UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)



x		QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019
o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 001-38267

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



DELAWARE		82-1669692
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4 Technology Park Drive, Westford, Massachusetts 01886

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(978) 614-8100

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001	RBBN	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer x	Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company o	Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act) o

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

As of October ~~23, 2018,~~25, 2019, there were ~~106,519,406~~110,715,311 shares of the registrant's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ~~2018~~2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Item		Page		Page
	Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	3	Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	3
	Presentation of Information	3	Presentation of Information	3
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION	PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION		PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1.	Financial Statements		Financial Statements
			Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (unaudited)	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (unaudited)	4	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)	5	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)	6	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)	7	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)	9
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	11
2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	36	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	39
3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	52	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	53
4.	Controls and Procedures	54	Controls and Procedures	54

PART II OTHER INFORMATION	PART II OTHER INFORMATION		PART II OTHER INFORMATION
1.	Legal Proceedings	54	Legal Proceedings	54
1A.	Risk Factors	55	Risk Factors	54
2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	55	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	55
5.	Other Information	55	Other Information	55
6.	Exhibits	56	Exhibits	56
	Signatures	57	Signatures	57

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding our future expenses, results of operations and financial position, integration activities, potential stock repurchases, remaining settlement payments, beliefs about our market capitalization, ~~anticipated effects of the new revenue recognition standard on our financial results,~~ business strategy, statements about the potential ~~timing and~~ impact of the merger and acquisition transactions described herein, plans and objectives of management for future operations, plans for future cost reductions, restructuring activities and plans for future product development and manufacturing are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "anticipates", "believes", "could", "estimates", "expects", "intends", "may", "plans", "seeks" and other similar language, whether in the negative or affirmative, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, our successful integration activities with respect to ~~recently completed~~ acquisitions; our ability to realize the benefits from mergers and acquisitions; the effects of disruption from mergers and acquisitions, making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, business partners or government entities; unpredictable fluctuations in quarterly revenue and operating results; failure to compete successfully against telecommunications equipment and networking companies; failure to grow our customer base or generate recurring business from our existing customers; consolidation in the telecommunications industry; credit risks; the timing of customer purchasing decisions and our recognition of revenues; economic conditions; our ability to recruit and retain key personnel; difficulties supporting our strategic focus on channel sales; difficulties retaining and expanding our customer base; difficulties leveraging market opportunities; the impact of restructuring and cost-containment activities; litigation; actions taken by significant stockholders; difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers; market acceptance of our products and services; rapid technological and market change; our ability to protect our intellectual property ~~rights;~~rights and obtain necessary licenses; our ability to maintain partner, reseller, distribution and vendor support and supply relationships; our negotiating position relative to our large customers; the limited supply of certain components of our products; the potential for defects in our products; risks related to the terms of our credit agreement; higher risks in international operations and markets; the impact of increased competition; increases in tariffs, trade restrictions or taxes on our products; currency fluctuations; changes in the market price of our common stock; and/or failure or circumvention of our controls and procedures. We therefore caution you against relying on any of these forward-looking statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in these forward-looking statements are also discussed in Part I, Item 2, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A and Part II, Item 7A, "Risk Factors" and "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk," respectively, of our Annual Report on Form ~~10-K~~10-K/A for the ~~fiscal~~ year ended December 31, ~~2017.~~2018. Also, any forward-looking statement made by us in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q speaks only as of the date on which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was first filed. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Presentation of Information

Effective October 27, 2017, we completed the merger (the "Merger") of Sonus Networks, Inc. ("Sonus"), GENBAND Holdings Company, GENBAND, Inc. and GENBAND II, Inc. (collectively, "GENBAND").

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to "Ribbon," "Ribbon Communications," "Company," "we," "us" and "our" and "the Company" refer to (i) Sonus Networks, Inc. and its subsidiaries prior to the Merger and (ii) Ribbon Communications Inc. and its subsidiaries upon completion of the Merger, as applicable.

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)


	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017			September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	35,984		$	57,073		$	40,397		$	43,694
Marketable securities	7,284			17,224			—			7,284
Accounts receivable, net	150,677			165,156			162,964			187,853
Inventory	21,724			21,303			14,103			22,602
Other current assets	19,830			21,463			29,880			17,002
Total current assets	235,499			282,219			247,344			278,435
Property and equipment, net	25,960			24,780			27,023			27,042
Intangible assets, net	263,393			244,414			225,762			251,391
Goodwill	382,493			335,716			389,196			383,655
Investments	—			9,031
Deferred income taxes	8,212			8,434			5,463			9,152
Operating lease right-of-use assets							37,132			—
Other assets	8,496			6,289			25,161			7,484
	$	924,053		$	910,883		$	957,081		$	957,159
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt							$	2,500		$	—
Revolving credit facility	$	58,000		$	20,000		34,000			55,000
Accounts payable	43,215			45,851			25,113			45,304
Accrued expenses and other	74,610			76,380			52,650			84,263
Operating lease liabilities							7,568			—
Deferred revenue	82,489			100,571			83,423			105,087
Total current liabilities	258,314			242,802			205,254			289,654
Long-term debt, net of current							46,605			—
Long-term debt, related party	23,500			22,500			—			24,100
Operating lease liabilities, net of current							37,600			—
Deferred revenue, net of current	15,985			14,184			18,687			17,572
Deferred income taxes	3,869			2,787			4,865			4,738
Other long-term liabilities	32,023			13,189			13,055			30,797
Total liabilities	333,691			295,462			326,066			366,861
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Commitments and contingencies (Note 17)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding	—			—			—			—
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 240,000,000 shares authorized; 106,512,530 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2018; 101,752,856 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017	11			10
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 240,000,000 shares authorized; 110,156,325 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019; 106,815,636 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018							11			11
Additional paid-in capital	1,722,116			1,684,768			1,743,089			1,723,576
Accumulated deficit	(1,134,957		)	(1,072,426		)	(1,116,704		)	(1,136,992		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	3,192			3,069			4,619			3,703
Total stockholders' equity	590,362			615,421			631,015			590,298
	$	924,053		$	910,883		$	957,081		$	957,159

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended						Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018			September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018
Revenue:
Product	$	77,283		$	44,120		$	191,937		$	98,305		$	61,152		$	77,283		$	180,691		$	191,937
Service	75,185			30,509			219,072			85,425			76,501			75,185			221,311			219,072
Total revenue	152,468			74,629			411,009			183,730			137,653			152,468			402,002			411,009
Cost of revenue:
Product	38,891			9,708			102,183			28,748			31,476			38,891			101,056			102,183
Service	31,343			10,374			96,208			30,285			27,300			31,343			84,807			96,208
Total cost of revenue	70,234			20,082			198,391			59,033			58,776			70,234			185,863			198,391
Gross profit	82,234			54,547			212,618			124,697			78,877			82,234			216,139			212,618
Operating expenses:
Research and development	34,403			20,798			109,056			61,071			34,222			34,403			105,456			109,056
Sales and marketing	31,488			17,454			94,152			47,850			28,227			31,488			87,179			94,152
General and administrative	15,942			10,833			46,571			27,993			9,673			15,942			40,833			46,571
Acquisition- and integration-related	5,570			1,543			14,262			6,278			1,697			5,570			6,861			14,262
Restructuring	2,397			—			15,162			1,071
Restructuring and related													2,372			2,397			16,448			15,162
Total operating expenses	89,800			50,628			279,203			144,263			76,191			89,800			256,777			279,203
(Loss) income from operations	(7,566		)	3,919			(66,585		)	(19,566		)
Interest (expense) income, net	(1,420		)	260			(2,754		)	772
Other (expense) income, net	(1,254		)	1			(3,058		)	577
(Loss) income before income taxes	(10,240		)	4,180			(72,397		)	(18,217		)
Income (loss) from operations													2,686			(7,566		)	(40,638		)	(66,585		)
Interest expense, net													(726		)	(1,420		)	(3,352		)	(2,754		)
Other income (expense), net													(507		)	(1,254		)	70,128			(3,058		)
Income (loss) before income taxes													1,453			(10,240		)	26,138			(72,397		)
Income tax benefit (provision)	82			(727		)	(2,587		)	(1,321		)	197			82			(5,850		)	(2,587		)
Net (loss) income	$	(10,158	)	$	3,453		$	(74,984	)	$	(19,538	)
(Loss) earnings per share
Net income (loss)													$	1,650		$	(10,158	)	$	20,288		$	(74,984	)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	(0.10	)	$	0.07		$	(0.73	)	$	(0.39	)	$	0.01		$	(0.10	)	$	0.19		$	(0.73	)
Diluted	$	(0.10	)	$	0.07		$	(0.73	)	$	(0.39	)	$	0.01		$	(0.10	)	$	0.18		$	(0.73	)
Shares used to compute (loss) earnings per share:
Shares used to compute earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	104,918			49,753			103,009			49,472			110,080			104,918			109,523			103,009
Diluted	104,918			50,131			103,009			49,472			110,756			104,918			110,100			103,009

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended						Three months ended					Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018			September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
Net (loss) income	$	(10,158	)	$	3,453		$	(74,984	)	$	(19,538	)
Net income (loss)													$	1,650	$	(10,158	)	$	20,288	$	(74,984	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(80		)	(13		)	(43		)	102			270		(80		)	326		(43		)
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for sale marketable securities, net of reclassification adjustments for realized amounts	23			43			(10		)	12			—		23			590		(10		)
Employee retirement benefits	156			—			156			—			—		156			—		156
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	99			30			103			114			270		99			916		103
Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(10,059	)	$	3,483		$	(74,881	)	$	(19,424	)
Comprehensive income (loss)													$	1,920	$	(10,059	)	$	21,204	$	(74,881	)

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(in thousands, except shares)

(unaudited)



Three months ended September 30, 2019
	Common stock
	Shares		Amount		Additional paid-in capital			Accumulated deficit			Accumulated other comprehensive income		Total stockholders' equity
Balance at July 1, 2019	110,007,237		$	11	$	1,740,563		$	(1,118,354	)	$	4,349	$	626,569
Exercise of stock options	19,009				43								43
Vesting of restricted stock awards and units	130,580												—
Shares of restricted stock returned to the Company under net share settlements to satisfy tax withholding obligations	(501	)			(2		)						(2		)
Stock-based compensation expense					2,485								2,485
Other comprehensive income											270		270
Net income								1,650					1,650
Balance at September 30, 2019	110,156,325		$	11	$	1,743,089		$	(1,116,704	)	$	4,619	$	631,015



Nine months ended September 30, 2019
	Common stock
	Shares		Amount		Additional paid-in capital			Accumulated deficit			Accumulated other comprehensive income		Total stockholders' equity
Balance at January 1, 2019	106,815,636		$	11	$	1,723,576		$	(1,136,992	)	$	3,703	$	590,298
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan	139,390				506								506
Exercise of stock options	126,015				233								233
Vesting of restricted stock awards and units	1,296,966												—
Vesting of performance-based stock units	9,466												—
Shares of restricted stock returned to the Company under net share settlements to satisfy tax withholding obligations	(204,027	)			(1,082		)						(1,082		)
Shares issued as consideration in connection with the acquisition of Anova Data, Inc.	2,948,793				15,186								15,186
Repurchase and retirement of common stock	(975,914	)			(4,536		)						(4,536		)
Reclassification of liability to equity for bonuses converted to stock awards					1,052								1,052
Stock-based compensation expense					8,154								8,154
Other comprehensive income											916		916
Net income								20,288					20,288
Balance at September 30, 2019	110,156,325		$	11	$	1,743,089		$	(1,116,704	)	$	4,619	$	631,015

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (continued)

(in thousands, except shares)

(unaudited)



Three months ended September 30, 2018
	Common stock
	Shares		Amount		Additional paid-in capital			Accumulated deficit			Accumulated other comprehensive income		Total stockholders' equity
Balance at July 1, 2018	102,243,477		$	10	$	1,688,966		$	(1,124,799	)	$	3,073	$	567,250
Exercise of stock options	6,070				1								1
Vesting of restricted stock awards and units	44,209												—
Shares of restricted stock returned to the Company under net share settlements to satisfy tax withholding obligations	(16,757	)			(113		)						(113		)
Shares issued as consideration in connection with acquisition of Edgewater Networks, Inc.	4,235,531		1		29,999								30,000
Assumption of equity awards in connection with acquisition of Edgewater Networks, Inc.					747								747
Stock-based compensation expense					2,516								2,516
Other comprehensive income											119		119
Net loss								(10,158		)			(10,158		)
Balance at September 30, 2018	106,512,530		$	11	$	1,722,116		$	(1,134,957	)	$	3,192	$	590,362



Nine months ended September 30, 2018
	Common stock
	Shares		Amount		Additional paid-in capital			Accumulated deficit			Accumulated other comprehensive income		Total stockholders' equity
Balance at January 1, 2018	101,752,856		$	10	$	1,684,768		$	(1,072,426	)	$	3,069	$	615,421
Adoption of Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers								12,453					12,453
Exercise of stock options	8,653				11								11
Vesting of restricted stock awards and units	769,195												—
Vesting of performance-based stock units	57,768												—
Shares of restricted stock returned to the Company under net share settlements to satisfy tax withholding obligations	(311,473	)			(830		)						(830		)
Shares issued as consideration in connection with acquisition of Edgewater Networks, Inc.	4,235,531		1		29,999								30,000
Assumption of equity awards in connection with acquisition of Edgewater Networks, Inc.					747								747
Stock-based compensation expense					7,421								7,421
Other comprehensive income											123		123
Net loss								(74,984		)			(74,984		)
Balance at September 30, 2018	106,512,530		$	11	$	1,722,116		$	(1,134,957	)	$	3,192	$	590,362

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Nine months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(74,984	)	$	(19,538	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities:
Net income (loss)							$	20,288		$	(74,984	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment	8,270			5,255			8,824			8,270
Amortization of intangible assets	37,721			6,845			36,829			37,721
Stock-based compensation	7,421			11,387			8,154			7,421
Deferred income taxes	(39		)	687			4,559			(39		)
Foreign exchange losses	3,066			15			1,042			3,066
Other	—			(566		)
Reduction in deferred purchase consideration							(8,124		)	—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	24,550			2,360			25,598			24,550
Inventory	2,783			1,806			8,387			2,783
Other operating assets	2,796			(560		)	(20,242		)	2,796
Accounts payable	(7,679		)	384			(20,260		)	(7,679		)
Accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities	(20,033		)	(3,028		)	(21,535		)	(20,033		)
Deferred revenue	(7,413		)	4,000			(20,889		)	(7,413		)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(23,541		)	9,047
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities							22,631			(23,541		)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(5,950		)	(3,265		)	(8,594		)	(5,950		)
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(46,389		)	—			—			(46,389		)
Purchases of marketable securities	—			(28,731		)
Sale/maturities of marketable securities	18,919			41,964
Proceeds from the sale of intangible assets	—			576
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(33,420		)	10,544
Maturities of marketable securities							7,295			18,919
Net cash used in investing activities							(1,299		)	(33,420		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings under revolving line of credit	142,500			—			109,000			142,500
Principal payments on revolving line of credit	(104,500		)	—			(130,000		)	(104,500		)
Principal payments of capital lease obligations	(436		)	(30		)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt							50,000			—
Principal payment of debt, related party							(24,716		)	—
Principal payment of long-term debt							(625		)	—
Payment of deferred purchase consideration							(21,876		)	—
Principal payments of finance leases							(698		)	(436		)
Payment of debt issuance costs	(624		)	—			(891		)	(624		)
Proceeds from the sale of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options	43			1,401
Proceeds from the sale of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan							506			—
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options							233			43
Payment of tax withholding obligations related to net share settlements of restricted stock awards	(830		)	(1,904		)	(1,082		)	(830		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	36,153			(533		)
Repurchase of common stock							(4,536		)	—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities							(24,685		)	36,153
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(281		)	299			56			(281		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(21,089		)	19,357
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents							(3,297		)	(21,089		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	57,073			31,923			43,694			57,073
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	35,984		$	51,280		$	40,397		$	35,984

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(in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Nine months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid	$	1,568	$	84	$	3,649	$	1,568
Income taxes paid	$	4,047	$	1,198	$	3,527	$	4,047
Income tax refunds received	$	426	$	91	$	291	$	426
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities:
Capital expenditures incurred, but not yet paid	$	344	$	301	$	560	$	344
Property and equipment acquired under capital lease	$	1,218	$	—
Property and equipment acquired under finance leases					$	150	$	1,218
Acquisition purchase consideration - deferred payments	$	30,000	$	—	$	1,700	$	30,000
Shares of common stock issued as purchase consideration	$	30,000	$	—	$	15,186	$	30,000
Acquisition purchase consideration - assumed equity awards	$	747	$	—	$	—	$	747
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
Total fair value of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and performance-based stock units on date vested	$	5,462	$	6,225	$	6,765	$	5,462

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

(1) BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Business

Ribbon is a leading provider of ~~network communications~~next generation ("NextGen") software solutions to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers and enterprises of all sizes across industry verticals. With over 1,000 customers around the globe, including some of the largest telecommunications service providers and enterprises in the world, Ribbon enables service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks through software and provide secure real-time communications ("RTC") solutions to their customers and employees. By securing and enabling reliable and scalable Internet Protocol ("IP") networks, Ribbon helps service providers and enterprises adopt the next generation of software-based virtualized and cloud communications technologies to drive new, incremental revenue, while protecting their existing revenue streams. Ribbon's software solutions provide a secure way for its customers to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, ~~around the world and~~ in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices, such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Ribbon's software solutions secure ~~the evolution to~~ cloud-based delivery of unified communications ("UC") solutions - both for service providers transforming to a cloud-based network and for enterprises using cloud-based UC. Ribbon ~~goes to market~~sells its software solutions through both direct sales and indirect channels, ~~globally,~~ leveraging the assistance of resellers, and provides ongoing support to its customers through a global services team with experience in design, deployment and maintenance of some of the world's largest software IP networks.

