy has been to add new vendors and products, and we expect to be able to enter new product markets in the future. Expansion of our existing product markets and entry into new product markets divert the use of our resources and systems, require additional resources that might not be available (or available on acceptable terms), result in new or more intense competition, may require longer implementation times or greater start-up expenditures than anticipated, and may otherwise fail to achieve the desired results in a timely fashion, if at all. In addition, while we have been very successful in adding new vendors in the past, we already represent most of the significant vendors in our primary areas of focus, and there is regular consolidation among our vendors. As a result, there may be fewer expansion opportunities of this nature in the future. If we are unable to increase our sales and earnings by expanding our product offerings in a cost effective manner, then our revenues may not grow.


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Our ability to successfully manage our growth will require continued enhancement of our operational, managerial and financial resources and controls. Our failure to effectively manage our growth would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Additionally, our growth may increase our working capital requirements and as a result, we may require additional equity or debt financing. Such financing may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, if at all.

Vendor relationships - Terminations of a distributionthird-party service provider or services agreementbusiness partner, or a significant change in supplier terms, authorizations,impacted by advertent or lack of product availability,inadvertent actions or conditions of sale could negatively affect our operating margins, revenues or the level of capital required to fund our operations.

A significant percentage of our net sales relates to products sold to us by relatively few vendors. As a result of such concentration risk, terminations of supply or services agreements or a change in terms or conditions of sale from one or more of our vendors could negatively affect our operating margins, revenues or the level of capital required to fund our operations. Our vendors have the ability to make adverse changes in their sales terms and conditions, such as reducing the level of purchase discounts and rebates they make available to us. We have no guaranteed price or delivery agreements with our vendors. In certain product categories, limited price protection or return rights offeredinactions by our vendors may haveemployees, or those of a bearing on the amount of product we may be willing to stock. Our inability to pass through to our reseller customers the impact of these changes, as well as our failure to develop systems to manage ongoing vendor programs, could cause us to record inventory write-downsthird-party service provider or other losses and could have significant negative impact on our gross margins.

We receive purchase discounts and rebates from some vendors based on various factors, including goals for quantitative and qualitative sales or purchase volume and customer related metrics. Certain purchase discounts and rebates may affect gross margins. Many purchase discounts from vendors are based on percentage increases in sales of products. Our operating results could be negatively impacted if these rebates or discounts are reduced or eliminated or if our vendors significantly increase the complexity of their refund procedures and thus costs for us to receive such rebates.

Our ability to obtain particular products or product lines in the required quantities and our ability to fulfill customer orders on a timely basis is critical to our success. Our manufacturers have experienced product supply shortages from time to time due to the inability of certain suppliers to supply certain products on a timely basis. As a result, we have experienced, and may in the future continue to experience, short-term shortages of specific products. We cannot provide any assurances that vendors will be able to maintain an adequate supply of products to fulfill all of our customer orders on a timely basis.

In addition, vendors who currently distribute their products through us, may decide to shift to or substantially increase their existing distribution with other distributors, their own dealer networks, or directly to resellers or end-users. Suppliers have, from time to time, made efforts to reduce the number of distributors with which they do business. This could result in more intense competition as distributors strive to secure distribution rights with these vendors, which could have an adverse impact on our operating results. Our reputation, sales and profitability may suffer if vendors are not able to provide us with an adequate supply of products to fulfill our customer orders on a timely basis or if we cannot otherwise obtain particular products or a product lines.

Vendor consolidation may also lead tobusiness partner. With constant changes in the naturesecurity landscape, experienced computer programmers and terms of relationships with our vendors. The loss or deterioration of a major vendor relationship would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Customer relationships - We operate in a highly competitive environment and good customer relations are critical to our success. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain and expand our customer relationships or acquire new customers.

Meeting our customers' needs quickly and fairly is critical to our business success. Our transactions with our customers are generally performed on a purchase order basis rather than under long term supply agreements. Our customers generally do not have an obligation to purchase from us. Therefore, our customers can readily choose to purchase from other distributors. From time to time, we experience shortages in availability of some products from vendors, and this impacts our customers' decisions regarding whether to make purchases from us. Anything that negatively impacts our customer relations also can negatively impact our operating results. Accordingly, our sales can vary as a result of fluctuations in pricing, product availability, purchasing patterns of end-users and general competitive and economic conditions.

Vendor consolidation - Vendor consolidation that could lead to changes in the nature and terms of relationships with our major vendors could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

A significant amount of our inventory purchases are made from a limited number of vendors. Our reliance on these vendors leaves us vulnerable to having an inadequate supply of required products, price increases, late deliveries, and poor product quality.  Like other distributors in our industry, we occasionally experience supplier shortages and are unable to purchase our desired volume

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of products.  Increasingly, our vendors are combining and merging together and thus our vendors are becoming more consolidated.  As a result, if we are unable to maintain an adequate supply of products, or if vendors do not regularly invest in, introduce to us, and/or make new products available to us for distribution, our revenue and gross profit could suffer considerably.  Finally, we cannot provide any assurance that particular products, or product lines, will be available to us, or available in quantities sufficient to meet customer demand.  Any limits to product access could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

People - The departure, transition or replacement of key personnel could significantly impact results of our operations. If we cannot continue to hire and retain high quality employees, our business and financial results may be negatively affected.

Our operating results could be adversely affected by increased competition for employees, higher employee turnover, or increased salary and benefit costs. Like most businesses, our employees are important to our success and we are dependent in part on our ability to retain the services of our key management, sales, IT, operational, finance and administrative personnel. We have built our business on a set of core values, and we attempt to hire employees who are committed to these values. We want to hire and retain employees who will fit our culture of providing exceptional service to our vendors and customers. In order to compete and to continue to grow, we must attract, retain and motivate employees, including those in executive, senior management, sales, marketing, logistics, technical support and other operating positions. Our worldwide management structure provides improved management of our operations and improved succession planning within our organization.

Many of our employees work in small teams to provide specific services to vendors and customers. They are trained to develop their knowledge of vendor products, programs and practices and customer business needs, as well as to enhance the skills required to provide exceptional service and to manage our business. As they gain experience and develop their knowledge and skills, our employees become highly desired by other businesses. Therefore, to retain our employees, we have to provide a satisfying work environment and competitive compensation and benefits. If our costs to retain our skilled employees increase, then our business and financial results may be negatively affected.

Our continued growth is also dependent, in part, on the skills, experience and efforts of our senior management, including but not limited to, Michael Baur, our Chief Executive Officer. We may not be successful in retaining the members of our senior management team or our other key employees. While we have entered into employment agreements with key executives and have obtained a key person life insurance policy on our CEO's life, the loss of the services of Mr. Baur or any member of our senior management team could also have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The process of identifying management successors creates uncertainty and could become a distraction to our senior management and the Board. We may not be successful in attracting qualified candidates to replace key positions when necessary. As a result, the transition process and the identification and recruitment of candidates to fill senior management positions may be disruptive to our business or operations.

Competition - We experience intense competition in all of our markets. Such competition could result in reduced margins and loss of our market share.

The markets that we operate in are highly competitive. We compete on the basis of price, product availability, speed and accuracy of delivery, effectiveness of sales and marketing programs, credit availability, ability to tailor solutions to the needs of our customers, quality and breadth of product line and servicesand availability of technical and product information. Our competitors include local, regional, national and international distributors as well as hardware manufacturers (including most of our vendors) that sell directly to resellers and to end-users. In addition, we compete with master resellers that sell to franchisees, third party dealers and end-users. Certain of our current and potential competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we have andhackers may be able to respond more quickly to newpenetrate our network security, or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Certain smaller, regional competitors, who are specialty two-tier or mixed model master resellers, may also be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Competition has increased for our sales units as broad line and other value-added distributors have entered into the specialty technology markets. Such competition could result in price reductions, reduced margins and lossthat of our market share.

third-party service providers, and misappropriate or compromise our confidential information, create system disruptions, or cause shutdowns. As a result, of intense price competition in our industry, our gross margins and our operating profit margins have historically been narrow, and we expect them to be narrow in the future. To remain competitive, wecustomers' information may be forced to offer more creditlost, disclosed, accessed or extended payment terms totaken without our customers. This could result in an increase in our need for capital, increase our financing costs, increase our bad debt expenses and have a negative impact on our financial results.We do not offer any assurance that we will not lose market share, or that we will not be forced in the future to reduce our prices in response to the action of our competitors and thereby experience a reduction in our gross margins. We expect continued intense competition as current competitors expand their operations and new competitors enter the market. Our inability to compete successfully against current and future competitors could cause our revenue and earnings to decline.customers' consent.

We are subject to laws and regulations relating to customer privacy and the protection of personal information. Any such loss, disclosure or misappropriation of, or access to, customers' or business partners' information or our information or other breach of

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Laws and regulations - Changes in tax laws and other laws and regulations may adversely impact us.

We are subject tosuch information security can result in legal claims or legal proceedings, including regulatory investigations and actions, may have a wide range of local, state and federal laws and regulations both in the United States and in the other countries in which we operate. While we plan our operations based upon existing and anticipated laws and regulations, we cannot anticipate every change and can have only little, if any, impact on others. When new legislation is enacted with minimal advance notice, or when new interpretations or applications of existing laws are made, we may need to implement changes in our policies or structure. We are particularly susceptible to changes in income and other tax laws, laws regulating international trade, and accounting and securities disclosure laws and regulations. To a lesser degree, changes in environmental regulation, including electronic waste recovery legislation, may impact us. In each case, a change in the laws or regulations that we are required to comply with could have an adverseserious impact on our business operations or financial results.

Violation of any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to our business could result in fines or other actions by regulatory agencies, increased cost of doing business, reduced profits, or restrictions on our ability to conduct business such as our ability to export products or bans on our ability to offer certain services. Additionally, any significant changes, developments, or new interpretations of laws, rules, or regulations applicable to our business will increase our costs of compliancereputation and may further restrict our overseas client base, may require significant management and other resources to respond appropriately, and may harm our operating results.

Global economic instability - Current world-wide economic conditions and market disruptions may adversely affect our business, pricing strategy andbusinesses, operating results of operations.

The results of our business are subject to the effects of global economic conditions. The slow recovery from the past economic downturn and the continued uncertainty regarding the future health of the global economy may adversely affect revenues, margins, earnings and growth rates. High levels of unemployment and reduced consumer confidence in various markets we have operations in can affect both our company directly and indirectly by affecting other companies that we do business with.

Financial markets throughout the world could experience extreme disruption, including, among other things, severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, rating downgrades of certain investments and declining valuations and pricing volatility of others, volatile energy costs, geopolitical issues and failure and potential failures of major financial institutions. These developments and/or a related general economic downturn may adversely impact our business and financial condition in a number of ways. condition.
Economic slowdowns can lead to reduced information technology spending by end users, which canweakness - Economic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty could adversely affect our sales. Economic instability has increased competitive pressure throughout the channels we serve, resulting in pricing pressures that have decreased our margins. This effect may continue in the future.results and prospects.

Global economic downturn and instability may also result in changes in vendor terms and conditions, such as rebates, cash discounts and cooperative marketing efforts, which may result in downward pressure on our gross margins. Tightening of credit inOur financial markets and general economic downturn may adversely affect the ability of our reseller customers, vendors and service providers to obtain financing for significant purchases andresults, operations and to perform their obligations under our agreements with them. Instability in financialprospects depend significantly on worldwide economic and currency markets or changes in intergovernmental relations can also lead to limited access to U.S. dollars or other currencies by our customers.  This can result in a decrease in or cancellation of ordersgeopolitical conditions, the demand for our products and services, and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers. Economic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty have in the past resulted, and may result in the future, in reduced demand for products resulting in decreased sales, margins and earnings. Economic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty may also lead us to impair assets, including goodwill, intangible assets and other long-lived assets, take restructuring actions and reduce expenses in response to decreased sales or margins. We may not be able to adequately adjust our cost structure in a timely fashion, which may adversely impact our profitability. Uncertainty about economic conditions may increase foreign currency volatility in markets in which we transact business, which may negatively impact our abilityresults. Economic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty also make it more difficult for us to manage inventory levels and/or collect our accounts receivable on a timely basis,customer receivables, which may result in additionalprovisions to create reserves, for uncollectible accounts receivable being requiredwrite-offs, reduced access to liquidity and leadhigher financing costs.
Disruptive technology - We may not be able to elevated levels of obsolete inventory.respond and adapt to rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards or changing customer needs or requirements, and thus may become less competitive.

We continueThe market for our products and services is subject to rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and changes in customer demand, which can contribute to the decline in value or obsolescence of inventory. Although most of our suppliers provide us with certain protections from the loss in value of inventory (such as price protection and certain rights of return), we cannot be unablesure that such protections will fully compensate for any loss in value, or that the suppliers will choose to, predict any durationor be able to, honor such agreements.
Our ability and our supplier's ability to anticipate and react quickly to new technology trends and customer requirements is crucial to our overall success, financial condition and results of any economic downturnoperations. If our suppliers fail to evolve their product and disruptionservice offerings, or if we fail to evolve our product and service offerings or engage with desirable suppliers in financial marketstime to respond to, and remain ahead of, new technological developments, it would adversely affect our ability to retain or their effectsincrease market share and revenues. New technologies may emerge that quickly surpass the capabilities of the products we currently hold in inventory or have access to sell through our existing supplier network, and our customers may no longer view our product offerings as desirable or necessary, which could result in a reduction in our market share and ability to obtain sufficient profit margins. Some of our competitors and our suppliers’ competitors may be better at adapting to disruptive technology or entering new markets. Our future success depends, in part, on our business, financial position orability to adapt and manage our product offerings to meet customer needs at prices that our customers are willing to pay.
Foreign currency - Our international operations expose us to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that could adversely affect our results of operations.

Credit exposure - We have credit exposure to our reseller customers. Any adverse trends in their businesses could cause us to suffer credit losses.

We have credit exposure to our reseller customerstransact sales, pay expenses, own assets and negative trendsincur liabilities in their businesses couldcountries using currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Volatility in foreign exchange rates increase our credit risk. As is customary in our industry, we extend creditrisk of loss related to our reseller customers, and most of our sales are on open accounts. We may be unable to collect on receivables if our reseller customers experience decreases in demand for their products and services dopurchased in a currency other than the currency in which those products and services are sold. We maintain policies to reduce our net exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations through the use of derivative financial instruments, however there can be no assurance that fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates will not manage their businesses adequately,materially affect our financial results. Because our consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, we must translate our financial statements into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect during each reporting period. Therefore, increases or otherwise become less able to pay due to adverse economic conditionsdecreases in the exchanges rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies we transact in may positively or refinancing events. As we grow and compete for business,negatively affect our typical payment terms tend to be longer, and therefore may increase our credit risk.

While we evaluate our resellers' qualifications for credit and monitor our extensionsresults of credit, these efforts cannot prevent all credit losses, and credit losses in excess of historical levels would negatively impact our performance.operations. In addition, for financial reporting purposes, we estimate future credit lossesunexpected and establish an appropriate reserve. To the extent that our credit losses exceed those

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reserves, our financial performance will bedramatic changes in foreign currency exchange rates may negatively impacted. There is no guarantee that our operating expenses will not increase as a result of the recognition of bad debt expense from our reseller customers. If there is a substantial deterioration in the collectability of our receivables or if we are unable to collect under existing credit insurance policies, or we fail to take other actions to adequately mitigate such credit risk,affect our earnings cash flows and our ability to utilize receivable-based financing could deteriorate.

In addition, extending credit to international customers creates additional risks. It is often more difficult to evaluate credit of a customer or obtain credit protections in our international operations. Also, credit cycles and collection periods are typically longer in our international operations. As a result of these factors and other challenges in extending credit to international customers, we generally face greater credit risk from sales internationally compared to domestic sales.those markets.

Centralized functions - We have centralized a number of functions to provide efficient support to our business. As a result, a loss or reduction of use of one of our locations would have an adverse effect on our business operations and financial results.

In order to be as efficient as possible, we centralize a number of critical functions. For instance, we currently distribute products into the majority of North America from a single warehouse near Memphis, Tennessee.warehouse. Similarly, for the primary business operations, we utilize a single information system based in the United States for the majority of our North American, Latin American and European operations, while our Latin AmericanBrazilian operations have separate systems. While we have backup systems and business continuity plans, any significant or lengthy interruption of our ability to provide these centralized functions would significantly impair our ability to continue normal business operations. In addition, the centralization of these functions increases our exposure to local risks, such as the availability of qualified employees and the lessening of competition for critical services, such as freight and communications.

Although we have business interruption insurance, not all losses are covered, and an uninsured loss from electrical or telephone failure, fire or other casualty, water damage, theft, or other disruption would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results
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Inventory - The value of our inventory may be adversely affected by market and other factors.

Our business, like that of other distributors, is subject to the risk that the value of our inventory will be adversely affected by price reductions by manufacturers, or by technological changes affecting the usefulness or desirability of our products or by foreign currency fluctuations. The electronic components and computer products industries are subject to rapid technological change, new and enhanced products, changes in customer needs and changes in industry standards, which can contribute to a decline in value or obsolescence of inventory. Under the terms of mostMost of our vendorsupplier agreements and the policy of most manufacturers of specialty technology products, wemanufacturers’ policies have some price protection and stock rotation opportunities with respect to slow-moving or obsolete inventory items. However, these protections are limited in scope and do not protect against all declines in inventory value, excess inventory, or product obsolescence, and in some instances we may not be able to fulfill all necessary conditions or successfully manage such price protection or stock rotation opportunities. In addition, these industry practicesprotections are sometimes not always reflected in vendorsupplier agreements and their application in a particular situation is dependent upon negotiations betweenwith our vendors and us.suppliers. As a result, from time-to-timeoccasionally we are required to write down the value of excess and obsolete inventory, and should any of these write-downs occur at a significant level, they could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Also, we
Liquidity and capital resources - Market factors may haveincrease the cost and availability of capital. Additional capital may not be available to write-downus on acceptable terms to fund our inventory due to water damage, theft or other factors that may decrease our number of merchantable products.working capital needs and growth.

Should thereOur business requires significant levels of capital to finance accounts receivable and product inventory that is not financed by trade creditors. We have an increased demand for capital when our business is expanding, including through acquisitions and organic growth. Changes in payment terms with either suppliers or customers could also increase our capital requirements. We have historically relied upon cash generated from operations, borrowings under our revolving credit facility, secured and unsecured borrowings to satisfy our capital needs and to finance growth. While we believe our existing sources of liquidity will provide sufficient resources to meet our current working capital and cash requirements, if we require an increase in capital to meet our future business needs, such capital may not be available to us on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Changes in how lenders rate our credit worthiness, as well as macroeconomic factors such as an economic downturn it is possible that pricesand global economic instability may decline duerestrict our ability to an oversupply of product, and therefore, there may be a greater risk of declinesraise capital in inventory value. In addition, our vendors may become insolvent and unableadequate amounts or on terms acceptable to fulfill their product obligations to us. Significant declines in inventory value in excess of established inventory reserves or dramatic changes in prevailing technologies could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Narrow gross profit margins - Our narrow gross profit margins significantly impact our operating results.

Our industry is highly competitive and characterized by narrow gross profit margins and operating profit margins. Because of our narrow margins, fluctuations in sales can have a magnified impact on our overall operating results. We may not be able to reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues to mitigate any further reductions in profit margins in the future. If we cannot proportionately decrease our cost structure in response to competitive price pressures, our business and operating results could suffer.


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Internal control over financial reporting - The internal control structure we have in place over our financial reporting may not be effective in detecting fraud or errors in a timely manner, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business or the market price of our securities.

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is required to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of each year, and to include a management report assessing the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in each Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, an independent registered public accounting firm must attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. If our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or independent registered public accounting firm determines that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective as defined under Section 404, investor perceptions and our reputation may be adversely affectedus, and the market price of our stock could decline.

A weakness in our internal control over financial reporting may be identified in the future. Any failure to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation,do so could result in additional material weaknesses, cause usharm our ability to fail to meetoperate our periodic reporting obligations, or result in material misstatements of our financial statements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual auditor attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The existence of a material weakness could result in errors in our financial statements resulting in a restatement of financial statements, which could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, leading to a decline in our share price. Even effective internal controls cannot provide absolute assurance with respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements. We do not expect our internal control over financial reporting to detect all errors or fraudulent conduct.

Cyber security risk - Our reputation and business may be harmed from cyber security risk and we may be subject to legal claims if there is loss, disclosure or misappropriation of or access to our customers' or our business partners' or our own information or other breaches of our information security.

We make extensive use of online services and centralized data processing, including through third party service providers. The secure maintenance and transmission of customer information is a critical element of our operations. Our information technology and other systems that maintain and transmit customer or employee information or those of service providers or business partners may be compromised by a malicious third party penetration of our network security, or that of a third party service provider or business partner, or impacted by advertent or inadvertent actions or inactions by our employees, or those of a third party service provider or business partner. Experienced computer programmers and hackers may be able to penetrate our network security, or that of our third party service provider, and misappropriate or compromise our confidential information, create system disruptions, or cause shutdowns. As a result, our customers' information may be lost, disclosed, accessed or taken without our customers' consent.business.

In addition, our third party service providerscash and other business partners process and maintain proprietary business information and data relatedcash equivalents are deposited with various financial institutions located in the various countries in which we operate. We endeavor to monitor these financial institutions regularly for credit quality; however, we are exposed to risk of loss on such funds or we may experience significant disruptions in our business-to-business customers, suppliers and other business partners. Our information technology and other systems that maintain and transmit this information, or those of service providers or business partners, may also be compromised by a malicious third party penetration of our network security or that of a third party service provider or business partner, or impacted by advertent or inadvertent actions or inactions by our employees or those of a third party service provider or business partner. As a result, our business information, customer, supplier, and other business partner data may be lost, disclosed, accessed or taken without their consent.

We are subject to regulations relating to customer privacy and the protection of personal information. Any such loss, disclosure or misappropriation of, or access to, customers' or business partners' information or other breach of our information security can result in legal claims or legal proceedings, including regulatory investigations and actions, may have a serious impact on our reputation and may adversely affect our businesses, operating results and financial condition. Furthermore, the loss, disclosure or misappropriation of our business information may adversely affect our businesses, operating results and financial condition.

Third party logistics and warehousing providers - We use third party logistics and warehousing providers in certain parts of the world that may expose us to risks or liabilities based on their execution that may adversely affect our business operations or financial results.

In Europe, Brazil and other Latin American countries, we use third parties to provide warehousing and logistics services in order to provide cost effective operations and scale in certain regions. The failure or inability ofliquidity needs if one or more of these third partiesfinancial institutions were to deliver products from suppliers to ussuffer bankruptcy or products from us to our customers for any reason could disrupt our business and harm our reputation and operating results. We work closely with our third party logistics and warehousing providers to anticipate issues,

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and also review public information regarding their financial health. However, issues may not be identified timely, which may lead to lack of or poor execution, loss or litigation. Additionally, deterioration of the financial condition of our logistical and warehousing providers could have an adverse impact on our logistical processes. Poor financial condition of these providers could result in delayed responsiveness or delivery failure, which would ultimately affect our responsiveness to our customers and thus may adversely affect our business, operations and financial performance.similar restructuring.

Reliance on third parties - We are dependent on third parties for some services, including the delivery of a majority of our products.products, logistics and warehousing. Changes in shipping terms or the failure or inability of our third partythird-party shippers to perform could have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

We rely on arrangements with third parties to perform certain services for our business depends on and services for our customers, which, if not performed by these third parties in accordance with the terms of the arrangement, could result in significant disruptions or costs to our organization, including monetary damages and an adverse effect on our customer relationships.

In particular, we are dependent upon major shipping companies, including FedEx and UPS, for the shipment of our products to and from our centralized warehouses. Changes in shipping terms, or the inability of these third partythird-party shippers to perform effectively, (whether as a result of mechanical failure, casualty loss, labor stoppage, or any other reason), could have an adverse effect onaffect our business, financial condition and results of operations.responsiveness to our customers. From time to time, we have experienced significant increases in shipping costs due to increases in fuel costs. Additionally, deterioration of the financial condition of our carriers could have an adverse impact on our logistical processes and shipping costs. Poor financial condition of our freight carriers could resultIncreases in delayed responsiveness in their service lead times, which would ultimately affect our responsiveness to our customers. Additionally, if our carriers were to increase our shipping costs it may adversely affect our financial results if we are unable to pass on these higher costs to our customers.
In Europe, Brazil and other Latin American countries, we use third parties to provide warehousing and logistics services in order to provide cost-effective operations and scale in certain regions. The failure or inability of one or more of these third parties to deliver products from suppliers to us, or products from us to our customers, for any reason could disrupt our business and harm our reputation and operating results. We work closely with our third-party logistics and warehousing providers to anticipate issues, and also review public information regarding their financial health. However, issues may not be identified timely, which may lead to lack of or poor execution of services, loss or litigation. Additionally, deterioration of the financial condition of our logistical and warehousing providers could result in delayed responsiveness or delivery failure, which would ultimately affect our responsiveness to our customers and thus may adversely affect our business, operations and financial performance.




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Increased government regulation - We may be subject to additional costs and subject to fines and penalties because certain governmental entities are end-users of products that we sell.

Certain of our customers sell our products to government entities, which requires us to comply with additional laws, regulations and contractual requirements relating to how we conduct business. In complying with such laws, regulations, and other requirements, we may incur additional costs. In addition, non-compliance with such laws, regulations, and other requirements also may expose us to fines and penalties, including contractual damages or the loss of certain contracts or business. We also may be subject to increased scrutiny and investigation into our business practices, which may increase operating costs and increase legal liability, as well as expose us to additional reputational risk.
Fair value measurement of contingent consideration, goodwill and other intangible assets - Changes in the fair value of the assets and liabilities measured at fair value could have a significant effect on our reported earnings.

We have structured several of our acquisitions with an upfront paymentpayments and additional earnout payments. The acquisition of CDC was structured having an upfront payment with five annual cash installments based upon the financial performance of CDC for the twelve month periods ended on June 30, 2011 through June 30, 2015. The acquisition of Imago Group plc ("Imago ScanSource") was structured having an upfront payment with two additional annual cash installments based upon the financial performance of Imago ScanSource for the twelve month periods ended September 30, 2015 through September 30, 2016. The acquisition of Network1 was structured having an upfront payment with four additional annual cash installments based upon the financial performance of Network1 for the twelve month periods ended June 30, 2015 through June 30, 2018.

In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, a liability for the contingent consideration driven by an earn-out must be recorded at the onset of the purchase and must be revalued at every reporting period. Changes in the fair value of the liability are recorded as an adjustment to operating income. These changes can occur due to changes in estimated future financial results, the probabilities of achieving these results, the discount rate reflective of our creditworthiness and the market risk premium associated with the Brazilianrelevant market. Both gains and losses can occur due to changes in these fair value estimates, thus increasing volatility of our earnings.
We expect to continue to use this structure for future acquisitions.

have substantial goodwill. On at least an annual basis, we are required to assess our goodwill and other intangible assets, including but not limited to customer relationships, trademarks, and trade names,for impairment. This includes continuously monitoring events and circumstances that could trigger an impairment test outside of our annual impairment testing date in the fourth quarter of each year. Testing goodwill and other intangibles for impairment requires the use of significant estimates and other inputs outside of our control. If the carrying value of goodwill in any of our goodwill reporting units or other intangible assets is determined to exceed their respective fair values, we may be required to record significant impairment charges that would adversely affect our operating results. A global economic downturn could impact our prior judgments and assumptions about the fair value of our business, and we may be required to record impairment charges of goodwill or other identifiable intangible assets in the future.

Goodwill impairments - Goodwill impairments and impairments of long-lived assets could have a material non-cash adverse effect on our results of operations.

We test our goodwill for impairment in the fourth quarter of each year for all reporting units, or more frequently if events occur or circumstances change that would warrant such a review. We performed our annual impairment test for fiscal years 2015 and 2014 and determined that no goodwill impairment charge was necessary. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 we recorded a non-cash charge for goodwill impairment in our European Communications and Brazilian POS & Barcode reporting units.

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In the future, should the recent economic uncertainty continue in Latin America, Europe, or other global economies, the fair value of one or more of our reporting units may decrease below its carrying amount and future goodwill impairments that may be material could be recognized.charges. Any declines resulting in a goodwill impairment or long-lived asset impairment may result in material non-cash charges to our earnings. Impairment charges would also reduce our consolidated shareholders' equity and increase our debt-to-total-capitalization ratio, which could negatively impact our credit rating and access to the public debt and equity markets.

Accounting rules - Changes in accounting rules or standards could have a significant adverse effect on our reported earnings.

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are subject to interpretations by various governing bodies including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the SEC and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. These governing bodies create and interpret appropriate accounting standards. Future periodic assessments required by current or new accounting standards may result in additional non-cash charges and/or changes in presentation or disclosure. A change from current accounting standards could have a significant adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard for contracts with customers that will supersede most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. This guidance will be applicable to the Company at the beginning of its first quarter of fiscal year 2019. This change in accounting standard could have a significant adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Terrorist or military operations-Future terrorist or military operations could result in a disruption of our operation or loss of assets in certain markets.

Future terrorist or military actions, in the United States or abroad, could result in destruction or seizure of assets or suspension or disruption of our operations. Additionally, such actions could affect the operations of our suppliers or customers, resulting in loss of access to products, potential losses on supplier programs, loss of business, higher losses on receivables or inventory, and/or other disruptions in our business, which could negatively affect our operating results. We do not carry broad insurance covering such terrorist or military actions, and even if we were to seek such coverage, the cost would likely be prohibitive.

Natural disasters and other crises -Exposure to adverse weather conditions or other emergency situations could result in a disruption of our operation or loss of assets in certain markets.

Extreme weather conditions such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, or other natural disasters, electrical failures, medical pandemics or epidemics, telecommunication failures, or other similar events may disrupt our ability to distribute products. Any of these events could significantly and adversely affect our operational results. Particularly, these events could materially impact us because our business has centralized business operations and thus any major damage done to one of our facilities could greatly impact our operations. While we may mitigate some of this risk through insurance, we cannot guarantee that our losses will not exceed the value of our policies. Any disruption in business may adversely affect our operations or damage relationships with customers.

Failure to comply with environmental regulations - We are subject to various environmental regulations, and failing to comply with any requirements may adversely affect our business operations or financial results.

We are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations addressing environmental and other impacts from product disposal, use of hazardous materials in products, recycling of products at the end of their useful life and other related matters. Compliance with these environmental laws may have a material adverse effect on our business. These laws include the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, ("RoHS"), RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ("RoHS 2") and the European Union Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ("WEEE") as enacted by individual European Union countries and other similar legislation adopted in North America. These directives can make companies involved in the production or distribution of electrical goods, including computers and printers, responsible for collection, recycling, treatment and disposal of recovered products. In addition, these directives and similar legislation can have an impact on the types and design of products we are able to sell in jurisdictions that have adopted such restrictions. While we strive to ensure we are in compliance with all applicable regulations, certain of these regulations impose strict liability. Additionally, we may be held responsible for the prior activities of entities that we have acquired or will acquire in the future. Failure to comply with these regulations could result in substantial costs, fines and civil or criminal sanctions, as well as third party claims for property damage or personal injury. Further,

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environmental laws may become more stringent over time, imposing greater compliance costs and increasing risks and penalties associated with violation, which could adversely affect our business, financial position orcondition and results of operations.

LiquidityQuarterly fluctuations - Our net sales and capital resources - Market factorsoperating results are dependent on a number of factors. Our net sales will fluctuate from quarter to quarter, and these fluctuations may increase the cost and availability of capital. Additional capital may not be available to us on acceptable terms to fundcause volatility in our working capital needs and growth.stock price.

Our business requires significant levelsnet sales and operating results may fluctuate quarterly and, as a result our performance in one period may vary significantly from our performance in the preceding quarter, and may differ significantly from our forecast of capitalperformance from quarter to finance accounts receivable and product inventory that is not financed by trade creditors. We have an increased demand for capital whenquarter. The impact of these variances may cause volatility in our business is expanding, including through acquisitions. Changes in payment terms with either suppliers or customers could increase our capital requirements. We have historically relied upon cash generated from operations, borrowings under our revolving credit facility, secured and unsecured borrowings, and, to a lesser extent, borrowings under a subsidiary's line of credit to satisfy our capital needs and to finance growth. While we believe that our existing sources of liquidity will provide sufficient resources to meet our current working capital and cash requirements, if we require an increase in capital to meet our future business needs, such capital maystock price. Additionally, any past financial performance should not be availableconsidered an indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to us on terms acceptableanticipate results or trends in the future as our operating results may fluctuate significantly quarter to us, or at all. Changes in how lenders rate our credit worthiness, as well as macroeconomic factors such as an economic downturn and global economic instability may restrict our abilityquarter. The results of any quarterly period are not indicative of results to raise capital in adequate amounts or on terms acceptable to us, and the failure to do so could harm our ability to operate our business.be expected for a full fiscal year.

In addition, our cash and cash equivalents are deposited with various financial institutions located in the various countries in which we operate. We endeavor

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Volatility of Stock Price-Price - The trading price of our common stock fluctuates.

The stock market as a whole and the trading prices of companies in the wholesale electronics industry have been volatile. Companies in our industry experience significant quarter-to-quarter fluctuations. This broad market and industry volatility could significantly reduce the price of our common stock at any time, without regard to our own operating performance. This volatility may affect the price at which you could sell your common stock. Our stock price is likely to continue to be volatile and subject to price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors; variations in our quarterly operating results from our expectations or those of securities analysts or investors; downward revisions in securities analysts’ estimates; and announcement by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, transactions, partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments.

A material decline in the price of our common stock may result in the assertion of certain claims against us, and/or the commencement of inquiries and/or investigations against us. A prolonged decline in the price of our common stock could result in a reduction in the liquidity of our common stock and a reduction in our ability to raise capital, if needed, and the inability for you to obtain a favorable price at which you could sell your shares.

Quarterly fluctuations - Our net sales and operating results are dependent on a number of factors. Our net sales may fluctuate from quarter to quarter, and these fluctuations may cause volatility in our stock price.

Our net sales and operating results may fluctuate quarterly as a result of changes in demand for our products and services, the introduction of new technology, actions by our competitors, changes in vendors' prices or price protection policies, changes in vendors' business practices or strategies, changes in freight rates, the timing or the addition of operating expenses to support our growth, the timing of major marketing or other service projects, product supply shortages, changes in product mix, the impact of possible disruption caused by integration and reorganization of technology systems, currency fluctuations in countries we have operations, the loss of a major supplier or customer, occurrence of unexpected events, impairments and the general economic factors referenced above. In addition, a substantial portion of our net sales in each quarter results from orders booked in that quarter, which are difficult to accurately forecast in advance. As a result, our performance in one period may vary significantly from our performance in the preceding quarter, and may differ significantly from our forecast of performance from quarter to quarter. The impact of these variances may cause volatility in our stock price. Additionally, any past financial performance should not be considered an indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in the future as our operating results may fluctuate significantly quarter to quarter. Our narrow operating margins may magnify the impact of the foregoing factors on our operating results. The results of any quarterly period are not indicative of results to be expected for a full fiscal year.