The Merger with GENBAND (see Note 2) was completed in October 2017. As a result of the Merger, Ribbon believes it is better positioned to enable network transformations to IP and to cloud-based networks for service providers and enterprise customers worldwide, with a broader and deeper sales footprint, increased ability to invest in growth, more efficient and effective research and development, and a comprehensive RTC product offering.

Basis of Presentation

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items, necessary for their fair presentation with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") and with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

On ~~October 27, 2017~~February 28, 2019 (the ~~"Merger~~"Anova Acquisition Date"), ~~Sonus Networks,~~the Company acquired the business and technology assets of Anova Data, Inc. ("~~Sonus"~~Anova") ~~consummated an acquisition as specified in an Agreement and Plan~~. The financial results of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc. ("NewCo") and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, GENBAND Holdings Company, GENBAND Inc. and GENBAND II, Inc. (collectively, "GENBAND") pursuant to which, following a series of merger transactions (collectively, the "Merger"), Sonus and GENBAND each became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NewCo, with Sonus deemed the acquirerAnova are included in the ~~transaction for accounting purposes. Subsequently, on November 28, 2017, the Company changed its name to "Ribbon Communications Inc."~~

~~The~~Company's condensed consolidated financial statements offor the ~~Company represent the consolidated financial statements of Sonus, prior~~period subsequent to the Merger Date, and the condensed consolidated financial statements of Ribbon, on and after the Merger Date. The financial results of GENBAND are included in Ribbon's condensed consolidated financial statements beginning on the MergerAnova Acquisition Date.

On August 3, 2018 (the "Edgewater Acquisition Date"), the Company completed the acquisition of Edgewater Networks, Inc. (“Edgewater”). The financial results of Edgewater are included in the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements for the ~~period~~periods subsequent to the Edgewater Acquisition Date.

Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year or any future interim period. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form ~~10-K~~10-K/A for the year ended December 31, ~~2017~~2018 (the "Annual Report"), which was filed with the SEC on March ~~8, 2018.~~

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

5, 2019.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report. There were no material changes to the significant accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018,~~2019, apart from the Company's accounting policy related to ~~revenue recognition,~~accounting for leases, as discussed below.

Effective January 1, ~~2018,~~2019, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standard Board's ("FASB") new standard on accounting for leases, Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 842, Leases ("ASC 842"). ASC 842 replaced existing lease accounting rules with a comprehensive lease measurement and recognition standard and expanded disclosure requirements (see Note 16). ASC 842 requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and eliminates the current GAAP requirement for an entity to use bright-line tests in determining lease classification.

The Company elected to use the alternative transition method, which allows entities to initially apply ASC 842 at the adoption date with no subsequent adjustments to prior period lease costs for comparability. The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which provided that a company need not reassess whether

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(unaudited)

expired or existing contracts contained a lease, the lease classification of expired or existing leases, and the amount of initial direct costs for existing leases.

In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, the Company recorded additional lease assets of $43.9 million and additional lease liabilities of $47.8 million as of January 1, 2019. The difference between the additional lease assets and lease liabilities, net of the deferred tax impact, was due to the absorption of related balances into the right-of-use assets, such as deferred rent. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations or cash flows.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ribbon and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates and Judgments

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Ribbon 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and judgments relied upon in preparing these condensed consolidated financial statements include accounting for business combinations, revenue recognition for multiple element arrangements, inventory valuations, assumptions used to determine the fair value of stock-based compensation, intangible asset and goodwill valuations, including impairments, legal contingencies and recoverability of Ribbon's net deferred tax assets and the related valuation allowances. Ribbon regularly assesses these estimates and records changes in estimates in the period in which they become known. Ribbon bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications may be made to the previously issued financial statements to conform to the current period presentation, none of which affected the net income (loss) as previously reported.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of the Company's financial instruments approximate their fair values and include cash equivalents, investments, accounts receivable, borrowings under a revolving credit facility, accounts payable and long-term debt.

Operating Segments

The Company operates in a single segment, as the chief operating decision maker makes decisions and assesses performance at the company level. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is utilized for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. To date, the chief operating decision maker has made such decisions and assessed performance at the company level as one segment. The Company's chief operating decision maker is its President and Chief Executive Officer.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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(unaudited)

connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2019-04 and ASU 2019-05 are effective with the adoption of ASU 2016-13, which is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company continues to assess the potential impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-13 and related amendments and currently does not believe that it will have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

The FASB has issued the following accounting pronouncements, all of which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 and none of which had a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements:

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-09, Codification Improvements (“ASU 2018-09”), which contains amendments to clarify, correct errors in or make minor improvements to the FASB Codification. ASU 2018-09 makes improvements to multiple topics, including but not limited to comprehensive income, debt, income taxes related to both stock-based compensation and business combinations, fair value measurement and defined contribution benefit plans.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU 2018-07"), which expands the scope of ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation ("ASC 718"), to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from both nonemployees and employees. As a result, most of the guidance in ASC 718 associated with employee share-based payments, including most of its requirements related to classification and measurement, applies to nonemployee share-based payment arrangements.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("ASU 2018-02"), which amends ASC 220, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income, to allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") and requires entities to provide certain disclosures regarding stranded tax effects. The Company did not elect to reclassify the income tax effects of the Tax Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to accumulated deficit.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory ("ASU 2016-16"), which removes the prohibition in ASC 740, Income Taxes, against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory.

In addition, the FASB has issued the following accounting pronouncements, none of which the Company believes will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements:

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract (“ASU 2018-15”), which provides guidance on implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement (“CCA”) that is a service contract. ASU 2018-15 amends ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350”) to include in its scope implementation costs of a CCA that is a service contract and clarifies that a customer should apply the guidance in ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs should be capitalized in such a CCA. ASU 2018-15 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans (“ASU 2018-14”), which amends ASC 715, Compensation - Retirement Benefits, to add, remove and clarify disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. ASU 2018-14 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”), which changes the fair value measurement requirements of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting.

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(unaudited)

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

Anova Data, Inc.

On the Anova Acquisition Date, the Company acquired the business and technology assets of Anova, a private company headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts that provides advanced analytics solutions (the "Anova Acquisition"). The Anova Acquisition was completed in accordance with the terms and conditions of an asset purchase agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019 (the "Anova Asset Purchase Agreement"). The Company believes that the Anova Acquisition will reinforce and extend Ribbon's strategy to expand into network optimization, security and data monetization via big data analytics and machine learning.

As consideration for the Anova Acquisition, Ribbon issued 2.9 million shares of Ribbon common stock with a fair value of $15.2 million to Anova's sellers and equity holders on the Anova Acquisition Date and held back an additional 0.3 million shares with a fair value of $1.7 million, some or all of which could be issued subject to post-closing adjustments (the "Anova Deferred Consideration"). The Anova Deferred Consideration is included as a component of Accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2019.

The Anova Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of Anova have been included in the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to the Anova Acquisition Date. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not significant to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company has not provided pro forma financial information, as the historical amounts are not significant to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

As of September 30, 2019, the valuation of acquired assets, identifiable intangible assets and certain assumed liabilities was preliminary. The purchase consideration aggregating $16.9 million has been preliminarily allocated to $11.2 million of identifiable intangible assets (comprised of $7.2 million of customer relationships and $4.0 million of developed technology) and working capital items aggregating $0.1 million of net assets acquired. The remaining unallocated amount of $5.5 million has been recorded as goodwill.

The valuation of the acquired intangible assets is inherently subjective and relies on significant unobservable inputs. The Company used an income approach to value the acquired intangible assets relating to developed technology and customer relationships. The valuation for each of these intangible assets was based on estimated projections of expected cash flows to be generated by the assets, discounted to the present value at discount rates commensurate with perceived risk. The valuation assumptions take into consideration the Company's estimates of customer attrition, technology obsolescence and revenue growth projections. The Company is amortizing the identifiable intangible assets in relation to the expected cash flows from the individual intangible assets over their respective useful lives, which have a weighted average life of 7.5 years. The preliminary purchase price allocation is subject to change, and such change could be material based on numerous factors, including the final estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the amount of the final post-closing net working capital adjustment. The Company expects to finalize the valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by the fourth quarter of 2019.

The excess of purchase consideration over net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.

Edgewater Networks, Inc.

Edgewater is a market leader in Network Edge Orchestration for the small and medium enterprise and UC market. The Company believes that the Edgewater Acquisition advances its strategy by offering its global customer base a complete core-to-

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(unaudited)

edge product portfolio, end-to-end service assurance and analytics solutions, and a fully integrated software-defined wide-area network ("SD-WAN") service.

As consideration for the Edgewater Acquisition, Ribbon paid, in the aggregate, $46.4 million of cash, net of cash acquired, and issued 4.2 million shares of Ribbon common stock to Edgewater's selling shareholders and holders of vested in-the-money options and warrants to acquire common stock of Edgewater (the "Edgewater Selling Stakeholders") on the Edgewater Acquisition Date. Pursuant to the Edgewater Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, Ribbon agreed to pay the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders an additional $30 million of cash, $15 million of which was to be paid 6 months from the closing date and the other $15 million of which was to be paid as early as 9 months from the closing date and no later than 18 months from the closing date (the exact timing of which would depend on the amount of revenue generated from the sales of Edgewater products in 2018) (the "Edgewater Deferred Consideration"). The current portion of this deferred purchase consideration was included as a component of Accrued expenses and other, and the noncurrent portion was included as a component of Other long-term liabilities in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018.

On February 15, 2019, the Company and the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders agreed to reduce the amount of Edgewater Deferred Consideration from $30 million to $21.9 million and agreed that all such deferred consideration would be payable on March 8, 2019. The Company paid the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders $21.9 million on March 8, 2019 and recorded the reduction to the Edgewater Deferred Consideration of $8.1 million in Other income (expense), net, in the Company's condensed consolidated statement of operations and as a non-cash adjustment to reconcile net income to cash flows provided by operating activities in the Company's condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

The Edgewater Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of Edgewater have been included in the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to its acquisition.

As of September 30, 2019, the valuation of acquired assets, identifiable intangible assets and certain assumed liabilities was final. A summary of the final allocation of the purchase consideration for Edgewater as of September 30, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):



Fair value of consideration transferred:
Cash consideration:
Cash paid to Edgewater Selling Stakeholders	$	51,162
Less cash acquired	(4,773		)
Net cash consideration	46,389
Deferred purchase consideration	30,000
Fair value of Ribbon stock issued	30,000
Fair value of equity awards assumed (see Note 12)	747
Fair value of total consideration	$	107,136

Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Current assets, net of cash acquired	$	16,098
Property and equipment	245
Intangible assets:
Developed technology	29,500
Customer relationships	26,100
Trade names	1,100
Goodwill	48,053
Other noncurrent assets	103
Deferred revenue	(2,749		)
Other current liabilities	(9,926		)
Deferred revenue, net of current	(669		)
Other long-term liabilities	(719		)
	$	107,136

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(unaudited)

The valuation of the acquired intangible assets is inherently subjective and relies on significant unobservable inputs. The Company used an income approach to value the acquired developed technology, customer relationships and trade name intangible assets. The valuation for each of these intangible assets was based on estimated projections of expected cash flows to be generated by the assets, discounted to the present value at discount rates commensurate with perceived risk. The valuation assumptions take into consideration the Company's estimates of customer attrition, technology obsolescence and revenue growth projections. The Company is amortizing the identifiable intangible assets in relation to the expected cash flows from the individual intangible assets over their respective useful lives, which have a weighted average life of 8.4 years. Goodwill resulting from the transaction is primarily due to expected synergies between the combined companies and is not deductible for tax purposes.

The Company has not provided pro forma financial information as the historical amounts are not significant to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Acquisition- and Integration-Related Expenses

Acquisition- and integration-related expenses include those expenses related to acquisitions that would otherwise not have been incurred by the Company, including professional and services fees such as legal, audit, consulting, paying agent and other fees, and expenses related to cash payments to certain former executives of the acquired businesses in connection with their respective employment agreements. These amounts include costs related to prior acquisitions, as well as nominal amounts related to acquisitive activities. Integration-related expenses represent incremental costs related to combining the Company and its business acquisitions, such as third-party consulting and other third-party services related to merging previously separate companies' systems and processes.

The Company's acquisition- and integration-related expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
Professional and services fees (acquisition-related)	$	743	$	2,905	$	2,569	$	5,314
Management bonuses (acquisition-related)	—		—		—		1,972
Integration-related expenses	954		2,665		4,292		6,976
	$	1,697	$	5,570	$	6,861	$	14,262

(3) EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. For periods in which the Company reports net income, diluted net earnings per share is determined by using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period unless the effect is antidilutive.

The calculations of shares used to compute earnings (loss) per share were as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30, 2019	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2019	September 30, 2018
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic	110,080	104,918	109,523	103,009
Potential dilutive common shares	676	—	577	—
Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted	110,756	104,918	110,100	103,009

Options to purchase the Company's common stock aggregating 0.3 million shares have not been included in the

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(unaudited)

computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 because their effect would have been antidilutive. Options to purchase the Company's common stock and unvested shares of restricted and performance-based stock and stock units aggregating 3.5 million shares have not been included in the computation of diluted loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 because their effect would have been antidilutive.

(4) CASH EQUIVALENTS, MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS

The Company invests in debt instruments, primarily U.S. government-backed, municipal and corporate obligations, which management believes to be high quality (investment grade) credit instruments.

The Company's remaining available-for-sale securities matured during the three months ended June 30, 2019. The Company did not hold any cash equivalents at September 30, 2019. As a result of the Company no longer holding any marketable securities or investments at September 30, 2019, the remaining tax effect on the unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale marketable securities was realized in the three months ended June 30, 2019 and is included in the income tax provision in the Company's condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as a reclassification from Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale marketable securities in the Company's condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) for the same nine-month period. The Company had not sold any of its available-for-sale securities during the 2019 period prior to their full maturity. The Company sold $12.5 million of its available-for-sale marketable securities in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, primarily to provide cash for acquisition-related payments in connection with the Edgewater Acquisition and to support integration-related and restructuring activities in connection with the Merger. The Company recognized nominal gross gains and losses from the sales of these securities. The Company did not hold any investments that would mature beyond one year at December 31, 2018.

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and fair value of the Company's marketable debt securities at December 31, 2018 were comprised of the following (in thousands):



	December 31, 2018
	Amortized cost		Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses			Fair value
Cash equivalents	$	310	$	—	$	—		$	310

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes	$	3,998	$	—	$	(9	)	$	3,989
Corporate debt securities	3,301		—		(6		)	3,295
	$	7,299	$	—	$	(15	)	$	7,284

Fair Value Hierarchy

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. The three-tier fair value hierarchy is based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument's categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1. Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2. Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets).

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Level 3. Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The following table shows the fair value of the Company's financial assets at December 31, 2018. These financial assets are comprised of the Company's available-for-sale debt securities and reported under the captions Cash and cash equivalents and Marketable securities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet (in thousands):



			Fair value measurements at December 31, 2018 using:
	Total carrying value at December 31, 2018		Quoted prices in active markets (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Cash equivalents	$	310	$	310	$	—	$	—

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes	$	3,989	$	—	$	3,989	$	—
Corporate debt securities	3,295		—		3,295		—
	$	7,284	$	—	$	7,284	$	—

The Company's marketable securities were valued with the assistance of valuations provided by third-party pricing services, as derived from such services' pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and asked prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. The Company is ultimately responsible for the condensed consolidated financial statements and underlying estimates. Accordingly, the Company assesses the reasonableness of the valuations provided by the third-party pricing services by reviewing actual trade data, broker/dealer quotes and other similar data, which are obtained from quoted market prices or other sources.

(5) INVENTORY

Inventory at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
On-hand final assemblies and finished goods inventories	$	12,137		$	19,879
Deferred cost of goods sold	2,525			3,798
	14,662			23,677
Less noncurrent portion (included in other assets)	(559		)	(1,075		)
Current portion	$	14,103		$	22,602

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(6) INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

The Company's intangible assets at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted of the following (in thousands):



September 30, 2019	Weighted average amortization period (years)	Cost		Accumulated amortization		Net carrying value
In-process research and development	*	$	5,600	$	—	$	5,600
Developed technology	6.83	186,880		92,446		94,434
Customer relationships	9.47	154,140		29,363		124,777
Trade names	5.20	2,000		1,049		951
Internal use software	3.00	730		730		—
	7.86	$	349,350	$	123,588	$	225,762



December 31, 2018	Weighted average amortization period (years)	Cost		Accumulated amortization		Net carrying value
In-process research and development	*	$	5,600	$	—	$	5,600
Developed technology	6.91	182,880		63,187		119,693
Customer relationships	9.44	146,940		22,218		124,722
Trade names	5.20	2,000		624		1,376
Internal use software	3.00	730		730		—
	7.88	$	338,150	$	86,759	$	251,391

* An in-process research and development intangible asset has an indefinite life until the product is generally available, at which time such asset is typically reclassified to developed technology.

Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended				Nine months ended				Statement of operations classification
	September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		Statement of operations classification
Developed technology	$	9,522	$	10,593	$	29,259	$	29,455	Cost of revenue - product
Customer relationships	2,608		2,695		7,145		7,881		Sales and marketing
Trade names	130		160		425		385		Sales and marketing
	$	12,260	$	13,448	$	36,829	$	37,721

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(unaudited)

Estimated future amortization expense for the Company's intangible assets at September 30, 2019 was as follows (in thousands):



Years ending December 31,
Remainder of 2019	$	12,396
2020	48,815
2021	42,493
2022	35,113
2023	27,538
Thereafter	59,407
	$	225,762

The changes in the carrying value of the Company's goodwill in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows (in thousands):




Balance at January 1	2019			2018
Goodwill	$	386,761		$	338,822
Accumulated impairment losses	(3,106		)	(3,106		)
	383,655			335,716
Acquisition of Anova	5,541			—
Acquisition of Edgewater	—			46,777
Balance at September 30	$	389,196		$	382,493

Balance at September 30
Goodwill	$	392,302		$	385,599
Accumulated impairment losses	(3,106		)	(3,106		)
	$	389,196		$	382,493

(7) ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Employee compensation and related costs	$	26,326	$	42,852
Deferred purchase consideration	1,700		15,000
Other	24,624		26,411
	$	52,650	$	84,263

(8) RESTRUCTURING AND FACILITIES CONSOLIDATION INITIATIVES

The Company recorded restructuring and related expense aggregating $2.4 million and $16.4 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and $2.4 million and $15.2 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Restructuring and related expense includes both restructuring expense (primarily severance and related costs), estimated future variable lease costs for vacated properties with no intent or ability of sublease, and accelerated rent amortization expense.

For restructuring events that involve lease assets and liabilities, the Company applies lease reassessment and modification guidance and evaluates the right-of-use assets for potential impairment. If the Company plans to exit all or distinct portions of a facility and does not have the ability or intent to sublease, the Company will accelerate the amortization of each of those lease components through the vacate date. The accelerated amortization is recorded as a component of Restructuring and related

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expense in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations. Related variable lease expenses will continue to be expensed as incurred through the vacate date, at which time the Company will reassess the liability balance to ensure it appropriately reflects the remaining liability associated with the premises and record a liability for the estimated future variable lease costs.

The components of Restructuring and related expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):




	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30, 2019		September 30, 2019
Severance and related costs	$	719	$	11,619
Variable and other facilities-related costs	1,052		1,370
Accelerated amortization of lease assets due to cease-use	601		3,459
	$	2,372	$	16,448

Prior to the adoption of ASC 842, the Company recorded restructuring accruals for future lease obligations related to vacated facilities at the time that it ceased usage of the respective facility. The components of Restructuring and related expense recorded in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended			Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2018
Severance and related costs	2,481			14,603
Facilities	(84		)	559
	$	2,397		$	15,162

2019 Restructuring and Facilities Consolidation Initiative

In June 2019, the Company implemented a restructuring plan to further streamline the Company's global footprint, improve its operations and enhance its customer delivery (the "2019 Restructuring Initiative"). The 2019 Restructuring Initiative includes facility consolidations, refinement of the Company's research and development activities, and a reduction in workforce. In connection with this initiative, the Company expects to reduce its focus on hardware and appliance-based development over time and to increase its development focus on software virtualization, functional simplicity and important customer requirements. The facility consolidations under the 2019 Restructuring Initiative (the "Facilities Initiative") include a consolidation of the Company's North Texas sites into a single campus, housing engineering, customer training and support, and administrative functions, as well as a reduction or elimination of certain excess and duplicative facilities worldwide. In addition, the Company intends to substantially consolidate its global software laboratories and server farms into two lower cost North American sites. The Company continues to evaluate its properties included in the Facilities Initiative for accelerated amortization and/or right-of-use asset impairment. The Company expects that the actions under the Facilities Initiative will be completed by the end of 2020.

In connection with the 2019 Restructuring Initiative, the Company recorded restructuring expense of $7.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, comprised of $1.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and $6.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019. The amount recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2019 was comprised of $0.7 million for severance and related costs for approximately 20 employees and $1.1 million for variable and other facilities-related costs. The amount recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily for severance and related costs for approximately 110 employees. The Company expects that nearly all of the amount accrued for severance and related costs will be paid by the end of the first half of 2020. The Company estimates that it will record nominal additional restructuring expense related to severance and related costs under the 2019 Restructuring Initiative.

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(unaudited)

A summary of the 2019 Restructuring Initiative accrual activity for severance and related costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):



	Balance at January 1, 2019		Initiatives charged to expense		Cash payments			Balance at September 30, 2019
Severance	$	—	$	6,543	$	(2,620	)	$	3,923
Variable and other facilities costs	—		1,214		(220		)	994
	$	—	$	7,757	$	(2,840	)	$	4,917

Accelerated rent amortization is recognized from the date that the Company commences the plan to fully or partially vacate a facility, for which there is no intent or ability to enter into a sublease, through the final vacate date. The Company recorded $0.6 million and $3.5 million of accelerated rent amortization in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The liability for the total lease payments for each respective facility is included as a component of Operating lease liabilities in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets, both current and noncurrent (see Note 16). The Company may incur additional future expense if it is unable to sublease other locations included in the Facilities Initiative.

Merger Restructuring Initiative

In connection with the Merger, the Company implemented a restructuring plan in the fourth quarter of 2017 to eliminate certain redundant positions and facilities within the combined companies (the "Merger Restructuring Initiative"). In connection with this initiative, the Company recorded restructuring expense of $5.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The Company recorded $2.5 million and $14.3 million of restructuring and related expense in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Of the amount recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, virtually all was for severance and related costs for approximately 40 employees. The amount recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 represented severance and related costs for approximately 285 employees. The Merger Restructuring Initiative is substantially complete, and the Company anticipates it will record nominal future expense in connection with this initiative. In connection with the adoption of ASC 842 effective January 1, 2019, the Company wrote off the remaining restructuring accrual related to facilities. The Company expects that the amount accrued at September 30, 2019 for severance will be paid by the end of the first half of 2020.

A summary of the Merger Restructuring Initiative accrual activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):



	Balance at January 1, 2019		Initiatives charged to expense		Adjustment for the impact of ASC 842 adoption			Cash payments			Balance at September 30, 2019
Severance	$	1,910	$	5,076	$	—		$	(5,818	)	$	1,168
Facilities	771		156		(771		)	(156		)	—
	$	2,681	$	5,232	$	(771	)	$	(5,974	)	$	1,168

Balance Sheet Classification

The current portions of accrued restructuring are included as a component of Accrued expenses and the long-term portions of accrued restructuring are included as a component of Other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The long-term portions of accrued restructuring totaled $0.9 million and $0.5 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. These amounts represent future payments related to restructured facilities.

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(9) DEBT

Senior Secured Credit Facility

On December 21, 2017, the Company entered into a Senior Secured Credit Facilities Credit Agreement (the “Credit Facility”), by and among the Company, as a guarantor, Sonus Networks, Inc., as the borrower (“Borrower”), Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), issuing lender, swingline lender and lead arranger and the lenders party thereto (each referred to individually as a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), which refinanced the prior credit agreement with SVB that the Company had assumed in connection with the Merger. The Credit Facility includes $100 million of commitments, the full amount of which is available for revolving loans, a $15 million sublimit that is available for letters of credit and a $15 million sublimit that is available for swingline loans. On June 24, 2018, the Company amended the Credit Facility to, among other things, permit the Edgewater Acquisition and related transactions. At December 31, 2018, the Company had an outstanding debt balance of $55.0 million at an interest rate of 5.96% and $2.7 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 1.75% under the Credit Facility. The Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Credit Facility at December 31, 2018.

On April 29, 2019, the Company entered into a syndicated, amended and restated Credit Facility (the "New Credit Facility"). The New Credit Facility provides for a $50 million term loan facility that was advanced in full on April 29, 2019 and a $100 million revolving line of credit. The New Credit Facility also includes procedures for additional financial institutions to become syndicate lenders, or for any existing lender to increase its commitment under either the term loan facility or the revolving loan facility, subject to an aggregate increase of $75 million for incremental commitments under the New Credit Facility. The New Credit Facility is scheduled to mature in April 2024. At September 30, 2019, the Company had an outstanding term loan debt balance of $49.4 million, an outstanding revolving line of credit balance of $34.0 million, with a combined average interest rate of 3.76%, and $3.4 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 1.50%.

The indebtedness and other obligations under the New Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the Company and each other material U.S. domestic subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “Guarantors”). The New Credit Facility is secured by first-priority liens on substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Guarantors, including the Company.

The New Credit Facility requires periodic interest payments on any outstanding borrowings under the facility. The Borrower may prepay all revolving loans under the New Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty (other than customary LIBOR breakage costs), subject to certain notice requirements.

Revolving loans under the New Credit Facility bear interest at the Borrower’s option at either the Eurodollar (LIBOR) rate plus a margin ranging from 1.50% to 3.00% per year or the base rate (the highest of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, or the prime rate announced from time to time in The Wall Street Journal) plus a margin ranging from 0.50% to 2.00% per year (such margins being referred to as the “Applicable Margin”). The Applicable Margin varies depending on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility). The base rate and the LIBOR rate are each subject to a zero percent floor.

The New Credit Facility requires compliance with certain financial covenants, including a minimum consolidated quick ratio, minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio and maximum consolidated leverage ratio, all of which are defined in the New Credit Facility and tested on a quarterly basis. The Company was in compliance with all covenants of the New Credit Facility at September 30, 2019.

In addition, the New Credit Facility contains various covenants that, among other restrictions, limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to enter into certain types of transactions, including, but not limited to: incurring or assuming indebtedness; granting or assuming liens; making acquisitions or engaging in mergers; making dividend and certain other restricted payments; making investments; selling or otherwise transferring assets; engaging in transactions with affiliates; entering into sale and leaseback transactions; entering into burdensome agreements; changing the nature of its business; modifying its organizational documents; and amending or making prepayments on certain junior debt.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

The New Credit Facility contains events of default that are customary for a secured credit facility. If an event of default relating to bankruptcy or other insolvency events with respect to a borrower occurs, all obligations under the New Credit Facility will immediately become due and payable. If any other event of default exists under the New Credit Facility, the lenders may accelerate the maturity of the obligations outstanding under the New Credit Facility and exercise other rights and remedies, including charging a default rate of interest equal to 2.00% per year above the rate that would otherwise be applicable. In addition, if any event of default exists under the New Credit Facility, the lenders may commence foreclosure or other actions against the collateral.

If any default exists under the New Credit Facility, or if the Borrower is unable to make any of the representations and warranties as stated in the New Credit Facility at the applicable time, the Borrower will be unable to borrow funds or have letters of credit issued under the New Credit Facility, which, depending on the circumstances prevailing at that time, could have a material adverse effect on the Borrower’s liquidity and working capital.

Promissory Note

In connection with the Merger, on October 27, 2017, the Company issued the Promissory Note for $22.5 million to certain of GENBAND's equity holders (the "Promissory Note"). The Promissory Note did not amortize, and the principal thereon was payable in full on the third anniversary of its execution. Interest on the Promissory Note was payable quarterly in arrears and accrued at a rate of 7.5% per year for the first six months after issuance, and thereafter at a rate of 10% per year. The failure to make any payment under the Promissory Note when due and, with respect to payment of any interest, the continuation of such failure for a period of thirty days thereafter, constituted an event of default under the Promissory Note. If an event of default occurred under the Promissory Note, the payees could declare the entire balance of the Promissory Note due and payable (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest) within five business days of the payees' notification to the Company of such acceleration. Interest that was not paid on the interest payment date increased the principal amount of the Promissory Note. At December 31, 2018, the Promissory Note balance was $24.1 million, comprised of $22.5 million of principal and $1.6 million of interest converted to principal.

On April 29, 2019, concurrently with the closing of the New Credit Facility as discussed above, the Company repaid in full all outstanding amounts under the Promissory Note, aggregating $24.7 million. The Company did not incur any early termination penalties in connection with this repayment.

(10) REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606" or the "New Revenue Standard"), which it adopted on January 1, 2018 using the ~~new standard on revenue from contracts with customers, which codified Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09,~~ modified retrospective method.~~Revenue from Contracts with Customers~~ ~~("ASU 2014-09"). As a result, the Company changed its accounting policy for revenue recognition to ensure compliance with ASC 606, which is described below and in Note 10.~~

~~Revenue Recognition Policy~~

The Company derives revenues from two primary sources: products and services. Product revenue includes the Company's hardware and software that function together to deliver the products' essential functionality. Software and hardware are also sold on a standalone basis. Services include customer support (software updates, upgrades and technical support), consulting, design services, installation services and training. Generally, contracts with customers contain multiple performance obligations, consisting of products and services. For these contracts, the Company accounts for individual performance obligations separately if they are considered distinct.

When an arrangement contains more than one performance obligation, the Company will generally allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. The best evidence of a standalone selling price is the observable price of a good or service when the entity sells that good or service separately in similar circumstances and to similar customers. If the good or service is not sold separately, an entity must estimate the standalone selling price by using an approach that maximizes the use of observable inputs. Acceptable estimation methods include but are not limited to: (1) adjusted market assessment; (2) expected cost plus a margin; and (3) a residual approach (when the standalone selling price is not directly observable and is either highly variable or uncertain).

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

The Company's software licenses typically provide a perpetual right to use the Company's software. The Company also sells term-based software licenses that expire and Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS")-based software which are referred to as subscription arrangements. The Company does not customize its software nor are installation services required, as the customer has a right to utilize internal resources or a third-party service company. The software and hardware are delivered before related services are provided and are functional without professional services or customer support. The Company has concluded that its software licenses are functional intellectual property that are distinct, as the user can benefit from the software on its own. The product revenue is typically recognized upon transfer of control or when the software is made available for download, as this is the point that the user of the software can direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the functional intellectual property. The Company does not recognize software revenue related to the renewal of subscription software licenses earlier than the beginning of the subscription period. Hardware product is generally sold with software to provide the customer solution.

Services revenue includes revenue from customer support and other professional services. The Company offers warranties on its products. Certain of the Company's warranties are considered to be assurance-type in nature and do not cover anything beyond ensuring that the product is functioning as intended. Based on the guidance in ~~Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC")~~ASC 606, assurance-type warranties do not represent separate performance obligations. The Company also sells separately-priced maintenance service contracts, which qualify as service-type warranties and represent separate performance obligations. The Company does not allow and has no history of accepting product returns.

Customer support includes software updates on a when-and-if-available basis, telephone support, integrated web-based support and bug fixes or patches. The Company sells its customer support contracts at a percentage of list or net product price related to the support. Customer support revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the customer support agreement, which is typically one year.

The Company's professional services include consulting, technical support, resident engineer services, design services and installation services. Because control transfers over time, revenue is recognized based on progress toward completion of the

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~~(unaudited)~~

performance obligation. The method to measure progress toward completion requires judgment and is based on the nature of the products or services to be provided. The Company generally uses the input method to measure progress for its contracts because it believes such method best depicts the transfer of assets to the customer, which occurs as the Company incurs costs for the contracts. Under the cost-to-cost measure of progress, the progress toward completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date to the total estimated costs at completion of the performance obligation. When the measure of progress is based upon expended labor, progress toward completion is measured as the ratio of labor time expended to date vsversus the total estimated labor time required to complete the performance obligation. Revenue is recorded proportionally as costs are incurred or labor is expended. Costs to fulfill these obligations include internal labor as well as subcontractor costs.

Customer training includes courses offered by the Company. The related revenue is typically recognized as the training services are performed.

~~Principles of Consolidation~~

~~The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ribbon and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.~~

~~Use of Estimates and Judgments~~

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP 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 periods. Significant estimates and judgments relied upon in preparing these consolidated financial statements include accounting for business combinations; revenue recognition for multiple element arrangements, including determining the standalone selling prices of performance obligations; inventory valuations; assumptions used to determine the fair value of stock-based compensation; intangible assets and goodwill valuations, including impairments; legal contingencies; and recoverability of Ribbon's net deferred tax assets and the related valuation allowances. Ribbon regularly assesses these estimates and records changes in estimates in the period in which they become known. Ribbon bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

~~Reclassifications~~

~~Certain reclassifications have been made to the previously issued financial statements to conform to the current period presentation, none of which affected net loss as previously reported.~~

~~Fair Value of Financial Instruments~~

The carrying amounts of the Company's financial instruments, which include cash equivalents; marketable securities; investments; accounts receivable; revolving credit facility; accounts payable; long-term debt, related party; and other long-term liabilities; approximate their fair values.

~~Operating Segments~~

The Company operates in a single segment, as the chief operating decision maker makes decisions and assesses performance at the company level. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is utilized for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. To date, the chief operating decision maker has made such decisions and assessed performance at the company level, as one segment. The Company's chief operating decision maker is its President and Chief Executive Officer.

~~Foreign Currency Translation~~

As part of ongoing merger integration activities, the Company conducted an assessment of the functional currencies of its foreign subsidiaries. The Company concluded that the U.S. dollar is the appropriate functional currency for the majority of the

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~~(unaudited)~~

~~former GENBAND foreign subsidiaries, based on its assessment of underlying factors. As such, the functional currency was changed to the U.S. dollar effective January 1, 2018.~~

~~Recent Accounting Pronouncements~~

~~In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2018-02,~~ ~~Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income~~ ~~("ASU 2018-02"), which amends ASC 220,~~ ~~Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income~~, to allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and requires entities to provide certain disclosures regarding stranded tax effects. ASU 2018-02 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of the adoption of ASU 2018-02 on its consolidated financial statements.