Litigation - We routinely are involved in litigation that can be costly and lead to adverse results.


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In the ordinary course of our business, we are involved in a wide range of disputes, some of which result in litigation. We are routinely involved in litigation related to commercial disputes surrounding our business activities, intellectual property disputes, employment disputes and accounts receivable collection activity. In addition, as a public company with a large shareholder base, we are susceptible to class-action lawsuits and other litigation resulting from disclosures that we make (or do not make) and our other activities. Litigation is expensive to bring and defend, and the outcome of litigation can be adverse and significant. Not all adverse outcomes can be anticipated, and applicable accounting rules do not always require or permit the establishment of a reserve until a final result has occurred or becomes probable and estimable. In some instances we are insured or indemnified for the potential losses; in other instances we are not. An uninsured, under insured or underinsurednon-indemnified adverse outcome in significant litigation could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We can make no assurances that we will ultimately be successful in our defense of any of these disputes. See Item 3. "Legal Proceedings" for further discussion of our material legal matters.

ITEM 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.Properties.
The Company owns a 70,000Our fixed assets include office space and warehouses. Our principal locations and/or properties as of June 30, 2018, were as follows:

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LocationApproximate Square FootageType of InterestDescription of Use
United States
Greenville, SC180,000OwnedHeadquarters - Principal Executive and Sales Offices
Southaven, MS741,000LeasedWarehouse
Miami, FL29,000LeasedSales Office and Warehouse
Sacramento, CA41,000LeasedSales and Administration Offices and Warehouse
Louisville, KY22,000LeasedWarehouse
Petaluma, CA17,000LeasedSales and Administration Offices
International
Mexico City, Mexico25,000LeasedWarehouse
Coignieres, France15,000LeasedSales Office and Warehouse
Mainz, Germany16,000LeasedSales Office and Warehouse
Brussels, Belgium28,000LeasedSales and Administration Offices
Sao Jose does Pinhais, Brazil24,000LeasedSales Office and Warehouse
Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil31,000LeasedSales Office and Warehouse
Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil164,000LeasedSales Office and Warehouse
Of the 180,000 owned square foot buildingfootage in Greenville, South Carolina which is the site of its principal executive and sales offices, and a 103,000 square foot building on adjacent property, of which approximately 40,000 square feet is subleased to an unrelated third party.
North American Distribution Facilities
The Company's Our primary North American distribution operations are located in Southaven, Mississippi. The Southaven facility accommodates approximately 600,000 square feet with an optional 147,000 square feet of available expansion space. In 2007, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a ten-year lease associated with this facility, with options to extend the lease for two consecutive five-year periods.
The Company or its subsidiaries also have offices, each of approximately 13,000 square feet or less, in leased facilities in Norcross, Georgia; Cheektowaga, New York;Tempe, Arizona; Lenexa, Kansas; and Mississauga, Canada.
International Distribution Facilities
The Company or its subsidiaries lease 29,000 square feet of office and distribution center space in Miami, Florida, 25,000 square feet of office and distribution center space in Mexico City, Mexico, 17,000 square feet of office space in Cologne, Germany and 30,000 square feet of office space in Brussels, Belgium. The Company utilizesWe utilize the logistical services of avarious third party warehousewarehouses in Liège, Belgium. The Company leases 16,000 square feet of office spacethe United States and distribution center in Mainz, Germany. The Company leases approximately 24,000 square feet of office and distribution center space in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil, leases 10,000 square feet of office and distribution center space in Barueri, Brazil, and utilizes the logistical services of a third party warehouse in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Brazil. The Company leases 164,000 square feet of office and distribution center space in Itajai, Brazil and additional office and distribution center space in Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
The Company or its subsidiaries have additionalinternationally. We also lease various sales offices and warehouse spaces, each of approximately 10,00015,000 square feet or less in leased facilities in Bad Homburg, Germany; Hull, England; Crawley, England; Egham, England; Thatcham, England; Bury, England; Plaisir, France; Olivet, France; Eindhoven, Netherlands; Curitiba, Brazil; Blumenau, Brazil; Fortaleza, Brazil; Goias, Brazil; São Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Bogota, Colombia; Cota, Colombia; Mexico City, Mexico; Lima, Peru;throughout the United States and Miami, Florida.international locations.
Management believes the Company’sour office and warehouse facilities are adequate to support itsour operations at their current levels and for the foreseeable future.

ITEM 3.Legal Proceedings.
ITEM 3.    Legal Proceedings.

The Company and itsour subsidiaries are, from time to time, parties to lawsuits arising out of operations. Although there can be no assurance, based upon information known to the Company, the Company believesus, we believe that any liability resulting from an adverse determination of such lawsuits would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’sour financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.

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PART II
ITEM 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
The Company’sOur common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "SCSC." The Company hasWe have never declared or paid a cash dividend since inception. Under the terms of the Company’sour revolving credit facility, the payment of cash dividends is restricted. As of August 27, 201528, 2018, there were approximately 509550 holders of record of our common stock. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices of the Company’sour common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
High LowHigh Low
Fiscal Year 2015   
Fiscal Year 2018   
First quarter$39.98
 $34.49
$44.35
 $36.20
Second quarter42.52
 31.32
45.35
 33.55
Third quarter41.10
 32.99
36.90
 31.40
Fourth quarter41.95
 37.52
41.95
 33.30
Fiscal Year 2014   
Fiscal Year 2017   
First quarter$36.74
 $30.60
$43.49
 $33.89
Second quarter43.65
 33.75
41.70
 29.05
Third quarter42.64
 35.56
44.95
 38.35
Fourth quarter42.99
 36.10
41.95
 37.05

Stock Performance Chart
The following stock performance graph compares cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’sour common stock over a five-year period with the Nasdaq Market Index and with the Standard Industrial Classification ("SIC") Code Index (SIC Code 5045 – Wholesale Computers and Peripheral Equipment and Software) for the same period. Total shareholder return represents stock price changes and assumes the reinvestment of dividends. The graph assumes the investment of $100 on June 30, 2010.
2013.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20152013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ScanSource, Inc.$100
 $150
 $123
 $128
 $153
 $153
$100
 $119
 $119
 $116
 $126
 $126
NASDAQ Composite$100
 $132
 $143
 $170
 $223
 $253
$100
 $132
 $151
 $149
 $190
 $233
SIC Code 5045 – Computers & Peripheral Equipment$100
 $126
 $123
 $137
 $197
 $181
$100
 $138
 $132
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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On August 21, 2014, the Company29, 2016, we announced aour Board of DirectorsDirectors' ("BOD") authorization to repurchase shares up to $120 million of the Company'sour common stock for up to three years. During the quarteryear ended June 30, 2015,2017, we repurchased 544,643 shares for $20.3 million under the Company repurchasedprogram. No share repurchases occurred under the BOD authorization for the year ended June 30, 2018. The following information describes the Company's stock repurchases as relates to shares withheld for employees stock-based awards in order to satisfy required tax withholding obligations during the fourth quarter of its common stock as follows:the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018:

PeriodTotal number of shares purchasedAverage price paid per shareTotal number of shares purchased as part of the publicly announced plan or programApproximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan or program
April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015

20,856
$39.95
20,856
$116,472,692
May 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015

178,267
$39.25
178,267
$109,476,030
June 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015

210,737
$39.12
210,737
$101,232,695
Total409,860
$39.22
409,860
$101,232,695
     
PeriodTotal number of shares purchasedAverage price paid per shareTotal number of shares purchased as part of the publicly announced plan or programApproximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan or program
April 1, 2018 through April 30, 2018
$

$99,664,707
May 1, 2018 through May 31, 2018232
$34.30

$99,664,707
June 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018159
$40.90

99,664,707
Total391
$36.98

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ITEM 6.    Selected Financial Data.

The selected financial data below should be read in conjunction with "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following statement of income data and balance sheet data were derived from the Company’sour Consolidated Financial Statements.

FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 2013 2012 20112018 2017 2016 2015 2014
(in thousands, except per share data)(in thousands, except per share data)
Statement of income data:                  
Net sales$3,218,626
 $2,913,634
 $2,876,964
 $3,015,296
 $2,666,531
$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $3,540,226
 $3,218,626
 $2,913,634
Cost of goods sold2,891,536
 2,612,535
 2,584,090
 2,713,272
 2,392,224
3,410,135
 3,184,590
 3,184,786
 2,891,536
 2,612,535
Gross profit327,090
 301,099
 292,874
 302,024
 274,307
436,125
 383,596
 355,440
 327,090
 301,099
Selling, general and administrative expenses222,982
 192,492
 191,216
 188,388
 161,326
297,475
 265,178
 240,115
 210,985
 185,116
Depreciation expense13,311
 9,444
 7,326
 5,356
 3,496
Intangible amortization expense20,657
 15,524
 9,828
 6,641
 3,880
Impairment charges (legal recovery)
 (15,490) 48,772
 
 

 
 
 
 (15,490)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration2,667
 2,311
 1,843
 120
 (128)37,043
 5,211
 1,294
 2,667
 2,311
Operating income101,441
 121,786
 51,043
 113,516
 113,109
67,639
 88,239
 96,877
 101,441
 121,786
Interest (income) expense, net(841) (1,633) (1,463) (1,247) 511
Interest expense9,149
 3,215
 2,124
 1,797
 731
Interest income(3,713) (5,329) (3,448) (2,638) (2,364)
Other (income) expense, net2,376
 312
 (520) 3,552
 712
1,278
 (11,142) 2,191
 2,376
 312
Income before income taxes99,906
 123,107
 53,026
 111,211
 111,886
60,925
 101,495
 96,010
 99,906
 123,107
Provision for income taxes34,487
 41,318
 18,364
 36,923
 38,363
27,772
 32,249
 32,391
 34,487
 41,318
Net income$65,419
 $81,789
 $34,662
 $74,288
 $73,523
$33,153
 $69,246
 $63,619
 $65,419
 $81,789
Net income per common share, basic$2.29
 $2.89
 $1.25
 $2.72
 $2.74
$1.30
 $2.74
 $2.40
 $2.29
 $2.89
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic28,558
 28,337
 27,774
 27,362
 26,872
25,522
 25,318
 26,472
 28,558
 28,337
Net income per common share, diluted$2.27
 $2.86
 $1.24
 $2.68
 $2.70
$1.29
 $2.71
 $2.38
 $2.27
 $2.86
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted28,799
 28,602
 27,994
 27,751
 27,246
25,624
 25,515
 26,687
 28,799
 28,602

As of June 30,As of June 30,
2015 2014 2013 2012 20112018 2017 2016 2015 2014
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Balance sheet data:                  
Working capital$665,954
 $715,850
 $614,378
 $533,529
 $532,167
$651,851
 $624,748
 $643,793
 $645,398
 $715,850
Total assets1,476,941
 1,335,124
 1,164,183
 1,201,806
 1,182,188
1,945,295
 1,718,303
 1,491,185
 1,476,941
 1,335,124
Total long-term debt (including current debt)8,826
 5,429
 5,429
 9,697
 60,106
Total debt (including current debt)249,429
 97,300
 76,856
 8,826
 5,429
Total shareholders’ equity$808,985
 $802,643
 $695,956
 $652,311
 $587,394
$866,376
 $837,145
 $774,496
 $808,985
 $802,643


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ITEM 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Certain statements within this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A"), are not historical facts and contain "forward-looking statements" as described in the "safe harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: our dependence upon information systems and the utilization and further implementation of a new ERP system without business disruption and in a timely and cost efficient manner; our ability to integrate acquisitions, and effectively manage and implement our growth strategies; our ability to manage the potential adverse effects of operating in foreign jurisdictions, including, adverse changes in economic, political and market conditions in Europe, Latin America, and in Brazil; our ability to hedge or mitigate the effects of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; our dependence on vendors, product supply, and availability; our ability to decrease our cost structure in response to competitive price pressures and changes in demand for our products; our ability to compete in new and existing markets that are highly competitive; our ability to retain and expand our existing and new customer relationships; our ability to retain key employees, particularly senior management; our ability to anticipate adverse changes in tax laws, accounting rules, and other laws and regulations; our ability to manage our business when general economic conditions are poor; our ability to manage and limit our credit exposure due to the deterioration in the financial condition of our customers; our ability to centralize certain functions to provide efficient support to our business; our ability to manage and negotiate successful pricing and stock rotation opportunities associated with inventory value decreases; our ability to remain profitable in the face of narrow margins; our ability to manage loss, disclosure or misappropriation of, or access to, information or other breaches of our information security; our dependence on third-party freight carriers; our ability to manage the distribution channels; our exposure to the volatility of earnings due to changes in fair value of assets and liabilities, including changes in the fair value of our earn-out obligation to the sellers of CDC, Imago ScanSource, and Network1, changes in accounting principles, and our ability to make estimates and the assumptions underlying the estimates, which could have an effect on earnings; our ability to avoid goodwill and long-lived asset impairments resulting in material non-cash charges to earnings; our ability to manage disruptions or loss of certain assets from terrorist or military operations or from natural disasters; our ability to comply with environmental regulations; our ability to obtain required capital at acceptable terms to fund our working capital and growth strategies; volatility of our earnings and stock price; and our ability to resolve or settle potentially adverse litigation matters. Additional discussion of these and other factors affecting our business and prospects is contained in our periodic filings with the SEC, copies of which can be obtained under the "Investors Relations" tab on our website at www.scansource.com. Please refer to the cautionary statements and important factors discussed in Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with Item 6. "Selected Financial Data" and the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or other factors that affect the subject of these statements, except where we are expressly required to do so by law.

Overview

ScanSource Inc. is aat the center of the technological solution delivery channel, connecting businesses and providing solutions. We provide technology solutions and services from the world’s leading international wholesale distributorsuppliers of specialty technology products. ScanSource, Inc.point-of-sale (POS), payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and its subsidiaries (the "Company") provide value-added distributioncollaboration, cloud and telecom services for over 300 technology manufacturers and sells to our customers. We serve approximately 35,000 resellers45,000 customers located in the following specialtyUnited States, Canada, Latin America and Europe and provide solutions and services from over 500 technology markets: POS and Barcode, Security, 3D Printing and Communications.suppliers.

We operate our business under a management structure that enhances our worldwide technology marketsmarket focus and growth strategy. As a part of this structure, ScanSource hasWe segment our business into two technology segments,technology-focused areas that each with its own president. The two segments are Worldwide Barcode & Security, which includes ScanSource POS and Barcode and ScanSource Security business units, and Worldwide Communications & Services, which encompasses ScanSource Catalyst, ScanSource Communications and ScanSource Services Group business units. The reporting segments of Worldwide Barcode & Security and Worldwide Communications & Services give the Company the ability to leverage its size and experience to deliver more value to our vendor and reseller partners in its existing markets.

The Company operatesoperate in the United States,U.S., Canada, Latin America and Europe. The Company distributesEurope:

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security
Worldwide Communications & Services

We sell products to the United States and Canada from its Southaven,our facilities located in Mississippi, distribution center; toCalifornia and Kentucky; into Latin America principally from distribution centersfacilities located in Miami, Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Colombia;Chile; and tointo Europe principally from distribution centers locatedfacilities in Belgium, France Germany, and the United Kingdom. We also have drop-shipment arrangements with some of our suppliers, which allow us to offer products to customers without taking physical delivery at our facilities.

Our key suppliers include Aruba/HPE, Axis, AudioCodes, Avaya, Barco, Bematech, Brocade/Ruckus, CenturyLink/Level 3, Cisco, Comcast Business, Datalogic, Dell, Dialogic, Elo, F5, Fortinet, Epson, Hanwha, Honeywell, HID, Ingenico, Jabra, March Networks, Mitel, NCR, Oracle, Panasonic, Plantronics/Polycom, RingCentral, Samsung, Sony, Spectralink, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Ubiquiti, Unify, Verifone, Verizon, Windstream, XO and Zebra Technologies. We also offer customers significant choices in cloud services through our Intelisys business, including offerings in contact center, infrastructure and unified communications.

Recent Developments

On August 20, 2018, the Company acquired Canpango, a global Salesforce implementation and consulting partner with deep knowledge of customer relationship management ("CRM") and integration with telecom systems. Canpango’s professional services are complementary to our cloud services offerings. Canpango joins the Company's Worldwide Communications & Services operating segment.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") was enacted in the United States on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018 and implements a territorial tax system. The Tax Act also requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of undistributed foreign earnings and remeasure deferred tax assets and liabilities. See Note 12 - Income Taxes in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Our Strategy

We sell hardware, software, services, and connectivity solutions from technology suppliers to customers that serve end-users. We are a leading channel sales partner for many of our technology suppliers and sell technology solutions that solve end-user's business needs. While we do not manufacture products, we offer the industry leading technology solutions and services from leading technology suppliers. We have the ability to provide a combination of offerings from multiple suppliers or give our customers access to additional services, such as custom configuration, key injection, integration support and other services, to deliver solutions. We also offer the flexibility of on-premise, cloud and hybrid solutions.

As a trusted adviser to our customers, we provide more complete solutions through a better understanding of end-user needs. We drive growth through enhancing our customers' capabilities to provide hardware, software, services and connectivity solutions to meet these needs. Our teams deliver value-added support programs and services, including education and training, network assessments, implementation and marketing to help our customers extend their capabilities, develop new technology practices or reach new end-users.


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The Company distributes products for many of its key vendors in all of its geographic markets; however certain vendors only allow distribution to specific geographies. The Company's key vendors in barcode technologies include Bematech, Cisco, Datalogic, Elo, Epson, Honeywell, Ingenico, NCR, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Verifone and Zebra Technologies. The Company's key vendors for security technologies include Arecont, Axis, Bosch, Cisco, Datacard, Exacq Technologies, HID, March Networks, Panasonic, Ruckus Wireless, Samsung, Sony and Zebra Card. The Company's key vendors in communications technologies include Aruba, AudioCodes, Avaya, Cisco, Dialogic, Jabra, Mitel, Plantronics, Polycom, ShoreTel and Spectralink.

The Company has successfully implemented a new Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") system on time and on budget. In December 2013, the Company retained Systems Applications Products ("SAP") for software platform and implementation consulting services for a new Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") system. The Company's European operations, excluding Imago ScanSource, began utilizing the new ERP system in February 2015, which is in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The Company's North America operations began utilizing the new ERP system in July 2015, which is in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016.

On September 19, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the shares of Imago Group plc, a European value-added distributor of video and voice communications equipment and services, through a newly-formed special purchase entity. Subsequent to the acquisition, the Company changed Imago's name to ScanSource Video Communications Ltd. (dba Imago ScanSource). Imago ScanSource is an addition to the Company’s Worldwide Communications and Services operating segment. This acquisition supports the Company’s strategy to be the leading value-added distributor of video, voice, and data solutions for resellers in Europe.

On January 13, 2015, the Company acquired 100% of the shares of Intersmart Comércio Importação Exportação de Equipamentos Eletrônicos, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil, and its related entities (collectively “Network1”) from the Network1 shareholders. Network1 joins the Company’s Worldwide Communications and Services operating segment. ScanSource is committed to becoming the leading value-added distributor of communications solutions for resellers in Latin America, and this acquisition represents an important step in this strategy.

On August 18, 2015, the Company announced the execution of a letter of intent to purchase the assets of KBZ, a leading Cisco video conferencing distributor in the United States. The KBZ acquisition is subject to certain closing conditions, including the entrance into a definitive purchase agreement and satisfactory completion of due diligence.

During fiscal year 2014, the Barcode & Security distribution segment added 3D printing solutions as a product offering targeting the manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace, and automotive markets. 3D printing solutions replace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Company decided not to proceed with the development of the Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") project using the Microsoft Dynamics AX software, and we wrote off substantially all of the total capitalized expenses related to the original project. The non-cash charge recorded of $28.2 million before the effect of income taxes ($18.0 million net of the tax impact) included software development costs, hardware, software interfaces and other related costs.  The remaining $0.6 million of the total $28.8 million capitalized balance was placed into service in July 2013. The software that was placed into service is not the ERP system itself, but an auxiliary database system designed to assist in the management of the product offerings.  Prior to the write off, the capitalized software was included in property and equipment at cost on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. 

We restructured our European Communications sales unit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013 in order to support a strategy for profitable growth. The new organizational structure provided focused business unit leadership, as well as dedicated merchandising, sales and technical support teams, at the appropriate scale. In addition, the Company moved certain European support functions to centralized global teams in the United States to gain efficiencies. The annualized cost savings in connection with the restructuring, principally associated with the elimination of positions, was estimated at approximately $3.1 million. The Company incurred approximately $1.2 million in associated costs, including related severance expenses. These restructuring costs, which were accrued in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Income Statements. For further discussion on our restructuring, refer to Note 15 -Restructuring Costs.

In January 2013, through the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary Partner Services, Inc. ("PSI"), the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia against our former ERP software systems integration partner, Avanade, Inc. ("Avanade"). In June 2014, the parties reached a Settlement Agreement where both parties agreed to mutually dismiss all claims and counterclaims against the other in exchange for Avanade's payment to the Company of $15.0 million. The Company also reversed $2.0 million

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in accrued liabilities for unpaid invoices received from Avanade and paid a contingency fee of $1.5 million to the law firm who represented the Company in the lawsuit. The settlement, net of attorney fees and reversal of accrued liabilities is included in the impairment charges (legal recovery) line item on the Consolidated Income Statements.

After we performed our annual goodwill impairment test in 2013, we determined that a goodwill impairment charge was necessary for our Brazilian POS & Barcode and European Communications reporting units. Prior to the test, no interim impairment indicators were identified. The Company's impairment testing included the determination of the reporting unit's fair value using market multiples and discounted cash flows modeling. The impairment charges were a result of reduced earnings and cash flow forecasts primarily due to the general macroeconomic environment and lower expectations of future results. Furthermore, earnout payments made to CDC shareholders have been lower than those forecasted and assumed in the calculation of goodwill, at the time of acquisition. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company recorded a non-cash charge for goodwill impairment of $5.4 million and $15.1 million in Europe and Brazil, respectively. During fiscal years 2015 and 2014, no impairment charges related to goodwill were recorded.

Our objective is to continue to grow profitable sales in the technologies we distributeoffer and expand in higher margin and adjacent markets to focus on growth in securityhelp our customers offer more products and communication technologies.services and increase recurring revenue opportunities. We continue to evaluate strategic acquisitions to enhance our technologicaltechnology offerings and geographic portfolios. In doing so, we face numerous challenges that require attention and resources. Certain business units and geographies are experiencing increased competition for the products we distribute. This competition may come in the form of pricing, credit terms, service levels and product availability. As this competition could affect both our market share and pricing of our products, we may change our strategy in order to effectively compete in the marketplace.capabilities.

Cost Control/Profitability

Our operating income growth is driven not only by gross profits butand by a disciplined control of operating expenses. For our fiscal year 2018, the change in fair value of contingent consideration for amounts owed to former shareholders of businesses we acquired increased significantly. Our operations feature scalable information systems, streamlined management and centralized distribution, enabling us to achieve the economies of scale necessary for cost-effective order fulfillment.solution selling. From inception, we have managed our selling, general and administrative expenses by maintaining strong cost controls. However, in order to continue to grow in our markets, we have continued to invest in new technologies specifically, security, communications and 3D technology; increased marketing efforts to recruit resellers;new customers.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated certain income and enhanced employeeexpense items as a percentage of net sales:

 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2016
Statement of income data:     
Net sales100.0% 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of goods sold88.7
 89.2
 90.0
Gross profit11.3
 10.8
 10.0
Selling, general and administrative expenses, net of amortization expense7.7
 7.4
 6.8
Depreciation expense0.3
 0.3
 0.2
Intangible amortization expense0.5
 0.4
 0.3
Change in fair value of contingent consideration1.0
 0.1
 0.0
Operating income1.8
 2.5
 2.7
Interest expense (income), net0.1
 (0.1) 0.0
Other expense (income), net0.0
 (0.3) 0.1
Income before income taxes and minority interest1.6
 2.8
 2.7
Provision for income taxes0.7
 0.9
 0.9
Net income0.9% 1.9 % 1.8 %

Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Net Sales

We have two reportable segments, which are based on the technologies provided to customers. The following tables summarize our net sales results by business segment and by geographic location for the comparable fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016.












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Fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change % Change Constant Currency, Excluding Acquisitions (a)
 (in thousands)    
Sales by Segment:         
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$2,628,988
 $2,389,256
 $239,732
 10.0% 5.0%
Worldwide Communications & Services1,217,272
 1,178,930
 38,342
 3.3% 2.2%
Total net sales$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $278,074
 7.8% 4.1%
          
Sales by Geography Category:         
North American$2,847,197
 $2,685,820
 $161,377
 6.0% 2.5%
International999,063
 882,366
 116,697
 13.2% 9.0%
Total net sales$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $278,074
 7.8% 4.1%
(a) A reconciliation of non-GAAP net sales in constant currency, excluding acquisitions is presented at the end of Results of Operations, under Non-GAAP Financial Information.



Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security

The Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security segment consists of sales to technology customers in North America, Europe and Latin America. During fiscal year 2018, net sales for this segment increased $239.7 million, or 10.0%, compared to fiscal year 2017. Excluding the foreign exchange positive impact of $32.6 million and sales from the POS Portal acquisition, adjusted net sales for fiscal year 2018 increased $119.7 million, or 5.0%, compared to fiscal year 2017. The increase in net sales and adjusted net sales is primarily due to sales growth in our Europe and North America businesses.

Worldwide Communications & Services

The Worldwide Communications & Services segment consists of sales to technology customers in North America, Europe and Latin America. During fiscal year 2018, net sales for this segment increased $38.3 million or 3.3% compared to fiscal year 2017, primarily due to volume sales growth in our Brazilian business. Excluding the foreign exchange positive impact of $5.1 million and sales from the Intelisys acquisition for the first quarter of fiscal years 2018 and 2017, adjusted net sales for fiscal year 2018 increased $26.4 million, or 2.2%, compared to fiscal year 2017. The increase in net sales and adjusted net sales is primarily due to sales growth in our Brazilian business, partially offset by lower sales volume in our consolidated North America businesses.




















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Fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change % Change Constant Currency, Excluding Acquisitions (a)
 (in thousands)    
Sales by Segment:         
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$2,389,256
 $2,361,670
 $27,586
 1.2 % (2.0)%
Communications & Services1,178,930
 1,178,556
 374
  % (3.2)%
Total net sales$3,568,186
 $3,540,226
 $27,960
 0.8 % (2.4)%
          
Sales by Geography Category:         
North American$2,685,820
 $2,620,184
 $65,636
 2.5 % (1.1)%
International882,366
 920,042
 (37,676) (4.1)% (6.1)%
Total net sales$3,568,186
 $3,540,226
 $27,960
 0.8 % (2.4)%
(a) A reconciliation of non-GAAP net sales in constant currency, excluding acquisitions is presented at the end of Results of Operations, under Non-GAAP Financial Information.


Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security

During fiscal year 2017 net sales for this segment increased $27.6 million, or 1.2%, compared to fiscal year 2016, primarily resulting from sales growth in North America. Excluding the foreign exchange positive impact of $10.2 million and sales from the KBZ acquisition for the first quarter of fiscal years 2017 and 2016, adjusted net sales fiscal year 2017 decreased $47.3 million, or 2.0%, compared to fiscal 2016. The decrease in adjusted net sales is primarily due to lower sales volume in our international business and a large transaction with our KBZ business in the December 2015 quarter that did not recur, nor did we expect it to recur.

Worldwide Communications & Services

During fiscal year 2017, net sales for this segment increased $0.4 million compared to fiscal year 2016, primarily due to the Intelisys acquisition, partially offset by lower net sales in all geographies. Excluding the foreign exchange positive impact of $8.6 million and sales from the Intelisys acquisition, adjusted net sales for fiscal year 2017 decreased $37.6 million, or 3.2%, compared to fiscal year 2016. The decrease in adjusted net sales is due to overall lower sales volume in all geographies.

Gross Profit

The following tables summarize our gross profit for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

Fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017
 (in thousands)      
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$238,318
 $195,743
 $42,575
 21.8% 9.1% 8.2%
Worldwide Communications & Services197,807
 187,853
 9,954
 5.3% 16.3% 15.9%
Total gross profit$436,125
 $383,596
 $52,529
 13.7% 11.3% 10.8%

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security

Gross profit dollars increased $42.6 million and gross profit margin increased to 9.1% for the Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security segment for fiscal 2018 as compared to the prior year largely due to the addition of POS Portal results.

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Worldwide Communications & Services

Gross profit dollars increased $10.0 million and gross profit margin increased to 16.3% for the Worldwide Communications & Services segment for fiscal year 2018 as compared to the prior year, primarily due to the sales growth contributed by Intelisys.

Fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change 2017 2016
 (in thousands)      
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$195,743
 $196,831
 $(1,088) (0.6)% 8.2% 8.3%
Worldwide Communications & Services187,853
 158,609
 29,244
 18.4 % 15.9% 13.5%
Total gross profit$383,596
 $355,440
 $28,156
 7.9 % 10.8% 10.0%

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security

Gross profit dollars for the Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security segment decreased for fiscal year 2017 as compared to fiscal year 2016. Gross profit margin decreased slightly to 8.2%, compared to 8.3% in fiscal year 2016, primarily due to supplier program changes from the prior year.

Worldwide Communications & Services

Gross profit dollars and gross profit margin for the Worldwide Communications & Services segment increased in fiscal year 2017 as compared to fiscal year 2016, primarily due to the inclusion of results from the Intelisys acquisition.

Operating expenses

The following tables summarize our operating expenses for the periods ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

Fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017

         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017
 (in thousands)    
  
Selling, general and administrative expenses$297,475
 $265,178
 $32,297
 12.2% 7.7% 7.4%
Depreciation expense13,311
 9,444
 3,867
 40.9% 0.3% 0.3%
Intangible amortization expense20,657
 15,524
 5,133
 33.1% 0.5% 0.4%
Change in fair value of contingent consideration37,043
 5,211
 31,832
 610.9% 1.0% 0.1%
Operating expenses368,486
 295,357
 73,129
 24.8% 9.6% 8.3%

Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") increased $32.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. The increase in SG&A expenses is primarily due to increased employee-related expenses, largely due to recent acquisitions. This was partially offset by a favorable Brazilian sales tax settlement recorded in the current fiscal year.

The increase in depreciation expense and intangible amortization expense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 of $3.9 million and $5.1 million, respectively, is largely due to additional depreciation and amortization recognized on assets acquired in our POS Portal acquisition.


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We have elected to present changes in fair value of the contingent consideration owed to former shareholders of businesses we acquire separately from other SG&A expenses. In fiscal 2018, we have recorded a $37.0 million loss, largely driven by recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount, better-than-expected results from both Network1 and Intelisys and changes in the estimate of the current year payment made to the former owners of Network1 in September 2017.

Fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change 2017 2016
 (in thousands)      
Selling, general and administrative expense$265,178
 $240,115
 $25,063
 10.4% 7.4% 6.8%
Depreciation expense9,444
 7,326
 2,118
 28.9% 0.3% 0.2%
Intangible amortization expense15,524
 9,828
 5,696
 58.0% 0.4% 0.3%
Change in fair value of contingent consideration5,211
 1,294
 3,917
 302.7% 0.1% %
Operating expenses$295,357
 $258,563
 $36,794
 14.2% 8.3% 7.3%

SG&A increased $25.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. The increase in SG&A expenses is primarily due to increased employee-related expenses from recent acquisitions and bad debt expense.

The increase of depreciation expense and intangible amortization expense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 of $2.1 million and $5.7 million, respectively, is largely due to assets acquired through our Intelisys acquisition and additional depreciation on our ERP system.

During fiscal year 2017, with respect to the change in fair value of contingent consideration we recorded a $5.2 million expense, largely driven by recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount and improved projections for Intelisys, partially offset by less-than-expected actual results and reduced projected results for Network1.

Operating Income

The following tables summarize our operating income for the periods ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

Fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017
 (in thousands)    
  
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$56,911
 $49,727
 $7,184
 14.4 % 2.2% 2.1%
Worldwide Communications & Services10,900
 39,768
 (28,868) (72.6)% 0.9% 3.4%
Corporate(172) (1,256) 1,084
 (86.3)% % %
Total operating income$67,639
 $88,239
 $(20,600) (23.3)% 1.8% 2.5%

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security

For the Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security segment, operating income increased $7.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the prior year. Operating income as a percentage of sales increased slightly to 2.2%, compared to 2.1% in the prior year. The increase in operating income and operating margin is primarily attributable to results contributed by POS Portal, including higher gross profit margins.




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Worldwide Communications & Services

For the Worldwide Communications & Services segment, operating income and operating margin decreased for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the prior year primarily due to the expense recognized from the change in fair value of contingent consideration largely due to better-than-expected results and changes in estimate of the current year payment to the former shareholders of Network1.

Corporate

Corporate incurred $0.2 million and $1.3 million in acquisition costs for the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change 2017 2016
 (in thousands)      
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$49,727
 $52,227
 $(2,500) (4.8)% 2.1% 2.2%
Worldwide Communications & Services39,768
 45,513
 (5,745) (12.6)% 3.4% 3.9%
Corporate(1,256) (863) (393) 45.5 % % %
Total operating income$88,239
 $96,877
 $(8,638) (8.9)% 2.5% 2.7%

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security

For the Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security segment, operating income decreased $2.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year. Operating income as a percentage of sales remained fairly consistent year-to-year. The decrease in operating income is largely due to lower gross profit margins and increased employee-related costs, partially offset in improvements in bad debt expense recognized.

Worldwide Communications & Services

For the Worldwide Communications & Services segment, operating income decreased $5.7 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year. Operating income as a percentage of sales decreased to 3.4% from 3.9%. The decrease in operating income and margin is largely due to increased amortization expense on intangible assets acquired through our Intelisys acquisition, a higher loss for change in fair value of contingent consideration and higher bad debt expense.

Corporate

Corporate incurred $1.3 million and $0.9 million in acquisition costs for the year ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Total Other (Income) Expense

The following tables summarize our total other (income) expense for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016:











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Fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017
 (in thousands)      
Interest expense$9,149
 $3,215
 $5,934
 184.6 % 0.2 % 0.1 %
Interest income(3,713) (5,329) 1,616
 (30.3)% (0.1)% (0.1)%
Net foreign exchange losses (gains)2,096
 1,919
 177
 9.2 % 0.1 % 0.1 %
Other, net(818) (13,061) 12,243
 (93.7)%  % (0.4)%
Total other (income) expense$6,714
 $(13,256) $19,970
 (150.6)% 0.2 % (0.4)%

Interest expense reflects interest incurred on borrowings, non-utilization fees from our revolving credit facility and amortization of debt issuance costs. Interest expense increased in fiscal 2018 as compared to 2017 principally from additional borrowings on our multi-currency revolving credit facility.

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2018 was generated on interest-bearing customer receivables and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents, principally in Brazil. In fiscal 2018 and 2017 we recognized accrued interest income related to two separate legal tax settlements in Brazil of $0.7 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

Net foreign exchange gains and losses consist of foreign currency transactional and functional currency re-measurements, offset by net foreign currency exchange contract gains and losses. Foreign exchange gains and losses are generated as the result of fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar versus the Brazilian real, the U.S. dollar versus the euro, the British pound versus the euro, the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar. While we utilize foreign exchange contracts and debt in non-functional currencies to hedge foreign currency exposure, our foreign exchange policy prohibits the use of derivative financial instruments for speculative transactions. We partially offset foreign currency exposure with the use of foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge against these exposures. The costs associated with foreign exchange forward contracts are included in the net foreign exchange loss.