~~In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15,~~ ~~Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract~~ ~~(“ASU 2018-15”), which provides guidance on implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement (“CCA”) that is a service contract. ASU 2018-15 amends ASC 350,~~ ~~Intangibles - Goodwill and Other~~ (“ASC 350”) to include in its scope implementation costs of a CCA that is a service contract and clarifies that a customer should apply the guidance in ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs should be capitalized in such a CCA. ASU 2018-15 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of the adoption of ASU 2018-15 on our consolidated financial statements.

~~In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting~~ ("ASU 2017-09"), which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements such that an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. ASU 2017-09 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. The adoption of ASU 2017-09 did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

~~In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07,~~ ~~Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Post Retirement Benefit Cost~~ ("ASU 2017-07"). ASU 2017-07 amends the requirements in ASC 715 to require entities to disaggregate the current-service-cost component from the other components of net benefit cost (the "other components") and include it with other current compensation costs for related employees, present the other components elsewhere in the income statement and outside of income from operations if such a subtotal is presented and disclose the income statement lines that contain the other components if they are not presented on appropriately described separate lines. ASU 2017-07 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. The adoption of ASU 2017-07 did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

~~In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15,~~ ~~Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments~~ ("ASU 2016-15"), which adds or clarifies guidance on eight cash flow issues, including debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or certain other debt instruments, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, distributions received from equity method investees, beneficial interests in securitization transactions and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. ASU 2016-15 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. Entities must apply the guidance retrospectively to all periods presented but may apply it prospectively from the earliest date practicable if retrospective application would be impracticable. The adoption of ASU 2016-15 did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

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~~In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02,~~ ~~Leases (Topic 842) Section A - Leases: Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification~~ ("ASU 2016-02"), its new standard on accounting for leases. ASU 2016-02 introduces a lessee model that brings most leases onto the balance sheet. ASU 2016-02 eliminates the current GAAP requirement for an entity to use bright-line tests in determining lease classification. ASU 2016-02 is effective for the Company for both interim and annual periods beginning January 1, 2019. Upon adoption of ASU 2016-02, the Company will recognize lease obligations for the right to use these assets in connection with its existing lease agreements. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, ~~Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements~~ ~~("ASU 2018-11") and ASU 2018-10,~~ ~~Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases, both of which provided improvements to certain aspects of the guidance in ASC 842,~~ ~~Leases. In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-01,~~ ~~Leases (Topic 842): Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842~~, which provided additional clarification and implementation guidance. The Company has elected to use the alternative transition method as described in ASU 2018-11, which allows entities to initially apply ASU 2016-02 at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, with no subsequent adjustments to prior period lease costs for comparability. The Company has essentially completed the lease assessment phase of implementation and is currently reviewing the contracts within its lease portfolio in order to quantify the impact of adoption on its consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019. The Company expects to quantify such amounts to be recognized on the balance sheet by the end of the fourth quarter of 2018.

~~In addition, the FASB has issued the following accounting pronouncements, none of which the Company believes will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements:~~

~~In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14,~~ ~~Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans~~ ~~(“ASU 2018-14”), which amends ASC 715,~~ ~~Compensation - Retirement Benefits~~ (“ASC 715”) to add, remove and clarify disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. ASU 2018-14 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020.

~~In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13,~~ ~~Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement~~ ~~(“ASU 2018-13”), which changes the fair value measurement requirements of ASC 820,~~ ~~Fair Value Measurement~~ ~~(“ASC 820”). ASU 2018-13 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting.~~

~~In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-09,~~ ~~Codification Improvements~~ (“ASU 2018-09”), which contains amendments to clarify, correct errors in or make minor improvements to the Codification. ASU 2018-09 makes improvements to multiple topics, including but not limited to comprehensive income, debt, income taxes related to both stock-based compensation and business combinations, fair value measurement and defined contribution benefit plans. ASU 2018-09 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019.

~~In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting~~ ~~("ASU 2018-07"), which expands the scope of ASC 718,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation~~ ("ASC 718"), to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from both nonemployees and employees. As a result, most of the guidance in ASC 718 associated with employee share-based payments, including most of its requirements related to classification and measurement, applies to nonemployee share-based payment arrangements. ASU 2018-07 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019, although early adoption is permitted.

~~In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16,~~ ~~Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory~~ ~~("ASU 2016-16"), which removes the prohibition in ASC 740,~~ ~~Income Taxes,~~ against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. ASU 2016-16 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019 for both interim and annual reporting periods.

~~In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13,~~ ~~Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instrument~~s ("ASU 2016-13"), which adds an impairment model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under ASU 2016-13, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the FASB believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted.

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~~(unaudited)~~

~~(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS~~

~~Edgewater Networks, Inc.~~

On the Edgewater Acquisition Date, the Company completed its acquisition of Edgewater, a private company headquartered in San Jose, California (the "Edgewater Acquisition"). The Edgewater Acquisition was completed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 24, 2018, by and among Ribbon, Merger Sub, Edgewater and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, solely in its capacity as the initial holder representative (the "Edgewater Merger Agreement”).

Edgewater is a market leader in Network Edge Orchestration for the small and medium enterprise ("SME") and UC market. The Company believes that the acquisition of Edgewater will allow it to offer its global customer base a complete core-to-edge product portfolio, end-to-end service assurance and analytics solutions, and a fully integrated software-defined wide-area network ("SD-WAN") service.

As consideration for the Edgewater Acquisition, Ribbon paid, in the aggregate, $46.4 million of cash, net of cash acquired, and issued 4.2 million shares of Ribbon common stock to Edgewater's selling shareholders and holders of vested in-the-money options and warrants to acquire common stock of Edgewater (the "Edgewater Selling Stakeholders") on the Edgewater Acquisition Date. Pursuant to the Edgewater Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, Ribbon has agreed to pay the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders an additional $30 million of cash, $15 million of which is to be paid 6 months from the closing date and the other $15 million of which is to be paid as early as 9 months from the closing date and no later than 18 months from the closing date (the exact timing of which will depend on the amount of revenue generated from the sales of Edgewater products in 2018). The current portion of this deferred purchase consideration is included as a component of Accrued expenses and other, and the noncurrent portion is included as a component of Other long-term liabilities in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018.

The Edgewater Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of Edgewater have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to its acquisition.

As of September 30, 2018, the valuation of acquired assets, identifiable intangible assets and certain assumed liabilities was preliminary. The Company is still in the process of investigating the facts and circumstances existing as of the Edgewater Acquisition Date in order to finalize its valuation. The Company expects to finalize the valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by the second quarter of 2019.

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

~~A summary of the preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration for Edgewater is as follows (in thousands):~~

Fair value of consideration transferred:
  Cash consideration:
    Cash paid to Edgewater Selling Stakeholders $ 51,162
    Less cash acquired (4,773 )
      Net cash consideration 46,389
    Unpaid cash consideration 30,000
    Fair value of Ribbon stock issued 30,000
    Fair value of equity awards assumed (see Note 11) 747
        Fair value of total consideration $ 107,136

Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
  Current assets, net of cash acquired $ 16,837
  Property and equipment 380
  Intangible assets:
    Developed technology 29,500
    Customer relationships 26,100
    Trade names 1,100
  Goodwill 46,777
  Other noncurrent assets 103
  Deferred revenue (2,749 )
  Other current liabilities (9,402 )
  Deferred revenue, net of current (669 )
  Other long-term liabilities (841 )
$ 107,136

The valuation of the acquired intangible assets is inherently subjective and relies on significant unobservable inputs. The Company used an income approach to value the acquired developed technology, customer relationships and trade name intangible assets. The valuation for each of these intangible assets was based on estimated projections of expected cash flows to be generated by the assets, discounted to the present value at discount rates commensurate with perceived risk. The valuation assumptions take into consideration the Company's estimates of customer attrition, technology obsolescence and revenue growth projections. The Company is amortizing the identifiable intangible assets in relation to the expected cash flows from the individual intangible assets over their respective useful lives, which have a weighted average life of 8.3 years (see Note 6). Goodwill resulting from the transaction is primarily due to expected synergies between the combined companies and is not deductible for tax purposes.

The Company's revenue for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 included approximately $10 million of revenue attributable to Edgewater since the Edgewater Acquisition Date. The Company has not provided pro forma financial information, as the historical amounts are not significant to the Company's consolidated financial statements.

~~GENBAND Merger~~

On October 27, 2017, Sonus consummated an acquisition as specified in the Merger Agreement with NewCo and GENBAND such that, following the Merger, Sonus and GENBAND each became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NewCo, with Sonus deemed the acquirer in the transaction for accounting purposes. On November 28, 2017, the Company changed its name to "Ribbon Communications Inc."

Prior to the Merger, GENBAND was a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares that was formed on April 7, 2010. Through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, GENBAND created rapid communications and applications for service providers, enterprises, independent software vendors, system integrators and developers globally. A majority of GENBAND's

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

shares were held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and managed by One Equity Partners ("OEP"). GENBAND shares were not listed on an exchange or quoted on any automated services, and there was no established trading market for GENBAND shares.

The Company believes that Sonus' and GENBAND's complementary products, solutions and strategies position the combined company to deliver comprehensive solutions to service providers and enterprises migrating to a virtualized all-IP environment in an expanded customer and global footprint.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, NewCo issued 50.9 million shares of Sonus common stock to the GENBAND equity holders, with the number of shares issued in the aggregate to the GENBAND equity holders equal to the number of shares of Sonus common stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing date of the Merger, such that former stockholders of Sonus would own approximately 50%, and former shareholders of GENBAND would own approximately 50%, of the shares of NewCo common stock issued and outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Merger.

In addition, NewCo repaid GENBAND’s long-term debt, including both principal and unpaid interest, to a related party of GENBAND totaling $48 million and repaid GENBAND’s management fees due to an affiliate of OEP totaling $10.3 million. NewCo also issued a promissory note for $22.5 million to certain GENBAND equity holders (the "Promissory Note").

NewCo assumed the liability under GENBAND's revolving credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, which had outstanding borrowings and letters of credit totaling $17.9 million and $2.9 million, respectively, at October 27, 2017. At October 27, 2017, the outstanding borrowings had an average interest rate of 4.67%.

The Merger has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of GENBAND have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to its acquisition.

As of September 30, 2018, the valuation of acquired assets, identifiable intangible assets and certain assumed liabilities was final. A summary of the final allocation of the purchase consideration for GENBAND is as follows (in thousands):

Fair value of consideration transferred:
  Cash consideration:
    Repayment of GENBAND long-term debt and accrued interest, related party $ 47,973
    Payment of GENBAND management fees due to majority shareholder 10,302
    Less cash acquired (15,324 )
      Net cash consideration 42,951
  Fair value of Sonus stock issued 413,982
  Promissory note issued to GENBAND equity holders 22,500
        Fair value of total consideration $ 479,433

Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
  Current assets, net of cash acquired $ 99,126
  Property and equipment 16,770
  Intangible assets:
    In-process research and development 5,600
    Developed technology 129,000
    Customer relationships 101,300
    Trade names 900
  Goodwill 285,825
  Other noncurrent assets 6,732
  Revolving credit facility (17,930 )
  Deferred revenue (32,390 )
  Other current liabilities (80,023 )
  Deferred revenue, net of current (6,804 )
  Other long-term liabilities (28,673 )
$ 479,433

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

The valuation of the acquired intangible assets is inherently subjective and relies on significant unobservable inputs. The Company used an income approach to value the acquired developed technology, customer relationships and trade name intangible assets. The valuation for each of these intangible assets was based on estimated projections of expected cash flows to be generated by the assets, discounted to the present value at discount rates commensurate with perceived risk. The valuation assumptions take into consideration the Company's estimates of customer attrition, technology obsolescence and revenue growth projections. The Company will reclassify its in-process research and development intangible asset to developed technology intangible asset in the period that the related product becomes generally available and begin to record amortization expense for the developed technology intangible asset at that time. The Company is amortizing the identifiable intangible assets in relation to the expected cash flows from the individual intangible assets over their respective useful lives, which have a weighted average life of 8.3 years (see Note 6). Goodwill resulting from the transaction is primarily due to expected synergies between the combined companies and is not deductible for tax purposes.

~~Pro Forma Results~~

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the condensed combined results of operations of Sonus and GENBAND for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as if the Merger had been completed on January 1, 2017, with adjustments to give effect to pro forma events that are directly attributable to the Merger. These pro forma adjustments include a reduction of historical GENBAND revenue for the fair value adjustment related to acquired deferred revenue, an increase in amortization expense for the acquired identifiable intangible assets, a decrease in historical GENBAND interest expense reflecting the extinguishment of certain of GENBAND's debt as a result of the Merger, net of the interest expense recorded in connection with the Promissory Note issued to certain GENBAND equity holders as part of the purchase consideration and the elimination of revenue and costs related to sales transactions between Sonus and GENBAND.

The unaudited pro forma results do not reflect any operating efficiencies or potential cost savings that may result from the consolidation of the operations of Sonus and GENBAND. Accordingly, these unaudited pro forma results are presented for illustrative purposes and are not intended to represent or be indicative of the actual results of operations of the combined company that would have been achieved had the Merger occurred at the beginning of the period presented, nor are they intended to represent or be indicative of future results of operations (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Three months ended
September 30, 2017

Nine months ended
September 30, 2017

Revenue $ 147,608
$ 419,749
Net loss $ (22,148 ) $ (105,666 )
Loss per share $ (0.22 ) $ (1.04 )

~~Acquisition- and Integration-Related Expenses~~

Acquisition- and integration-related expenses include those expenses related to acquisitions that would otherwise not have been incurred by the Company. The acquisition-related expenses include professional and services fees such as legal, audit, consulting, paying agent and other fees, and expenses related to cash payments to certain former executives of the acquired businesses in connection with their employment agreements. These amounts include costs related to the Merger and the Edgewater Acquisition, as well as nominal amounts related to acquisitive activities. The integration-related expenses recorded in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 represent incremental costs related to combining Sonus and GENBAND, such as third-party consulting and other services related to merging the two separate companies' systems and processes.

The acquisition-related amounts recorded in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 relate to professional fees incurred in connection with the Company's September 2016 acquisition of Taqua, LLC. The Company's acquisition- and integration-related expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were as follows

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~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

~~(in thousands):~~

Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017 September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017
Professional and services fees (acquisition-related) $ 2,905
$ 1,543
$ 5,314
$ 6,278
Management bonuses (acquisition-related) —
—
1,972
—
Integration-related expenses 2,665
—
6,976
—
$ 5,570
$ 1,543
$ 14,262
$ 6,278

~~(3) EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE~~

~~The calculations of shares used to compute loss per share were as follows (in thousands):~~

Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017 September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic 104,918
49,753
103,009
49,472
Potential dilutive common shares —
378
—
—
Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted 104,918
50,131
103,009
49,472

Options to purchase the Company's common stock and unvested shares of restricted and performance-based stock and stock units aggregating 3.5 million have not been included in the computation of diluted loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 because their effect would have been antidilutive. The Company has excluded 5.2 million weighted shares underlying options to purchase shares of the Company's common stock from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2017, because the options' exercise prices were greater than the average market price for the common stock and their effect would have been antidilutive. Options to purchase the Company's common stock and unvested shares of restricted and performance-based stock and stock units totaling 7.4 million shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 have not been included in the computation of diluted loss per share because their effect would have been antidilutive.

~~(4) CASH EQUIVALENTS, MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS~~

~~The Company invests in debt instruments, primarily U.S. government-backed, municipal and corporate obligations, which management believes to be high quality (investment grade) credit instruments.~~

The Company sold $12.5 million of its available-for sale securities in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, primarily to provide cash for acquisition-related payments in connection with the Edgewater Acquisition and to support integration-related and restructuring activities in connection with the Merger. The Company recognized nominal gross gains and approximately $20,000 of gross losses from the sales of these securities. The Company did not sell any of its available-for-sale securities during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2017. At September 30, 2018, the Company did not hold any investments that matured beyond one year.

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews its marketable securities and investments to determine if there have been any events that could create a credit impairment. Based on its reviews, the Company does not believe that any impairment existed with its current holdings at September 30, 2018.

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and fair value of the Company's marketable debt securities and investments at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were comprised of the following (in thousands):

September 30, 2018

Amortized
cost

Unrealized
gains

Unrealized
losses

Fair
value
Cash equivalents $ 427
$ —
$ —
$ 427

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes $ 3,997
$ —
$ (17 ) $ 3,980
Corporate debt securities 3,317
—
(13 ) 3,304
$ 7,314
$ —
$ (30 ) $ 7,284

December 31, 2017

Amortized
cost

Unrealized
gains

Unrealized
losses

Fair
value
Cash equivalents $ 1,254
$ —
$ —
$ 1,254

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes $ 4,091
$ —
$ (19 ) $ 4,072
Corporate debt securities 8,048
—
(31 ) 8,017
Certificates of deposit 5,135
—
—
5,135
$ 17,274
$ —
$ (50 ) $ 17,224
Investments
U.S. government agency notes $ 3,992
$ —
$ (28 ) $ 3,964
Corporate debt securities 3,908
—
(24 ) 3,884
Certificates of deposit 1,183
—
—
1,183
$ 9,083
$ —
$ (52 ) $ 9,031

~~The Company's available-for-sale debt securities classified as Investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017 mature after~~ ~~one year~~ ~~but within~~ ~~two years~~ ~~or less from the balance sheet date. The Company did not have any available-for-sale debt securities classified as Investments at September 30, 2018.~~

~~Fair Value Hierarchy~~

~~Level 1.~~ ~~Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.~~

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~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

~~Level 2.~~ Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets).