Other income for the fiscal year ended 2017 included $12.7 million from the recognition of a legal settlement in the US, net of attorney fees that did not recur in fiscal 2018.

Fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016

         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change 2017 2016
 (in thousands)      
Interest expense$3,215
 $2,124
 $1,091
 51.4 % 0.1 % 0.1 %
Interest income(5,329) (3,448) (1,881) 54.6 % (0.1)% (0.1)%
Net foreign exchange (gains) losses1,919
 2,571
 (652) (25.4)% 0.1 % 0.1 %
Other, net(13,061) (380) (12,681) 3,337.1 % (0.4)% �� %
Total other (income) expense$(13,256) $867
 $(14,123) (1,629.0)% (0.4)%  %

Interest expense increased in fiscal 2017 over 2016 principally from additional borrowings on our multi-currency revolving credit facility.

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2017 was generated on interest-bearing customer receivables and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents, principally in Brazil. The increase in interest income is primarily due to approximately $1.4 million of interest accrued on a tax settlement in Brazil.


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We experienced foreign exchange losses as foreign currency exchange rates weakened against the U.S. dollar during fiscal 2017. Losses were partially offset by the use of foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge against currency exposures.

Other income for the fiscal year ended 2017 increased $12.7 million primarily due to the recognition of a legal settlement in the US, net of attorney fees compared to the prior year.

Provision for Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $27.8 million, $32.2 million and $32.4 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016 respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 45.6%, 31.8%, and 33.7%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate for fiscal year 2018 as compared to fiscal year 2017 is primarily due to discrete tax items recognized associated with U.S. tax reform, including a one-time transition tax expense of $9.6 million and a tax benefit plansof $1.6 million to retain employees.remeasure deferred taxes. The decrease in the effective tax rate for fiscal year 2017 as compared to fiscal year 2016 is primarily due a favorable tax recovery recognized by the Brazilian Supreme Court during the quarter ending June 30, 2017.

We expect the fiscal year 2019 effective tax rate to be approximately 26% to 27%. See Note 12 - Income Taxes in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion including an effective tax rate reconciliation.

Quarterly Results

The following tables set forth certain unaudited quarterly financial data. The information has been derived from unaudited financial statements that, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments.
 Three Months Ended
 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2017
 
Jun. 30
2018
 
Mar. 31
2018
 
Dec. 31
2017
 
Sept. 30
2017
 
Jun. 30
2017
 
Mar. 31
2017
 
Dec. 31
2016
 
Sept. 30
2016
 (in thousands, except per share data)
Net sales$993,852
 $895,637
 $1,032,212
 $924,559
 $917,291
 $813,538
 $904,792
 $932,566
Cost of goods sold880,503
 791,749
 919,241
 818,642
 816,435
 720,867
 806,258
 841,032
Gross profit$113,349
 $103,888
 $112,971
 $105,917
 $100,856
 $92,671
 $98,534
 $91,534
Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration$8,448
 $4,801
 $6,913
 $16,881
 $1,290
 $1,960
 $1,791
 $169
Net income$10,388
 $10,649
 $7,969
 $4,147
 $18,970
 $12,424
 $23,036
 $14,816
Net income per common share, basic$0.41
 $0.42
 $0.31
 $0.16
 $0.75
 $0.49
 $0.92
 $0.58
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic25,577
 25,572
 25,506
 25,434
 25,341
 25,262
 25,146
 25,523
Net income per common share, diluted$0.40
 $0.42
 $0.31
 $0.16
 $0.74
 $0.49
 $0.91
 $0.58
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted25,675
 25,606
 25,648
 25,579
 25,512
 25,400
 25,285
 25,762

Non-GAAP Financial Information

Evaluating Financial Condition and Operating Performance

In addition to disclosing results that are determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principlesgenerally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP" or "GAAP"), we also disclose certain non-GAAP financial measures. These measures include non-GAAP operating

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income, non-GAAP pre-tax income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP EPS, return on invested capital ("ROIC") and "constant currency." Constant currency" is a measure that excludes the translation exchange impact from changes in foreign currency exchange rates between reporting periods. We use non-GAAP financial measures to better understand and evaluate performance, including comparisons from period to period.

These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and the non-GAAP financial measures that we report may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts reported by other companies. Analysis of results and outlook on a non-GAAP basis should be considered in addition to, and not in substitution for or as superior to, measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with US GAAP.

Net Sales in Constant Currency, Excluding Acquisitions
We make references to "constant currency," a non-GAAP performance measure that excludes the foreign exchange rate impact from fluctuations in the average foreign exchange rates between reporting periods. Constant currency is calculated by translating current period results from currencies other than the U.S. dollar into U.S. dollars using the comparable average foreign exchange rates from the prior year period. We also exclude the impact of acquisitions prior to the first full year of operations from the acquisition date in order to show net sales results on an organic basis. This information is provided to analyze underlying trends without the translation impact of fluctuations in foreign currency rates and the impact of acquisitions. Below we show organic growth by providing a non-GAAP reconciliation of net sales in constant currency, excluding acquisition:

Net Sales by Segment:     
 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,    
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security:(in thousands)  
Net sales, as reported$2,628,988
 $2,389,256
 $239,732
 10.0%
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(32,561) 
    
Net sales, constant currency2,596,427
 2,389,256
 207,171
 8.7%
Less: Acquisitions(87,461) 
    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$2,508,966
 $2,389,256
 $119,710
 5.0%
        
Worldwide Communications & Services:       
Net sales, as reported$1,217,272
 $1,178,930
 $38,342
 3.3%
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(5,055) 
    
Net sales, constant currency1,212,217
 1,178,930
 33,287
 2.8%
Less: Acquisitions(9,750) (2,863)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$1,202,467
 $1,176,067
 $26,400
 2.2%
        
Consolidated:       
Net sales, as reported$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $278,074
 7.8%
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(37,616) 
    
Net sales, constant currency3,808,644
 3,568,186
 240,458
 6.7%
Less: Acquisitions(97,211) (2,863)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$3,711,433
 $3,565,323
 $146,110
 4.1%
(a) Year-over-year net sales growth rate excluding the translation impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Calculated by translating the net sales for the year ended June 30, 2018 into U.S. dollars using the average foreign exchange rates for the year ended June 30, 2017.


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 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,    
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security:2017 2016 $ Change % Change
 (in thousands)  
Net sales, as reported$2,389,256
 $2,361,670
 $27,586
 1.2 %
Foreign exchange impact (b)
(10,229) 
    
Net sales, constant currency2,379,027
 2,361,670
 17,357
 0.7 %
Less: Acquisitions(99,332) (34,628)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$2,279,695
 $2,327,042
 $(47,347) (2.0)%
        
Worldwide Communications & Services:       
Net sales, as reported$1,178,930
 $1,178,556
 $374
  %
Foreign exchange impact (b)
(8,599) 
    
Net sales, constant currency1,170,331
 1,178,556
 (8,225) (0.7)%
Less: Acquisitions(29,421) 
 (29,421)  
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$1,140,910
 $1,178,556
 $(37,646) (3.2)%
        
Consolidated:       
Net sales, as reported$3,568,186
 $3,540,226
 $27,960
 0.8 %
Foreign exchange impact (b)
(18,828) 
    
Net sales, constant currency3,549,358
 3,540,226
 9,132
 0.3 %
Less: Acquisitions(128,753) (34,628)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$3,420,605
 $3,505,598
 $(84,993) (2.4)%
(b) Year-over-year net sales growth rate excluding the translation impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Calculated by translating the net sales for the year ended June 30, 2017 into U.S. dollars using the average foreign exchange rates for the year ended June 30, 2016.


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Net Sales by Geography:     
 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,    
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change
United States and Canada:(in thousands)  
Net sales, as reported$2,847,197
 $2,685,820
 $161,377
 6.0%
Less: Acquisitions(97,211) (2,863)    
Net sales, excluding acquisitions$2,749,986
 $2,682,957
 $67,029
 2.5%
        
International:       
Net sales, as reported$999,063
 $882,366
 $116,697
 13.2%
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(37,616) 
    
Net sales, constant currency961,447
 882,366
 79,081
 9.0%
Less: Acquisitions
 
    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$961,447
 $882,366
 $79,081
 9.0%
        
Consolidated:       
Net sales, as reported$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $278,074
 7.8%
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(37,616) 
    
Net sales, constant currency3,808,644
 3,568,186
 240,458
 6.7%
Less: Acquisitions(97,211) (2,863)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$3,711,433
 $3,565,323
 $146,110
 4.1%
(a) Year-over-year net sales growth rate excluding the translation impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Calculated by translating the net sales for the year ended June 30, 2018 into U.S. dollars using the average foreign exchange rates for the year ended June 30, 2017.


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 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,    
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change
United States:(in thousands)  
Net sales, as reported$2,685,820
 $2,620,184
 $65,636
 2.5 %
Less: Acquisitions(128,753) (34,628)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$2,557,067
 $2,585,556
 $(28,489) (1.1)%
        
International:       
Net sales, as reported$882,366
 $920,042
 $(37,676) (4.1)%
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(18,828)      
Net sales, constant currency863,538
 920,042
 (56,504) (6.1)%
Less: Acquisitions
 
    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$863,538
 $920,042
 $(56,504) (6.1)%
        
Consolidated:       
Net sales, as reported$3,568,186
 $3,540,226
 $27,960
 0.8 %
Foreign exchange impact (a)
(18,828) 
    
Net sales, constant currency3,549,358
 3,540,226
 9,132
 0.3 %
Less: Acquisitions(128,753) (34,628)    
Net sales, constant currency excluding acquisitions$3,420,605
 $3,505,598
 $(84,993) (2.4)%
(a) Year-over-year net sales growth rate excluding the translation impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Calculated by translating the net sales for the year ended June 30, 2017 into U.S. dollars using the average foreign exchange rates for the year ended June 30, 2016.

Non-GAAP Operating Income, Non-GAAP Pre-Tax Income, Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP EPS

To evaluate current period performance on a clearer and more consistent basis with prior periods, we disclose non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP pre-tax income, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. We completed acquisitions on September 19, 2014 and January 13, 2015, both of which were structured with earnout payments. Given the size of the acquisitions and potential variability of fair value adjustments on operating results, non-GAAPNon-GAAP results exclude amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions, changechanges in fair value of contingent consideration, acquisition costs and acquisition costs. Results for the year ended June 30, 2014 also exclude a legal recovery, net of attorney fees.other non-GAAP adjustments. Non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP pre-tax income, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS are useful in better assessing and understanding the Company'sour operating performance, especially when comparing results with previous periods or forecasting performance for future periods.
Below we provide a non-GAAP reconciliation of operating income, pre-tax income, net income and earnings per share adjusted for the costs and charges mentioned above:



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 Year ended June 30, 2018 Year ended June 30, 2017
 Operating Income Pre-Tax Income Net Income Diluted EPS Operating Income Pre-Tax Income Net Income Diluted EPS
 
(in thousands, except per share data)

GAAP Measures$67,639
 $60,925
 $33,153
 $1.29
 $88,239
 $101,495
 $69,246
 $2.71
Adjustments:               
Amortization of intangible assets20,657
 20,657
 14,021
 0.55
 15,524
 15,524
 10,247
 0.40
Change in fair value of contingent consideration37,043
 37,043
 24,697
 0.96
 5,211
 5,211
 2,921
 0.11
Acquisition costs172
 172
 172
 0.01
 1,256
 1,256
 1,256
 0.06
Legal settlement, net of attorney fees952
 952
 771
 0.03
 
 (12,777) (8,047) (0.32)
Tax recovery and related interest income(2,466) (3,119) (2,058) (0.08) 
 (1,382) (5,370) (0.21)
Tax reform changes
 
 9,034
 0.35
 
 
 
 
Non-GAAP measures$123,997
 $116,630
 $79,790
 $3.11
 $110,230
 $109,327
 $70,253
 $2.75


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Below, we are providing a non-GAAP reconciliation of net income and earnings per share adjusted for the costs and charges mentioned above:
 Year Ended June 30, 2015 Year ended June 30, 2014
 Operating Income Pre-Tax Income Net Income Diluted EPS Operating Income Pre-Tax Income Net Income Diluted EPS
                
GAAP Measures$101,441
 $99,906
 $65,419
 $2.27
 $121,786
 $123,107
 $81,789
 $2.86
Adjustments:               
Amortization of intangible assets6,641
 6,641
 4,599
 0.16
 3,880
 3,880
 2,550
 0.09
Change in fair value of contingent considerations2,667
 2,667
 1,842
 0.06
 2,311
 2,311
 1,525
 0.05
Acquisition costs3,254
 3,254
 3,254
 0.12
 
 
 
 
Legal recovery, net of attorney fees
 
 
 
 (15,490) (15,490) (9,756) (0.34)
Non-GAAP measures$114,003
 $112,468
 $75,114
 $2.61
 $112,487
 $113,808
 $76,108
 $2.66
Operating Income by Segment:         
 Year ended June 30,     
% of Net Sales
June 30,
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security:           
GAAP operating income$56,911
 $49,727
 $7,184
 14.4 % 2.2% 2.1%
Adjustments:           
Amortization of intangible assets8,703
 4,033
 4,670
      
Change in fair value of contingent consideration69
 
 69
      
Tax recovery(1,512) 
 (1,512)      
Non-GAAP operating income$64,171
 $53,760
 $10,411
 19.4 % 2.4% 2.3%
            
Worldwide Communications & Services:           
GAAP operating income$10,900
 $39,768
 $(28,868) (72.6)% 0.9% 3.4%
Adjustments:           
Amortization of intangible assets11,954
 11,491
 463
      
Change in fair value of contingent consideration36,974
 5,211
 31,763
      
Legal settlement952
 
 952
      
Tax recovery(954) 
 (954)      
Non-GAAP operating income$59,826
 $56,470
 $3,356
 5.9 % 4.9% 4.8%
            
Corporate:           
GAAP operating income$(172) $(1,256) $1,084
 nm*
 nm*
 nm*
Adjustments:           
Acquisition costs172
 1,256
 (1,084)      
Non-GAAP operating income$
 $
 $
 nm*
 nm*
 nm*
            
Consolidated:           
GAAP operating income$67,639
 $88,239
 $(20,600) (23.3)% 2.5% 2.7%
Adjustments:           
Amortization of intangible assets20,657
 15,524
 5,133
      
Change in fair value of contingent consideration37,043
 5,211
 31,832
      
Acquisition costs172
 1,256
 (1,084)      
Legal settlement952
 
 952
      
Tax recovery(2,466) 
 (2,466)      
Non-GAAP operating income$123,997
 $110,230
 $13,767
 12.5 % 3.1% 2.7%

Return on Invested Capital
Management uses ROIC as a performance measurement to assess efficiency at allocating capital under the Company'sour control to generate returns. Management believes this metric balances the Company'sour operating results with asset and liability management, is not impacted by capitalization decisions and is considered to have a strong correlationcorrelates with shareholder value creation. In addition, it is easily computed, communicated and

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understood. ROIC also provides management a measure of the Company'sour profitability on a basis more comparable to historical or future periods.
ROIC assists us in comparing our performance over various reporting periods on a consistent basis because it removes from our operating results the impact of items that do not reflect our core operating performance. We believe the calculation of ROIC provides useful information to investors and is an additional relevant comparison of our performance during the year. In addition, the Company's Board of Directors uses ROIC in evaluating business and management performance. Certain management incentive compensation targets are set and measured relative to ROIC.
We calculate ROIC as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, plus change in fair value of contingent consideration and other non-GAAP adjustments ("adjusted EBITDA"), divided by invested capital. Invested capital is defined as average equity plus average daily funded interest-bearing debt for the period. The following table summarizes annualized return on invested capital ratioROIC for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015, 2014,2018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively.
 2015 2014 2013
Return on invested capital ratio14.6% 15.7% 16.3%
 2018 2017 2016
Return on invested capital ratio12.5% 13.1% 13.3%

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The components of our ROIC calculation and reconciliation to the Company'sour financial statements are shown, as follows:
Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net IncomeFiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Net income (GAAP)$65,419
 $81,789
 $34,662
$33,153
 $69,246
 $63,619
Plus: income taxes34,487
 41,318
 18,364
27,772
 32,249
 32,391
Plus: interest expense1,797
 731
 775
9,149
 3,215
 2,124
Plus: depreciation & amortization11,997
 7,375
 8,457
37,495
 24,968
 17,154
EBITDA113,700
 131,213
 62,258
107,569
 129,678
 115,288
Change in fair value of contingent consideration2,667
 2,311
 1,843
37,043
 5,211
 1,294
Adjustments(a)
3,254
 (15,490) 50,893
Acquisition costs(a)
172
 1,256
 863
Legal settlement (recovery), net of attorney fees952
 (12,777) 
Tax recovery and related interest income(3,119) (1,382) 
Adjusted EBITDA (numerator for ROIC) (non-GAAP)$119,621
 $118,034
 $114,994
$142,617
 $121,986
 $117,445
Invested capital calculationsFiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Equity – beginning of the year$802,643
 $695,956
 $652,311
$837,145
 $774,496
 $808,985
Equity – end of the year808,985
 802,643
 695,956
866,376
 837,145
 774,496
Change in fair value of contingent consideration1,842
 1,525
 1,217
Adjustments, net of tax(a)
3,254
 (9,756) 34,616
Change in fair value of contingent consideration, net of tax24,697
 2,921
 977
Acquisition costs(a)
172
 1,256
 863
Legal settlement (recovery), net of attorney fees, net of tax

771
 (8,047) 
Tax recovery and related interest income, net of tax(2,058) (5,370) 
Tax reform changes9,034
 
 
Average equity, adjusted808,362
 745,184
 692,050
868,069
 801,201
 792,661
Average funded debt(b)
13,421
 5,429
 15,405
276,233
 131,445
 93,500
Invested capital (denominator)$821,783
 $750,613
 $707,455
$1,144,302
 $932,646
 $886,161
Return on invested capital14.6% 15.7% 16.3%
          
(a)     Includes acquisition costs for the yearyears ended June 30, 2015, a legal recovery, net of attorney fees2018, 2017 and 2016. Acquisition costs are non-deductible for the year ended June 30, 2014 and non-cash impairment charges, and expenses associated with Belgian tax compliance and personnel replacement costs, including related professional fees for year ended June 30, 2013.purposes.
(b)    Average funded debt is calculated as the daily average amounts outstanding on our short-term and long-term interest-bearing debt.

The decrease in our return on invested capital from the prior year is largely due to higher average equity from retained earnings and increased average funded debt.

Results of Operations

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 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2015 2014 2013
Statement of income data:     
Net sales100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0%
Cost of goods sold89.8
 89.7
 89.8
Gross profit10.2
 10.3
 10.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses6.9
 6.6
 6.6
Impairment charges (legal recovery)0.0
 (0.5) 1.7
Change in fair value of contingent consideration0.1
 0.1
 0.1
Operating income3.2
 4.2
 1.8
Interest expense (income), net0.0
 (0.1) 0.0
Other expense (income), net0.1
 0.0
 0.0
Income before income taxes and minority interest3.1
 4.2
 1.8
Provision for income taxes1.1
 1.4
 0.6
Net income2.0 % 2.8 % 1.2%


Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

Currency

In this Management Discussion and Analysis, we make references to "constant currency," a non-GAAP performance measure, that excludes the foreign exchange rate impact from fluctuations in the weighted average foreign exchange rates between reporting periods. Certain financial results are adjusted by translating current period results from currencies other than the U.S. dollar using the comparable weighted average foreign exchange rates from the prior year period. This information is provided to view financial results without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency rates, thereby enhancing comparability between reporting periods.

Net Sales

The Company has two reportable segments, which are based on product sales. The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales results by business segment and by geographic location for the comparable fiscal years ending June 30:

Segments
 2015 2014 $ Change % Change
 (in thousands)  
Worldwide Barcode & Security$1,912,352
 $1,873,177
 $39,175
 2.1%
Worldwide Communications & Services1,306,274
 1,040,457
 265,817
 25.5%
Total net sales$3,218,626
 $2,913,634
 $304,992
 10.5%

Geographic Sales
 2015 2014 $ Change % Change
 (in thousands)  
North American$2,346,764
 $2,179,890
 $166,874
 7.7%
International871,862
 733,744
 138,118
 18.8%
Total net sales$3,218,626
 $2,913,634
 $304,992
 10.5%

Worldwide Barcode & Security

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fiscal year 2015 net sales for this segment increased $39.2 million or 2.1% compared to the prior fiscal year. On a constant currency basis, net sales for fiscal 2015 increased $113.9 million or 6.1% compared to prior year. The increase in sales is primarily due to increased big deals for our North America and Europe POS & Barcode and Security businesses, partially offset by the unfavorable exchange rate variances.

Worldwide Communications & Services

The Communications & Services distribution segment consists of sales to technology resellers in our ScanSource Communications business units in North America, Europe and Brazil, Imago ScanSource in Europe, ScanSource Catalyst in North America, and ScanSource Services Group. During fiscal year 2015, net sales for this segment increased $265.8 million or 25.5% compared to the prior fiscal year. On a constant currency basis, net sales for fiscal 2015 increased $273.2 million or 26.3% compared to prior year. The increase in sales is primarily due to the inclusion of Imago ScanSource and Network1 sales, which we acquired in September 2014 and January 2015, respectively. In addition, we had year-over-year growth in our North America Communications and Catalyst businesses.

Gross Profit

The following table summarizes the Company’s gross profit for the fiscal years ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2015 2014 $ Change % Change 2015 2014
 (in thousands)      
Worldwide Barcode & Security$168,051
 $168,233
 $(182) (0.1)% 8.8% 9.0%
Worldwide Communications & Services159,039
 132,866
 26,173
 19.7 % 12.2% 12.8%
Total gross profit$327,090
 $301,099
 $25,991
 8.6 % 10.2% 10.3%

Worldwide Barcode & Security

Gross profit dollars for the Barcode & Security distribution segment remained relatively flat for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 as compared to prior year primarily due to the foreign currency translation effect of our European and Brazilian operations. As a percentage of sales, gross profit margin decreased slightly to 8.8% for fiscal year 2015 as compared to 9.0% for fiscal year 2014. The reduction in gross profit margin is largely the result of a less favorable sales mix, driven by an increase in big deals with lower gross margins.

Worldwide Communications & Services

Gross profit dollars for the Communications & Services distribution segment increased for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 as compared to prior year primarily due to the inclusion of Imago ScanSource and Network1 results. As a percentage of sales, gross profit margin decreased to 12.2% for fiscal year 2015 compared to 12.8% for fiscal year 2014, primarily due to a less favorable sales mix and lower vendor program recognition as a percentage of sales.

Operating Expenses

The following table summarizes the Company’s operating expenses for the periods ended June 30:

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% of Sales
June 30,
 2015 2014 $ Change % Change 2015 2014
 (in thousands)    
  
Selling, general and administrative expenses$222,982
 $192,492
 $30,490
 15.8 % 6.9% 6.6 %
Legal recovery
 (15,490) 15,490
 (100.0)% % (0.5)%
Change in fair value of contingent consideration2,667
 2,311
 356
 15.4 % 0.1% 0.1 %
Operating expenses$225,649
 $179,313
 $46,336
 25.8 % 7.0% 6.2 %

Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") increased $30.5 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. The increase in SG&A expenses is primarily due to increased employee-related expenses and additional SG&A for the newly acquired Imago ScanSource and Network1, partially offset by lower bad debt expense.

In the fourth quarter of 2014, we recorded a $15.5 million legal recovery, net of attorney fees, related to our previously disclosed ERP litigation.

We have elected to present changes in fair value of the contingent consideration owed to former shareholders of CDC, Imago ScanSource, and Network1 separately from other selling, general and administrative expenses. In the current year, we have recorded a $2.7 million loss, driven by recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount, and the achievement of better than expected actual results for CDC and Imago ScanSource, partially offset by less than expected actual results for Network1.

Operating Income

The following table summarizes the Company’s operating income for the fiscal years ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2015 2014 $ Change % Change 2015 2014
 (in thousands)    
  
Worldwide Barcode & Security$48,612
 $51,523
 $(2,911) (5.6)% 2.5% 2.8%
Worldwide Communications & Services56,083
 54,773
 1,310
 2.4 % 4.3% 5.3%
Corporate(3,254) 15,490
 (18,744) (121.0)% nm*
 nm*
Total operating income$101,441
 $121,786
 $(20,345) (16.7)% 3.2% 4.2%
*nm - percentages are not meaningful

Worldwide Barcode & Security

For the Barcode & Security distribution segment, operating income decreased $2.9 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 as compared to prior year. The decrease in operating income is largely due to increased employee related costs, partially offset by a reduction in bad debt expense. Operating income was also negatively impacted by foreign currency translation of our European and Brazilian operations.

Worldwide Communications & Services

For the Communications & Services distribution segment, operating income increased $1.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 as compared to prior year. The increase is primarily attributable to increased sales volume due to the inclusion of Imago ScanSource and Network1 results, both acquired during the year.

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Corporate incurred $3.2 million in acquisition costs for the year ended June 30, 2015. For the year ended June 30, 2014, Corporate received a legal recovery, net of attorney fees, of $15.5 million, related to our previously disclosed ERP litigation.

Total Other (Income) Expense

The following table summarizes the Company’s total other (income) expense for the fiscal years ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2015 2014 $ Change % Change 2015 2014
 (in thousands)      
Interest expense$1,797
 $731
 $1,066
 145.8 % 0.1 %  %
Interest income(2,638) (2,364) (274) 11.6 % (0.1)% (0.1)%
Net foreign exchange losses (gains)3,044
 616
 2,428
 394.2 % 0.1 %  %
Other, net(669) (304) (365) 120.1 %  %  %
Total other (income) expense$1,534
 $(1,321) $2,855
 (216.1)%  %  %
*nm - percentages are not meaningful

Interest expense reflects interest incurred on borrowings and cross currency swap agreements, non-utilization fees from the Company's revolving credit facility and amortization of debt issuance costs. The interest expense increased principally from the addition of Network1 borrowings held during the year after the business was acquired in January 2015.

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2015 was generated on interest-bearing customer receivables and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents.

Net foreign exchange gains and losses consist of foreign currency transactional and functional currency re-measurements, offset by net foreign currency exchange contract gains and losses. Foreign exchange gains and losses are generated as the result of fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar versus the Brazilian real, the U.S. dollar versus the euro, the British pound versus the euro, the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar and other currencies versus U.S. dollar. While we utilize foreign exchange contracts and debt in non-functional currencies to hedge foreign currency exposure, our foreign exchange policy prohibits the use of derivative financial instruments for speculative transactions. The Company's experienced higher foreign exchange losses as compared to prior year primarily from significant changes in foreign currency exchange rates, partially offset by the use of foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge against currency exposures. In addition, the increase includes the higher costs of foreign exchange hedging for Network1, primarily related to the hedging of the U.S. dollar-denominated accounts payable.

Provision for Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $34.5 million and $41.3 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 34.5% and 33.6%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate is primarily due to the impact of non-deductible acquisition costs incurred in the current year. The Company expects the fiscal year 2016 effective tax rate to range between 34% to 35%.

Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013

Net Sales

The Company has two reportable segments, which are based on product sales. The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales results by business segment and by geographic location for the comparable fiscal years ending June 30th:

Segments

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 2014 2013 $ Change % Change
 (in thousands)  
Worldwide Barcode & Security$1,873,177
 $1,828,219
 $44,958
 2.5 %
Worldwide Communications & Services1,040,457
 1,048,745
 (8,288) (0.8)%
Total net sales$2,913,634
 $2,876,964
 $36,670
 1.3 %

Geographic Sales
 2014 2013 $ Change % Change
 (in thousands)  
North American distribution sales units$2,179,890
 $2,139,723
 $40,167
 1.9 %
International distribution sales units733,744
 737,241
 (3,497) (0.5)%
Total net sales$2,913,634
 $2,876,964
 $36,670
 1.3 %

Worldwide Barcode & Security

The Barcode & Security distribution segment consists of sales to technology resellers in our ScanSource POS & Barcode business units in North America, Europe and Latin America and our ScanSource Security business unit in North America. During fiscal year 2014 net sales for this segment increased $45.0 million or 2.5% compared to the prior fiscal year. On a constant currency basis, net sales for fiscal 2014 increased $46.4 million or 2.5% compared to prior year. The increase is primarily due to growth in all business units within Worldwide Barcode & Security, with the exception of the Miami export business.

Worldwide Communications & Services

The Communications & Services distribution segment consists of sales to technology resellers in our ScanSource Communications business units in North America and Europe, ScanSource Catalyst in North America, and ScanSource Services Group. During fiscal year 2014, net sales for this segment decreased $8.3 million or 0.8% compared to the prior fiscal year. On a constant currency basis, net sales for fiscal 2014 decreased $11.1 million or 1.1%. compared to prior year. Sales growth in the North America Communications business unit was offset by weaker sales results for the Catalyst and Europe Communications business units.

Gross Profit

The following table summarizes the Company’s gross profit for the fiscal years ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2014 2013 $ Change % Change 2014 2013
 (in thousands)      
Worldwide Barcode & Security$168,233
 $168,123
 $110
 0.1% 9.0% 9.2%
Worldwide Communications & Services132,866
 124,751
 8,115
 6.5% 12.8% 11.9%
Total gross profit$301,099
 $292,874
 $8,225
 2.8% 10.3% 10.2%

Worldwide Barcode & Security

Gross profit dollars for the Barcode & Security distribution segment remained relatively flat for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 as compared to prior year. As a percentage of sales, gross profit margin decreased slightly to 9.0% for fiscal year 2014 as compared to 9.2% for fiscal year 2013. This reduction is largely the result sales mix, principally higher sales volume of lower margin products.

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Gross profit dollars and gross profit margin for the Communications & Services distribution segment increased for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. As a percentage of sales, gross profit margin increased to 12.8% for fiscal year 2014 compared to 11.9% for fiscal year 2013, primarily due to higher service fee income and improved vendor program attainment.

Operating Expenses

The following table summarizes the Company’s operating expenses for the periods ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2014 2013 $ Change % Change 2014 2013
 (in thousands)      
Selling, general and administrative expense$192,492
 $191,216
 $1,276
 0.7 % 6.6 % 6.6%
Impairment charges (legal recovery)(15,490) 48,772
 (64,262) (131.8)% (0.5)% 1.7%
Change in fair value of contingent consideration2,311
 1,843
 468
 25.4 % 0.1 % 0.1%
Operating expenses$179,313
 $241,831
 $(62,518) (25.9)% 6.2 % 8.4%

Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") increased $1.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The increase in SG&A expenses is primarily due to increased personnel headcount and higher healthcare costs, partially offset by lower bad debt expense.

In the fourth quarter of 2014, we recorded a $15.5 million legal recovery, net of attorney fees, related to our previously disclosed ERP litigation. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, we recorded impairment charges from our ERP project and goodwill in our ScanSource Communications Europe and ScanSource Brasil sales units as mentioned above. Discussion on these impairments can be found in the overview section of this Management's Discussion and Analysis, as well as, Note 6 - Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

We have elected to present changes in fair value of the contingent consideration owed to former shareholders of CDC separately from other selling, general and administrative expenses. In 2014, we recorded a $2.3 million loss, driven by recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount and a decline in the discount rate used, partially offset by a reduction in forecasted results.

Operating Income

The following table summarizes the Company’s operating income for the fiscal years ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2014 2013 $ Change % Change 2014 2013
 (in thousands)      
Worldwide Barcode & Security$51,523
 $34,665
 $16,858
 48.6 % 2.8% 1.9%
Worldwide Communications & Services54,773
 44,588
 10,185
 22.8 % 5.3% 4.3%
Corporate15,490
 (28,210) 43,700
 (154.9)% nm*
 nm*
Total operating income$121,786
 $51,043
 $70,743
 138.6 % 4.2% 1.8%
*nm - percentages are not meaningful



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For the Barcode & Security distribution segment, operating income increased $16.9 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. The increase is largely the result of a $15.1 million impairment expense related to ScanSource Brasil, included in prior year results, as well as, a decrease in the provision for doubtful accounts.

Worldwide Communications & Services

For the Communications & Services distribution segment, operating income increased $10.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. The increase is primarily attributable to increased gross profit margin and $5.4 million of goodwill impairment charges related to Europe Communications included in prior year results.

Corporate

For the year ended June 30, 2014, Corporate received a legal recovery, net of attorney fees, of $15.5 million, related to our previously disclosed ERP litigation for the year ended June 30, 2014. We incurred a $28.2 million ERP impairment charge for the year ended June 30, 2013.

Total Other (Income) Expense

The following table summarizes the Company’s total other (income) expense for the fiscal years ended June 30:
         
% of Sales
June 30,
 2014 2013 $ Change % Change 2014 2013
 (in thousands)      
Interest expense$731
 $775
 $(44) (5.7)%  %  %
Interest income(2,364) (2,238) (126) 5.6 % (0.1)% (0.1)%
Net foreign exchange (gains) losses616
 (32) 648
 nm*
  %  %
Other, net(304) (488) 184
 (37.7)%  %  %
Total other (income) expense$(1,321) $(1,983) $662
 (33.4)%  % (0.1)%
*nm - percentages are not meaningful

Interest expense reflects interest incurred on the Company’s long-term debt, non-utilization fees from the Company’s revolving credit facility and the amortization of debt issuance costs.

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2014 was generated on interest-bearing customer receivables and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents.

Net foreign exchange gains and losses consist of foreign currency transactional and functional currency re-measurements, offset by net foreign currency exchange contract gains and losses. Foreign exchange gains and losses are generated as the result of fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar versus the Brazilian real, the U.S. dollar versus the euro, the British pound versus the euro, the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar and other currencies versus U.S. dollar. While we utilize foreign exchange contracts and debt in non-functional currencies to hedge foreign currency exposure, our foreign exchange policy prohibits the use of derivative financial instruments for speculative transactions.

Provision for Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $41.3 million and $18.4 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 33.6% and 34.6%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is primarily due to the non-recurring impairment of goodwill in the United Kingdom for our European Communications reporting unit, which was not deductible for fiscal year 2013.
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We completed our annual impairment test as of June 30, 2013 and determined that the book value of the European Communications and the Brazilian POS & Barcode sales units were in excess of fair value and a goodwill impairment was required. Prior to this test, no interim indicators of impairment were identified. Reduced earnings and cash flow forecast primarily due to the general macroeconomic environment and lower expectations of future results contributed to our determination. Furthermore, earnout payments made to CDC shareholders have been lower than those forecasted and assumed in the calculation of goodwill, at the time of acquisition. Accordingly, we recorded a non-cash pretax goodwill impairment charge of $20.6 million, or $15.2 million after tax at the local tax rate, relating to our reporting units. These goodwill charges are included in a separate operating expense line item, "Impairment charges including ERP & goodwill" in our Consolidated Income Statements. Income and market approaches were used to determine the fair value of each of our seven reporting units. The application of goodwill impairment tests requires management's judgment for many of the inputs. Key assumptions in the impairment test included our forecasted revenue growth rate, discount rate assumptions, and working capital requirements. Changes in these estimates could result in additional impairment of goodwill in a future period. The impairment charge reflects our view of anticipated risks based on our expectations of market and general economic conditions. For additional information regarding goodwill, see Note 6 - Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets.

Quarterly Results

The following tables set forth certain unaudited quarterly financial data. The information has been derived from unaudited financial statements that, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments.
 Three Months Ended
 Fiscal 2015 Fiscal 2014
 
Jun. 30
2015
 
Mar. 31
2015
 
Dec. 31
2014
 
Sept. 30
2014
 
Jun. 30
2014
 
Mar. 31
2014
 
Dec. 31
2013
 
Sept. 30
2013
 (in thousands, except per share data)
Net sales$856,685
 $763,203
 $807,019
 $791,720
 $758,113
 $682,998
 $740,618
 $731,904
Cost of goods sold765,367
 683,187
 728,908
 714,075
 684,120
 609,647
 663,362
 655,405
Gross profit$91,318
 $80,016
 $78,111
 $77,645
 $73,993
 $73,351
 $77,256
 $76,499
Net income$16,447
 $12,943
 $16,821
 $19,208
 $27,105
 $16,949
 $18,298
 $19,437
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic28,461
 28,646
 28,579
 28,544
 28,525
 28,502
 28,293
 28,034
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted28,722
 28,855
 28,831
 28,794
 28,763
 28,730
 28,597
 28,257
Net income (loss) per common share, basic$0.58
 $0.45
 $0.59
 $0.67
 $0.95
 $0.59
 $0.65
 $0.69
Net income (loss) per common share, diluted$0.57
 $0.45
 $0.58
 $0.67
 $0.94
 $0.59
 $0.64
 $0.69

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP" or "GAAP").US GAAP. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis management evaluates its estimates, including those related to the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable, inventory reserves to reduce inventories to the lower of cost or market,net realizable value and vendorsupplier incentives. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form a basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions, however, management believes that its estimates, including those for the above-described items, are reasonable and that the actual results will not vary significantly from the estimated amounts.conditions. For further discussion of our significant accounting policies, refer to Note 1 - Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized once four criteria are met: (1) the Company must have persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; (2) delivery must occur (this includes the transfer of both title and risk of loss, provided that no significant obligations remain); (3) the price must be fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability must be reasonably assured. The Company allows its customers to return product for exchange or credit subject to certain limitations.

The Company distributes third-party service contracts, typically for product maintenance and support. These service contracts are sold separately from the products, and the Company often serves as the agent for the contract on behalf of the original equipment manufacturer. Since the Company acts as an agent on behalf of most of these service contracts sold, revenue is recognized net of cost at the time of sale. However, the Company distributes some self-branded warranty programs and engages a third party (generally the original equipment manufacturer) to cover the fulfillment of any obligations arising from these contracts. These revenues and associated third-party costs are amortized over the life of the contract and presented in net sales and cost of goods sold, respectively.

Service revenue associated with third-party service contracts and warranty programs, as mentioned above, along with configuration and marketing services is recognized when the work is complete, and the four criteria discussed above have been substantially met. Service revenue associated with service contracts, warranty programs, configuration, marketing and other services approximates 3.0% of consolidated net sales for fiscal year 2015 and 2% of consolidated net sales for fiscal years 2014 and 2013.
During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company has not engaged in any sales transactions involving multiple element arrangements. Had any arrangements with multiple deliverables occurred, we would follow the guidance set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 605 - Revenue Recognition.
Allowances for Trade and Notes Receivable
The Company maintainsWe maintain an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable for estimated losses resulting from customers’ failure to make payments on accounts receivable due to the Company. Management determines the estimate of the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable by considering a number of factors, including: (1) historical experience, (2) aging of the accounts receivable, and (3) specific information obtained by the Company on the financial condition and the current creditworthiness of its customers.customers and (4) the current economic and country specific environment. If the financial condition of the Company’sour customers were to deteriorate and reduce the ability of the Company’sour customers to make payments on their accounts, the Companywe may be required to increase itsour allowance by recording additional bad debt expense. Likewise, should the financial condition of the Company’sour customers improve and result in payments or settlements of previously reserved amounts, the Companywe may be required to record a reduction in bad debt expense to reverse the recorded allowance.
Inventory Reserves
Management determines the inventory reserves required to reduce inventories to the lower of cost or marketnet realizable value based principally on the effects of technological changes, quantities of goods and length of time on hand and other factors. An estimate is made of the marketnet realizable value, less cost to dispose, of products whose value is determined to be impaired. If these products are ultimately sold at less than estimated amounts, additional reserves may be required. The estimates used to calculate these reserves are applied consistently. The adjustments are recorded in the period in which the loss of utility of the inventory occurs, which establishes a new cost basis for the inventory. This new cost basis is maintained until such time that the reserved inventory is disposed of,

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returned to the vendorsupplier or sold. To the extent that specifically reserved inventory is sold, cost of goods sold is expensed for the new cost basis of the inventory sold.
VendorSupplier Programs
The Company receivesWe receive incentives from vendorssuppliers related to volume rebates, cooperative advertising allowances and other incentive agreements. These incentives are generally under quarterly, semi-annual or annual agreements with the vendors.suppliers. Some of these incentives are negotiated on an ad hoc basis to support specific programs mutually developed between the Company and the vendor. Vendorssupplier. Suppliers generally require that we use their cooperative advertising allowances exclusively for advertising or other marketing programs. Incentives received from vendorssuppliers for specifically identified incremental cooperative advertising programs are recorded as adjustments to selling, general and administrativeSG&A expenses. FASB's ASC 605 – Revenue Recognition, addresses accounting by a customer (including a reseller) for certain consideration received from a vendor.supplier. This guidance requires that the portion of these vendorsupplier funds in excess of our costs be reflected as a reduction of inventory. Such funds are recognized as a reduction of the cost of products sold when the related inventory is sold.
The Company recordsWe record unrestricted volume rebates received as a reduction of inventory and as a reduction of the cost of goods sold when the related inventory is sold. Amounts received or receivables from vendorssuppliers that are not yet earned are deferred in the consolidated balance sheets.Consolidated Balance Sheets. Supplier receivables are generally collected through reductions to accounts payable authorized by the supplier. In addition, the Companywe may receive early payment discounts from certain vendors. The Company recordssuppliers. We record early payment discounts received as a reduction of inventory and recognizesrecognize the discount as a reduction of cost of goods sold when the related inventory is sold. ASC 605 requires management to make certain estimates of the amounts of vendorsupplier incentives that will be received. Actual recognition of the vendorsupplier consideration may vary from management estimates based on actual results.
Share-Based Payments
Goodwill

The Company accountsWe account for share-based compensation using the provisions ofrecorded goodwill in accordance with ASC 718,350, Accounting for Stock CompensationGoodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which requires that goodwill be reviewed annually for impairment or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. Goodwill testing utilizes an impairment

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analysis, whereby we compare the recognition of the faircarrying value of share-based compensation. Share-based compensation is estimated at the grant date based on theeach identified reporting unit to its fair value of the awards, in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718. Since this compensation cost is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. ASC 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company has elected to expense grants of awards with graded vesting on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred income taxes reflect tax consequences on future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts. Valuation allowances are provided against deferred tax assets in accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. During fiscal 2013, the Company reviewed and modified its policy toward permanently reinvested foreign earnings. The Company has provided for U.S. income taxes for the current earnings of its Canadian subsidiary. Earnings from all other geographies will continue to be considered retained indefinitely for reinvestment. The tax effect of this accounting policy change is immaterial to the financial statements. See Note 12 - Income Taxes, for further discussion.
Additionally, the Company maintains reserves for uncertain tax provisions in accordance with ASC 740. See Note 12 - Income Taxes, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
Business Combinations
The Company accounts for business combinations in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. ASC 805 establishes principles and requirements for recognizing the total consideration transferred to and the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in the acquired target in a business combination. ASC 805 also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring goodwill acquired in a business combination and requires the acquirer to disclose information that users may need to evaluate and understand the financial impact of the business combination. See Note 5 - Acquisitions, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Goodwill
value. The carrying value of goodwill is reviewed at a reporting unit level at least annually for impairment, or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. Our goodwill reporting units align directly with our operating segments, Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security and Worldwide Communications & Services operating segments for a total of two reporting units. The goodwill testing utilizes a two-step impairment analysis, whereby the Company compares the carrying value of each identified reporting unit to its fair value.Services. The fair values of the reporting units are estimated using the net present value of discounted cash flows generated by each reporting

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unit. Considerable judgment is necessary in estimating future cash flows, discount rates and other factors affecting the estimated fair value of the reporting units, including the operating and macroeconomic factors. Historical financial information, internal plans and projections and industry information are used in making such estimates.
In the two-step impairment analysis, goodwill is first tested for impairment by comparing the
Under Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-04 if fair value of the reporting unit with the reporting unit's carrying amount to identify any potential impairment. Ifgoodwill fair value is determined to be less than carrying value, a second stepan impairment loss is used wherebyrecognized for the implied fairamount of the carrying value that exceeds the amount of the reporting unit'sunits' fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill determined through a hypothetical purchase price allocation, is compared withallocated to the reporting unit. Additionally, we would consider income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting units' goodwill. Ifunit when measuring the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying amount, an impairment charge is recorded in current earnings for the difference.loss, if applicable. We also assess the recoverability of goodwill if facts and circumstances indicate goodwill may be impaired. In our most recent annual test, we estimated the fair value of our reporting units primarily based on the income approach utilizing the discounted cash flow method. We also utilized fair value estimates derived from the market approach utilizing the public company market multiple method to validate the results of the discounted cash flow method, which required us to make assumptions about the applicability of those multiples to our reporting units. The discounted cash flow method requiredrequires us to estimate future cash flows and discount those amounts to a present value.
The key assumptions utilized in determining fair value included:

Industry weighted-average cost of capital ("WACC"): We utilized a WACC relative to each reporting unit's respective geography and industry as the discount rate for estimated future cash flows. The WACC is intended to represent a rate of return that would be expected by a market place participant in each respective geography.
Operating income: We utilized historical and expected revenue growth rates, gross margins and operating expense percentages, which varied based on the projections of each reporting unit being evaluated.
Cash flows from working capital changes: We utilized a projected cash flow impact pertaining to expected changes in working capital as each of our goodwill reporting units grow.
While we believe our assumptions are appropriate, they are subject to uncertainty and by nature include judgments and estimates regarding future events, including projected growth rates, margin percentages and operating efficiencies. During fiscal year 2015, the Company completed its annual impairment test as of April 30 and determined that no goodwill impairment charge was necessary. In accordance with ASC 350, the Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test on both the historical reporting units based on geography and the new reporting units based on operating segments for fiscal year 2015. Under the historical reporting units, the estimated fair value of the Company's Latin American goodwill reporting unit exceeded its carrying values by a smaller margin than the Company's other goodwill reporting units, excluding reporting units acquired during fiscal year 2015. The estimated fair value of the Latin America goodwill reporting unit exceeded the carrying value by 26.5% and 10.2% for fiscal years 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in sensitivity to this goodwill reporting unit is driven largely by the general macroeconomic environment and lower expectations for future results in the units. Key assumptions used in determining fair value include projected growth and operating margin, working capital requirements and discount rates.
During fiscal 2013, the Company recorded a non-cashyears 2018 and 2017, we completed our annual impairment charge of $5.4 million and $15.1 million for our European Communications and ScanSource Brasil reporting units. The carrying value of the European POS & Barcode and ScanSource Latin America goodwilltest as of June 30, 2013 was $4.5 millioneach April 30th and $4.0 million, respectively. The increase in sensitivity to thesedetermined that our goodwill reporting units are driven largely by the general macroeconomic environment and lower expectations for future results in the units. Key assumptions used in determining fair value include projected growth and operating margin, working capital requirements and discount rates.is not at risk of impairment.
See Note 6 - Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on our goodwill impairment testing and results.
Liability for Contingent Consideration
In addition to the initial cash consideration paid to former shareholders of CDC, Imago,Network1 and Network1, the Company isIntelisys, we are obligated to make additional earnout payments based on future results through a specified date based on a multiple of the subsidiary’s pro forma earnings as defined in the respective share purchase agreements. Future payments are to be paid in the functional currency of the acquired entity, which is the Brazilian real for CDCNetwork1 and Network and the British poundU.S. dollars for Imago. CDC has one remainingIntelisys. We made a single earnout payment to bethe former shareholders of POS Portal in fiscal year 2018. We paid the final earnout payment to the former shareholders of Imago in fiscal year 2017 and to CDC in fiscal year 2016. We will pay the final earnout payment to the former shareholders of Network1 during fiscal year 2016, Imago2019. Intelisys has twothree remaining earnout payments to be paid in annual installments during fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and Network1 has four remaining earnout payments to be paid in annual installments during fiscal years 20162019 through 2019.2021. In accordance with ASC Topic 805, the Company determineswe determine the fair value of this liability for contingent consideration at each reporting date throughout the term of the earnout using a form of a probability weighted discounted cash flow model. Each period, the Companywe will reflect the contingent consideration liability at fair value with changes recorded

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in the change in fair value of contingent consideration line item on the Consolidated Income Statement. Current and noncurrent portions of the liability are presented in the current portion of contingent consideration and long-term portion of contingent consideration line items on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
The Company hasWe have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future affect or change on the company’sour financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors. The term “off-balance sheet arrangement” generally means any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an entity unconsolidated with the company is a party, under which the company has (i) any obligation arising under a

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guarantee contract, derivative instrument or variable interest; or (ii) a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to such entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support for such assets.
Accounting Standards Recently Issued
See Note 1 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the discussion on recent accounting pronouncements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows from operations and borrowings under the $300$400 million revolving credit facility. As a distribution company, ourOur business requires significant investment in working capital, particularly accounts receivable and inventory, partially financed through our accounts payable to vendors, cash on hand and revolving lines of credit.suppliers. In general, as our sales volumes increase, our net investment in working capital typically increases, which typically results in decreased cash flow from operating activities. Conversely, when sales volumes decrease, our net investment in working capital typically decreases, which typically results in increased cash flow from operating activities.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $121.625.5 million at June 30, 20152018, compared to $194.956.1 million at June 30, 20142017, and $61.4 million at June 30, 2016, of which $43.4$20.3 million, $47.9 million and $39.7$52.7 million was held outside of the United States as of June 30, 20152018, 2017 and 2014,2016, respectively. Checks released but not yet cleared from these accounts in the amounts of $62.95.7 million, $8.3 million and $84.1$78.3 million are classified as accounts payable as of June 30, 20152018, 2017 and June 30, 2014,2016, respectively.
We conduct business in many locations throughout the world where we generate and use cash. The Company providesWe provide for U.S.United States income taxes for the earnings of itsour Canadian subsidiary. Earnings from all other geographies will continue to be considered retained indefinitely for reinvestment. If these funds were neededDue to recent tax legislation in the operations of the United States, we would beare required to record and pay significant income taxes uponestimate a one-time transition tax on repatriation of these funds.foreign earnings during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. See Note 12 - Income Taxes in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Our net investment in working capital decreasedincreased $49.927.1 million to $666.0651.9 million at June 30, 20152018 from $715.9624.7 million at June 30, 20142017, principally from lower cash and higher accounts payable,receivable and inventory, partially offset by higher accounts receivable and inventory balances.payable. Our net investment in working capital totaled $643.8 million at June 30, 2016. Our net investment in working capital is affected by several factors such as fluctuations in sales volume, net income, timing of collections from customers, increases and decreases to inventory levels, payments to vendors,suppliers, as well as cash generated or used by other financing and investing activities.
Year endedYear ended
Cash provided by (used in):June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016
(in thousands)
Operating activities$75,522
 $47,722
$27,871
 $94,876
 $52,211
Investing activities(80,541) (11,228)(151,927) (96,236) (73,556)
Financing activities(56,893) 9,285
97,508
 (3,506) (36,305)
Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents(11,293) 908
(4,016) (440) (2,596)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$(73,205) $46,687
$(30,564) $(5,306) $(60,246)
Net cash provided by operating activities was $75.527.9 million for year ended June 30, 2015,2018, compared to $47.794.9 million inand $52.2 million for the prior year.years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Operating cash flows for the year ended June 30, 20152018 is primarily attributable to net income, and increases in non-cash adjustments, partially offset by overall increases in cash used for working capital needs, excluding the impact of initial accounts payable,balances assumed from the POS Portal acquisition. Operating cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2017 is primarily attributable to net income, increases in non-cash adjustments and decreases in inventory levels, partially offset by increases in accounts receivable, excluding the impact of initial accounts balances assumed from Intelisys. Operating cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2016 is primarily attributable to net income, increases in accounts receivable and inventory.non-cash adjustments, partially offset by increases in accounts payable, excluding the impact of initial accounts balances assumed from the KBZ acquisition.
TheExcluding Intelisys, the number of days sales outstanding ("DSO") was 5559 at June 30, 2015 and 2018, compared to 61 at June 30, 2014, which is within our typically expected range.2017 and 57 at June 30, 2016. Throughout the current fiscal year DSO ranged from 59 to 64. Inventory turnover was 6.0 times during the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, compared to 6.2 and 5.6 times in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017 and 2016, respectively. Throughout fiscal year 2018 inventory turnover ranged from 5.5 to 6.2 times.


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Inventory turnover increased to 5.9 times during the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, compared to 5.6 times in the prior year quarter. Throughout fiscal year 2015 inventory turnover ranged from 5.4 to 5.9 times.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended June 30, 2015was $80.5151.9 million, compared to $11.296.2 million used inand $73.6 million for the prior year. The increase inyears ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Investing cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016 is primarily driven by cash used in investing activities is due to the acquisition of the Imago ScanSourceacquire POS Portal, Intelisys and Network1 businesses and capital expenditures on the Company's new Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") system.KBZ, respectively.

In December 2013, the Company retained SAP for software platform and implementation consulting services for a new ERP system. The Company's European operations, excluding Imago ScanSource, began utilizing the new ERP system in February 2015, which is in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The Company's North America operations began utilizing the new ERP system in July 2015, which is in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016.
Cash used inprovided by financing activities for the year ended June 30, 20152018 totaled to $56.9$97.5 million, compared to $9.3cash used in financing of $3.5 million cashand $36.3 million for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Cash provided by financing activities in the prior year. The change in cash flowfiscal years 2018 is primarily attributable to repaymentsnet borrowings on borrowingsthe revolving credit facility, partially offset by contingent consideration payments to the former shareholders of Network1, Intelisys and Imago ScanSource,POS Portal. Cash used in fiscal 2017 and 2016 is primarily attributable to repurchases of common stock and a contingent consideration payment to former shareholders of CDC.
The Company assumedpayments, partially offset by net debt from Network1 of $35.2 million as part ofborrowings on the initial purchase consideration as of January 13, 2015. The remaining outstanding borrowings of Network1 as of June 30, 2015 totaled $3.4 million, of which $2.9 million is classified as current.revolving credit facility.
In August 2014, our2016, the Board of Directors authorized a three-yearthree year $120 million share repurchase program. The Company repurchased 0.5 million shares totaling approximately $18.8 million duringDuring the year ended June 30, 2015. Subsequent to June 30, 2015, through the date of this report, the Company has2017, we repurchased an additional 0.6 million shares arriving atunder this program totaling approximately $20.3 million. There were no share repurchases under this program during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.

We have a total of approximately $41.1 million paid for repurchases since the program began.
The Company has a $300 million multi-currency senior secured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature on October 11, 2016. On November 6, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment of this credit facility ("Amended Credit Agreement") with JP MorganJPMorgan Chase Bank N.A,N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of banks (the “Amended Credit Agreement”). On April 3, 2017, we amended this credit facilty to extend its maturity to November 6, 2018.April 3, 2022. On August 8, 2017, we amended this credit facility to increase the amount from $300 million to $400 million. The Amended Credit Agreement allows for the issuance of up to $50 million for letters of credit and has a $150$200 million accordion feature that allows the Companyus to increase the availability to $450$600 million, subject to obtaining additional credit commitments forfrom the lenders participating in the increase.

At our option, loans denominated in U.S. dollars under the Amended Credit Agreement, other than swingline loans, bear interest at a rate equal to a spread over the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") or alternate base rate depending upon the Company'sour ratio of total debt (excluding accounts payable and accrued liabilities) to EBITDA,, measured as of the end of the most recent year or quarter, as applicable,to adjusted earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for which financial statements have been delivered to the Lendersmost recently completed four quarters (the "Leverage Ratio"). The Leverage Ratio calculation excludes the Company's subsidiary in Brazil. This spread ranges from 1.00% to 2.25%2.125% for LIBOR-based loans and 0.00% to 1.25%1.125% for alternate base rate loans. Additionally, the Company iswe are assessed commitment fees ranging from 0.175% to 0.40%0.35%, depending onupon the Leverage Ratio, on non-utilized borrowingsborrowing availability, excluding swingline loans. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of theour domestic assets of the Company and a pledge of up to 65% of capital stock or other equity interest in certain foreign subsidiaries determined to be either material or a subsidiary borrower as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement. We were in compliance with all covenants under the credit facility as of June 30, 2015.
2018. There were nowas $244.0 million and $91.9 million outstanding borrowings on the Company's $300 million revolving credit facility as of at June 30, 20152018 and 2014.2017, respectively.

On a gross basis, we borrowed $93.6$2,301 million and repaid $93.6$2,150 million on the $300.0 million revolving credit facility in fiscal 2015.2018. In the prior year,fiscal 2017, we made zero borrowingsborrowed $1,813 million and repayments.repaid $1,793 million, and in fiscal 2016, we borrowed $1,377 million and repaid $1,305 million. The average daily balance on the revolving credit facility was $1.6$269.5 million, $126.5 million and $0.0$86.6 million for the years ended June 30, 20152018, 2017 and 2014,2016, respectively. There were no standby letters of creditscredit issued and outstandingunder the multi-currency revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2015, leaving $3002018 and June 30, 2017 compared to €0.4 million as of June 30, 2016. There was $156.0 million, $208.1 million and $228.2 million available for additional borrowings under the revolving credit facility.as of June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Imago ScanSource, a new subsidiaryAs of the Company, has multi-currency invoice discounting credit facilities secured by the subsidiary’s accounts receivable for its operations based in the United Kingdom and France. The invoice discounting facilities allow for the issuance of funds up to 85% of the amount of each invoice processed, subject to limits by currency of £4.1 million, €4.1 million, and $0.7 million. Borrowings under the invoice discounting facilities bear interest at a base rate determined by currency, plus a spread of 1.85%. The base rate is the United Kingdom base rate published by the Bank of England for GBP-based borrowings, 30-day EUROLIBOR for Euro-based borrowings, and the Lloyds Bank daily USD published rate for the USD-

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based borrowings. Additionally, the Company is assessed an annual commitment fee of less than £0.1 million. There were no outstanding balances at June 30, 2015.
On April 15, 2011, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, ScanSource do Brasil Participações LTDA completed its acquisition of all of the shares of CDC, pursuant2018, we are obligated to a Share Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 7, 2011. The purchase price was paid with an initial payment of $36.2 million, net of cash acquired, assumption of working capital payables and debt, and variable annual payments through October 2015 based on CDC's annual financial results. The Company has made fourpay certain earnout payments to the former shareholders totalingof Network1 and Intelisys related to their acquisitions on January 13, 2015 and August 29, 2016, respectively. See Note 9 - $16.0 millionFair Value of Financial Instruments. As for a discussion on the liabilities recorded. We made a single earnout payment to the former shareholders of June 30, 2015, we have $5.1 million recorded forPOS Portal in fiscal year 2018. We paid the final earnout obligation, allpayment to the former shareholders of which is classified as currentImago in fiscal year 2017 and due October 15, 2015. The last remainingto CDC in fiscal year 2016. Future earnout payments willfor Intelisys are expected to be funded by cash on handfrom operations and our existing revolving credit facility.

On September 19, 2014, We will pay the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Imago ScanSource, pursuantfinal earnout payment to the Share Purchase Agreement. The purchase price was structured with an initial paymentformer shareholders of $37.4 million, plus two additional annual cash installments for the twelve months ending September 30, 2015Network1 during fiscal year 2019, and 2016, based on the financial performance of Imago ScanSource. The Company acquired $1.9 million of cash during the acquisition, resulting in net $35.5 million cash paid for Imago ScanSource. As of June 30, 2015, we have $5.4 million recorded for the earnout obligation, of which $2.6 millionit is classified as current. The first earnout payment is due October 29, 2015. Future earnout payments willexpected to be funded by existing cash on hand and our existing revolving credit facility.

On January 13, 2015, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired 100% of the shares of Intersmart Comércio Importação Exportação de Equipamentos Eletrônicos, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of the Federative Republic ofbalances in Brazil and its related entities (collectively “Network1”), pursuant to the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Company structured the purchase transaction with an initial cash payment of approximately $29.1 million, plus additional annual cash installments based on EBITDA over the next four years, commencing with the period ending June 30, 2015. The Company acquired $4.8 million of cash during the acquisition, resulting in $24.3 million net cash paid for Network1and assumed net debt of $35.2 million as part of the initial consideration. As of June 30, 2015, we have $23.5 million recorded for the earnout obligation, of which $1.7 million is classified as current. The first earnout payment is due August 31, 2015. Future earnout payments will be funded by cash on hand and our existing revolving credit facility.
On August 1, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement with the State of Mississippi in order to provide financing for the acquisition and installation of certain equipment to be utilized at the Company’s Southaven, Mississippi distribution facility, through the issuance of an industrial development revenue bond. The bond matures on September 1, 2032 and accrues interest at the 30-day LIBOR rate plus a spread of 0.85%. The terms of the bond allow for payment of interest only for the first 10 years of the agreement, and then, starting on September 1, 2018 through 2032, principal and interest payments are due until the maturity date or the redemption of the bond. The agreement also provides the bondholder with a put option, exercisable only within 180 days of each fifth anniversary of the agreement, requiring the Company to pay back the bonds at 100% of the principal amount outstanding. The outstanding balance on this facility was $5.4 million as of June 30, 2015 and 2014, and the effective interest rate was 1.03% and 1.00%, respectively. The Company was in compliance with all covenants associated with this agreement as of June 30, 2015.from operations.
The Company believesWe believe that itsour existing sources of liquidity, including cash resources and cash provided by operating activities, supplemented as necessary with funds under the Company’sour credit agreements, will provide sufficient resources to meet the Company’sour present and future working capital and cash requirements for at least the next twelve months.



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Commitments
At June 30, 20152018, the Companywe had contractual obligations in the form of non-cancelable operating leases, a capital lease (including interest payments), debt (including interest payments) and the contingent consideration for the earnouts pertaining to the Network1 Imago ScanSource, and CDCIntelisys acquisitions. See Notes 7, 9 and 13 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The following table summarizes our future contractual obligations:

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Payments Due by PeriodPayments Due by Period
Total Year 1 Years 2-3 Years 4-5 
Greater than
5 Years
Total Year 1 Years 2-3 Years 4-5 
Greater than
5 Years
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Contractual Obligations  
Non-cancelable operating leases(1)
$15,476
 $5,908
 $7,327
 $1,883
 $358
$38,078
 $8,196
 $11,476
 $7,589
 $10,817
Capital lease475
 227
 248
 
 
1,350
 675
 675
 
 
Principal debt payments8,826
 2,860
 537
 477
 4,952
5,429
 551
 680
 698
 3,500
Revolving credit facility244,000
 
 
 244,000
 
Contingent consideration(2)
33,960
 9,391
 18,985
 5,584
 
108,233
 42,975
 65,258
 
 
Other(3)

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Total obligations$58,737
 $18,386
 $27,097
 $7,944
 $5,310
$397,090
 $52,397
 $78,089
 $252,287
 $14,317
(1)Amounts to be paid in future periods for real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses applicable to the properties pursuant to the respective operating leases have been excluded from the table above as the amounts payable in future periods are generally not specified in the lease agreements and are dependent upon amounts which are not known at this time. Such amounts were not material in the current fiscal year.
(2)
Amounts disclosed regarding future CDC, Imago ScanSource,Intelisys and Network1 earnout payments are presented at their discounted fair value. Estimated future, undiscounted earnout payments for Intelisys could range as high as $5.3$115.3 million, $6.1 million, and $32.7 million, respectively, as of June 30, 20152018.
(3)
Amounts totaling $16.023.4 million of deferred compensation, which are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 20152018, have been excluded from the table above due to the uncertainty of the timing of the payment of these obligations, which are generally at the discretion of the individual employees or upon death of the former employee, respectively.


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The Company’sOur principal exposure to changes in financial market conditions in the normal course of itsour business is a result of itsour selective use of bank debt and transacting business in foreign currencies in connection with itsour foreign operations.

Interest Rate Risk

The Company isWe are exposed to changes in interest rates primarily as a result of itsour borrowing activities, which include revolving credit facilities with a group of banks used to maintain liquidity and fund the Company’sour business operations. The nature and amount of the Company’sour debt may vary as a result of future business requirements, market conditions and other factors. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase or decrease in interest rates on borrowings on the Company’sour revolving credit facility and variable rate long-term debt, net of the impact of the interest rate swap, would have resulted in approximately a $2.3 million and subsidiary line of credit$1.3 million increase or decrease in pre-tax income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018 would have resulted in less than a $0.1 million increase or decrease, respectively, in pre-tax income for the period.and 2017, respectively.

The Company evaluates itsWe evaluate our interest rate risk and may use interest rate swaps to mitigate the risk of interest rate fluctuations associated with the Company's variable rateour current and long-term debt. At June 30, 2015,2018 and 2017 we had $249.4 million and $97.3 million, respectively, in variable rate long term debt and borrowings under the Company had cross currency swaps relatedrevolving credit facility. In connection with the borrowings under the credit facility including potential future amendments or extensions of the facility, we entered into an interest rate swap maturing on April 3, 2022 with a notional amount of $50 million to receive interest at a floating rate LIBOR and pay interest at a fixed rate debt acquired from Network1. These swaps involve the exchange of principal and fixed interest receipts of U.S. dollar-denominated debt held by Network1 for principal and variable interest payments equal to the Average One-Day Interbank Deposit Rate ("CDI" rate), plus an applicable spread, in Brazilian reais. The Company'srate. Our use of derivative instruments have the potential to expose the Companyus to certain market risks including the possibility of (1) the Company’sour hedging activities not being as effective as anticipated in reducing the volatility of the Company’sour cash flows, (2) the counterparty not performing its obligations under the applicable hedging arrangement, (3) the hedging arrangement being imperfect or ineffective or (4) the terms of the swap or associated debt may change. The Company seekschanging. We seek to lessen such risks by having established a policy to identify, control and manage market risks which may arise from changes in interest rates, as well as limiting itsour counterparties to major financial institutions.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

The Company isWe are exposed to foreign currency risks that arise from itsour foreign operations in Canada, Latin America, Brazil and Europe. These risks include transactions denominated in non-functional currencies and intercompany loans with foreign subsidiaries. In the normal course of the business, foreign exchange risk is managed by the use of foreign currency options and forward contracts to hedge these exposures as well as balance sheet netting of exposures. In addition, exchange rate fluctuations may cause our international results to fluctuate significantly when translated into U.S. dollars. A hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in foreign exchange rates would have resulted in approximately a $0.4 million and $1.9 million increase or decrease in pre-tax income for fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These risks may change over time as business practices evolve and could have a material impact on the Company’sour financial results in the future.

The Company’sOur senior management has approved a foreign exchange hedging policy to reduce foreign currency exposure. The Company’sOur policy is to utilize financial instruments to reduce risks where internal netting cannot be effectively employed and not to enter into foreign currency derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes. The Company monitors itsWe monitor our risk associated with the volatility of certain foreign currencies against itsour functional currencies and entersenter into foreign exchange derivative contracts to minimize short-term currency risks on cash flows. These positions are based upon balance sheet exposures and, in certain foreign currencies, our forecasted purchases and sales. The CompanyWe continually evaluatesevaluate foreign exchange risk and may enter into foreign exchange transactions in accordance with itsour policy. Actual variances from these forecasted transactions can adversely impact foreign exchange results. Foreign currency gains and losses are included in other expense (income).

The Company hasWe have elected not to designate itsour foreign currency contracts as hedging instruments, and therefore, the instruments are marked-to-market with changes in their values recorded in the consolidated income statement each period. The Company'sOur foreign currencies are primarily Brazilian reais, euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars, Mexican pesos, Colombian pesos, Chilean pesos and Chilean pesos.Peruvian nuevos soles. At June 30, 20152018, the fair value of the Company’sour currency forward contracts outstandingcontract was of net receivable of less than $0.1 million. The fair value of our currency forward contract was a net payable of less than $0.1 million. The Company doesmillion at June 30, 2017. We do not utilize financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.


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Board of Directors and Shareholders
ScanSource, Inc.:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ScanSource, Inc. (a South Carolina corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 20152018 and 2014, and2017, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the twothree years in the period ended June 30, 2015. Our audits2018, and the related notes and schedule (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the basic consolidated financial statements includedCompany as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, and the financial statement schedule listedresults of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(2). period ended June 30, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2018, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), and our report dated August 28, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion.

Basis for opinion

These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on thesethe Company’s financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includesmisstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An auditOur audits also includes assessingincluded evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ScanSource, Inc. and subsidiaries
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We have served as of June 30, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2015, based on criteria established in the auditor since 2014.

Columbia, South Carolina
2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated August 27, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion.28, 2018





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Columbia, South Carolina
August 27, 2015



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ScanSource, Inc.:

Opinion on internal control over financial reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of ScanSource, Inc. (a South Carolina corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2015,2018, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)(“COSO”). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2018, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended June 30, 2018, and our report dated August 28, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting (“Management’s Report”). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. Our audit of,We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and opinion on,are required to be independent with respect to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting does not includeCompany in accordance with the internal control over financial reporting of Imago Group plc (“Imago”)U.S. federal securities laws and Intersmart Comerico Importaxao Exportaco de Equipamentos Electronicos, S.A. (“Network1”), two wholly-owned subsidiaries, whose financial statements reflect total combined assetsthe applicable rules and revenues constituting 15 percent and 6 percent, respectively,regulations of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as ofSecurities and forExchange Commission and the year ended June 30, 2015. As indicated in Management’s Report, Imago and Network1 were acquired during the year ended June 30, 2015. Management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting excluded internal control over financial reporting of Imago and Network1.PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Our audit of, and opinion on, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting does not include the internal control over financial reporting of POS Portal, Inc. (POS Portal), a wholly-owned subsidiary, whose financial statements reflect total assets and revenues each constituting 2% of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended June 30, 2018. As indicated in Management’s Report, POS Portal was acquired during the year ended June 30, 2018. Management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting excluded internal control over financial reporting of POS Portal.