~~Level 3.~~ ~~Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.~~

~~The following table shows the fair value of the Company's financial assets at~~ ~~September 30, 2018~~ ~~and~~ ~~December 31, 2017~~. These financial assets are comprised of the Company's available-for-sale debt securities and reported under the captions Cash and cash equivalents, Marketable securities and Investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

Fair value measurements at
September 30, 2018 using:
Total carrying
value at
September 30,
2018
Quoted prices
in active
markets
(Level 1)

Significant other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
Cash equivalents $ 427
$ 427
$ —
$ —

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes $ 3,980
$ —
$ 3,980
$ —
Corporate debt securities 3,304
—
3,304
—
$ 7,284
$ —
$ 7,284
$ —

Fair value measurements at
December 31, 2017 using:
Total carrying
value at
December 31,
2017
Quoted prices
in active
markets
(Level 1)

Significant other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
Cash equivalents $ 1,254
$ 1,254
$ —
$ —

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes $ 4,072
$ —
$ 4,072
$ —
Corporate debt securities 8,017
—
8,017
—
Certificates of deposit 5,135
—
5,135
—
$ 17,224
$ —
$ 17,224
$ —
Investments
U.S. government agency notes $ 3,964
$ —
$ 3,964
$ —
Corporate debt securities 3,884
—
3,884
—
Certificates of deposit 1,183
—
1,183
—
$ 9,031
$ —
$ 9,031
$ —

The Company's marketable securities and investments have been valued with the assistance of valuations provided by third-party pricing services, as derived from such services' pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and asked prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. The Company is ultimately responsible for the condensed consolidated financial statements and underlying estimates. Accordingly, the Company assesses the reasonableness of the valuations provided by the third-party pricing services by reviewing actual trade data, broker/dealer quotes and other similar data, which are obtained from quoted market prices or other sources.

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

~~(5) INVENTORY~~

~~Inventory at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):~~

September 30,
2018 December 31,
2017
On-hand final assemblies and finished goods inventories $ 19,371
$ 18,374
Deferred cost of goods sold 3,707
4,569
23,078
22,943
Less noncurrent portion (included in other assets) (1,354 ) (1,640 )
Current portion $ 21,724
$ 21,303

~~(6) INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL~~

~~The Company's intangible assets at~~ ~~September 30, 2018~~ ~~and~~ ~~December 31, 2017~~ ~~consisted of the following (in thousands):~~

September 30, 2018
Weighted average amortization period
(years)
Cost
Accumulated
amortization

Net
carrying value
In-process research and development * $ 5,600
$ —
$ 5,600
Developed technology 6.91 182,880
53,666
129,214
Customer relationships 9.44 146,940
19,896
127,044
Trade names 3.00 2,000
465
1,535
Internal use software 3.00 730
730
—
7.86 $ 338,150
$ 74,757
$ 263,393

December 31, 2017
Weighted average amortization period
(years)
Cost
Accumulated
amortization

Net
carrying value
In-process research and development * $ 5,600
$ —
$ 5,600
Developed technology 6.90 153,380
24,211
129,169
Customer relationships 9.32 120,840
12,015
108,825
Trade names 3.00 900
80
820
Internal use software 3.00 730
730
—
7.77 $ 281,450
$ 37,036
$ 244,414

* An in-process research and development intangible asset has an indefinite life until the product is generally available, at which time such asset is typically reclassified to developed technology.

~~Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was as follows (in thousands):~~

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

Three months ended Nine months ended Statement of operations classification
September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017 September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017
Developed technology $ 10,593
$ 1,602
$ 29,455
$ 4,769
Cost of revenue - product
Customer relationships 2,695
691
7,881
2,076
Sales and marketing
Trade names 160
—
385
—
Sales and marketing
$ 13,448
$ 2,293
$ 37,721
$ 6,845

~~Estimated future amortization expense for the Company's intangible assets at~~ ~~September 30, 2018~~ ~~was as follows (in thousands):~~

Years ending December 31,
Remainder of 2018 $ 12,003
2019 47,411
2020 46,552
2021 40,571
2022 34,156
Thereafter 82,700
$ 263,393

~~The changes in the carrying value of the Company's goodwill in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were as follows (in thousands):~~

Balance at January 1 2018 2017
  Goodwill $ 338,822
$ 52,499
  Accumulated impairment losses (3,106 ) (3,106 )
335,716
49,393
Acquisition of Edgewater 46,777
—
Purchase accounting adjustments - acquisition of Taqua, LLC —
498
Balance at September 30 $ 382,493
$ 49,891

Balance at September 30
  Goodwill $ 385,599
$ 52,997
  Accumulated impairment losses (3,106 ) (3,106 )
$ 382,493
$ 49,891

~~(7) ACCRUED EXPENSES~~

~~Accrued expenses at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):~~

September 30,
2018 December 31,
2017
Employee compensation and related costs $ 33,174
$ 37,782
Professional fees 8,997
13,743
Deferred purchase consideration - Edgewater 15,000
—
Other 17,439
24,855
$ 74,610
$ 76,380

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

~~(8) RESTRUCTURING ACCRUALS~~

The Company recorded restructuring expense aggregating $2.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2018 and did not record restructuring expense in the three months ended September 30, 2017. The Company recorded restructuring expense aggregating $15.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and $1.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

~~Merger Restructuring Initiative~~

In connection with the Merger, the Company's management approved a restructuring plan in the fourth quarter of 2017 to eliminate certain redundant positions and facilities within the combined companies (the "Merger Restructuring Initiative"). In connection with this initiative, the Company recorded $8.5 million of restructuring expense in the fourth quarter of 2017 for severance and related costs for approximately 120 employees. The Company recorded $14.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, comprised of $2.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2018, $5.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2018 and $6.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018. The amount recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2018 related to severance and related costs for approximately 30 employees. The amounts recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2018 included $5.1 million for severance and related costs for approximately 140 employees and $0.2 million related to a U.S. facility. The amount recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2018 represented severance and related costs for approximately 115 employees. The Company anticipates it will record additional future expense in connection with this initiative for headcount and redundant facilities aggregating approximately $1 million as it continues to combine the two businesses and benefit from operational synergies. The Company expects that the amount accrued at September 30, 2018 for severance will be paid by the end of the end of the first half of 2019 and that the payments related to the expected additional future expense will be completed in 2019.

~~A summary of the Merger Restructuring Initiative accrual activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is as follows (in thousands):~~

Balance at
January 1,
2018 Initiatives
charged to
expense Adjustments for changes in estimate Cash
payments Balance at
September 30,
2018
Severance $ 7,595
$ 14,121
$ (5 ) $ (18,928 ) $ 2,783
Facilities —
193
—
(70 ) 123
$ 7,595
$ 14,314
$ (5 ) $ (18,998 ) $ 2,906

~~Assumed Restructuring Initiative~~

The Company assumed GENBAND's previously recorded restructuring liability, totaling $4.1 million, on the Merger Date (the "GENBAND Restructuring Initiative"). Of this amount, $3.7 million related to severance and related costs and $0.4 million related to facilities. The Company reversed $0.1 million of facilities accrual in the three months ended September 30, 2018 and net adjustments aggregating $0.9 million of expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 for changes in estimated costs previously accrued. The additional expense for severance relates to higher-than-previously-anticipated amounts due to certain international employees. The net additional expense for facilities relates to changes in sub-lease income assumptions for a facility previously restructured under this plan. The Company does not expect to record additional expense in connection with this initiative except for any additional adjustments for changes in estimated costs. The Company expects that the payments related to this assumed liability will be completed in 2018. A summary of the GENBAND Restructuring Initiative accrual activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at
January 1,
2018 Initiatives
charged to
expense Adjustments for changes in estimate Cash
payments Balance at
September 30,
2018
Severance $ 1,916
$ —
$ 487
$ (2,358 ) $ 45
Facilities 205
—
366
(401 ) 170
$ 2,121
$ —
$ 853
$ (2,759 ) $ 215

~~RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.~~

~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)~~

~~(unaudited)~~

~~2016 Restructuring Initiative~~

In July 2016, the Company announced a program (the "2016 Restructuring Initiative") to further accelerate its investment in new technologies, as the communications industry migrates to a cloud-based architecture and as the Company pursues new strategic initiatives, such as new products and an expanded go-to-market footprint in selected geographies and discrete vertical markets. The Company recorded $2.0 million of restructuring expense in the aggregate in connection with this initiative, comprised of $1.9 million for severance and related costs and $0.1 million to abandon its facility in Rochester, New York (the "Rochester Facility").

In connection with the 2016 Restructuring Initiative, the Company recorded $0.5 million of restructuring expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, comprised of $0.4 million for severance and related costs and $0.1 million related to the Rochester Facility. The actions under the 2016 Restructuring Initiative have been implemented and accordingly, the Company does not expect to record additional expense in connection with this initiative. The amounts accrued for severance and related costs had been fully paid by the end of the third quarter of 2017. The Company expects that the amounts accrued for facilities will be paid by the end of October 2019, when the lease on the Rochester Facility expires.

~~A summary of the 2016 Restructuring Initiative accrual activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is as follows (in thousands):~~

Balance at
January 1,
2018 Initiatives
charged to
expense Adjustments for changes in estimate Cash
payments Balance at
September 30,
2018
Facilities $ 95
$ —
$ —
$ (25 ) $ 70

~~Taqua Restructuring Initiative~~

In connection with the acquisition of Taqua, the Company's management approved a restructuring plan in the third quarter of 2016 to eliminate certain redundant positions within the combined companies. On October 24, 2016, the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors approved a broader Taqua restructuring plan related to headcount and redundant facilities (both restructuring plans, the "Taqua Restructuring Initiative"). The Company recorded $1.8 million of restructuring expense in the aggregate in connection with this initiative, comprised of $1.2 million for severance and related costs and $0.6 million related to the elimination of redundant facilities. The actions under the Taqua Restructuring Initiative have been implemented and accordingly, the Company does not expect to record additional expense in connection with this initiative. The amounts accrued for severance and related costs had been fully paid by the end of the third quarter of 2017. The Company expects that the amounts accrued for facilities will be paid by the end of 2018.

In connection with the Taqua Restructuring Initiative, the Company recorded $0.6 million of restructuring expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, comprised of $0.2 million for severance and related costs and $0.4 million for redundant facilities. A summary of the Taqua Restructuring Initiative accrual activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at
January 1,
2018 Initiatives
charged to
expense Adjustments for changes in estimate Cash
payments Balance at
September 30,
2018
Facilities $ 365
$ —
$ —
$ (255 ) $ 110

~~Balance Sheet Classification~~

The current portions of accrued restructuring are included as a component of Accrued expenses and the long-term portions of accrued restructuring are included as a component of Other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The current portions of accrued restructuring totaled $3.2 million at September 30, 2018 and $10.0 million at December

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~~(unaudited)~~

31, 2017. The long-term portions of accrued restructuring totaled $0.1 million at September 30, 2018 and $0.2 million at December 31, 2017. The long-term amounts represent future lease payments on restructured facilities.

~~(9) DEBT~~

~~Assumed Senior Secured Credit Agreement~~

On the Merger Date and in connection with the Merger, the Company assumed GENBAND's Senior Secured Credit Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB") (the "Prior Credit Agreement"), which had outstanding borrowings and letters of credit totaling $17.9 million and $2.9 million, respectively, and an average interest rate of 4.67%. GENBAND had entered into the Prior Credit Agreement with SVB effective July 1, 2016, with two of its operating subsidiaries as borrowers and GENBAND as the guarantor. The Prior Credit Agreement had a maturity date of July 1, 2019 and provided for revolving loans, including letters of credit and swingline loans, not to exceed $50 million in total, with potential further increases of $75 million available for a total revolving line of credit of up to $125 million. The Prior Credit Agreement was superseded by a Senior Secured Credit Facilities Credit Agreement, as amended, which was entered into on December 21, 2017 and is discussed below.

~~Senior Secured Credit Facility~~

On December 21, 2017, the Company entered into a Senior Secured Credit Facilities Credit Agreement (as amended, the “Credit Facility”), by and among the Company, as a guarantor, Sonus Networks, Inc., as the borrower (“Borrower”), SVB, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), issuing lender, swingline lender and lead arranger and the lenders party thereto (each referred to individually as a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), which refinanced the Prior Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility includes $100 million of commitments, the full amount of which is available for revolving loans, a $15 million sublimit that is available for letters of credit and a $15 million sublimit that is available for swingline loans. The Credit Facility is scheduled to mature in December 2021, subject to a springing maturity if, on or before July 14, 2020, the existing Promissory Note issued to certain shareholders is not converted or extended to March 2022 or later. The Credit Facility includes procedures for additional financial institutions to become lenders or for any existing lender to increase its commitment under the facility, subject to an available increase of $50 million for all incremental commitments under the Credit Facility. On June 24, 2018, the Company amended the Credit Facility to, among other things, permit the Edgewater Acquisition and related transactions.

The indebtedness and other obligations under the Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the Company and GENBAND US LLC, a wholly-owned domestic subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and each other material US domestic subsidiary of the Company. The Credit Facility is secured by first-priority liens on substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Guarantors, including the Company.

The Credit Facility requires periodic interest payments on any outstanding borrowings under the facility. The Borrower may prepay all revolving loans under the Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty (other than customary LIBOR breakage costs), subject to certain notice requirements.

Revolving loans under the Credit Facility bear interest at the Borrower’s option at either the Eurodollar (LIBOR) rate plus a margin ranging from 2.50% to 3.00% per year or the base rate (the highest of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, or the prime rate announced from time to time in The Wall Street Journal) plus a margin ranging from 1.50% to 2.00% per year (such margins being referred to as the “Applicable Margin”). The Applicable Margin varies depending on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility). The base rate and the LIBOR rate are each subject to a zero percent floor.

The Borrower is charged a commitment fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.40% per year on the daily amount of the unused portions of the commitments under the Credit Facility. Additionally, with respect to all letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility, the Borrower is charged a fronting fee of 0.125% per year and an outstanding letter of credit fee equal to the Applicable Margin for base rate loans ranging from 1.50% to 2.00% times the amount of the outstanding letters of credit.

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The Credit Facility requires compliance with financial covenants of a minimum consolidated quick ratio, minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio and maximum consolidated leverage ratio, all of which are defined in the Credit Facility and tested on a quarterly basis. In addition, the Credit Facility contains various covenants that, among other restrictions, limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to enter into certain types of transactions, including, but not limited to: incurring or assuming indebtedness, making acquisitions or engaging in mergers, making investments, repurchasing equity and paying dividends, selling or otherwise transferring assets, changing the nature of its business and amending or making prepayments on certain junior debt. The Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

The Credit Facility contains events of default that are customary for a secured credit facility. If an event of default relating to bankruptcy or other insolvency events with respect to a borrower occurs, all obligations under the Credit Facility will immediately become due and payable. If any other event of default exists under the Credit Facility, the lenders may accelerate the maturity of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Facility and exercise other rights and remedies, including charging a default rate of interest equal to 2.00% per year above the rate that would otherwise be applicable. In addition, if any event of default exists under the Credit Facility, the lenders may commence foreclosure or other actions against the collateral.

If any default exists under the Credit Facility, or if the Borrower is unable to make any of the representations and warranties as stated in the Credit Facility at the applicable time, the Borrower will be unable to borrow funds or have letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility, which, depending on the circumstances prevailing at that time, could have a material adverse effect on the Borrower’s liquidity and working capital.

At September 30, 2018, the Company had an outstanding debt balance of $58.0 million at an average interest rate of 5.26% and $2.6 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 1.75% under the Credit Facility. At December 31, 2017, the Company had an outstanding debt balance of $20.0 million at an interest rate of 4.51% and $2.9 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 2.00% under the Credit Facility.

~~Promissory Note~~

In connection with the Merger, on October 27, 2017, the Company issued the Promissory Note for $22.5 million to certain of GENBAND's equity holders. The Promissory Note does not amortize, and the principal thereon is payable in full on the third anniversary of its execution. Interest on the Promissory Note is payable quarterly in arrears and accrued at a rate of 7.5% per year for the first six months after issuance, and thereafter at a rate of 10% per year. The failure to make any payment under the Promissory Note when due and, with respect to payment of any interest, the continuation of such failure for a period of thirty days thereafter, constitutes an event of default under the Promissory Note. If an event of default occurs under the Promissory Note, the payees may declare the entire balance of the Promissory Note due and payable (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest) within five business days of the payees' notification to the Company of such acceleration. Interest that is not paid on the interest payment date will increase the principal amount of the Promissory Note. At September 30, 2018, the Promissory Note balance was $23.5 million, comprised of $22.5 million of principal plus $1.0 million of interest converted to principal.