Definition and limitations of internal control over financial reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2015, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, and our report dated August 27, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
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August 27, 2015

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The Board of Directors and Shareholders of ScanSource, Inc.Columbia, South Carolina

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows of ScanSource, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2013. Our audit also included the financial statement schedule for the year ended June 30, 2013 listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated results of operations and the cash flows of ScanSource, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information for the year ended June 30, 2013 set forth therein.August 28, 2018


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Greenville, South Carolina
August 26, 2013

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ScanSource, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share information)
 
June 30,
2015
 June 30,
2014
June 30,
2018
 June 30,
2017
Assets      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents$121,646
 $194,851
$25,530
 $56,094
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $32,589 at June 30, 2015
and $26,257 at June 30, 2014
522,532
 464,405
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $45,561 at June 30, 2018
and $44,434 at June 30, 2017
678,940
 637,293
Inventories553,063
 504,758
595,948
 531,314
Prepaid expenses and other current assets46,917
 33,558
61,744
 56,322
Deferred income taxes20,556
 18,109
Total current assets1,264,714
 1,215,681
1,362,162
 1,281,023
Property and equipment, net46,574
 31,823
73,042
 56,566
Goodwill66,509
 32,342
298,174
 200,881
Net identifiable intangible assets46,272
 15,995
Identifiable intangible assets, net136,806
 101,513
Deferred income taxes22,199
 29,491
Other non-current assets52,872
 39,283
52,912
 48,829
Total assets$1,476,941
 $1,335,124
$1,945,295
 $1,718,303
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity      
Current liabilities:      
Current debt$2,860
 $
Accounts payable501,329
 421,721
$562,564
 $513,155
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities81,000
 63,574
90,873
 104,715
Current portion of contingent consideration9,391
 5,851
42,975
 30,675
Income taxes payable4,180
 8,685
13,348
 7,730
Current portion of long-term debt551
 
Total current liabilities598,760
 499,831
710,311
 656,275
Deferred income taxes3,773
 185
1,769
 2,008
Long-term debt, net of current portion5,966
 5,429
4,878
 5,429
Borrowings under revolving credit facility
 
244,000
 91,871
Long-term portion of contingent consideration24,569
 5,256
65,258
 83,361
Other long-term liabilities34,888
 21,780
52,703
 42,214
Total liabilities667,956
 532,481
1,078,919
 881,158
Commitments and contingencies
 

 
Shareholders’ equity:      
Preferred stock, no par value; 3,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
 

 
Common stock, no par value; 45,000,000 shares authorized, 28,214,153 and 28,539,481 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, respectively157,172
 168,447
Common stock, no par value; 45,000,000 shares authorized, 25,593,122 and 25,431,845 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively68,220
 61,169
Retained earnings716,315
 650,896
882,333
 849,180
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income(64,502) (16,700)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(84,177) (73,204)
Total shareholders’ equity808,985
 802,643
866,376
 837,145
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$1,476,941
 $1,335,124
$1,945,295
 $1,718,303

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ScanSource, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Income Statements
Years Ended June 30, 20152018, 20142017, and 20132016
(in thousands, except per share information)
 
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Net sales$3,218,626
 $2,913,634
 $2,876,964
$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $3,540,226
Cost of goods sold2,891,536
 2,612,535
 2,584,090
3,410,135
 3,184,590
 3,184,786
Gross profit327,090
 301,099
 292,874
436,125
 383,596
 355,440
Selling, general and administrative expenses222,982
 192,492
 191,216
297,475
 265,178
 240,115
Impairment charges (legal recovery)
 (15,490) 48,772
Depreciation expense13,311
 9,444
 7,326
Intangible amortization expense20,657
 15,524
 9,828
Change in fair value of contingent consideration2,667
 2,311
 1,843
37,043
 5,211
 1,294
Operating income101,441
 121,786
 51,043
67,639
 88,239
 96,877
Interest expense1,797
 731
 775
9,149
 3,215
 2,124
Interest income(2,638) (2,364) (2,238)(3,713) (5,329) (3,448)
Other (income) expense, net2,376
 312
 (520)1,278
 (11,142) 2,191
Income before income taxes99,906
 123,107
 53,026
60,925
 101,495
 96,010
Provision for income taxes34,487
 41,318
 18,364
27,772
 32,249
 32,391
Net income$65,419
 $81,789
 $34,662
$33,153
 $69,246
 $63,619
Per share data:          
Net income per common share, basic$2.29
 $2.89
 $1.25
$1.30
 $2.74
 $2.40
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic28,558
 28,337
 27,774
25,522
 25,318
 26,472
Net income per common share, diluted$2.27
 $2.86
 $1.24
$1.29
 $2.71
 $2.38
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted28,799
 28,602
 27,994
25,624
 25,515
 26,687

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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ScanSource, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Years Ended June 30, 20152018, 20142017, and 20132016
(in thousands)

2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Net income$65,419
 $81,789
 $34,662
$33,153
 $69,246
 $63,619
Unrealized gain on hedged transaction, net of tax1,089
 13
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment(47,802) 6,272
 (1,281)(12,062) (530) (8,185)
Comprehensive income$17,617
 $88,061
 $33,381
$22,180
 $68,729
 $55,434
          
See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.  See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.  
          


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ScanSource, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
Years Ended June 30, 20152018, 20142017, and 20132016
(in thousands, except share information)
Common
Stock
(Shares)
 
Common
Stock
(Amount)
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
Common
Stock
(Shares)
 
Common
Stock
(Amount)
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 Total
Balance at June 30, 201227,604,840
 $139,557
 $534,445
 $(21,691) $652,311
Net income
 
 34,662
 
 34,662
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
 
 (1,281) (1,281)
Exercise of stock options and shares issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes366,969
 4,024
 
 
 4,024
Share based compensation
 5,692
 
 
 5,692
Tax benefit of deductible compensation arising from exercise or vesting of share based payment arrangements
 548
 
 
 548
Balance at June 30, 201327,971,809
 $149,821
 $569,107
 $(22,972) $695,956
Net income
 
 81,789
 
 81,789
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
 
 6,272
 6,272
Exercise of stock options and shares issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes567,672
 12,581
 
 
 12,581
Share based compensation
 5,328
 
 
 5,328
Tax benefit of deductible compensation arising from exercise or vesting of share based payment arrangements
 717
 
 
 717
Balance at June 30, 201428,539,481
 $168,447
 $650,896
 $(16,700) $802,643
Balance at June 30, 201528,214,153
 $157,172
 $716,315
 $(64,502) $808,985
Net income
 
 65,419
 
 65,419

 
 63,619
 
 63,619
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
 
 (47,802) (47,802)
 
 
 (8,185) (8,185)
Exercise of stock options and shares issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes154,497
 760
 
 
 760
284,730
 3,994
 
 
 3,994
Common stock repurchased(479,825) (18,768) 
 
 (18,768)(2,884,210) (100,751)     (100,751)
Share based compensation
 6,517
 
 
 6,517

 7,093
 
 
 7,093
Tax benefit of deductible compensation arising from exercise or vesting of share based payment arrangements
 216
 
 
 216
Balance at June 30, 201528,214,153
 $157,172
 $716,315
 $(64,502) $808,985
Tax shortfall from exercise or vesting of share-based payment arrangements


 (259) 
 
 (259)
Balance at June 30, 201625,614,673
 67,249
 779,934
 (72,687) 774,496
Net income
 
 69,246
 
 69,246
Unrealized gain on hedged transaction, net of tax
 
 
 13
 13
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
 
 (530) (530)
Exercise of stock options and shares issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes394,815
 8,208
 
 
 8,208
Common stock repurchased(577,643) (20,335)     (20,335)
Share based compensation
 6,578
 
 
 6,578
Tax shortfall from exercise or vesting of share-based payment arrangements
 (531) 
 
 (531)
Balance at June 30, 201725,431,845
 61,169
 849,180
 (73,204) 837,145
Net income
 
 33,153
 
 33,153
Unrealized gain on hedged transaction, net of tax
 
 
 1,089
 1,089
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
 
 (12,062) (12,062)
Exercise of stock options and shares issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes161,277
 636
 
 
 636
Share based compensation
 6,415
 
 
 6,415
Balance at June 30, 201825,593,122
 $68,220
 $882,333
 $(84,177) $866,376

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ScanSource, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended June 30, 20152018, 20142017, and 20132016
(in thousands)
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net income$65,419
 $81,789
 $34,662
$33,153
 $69,246
 $63,619
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:     
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:     
Depreciation and amortization11,997
 7,375
 8,457
37,495
 24,968
 17,154
Amortization of debt issue costs297
 312
 345
326
 290
 297
Provision for doubtful accounts993
 6,573
 10,333
7,075
 8,901
 7,571
Share based compensation6,522
 5,248
 5,618
Impairment charges
 
 48,772
Share-based compensation6,459
 6,602
 7,093
Deferred income taxes3,921
 8,606
 (19,630)(22,286) (1,861) 1,846
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements(260) (982) (849)
 (89) (101)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration2,667
 2,311
 1,843
37,043
 5,211
 1,294
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:          
Accounts receivable(14,476) (31,860) 13,746
(46,766) (66,129) 14,167
Inventories(37,695) (99,214) 86,821
(59,498) 28,449
 2,999
Prepaid expenses and other assets2,337
 6,206
 (28)(6,366) (4,300) 4,612
Other noncurrent assets1,431
 1,285
 9,441
(6,361) (9,540) (2,186)
Accounts payable28,280
 57,532
 (56,837)44,464
 19,861
 (71,706)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities7,449
 (5,357) (14,145)(11,540) 8,491
 6,401
Income taxes payable(3,360) 7,898
 895
14,673
 4,776
 (849)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities75,522
 47,722
 129,444
Net cash provided by operating activities27,871
 94,876
 52,211
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Capital expenditures(20,762) (11,228) (4,831)(8,159) (8,849) (12,081)
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired(59,779) 
 
(143,768) (83,804) (61,475)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(80,541) (11,228) (4,831)
Payments for acquisition of intangible assets
 (3,583) 
Net cash used in investing activities(151,927) (96,236) (73,556)
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Increases (decreases) in short-term borrowings, net(24,097) 
 (4,459)
Borrowings on revolving credit, net of expenses93,579
 
 515,262
2,301,443
 1,813,062
 1,376,620
Repayments on revolving credit, net of expenses(93,579) 
 (515,877)(2,149,659) (1,792,620) (1,305,193)
Repayments on long-term debt(9,146) 
 

 
 (2,792)
Repayments of capital lease obligations(262) 
 
(591) (246) (223)
Debt issuance costs
 (468) 
(296) (876) 
Contingent consideration payments(5,640) (3,810) (4,777)(54,025) (10,241) (8,606)
Exercise of stock options760
 12,581
 4,024
2,273
 9,969
 5,542
Taxes paid on settlement of equity awards(1,637) (1,761) (1,548)
Repurchase of common stock(18,768) 
 

 (20,882) (100,206)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements260
 982
 849

 89
 101
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities(56,893) 9,285
 (4,978)97,508
 (3,506) (36,305)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(11,293) 908
 (644)(4,016) (440) (2,596)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents(73,205) 46,687
 118,991
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents(30,564) (5,306) (60,246)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period194,851
 148,164
 29,173
56,094
 61,400
 121,646
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$121,646
 $194,851
 $148,164
$25,530
 $56,094
 $61,400

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2018 2017 2016
(continued)
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:          
Interest paid during the year$1,075
 $739
 $796
$8,544
 $2,831
 $1,706
Income taxes paid during the year$36,272
 $24,323
 $35,582
$38,330
 $31,126
 $33,859
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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SCANSOURCE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 20152018
(1)Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Business Description

ScanSource, Inc. is a leading international wholesale distributor of specialty technology products. ScanSource, Inc. and(together with its subsidiaries ("referred to as “the Company” or “ScanSource”) is at the Company") provide value-added distributioncenter of the solution delivery channel, connecting businesses and providing technology solutions. The Company brings technology solutions and services for technology manufacturersfrom the world’s leading suppliers of point-of-sale (POS), payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and sellcollaboration and cloud and telecom services to resellers in the following specialty technology markets: POS and barcode, security and 3D printing through its Worldwide Barcode & Security segment and video, voice and network solutions through its Worldwide Communications & Services segment.

market. The Company operates in the UnitedUnites States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. The Company distributes to the United StatesCompany's two operating segments, Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security and Canada from its Southaven, Mississippi distribution center; to Latin America principally from distribution centers located in Miami, Florida, Mexico, BrazilWorldwide Communications & Services, are based on product, customer and Colombia; and to Europe from distribution centers in Belgium, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.service type.

Consolidation Policy

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Related Party Transactions

A related party is generally defined as (i) any person that holds 10% or more of the Company’s securities and their immediate families, (ii) the Company’s management, (iii) someone that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company or (iv) anyone who can significantly influence the financial and operating decisions of the Company. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. There were no material related party transactions for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP")US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable, contingent consideration and inventory reserves. Management bases its estimates on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form a basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions; however, management believes that its estimates, including those for the above described items, are reasonable and that the actual results will not vary significantly from the estimated amounts.

The following significant accounting policies relate to the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements:

(a) Allowances for Trade and Notes Receivable

The Company maintains an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable for estimated losses resulting from customers’ failure to make payments on accounts receivable due to the Company.

Management determines the estimate of the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable by considering a number of factors, including: (1) historical experience, (2) aging of the accounts receivable, (3) specific information obtained by the Company on the financial condition and the current creditworthiness of its customers and (4) the current economic and country specific environment. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate and reduce the ability of the Company’s customers to make payments on their accounts, the Company may be required to increase its allowance by recording additional bad debt expense. Likewise, should the financial condition of the Company’s customers improve and result in payments or settlements of previously reserved amounts, the Company may be required to record a reduction in bad debt expense to reverse the recorded allowance.



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(b) Inventory Reserves

Management determines the inventory reserves required to reduce inventories to the lower of cost or marketnet realizable value based principally on the effects of technological changes, quantities of goods, and length of time on hand and other factors. An estimate is made of the marketnet realizable value, less cost to dispose, of products whose value is determined to be impaired. If these products are ultimately sold at less than estimated amounts, additional reserves may be required. The estimates used to calculate these reserves are

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applied consistently. The adjustments are recorded in the period in which the loss of utility of the inventory occurs, which establishes a new cost basis for the inventory. This new cost basis is maintained until such time that the reserved inventory is disposed of, returned to the vendorsupplier or sold. To the extent that specifically reserved inventory is sold, cost of goods sold is expensed for the new cost basis of the inventory sold.

Reorganization and Segment changes(c) Purchase Price Allocations

PriorFor each acquisition, the Company allocates the purchase price to fiscal year 2013assets acquired, liabilities assumed and goodwill and intangibles in accordance with the Company'sFASB's Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805. The Company recognizes assets and liabilities acquired at their estimated fair values. Management uses judgment to (1) identify the acquired assets and liabilities assumed, (2) estimate the fair value of these assets, (3) estimate the useful life of the assets and (4) assess the appropriate method for recognizing depreciation or amortization expense over the asset’s useful life.

(d) Goodwill Fair Value

The Company estimates the fair value of its goodwill reporting units coincided withprimarily based on the income approach utilizing the discounted cash flow method. The Company also utilizes fair value estimates derived from the market approach utilizing the public company market multiple method to validate the results of the discounted cash flow method, which requires it to make assumptions about the applicability of those multiples to its geographic business segments of North America and International. In the fourth quarter of 2013,reporting units. The discounted cash flow method requires the Company reorganized its management structureto estimate future cash flows, using key assumptions such as the weighted average cost of capital, revenue growth rates, projected gross margin and reporting segmentsoperating margin percentage growth, expected working capital changes and a related cash flow impact from working capital changes, and then discount those amounts to globally leverage the Company's leadership in specific technology markets. As part of this new structure, the Company created two technology business operating segments: Worldwide Barcode & Security ("Barcode/Security") and Worldwide Communications & Services ("Communications/Services"). Each operating segment is managed around its global technology focus and is supported by the Company's centralized infrastructure, including distribution centers and back office operations. Each operating segment has its own management team led by a president and includes regional presidents within the operating group who manage the various functions within each segment. Decisions and planning for the Company as a whole are made at the corporate level by analyzing results from the operating segments. These technology business segments replace the geographic segments previously used, and the Company has retrospectively reclassified the consolidated financial statements to conform to the new presentation.present value.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains some zero-balance disbursement accounts at various financial institutions in which the Company does not maintain significant depository relationships. Due to the natureterms of the Company’s banking relationships withagreements governing these institutions,accounts, the Company does not have the right to offset most if not all outstanding checks written from these accounts against cash on hand and the respective institutions are not legally obligated to honor the checks until sufficient funds are transferred to fund the checks. ChecksAs a result, checks released but not yet cleared from these accounts in the amounts of $62.95.7 million and $84.18.3 million are classified as accounts payable as of June 30, 20152018 and June 30, 20142017, respectively.

The Company maintains its cash with various financial institutions globally that are monitored regularly for credit quality and holds amounts in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") limits or other insured limits. Cash and cash equivalents held outside of the United States totaled $43.4$20.3 million and $37.9$47.9 million as of June 30, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company sells its products to a large base of value-added resellerscustomers throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. In certain cases, the Company will accept tangible assets as collateral to increase the trade credit of its customers. In addition, the Company carries credit insurance on certain subsections of the customer portfolio. No single customer accounted for more than 5%6% of the Company’s net sales for the fiscal year 2015 and 2014, respectively, and noyears 2018. No single customer accounted for more than 6%5% of the Company's net sales for the fiscal year 2013.2017 or 2016.

TheIn the event that the Company hasdoes not collect payment on accounts receivable within the established arrangements withtrade terms for certain customers, the Company may establish arrangements for longer-term financing. The Company accounts for these arrangements by recording them at their historical cost less specific allowances at balance sheet dates. Interest income is recognized in the period earned and is recorded as interest income in the Consolidated Income Statement.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage certain exposures related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and changes in interest rates in connection with borrowing activities. We recordThe Company records all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The Company’s foreign currency exposure results from purchasing and selling internationally in several foreign currencies and from intercompany loans with foreign subsidiaries. In addition, the Company may have foreign currency risk related to debt that

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is denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Company's foreign currencies are denominated primarily byin Brazilian reais, euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars, Mexican pesos, Colombian pesos, Chilean pesos and Chilean pesos.Peruvian nuevos sols.

The Company may reduce its exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates by creating offsetting positions through the use of derivative financial instruments. The market risk related to the foreign exchange agreements is offset by changes in the valuation of the underlying items. These contracts are generally for a duration of 90 days or less. The Company has elected not to designate its foreign currency contracts as hedging instruments. They are, therefore, marked-to-market with changes in their fair value recorded in the Consolidated Income Statement each period. Derivative financial instruments related to foreign currency exposure are accounted for on an accrual basis with gains or losses on these contracts recorded in income in the period in which their value changes, with the offsetting entry for unsettled positions reflected in either other assets or other liabilities.

DuringThe Company's earnings are affected by changes in interest rates due to the fiscalimpact those changes have on interest expense from floating rate debt instruments. To manage the exposure, the Company has entered into an interest rate swap agreement and designated this instrument as a hedge of the cash flows on certain variable rate debt. To the extent the derivative instrument was effective in offsetting the variability of the hedged cash flows, changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument were not included in current earnings, but were reported as other comprehensive income (loss). There was no ineffective portion to be recorded as an adjustment to earnings for the year ended June 30, 2015, through the acquisition of Network1, the Company assumed borrowings denominated in foreign currencies that have primarily been hedged into the functional currency of the respective borrowing entity using cross-currency swaps in order to mitigate the impact of foreign currency exposures and interest rate exposures on these borrowings. These swaps involve the exchange of principal and fixed interest receipts of U.S. dollar-denominated debt held by one of our Brazilian subsidiaries (Network1) for principal and variable interest payments in Brazilian reais. The impact of the changes in foreign exchange rates of the cross-currency debt instruments are recognized as adjustments to other income and expense in the Consolidated Income Statements. Interest rate differentials paid or received under the swap agreements are recognized as adjustments to interest expense in the Consolidated Income Statements.2018.

Investments

The Company has investments that are held in a grantor trust formed by the Company related to the ScanSource, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan and Founder’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP"). The Company has classified these investments as trading securities, and they are recorded at fair market value with unrealized gains and losses included in the accompanying Consolidated Income Statements. The Company’s obligations under this deferred compensation plan change in concert with the performance of the investments along with contributions to and withdrawals from the plan. The fair value of these investments and the corresponding deferred compensation obligation was $16.023.4 million and $14.021.4 million as of June 30, 20152018 and June 30, 20142017, respectively. These investments are classified as either prepaid expenses and current assets or other non-current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets depending on the timing of planned disbursements. The deferred compensation obligation is classified either within accrued expenses and other current liabilities or other long-term liabilities as well. The amounts of these investments classified as current assets with corresponding current liabilities were $0.71.6 million and $0.62.7 million at June 30, 20152018 and June 30, 20142017, respectively.

Inventories

Inventories (consisting entirely of finished goods) are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market.net realizable value.

VendorSupplier Programs

The Company receives incentives from vendorssuppliers related to cooperative advertising allowances, volume rebates and other incentive agreements. These incentives are generally under quarterly, semi-annual or annual agreements with the vendors.suppliers. Some of these incentives are negotiated on an ad hoc basis to support specific programs mutually developed between the Company and the vendor. Vendorssupplier. Suppliers generally require that wethe Company use theirthe suppliers' cooperative advertising allowances exclusively for advertising or other marketing programs. Incentives received from vendorssuppliers for specifically identified incremental cooperative advertising programs are recorded as adjustments to selling, general and administrative expenses. FASB's Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC")ASC 605 – Revenue Recognition, addresses accounting by a customer (including a reseller) for certain consideration received from a vendor.supplier. This guidance requires that the portion of these vendorsupplier funds in excess of our costs be reflected as a reduction of inventory. Such funds are recognized as a reduction of the cost of productsgoods sold when the related inventory is sold.

The Company records unrestricted volume rebates received as a reduction of inventory and as a reduction of the cost of goods sold when the related inventory is sold. Amounts received or receivables from vendors that are not yet earned are deferred in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, the Company may receive early payment discounts from certain vendors. The Company records early payment discounts received as a reduction of inventory and recognizes the discount as a reduction of cost of goods

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The Company records unrestricted volume rebates received as a reduction of inventory and reduces the cost of goods sold when the related inventory is sold. Amounts received or receivables from suppliers that are not yet earned are deferred in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Supplier receivables are generally collected through reductions to accounts payable authorized by the supplier. In addition, the Company may receive early payment discounts from certain suppliers. The Company records early payment discounts received as a reduction of inventory, thereby resulting in a reduction of cost of goods sold when the related inventory is sold. ASC 605 requires management to make certain estimates of the amounts of vendorsupplier incentives that will be received. Actual recognition of the vendorsupplier consideration may vary from management estimates based on actual results.estimates.

VendorSupplier Concentration

The Company sells products from many vendors,suppliers, however, sales of products supplied by ZebraAvaya, Cisco and AvayaZebra each constituted more than 10% of the Company’s net sales for the years ended June 30, 20152018, 2017 and 2013. Sales of products supplied by Zebra, Avaya, and Honeywell constituted more than 10% of the Company's net sales for the year ended June 30, 2014.2016.

Product Warranty

The Company’s vendorssuppliers generally provide a warranty on the products distributedprovided by the Company and allow the Company to return defective products, including those that have been returned to the Company by its customers. In three of ourits product lines, the Company offers a self-branded warranty program, in which management has determined that the Company is the primary obligor of these programs.obligor. The Company purchases contracts from unrelated third parties, generally the original equipment manufacturers, to fulfill any obligation to service or replace defective product claimed on these warranty programs. As such,a result, the Company has not recorded a provision for estimated service warranty costs. For all other product lines, the Company does not independently provide a warranty on the products it distributes; however, toTo maintain customer relations, the Company facilitates returns of defective products from the Company’sCompany's customers by accepting for exchange, with the Company’sCompany's prior approval, most defective products within 30 days of invoicing.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of 3 to 10 years for furniture, equipment and computer software, 25 to 40 years for buildings and 15 years for building improvements. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged to expense as incurred. Additions, major renewals and betterments to property and equipment are capitalized.

To the extent that the Company has longstanding, "in-process" projects that have not been implemented for their intended operational use, the Company capitalizes the portion of interest expense incurred during the asset's acquisition period that theoretically could have been avoided in accordance with ASC 835. The amount capitalized is determined by applying the appropriate capitalization rate to the average amount of accumulated expenditures for the asset during the reporting period. The capitalization rate used is based on the rates applicable to borrowings outstanding during the reporting period. The Company has not recorded any capitalized interest for the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

Capitalized Software

The Company accounts for capitalized software in accordance with ASC 350-40, which provides guidance for computer software developed or obtained for internal use. The Company is required to continually evaluate the stage of the implementation process to determine whether or not costs are expensed or capitalized. Costs incurred during the preliminary project phase or planning and research phase are expensed as incurred. Costs incurred during the development phase, such as material and direct services costs, compensation costs of employees associated with the development and interest cost, are capitalized as incurred. Costs incurred during the post-implementation or operation phase, such as training and maintenance costs, are expensed as incurred. In addition, costs incurred to modify existing software that result in additional functionality are capitalized as incurred.

Goodwill

The Company accounts for recorded goodwill in accordance with ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which requires that goodwill isbe reviewed annually for impairment or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. Goodwill testing utilizes a two-stepan impairment analysis, whereby the Company compares the carrying value of each identified reporting unit to its fair value. The carrying value of goodwill is reviewed at a reporting unit level at least annually for impairment, or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. Historically, our goodwill reporting units were primarily based on geography, one level below our Barcode & Security segment and Communications & Services segment. During fiscal year 2015, we reorganized our reporting units to align directly with our operating segments, in an effort to aggregate business components impacting goodwill into a structure that is more representative of how the business is managed. The Company evaluated all qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the

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separate business components, concluding that recognizingCompany's goodwill reporting units at the segment level was most appropriate. This change did not accelerate, delay or avoid a potential impairment charge.align directly with its operating segments, Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Worldwide Security and Communications & Services. The fair values of the reporting units are estimated using the net present value of discounted cash flows generated by each reporting unit. Considerable judgment is necessary in estimating future cash flows, discount rates and other factors affecting the estimated fair value of the reporting units, including the operating and macroeconomic factors. Historical financial information, internal plans and projections and industry information are used in making such estimates.

In the two-step impairment analysis, goodwill is first tested for impairment by comparing theUnder ASU 2017-04 if fair value of the reporting unit with the reporting unit's carrying amount to identify any potential impairment. If fair valuegoodwill is determined to be less than carrying value, a second stepan impairment loss is used wherebyrecognized for the implied fairamount of the carrying value that exceeds the amount of the reporting unit'sunits' fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill determined through a hypothetical purchase price allocation, is compared withallocated to the reporting unit. Additionally, the Company would consider income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting units' goodwill. Ifunit when measuring the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying amount, an impairment charge is recorded in current earnings for the difference. Weloss, if applicable. The Company also assessassesses the recoverability of goodwill if facts and circumstances indicate goodwill may be impaired. In ourits most recent annual test, wethe Company estimated the fair value of ourits reporting units primarily based on the income approach utilizing the discounted cash flow method. WeThe Company also utilizedcorroborated the fair value estimates derived from the income approach by considering the implied market approach utilizing the public company market multiple method to validate the resultsmultiples of the discounted cash flow method, which required us to make assumptions about the applicability of those multiples to our reporting units.comparable transactions and companies. The discounted cash flow method required usthe Company to estimate future cash flows and discount those amounts to present value. The key assumptions utilized in determining fair value included:

Industry weighted-average cost of capital ("WACC"): WeThe Company utilized a WACC relative to each reporting unit's respective geography and industry as the discount rate for estimated future cash flows. The WACC is intended to represent a rate of return that would be expected by a market place participant in each respective geography.
Operating income: WeThe Company utilized historical and expected revenue growth rates, gross margins and operating expense percentages, which varied based on the projections of each reporting unit being evaluated.
Cash flows from working capital changes: WeOther cash flow adjustments: The Company utilized a projected cash flow impact pertaining to depreciation, capital expenditures and expected changes in working capital as each of ourits goodwill reporting units grow.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company changed its annual goodwill impairment testing date from June 30 to April 30. This voluntary change is considered preferable as it better aligns the timing of the impairment test with management’s financial planning and budgeting process, and ensures the completion of the test prior to the end of the annual reporting period. This change did not accelerate, delay or avoid a potential impairment charge.
See Note 6 - Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets to the consolidated financial statements for more information regarding goodwill and the results of our testing.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist of customer relationships, trade names, distributor agreements, supplier partner programs, intellectual property, non-compete agreements and non-compete agreements.an encryption key library. Customer relationships, and distributor agreements, supplier partner programs and the encryption key library are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which range from 5 to 15 years. Trade names are amortized over a period ranging from 1 to 5 years. Non-compete agreements are amortized over their contract life.

Debt issuance costs are amortized over the term of the credit facility.

These assets are included in other assets and are shown in detail in Note 6 - Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Tests for recoverability of a long-lived asset to be held and used are measured by comparing the carrying amount of the long-lived asset to the sum of the estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. In estimating the future undiscounted cash flows, we usethe Company uses projections of cash flows directly associated with, and which are expected to arise as a direct result of, the use and eventual disposition of the assets. If it is determined that a long-lived asset is not recoverable, an impairment loss would be calculated equal to the excess of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset over its fair value.


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In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Company decided not to proceed with the development of the Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") project using the Microsoft Dynamics AX software and wrote off substantially all of the total $28.8 million in capitalized expenses related to the original project. The non-cash charge recorded of $28.2 million before the effect of income taxes ($18.0 million net of the income tax impact) included software development costs, hardware, software interfaces and other related costs. Prior to the write-off, the capitalized software was included in property and equipment at cost on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The remaining balance of approximately $0.6 million was placed into service in July 2014. The Company did not record any material impairment charges for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of financial instruments is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. The carrying values of financial instruments such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, borrowings under the revolving credit facility and subsidiary lines of credit approximate fair value based upon either short maturities or variable interest rates of these instruments. For additional information related to the fair value of derivatives, please see Note 9 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments.

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Liability for Contingent Consideration

In addition to the initial cash consideration paid to former shareholders of CDC, Imago,Network1 and Network1,Intelisys, the Company is obligated to make additional earnout payments based on future results through a specified date based on a multiple of the subsidiary’s pro forma earnings measure as defined in the respective share purchase agreements. Future payments are to be paid in the subsidiaries' local currency.functional currency of the acquired entity, which is the Brazilian real for Network1 and U.S. dollars for Intelisys. The Company paid the final earnout payment to the former shareholders of CDC during fiscal year 2016 and the final earnout payment to Imago during fiscal year 2017. The Company also made a single earnout payment to the former shareholders of POS Portal during fiscal year 2018 in accordance with the share purchase agreement.
Network1 has one remaining earnout payment to be paid during fiscal year 2019. Intelisys has three remaining earnout payments to be paid in annual installments during fiscal years 2019 through 2021. In accordance with ASC Topic 805, the Company determineddetermines the fair value of this liability for contingent consideration onat each reporting date throughout the respective acquisition dateterm of the earnout using a form of a probability-weightedprobability weighted discounted cash flow model following the income approach.model. Each period the Company reflectswill reflect the contingent consideration liability at fair value with changes recorded in the change in fair value of contingent consideration line item inon the Consolidated Income Statements.Statement. Current and noncurrent portions of the liability are presented in the current portion of contingent consideration and long-term portion of contingent consideration line items on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Contingencies

The Company accrues for contingent obligations, including estimated legal costs, when it is probable that a liability is incurred and the amount is reasonably estimable. As facts concerning contingencies become known, management reassesses its position and makes appropriate adjustments to the financial statements. Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future changes include tax, legal and other regulatory matters, which are subject to change as events evolve and as additional information becomes available during the administrative and litigation process.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized once four criteria are met: (1) the Company must have persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; (2) delivery must occur (this includes the transfer of both title and risk of loss, provided that no significant obligations remain); (3) the price must be fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability must be reasonably assured. The Company allows its customers to return product for exchange or credit, subject to certain limitations. Taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities, such as sales taxes and value added taxes, are excluded from net sales.

The Company distributesprovides third-party service contracts, typically for product maintenance and support. These service contracts are sold separately from the products, and the Company often serves as the agent for the contract on behalf of the original equipment manufacturer. Since the Company acts as an agent on behalf of most of these service contracts sold, revenue is recognized net of cost at the time of sale. However, the Company distributesprovides some self-branded warranty programs and engages a third party (generally the original equipment manufacturer) to cover the fulfillment of any obligations arising from these contracts. These revenues and associated third-party costs are amortized over the life of the contract and presented in net sales and cost of goods sold, respectively.

Service revenue associated with third-party service contracts and warranty programs, as mentioned above, along with configuration and marketing services, is recognized when the work is complete and the four criteria discussed above have been substantially met. Service revenue associated with service contracts, warranty programs, configuration, marketing and other services approximates 3.0% of consolidated net sales for fiscal year 2015 and 2%3% of consolidated net sales for fiscal years 20142018, 2017 and 2013.2016.

DuringThe Company provides hardware and value added services for point of sale and payment equipment. This includes terminals, related accessories, financing, device configuration as well as software licenses, professional services and hardware support programs.  The Company is the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015, 2014primary obligor for all hardware, software and 2013,services sold and recognizes such revenue and cost of goods sold on a gross basis. The revenue associated with rental offerings to customers is recognized in net sales and the Company has not engagedcost associated with such offering is recognized as depreciation on the capitalized equipment in sales transactions involving multiple element arrangements.cost of goods sold in the Consolidated Income Statements.


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Through the Intelisys acquisition, the Company has a recurring revenue model in which the Company acts as a master agent partnering suppliers with sales agents to provide telecommunications and cloud services to end-users. As the Company acts as an agent on behalf of the suppliers' services, commission revenue received from the supplier is recognized net of cost associated with the commissions the Company pays to sales agents, at the time of sale. Revenue associated with the recurring revenue model approximates 1% of consolidated net sales for fiscal year 2018.

During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Company did not engage in sales transactions involving multiple element arrangements.

Shipping Revenue and Costs

Shipping revenue is included in net sales, and related costs are included in cost of goods sold. Shipping revenue was $12.2$19.9 million, $12.8 million and $13.0 million for the years ended June 30, 20152018, 2017 and 2014 and $12.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2013.2016.

Advertising Costs

The Company defers advertising-related costs until the advertising is first run in trade or other publications or, in the case of brochures, until the brochures are printed and available for distribution.distribution or posted online. Advertising costs, net of supplier reimbursement are included in marketing costs, after vendor reimbursement,selling, general and administrative expenses, were not significant in any of the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2015.2018, 2017 and 2016. Deferred advertising costs for any of thethese three fiscal years ended June 30, 2015were also not significant.

Foreign Currency

The currency effects of translating the financial statements of the Company’s foreign entities that operate in their local currency are included in the cumulative currency translation adjustment component of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss. The Company's functional currencies include U.S. dollars, Brazilian reais, euros, British pounds, Colombian pesos and Canadian dollars. The assets and liabilities of these foreign entities are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate at the end of the respective period. Sales, costs and expenses are translated at average exchange rates effective during the respective period. Foreign currency transactional and re-measurement gains and losses are included in other expense (income) in the Consolidated Income Statements. Such amounts are not significant to any of the periods presented.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred income taxes reflect tax consequences on future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts. ValuationIn accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes valuation allowances are provided against deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that an asset will not be realized. Additionally, the Company maintains reserves for uncertain tax provisions.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act"). The Company has accounted for changes in the tax provision in accordance with ASC 740, the new law. In response to the Tax Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) that provides guidance on accounting for Income Taxes. During 2013,the impact of the Tax Act. SAB 118 allows companies to record provisional amounts to the extent reasonably estimable and adjust them over time as more information becomes available, not to extend beyond the measurement period of one year from the enactment of the Tax Act. Accordingly, the Company reviewedhas recorded provisional amounts for the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of undistributed foreign earnings and modified its policy toward permanently reinvested foreign earnings.the remeasurment of deferred tax assets and liabilities. The Company hasfinal impact from the enactment of the Tax Act may differ from the estimates provided for U.S. income taxes for the current earningsa number of its Canadian subsidiary. Earnings from all other geographies will continue to be considered retained indefinitely for reinvestment. The tax effect of this accounting policy change in 2013 is immaterialreasons including, but not limited to, the financial statements.issuance of final regulations, interpretation of the law and refinement of the Company's ongoing analysis of the new tax positions. Any changes in the provisional amount recognized will be reflected in the income tax expense in the period they are identified. See Note 12 - Income Taxes for further discussion.

Additionally, the Company maintains reserves for uncertain tax provisions in accordance with ASC 740. See Note 12 - Income Taxes for more information.

Share-Based Payments

The Company accounts for share-based compensation using the provisions of ASC 718, Accounting for Stock Compensation, which requires the recognition of the fair value of share-based compensation. Furthermore, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09 which simplified several aspects of the accounting share-based compensation, including income tax effects, forfeitures, statutory

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withholding requirements and cash flow statement classifications. Share-based compensation is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value of the awards, in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718.awards. Since this compensation cost is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. ASC 718 requiresASU 2016-09 allows companies to elect an accounting policy either to continue to estimate the total number of awards for which the requisite service period will not be rendered or to account for forfeitures when they occur. The Company has elected to maintain its current accounting policy, estimate the total number of awards expected to be estimatedforfeited at the time of grant and revised,revise such estimates, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.differ. The Company has elected to expense grants of awards with graded vesting on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award.

Common stock repurchases

Repurchases of common stock are accounted for at cost, which includes brokerage fees, and are included as a component of shareholder's equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In August 2014, our Board of Directors authorized a three-year $120 million share repurchase program. Through June 30, 2016, the Company completed the program, repurchasing 3.4 million shares totaling approximately $119.5 million. In August 2016, the Board of Directors authorized a new three-year $120 million share repurchase program. During the year ended June 30, 2017, the Company repurchased 0.6 million shares totaling approximately $20.3 million. There were no share repurchases during the year ended June 30, 2018.

Comprehensive Income

ASC 220, Comprehensive Income, defines comprehensive income as the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The components of comprehensive income for the Company include net income, unrealized gains or losses on hedged transactions, net of tax and foreign currency translation adjustments arising from the consolidation of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. Currently,The loss from foreign currency translation adjustment increased for the Company is not engagedyear ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the prior year largely due to the significant fluctuations in any cash flow hedges that qualify for hedge accounting.the Brazilian real year-over-year.

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The Company accounts for business combinations in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. ASC 805 establishes principles and requirements for recognizing the total consideration transferred to and the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in the acquired target in a business combination. ASC 805 also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring goodwill acquired in a business combination and requires the acquirer to disclose information that users may need to evaluate and understand the financial impact of the business combination. See Note 5 - Acquisitions for further discussion. 

Reclassifications

Certain priorreclassifications have been made on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to show taxes paid on settlement of equity awards separately from exercise of stock options under cash flows from financing activities. Prior year amounts related to net identifiable intangible assets per the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheetsbalances have been reclassified into a separate line on the statement, whereas, in prior year reports other current assets and net identifiable intangible assets were combined into a single presentation line. Such reclassifications have no impact on the total assets as previously reported.

In addition, certain amounts within deferred tax assets related to the temporary differences that give rise to net deferred tax assets presented in Note 12 - Income Taxes have been reclassified in theconform with current year presentation. SuchThese reclassifications havehad no impacteffect on the total net deferred tax assets previously reported in the following disclosure or the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.consolidated financial results.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard for contracts with customers that will supersede most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle of this standard is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, the standard provides a five-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized. Other major provisions include the capitalization and amortization of certain contract costs, ensuring the time value of money is considered in the transaction price and allowing estimates of variable consideration to be recognized before contingencies are resolved in certain circumstances. This guidance also requires enhanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts with customers. The new standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early application is prohibited. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company adopted this guidance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018 using the full retrospective transition method. The Company engaged a third-party consultant to assist with developing a multi-phase plan to assess the impact of

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adoption. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASC 606 to have a material impact to the financial statements and is currently in the process of finalizing policy and procedure documentation around the adoption of the standard. Additionally, the Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the expanded disclosure requirements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) requiring lessees to reflect most leases on their balance sheets and recognize expenses on their income statements in a manner similar to current guidance. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability, which is a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis, and a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. The asset will be measured at the lease liability amount, adjusted for lease prepayments, lease incentives received and the lessee's initial direct costs. For leases with a lease term of 12 months or less, as long as the lease does not include options to purchase the underlying assets, lessees can elect not to recognize a lease liability and right-of-use asset. Under the new guidance, lessor accounting is largely unchanged, and the accounting for sale and leaseback transactions is simplified. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. This guidance will be applicable to the Company for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, which is2019. The guidance can be adopted using a modified retrospective approach or a cumulative-effect adjustment to the first quarteropening balance sheet of fiscal year 2019.retained earnings in the period of adoption for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of this new standard.guidance.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) intended to reduce diversity in practice of how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The update addresses eight specific cash flow issues, with the treatment of contingent consideration payments made after a business combination being the most directly applicable to the Company. The update requires that cash payments made approximately three months or less after an acquisition's consummation date should be classified as cash outflows for investing activities. Payment made thereafter up to the amount of the original contingent consideration liability should be classified as cash outflows from financing activities. Payments made in excess of the amount of the original contingent consideration liability should be classified as cash outflows from operating activities. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years and early adoption is permitted. The standard will be applicable to the Company for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018. The guidance requires adoption using a retrospective transition method. Upon adoption, the Company expects to retroactively reclassify cash outflows between financing activities and operating activities related to contingent consideration payments in excess of the originally valued contingent consideration liability at the date of acquisition.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) that amends and simplifies guidance related to hedge accounting to more accurately portray the economics of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period. This guidance will be applicable to the Company for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. The guidance requires adoption using a modified retrospective approach. The presentation and disclosure requirements apply prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of this new guidance.

The Company has reviewed other newly issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they are either not applicable to its business or that no material effect is expected on its consolidated financial statements as a result of future adoption.

(2)Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common and potential common shares outstanding.

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Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands, except per share data)(in thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:          
Net income$65,419
 81,789
 34,662
$33,153
 $69,246
 $63,619
          
Denominator:

 

  

 

  
Weighted-average shares, basic28,558 28,337
 27,774
25,522 25,318
 26,472
Dilutive effect of share-based payments241
 265
 220
102
 197
 215
Weighted-average shares, diluted28,799 28,602
 27,994
25,624 25,515
 26,687


 

  

 

  
Net income per common share, basic$2.29
 $2.89
 $1.25
$1.30
 $2.74
 $2.40
Net income per common share, diluted$2.27
 $2.86
 $1.24
$1.29
 $2.71
 $2.38

For the years ended June 30, 20152018, 20142017 and 20132016, weighted-average shares outstanding excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive were 340,697551,320, 230,706418,325 and 1,062,000461,090, respectively.

(3)Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is comprised of the following:

June 30,June 30,
2015 20142018 2017
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Land$3,009
 $3,009
$3,331
 $3,331
Buildings and leasehold improvements21,266
 21,088
21,384
 21,101
Computer software and equipment44,444
 14,770
74,220
 53,583
Furniture, fixtures and equipment16,849
 12,390
27,077
 26,059
Construction in progress126
 13,193
1,584
 4,556
Rental equipment13,817
 
85,694
 64,450
141,413
 108,630
Less accumulated depreciation(39,120) (32,627)(68,371) (52,064)
$46,574
 $31,823
$73,042
 $56,566

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018, the increase in grossnet fixed assets from the prior year is largely due to capital expenditures fornet assets acquired during the new ERP system.POS Portal acquisition.

Depreciation expense recorded as selling, general and administrative costs in the accompanying Consolidated Income Statements was $5.413.3 million, $3.59.4 million, and $3.67.3 million, respectively, for the fiscal years ended 20152018, 20142017 and 2016, and 2013.respectively. Depreciation expense recorded as cost of goods sold in the accompanying Consolidated Income Statements was $3.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. There was no depreciation expense recorded as cost of goods sold prior to the acquisition of POS Portal on July 31, 2017.

(4)Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
(4)     Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities is comprised of the following:

 June 30,
 2015 2014
 (in thousands)
Deferred warranty revenue$22,346
 $14,656
Accrued compensation20,906
 16,458
Other taxes payable9,240
 3,901
Other accrued liabilities28,508
 28,559
 $81,000
 $63,574

(5)     Acquisitions

Network1

On January 13, 2015, the Company acquired 100% of the shares of Network1 from the Network1 shareholders. Network1 is a Brazilian value-added distributor of communications equipment and services and joins the Company’s Worldwide Communications and Services operating segment. ScanSource is committed to becoming the leading value-added distributor of communications solutions for resellers in Latin America, and this acquisition represents an important step in this strategy.

Under the share purchase agreement entered into with Network1, the Company structured the purchase transaction with an initial cash payment of approximately $29.1 million, plus additional annual cash installments based on a form of adjusted earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("adjusted EBITDA") over the next four years, commencing with the period ending June 30, 2015. The Company acquired $4.8 million of cash during the acquisition, resulting in $24.3 million net cash paid for Network1. The Company assumed net debt of $35.2 million as part of the initial purchase consideration.

Pro forma results of operations and a complete purchase price allocation have not been presented for this acquisition because the results of this acquisition are not material to our consolidated results. The purchase price of this acquisition was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the transaction date. As of the date of this report, initial purchase accounting for the business combination, which includes valuation of the pre-acquisition contingencies and related indemnification receivables and certain tangible assets, has not been finalized, therefore, purchase price allocation estimates presented are subject to change. Please see Note 9 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments for further information regarding the fair value accounting for this contingent consideration and Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies for further information regarding pre-acquisition contingencies and related indemnification receivables.

 Goodwill Identifiable Intangible Assets
 (in thousands)
Network1$22,536
 $23,258

Intangible assets acquired include trade names, customer relationships, and non-compete agreements. The weighted-average amortization period for these identified intangible assets after purchase accounting adjustments, other than goodwill, was 9 years.

Imago

On September 19, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the shares of Imago Group plc, a European value-added distributor of video and voice communications equipment and services, through a newly-formed special purchase entity. Subsequent to the acquisition, the Company changed Imago's name to ScanSource Video Communications Ltd. (dba Imago ScanSource). Imago ScanSource joins the Company’s Worldwide Communications and Services operating segment. This acquisition supports the Company’s strategy to be the leading value-added distributor of video, voice, and networking solutions for resellers in Europe.

Under the share purchase agreement entered into with Imago, the Company structured the purchase transaction with an initial cash payment of $37.4 million, plus two additional annual cash installments for the twelve month periods ending September 30, 2015

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 June 30,
 2018 2017
 (in thousands)
Deferred warranty revenue$21,065
 $24,813
Accrued compensation22,378
 21,713
Other taxes payable18,560
 18,440
Accrued marketing expense4,457
 5,914
Brazilian pre-acquisition contingencies1,385
 3,506
Accrued freight3,849
 3,392
Other accrued liabilities19,179
 26,937
 $90,873
 $104,715

(5)     Acquisitions

POS Portal

On July 31, 2017, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of POS Portal a leading provider of payment devices and 2016, based on a formservices primarily to the small and midsized ("SMB") market segment in the United States. POS Portal joined the Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security segment.

Under the share purchase agreement, the all-cash transaction included an initial purchase price of adjusted EBITDA.approximately $144.9 million paid in cash at closing. The Company paid an additional $3.4 million for customary closing adjustments during the six months ended December 31, 2017. The Company acquired $1.9$4.6 million in cash, net of cash during the acquisition,debt payoff and other customary closing adjustments, resulting in $143.8 million net $35.5 million cash paid for Imago ScanSource. Please see Note 9 - Fair ValuePOS Portal. The agreement also included a cash earn-out payment up to $13.2 million based on POS Portal's earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended September 30, 2017, which was paid in full during the quarter ended December 31, 2017. A portion of Financial Instruments for further information regarding the fair value accounting for this contingent consideration.
Pro forma results of operations and a complete purchase price allocation have not been presentedwas placed into escrow to indemnify the Company for thiscertain pre-acquisition damages. A portion of the escrow was released during the quarter ended December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, the balance available in escrow was $13.1 million. In connection with the POS Portal acquisition becauseduring fiscal 2018, the results of this acquisition are not material to our consolidated results. Company recognized $0.2 million in acquisition-related cost included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Income Statements.

The purchase price of this acquisition was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the transaction date, resulting indate. Purchase accounting for this acquisition was finalized during the quarter ended December 31, 2017. The goodwill balance is primarily attributed to expanding the Company's high-value capabilities and identifiable intangible assets. The purchase price allocated to goodwill andmarket reach across all payment channels. Goodwill, identifiable intangible assets asand the related deferred tax liability are not deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented for the acquisition date is as follows:of POS Portal because such results are not material to our consolidated results.

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 Goodwill Identifiable Intangible Assets
 (in thousands)
Imago ScanSource$18,266
 $19,606
 POS Portal
 (in thousands)
Receivables$8,914
Inventory8,352
Other current assets917
Property and equipment, net24,963
Goodwill101,198
Identifiable intangible assets57,000
Other non-current assets100
 $201,444
  
Accounts payable$10,897
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities5,130
Contingent consideration13,098
Other long-term liabilities102
Long-term deferred taxes payable28,449
Consideration transferred, net of cash acquired143,768
 $201,444

Intangible assets acquired include trade names, customer relationships, non-compete agreements and an encryption key library. The weighted-average amortization period for these identified assets after purchase accounting adjustments, other than goodwill, was 10 years.

Intelisys

On August 29, 2016, the Company acquired substantially all the assets of Intelisys, a technology services company with voice, data, cable, wireless and cloud services. Intelisys is part of the Company's Worldwide Communications & Services operating segment. With this acquisition, the Company broadened its capabilities in the telecom and cloud services market and expands its opportunities for high-growth recurring revenue.

Under the asset purchase agreement, the Company made an initial cash payment of approximately $84.6 million, which consisted of an initial purchase price of $83.6 million and $1.0 million for additional net assets acquired at closing, and agreed to make four additional annual cash installments based on a form of adjusted EBITDA for the periods ending June 30, 2017 through June 30, 2020. The Company acquired $0.8 million of cash as part of the acquisition, resulting in $83.8 million net cash paid for Intelisys initially. A portion of the purchase price was placed into escrow to indemnify the Company for certain pre-acquisition damages. As of June 30, 2018, the balance available in escrow was $8.5 million. During fiscal years 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in acquisition-related cost included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Income Statements.

The purchase price of this acquisition was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the transaction date. The goodwill balance is primarily attributed to entering the recurring revenue telecom and cloud services market and expanded market opportunities to grow recurring revenue streams. Goodwill and identifiable intangible assets are expected to be fully deductible for tax purposes.


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 Intelisys
 (in thousands)
Receivables, net$21,655
Other current assets1,547
Property and equipment, net5,298
Goodwill109,005
Identifiable intangible assets63,110
Other non-current assets1,839
 $202,454
Accounts payable$21,063
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities2,587
Contingent consideration95,000
Consideration transferred, net of cash acquired83,804
 $202,454

Intangible assets acquired include customer relationships, trade names, intellectual property and non-compete agreements. The weighted-average amortization period for these identified intangible assets after purchase accounting adjustments, other than goodwill, was 910 years.

For tax purposes, due to the nondeductible nature of the amortization of identifiable intangible assets acquired, the Company recorded a deferred tax liability in the amount of $4.1 million. The deferred tax liability represents the difference between the book and tax bases in the assets and will decrease over time as the assets are amortized for book purposes.

CDC Brazil S.A.

On April 15, 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares of CDC, formerly known as CDC Brasil Distribuidora LTDA, Brazil’s leading distributor of AIDC and POS solutions. This acquisition gave the Company an established presence in Latin America’s largest specialty technology market and allowed the Company to more easily scale its Latin American operations.

Under the share purchase and sale agreement entered into with CDC, the Company structured the purchase transaction as an all cash share purchase with an initial payment of $36.2 million, net of cash acquired, and assumed working capital payables and debt at closing. The remaining purchase price is payable in annual cash installments based upon the financial performance of CDC for the twelve month periods ended on June 30 from 2011 through 2015. As of June 30, 2015, there is one remaining earnout payment to be made to the former shareholders. Please see Note 9 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments for further information regarding the fair value accounting for this contingent consideration and Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies for further information regarding pre-acquisition contingencies and related indemnification receivables.

The purchase price allocated to the fair value of identified intangible assets associated with the acquisition of CDC is as follows:
 Amount
 (in thousands)
Identified intangible assets$22,605

The weighted-average amortization period for these identified intangible assets after purchase accounting adjustments, other than goodwill, was 5 years.

(6)Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets

In accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, or whenever indicators of impairment are present. ThisThe reporting units utilized for goodwill impairment tests align directly with our operating segments, Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security and Worldwide Communications & Services. The testing includes the determination of each reporting unit's fair value using a discounted cash flows model compared to each reporting unit's carrying value. Historically,Key assumptions used in determining fair value include projected growth and operating margin, working capital requirements and discount rates. During fiscal years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016, no impairment charges related to goodwill were recorded.

Changes in the reporting units utilizedcarrying amount of goodwill for the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, by reportable segment, are set forth in the table below. Additions to goodwill impairment tests were primarily based on geography, one level belowfor fiscal years 2018 and 2017 are due to the acquisitions of POS Portal and Intelisys, respectively.

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the Barcode & Security and Communications & Services operating segments. During fiscal year 2015, the Company reorganized its reporting units to align directly with its operating segments.

During fiscal years 2015 and 2014, no impairment charges related to goodwill were recorded. In accordance with ASC 350, the Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test on both the historical reporting units based on geography and the new reporting units based on operating segments for fiscal year 2015. Under the historical reporting units, the estimated fair value of the Company's Latin American goodwill reporting unit exceeded its carrying values by a smaller margin than the Company's other goodwill reporting units, excluding reporting units acquired during fiscal year 2015. The estimated fair value of the Latin America goodwill reporting unit exceeded the carrying value by 26.5% and 10.2% for fiscal years 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in sensitivity to this goodwill reporting unit is driven largely by the general macroeconomic environment and lower expectations for future results in the unit. Key assumptions used in determining fair value include projected growth and operating margin, working capital requirements and discount rates.

During fiscal year 2013, the Company completed its annual impairment test as of June 30, 2013 and determined that a goodwill impairment charge was necessary for its Brazilian POS & Barcode and European Communications reporting units. Prior to the test, no interim impairment indicators were identified. The Company's impairment testing included the determination of the reporting unit's fair value using market multiples and discounted cash flows modeling based on forecasts which were discounted using a weighted-average cost of capital (a level 3 input). The impairment charges were a result of reduced earnings and cash flow forecast primarily due to the general macroeconomic environment and lower expectations of future results. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company recorded a non-cash charge for goodwill impairment of $5.4 million and $15.1 million in Europe Communications and Brazil POS & Barcode, respectively, which are included on the Consolidated Income Statements.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, by reportable segment, are as follows:
 Barcode & Security Segment Communications & Services Segment Total
 (in thousands)
Balance as of June 30, 2013$16,329
 $15,466
 $31,795
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation547
 
 547
Balance as of June 30, 2014$16,876
 $15,466
 $32,342
Additions
 40,802
 40,802
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation(1,341) (5,294) (6,635)
Balance as of June 30, 2015$15,535
 $50,974
 $66,509
 Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment Worldwide Communications & Services Segment Total
 (in thousands)
Balance at June 30, 2016$36,434
 $56,281
 $92,715
Additions
 109,005
 109,005
Unrealized loss on foreign currency translation(174) (665) (839)
Balance at June 30, 2017$36,260
 $164,621
 $200,881
Additions101,198
 
 101,198
Unrealized loss on foreign currency translation(244) (3,661) (3,905)
Balance at June 30, 2018$137,214
 $160,960
 $298,174

The following table shows the Company’s identifiable intangible assets as of June 30, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively.

June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Book
Value
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Book
Value
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Book
Value
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Book
Value
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Amortized intangible assets:                      
Customer relationships$59,448
 $20,573
 $38,875
 $33,417
 $17,981
 $15,436
$139,479
 $40,337
 $99,142
 $110,691
 $27,977
 $82,714
Trade names7,857
 1,278
 6,579
 
 
 
27,123
 12,224
 14,899
 23,256
 8,691
 14,565
Non-compete agreements1,113
 539
 574
 636
 408
 228
3,064
 1,221
 1,843
 1,160
 608
 552
Distributor agreements345
 101
 244
 424
 93
 331
363
 188
 175
 355
 158
 197
Supplier partner program3,583
 456
 3,127
 3,583
 98
 3,485
Encryption key library19,900
 2,280
 17,620
 
 
 
Total intangibles$68,763
 $22,491
 $46,272
 $34,477
 $18,482
 $15,995
$193,512
 $56,706
 $136,806
 $139,045
 $37,532
 $101,513

During fiscal year 2015,2018, the Company acquired new customer relationships, trade names, andintellectual property, non-compete agreements and an encryption key library related to the acquisitionsacquisition of Imago ScanSourcePOS Portal.

The weighted-average amortization period for all intangible assets was approximately 10 years for years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and Network1. During2016, respectively. Amortization expense for the fourth quarteryears ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016 was $20.7 million, $15.5 million and $9.8 million, respectively, all of fiscal 2014,which relates to selling, general and administrative costs, not the Company impaired certaincost of selling goods, and has been presented as such in the accompanying Consolidated Income Statements.

Estimated future amortization expense is as follows:

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customer relationships related to our German communications entity and wrote off the gross carrying amount and corresponding accumulated amortization.

The weighted-average amortization period for all intangible assets was approximately 10 years, 11 years, 10 years for the year ended June 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Amortization expense for the years ended June 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $6.6 million, $3.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively.

Estimated future amortization expense is as follows:
Amortization
Expense
Amortization
Expense
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Year Ended June 30,  
2016$8,385
20177,982
20185,702
20194,711
$18,920
20204,255
18,308
202118,200
202216,564
202315,591
Thereafter15,237
49,223
Total$46,272
$136,806

(7)Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt

Short-Term BorrowingsThe following table shows the Company’s long term debt as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Imago ScanSource has multi-currency invoice discounting credit facilities secured by the subsidiary’s assets for its operations based in the United Kingdom and France. The invoice discounting facilities allow for the issuance of funds up to 85% of the amount of each invoice processed, subject to limits by currency of £4.1 million, €4.1 million, and $0.7 million. Borrowings under the invoice discounting facilities bear interest at a base rate determined by currency, plus a spread of 1.85%. The base rate is the United Kingdom base rate published by the Bank of England for British pound sterling-based borrowings, 30-day Euro Interbank Offered Rate ("EUROLIBOR") for Euro-based borrowings, and the Lloyds Bank daily USD published rate for the U.S. dollar-based borrowings. Additionally, the Company is assessed an annual commitment fee of less than £0.1 million. There were no outstanding balances at June 30, 2015.
 2018 2017
 (in thousands)
Current portion of long-term debt$551
 $
Long term debt, net of current portion4,878
 5,429
Borrowings under revolving credit facility244,000
 91,871
Total debt$249,429
 $97,300


Revolving Credit Facility

The Company has a$300 million multi-currency senior secured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature on October 11, 2016. On November 6, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment of this credit facility ("Amended Credit Agreement") with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lendersbanks (the “Amended Credit Agreement”). On April 3, 2017, the Company amended this credit facility to extend its maturity to November 6, 2018.April 3, 2022. On August 8, 2017, the Company amended this credit facility to increase the committed amount from $300 million to $400 million. The Amended Credit Agreement allows for the issuance of up to $50$50 million for letters of credit and has a $150$200 million accordion feature that allows the Company to increase the availability to $450$600 million,, subject to obtaining additional credit commitments forfrom the lenders participating in the increase. The Company incurred debt issuance costs of $0.5$0.9 million and $0.3 million in connection with the amendments to the Amended Credit Agreement whichon April 3, 2017 and August 8, 2017, respectively. These costs were capitalized to other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and added to the unamortized debt issuance costs from the previous credit facility.

At the Company's option, loans denominated in U.S. dollars under the Amended Credit Agreement, other than swingline loans, bear interest at a rate equal to a spread over the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") or alternate base rate depending upon the Company's ratio of total debt (excluding accounts payable and accrued liabilities), measured as of the end of the most recent quarter, to adjusted earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the most recently completed four quarters (the "Leverage Ratio"). The Leverage Ratio calculation excludes the Company's subsidiary in Brazil. This spread ranges from 1.00% to 2.25%2.125% for LIBOR-based loans and 0.00% to 1.25% for alternate base rate loans. The spread in effect for the period ended June 30, 2015 was 1.00% for LIBOR-based loans and 0.00%1.125% for alternate base rate loans. Additionally, the Company is assessed commitment fees ranging from 0.175% to 0.40%0.35%, depending upon the Leverage Ratio, on non-utilized

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borrowing availability, excluding swingline loans. The commitment fee rate in effect for the period ended June 30, 2015 was 0.175%. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of the domestic assets of the Company and a pledge of up to 65% of capital stock or other equity interest in certain foreign subsidiaries determined to be either material or a subsidiary borrower as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement.

The spread in effect as of June 30, 2018 was 1.625% for LIBOR-based loans and 0.625% for alternate base rate loans. The commitment fee rate in effect as of June 30, 2018 was 0.25%. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the credit facility as of June 30, 2015. There were no outstanding balances at 2018.

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The average daily balance on the revolving credit facility during the yearfiscal years ended June 30, 20152018 and 2017 was $1.6$269.5 million. and $126.5 million, respectively. There was $300156.0 million and $208.1 million available for additional borrowings as of June 30, 20152018, and there2017, respectively. There were no letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.

The average daily balance on themulti-currency revolving credit facility during the year endedas of June 30, 2014 was $0.0 million. There was $300 million available for additional borrowings as of 2018 and June 30, 2014, and there were no letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.2017.

Long-Term Debt

On August 1, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement with the State of Mississippi in order to provide financing for the acquisition and installation of certain equipment to be utilized at the Company’s current Southaven, Mississippi distribution facility through the issuance of an industrial development revenue bond. The bond matures on September 1, 2032 and accrues interest at a rate equal to 30-day LIBOR plus a spread of 0.85%. The terms of the bond allow for payment of interest only for the first 10 years of the agreement and then, starting on September 1, 2018 through 2032, principal and interest payments are due until the maturity date or the redemption of the bond. The agreement also provides the bondholder with a put option, exercisable only within 180 days of each 5th anniversary of the agreement, requiring the Company to pay back the bonds at 100% of the principal amount outstanding. As of June 30, 20152018, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under this bond. The balance on the bond was $5.4 million as of June 30, 2015 and 2014 and is included in long-term debt. The interest rate at June 30, 20152018 and 20142017 was 1.03%2.855% and 1.00%1.926%, respectively.

Network1 holds a term loan agreement, denominated in U.S. dollars, with Banco Safra to provide funding for working capital needs. The loan is secured by accounts receivable of the subsidiary. In general, in the absence of an event of default, the term loan matures on September 21, 2015. The terms of the loan provide for quarterly payments and bear interest at 3.6% per annum. The loan possesses a cross-currency swap contract which bears interest at a base rate equal to the Average One-Day Interbank Deposit Rate ("CDI" rate), plus a spread 2.75% per annum. The CDI interest rate at June 30, 2015 was approximately 13.6%. As of June 30, 2015, the subsidiary was in compliance with all covenants under this loan. The outstanding balance as of June 30, 2015 was $0.7 million, all of which is classified as current.

Network1 has multiple term loan agreements, denominated in Brazilian reais, with Banco Bradesco, to provide funding for working capital needs. The agreements are collectively secured by accounts receivable of the subsidiary and a personal guarantee by a former shareholder. In general, in the absence of an event of default, the term loans mature on May 9, 2016. The terms of the loans provide for bi-annual payments of varying amounts and bear interest at 11.48% per annum. As of June 30, 2015, the subsidiary was in compliance with all covenants under this loan. The outstanding balance as of June 30, 2015 was $1.8 million, all of which is classified as current.

Network1 holds a term loan agreement, denominated in the Brazilian real, with Banco do Brasil to provide funding for working capital needs. The loan is secured by accounts receivable of the subsidiary and a personal guarantee by a former shareholder. In general, in the absence of an event of default, the term loan matures on October 28, 2017. The terms of the loan provide for monthly payments and bear interest at 12.08% per annum. As of June 30, 2015, the subsidiary was in compliance with all covenants under this loan. The outstanding balance as of June 30, 2015 was $0.9 million, of which $0.4 million is classified as current.
Please see Note 8, Derivatives and Hedging Activities for further information regarding the cross-currency swaps.

Scheduled maturities of the Company’s revolving credit facility and long-term debt at June 30, 20152018 are as follows:


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 Revolving Credit Facility Long-Term Debt
 (in thousands)
Fiscal year:   
2019$
 $551
2020
 338
2021
 342
2022244,000
 347
2023
 351
Thereafter
 3,500
Total principal payments$244,000
 $5,429

Debt Issuance Costs

As of June 30, 2018, net debt issuance costs associated with the credit facility and bonds totaled $1.3 million and are being amortized on a straight-line basis through the maturity date of each respective debt instrument.


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 Future Debt Payments
 (in thousands)
Fiscal year: 
2016$2,860
2017403
2018134
2019231
2020246
Thereafter4,952
Total principal payments$8,826

Debt Issuance Costs

As of June 30, 2015, net debt issuance costs associated with the credit facility and bonds totaled $1.0 million and are being amortized on a straight-line basis through the maturity date of each respective debt instrument.

(8)    Derivatives and Hedging Activities

The Company’s results of operations could be materially impacted by significant changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. These risks and the management of these risks are discussed in greater detail below. In an effort to manage the exposure to these risks, the Company periodically enters into various derivative instruments. The Company’s accounting policies for these instruments are based on whether the instruments are designated as hedge or non-hedge instruments in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company records all derivatives on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments or the ineffective portions of cash flow hedges are adjusted to fair value through earnings in other income and expense.

Foreign Currency Derivatives – The Company conducts a portion of its business internationally in a variety of foreign currencies. The exposure to market risk for changes in foreign currency exchange rates arises from foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities and transactions arising from non-functional currency financing or trading activities. The Company’s objective is to preserve the economic value of non-functional currency denominated cash flows. The Company attempts to hedge transaction exposures with natural offsets to the fullest extent possible and once these opportunities have been exhausted throughthe Company uses currency options and forward contracts or other hedging instruments with third parties. These contracts will periodically hedge the exchange of various currencies, including the U.S. dollar, Brazilian real, euro, British pound, Canadian dollar, Mexican peso, Colombian peso, Chilean peso and Chilean peso.Peruvian nuevo sol. While the Company utilizes foreign exchange contracts to hedge foreign currency exposure, the Company's foreign exchange policy prohibits the use of derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

At June 30, 2015, theThe Company had contracts outstanding with notional amounts of $80.674.6 million toand $67.1 million for the exchange of foreign currencies.currencies as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. To date, the Company has chosen not to designate these derivatives as hedging instruments, and accordingly, these instruments are adjusted to fair value through earnings in other income and expense. Summarized financial information related to these derivative contracts and changes in the underlying value of the foreign currency exposures are as follows:
 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in thousands)
Net foreign exchange derivative contract (gain) loss$(5,364) $3,640
 $(733)
Net foreign currency transactional and re-measurement (gain) loss8,408
 (3,024) 701
Net foreign currency (gain) loss$3,044
 $616
 $(32)
 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2016
 (in thousands)
Net foreign exchange derivative contract loss (gain)$386
 $146
 $(1,951)
Net foreign currency transactional and re-measurement loss1,710
 1,773
 4,522
Net foreign currency loss$2,096
 $1,919
 $2,571

Net foreign exchange gains and losses consist of foreign currency transactional and functional currency re-measurements, offset by net foreign currency exchange contract gains and losses and are included in other income and expense. Foreign exchange gains and losses are generated as the result of fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar versus the Brazilian real, the U.S. dollar versus the euro, British pound versus the euro and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar.

Cross-Currency Swaps Interest Rates –– Through The Company’s earnings are also affected by changes in interest rates due to the acquisition of Network1,impact those changes have on interest expense from floating rate debt instruments. To manage the exposure to interest rates, the Company has borrowings denominated in foreign currencies that have primarily been hedgedentered into the functional currency of the respective borrowing entity using cross-currency swaps in order to mitigate the impact of foreign currency exposures andan interest rate exposuresswap agreement with a notional amount of $50 million scheduled to mature on these borrowings. These swaps involveApril 3, 2022. This swap agreement is designated as a cash flow hedge to hedge the exchange of principal and fixed interest receipts of U.S. dollar-denominated debt held by one of our Brazilian subsidiaries (Network1) for principal and variable rate interest payments in Brazilian reais. The impact ofon the changes in foreign exchange rates of the cross-currency debt instruments are recognized as adjustments to other income and expense in the Consolidated Income Statements.revolving credit facility. Interest rate differentials paid or received under the swap agreementsagreement are recognized as adjustments to interest expenseexpense. To the extent the swap is effective in offsetting the Consolidated Income Statements, which totaled approximately $0.5 million duringvariability of the year ended June 30, 2015. Thehedged cash flows, changes in the fair value of the swapsswap are not included in current earnings but are reported as other comprehensive income (loss). There was a receivable of $0.1 millionno ineffective portion to be recorded as ofan adjustment to earnings for fiscal years ended June 30, 20152018 and is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.2017.