~~(10) REVENUE RECOGNITION~~

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, which, among other things, clarified the implementation of the new revenue guidance and delayed the adoption by one year, to January 1, 2018. The New Revenue Standard outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the revenue model is that an entity recognizes 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. In applying the revenue model to contracts within its scope, an entity identifies the contract(s) with a customer, identifies theCompany's typical performance obligations ininclude the contract, determines the transaction price, allocates the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and recognizes revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted the New Revenue Standard using the modified retrospective option and identified the necessary changes to its policies,following:

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~~(unaudited)~~



Performance Obligation	When Performance Obligation is Typically Satisfied	When Payment is Typically Due
Software and Product Revenue
Software licenses (perpetual or term)	Upon transfer of control; typically, when made available for download (point in time)	Generally, within 30 days of invoicing except for term licenses, which may be paid for over time

Software licenses (subscription)	Upon activation of hosted site (over time)	Generally, within 30 days of invoicing

Appliances	When control of the appliance passes to the customer; typically, upon delivery (point in time)	Generally, within 30 days of invoicing

Software upgrades	Upon transfer of control; typically, when made available for download (point in time)	Generally, within 30 days of invoicing

Customer Support Revenue
Customer support	Ratably over the course of the support contract (over time)	Generally, within 30 days of invoicing

Professional Services
Other professional services (excluding training services)	As work is performed (over time)	Generally, within 30 days of invoicing (upon completion of services)

Training	When the class is taught (point in time)	Generally, within 30 days of services being performed

processes, systems and controls. Under the modified retrospective method, the Company is applying the New Revenue Standard to all contracts not yet completed as of January 1, 2018, recognizing in beginning Accumulated deficit an adjustment for the cumulative effect of the change and providing additional disclosures comparing results to those as if the Company was still following the previous accounting standards. Under ASC 605, the Company concluded it did not have vendor-specific objective evidence ("VSOE") for certain elements in software bundled arrangements, which resulted in revenue being recognized ratably over the longest performance period. The majority of the transition adjustment related to these arrangements. In connection with the adoption of ASC 606, as of January 1, 2018, the Company recorded an adjustment to decrease Accumulated deficit by approximately $12 million and capitalized certain commission costs resulting directly from securing contracts which were previously expensed.

Significant Judgments

The Company's contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to the customer. Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately versus together may require significant judgment.

Judgment is required to determine the standalone selling price ("SSP") for each distinct performance obligation. In instances where SSP is not directly observable, such as when the Company does not sell the product or service separately, the Company determines the SSP using information that may include market conditions and other observable inputs. The Company typically has more than one SSP for individual products and services due to the stratification of those products and services by customers and circumstances. In these instances, the Company may use information such as the size of the customer and geographic region in determining the SSP.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue ~~represents~~is a contract liability representing amounts collected from or invoiced to customers in excess of revenue recognized. This results primarily from the billing of annual customer support agreements where the revenue is recognized over the term of the agreement. The value of deferred revenue will increase or decrease based on the timing of ~~invoices and~~ recognition of revenue.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers based on the nature of the products and services and the geographic regions in which each customer is domiciled. The Company's revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 was disaggregated as follows:

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Three months ended September 30, 2019	Product revenue		Service revenue (maintenance)		Service revenue (professional services)		Total revenue
United States	$	44,701	$	32,709	$	10,113	$	87,523
Europe, Middle East and Africa	7,346		10,899		2,635		20,880
Japan	2,318		2,932		1,652		6,902
Other Asia Pacific	3,199		4,191		1,567		8,957
Other	3,588		8,170		1,633		13,391
	$	61,152	$	58,901	$	17,600	$	137,653



Three months ended September 30, 2018	Product revenue		Service revenue (maintenance)		Service revenue (professional services)		Total revenue
United States	$	49,699	$	34,065	$	9,040	$	92,804
Europe, Middle East and Africa	10,380		11,504		2,169		24,053
Japan	3,588		2,882		503		6,973
Other Asia Pacific	6,959		3,551		906		11,416
Other	6,657		8,154		2,411		17,222
	$	77,283	$	60,156	$	15,029	$	152,468



Nine months ended September 30, 2019	Product revenue		Service revenue (maintenance)		Service revenue (professional services)		Total revenue
United States	$	114,525	$	99,281	$	26,919	$	240,725
Europe, Middle East and Africa	32,215		31,016		8,699		71,930
Japan	9,637		8,805		4,223		22,665
Other Asia Pacific	13,580		11,467		3,524		28,571
Other	10,734		22,462		4,915		38,111
	$	180,691	$	173,031	$	48,280	$	402,002



Nine months ended September 30, 2018	Product revenue		Service revenue (maintenance)		Service revenue (professional services)		Total revenue
United States	$	109,977	$	98,354	$	25,535	$	233,866
Europe, Middle East and Africa	29,807		35,550		8,157		73,514
Japan	16,128		8,431		2,296		26,855
Other Asia Pacific	21,970		8,905		3,185		34,060
Other	14,055		23,049		5,610		42,714
	$	191,937	$	174,289	$	44,783	$	411,009

The Company's product revenue from indirect sales through its channel partner program and from its direct sales program for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was as follows (in thousands):

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Three months ended September 30, 2017 Product revenue Service revenue (maintenance) Service revenue (professional services) Total revenue
United States $ 35,126
$ 16,745
$ 4,263
$ 56,134
Europe, Middle East and Africa 3,072
2,960
272
6,304
Japan 3,376
2,489
1,552
7,417
Other Asia Pacific 1,771
992
47
2,810
Other 775
1,070
119
1,964
$ 44,120
$ 24,256
$ 6,253
$ 74,629

Nine months ended September 30, 2018 Product revenue Service revenue (maintenance) Service revenue (professional services) Total revenue
United States $ 109,977
$ 98,354
$ 25,535
$ 233,866
Europe, Middle East and Africa 29,807
35,550
8,157
73,514
Japan 16,128
8,431
2,296
26,855
Other Asia Pacific 21,970
8,905
3,185
34,060
Other 14,055
23,049
5,610
42,714
$ 191,937
$ 174,289
$ 44,783
$ 411,009

Nine months ended September 30, 2017 Product revenue Service revenue (maintenance) Service revenue (professional services) Total revenue
United States $ 72,123
$ 48,502
$ 10,116
$ 130,741
Europe, Middle East and Africa 10,295
8,006
1,456
19,757
Japan 8,569
7,536
3,768
19,873
Other Asia Pacific 4,180
2,920
383
7,483
Other 3,138
2,234
504
5,876
$ 98,305
$ 69,198
$ 16,227
$ 183,730

~~International revenue, both as a percentage of total revenue and absolute dollars, may vary from one period to the next, and accordingly, historical data may not be indicative of future periods.~~

The Company's product revenue from its direct sales program and from indirect sales through its channel partner program for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was as follows (in thousands):


									Three months ended				Nine months ended
	Three months ended				Nine months ended				September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017
Indirect sales through channel program	$	26,309	$	10,704	$	42,151	$	28,063
Indirect sales through channel partner program									$	21,537	$	26,309	$	69,380	$	42,151
Direct sales	50,974		33,416		149,786		70,242		39,615		50,974		111,311		149,786
	$	77,283	$	44,120	$	191,937	$	98,305	$	61,152	$	77,283	$	180,691	$	191,937

The Company's product revenue from sales to enterprise customers and from sales to service provider customers for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 was as follows (in thousands):

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~~(unaudited)~~



	Three months ended				Nine months ended				Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
Sales to enterprise customers	$	23,581	$	9,602	$	37,534	$	23,903	$	17,458	$	23,581	$	47,295	$	37,534
Sales to service provider customers	53,702		34,518		154,403		74,402		43,694		53,702		133,396		154,403
	$	77,283	$	44,120	$	191,937	$	98,305	$	61,152	$	77,283	$	180,691	$	191,937

Revenue Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed accounts ~~receivable,~~receivable; unbilled receivables, ~~(contract assets)~~which are contract assets; and customer advances and deposits, ~~(contract liabilities)~~which are contract liabilities, in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amounts are billed as work progresses in accordance with agreed-upon contractual terms, either at periodic intervals or upon achievement of contractual milestones. ~~Billing~~Completion of services and billing may occur subsequent to revenue recognition, resulting in contract assets. The Company may receive advances or deposits from its customers before revenue is recognized, resulting in contract liabilities ~~which~~that are classified as deferred revenue. These assets and liabilities are reported in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets on a contract-by-contract basis as of the end of each reporting period. ~~Deposits are liquidated when revenue is recognized.~~ Changes in the contract asset and liability balances during the ~~nine-month period~~nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 were not materially impacted by any factors other ~~factors.~~than billing and revenue recognition. Nearly all of the Company's deferred revenue balance is related to services revenue, primarily customer support contracts. Unbilled receivables stem primarily from engagements where services have been performed; however, billing cannot occur until services are completed.

In some arrangements, the Company allows customers to pay for term-based software licenses and products over the term of the software license. The Company also sells SaaS-based software under subscription arrangements, with payment terms over the term of the SaaS agreement. Amounts recognized as revenue in excess of amounts billed are recorded as unbilled receivables. Unbilled receivables that are anticipated to be invoiced in the next twelve months are included in Accounts receivable on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. The changes in the Company's accounts receivable, unbilled receivables and deferred revenue balances for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 were as follows (in thousands):

Accounts receivable Unbilled accounts receivable Deferred revenue (current) Deferred revenue (long-term)
Balance at January 1, 2018 $ 149,122
$ 16,034
$ 100,571
$ 14,184
Increase (decrease), net (13,317 ) (1,162 ) (18,082 ) 1,801
Balance at September 30, 2018 $ 135,805
$ 14,872
$ 82,489
$ 15,985



	Accounts receivable			Unbilled accounts receivable		Deferred revenue (current)			Deferred revenue (long-term)
Balance at January 1, 2019	$	174,310		$	13,543	$	105,087		$	17,572
Increase (decrease), net	(32,533		)	7,644		(21,664		)	1,115
Balance at September 30, 2019	$	141,777		$	21,187	$	83,423		$	18,687

The decrease in accounts receivable was primarily the result of lower billings in the current year period compared with the Company's typically higher billings at year-end. The decrease in deferred revenue was primarily due to the ratable amortization of annual customer support renewals. The Company recognized ~~$18.4~~approximately $80 million ~~and $79.1 million, respectively,~~ of revenue in the ~~three and~~nine months ended September 30, 2019 that was recorded as deferred revenue at December 31, 2018. The Company recognized approximately $79 million of revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 that was recorded as deferred revenue at December 31, 2017. Of the Company's deferred revenue reported as long-term in its condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, ~~2018,~~2019, the Company

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expects that approximately ~~$3 million will be recognized as revenue in 2019, approximately $9~~$5 million will be recognized as revenue in 2020, ~~and~~ approximately $4$8 million will be recognized as revenue in 2021 and approximately $6 million will be recognized as revenue in 2022 and beyond.

All freight-related customer invoicing is recorded as revenue, while the shipping and handling costs that occur after control of the promised goods or services transfer to the customer are reported as fulfillment costs, a component of Cost of revenue - product in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Deferred Commissions Cost

Sales commissions earned by the Company's employees are considered incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. ~~Under ASC 605, the costs associated with obtaining a customer contract were expensed in the period the revenue was earned. Under ASC 606, these~~Expense related to commission payments ~~have~~has been deferred on our condensed consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over the expected life of the customer ~~contract.~~

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~~(unaudited)~~

~~Adoption of ASC 606~~

~~Under the modified retrospective method,~~contract, which averages five years. At both September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company ~~applied ASC 606 to those contracts which were not completed as~~had $2.7 million of January 1, 2018. Results for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2018 are presented under ASC 606, which prior period amounts have not been adjusted and will continue to be reported in accordance with the Company's historical accounting treatment under ASC 605, ~~Revenue Recognition~~ ~~("ASC 605").~~

The Company recorded a net reduction to Accumulated deficit of approximately $12 million at January 1, 2018 due to the cumulative impact of adopting ASC 606, primarily related to software orders with non-VSOE services revenue. Had the Company continued to recognize revenue under ASC 605, the Company would have recognized approximately $8 million and approximately $9 million less revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Incremental costs that would have been recognized had the Company continued to recognize revenue under ASC 605 would not have been material to the Company's consolidated results of operations.

~~The Company's typical performance obligations include the following:~~



~~Performance Obligation~~	~~When Performance Obligation is Typically Satisfied~~	~~When Payment is Typically Due~~
~~Software and Product Revenue~~
~~Software licenses (perpetual or term)~~	~~Upon transfer of control; typically, when made available for download (point in time)~~	~~Within 30 days of invoicing except for term licenses which may be paid for over time~~

~~Software licenses (subscription)~~	~~Upon activation of hosted site (over time)~~	~~Within 30 days of invoicing~~

~~Hardware~~	~~When control of the appliances passes to the customer; typically, upon delivery (point in time)~~	~~Generally, within 30 days of invoicing~~

~~Software upgrades~~	~~Upon transfer of control; typically, when made available for download (point in time)~~	~~Generally, within 30 days of invoicing~~

~~Customer Support Revenue~~
~~Customer support~~	~~Ratably over the course of the support contract (over time)~~	~~At the beginning of the contract period~~

~~Professional Services~~
~~Other professional services (excluding education services)~~	~~As work is performed (over time)~~	~~Within 30 days of invoicing (upon completion of services)~~

~~Training~~	~~When the class is taught (point in time)~~	~~Within 30 days of services being performed~~

deferred sales commissions capitalized.

(11) COMMON STOCK REPURCHASES

In the second quarter of 2019, the Board approved a stock repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program") pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $75 million of the Company's common stock prior to April 18, 2021. Repurchases under the Repurchase Program may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, with the amount and timing of repurchases depending on market conditions and corporate discretion. The Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and may be extended, modified, suspended or discontinued at any time at the Board's discretion. The stock repurchases are being funded using the Company's working capital. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company spent $4.5 million, including transaction fees, to repurchase and retire 1.0 million shares of its common stock under the Repurchase Program. No shares were repurchased during the three months ended September 30, 2019. At September 30, 2019, the Company had $70.5 million remaining under the Repurchase Program for future repurchases.

~~(11)~~(12) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

~~Amended and Restated~~2019 Stock Incentive Plan

At the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held on June 5, 2019, the Company's stockholders approved the Ribbon Communications Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the "2019 Plan"). The 2019 Plan had previously been approved by the Board subject to stockholder approval. Under the 2019 Plan, the Company may grant awards up to 7.0 million shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events), plus 5.1 million shares of common stock that remained available for issuance under the Company's Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan ~~as amended~~ (the ~~"Plan"~~"2007 Plan"), on June 5, 2019, plus any shares covered by awards under the 2007 Plan (or the Company's other prior equity compensation plans) that again become available for grant pursuant to the provisions of the 2007 Plan. The 2019 Plan provides for the ~~award~~grant of options to purchase the Company's common stock ("stock options"), stock appreciation rights ("SARs"), restricted ~~common~~ stock awards ("RSAs"), performance-based stock awards ("PSAs"), restricted ~~common~~ stock units ("RSUs"), performance-based stock ~~awards ("PSAs"), performance-based stock~~ units ("PSUs") and other stock- or cash-based awards. Awards can be granted under the 2019 Plan to the Company's employees, officers and non-employee directors, as well as consultants and advisors of the Company and its subsidiaries.

2007 Plan

The Company's 2007 Plan provides for the award of stock options, SARs, RSAs, RSU, PSAs, PSUs and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors (including those directors who are not employees or officers of the Company), consultants and advisors of the Company and its subsidiaries. On and following June 5, 2019, with the exception of shares underlying awards outstanding as of that date, no additional shares may be granted under the 2007 Plan.

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~~officers of the Company), consultants and advisors of the Company and its subsidiaries.~~

2002 Stock Option Plan

In connection with the Edgewater Acquisition, the Company assumed Edgewater's Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Option Plan (the "Edgewater Plan") to the extent of the shares underlying the options outstanding under the Edgewater Plan as of the Edgewater Acquisition Date (the "Edgewater Options"). The Edgewater Options were converted to ~~like~~ Ribbon stock options (the "Ribbon Replacement Options") using a conversion factor of 0.17, which was calculated based on the acquisition consideration of $1.20 per share of Edgewater common stock divided by the weighted average of the closing price of Ribbon common stock for ~~the~~ ten consecutive days, ending with the trading day that preceded the Edgewater Acquisition Date. This conversion factor was also used to convert the exercise prices of Edgewater Options to Ribbon Replacement Option exercise prices. The Ribbon Replacement Options ~~will vest~~are vesting under the same schedules as the respective Edgewater Options.

The fair values of the Edgewater Options assumed were estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company recorded $0.7 million as additional purchase consideration for the fair value of the assumed Edgewater Options. The fair value of the Ribbon Replacement Options attributable to future service totaled $1.0 million, which ~~will be~~is being recognized over a weighted average period of approximately two years.

Executive Equity Arrangements ~~- PSUs~~

Stock-for-Cash Bonus Election

In connection with the Company's annual incentive program, certain executives of the Company were given the choice to receive a portion, ranging from 10% to 50% (the "Elected Percentage"), of their fiscal year 2018 bonuses (the "2018 Bonus"), if any were earned, in the form of shares of the Company's common stock (the "2018 Bonus Shares" and such program, the "Stock Bonus Election Program"). Each executive could also elect not to participate in this program and earn his or her 2018 Bonus, if any, in the form of cash. Any executive (other than the Company's Chief Executive Officer and other members of its senior leadership team) who elected to receive a portion of his or her 2018 Bonus in stock would also receive an additional "uplift" of 20% of the value of the 2018 Bonus Shares in additional shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Uplift Shares”). Under the Stock Bonus Election Program, the amount of the 2018 Bonus, if any, for each executive was determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee").

The number of shares earned by each of the 23 participants in the Stock Bonus Election Program was calculated by multiplying such participant's 2018 Bonus by the applicable Elected Percentage (plus the amount attributable to Uplift Shares, if applicable) and dividing the resulting amount by $4.97, the closing price of the Company's common stock on March 8, 2019, the date of the company-wide cash bonus payments. The Company granted 198,949 shares in the aggregate in connection with the 2018 Bonus Shares on March 15, 2019, and such shares were fully vested on the date of grant. However, notwithstanding that each such share of common stock was fully vested, each participant in the Stock Bonus Election Program was contractually restricted from trading the 2018 Bonus Shares for five months after the date of grant. Both the grant and vesting of the 2018 Bonus Shares are included in the RSU table below.