The Company has the following derivative instruments located on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Income Statements, utilized for the risk management purposes detailed above:


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The components of the cash flow hedge included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes, in the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, are as follows:
 As of June 30, 2015
 
Fair Value of  Derivatives
Designated as  Hedge
Instruments
 
Fair Value of  Derivatives
Not Designated as Hedge
Instruments
 (in thousands)
Derivative assets:(a)
   
Foreign exchange contracts$
 $125
Cross-currency swap agreements
 103
Derivative liabilities:(b)
   
Foreign exchange contracts$
 $476
 Fiscal Year Ended
 June 30, 2018June 30, 2017
 (in thousands)
Net interest expense recognized as a result of interest rate swap$161
$7
Unrealized gain in fair value of interest swap rates1,422
14
Net increase in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)$1,583
$21
Income tax effect494
8
Net increase in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax$1,089
$13
(a)All derivative assets are recorded as prepaid expense and other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(b)All derivative liabilities are recorded as accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company has the following derivative instruments located on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Income Statements as of June 30, 2018, utilized for the risk management purposes detailed above:

 June 30, 2018
 Balance Sheet Location 
Fair Value of  Derivatives
Designated as  Hedge
Instruments
 
Fair Value of  Derivatives
Not Designated as Hedge
Instruments
   (in thousands)
Derivative assets:  
  
Foreign exchange contractsPrepaid expenses and other current assets $
 $157
Interest rate swap agreementOther current assets $1,604
 $
Derivative liabilities:     
Foreign exchange contractsAccrued expenses and other current liabilities $
 $156

The Company has the following derivative instruments located on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Income Statements as of June 30, 2017, utilized for the risk management purposes detailed above:

 June 30, 2017
 Balance Sheet Location 
Fair Value of  Derivatives
Designated as  Hedge
Instruments
 
Fair Value of  Derivatives
Not Designated as Hedge
Instruments
   (in thousands)
Derivative assets:  
  
Foreign exchange contractsPrepaid expenses and other current assets $
 $35
Interest rate swap agreementOther current assets $21
 $
Derivative liabilities:     
Foreign exchange contractsAccrued expenses and other current liabilities $
 $131








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(9)    Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Accounting guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Under this guidance, the Company is required to classify certain assets and liabilities based on the fair value hierarchy, which groups fair value-measured assets and liabilities based upon the following levels of inputs:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
Level 2 – Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs which are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability;
Level 3 – Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e. supported by little or no market activity).

The assets and liabilities maintained by the Company that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis include deferred compensation plan investments, outstandingforward foreign currency exchange forward contracts, interest rate swap agreements and contingent consideration owed to the previous owners of CDC, Imago ScanSource,Network1 and Network1.Intelisys. The carrying value of debt listed in Note 7 - Short-Term Borrowings and Long Term Debt is considered to approximate fair value, as the Company's debt instruments are indexed to a variable rate using the market approach (Level 2 criteria) or the fixed rate applied approximates the variable rate published as of June 30, 2015..



















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The following table summarizes the valuation of the Company's remaining assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 20152018:
Total 
Quoted
prices  in
active
markets
(Level  1)
 
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
Total 
Quoted
prices  in
active
markets
(Level  1)
 
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Assets:              
Deferred compensation plan investments, current and non-current portion$15,970
 $15,970
 $
 $
$23,352
 $23,352
 $
 $
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts125
 
 125
 
157
 
 157
 
Cross-currency swap agreements103
 
 103
 
Interest rate swap agreement1,604
 
 1,604
 
Total assets at fair value$16,198
 $15,970
 $228
 $
$25,113
 $23,352
 $1,761
 $
Liabilities:              
Deferred compensation plan investments, current and non-current portion$15,970
 $15,970
 $
 $
$23,352
 $23,352
 $
 $
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts476
 
 476
 
156
 
 156
 
Liability for contingent consideration, current and non-current33,960
 
 
 33,960
108,233
 
 
 108,233
Total liabilities at fair value$50,406
 $15,970
 $476
 $33,960
$131,741
 $23,352
 $156
 $108,233

The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 20142017:


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Total 
Quoted
prices  in
active
markets
(Level  1)
 
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
Total 
Quoted
prices  in
active
markets
(Level  1)
 
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Assets:              
Deferred compensation plan investments, current and non-current portion$14,044
 $14,044
 $
 $
$21,439
 $21,439
 $
 $
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts65
 
 65
 
35
 
 35
 
Interest rate swap agreement21
 
 21
 
Total assets at fair value$14,109
 $14,044
 $65
 $
$21,495
 $21,439
 $56
 $
Liabilities:              
Deferred compensation plan investments, current and non-current portion$14,044
 $14,044
 $
 $
$21,074
 $21,074
 $
 $
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts119
 
 119
 
131
 
 131
 
Liability for contingent consideration, current and non-current11,107
 
 
 11,107
114,036
 
 
 114,036
Total liabilities at fair value$25,270
 $14,044
 $119
 $11,107
$135,241
 $21,074
 $131
 $114,036

The investments in the deferred compensation plan are held in a rabbi trust"rabbi trust" and include mutual funds and cash equivalents for payment of non-qualified benefits for certain retired, terminated or active employees. These investments are recorded to prepaid and other current assets or other non-current assets depending on their corresponding, anticipated distributions to recipients, which are reported in accrued expenses and other current liabilities or other long-term non-current liabilities, respectively.

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dealers and interest rates quoted by banks (Level 2). See Note 8 - DerivativesFair values of interest rate swaps are measured using standard valuation models with inputs that can be derived from observable market transactions, including LIBOR spot and Hedging Activitiesforward rates (Level 2). Foreign currency contracts and cross-currencyinterest rate swap agreements are classified in the consolidated balance sheetConsolidated Balance Sheet as prepaid expenses and other current assets or accrued expenses and other current liabilities, depending on the respective instruments' favorable or unfavorable positions. See Note 8 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities.
  
The Company recorded contingent consideration liabilities at the acquisition date of CDC, Imago ScanSourceNetwork1, Intelisys and Network1POS Portal representing the amounts payable to former shareholders, as outlined under the terms of the applicable share purchase agreements, based upon the achievement of a projected earnings measure, net of specific pro forma adjustments. The current and non-current portions of these obligations are reported separately on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the contingent considerations (Level 3) are determined using a form of a probability weighted discounted cash flow model. Subsequent changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration liabilities are recorded to the change in fair value of contingent consideration line item in the Consolidated Income Statements. Fluctuations due to foreign currency translation are captured in other comprehensive income through the changes in foreign currency translation adjustments line item as seen in Note 1615 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income.

CDCPOS Portal is part of the Company's Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment. Network1 and Security Segment, and Imago ScanSource and Network1Intelisys are part of the Company's Worldwide Communications and& Services segment.

The tablestable below provides a summary of the changes in fair value of the Company’s contingent considerations for the CDC, Imago ScanSource,Network1, Intelisys and Network1POS Portal earnouts, which is measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the yearsfiscal year ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:2018. The contingent consideration due to the former shareholders of POS Portal was paid in full during the quarter ended December 31, 2017.

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Contingent Consideration for the Year Ended 

 June 30, 2015
 Barcode & Security Segment Communications & Services Segment Total
 (in thousands)
Fair value at beginning of period$11,107
 $
 $11,107
Issuance of contingent consideration
 32,035
 32,035
Payments(5,640) 
 (5,640)
Change in fair value1,636
 1,031
 2,667
Fluctuation due to foreign currency exchange(1,994) (4,215) (6,209)
Fair value at end of period$5,109
 $28,851
 $33,960

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Contingent Consideration for the Year Ended 

Contingent Consideration for the Fiscal Year Ended 

June 30, 2014June 30, 2018
Barcode & Security Segment Communications & Services Segment TotalWorldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment Worldwide Communications & Services Segment Total
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Fair value at beginning of period$12,545
 $
 $12,545
$
 $114,036
 $114,036
Issuance of contingent consideration13,098
 
 13,098
Payments(3,810) 
 (3,810)(13,167) (40,858) (54,025)
Adjustments to contingent consideration (1)

 (779) (779)
Change in fair value2,311
 
 2,311
69
 36,974
 37,043
Fluctuation due to foreign currency exchange61
 
 61

 (1,140) (1,140)
Fair value at end of period$11,107
 $
 $11,107
$
 $108,233
 $108,233
(1)The contingent consideration payable to the former shareholders of Network1 has been reduced by payments the Company made to settle pre-acquisition contingencies during the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

The table below provides a summary of the changes in fair value of the Company’s contingent considerations for the Imago, Network1 and Intelisys earnouts, which is measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017:
 
Contingent Consideration for the Fiscal Year Ended 

 June 30, 2017
 Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment Worldwide Communications & Services Segment Total
 (in thousands)
Fair value at beginning of period$
 $24,652
 $24,652
Issuance of contingent consideration
 95,000
 95,000
Payments
 (10,241) (10,241)
Change in fair value
 5,211
 5,211
Fluctuation due to foreign currency exchange
 (586) (586)
Fair value at end of period$
 $114,036
 $114,036

The fair values of amounts owed are recorded in the current portion of contingent consideration and the long-term portion of contingent consideration in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. The U.S. dollar amounts of actual disbursements made in conjunction with future earnout payments are subject to change as the liability is denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and subject to foreign exchange fluctuation risk. Also, inIn accordance with ASC 805, the Company will revalue the contingent consideration liability at each reporting date through the last payment, with changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration

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reflected in the change in fair value of contingent consideration line item on the Company's Consolidated Income Statement that is included in the calculation of operating income. The fair value of the contingent consideration liability associated with future earnout payments is based on several factors, including:

estimated future results, net of pro forma adjustments set forth in the applicable share purchase agreements;
the probability of achieving these results; and
a discount rate reflective of the Company's creditworthiness and market risk premium associated with the BrazilianUnited States and EuropeanBrazilian markets.

A change in any of these unobservable inputs can significantly change the fair value of the contingent consideration.

Barcode and Security

The fair value of the liability for the contingent consideration related to CDC recognized at June 30, 2015 was $5.1 million, all of which is classified as current. As of June 30, 2014, the fair value of the contingent consideration was $11.1 million, of which $5.9 million was classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statement contributed a loss of $1.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2015. Generally, the change in fair value of the contingent consideration will generate a loss as the earnout period lapses. In the current year, the loss was primarily driven by the recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount and achievement of better than expected actual results. In addition, volatility in the foreign exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar has driven significant changes in the translation of the real-denominated liability. Although there is no contractual limit, total future undiscounted contingent consideration payments are estimated to range up to $5.3 million, based on the Company's best estimate as the earnout is based on a multiple of adjusted earnings.

Communications and Services Segment

The fair value of the liability for the contingent consideration related to Imago ScanSource recognized at June 30, 2015 was $5.4 million of which $2.6 million is classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements contributed a loss of $0.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2015. In the current year, the loss is largely driven by the recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount and achievement of better than expected actual results. In addition, volatility in the foreign exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar has driven changes in the translation of this British pound denominated liability. Although there is no contractual limit, total future undiscounted contingent consideration payments are anticipated to range between $5.3 million and $6.1 million, based on the Company’s best estimate of the earnout calculated on a multiple of adjusted earnings, before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.

The fair value of the liability for the contingent consideration related to Network1 recognized at June 30, 2015 was $23.5 million of which $1.7 million is classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements contributed a loss of $0.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2015. In the current year, the loss is largely driven by the recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount, offset by less than expected actual results. In addition, volatility in the foreign exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar has driven significant changes in the translation of this Brazilian real denominated liability. Although there is no contractual limit, total future undiscounted contingent consideration payments are anticipated to range up to $32.7 million, based on the Company’s best estimate of the earnout calculated on a multiple of adjusted earnings, before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, plus the effects of foreign exchange.


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A change in any of these unobservable inputs can significantly change the fair value of the contingent consideration. Valuation techniques and significant observable inputs used in recurring Level 3 fair value measurements for our contingent consideration liabilities as of June 30, 2018 and 2017 were as follows.

Reporting PeriodValuation TechniqueSignificant Unobservable InputsWeighted Average Rates
June 30, 2018Discounted cash flowWeighted average cost of capital8.6%
Adjusted EBITDA growth rate18.2%
June 30, 2017Discounted cash flowWeighted average cost of capital14.2%
Adjusted EBITDA growth rate17.0%

The weighted average cost of capital ("WACC") decreased year-over-year largely due to the reduction in the WACC used for the Network1 contingent consideration liability as the earnout period is complete as of June 30, 2018.

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment

POS Portal

The contingent consideration due to the former shareholders of POS Portal was paid in full during the quarter ended December 31, 2017. As such, no liability is recorded as of this reporting date. The change in the fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 was a loss less than $0.1 million.

CDC

The final payment of the contingent consideration related to CDC was paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements was a loss of $0.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The loss was due to the recurring amortization of unrecognized fair value discount.

Worldwide Communications & Services Segment

Network1

The fair value of the liability for the contingent consideration related to Network1 recognized at June 30, 2018 was $10.7 million of which the entire balance is classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements contributed a loss of $21.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, which is primarily due to a change in estimate of the current year payment to the former shareholders of Network1, additional agreed upon adjustments to the projected final settlement and improved actual results for the fiscal year. In addition, volatility in the foreign exchange between the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar has driven changes in the translation of this Brazilian real denominated liability.

As of June 30, 2017, the fair value of the contingent consideration was $6.9 million, of which $5.4 million was classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements was a gain of $5.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, which was largely driven by a reduction in future projected results and less-than-expected actual results, partially offset by the recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount.










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Intelisys

The fair value of the liability for the contingent consideration related to Intelisys recognized at June 30, 2018 was $97.5 million of which $32.2 million is classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements contributed a loss of $16.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, which was primarily due to the recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount and an adjustment to the probability weights in the discounted cash flow model. Although there is no contractual limit, total future undiscounted contingent consideration payments are anticipated to range up to $115.3 million, based on the Company’s best estimate of the earnout calculated on a multiple of adjusted earnings.

The fair value of the liability for the contingent consideration related to Intelisys recognized at June 30, 2017 was $107.1 million of which $25.3 million is classified as current. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements contributed a loss of $12.1 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, which was largely driven by the recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount and improvements in projected results.

Imago

The final payment of the contingent consideration related to Imago was paid during the quarter ended December 31, 2016. The change in fair value of contingent consideration recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements contributed a gain of $1.1 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, which was largely driven by actual results that were less-than-expected, including special adjustments as determined by the purchase agreement and recurring amortization of the unrecognized fair value discount. In addition, volatility in the foreign exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar drove changes in the translation of this British pound-denominated liability.

Scheduled maturities of the Company’s contingent considerations at June 30, 2018 are as follows:
 Contingent Consideration
 (in thousands)
Fiscal year: 
2019$42,975
202032,239
202133,019
Total contingent consideration payments$108,233


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(10)    Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation Plans

The Company has awards outstanding from fourtwo share-based compensation plans (the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, the 1999 Director Plan, the 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan). Awards are currently only being granted under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan. As of June 30, 20152018, there were 2,446,4653,786,727 shares available for future grant under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan. All of the Company’s share-based compensation plans are shareholder approved, and it is the Company’s belief that such awards better align the interests of its employees and directors with those of its shareholders. Under the plans, the Company is authorized to award officers, employees, consultants and non-employee members of the Board of Directors various share-based payment awards, including options to purchase common stock and restricted stock. Restricted stock can be in the form of a restricted stock award ("RSA"), restricted stock unit ("RSU") or a performance unit ("PU"). An RSA is common stock that is subject to risk of forfeiture or other restrictions that lapse upon satisfaction of specified conditions. An RSU represents the right to receive shares of common stock in the future with the right to future delivery of the shares subject to risk of forfeiture or other restrictions that lapse upon satisfaction of specified conditions.

The Company accounts for its share-based compensation awards in accordance with ASC 718 – Stock Compensation, which requires all share-based compensation to be recognized in the income statement based on fair value and applies to all awards granted, modified, canceled or repurchased after the effective date. Total share-based compensation included as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Income Statements was as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Share-based compensation related to:          
Equity classified stock options$1,480
 $1,577
 $2,125
$1,184
 $1,356
 $1,479
Equity classified restricted stock5,042
 3,671
 3,493
5,275
 5,246
 5,614
Total share-based compensation$6,522
 $5,248
 $5,618
$6,459
 $6,602
 $7,093

Stock Options

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018, the Company granted stock options for 166,593119,132 shares to certain employees.shares. These options vest annually over 3 years and have a 10-year contractual life. In accordance with the requirements of the Company’s Equity Award Grant Policy and the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, theThese options issued during the fiscal year were granted with an exercise price that is no less than 100% of the fair market value of thosethe underlying shares on the date of the grant.

The fair value of each option (for purposes of calculation of share-based compensation) was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing formula that uses assumptions determined at the date of grant. Use of this option pricing model requires the input of subjective assumptions. These assumptions include estimating the length of time employees will retain their vested stock options before exercising them ("expected term"), the estimated volatility of ourthe Company's common stock price over the expected term ("expected volatility") and the number of options that will ultimately not complete their vesting requirements ("forfeitures"). Changes in the subjective assumptions can materially affect the estimate of the fair value of share-based compensation and, consequently, the related amount recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements.









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June 30, 20152018


The Company used the following weighted-average assumptions for the options granted during the following fiscal years:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Expected term4.02 years
 4.00 years
 4.64 years
5 years
 5 years
 4.02 years
Expected volatility30.06% 33.70% 42.90%30.70% 30.88% 28.70%
Risk-free interest rate1.22% 1.07% 0.64%2.17% 1.84% 1.47%
Dividend yield0.00% 0.00% 0.00%0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Weighted-average fair value per option$10.51
 $11.91
 $10.48
$10.60
 $11.26
 $9.53

The weighted-average expected term of the options represents the period of time the options are expected to be outstanding based on historical trends and behaviors of certain groups and individuals receiving these awards. The expected volatility is predominatelypredominantly based on the historical volatility of our common stock for a period approximating the expected term. The risk-free interest rate reflects the interest rate at grant date on zero-coupon U.S.United States governmental bonds that have a remaining life similar to the expected option term. The dividend yield assumption was based on ourthe Company's dividend payment history and management's expectations of future dividend payments.

A summary of activity under our stock option plans is presented below:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018
Options 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Options 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding, beginning of year1,071,097
 $33.91
  872,989
 $37.63
  
Granted during the period166,593
 41.11
  119,132
 34.27
  
Exercised during the period(71,659) 31.43
  (62,701) 35.72
  
Canceled, forfeited, or expired during the period
 
  (32,300) 37.17
  
Outstanding, end of year1,166,031
 35.09
 5.38 $4,531,055
897,120
 37.33
 5.95 $3,089,365
Vested and expected to vest at June 30, 20151,164,033
 35.08
 5.38 $4,530,942
Vested and expected to vest at June 30, 2018895,187
 37.34
 5.94 $3,078,179
Exercisable, end of year879,451
 $33.49
 4.24 $4,204,989
685,554
 $37.84
 5.07 $2,113,769

The aggregate intrinsic value was calculated using the market price of ourthe Company's stock on June 30, 20152018, and the exercise price for only those options that have an exercise price that is less than the market price of our stock. This amount will change as the market price per share changes. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the fiscal years ended June 30, 20152018, 20142017, and 20132016 was $0.60.5 million, $5.41.6 million, and $3.11.3 million, respectively.















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June 30, 20152018


A summary of the status of the Company’s shares subject to unvested options is presented below:
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018
Options 
     Weighted     
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Grant
    Date Fair-    
Value
Options 
     Weighted     
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Grant
    Date Fair-    
Value
Unvested, beginning of year250,932
 $36.93
 $11.72
215,970
 $38.48
 $10.39
Granted166,593
 41.11
 10.51
119,132
 34.27
 10.60
Vested(130,945) 35.58
 11.96
(123,536) 39.20
 10.33
Canceled or forfeited
 
 
Unvested, end of year286,580
 $39.98
 $10.91
211,566
 $35.69
 $10.54

As of June 30, 20152018, there was approximately $2.31.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the plans in the form of stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.171.12 years. The total fair value of options vested during the fiscal years ended June 30, 20152018, 2014, and 2013 is $1.6 million, $1.6 million2017 and 2016 is $1.3 million, $2.61.5 million, and $1.5 million, respectively. The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 20152018:

 Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices 
Shares
  Outstanding   
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
  Contractual  
Life
 
    Weighted    
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Number
  Exercisable   
 
    Weighted    
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Shares
  Outstanding   
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
  Contractual  
Life
 
    Weighted    
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Number
  Exercisable   
 
    Weighted    
Average
Exercise
Price
$18.13 - $22.27 8,400
 3.43 $18.14
 8,400
 $18.14
 2,800
 0.43 $18.14
 2,800
 $18.14
$22.27 - $26.38 30,000
 4.43 24.57
 30,000
 24.57
 25,000
 1.43 24.57
 25,000
 24.57
$26.38 - $30.49 217,558
 4.00 28.94
 178,656
 28.77
 20,731
 4.44 29.80
 20,731
 29.80
$30.49 - $34.60 299,129
 4.36 33.22
 299,129
 33.22
 197,971
 7.17 34.21
 82,839
 34.27
$34.60 - $38.71 323,995
 4.17 36.43
 322,345
 36.43
 371,169
 5.67 37.04
 274,735
 36.87
$38.71 - $42.82 286,949
 9.02 41.77
 40,921
 42.69
 279,449
 6.02 41.83
 279,449
 41.83
 1,166,031
 5.38 $35.09
 879,451
 $33.49
 897,120
 5.95 $37.33
 685,554
 $37.84

The Company issues shares to satisfy the exercise of options.



















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June 30, 2015


Restricted Stock

Grants of Restricted Shares

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018, the Company elected to grantgranted 194,232138,665 shares of restricted stock to employees and non-employee directors, all of which were issued in the form of RSUs or PUs:


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 Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015
 
Shares
granted
 Date granted 
Grant date
fair value
 Vesting period
Employees       
Certain employees, vesting based on certain service and performance conditions (1)
14,042 June 25, 2014 $39.01
 July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017
Certain employees2,006 August 26, 2014 38.83
 Immediate vesting
Certain employees, vesting based on certain service and performance conditions8,336 November 6, 2014 38.94
 November 6, 2014 through July 1, 2016
Certain employees150,143
 December 5, 2014 41.13
 Annually over 3 years
Certain employees991
 February 3, 2015 35.16
 Annually over 3 years
Certain employees based on promotions2,550 May 5, 2015 39.05
 Annually over 3 years
Certain employees1,664 June 5, 2015 39.21
 Annually over 3 years
Non-Employee Directors(2)
       
Certain Directors14,500 December 5, 2014 $41.13
 6 months
 Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018
 
Shares
granted
 Date granted 
Grant date
fair value
 Vesting period
Employees       
Certain employees based on performance92,469
 December 8, 2017 $34.35
 Annually over 3 years
Certain employees based on performance(1)
31,296
 February 1, 2018 $34.95
 January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020
Non-Employee Directors(2)
       
Certain Directors500
 September 11, 2017 $37.75
 6 months
Certain Directors14,400
 December 8, 2017 $34.35
 6 months
(1)These RSU grants have service-based and performance-based vesting conditions. The total target shares under these grants are 14,042, but the actual number of shares that will vest depends on the performance of the Company. The grant date fair value of $39.01
(1) The RSU's granted on February 1, 2018 contains both service and performance-based vesting conditions for the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020 (the "performance cycle") as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. The total number for target shares granted could differ from the actual shares vested at the conclusion of the performance cycle. See the Company's 2018 Proxy Statement for more information about these grants.
(2) Under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, non-employee directors receive annual awards of restricted stock, as opposed to stock options. The number of shares of restricted stock to be granted is established from time to time by the Board of Directors. Currently, the number of shares of restricted stock awarded annually to each non-employee director generally is for the first tranche of these awards. The fair values for the second and third tranches of these awards has not yet been determined. See the The Company's 2014 Proxy Statement for further information about these grants.
(2)
Under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, non-employee directors will receive annual awards of restricted stock, as opposed to stock options. The number of shares of restricted stock to be granted will be established from time to time by the Board of Directors. Currently, the number of shares of restricted stock awarded annually to each non-employee director generally will be determined by dividing $100,000 by the equity award value of the common stock on the date of grant, as defined in the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The equity award value means the value per share based on a 45-day averaging of the fair market value of the common stock over a specified period of time, or the fair market value of the common stock on a specified date. These awards will generally vest in full on the day that is six months after the date of grant or upon the earlier occurrence of (i) the director’s termination of service as a director by reason of death, disability or retirement or (ii) a change in control by the Company. The compensation expense associated with these awards will be recognized on a pro-rata basis over this period.

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding restricted stock is presented below:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018
Shares 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair
Value
Shares 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair
Value
Outstanding, beginning of year220,108
 $37.36
267,386
 $37.86
Granted during the period194,232
 40.87
138,665
 34.50
Target shares adjustment during the period (1)
(216) 36.33
Vested during the period(119,995) 36.90
(146,046) 38.16
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired during the period(15,149) 32.98
(6,270) 34.77
Outstanding, end of year279,196
 $38.87
253,519
 $35.93
(1) These target shares granted as RSUs during fiscal year 2015 have service based and performance based vesting conditions. The actual number of shares granted for each of the three tranches, for the period June 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017, is determined after the date of the Company's financial statements. Therefore, the adjustment recognized during fiscal year 2018 represents the variance between the shares assumed to be granted versus at June 30, 2017 the actual shares granted for the third tranche.

As of June 30, 20152018, there was approximately $8.26.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock awards and restricted stock units granted, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.191.23 years. The Company withheld 37,15747,470 shares for income taxes during the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018.


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June 30, 20152018


(11)    Employee Benefit Plans

The Company has a defined contribution planplans under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended that covers1986. One plan governs all employees located in the United States, meetingexcluding POS Portal employees, that meet certain eligibility requirements. The Company providedrequirements and provides a matching contribution for each period which was equal to one-half of each participant’s contribution, up to a maximum matching contribution per participant of $800. The Company determines its matching contributions annually and can make discretionary contributions in addition to matching contributions. Employer contributions are vested based upon tenure over a five-year period. The Company also assumed POS Portal's defined contribution plan upon acquisition, which provides a matching contribution equal to 100% of each participant's contribution, up to a maximum of 4%. The Company's employer contributions under the POS Portal plan vest immediately.

Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Matching contributions$626
 $553
 $509
$1,163
 $875
 $735
Discretionary contributions5,350
 5,207
 5,501
4,700
 3,413
 3,617
Total contributions$5,976
 $5,760
 $6,010
$5,863
 $4,288
 $4,352

Internationally, the Company contributes to either plans required by local governments or to various employee annuity plans. Additionally, the Company maintains a non-qualified, unfunded deferred compensation plan that allows eligible executives to defer a portion of their compensation in addition to receiving discretionary matching contributions from the Company. Employer contributions are vested over a five-year period.

(12)    Income Taxes

IncomeOn December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act reduces the corporate federal tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018 and implements a modified territorial tax system. Since the Company has a June 30th fiscal year-end, the lower tax rate resulted in a blended U.S. statutory federal rate of approximately 28% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. The U.S. statutory federal rate will be 21% for subsequent fiscal years. As part of of the Tax Act, U.S. companies are required to pay a one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of undistributed foreign earnings and to remeasure deferred tax assets and liabilities.

In response to the Tax Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) that provides guidance on accounting for the impact of the Tax Act. SAB 118 allows companies to record provisional amounts to the extent reasonably estimable and adjust them over time as more information becomes available, not to extend beyond the measurement period of one year from the enactment of the Tax Act. Accordingly, the Company has recorded provisional amounts for the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of undistributed foreign earnings and the remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities. The final impact from the enactment of the Tax Act may differ from the estimates provided for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, the issuance of final regulations, interpretation of the law and refinement of the Company's ongoing analysis of the new tax positions. Any changes in the provisional amount recognized will be reflected in the income tax expense (benefit) consists of:in the period they are identified.
The Tax Act includes a mandatory deemed repatriation of all undistributed foreign earnings that are subject to a U.S. income tax as part of the transition. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized provisional income tax expense of $9.6 million for a one-time transition tax liability on total post-1986 foreign subsidiaries’ earnings and profits (“E&P”) that were previously deferred from U.S. income taxes. No additional income tax expense has been provided for any remaining undistributed foreign earnings not subject to the transition tax and any additional outside basis difference inherent for these entities as such amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations.

 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in thousands)
Current:     
Federal$24,658
 $25,895
 $32,387
State1,639
 2,439
 993
Foreign4,927
 3,826
 3,921
Total current31,224
 32,160
 37,301
Deferred:     
Federal2,165
 7,933
 (10,200)
State198
 725
 (519)
Foreign900
 500
 (8,218)
Total deferred3,263
 9,158
 (18,937)
Provision for income taxes$34,487
 $41,318
 $18,364
As part of accounting for the Tax Act, the Company remeasured certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which such deferred taxes are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21% . For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 the Company recognized provisional income tax benefit of $1.6 million for the remeasurement of the Company’s deferred tax asset and liability balances.












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June 30, 20152018


Income tax expense (benefit) consists of:
 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2016
 (in thousands)
Current:     
Federal$38,263
 $31,149
 $21,855
State3,503
 2,615
 1,652
Foreign9,203
 269
 6,100
Total current50,969
 34,033
 29,607
Deferred:     
Federal(9,987) (3,832) 3,990
State(1,962) (397) 365
Foreign(11,248) 2,445
 (1,571)
Total deferred(23,197) (1,784) 2,784
Provision for income taxes$27,772
 $32,249
 $32,391

A reconciliation of the U.S. Federal income tax expense at a blended statutory rate of 28% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and a statutory rate of 35% for the June 30, 2017 and 2016 fiscal years to actual income tax expense excluding any other taxes related to extraordinary gain is as follows:
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
U.S. statutory rate28.0% 35.0% 35.0%
U.S. Federal income tax at statutory rate$34,967
 $43,088
 $18,559
$17,094
 $35,524
 $33,603
Increase (decrease) in income taxes due to:          
State and local income taxes, net of Federal benefit1,318
 1,974
 523
1,883
 1,729
 1,578
Tax credits(1,435) (1,935) (1,629)(1,825) (1,430) (2,517)
Valuation allowance582
 803
 353
1,530
 444
 541
Effect of foreign operations, net(1,665) (1,627) (1,342)(1,396) (1,477) (1,150)
Stock compensation(419) (494) (148)1,049
 (61) (62)
Goodwill impairment
 
 1,139
Capitalized acquisition costs839
 
 
48
 231
 70
Nontaxable income(9) (4,437) 
Disallowed interest1,888
 2,011
 571
Other300
 (491) 909
(1,438) (285) (243)
U.S. Tax Reform transition tax9,609
 
 
U.S. Tax Reform impact of rate change on deferred taxes(1,615) 
 
Belgium Tax Reform impact of rate change on deferred taxes1,040
 
 
Other jurisdictions impact of rate change on deferred taxes(86) 
 
Provision for income taxes$34,487
 $41,318
 $18,364
$27,772
 $32,249
 $32,391










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The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below:
 June 30,
 2015 2014
 (in thousands)
Deferred tax assets derived from:   
Allowance for accounts receivable$9,925
 $9,941
Inventories5,235
 7,996
Nondeductible accrued expenses5,838
 
Net operating loss carryforwards2,223
 4,675
Tax credits2,136
 1,873
Timing of amortization deduction from goodwill10,652
 6,101
Deferred compensation6,014
 5,300
Stock compensation5,730
 5,129
Timing of depreciation and other deductions for building and equipment83
 
Total deferred tax assets47,836
 41,015
Valuation allowance(2,509) (1,696)
Total deferred tax assets, net of allowance45,327
 39,319
Deferred tax liabilities derived from:   
Nondeductible accrued expenses
 (231)
Timing of depreciation and other deductions from building and equipment(549) (74)
Timing of amortization deduction from goodwill(4,908) (4,477)
Timing of amortization deduction from intangible assets(4,680) (1,886)
Total deferred tax liabilities(10,137) (6,668)
Net deferred tax assets$35,190
 $32,651






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 June 30,
 2018 2017
 (in thousands)
Deferred tax assets derived from:   
Allowance for accounts receivable$12,874
 $11,687
Inventories4,060
 5,235
Nondeductible accrued expenses7,426
 3,968
Net operating loss carryforwards5,350
 3,141
Tax credits5,795
 4,094
Timing of amortization deduction from goodwill5,756
 1,285
Deferred compensation5,696
 7,934
Stock compensation2,809
 5,424
Timing of amortization deduction from intangible assets2,510
 3,032
Total deferred tax assets52,276
 45,800
Valuation allowance(5,098) (3,473)
Total deferred tax assets, net of allowance47,178
 42,327
Deferred tax liabilities derived from:   
Timing of depreciation and other deductions from building and equipment(7,468) (7,778)
Timing of amortization deduction from goodwill(1,782) (5,013)
Timing of amortization deduction from intangible assets(17,498) (2,053)
Total deferred tax liabilities(26,748) (14,844)
Net deferred tax assets$20,430
 $27,483

The components of pretax earnings are as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Domestic$79,364
 $104,685
 $64,581
$66,416
 $79,871
 $76,062
Foreign20,542
 18,422
 (11,555)(5,491) 21,624
 19,948
Worldwide pretax earnings$99,906
 $123,107
 $53,026
$60,925
 $101,495
 $96,010

As of June 30, 2015,2018, there were (i) gross net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1.6$2.4 million for stateU.S. federal income tax purposes; (ii) gross state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $4.1 million; (iii) foreign gross net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $6.5$17.8 million; (iii)(iv) state income tax credit carryforwards of approximately $0.4$2.2 million that will began to expire in 2017;the 2018 tax year; and (iv)(v) withholding tax credits of approximately $1.9$3.5 million; and (vi) foreign tax credits of $0.6 million. AsThe Company maintains a valuation allowance of June 30, 2015, the Company recorded a $0.3$0.6 million valuation reserve againstfor foreign net operating loss carry-forwards, related to foreign operations acquired during the period. In addition to the valuation allowance for the foreign net operating losses, the Company maintains a less than $0.1 million valuation allowance for state net operating losses, a $1.9$3.5 million valuation allowance for withholding tax credits, a $0.6 million valuation allowance for foreign tax credits, and $0.3 million valuation allowance for state income tax credits, and a $0.3less than $0.1 million valuation allowance for the notional interest deduction, where it was determined that, in accordance with ASC 740, it is more likely than not that they cannot be utilized.

The Company has providedadopted ASU 2016-09 during fiscal year 2018 which required the Company to recognize excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as income tax expense or benefit for stock award settlements that were previously recognized as additional paid-in-capital. As a result of these changes, the Company recognized net tax expense of $1.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.


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The one-time transition tax is based on the total post-1986 foreign subsidiaries’ earnings and profits (“E&P”) were previously deferred from U.S. income taxes. Prior to the passage of the Tax Act, the Company did not provide for U.S. income taxes for undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that were considered to be retained indefinitely for reinvestment. The Company will continue to distribute the current earnings of its Canadian subsidiary. Earningssubsidiary, but earnings from all other geographies will continue to be considered retained indefinitely for reinvestment. The Company has not provided U.S. income taxes for undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that are considered to be retained indefinitely for reinvestment. The distribution of these earnings would result in additional foreign withholding taxes and additional U.S. federal income taxes to the extent they are not offset by foreign tax credits. It has been the practice of the Company to reinvest those earnings in the business outside the United States. These undistributedApart from the one-time transition tax, any incremental deferred income taxes on the unremitted foreign earnings amounted to approximately $93.9 million at June 30, 2015. If these earnings were remitted to the U.S., they would be subject to income tax. The tax, after foreign tax credits, is estimatedare not expected to be approximately $16.3 million.material.