Performance-Based Stock Grants

In addition to granting RSAs and RSUs to its executives and certain of its employees, the Company also grants PSUs to certain of its executives.

2019 PSU Grants. In ~~May 2018,~~March and April 2019, the Company granted certain of its ~~President and Chief Executive Officer Franklin (Fritz) Hobbs ("Mr. Hobbs"), 195,000~~executives an aggregate of 872,073 PSUs, ~~with~~of which 523,244 PSUs had both performance and service conditions (the ~~"Hobbs~~"Performance PSUs") and 348,829 PSUs had both market and service conditions (the "Market PSUs"). Of

Each executive's Performance PSU grant is comprised of three consecutive fiscal year performance periods from 2019 through 2021 (each, a "Fiscal Year Performance Period"), with one-third of the ~~195,000 Hobbs~~Performance PSUs ~~one-half~~attributable to each Fiscal Year Performance Period. The number of shares that will vest for each Fiscal Year Performance Period will be based on the achievement of ~~two separate~~certain metrics related to the Company's ~~2018~~ financial performance ~~(the "Hobbs~~for the applicable year on a standalone basis (each, a "Fiscal Year Performance ~~Conditions"~~Condition"). In the third quarter of 2019, the Company adjusted the 2019 Performance PSU goals to reflect the changes to the Company's calculation of certain metrics. There was no incremental expense in connection

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with this modification. The Company's achievement of the ~~Hobbs~~2019 Fiscal Year Performance Conditions (and the number of shares of Company common stock to vest as a result thereof) will be measured on a linear sliding scale in relation to specific threshold, target and stretch performance conditions. The ~~number of shares of common stock to be received upon vesting of the Hobbs PSUs will in no event exceed 150% of the Hobbs PSUs. The~~ Company is recording stock-based compensation expense for the ~~Hobbs~~Performance PSUs based on its assessment of the probability that each performance condition will be achieved and the level, if any, of such achievement. As of September 30, 2019, the Company determined that the grant date criteria for the 2020 and 2021 Fiscal Year Performance Periods had not been met, as the 2020 and 2021 Fiscal Year Performance Conditions had not been established by the Company. Accordingly, the stock-based compensation expense recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 in connection with the Performance PSUs is related only to those PSUs with 2019 Fiscal Year Performance Conditions. The Compensation Committee will determine the number of shares earned, if any, after the Company's financial results for each Fiscal Year Performance Period are finalized. Upon the determination by the Compensation Committee ~~of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee")~~ of the number of shares that will be received upon vesting of the ~~Hobbs~~Performance PSUs, such number of shares will become fixed and the unamortized expense will be recorded through the remainder of the service period that ends ~~December 31, 2020. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense approximating $154,000 in~~March 15, 2022, at which time the ~~three months ended September 30, 2018 and $194,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 in connection~~total Performance PSUs earned, if any, will vest, pending each executive's continued employment with the ~~Hobbs~~Company through that date. The number of shares of common stock to be achieved upon vesting of the Performance PSUs will in no event exceed 200% of the Performance PSUs. Shares subject to the Performance PSUs that fail to be earned will be forfeited.

~~From 2015~~The Market PSUs have one three-year performance period which will end on December 31, 2021 (the "Market Performance Period"). The number of shares subject to the Market PSUs that will vest, if any, on March 15, 2022, will be dependent upon the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") compared with the TSR of the companies included in the Nasdaq Telecommunications Index for the same Market Performance Period, measured by the Compensation Committee after the Market Performance Period ends. The shares determined to be earned will vest on March 15, 2022, pending each executive's continued employment with the Company through that date. The number of shares of common stock to be achieved upon vesting of the Market PSUs will in no event exceed 200% of the Market PSUs. Shares subject to the Market PSUs that fail to be earned will be forfeited.

2018 PSU Grant. In May 2018, the Company granted its President and Chief Executive Officer Franklin (Fritz) Hobbs ("Mr. Hobbs"), 195,000 PSUs with both performance and service conditions (the "2018 PSUs"). Of the 195,000 2018 PSUs, one-half of such PSUs were eligible to vest based on the achievement of two separate metrics related to the Company's 2018 financial performance (the "2018 Performance Conditions"). The Company's achievement of the 2018 Performance Conditions (and the number of shares of Company common stock to be received upon vesting as a result thereof) were measured on a linear sliding scale in relation to specific threshold, target and stretch performance conditions. The number of shares of common stock to be received upon vesting of the 2018 PSUs would in no event exceed 150% of the 2018 PSUs. In February 2019, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance metrics for one-half of the 2018 PSUs had been achieved at the 106.49% achievement level and one-half of the 2018 PSUs had been achieved at the 150% level. However, in April 2019, the Compensation Committee subsequently determined that the performance metrics for the entire 2018 PSUs had been achieved at the 150% level, for a total of 292,500 shares eligible to be issued, pending Mr. Hobbs’ continued employment with the Company through December 31, 2020, the vesting date of the 2018 PSUs.

2017 PSU Grants. On March 31, 2017, the Company granted an aggregate of 165,000 PSUs with both market and service conditions to ~~certain~~five of its ~~executives.~~executives (the "2017 PSUs"). The terms of each PSU grant ~~are~~were such that up to one-third of the shares subject to the respective PSU grant ~~will~~would vest, if at all, on each of the respective first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, depending on the Company's ~~total shareholder return ("TSR")~~TSR compared with the TSR of the companies included in the Nasdaq Telecommunications Index for the same fiscal year, measured by the Compensation Committee after each of the fiscal years as defined by each grant (each, a "Performance Period"). The shares determined to be earned ~~will~~would vest on the anniversary of the grant date following each Performance Period. Shares subject to the PSUs that ~~fail~~failed to be earned ~~will~~would be forfeited. In March 2018, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance metrics for the 2017 PSUs for the 2017 Performance Period had been achieved at the 130% level and accordingly, 33,584 shares in the aggregate were released to the three executives holding such outstanding grants, comprised of 25,834 shares, representing the 100% achievement target, granted on March 31, 2017 and 7,750 shares, representing the 30% achievement over target, granted on March 31, 2018. In February 2019, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance metrics for the 2017 PSUs for the 2018 Performance Period had been achieved at the 61.4% level and accordingly, 9,466 were released to the three executives holding such outstanding grants on March 31, 2019. The shares that failed to be earned for the 2018 Performance Period, aggregating 5,950 shares, were forfeited. Accordingly, at September 30, 2019, there were no remaining unvested 2017 PSUs outstanding. The release and forfeiture of the shares related to the 2018 Performance Period are included in the PSU table below.

~~The~~

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Accounting for PSUs with Market Conditions. PSUs that ~~included~~include a market condition ~~required~~require the use of a Monte Carlo simulation approach to model future stock price movements based upon the risk-free rate of return, the date of return, the volatility of each entity and the pair-wise covariance between each entity. These results ~~were~~are then used to calculate the grant date fair values of the respective PSUs. The Company is required to record expense for the PSUs with market conditions through their respective final vesting dates, regardless of the number of shares that are ultimately earned.

~~On March 31, 2017,~~ During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company ~~granted an aggregate~~completed the analysis required to determine the grant date fair value of ~~165,000~~the Market PSUs, ~~with both market~~determining that such value was $7.24 per share, and ~~service conditions~~the Company recorded nominal incremental stock-based compensation expense to ~~five of its executives (the "2017 PSUs"). In March 2018, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance metrics~~account for the ~~2017 PSUs for the 2017 Performance Period had been achieved at the 130% level and accordingly, 33,584 shares in the~~

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~~aggregate were released~~adjustment to the three executives holding such outstanding grants, comprised of 25,834 shares, representing the 100% achievement target, granted on March 31, 2017 and 7,750 shares, representing the 30% achievement over target, granted on March 31, 2018. The grant date fair value of the ~~additional shares and~~Market PSUs from the ~~release~~prior quarter. The adjusted grant date fair value of the ~~earned shares, both of which occurred on March 31, 2018, are included~~Market PSUs is reflected in the PSU activity reported in the PSU table below.

On April 1, 2016, the Company granted an aggregate of 131,250 PSUs with both market and service conditions to six of its executives (the "2016 PSUs"). In March 2018, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance metrics for the 2016 PSUs for the 2017 Performance Period had been achieved at the 130% level, and accordingly, 16,250 shares in the aggregate were released to the two executives holding such outstanding grants, comprised of 12,500 shares, representing the 100% achievement target, granted on April 1, 2016 and 3,750 shares, representing the 30% achievement over target, granted on April 1, 2018. The grant of the additional shares and the release of the earned shares, both of which occurred on April 1, 2018, are included in PSU table below.

On March 16, 2015, the Company granted an aggregate of 131,250 PSUs with both market and service conditions to eight of its executives (the "2015 PSUs"). In March 2018, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance metrics for the 2015 PSUs for the 2017 Performance Period had been achieved at the 112% level, and accordingly, 7,934 shares in the aggregate were released to the two executives holding such outstanding grants, comprised of 7,084 shares, representing the 100% achievement target, granted on March 16, 2015 and 850 shares, representing the 12% achievement over target, granted on March 16, 2018. The grant of the additional shares and the release of the earned shares, both of which occurred on March 16, 2018, are included in the PSU table below.

Stock Options

The activity related to the Company's outstanding stock options for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was as follows:

Number of
Shares

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(years)

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2018 435,187
$ 14.71

Granted —
$ —

Edgewater outstanding options converted to Ribbon options 312,452
$ 1.97

Exercised (8,653 ) $ 4.97

Forfeited —
$ —

Expired (109,486 ) $ 14.40

Outstanding at September 30, 2018 629,500
$ 8.57
6.12 $ 1,538
Vested or expected to vest at September 30, 2018 589,719
$ 9.01
5.96 $ 1,352
Exercisable at September 30, 2018 344,653
$ 14.01
4.41 $ 161



	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2019	582,061		$	9.01
Granted	—		$	—
Exercised	(126,015	)	$	1.85
Forfeited	(38,666	)	$	2.55
Expired	(109,757	)	$	12.15
Outstanding at September 30, 2019	307,623		$	11.63	5.12	$	416
Vested or expected to vest at September 30, 2019	302,858		$	11.78	5.07	$	399
Exercisable at September 30, 2019	260,793		$	13.35	4.67	$	240

~~The Company did not grant any stock options in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.~~ Additional information regarding the Company's stock options for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was as ~~follows:~~follows (in thousands):

Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30,
2018 September 30,
2018
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised (in thousands) $ 13
$ 21
Cash received from the exercise of stock options (in thousands) $ 33
$ 43



	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30, 2019		September 30, 2019
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$	59	$	456
Cash received from the exercise of stock options	$	43	$	233

Restricted Stock Awards and Units

The activity related to the Company's RSAs for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was as follows:



	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested balance at January 1, 2019	1,508,011		$	6.90
Granted	—		$	—
Vested	(866,650	)	$	6.92
Forfeited	(45,244	)	$	7.04
Unvested balance at September 30, 2019	596,117		$	6.85

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Shares
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested balance at January 1, 2018 1,696,582
$ 7.68
Granted 1,123,956
$ 6.90
Vested (752,085 ) $ 8.46
Forfeited (270,075 ) $ 7.36
Unvested balance at September 30, 2018 1,798,378
$ 6.91

The activity related to the Company's RSUs for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was as follows:


	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested balance at January 1, 2018	17,932		$	6.99
Unvested balance at January 1, 2019					636,300		$	6.52
Granted	899,500		$	6.27	2,805,132		$	4.99
Vested	(17,110	)	$	7.00	(430,316	)	$	6.07
Forfeited	(41,822	)	$	6.72	(116,794	)	$	5.37
Unvested balance at September 30, 2018	858,500		$	6.25
Unvested balance at September 30, 2019					2,894,322		$	5.16

The total grant date fair value of shares of restricted stock granted under RSAs and RSUs that vested during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was $~~6.5~~8.6 million.

Performance-Based Stock Units

The activity related to the Company's PSUs for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was as follows:


	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested balance at January 1, 2018	60,834		$	9.65
Unvested balance at January 1, 2019					210,416		$	5.77
Granted	207,350		$	5.78	872,073		$	6.03
Vested	(57,768	)	$	9.90	(9,466	)	$	8.55
Forfeited	—		$	—	(5,950	)	$	8.55
Unvested at September 30, 2018	210,416		$	5.77
Unvested balance at September 30, 2019					1,067,073		$	5.94

The total grant date fair value of shares of restricted stock granted under PSUs that vested during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was ~~$0.6~~$0.1 million.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") is designed to provide eligible employees of the Company and its participating subsidiaries an opportunity to purchase common stock of the Company through accumulated payroll deductions. The ESPP provides for six-month offering periods with the purchase price of the stock equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing market price on the first or last day of the offering period. The maximum number of shares of common stock an employee may purchase during each offering period is 500, subject to certain adjustments pursuant to the ESPP.

In May 2017, the Compensation Committee determined to suspend all offering periods under the ESPP, effective September 1, 2017, ~~and~~ until such time after the ~~closing of the then-pending merger with GENBAND~~Merger Date as the Compensation Committee

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~~determines is~~ determined was best in its sole discretion. ~~In September 2018, at the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the~~The Board ~~determined~~voted to ~~re-instate all offering periods under~~re-implement the ESPP effective December 1, ~~2018.~~2018 for employees in certain geographic regions, with the first purchase date of the re-implemented ESPP completed on May 31, 2019. The ESPP will expire on May 20, 2020.

Stock-Based Compensation

The condensed consolidated statements of operations include stock-based compensation for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 as follows (in thousands):

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	Three months ended				Nine months ended				Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
Product cost of revenue	$	21	$	75	$	91	$	261	$	26	$	21	$	62	$	91
Service cost of revenue	65		199		264		777		124		65		367		264
Research and development	313		1,095		1,364		3,650		521		313		1,359		1,364
Sales and marketing	585		871		1,944		1,690		721		585		2,265		1,944
General and administrative	1,532		1,647		3,758		5,009		1,093		1,532		4,101		3,758
	$	2,516	$	3,887	$	7,421	$	11,387	$	2,485	$	2,516	$	8,154	$	7,421

There iswas no income tax benefit for employee stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 or ~~September 30, 2017~~2018 due to the valuation allowance recorded.

At September 30, ~~2018,~~2019, there was ~~$12.6~~$9.1 million, net of expected forfeitures, of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options, awards and ~~units.~~units and the ESPP. This expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately two years.

~~(12)~~(13) MAJOR CUSTOMERS

The following customers contributed 10% or more of the Company's revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017:~~2018:


	Three months ended		Nine months ended		Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2017	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2017	September 30, 2019	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2019	September 30, 2018
AT&T Inc.					16%	12%	12%	10%
Verizon Communications Inc.	13%	16%	15%	15%	15%	13%	17%	15%
AT&T Inc.	12%	11%	10%	10%

~~There were no other customers that contributed 10% or more of the Company's revenue in the three or nine months ended September 30, 2018 or 2017.~~

At September 30, ~~2018, two~~2019, three customers accounted for 10% or more of the Company's accounts receivable balance, representing approximately ~~25%~~42% in the aggregate of the Company's total accounts receivable. At December 31, ~~2017~~2018, two customers accounted for 10% or more of the Company's accounts receivable balance, representing approximately ~~31%~~32% in the aggregate of total accounts receivable. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral on accounts receivable. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts and such losses have been within management's expectations.

~~(13)~~(14) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

As a portion of the consideration for the Merger, on October 27, 2017, the Company issued a Promissory Note for $22.5 million to certain of GENBAND's equity holders who, following the Merger, owned greater than five percent of the Company's outstanding shares. As described in Note 9, ~~above,~~ the Promissory Note ~~does~~did not amortize and the principal thereon iswas payable in full on the third anniversary of its execution. Interest on the Promissory Note iswas payable quarterly in arrears and accrued at a rate of 7.5% per year for the first six months after issuance, and thereafter at a rate of 10% per year. ~~Of the unpaid interest on~~

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the Promissory Note at September 30, 2018, $1.0 million was converted to principal and included as a component of Long-term debt, related party, and $0.4 million was included as a component of Accrued expenses and other in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. The failure to make any payment under the Promissory Note when due and, with respect to payment of any interest, the continuation of such failure for a period of thirty days thereafter, ~~constitutes~~constituted an event of default under the Promissory Note. If an event of default ~~occurs~~occurred under the Promissory Note, the payees ~~may~~could declare the entire balance of the ~~promissory note~~Promissory Note due and payable (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest) within five business days of the payees' notification to the Company of such acceleration. At December 31, 2018, the Promissory Note balance was $24.1 million, which was comprised of $22.5 million of principal, plus $1.6 million of interest converted to principal.

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On April 29, 2019, the Company repaid in full all outstanding amounts under the Promissory Note, aggregating $24.7 million. The Company did not incur any early termination penalties in connection with this repayment.