In prior years, financial results in Europe have generated pre-tax losses, primarily due to our European Communications business. Financial results in Belgium for the year endedAs of June 30, 2015 produced pre-tax income of approximately $4.2 million resulting in partial, approximately 45%, utilization of the deferred tax asset. In the judgment of management, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized.

As of June 30, 2015,2018, the Company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $1.3$2.1 million, $0.8$1.4 million of which, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate. This reflects an increasea decrease of $0.1 million on a netgross basis over the prior fiscal year. The Company does not expect that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in the accompanying Consolidated Income Statement. Accrued interest and penalties are included within the related tax liability line in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The total amount of interest and penalties accrued, but excluded from the table below were $1.2 million for the fiscal yearsyear ending June 30, 2015, 20142018 and 2013 were$1.1 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 and $1.2 million $1.1 million and $0.9 million,for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, respectively. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

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 June 30,
 2018 2017 2016
 (in thousands)
Beginning Balance$2,176
 $2,148
 $1,301
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year157
 174
 326
Additions for tax positions of prior years
 
 658
Reduction for tax positions of prior years(280) (146) (137)
Ending Balance$2,053
 $2,176
 $2,148

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results for the Belgium business produced pre-tax loss of approximately $5.3 million for the year ended June 30, 20152018. To the extent the Belgium business does not return to profitability as expected, this could affect the valuation of certain deferred tax assets. However, the Belgium business reported cumulative taxable income for two of the four prior years. In the judgment of management, the conditions that gave rise to the fiscal current year and prior year pre-tax losses are temporary and that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized. A corporate tax reform law was enacted in Belgium on December 25, 2017, which reduces the corporate tax rate from 33% to 25% over a three-year period. The company remeasured certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which such deferred taxes are expected to reverse in the future. As a result, the Company recognized income tax expense of $1.0 million during the year ended June 30, 2018.


 June 30,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in thousands)
Beginning Balance$1,153
 $1,034
 $1,257
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year262
 204
 240
Additions for tax positions of prior years
 
 
Reduction for tax positions of prior years(114) (85) (463)
Settlements
 
 
Ending Balance$1,301
 $1,153
 $1,034
During the quarter ended June 30, 2017, a lawsuit filed by ScanSource Brazil with the Brazilian Supreme Court in 2014 regarding the tax treatment of certain Brazilian state-provided tax benefits was settled in Scansource Brazil’s favor.  As a result, Scansource Brazil was awarded and recovered a tax settlement. The Company recorded, discrete to the June 30, 2017 quarter, the income tax benefit associated with that recovery equal to approximately $4.5 million.
The Company conducts business globally and, as a result, one or more of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S.United States federal, various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities in countries in which it operates. With certain exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to state and local, or non-U.S.non-United States income tax examinations by tax authorities for tax years before June 30, 2010.

(13)    Commitments and Contingencies2013.

Leases

The Company leases office and warehouse space under non-cancelable operating leases that expire through November 2020. The Company also leases certain equipment under a capital lease that expires in 2017. Lease expense and future minimum lease payments under operating leases and the single capital lease are as follows:





 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2015 2014 2013
 (in thousands)
Lease expense$6,168
 $5,561
 $5,094

 Operating Lease Payments Capital Lease Payments Total Payments
 (in thousands)
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,     
2016$5,908
 $227
 $6,135
20174,786
 248
 5,034
20182,541
 
 2,541
20191,142
 
 1,142
2020741
 
 741
Thereafter358
 
 358
Total future minimum lease payments15,476
 475
 15,951
Less: amounts representing interest on capital lease
 6
 6
Total future minimum principal lease payments$15,476
 $469
 $15,945

On April 27, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement to lease approximately 600,000 square feet for distribution, warehousing and storage purposes in a building located in Southaven, Mississippi. The lease also provides for a right of first refusal on an additional 147,000 square feet of expansion space. The term of the lease is 120 months with 2 consecutive 5-year extension options.


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(13)    Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company leases office and warehouse space under non-cancelable operating leases that expire through 2023. The Company also leases certain equipment under a capital lease that expires in 2020. Lease expense and future minimum lease payments under operating leases and capital leases are as follows:

 Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2016
 (in thousands)
Lease expense$9,824
 $8,703
 $7,394

 Operating Lease Payments Capital Lease Payments Total Payments
 (in thousands)
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,     
2019$8,196
 $675
 $8,871
20206,160
 675
 6,835
20215,316
 
 5,316
20224,185
 
 4,185
20233,404
 
 3,404
Thereafter10,817
 
 10,817
Total future minimum lease payments38,078
 1,350
 39,428
Less: amounts representing interest on capital lease
 30
 30
Total future minimum principal lease payments$38,078
 $1,320
 $39,398

On June 3, 2014,July 6, 2016, the Company entered into an equipmentamended agreement to continue to lease transactionapproximately 741,000 square feet for distribution, warehousing and storage purposes in a building located in Southaven, Mississippi. The term of the lease is 135 months with 2 consecutive 5-year extension options.

On December 7, 2017 the Company entered into a new lease agreement and amended an existing lease agreement for certain information technology infrastructure located in the Greenville, South Carolina facility.facility expiring in 2020. The Company determined thiseach lease qualifiesqualified as a capital lease and accordingly, has recorded a capital lease obligation equal to the present value of the minimum lease payments of $0.7$1.9 million. The lease term is 3 years with an expiration date during 2017. in accordance.

The components of the Company's capital lease as of June 30, 20152018 are as follows:

       Capital Lease Obligations
 Property & Equipment Accumulated Depreciation Net Book Value Short-Term Long-Term Total
 (in thousands)
IT Infrastructure$731
 $244
 $487
 $223
 $246
 $469
       Capital Lease Obligations
 Property & Equipment Accumulated Depreciation Net Book Value Short-Term Long-Term Total
 (in thousands)
IT Infrastructure$1,583
 $(259) $1,324
 $653
 $667
 $1,320

Commitments and Contingencies

A majority of the Company’s net revenues in fiscal years 20152018, 20142017 and 20132016 were received from the sale of products purchased from the Company’s ten largest vendors.suppliers. The Company has entered into written distribution agreements with substantially all of its major vendors.

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suppliers. While the Company’s agreements with most of its vendorssuppliers contain standard provisions for periodic renewals, these agreements generally permit termination by either party without cause upon 30 to 120 days' notice.

The Company or its subsidiaries are, from time to time, parties to lawsuits arising out of operations. Although there can be no assurance, based upon information known to the Company, the Company believes that any liability resulting from an adverse determination of such lawsuits would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In January 2013, through the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary Partner Services, Inc. ("PSI"),During fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia against our former ERP software systems integration partner, Avanade, Inc. ("Avanade"). In June 2014, the parties reached a Settlement Agreement where both parties agreed to mutually dismiss all claims and counterclaims against the other in exchange for Avanade's payment to the Company of $15.0 million. The Company also reversed $2.0recognized $2.9 million in accrued liabilities for unpaid invoices receivedproceeds from Avanade and paid a contingency fee of $1.5 million to the law firm who represented the Company in the lawsuit. Thelegal tax settlement, net of attorney fees, and reversal of accrued liabilitiesin Brazil. Of the total settlement, $2.5 million is included in the impairment charges (legal recovery) line itemselling, general and administrative expenses and $0.4 million is included in interest income on the Consolidated Income Statements forStatements. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014.2017, the Company recognized $12.8 million in proceeds from a legal settlement, net of attorney fees, included in other income (expense), net on the Consolidated Income Statements.

Enterprise Resource PlanningCapital Projects

The Company has implemented a new Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") system. In December 2013, the Company retained SAP for software platform and implementation consulting services on the new ERP system. The Company's European operations, excluding Imago ScanSource, began utilizing the new ERP systemexpects total capital expenditures to range from $10.0 million to $15.0 million during the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The Company's North America operations began utilizing the new ERP system during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The Company incurred $15.5 million2019 primarily for rental equipment investments and $13.2 million in the form of capital expenditures related to the ERP project, for the years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of June 30, 2014, amounts in accrued expenses and other current liabilities related to capital expenditures totaled $3.0 million.facility improvements.

Pre-Acquisition Contingencies

During the Company's due diligence for the CDC acquisition, several pre-acquisition contingencies were identified regarding various Brazilian federal and state tax exposures. TheIn connection with these contingencies, the Company is able to recordrecorded indemnification receivables that are reported gross of the pre-acquisition contingency liabilities as theythe funds were escrowed in the share purchase and sale agreement entered into with CDC. Asas part of the initial payment,acquisition. The Company settled the sellers placed $25.5single remaining pre-acquisition contingency of approximately $2.3 million into a specialfor CDC during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and exclusive bank account to be released accordingpaid the remaining escrow balance to the specifications of the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement to provide for potential indemnification liabilities. However, indemnity claims can be made up to the entire purchase price, which includes the initial payment and all future earnout payments. During fiscal year 2012, the Company and former shareholders released $5.3 million from the escrow account for the settlement of a pre-acquisition contingency and $2.5 million to the sellers. The amount available after the impact of foreign currency

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translation, as of June 30, 2015 and 2014 for future pre-acquisition contingency settlements or to be released to the sellers, was $8.4 million and $11.8 million, respectively.CDC.

The table below summarizes the balances and line item presentation of CDC's pre-acquisition contingencies and corresponding indemnification receivables in the Company's consolidated balance sheet:
June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Assets      
Prepaid expenses and other assets (current)$3,156
 $5,023
$
 $2,212
Other assets (noncurrent)$69
 $1,221
$
 $
Liabilities      
Other current liabilities$3,156
 $5,023
$
 $2,212
Other long-term liabilities$69
 $1,221
$
 $

The change in classification and amounts of the pre-acquisition contingencies is primarily due to foreign currency translation on a weaker Brazilian real against the U.S. dollar and the expiration of the statute of limitations for identified pre-acquisition contingencies. The amount of reasonably possible undiscounted pre-acquisition contingencies as of June 30, 2015 is estimated to range as high as $4.9 million at this time, of which all exposures are indemnifiable under the share purchase and sale agreement.

During the Company's due diligence for the Network1 acquisition, several pre-acquisition contingencies were identified regarding various Brazilian federal and state tax exposures. The Company is able to recordrecorded indemnification receivables that are reported gross of the pre-acquisition contingency liabilities as theythe funds were escrowed in the share purchase agreement. Asas part of the initial payment, theacquisition. The sellers placed $3.8deposited $12.3 million and $8.7 million into a specialthe escrow account for the years ended June 30, 2018 and exclusive bank account to be released according to the specifications of the share purchase agreement to provide for potential indemnification liabilities.2017. The amount available after the impact of foreign currency translation, as of June 30, 20152018 and 2017, for future pre-acquisition contingency settlements or to be released to the sellers was $3.2 million.$24.1 million and $13.0 million, respectively.






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The table below summarizes the balances and line item presentation of Network1's pre-acquisition contingencies and corresponding indemnification receivables in the Company's consolidated balance sheet:
June 30, 2015June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Assets    
Prepaid expenses and other assets (current)$520
$1,385
 $1,294
Other assets (noncurrent)$10,769
$5,700
 $8,235
Liabilities    
Other current liabilities$520
$1,385
 $1,294
Other long-term liabilities$10,769
$5,700
 $8,235

The net decline in the value of pre-acquisition contingencies for Network1 is primarily due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for identified pre-acquisition contingencies. The amount of reasonably possible undiscounted pre-acquisition contingencies as of June 30, 20152018 is estimated to range from $9.9$6.7 million to $25.8$23.0 million at this time, of which all exposures are indemnifiable under the share purchase agreement.


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(14)    Segment Information

The Company is a leading distributorprovider of specialty technology products providing value-added distribution salesand solutions to resellerscustomers in specialty technology markets. The Company has two reportable segments, based on product, customer and service type.

Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security Segment

The Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security distribution segment focuses on automatic identification andincludes a portfolio of solutions primarily for enterprise mobile computing, data capture, ("AIDC"), point-of-sale ("POS"),barcode printing, POS, payments, networking, electronic physical security, cyber security and 3D printingother technologies. We have business units within this segment for sales and merchandising functions, including ScanSource POS and Barcode business units in North America, Latin America and Europe and the ScanSource Security business unit in North America.Europe. We see adjacencies among these technologies in helping our resellerscustomers develop solutions, such as with networking products. AIDCsolutions. Data capture and POS productssolutions interface with computer systems used to automate the collection, processing and communication of information for commercial and industrial applications, including retail sales, distribution, shipping, inventory control, materials handling, warehouse management and health care applications. Electronic physical security products include identification, access control, video surveillance, intrusion-related and wireless and networking infrastructure products. 3D printing solutions replace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input.

Worldwide Communications & Services Segment

The Worldwide Communications & Services distribution segment focuses onincludes a portfolio of solutions primarily for communications technologies and services. We have business units within this segment for salesin North America, Latin America and merchandising functions, and these business units offerEurope. These offerings include voice, video conferencing, wireless, data networking, cable, unified communications and converged communications solutions in North America, Latin America,collaboration, cloud and Europe.technology services. As these solutions come together on IP networks, new opportunities are created for value-added resellers to move into adjacent solutions for all vertical markets, includingsuch as education, healthcare and government. ScanSource Services Group delivers value-added support programs and services, including education and training, network assessments, custom configuration, implementation and marketing to help resellers develop a new technology practice, or to extend their capability and reach.











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Selected financial information for each business segment is presented below:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30,Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Sales:          
Worldwide Barcode & Security$1,912,352
 $1,873,177
 $1,828,219
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$2,628,988
 $2,389,256
 $2,361,670
Worldwide Communications & Services1,306,274
 1,040,457
 1,048,745
1,217,272
 1,178,930
 1,178,556
$3,218,626
 $2,913,634
 $2,876,964
$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $3,540,226
Depreciation and amortization:          
Worldwide Barcode & Security$3,813
 $4,243
 $5,408
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$18,233
 $6,496
 $5,651
Worldwide Communications & Services6,912
 3,132
 3,049
15,769
 15,099
 8,543
Corporate(1)
1,272
 
 
Corporate3,493
 3,373
 2,960
$11,997
 $7,375
 $8,457
$37,495
 $24,968
 $17,154
Operating income:          
Worldwide Barcode & Security(2)
$48,612
 $51,523
 $34,665
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$56,911
 $49,727
 $52,227
Worldwide Communications & Services(3)
56,083
 54,773
 44,588
10,900
 39,768
 45,513
Corporate(4)(1)
(3,254) 15,490
 (28,210)(172) (1,256) (863)
$101,441
 $121,786
 $51,043
$67,639
 $88,239
 $96,877
Capital expenditures:          
Worldwide Barcode & Security$733
 $784
 $446
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$4,841
 $3,796
 $5,298
Worldwide Communications & Services1,448
 316
 973
1,964
 3,163
 3,923
Corporate18,581
 10,128
 3,412
1,354
 1,890
 2,860
$20,762
 $11,228
 $4,831
$8,159
 $8,849
 $12,081
Sales by Geography Category:          
North America$2,391,073
 $2,225,962
 $2,196,986
United States$2,877,225
 $2,719,413
 $2,655,760
International(2)871,862
 733,744
 737,241
999,245
 882,446
 920,098
Less intercompany sales(44,309) (46,072) (57,263)(30,210) (33,673) (35,632)
$3,218,626
 $2,913,634
 $2,876,964
$3,846,260
 $3,568,186
 $3,540,226
          

(1) For the yearyears ended June 30, 2015,2018, 2017 and 2016, the amountamounts shown above includes a depreciation on the Company's new ERP system.include acquisition costs.

(2) For the yearyears ended June 30, 2013, the amount shown above includes a non-cash charge2018, 2017 and 2016, there were no sales in excess of $15.1 million for the goodwill impairment in Brazil10% of consolidated net sales to any single international country.
(see also Note 6).
 June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017
 (in thousands)
Assets:   
Worldwide Barcode, Networking & Security$1,062,143
 $885,786
Worldwide Communications & Services841,490
 769,342
Corporate41,662
 63,175
 $1,945,295
 $1,718,303
Property and equipment, net by Geography Category:   
United States$69,032
 $51,853
International4,010
 4,713
 $73,042
 $56,566

(3) For the year ended June 30, 2013, the amount shown above includes a non-cash charge of $5.4 million for the goodwill impairment in Europe
(see also Note 6).

(4) For the year ended June 30, 2015, the amount shown above includes acquisition costs of $3.3 million. For the year ended June 30, 2014, the amount shown above includes a legal recovery, net of attorney fees of $15.5 million. For the year ended June 30, 2013, the amount shown above includes a non-cash charge of $28.2 million for the impairment of the Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP project.

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 June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014
 (in thousands)
Assets:   
Worldwide Barcode & Security$664,380
 $702,230
Worldwide Communications & Services674,998
 431,908
Corporate137,563
 200,986
 $1,476,941
 $1,335,124
Property and equipment, net by Geography Category:   
North America$41,159
 $28,673
International5,415
 3,150
 $46,574
 $31,823


(15)Restructuring Costs

In April 2013, the Company implemented a restructuring plan for its Communications business unit in Europe to support a strategy for profitable growth. In the March 2013 quarter, the Company recorded a liability for expected restructuring costs of $1.2 million related to the termination of employees for workforce reductions. This charge is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Income Statements. The balance of the liability, which was recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, was approximately $0.5 million at June 30, 2013 and was utilized during fiscal 2014.

(16)(15)Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

The components of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax, are as follows:

Fiscal Years Ended June 30,Fiscal Years Ended June 30,
2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Currency translation adjustment$(64,502) $(16,700) $(22,972)$(85,279) $(73,217) $(72,687)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)$(64,502) $(16,700) $(22,972)
Unrealized gain on fair value of interest rate swap, net of tax1,102
 13
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss$(84,177) $(73,204) $(72,687)

The tax effect of amounts in comprehensive income (loss) reflect a tax expense of $2.4 million and a taxor benefit of $0.3 million and $0.7 million for the years ended June 30, 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.as follows:

 Fiscal years ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2016
 (in thousands)
Tax expense (benefit)$1,993
 $(396) $327
      
(17)Related Party Transactions

During fiscal years 2013, the Company had sales of $2.5 million to companies affiliated with a member of management and a former minority shareholder of ScanSource Latin America’s Miami-based operations. This individual left the Company in April 2013. At June 30, 2015 and 2014, there were no sales to or accounts receivable from these companies.



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(18)(16)Subsequent Events

On August 18, 2015,20, 2018, the Company announcedacquired Canpango, a global Salesforce implementation and consulting partner with deep knowledge of CRM and integration with telecom systems. Canpango’s professional services are complementary to our cloud services offerings. Canpango joins the execution of a letter of intent to purchase the assets of KBZ, a leading Cisco video conferencing distributor in the United States. The KBZ acquisition is subject to certain closing conditions, including the entrance into a definitive purchase agreement and satisfactory completion of due diligence.Company's Worldwide Communications & Services operating segment.




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ITEM 9.Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

Not applicable. 

ITEM 9A.Controls and Procedures.
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain "disclosure controls and procedures," as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), that are designed to ensure 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 Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of those disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the controls and procedures will meet their objectives.
Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of June 30, 20152018, were effective in providing reasonable assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.
(b) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
We assessed the effectiveness of the Company’sour internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 20152018. However, businessesthe POS Portal business acquired during the current fiscal year which include Imago Group plc on September 19, 2014 and Intersmart Comércio Importação Exportação de Equipamentos Eletrônicos, S.A. (Network1") on January 13, 2015 havehas been excluded from managements'management's assessment onof internal controls over financial reporting. These businesses' individualThe operations of POS Portal, which we acquired all of the outstanding shares of on July 31, 2017, represent 2% of our consolidated revenues and collective pro forma results are immaterialtotal assets for the Company's consolidated financial statements.fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO") in 2013 Internal Control – Integrated Framework. Based on its assessment using those criteria, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 30, 20152018.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 20152018 has been audited by Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting which is included with the Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
ITEM 9B.Other Information.
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PART III

Information called for by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been omitted as the Company intendswe intend to file with the SEC not later than 120 days after the end of itsour fiscal year ended June 30, 20152018, a definitive Proxy Statement relating to the 20152018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act. Such information will be set forth in such Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

The information required to be included by Item 10 of Form 10-K will be included in the Company’sour 20152018 Proxy Statement for the 20152018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and such information is incorporateincorporated by reference herein. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after June 30, 2015.

ITEM 11.Executive Compensation.

The information regarding executive and director compensation set forthrequired to be included by Item 11 of the Form10-K will be included in theour 2018 Proxy Statement for the 20152018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and such information is incorporated herein by reference.reference herein.

ITEM 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required to be included by Item 12 of the Form 10-K will be included in the Company’sour 20152018 Proxy Statement for the 20152018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and such information is incorporated by reference here in. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after June 30, 2015.herein.

ITEM 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required to be included by Item 13 of the Form 10-K will be included in the Company’s 2015our 2018 Proxy Statement for the 20152018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and such information is incorporated by reference here in. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after June 30, 2015.herein.

ITEM 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Incorporated hereinThe information required to be included by reference to the information presented under the headings "Item 14 of Form 10-K will be included in our Proposal Three – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors – Principal Accountant Fees and Services" and "Proposal Three – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors – Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures" in the Company’s 20152018 Proxy Statement for the 20152018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after June 30, 2015.and such information is incorporated by reference herein.


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PART IV
 
ITEM 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)(1) Financial Statements. For a list of the financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, see "Index to Financial Statements" on included herein.
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules. See Schedule II – "Valuation and Qualifying Accounts," which appears below.
(a)(3) Exhibits. The list of exhibits filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is set forth on the Exhibit Index immediately preceding such exhibits and is incorporated by reference in this Item 15(a)(3).
(b) Exhibits. See Exhibit Index.
(c) Separate Financial Statements and Schedules. None.


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ITEM 16.FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None
SCHEDULE II
SCANSOURCE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(in thousands)
Description
Balance at
Beginning
of Period
 
Amounts
Charged to
Expense
 
Reductions (1)
 
Other (2)
 
Balance at
End of
Period
Balance at
Beginning
of Period
 
Amounts
Charged to
Expense
 
Reductions (1)
 
Other (2)
 
Balance at
End of
Period
Allowance for bad debt:                  
Year ended June 30, 2013$24,405
 10,333
 (11,377) 2,118
 $25,479
Year ended June 30, 2016$32,589
 7,571
 (3,829) 2,701
 $39,032
Trade and current note receivable allowance        $25,479
        $39,032
Year ended June 30, 2014$25,479
 6,573
 (8,100) 2,305
 $26,257
Year ended June 30, 2017$39,032
 8,901
 (3,860) 361
 $44,434
Trade and current note receivable allowance        $26,257
        $44,434
Year ended June 30, 2015$26,257
 993
 (8,288) 13,627
 $32,589
Year ended June 30, 2018$44,434
 7,075
 (5,610) (338) $45,561
Trade and current note receivable allowance        $32,589
        $45,561
(1)"Reductions" amounts represent write-offs for the years indicated.
(2)"Other" amounts include recoveries and the effect of foreign currency fluctuations.fluctuations for years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016. The amount in 20152018 includes $3.9$0.1 million in accounts receivable reserves acquired with the POS Portal acquisition on July 31, 2017. The amount in 2017 includes $0.6 million of recoveries $1.1and $0.3 million of accounts receivable reserves acquired with Imago Group plcthe Intelisys acquisition on September 19, 2014,August 29, 2017. In addition, the amount in 2016 includes $1.5 million of recoveries and $12.8$1.2 million of accounts receivable reserves acquired with Network 1KBZ on January 13, 2015.September 4, 2016.




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
August 27, 201528, 2018
 
 
SCANSOURCE , INC.
   
 By:/s/ MICHAEL L. BAUR
  Michael L. Baur
  Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date
     
/s/ STEVEN R. FISCHER Chairman of the Board August 27, 201528, 2018
Steven R. Fischer    
     
/s/ MICHAEL L. BAUR Chief Executive Officer and Director August 27, 201528, 2018
Michael L. Baur (principal executive officer)  
     
/s/ CHARLES A. MATHISGERALD LYONS Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer August 27, 2015
Charles A. Mathis(principal financial officer)
/s/ GERALD LYONSSenior Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting OfficerAugust 27, 201528, 2018
Gerald Lyons (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)  
     
/s/ PETER C. BROWNING Director August 27, 201528, 2018
Peter C. Browning    
     
/s/ MICHAEL J. GRAINGER Director August 27, 201528, 2018
Michael J. Grainger    
     
/s/ JOHN P. REILLY Director August 27, 201528, 2018
John P. Reilly
/s/ ELIZABETH O. TEMPLEDirectorAugust 28, 2018
Elizabeth O. Temple    
     
/s/ CHARLES R. WHITCHURCH Director August 27, 201528, 2018
Charles R. Whitchurch    
     


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Exhibit Index  
Exhibit
Number
 Description 
Filed
herewith
 Form 
Period
Ending
 Exhibit 
Filing
Date
 Description 
Filed
herewith
 Form Exhibit 
Filing
Date
2.1 Share Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among ScanSource DO Brasil Participacoes LTDA as Buyer, Alexandre Machado De Campos Conde, Marcelo Duarte Hirsch, Gustavo Conde, Rosania De Souza Possebom, Juliane Possebom, Daniele Possebom, Gabriela Possebom, Adolar Nardes Junior and Caio Vinicius Domingos Nardes as Sellers; and CDC Brasil S.A., formerly called CDC Brasil Distribuidora LTDA, AECO Participacoes LTDA, Rhouse Participacoes LTDA and Nardes Administracao LTDA (as Agreeing Parties) dated April 7, 2011 8-K 2.1 4/15/2011  8-K 10.1 8/15/2014
2.2 
Letter Agreement between Registrant and Intersmart Comércio Importação
Exportação de Equipamentos Eletrônicos, S.A., dated August 14, 2014

 8-K 10.1 8/15/2014  10-Q 2.1 2/3/2015
2.3 
Share Purchase and Sale Agreement between and among CDC Brasil Distribuidora de Technologias Especiais LTDA and Global Data Network LLP, Rafael Nassar Paloni, Joao Ricardo de Toledo, and Walter Haddad Uzum as Sellers dated January 8, 2015

 10-Q 12/31/2014 2.1 2/3/2015
2.3+  10-Q 10.1 11/7/2016
2.4+  10-K 2.5 8/29/2017
3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant and Articles of Amendment Amending the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant 10-Q 12/31/2004 3.1 2/3/2005  10-Q 3.1 2/3/2005
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective May 6, 2014 10-Q 3/31/2014 3.2 5/7/2014  10-Q 3.2 5/7/2014
4.1 Form of Common Stock Certificate SB-2 4.1 2/7/1994 Form of Common Stock Certificate SB-2 4.1 2/7/1994
 Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements  Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements 
10.1 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, of the Registrant and Form of Stock Option Agreement 10-K 6/30/1999 10.13 9/28/1999  10-Q 10.4 11/2/2012
10.2 Amended and Restated Directors Equity Compensation Plan, as amended and restated 10-Q 9/30/2012 10.4 11/2/2012  10-Q 10.3 5/6/2011
10.3 Form of Restricted Stock Award (for ScanSource, Inc. Amended and Restated Directors Equity Compensation Plan as amended and restated) 10-Q 3/31/2011 10.3 5/6/2011  10-Q 10.1 2/3/2015
10.4 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated 10-Q 9/30/2012 10.5 11/2/2012  8-K 10.1 12/7/2009
10.5 Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan 8-K 10.1 12/7/2009  S-8 99 12/5/2013
10.6 ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan S-8 12/2/2013 99 12/5/2013  S-8 99 12/5/2013
10.7 ScanSource, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan S-8 12/4/2013 99 12/5/2013  10-Q 10.2 5/6/2011
10.8 Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2010 10-Q 12/31/2010 10.2 2/4/2011  8-K 10.3 6/21/2017
10.9 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2010 10-Q 12/31/2010 10.3 2/4/2011  8-K 10.3 12/7/2009
10.10  10-Q 10.2 2/4/2011
10.11  8-K 10.4 12/7/2009
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10.10 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2010 10-Q 12/31/2010 10.4 2/4/2011
10.11 Form of Restricted Stock Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2010 10-Q 12/31/2010 10.5 2/4/2011
10.12 Form of Restricted Stock Award Certificate (US) under the 2002 Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan 10-Q 12/31/2008 10.1 2/4/2009
10.13 Form of Restricted Stock Award Certificate (UK) under the 2002 Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan 10-Q 12/31/2008 10.2 2/4/2009  8-K 10.2 12/7/2009
10.14 Form of Restricted Stock Award Certificate (Europe, not UK) under the 2002 Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan 10-Q 12/31/2008 10.3 2/4/2009  10-Q 10.5 2/4/2011
10.15 Form of Restricted Stock Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2009 8-K 10.2 12/7/2009  10-Q 10.1 2/4/2009
10.16 Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2009 8-K 10.3 12/7/2009  10-Q 10.2 2/4/2009
10.17 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Certificate under the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 3, 2009 8-K 10.4 12/7/2009  10-Q 10.3 2/4/2009
10.18 Founder's Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement 10-Q 3/31/2011 10.2 5/6/2011  10-Q 10.1 2/6/2014
10.19 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of June 25, 2014, between the Registrant and Michael L. Baur 10-K 6/30/2014 10.19 8/28/2014  10-Q 10.2 2/6/2014
10.20 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of June 6, 2011, between the Registrant and Andrea D. Meade 10-K 6/30/2011 10.21 8/29/2011  10-Q 10.3 2/6/2014
10.21 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement effective July 1, 2013, between the Registrant and Andrea D. Meade 10-K 6/30/2013 10.25 8/26/2013  10-Q 10.4 2/6/2014
10.22 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated June 25, 2014, between the Registrant and John J. Ellsworth 10-K 6/30/2014 10.22 8/28/2014  10-K 10.33 8/28/2014
10.23 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated June 25, 2014, between the Registrant and Charles A. Mathis 10-K 6/30/2014 10.23 8/28/2014  10-K 10.34 8/28/2014
10.24 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated June 25, 2014, between the Registrant and Gerald Lyons 10-K 6/30/2014 10.24 8/28/2014  8-K 10.1 12/8/2017
10.25 Form of Performance and Service-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for John J. Ellsworth dated May 14, 2012 10-K 6/30/2012 10.31 8/24/2012  8-K 10.2 12/8/2017
10.26 Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Andrea D. Meade, dated June 6, 2011 10-K 6/30/2011 10.27 8/29/2011  8-K 10.3 12/8/2017
10.27 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate under ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 5, 2013 10-Q 12/31/2013 10.1 2/6/2014  8-K 10.4 12/8/2017
10.28  8-K 10.1 6/21/2017
10.29  10-K 10.24 8/28/2014
10.30  8-K 10.2 6/21/2017
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10.28 Form of Director Stock Unit Award Certificate under ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 5, 2013 10-Q 12/31/2013 10.2 2/6/2014
10.29 Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Certificate under ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 5, 2013 10-Q 12/31/2013 10.3 2/6/2014
10.30 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Certificate under ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants on or after December 5, 2013 10-Q 12/31/2013 10.4 2/6/2014
10.31 Independent Contractor Agreement entered into on December 2, 2013 between ScanSource, Inc. and Andrea Meade on behalf of Brentwood Road Ventures, LLC 10-Q 12/31/2013 10.5 2/6/2014
10.32 Other Stock Based Award Agreement for John J. Ellsworth dated August 26, 2014 10-K 6/30/2014 10.32 8/28/2014  X 
 Bank Agreements 
10.33 Form of Other Stock Based Award Certificate under ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan 10-K 6/30/2014 10.33 8/28/2014  10-Q 10.1 11/4/2011
10.34 
Form of Performance and Service - Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate under ScanSource, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan

 10-K 6/30/2014 10.34 8/28/2014  8-K 10.1 11/8/2013
10.35 
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated
effective January 1, 2015

 10-Q 12/31/2014 10.1 2/3/2015  8-K 10.1 12/14/2015
 Bank Agreements 
10.36 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into on October 11, 2011, among ScanSource, Inc., the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as administrative agent and the other financial institutions signatory thereto 10-Q 9/30/2011 10.1 11/4/2011  8-K 10.1 4/5/2017
10.37 Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 6, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated October 11, 2011 among ScanSource, Inc., the subsidiary borrowers thereto, the lender parties thereto and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent 8-K 10.1 11/8/2013  8-K 10.1 8/9/2017
 Other Agreements  Other Agreements 
10.38+ Industrial Lease Agreement dated April 27, 2007 between Registrant and Industrial Developments International, Inc. 10-K 6/30/2007 10.26 8/29/2007  10-K 10.26 8/29/2007
10.39+ US Avaya Contract with ScanSource, Inc. 10-K 6/30/2010 10.39 8/26/2010  10-K 10.54 8/29/2016
10.40+ Amendment to Distribution Agreement with Avaya. 10-K 6/30/2013 10.37 8/26/2013  10-K 10.39 8/26/2010
10.41+ Addendum to Distributor Agreement with Avaya. 10-K/A 6/30/2013 10.38 1/31/2014  10-K 10.37 8/26/2013
10.42+ 
US Motorola (f/k/a Symbol Technologies) Contract with ScanSource, Inc.

 10-K 6/30/2010 10.40 8/26/2010  10-K/A 10.38 1/31/2014
10.43+ Letter Agreement with US Motorola 10-K 6/30/2010 10.41 8/26/2010  10-K 10.52 8/29/2016
10.44+ Distribution Agreement with US Motorola 10-Q 3/31/2014 10.1 5/7/2014  10-K 10.53 8/29/2016
10.45+ Distribution Agreement with Symbol Technologies, Inc. 10-Q/A 3/31/2014 10.1 10/24/2014  10-Q 10.1 5/9/2017
10.46+ 
Distributor Agreement Addendum between Avaya Inc. and ScanSource, Inc. dba ScanSource Catalyst

 10-Q 3/31/2015 10.1 5/5/2015  10-Q 10.1 5/9/2017
10.47+  10-Q/A 10.1 10/24/2014
10.48+  10-K 10.50 8/29/2016
10.49+  10-K 10.51 8/29/2016
10.50+  10-K 10.51 8/29/2017
21.1  X 
23.1  X 
31.1  X 
31.2  X 
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10.47+ 
Payment Terms Offer to Distributor Agreement between Avaya Inc. and ScanSource, Inc. dba ScanSource Catalyst, effective March 16, 2015

   10-Q 3/31/2015 10.2 5/5/2015
16.1 Letter from Ernst & Young LLP, dated January 6, 2014   8-K   16.1 1/7/2014
18.1 Preferability letter re change in accounting policy related to goodwill   10-Q 3/31/2014 18.1 5/7/2014
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Company X        
23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP X        
23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP X        
31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 X        
31.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 X        
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 X        
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 X        
101 
The following materials from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, (ii) the Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended June 30, 2015, June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years ended June 30, 2015, June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 2015, June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text
 X        
             
+Confidential treatment has been granted with respect to certain portions of this Exhibit, which portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Commission as part of an application for confidential treatment.
 Our SEC file number for documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is 000-26926.
101
The following materials from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, (ii) the Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended June 30, 2018, June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years ended June 30, 2018, June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 2018, June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text
X
+Confidential treatment has been requested or granted with respect to certain portions of this Exhibit, which portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Commission as part of an application for confidential treatment.
Our SEC file number for documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is 000-26926.



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