~~(14)~~(15) INCOME TAXES

The Company's income tax provisions for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 reflect the Company's estimates of the effective rates expected to be applicable for the respective full years, adjusted for any discrete events, which are recorded in the period that they occur. These estimates are reevaluated each quarter based on the Company's estimated tax expense for the full year. The estimated effective rates for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 do not include any expense or benefit for the Company's domestic or Ireland ~~losses, as~~operations, since the Company ~~has~~ concluded that a valuation allowance ~~on any domestic or Ireland benefit is required.~~

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act"). The Tax Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to: reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%; requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries; generally eliminating U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; requiring a current inclusion in U.S. federal taxable income of certain earnings (the Global Intangible Low-taxed Income ("GILTI")) of controlled foreign corporations; eliminating the corporate alternative minimum tax ("AMT") and changing how existing AMT credits can be realized; creating the base erosion anti-abuse tax ("BEAT"); creating a new limitation on deductible interest expense; changing rules related to uses and limitations of net operating loss carryforwards created in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017; providing a tax deductionwas required for ~~foreign derived intangible income ("FDII"); and changing rules related to deductibility of compensation for certain officers.~~

The impact of certain effects of the Tax Act was provisionally recognized in the period in which the new legislation was enacted per guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, which allows for a measurement period to complete the accounting for certain elements of the tax reform. The Company has previously provided for a provisional impact related to remeasured deferred tax assets based on the new federal income tax rate of 21%. The Company has also previously provided for the provisional impact related to the Tax Act's change to the federal NOL and AMT carryovers. The total estimated impact of $4.8 million was reflected in the Company's net loss and increased the tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded an adjustment that reduced the benefit of the provisional impact relating to the change in its deferred tax assets by $0.2 million as a result of the new federal tax rate of 21%. The Company will continue to refine its calculations as additional analysis is completed and expects to complete the accounting for the impact of the Tax Act within the measurement period. The Company cannot currently predict with certainty how the Tax Act will affect its financial position or results of operations.

both jurisdictions.

~~(15) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES~~(16) LEASES

The Company ~~fully cooperated~~has operating and finance leases for corporate offices, research and development facilities, and certain equipment. Operating leases are reported separately in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2019. Assets acquired under finance leases are included in Property and equipment, net, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. A contract is determined to contain a lease component if the arrangement provides the Company with a right to control the use of an identified asset. Lease agreements may include lease and non-lease components. In such instances for all classes of underlying assets, the Company does not separate lease and non-lease components but rather, accounts for the entire arrangement under leasing guidance. Leases with an ~~SEC inquiry regarding~~initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the ~~development~~balance sheet and ~~issuance~~lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are initially measured based on the present value of ~~Sonus’ first quarter 2015 revenue and earnings guidance.~~the future minimum fixed lease payments (i.e., fixed payments in the lease contract) over the lease term at the commencement date. As many of the Company's leases do not have a readily determinable implicit rate, the Company typically uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future minimum fixed lease payments. The Company calculates its incremental borrowing rate to reflect the interest rate that it would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment over a similar term and considers its historical borrowing activities and market data from entities with comparable credit ratings in this determination. The measurement of the right-of-use asset also includes any lease payments made prior to the commencement date (excluding any lease incentives) and initial direct costs incurred. The Company assessed its right-of-use assets for impairment as of September 30, 2019 and determined no impairment has occurred.

Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease and the ~~SEC reached~~Company incorporates such options in the lease term when it has the unilateral right to make such an ~~agreement to resolve~~election and it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. In making this ~~matter~~determination, the Company considers its prior renewal and ~~on August 7, 2018, the SEC issued a Cease~~termination history and ~~Desist Order (the "Order"). As part~~planned usage of the ~~Order,~~assets under lease, incorporating expected market conditions.

For operating leases, lease expense for minimum fixed lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the ~~findings~~lease term. The expense for finance leases includes both interest and amortization expense components, with the interest component calculated based on the effective interest method and the amortization component calculated based on straight-line amortization of ~~which~~the right-of-use asset over the lease term. Lease contracts may contain variable lease costs, such as common area maintenance, utilities and tax reimbursements that vary over the term of the contract. Variable lease costs are not included in minimum fixed lease payments and as a result, are excluded from the measurement of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The Company expenses all variable lease costs as incurred.

In connection with the 2019 Restructuring Initiative, certain lease assets related to facilities will be partially or fully vacated as the Company ~~neither admitted to nor denied, the Company agreed to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty and agreed not to violate the securities laws in the future.~~consolidates its facilities. The Company ~~recorded $1.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2017~~has no plans to enter into sublease agreements for ~~potential fines in connection with this investigation and has paid such amount to the SEC.~~certain

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facilities. The Company ceased use of these facilities in the third quarter of 2019. Accordingly, the Company accelerated the amortization of the associated lease assets through the planned cease-use date of each facility, resulting in additional amortization expense of $0.6 million and $3.5 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The Company also recorded a liability of $0.9 million and $1.0 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, for all future anticipated variable lease costs related to these facilities. This incremental accelerated amortization and estimated future variable lease costs are included in Restructuring and related expense in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations, as applicable, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The Company may incur additional future expense if it is unable to sublease other locations included in the Facilities Initiative.

The Company leases its corporate offices and other facilities under operating leases, which expire at various times through 2029. The Company's corporate headquarters is located in a leased facility in Westford, Massachusetts, consisting of 97,500 square feet under a lease that expires in August 2028. The Company's finance leases primarily consist of equipment.

The Company's right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):



	Classification	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Assets
Operating lease assets	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	37,132	$	—
Finance lease assets*	Property and equipment, net	1,362		2,104
Total leased assets		$	38,494	$	2,104

Liabilities
Current
Operating	Operating lease liabilities	$	7,568	$	—
Finance	Accrued expenses and other	1,026		1,039
Noncurrent
Operating	Operating lease liabilities, net of current	37,600		—
Finance	Other long-term liabilities	1,096		1,324
Total lease liabilities		$	47,290	$	2,363

* Finance lease assets were recorded net of accumulated depreciation of $1.6 million and $0.9 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, and were reported as capital lease assets prior to the Company's adoption of ASC 842.

The components of lease expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30, 2019		September 30, 2019

Operating lease cost*	$	2,988	$	11,063
Finance lease cost
Amortization of leased assets	244		732
Interest on lease liabilities	90		210
Short-term lease cost	4,777		14,183
Variable lease costs (costs excluded from minimum fixed lease payments)**	1,727		2,932
Net lease cost	$	9,826	$	29,120

* Operating lease cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes $0.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively, of accelerated amortization for certain assets partially or fully vacated in 2019 with no intent or ability to sublease.

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

** Variable lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 include a $0.9 million accrual for all future estimated variable expenses related to certain assets partially or fully vacated in 2019 with no intent or ability to sublease.

The Company elected to use the alternative transition method, which allows entities to initially apply ASC 842 at the adoption date with no subsequent adjustments to prior period lease costs for comparability. As a result, operating leases in periods prior to the Company's adoption of ASC 842 were not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Prior to the adoption of ASC 842, rent expense (including any escalation clauses, free rent and other lease concessions) on operating leases was recognized on a straight-line basis over the minimum lease term, and this remains consistent with the Company's application of ASC 842. Rent expense for operating leases was $2.8 million and $8.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Interest expense for finance leases was approximately $13,000 and $49,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Amortization expense for finance leases was $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

Other information related to the Company's leases as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was as follows (in thousands, except lease terms and percentages):



Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	7,850
Operating cash flows from finance leases	$	210
Financing cash flows from finance leases	$	698
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)
Operating leases	6.87
Finance leases	2.11
Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases	6.54		%
Finance leases	10.84		%

Future minimum fixed lease payments under noncancelable leases at September 30, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):



	Operating			Finance
	leases			leases
Remainder of 2019	$	2,621		$	341
2020	9,866			1,178
2021	9,039			708
2022	7,314			144
2023	6,968			—
2024 and beyond	20,419			—
Total lease payments	56,227			2,371
Less: interest	(11,059		)	(249		)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	45,168		$	2,122

Future minimum fixed lease payments under noncancelable leases at December 31, 2018 and as reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)



	Operating		Finance
	leases*		leases
2019	$	10,705	$	1,386
2020	8,384		1,010
2021	7,455		288
2022	5,691		—
2023	5,430		—
2024 and beyond	19,818		—
Total lease payments	$	57,483	2,684
Less: interest			(321		)
Present value of lease liabilities**			$	2,363

* The amounts in this column include restructuring payments aggregating approximately $1 million, of which approximately 50% was due in less than one year and the remainder was due in one to three years. These amounts exclude current estimated sublease income aggregating approximately $125,000 over the remaining lease terms for restructured facilities.

** Prior to the Company's adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, operating leases were not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and no interest component was calculated.

(17) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation Settlement

As previously disclosed, the Company was involved in ~~five~~six lawsuits (together, the "Lawsuits") with Metaswitch Networks Ltd., Metaswitch Networks Corp. and Metaswitch Inc. ~~(collectively, “Metaswitch”~~(together, "Metaswitch"). In ~~all~~ five of the ~~lawsuits,~~Lawsuits, the Company iswas the plaintiff and, in three of ~~the~~those five lawsuits, the Company iswas also a counterclaim defendant. ~~On January 21, 2014, GENBAND and~~In the Company’s indirectly-owned subsidiary, GENBAND US LLC, filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, alleging that Metaswitch infringed certain patents owned by GENBAND. Following unsuccessful mediation, a trial took place and on January 15, 2016, and the jury awarded approximately $8.2 million in past royalty damages to GENBAND, which neither GENBAND norsixth case, the Company ~~has recorded. On September 29, 2016,~~was the district court confirmed the jury verdict following motions from both parties. On March 22, 2018, the district court entered final judgment awarding GENBAND $8.9 million in royalties for damages through January 15, 2016 at rates set by the district court, excluding pre and post-judgment interest and costs. On April 10, 2018, the clerk of the court set the awarded costs at $0.4 million. On April 19, 2018, Metaswitch filed a notice of appeal on the judgment with United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and filed its appeal brief on July 6, 2018.defendant.

On April ~~18, 2018, Sonus filed~~22, 2019, the Company and Metaswitch agreed to a ~~complaint~~binding mediator's proposal that resolved the six Lawsuits between the Company and Metaswitch (the "Lawsuits"). The Company and Metaswitch signed a Settlement and Cross-License Agreement on May 29, 2019 (the "Royalty Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Royalty Agreement, Metaswitch has agreed to pay the Company an aggregate amount of $63.0 million, which includes cash payments of $37.5 million during the second quarter of 2019 and $25.5 million payable in three installments annually, beginning June 26, 2020, with such installment payments accruing interest at a rate of 4% per year. As part of the Royalty Agreement, the Company and Metaswitch (i) have released the other from all claims and liabilities; (ii) have licensed each party's existing patent portfolio to the other party; and (iii) have requested the applicable courts to dismiss the Lawsuits.

The Company received $37.5 million of aggregate payments from Metaswitch in the ~~Eastern District~~second quarter of ~~Texas, Marshall Division, alleging that Metaswitch~~2019 and recorded notes receivable for future payments of $25.5 million, comprised of $8.5 million in Other current assets and $17.0 million in Other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2019. This activity is ~~continuing to infringe~~included in cash flows from operating activities in the ~~patents~~condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The gain from the ~~first lawsuit above through sales~~settlement of ~~Metaswitch's allegedly "redesigned" products. This suit seeks a finding that Metaswitch's infringement~~$63.0 million is ~~willful. This suit also alleges false advertising and seeks damages resulting from allegedly false and misleading statements Metaswitch made regarding~~included in Other income (expense), net, in the ~~first lawsuit. The district court has set trial~~Company's condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 9,30, 2019.

~~Through Sonus and GENBAND US LLC,~~Contingencies

On November 8, 2018, Ron Miller, a purported stockholder of the Company, ~~is involved as plaintiff and counterclaim defendant in~~filed a lawsuit with Metaswitch regarding claims that Metaswitch misappropriated trade secrets of GENBAND. This case is pending in state court in Dallas County, Texas, and stems from claims originally brought in a patent lawsuit between GENBAND and Metaswitch. The state court action was filed on March 28, 2017. Metaswitch filed its answer on April 21, 2017, in which it asserted counterclaims against GENBAND. On July 11, 2018, Metaswitch filed its fifth amended answer and counterclaims against GENBAND. The Texas state court has set a special setting for a trial for this case on April 22, 2019.

Through Sonus, the Company is also involved as plaintiff and counterclaim defendant in two patent infringement lawsuits with Metaswitch asserting the infringement of a total of ten patents that came into the Company from Sonus. Sonus filed these two lawsuitsClass Action Complaint (the "Miller Complaint") in the ~~Eastern~~United States District Court for the District of ~~Texas, Marshall Division, on March 8, 2018. Metaswitch filed its answers on May 15, 2018, in which it asserted counterclaims~~Massachusetts (the "Massachusetts District Court") against ~~Sonus, including alleged infringement by~~ the Company and three of its former officers (collectively, the "Defendants"), claiming to represent a class of purchasers of Sonus common stock during the period from January 8, 2015 through March 24, 2015 and alleging violations of the federal securities laws. Similar to a ~~total~~previous complaint entitled Sousa et al. vs. Sonus Networks, Inc. et al., which was dismissed with prejudice by an order dated June 6, 2017, the Miller Complaint claims that the Defendants made misleading forward-looking statements concerning Sonus' expected fiscal first quarter of ~~ten patents. The district court has set trials for these cases to occur on February 18, 2020 and June 15, 2020.~~2015 financial performance, which statements were also the

~~At this time, it is not possible~~

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Notes to ~~predict the outcome~~Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

subject of ~~the litigation matters with Metaswitch, but~~an August 7, 2018 Securities and Exchange Commission Cease and Desist Order, whose findings the Company ~~does not expect~~neither admitted nor denied. The Miller plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages.

After the ~~results of any of these actions~~Miller Complaint was filed, several parties filed and briefed motions seeking to ~~have~~be selected by the Massachusetts District Court to serve as a ~~material adverse effect~~Lead Plaintiff in the action. On June 21, 2019, the Massachusetts District Court appointed a group as Lead Plaintiffs and the Lead Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on ~~its business~~July 19, 2019. On August 30, 2019, the Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Miller Complaint and, on October 4, 2019, the Lead Plaintiffs filed an opposition to the motion to dismiss. The Defendants are expected to reply to such opposition on or ~~consolidated financial statements.~~before November 1, 2019.

In addition, the Company is often a party to disputes and legal proceedings that it considers routine and incidental to its business. Management does not expect the results of any of these actions to have a material effect on the Company's business or condensed consolidated financial statements.

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Ribbon Communications Inc. should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited financial statements and notes thereto and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form ~~10-K~~10-K/A, for the year ended December 31, ~~2017,~~2018, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March ~~8, 2018.~~5, 2019.

Overview

We are a leading provider of ~~network communications~~next generation ("NextGen") software solutions to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers and enterprises across industry verticals. With over 1,000 customers around the globe, including some of the largest

telecommunications service providers and enterprises in the world, we enable service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks through software and provide secure real-time communications ("RTC") solutions to their customers and employees. By securing and enabling reliable and scalable IPInternet Protocol ("IP") networks, we help service providers and enterprises adopt the next generation of software-based virtualized and cloud communications technologies for service providers to drive new, incremental revenue while protecting their existing revenue streams. Our software solutions provide a secure way for our customers to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, ~~around the world and~~ in a rapidly changing ecosystem of ~~Internet Protocol ("IP")-enabled~~IP-enabled devices, such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, our software solutions secure ~~the evolution to~~ cloud-based delivery of unified communications ("UC") solutions - both for service providers transforming to a cloud-based network and for enterprises using cloud-based UC. We ~~go to market~~sell our software solutions through both direct sales and indirect channels, ~~globally,~~ leveraging the assistance of resellers, and we provide ongoing support to our customers through a global services team with experience in design, deployment and maintenance of some of the world's largest IP networks.

~~We completed~~Business Acquisitions

Anova Data, Inc.

On February 28, 2019 (the "Anova Acquisition Date"), we acquired the business and technology assets of Anova Data, Inc. ("Anova"), a private company headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts (the "Anova Acquisition"). Anova is a provider of advanced analytics solutions and its NextGen products provide a cloud-native, streaming analytics platform for network and subscriber optimization and monetization. The Company believes that the Anova Acquisition will reinforce and extend Ribbon's strategy to expand into network optimization, security and data monetization via big data analytics and machine learning.

As consideration for the Anova Acquisition, we issued 2.9 million shares of our Merger with GENBAND in October 2017. As a result of the Merger, we believe we are better positioned to enable network transformations to IP and to cloud-based networks for service providers and enterprise customers worldwide,common stock with a ~~broader~~fair value of $15.2 million to Anova's sellers and ~~deeper sales footprint, increased ability to invest in growth, more efficient~~equity holders on the Anova Acquisition Date and ~~effective research and development, and a comprehensive RTC product offering.~~held back an additional 0.3 million shares of

~~Business Acquisitions~~

our common stock with a fair value of $1.7 million, some or all of which could be issued subject to post-closing adjustments (the "Anova Deferred Consideration"). The Anova Deferred Consideration is included as a component of Accrued expenses and other current liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2019.

The Anova Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of Anova have been included in our consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to the Anova Acquisition Date.

Edgewater Networks, Inc.

On August 3, 2018 (the "Edgewater Acquisition Date"), we completed our acquisition of Edgewater Networks, Inc. ("Edgewater"), a private company headquartered in San Jose, California (the "Edgewater Acquisition"). Edgewater is a market leader in Network Edge Orchestration for the small and medium enterprise ~~("SME")~~ and UC market. We believe that the ~~acquisition of~~ Edgewater ~~will allow us to offer~~Acquisition advances our strategy by offering our global customer base a complete core-to-edge product portfolio, end-to-end service assurance and analytics solutions, and a fully integrated ~~software-defined wide-area network ("SD-WAN")~~SD-WAN service.

As consideration for the Edgewater Acquisition, we paid, in the aggregate, approximately $46 million of cash, net of cash acquired, and issued 4.2 million shares of Ribbon common stock to Edgewater's selling shareholders and holders of vested in-the-money options and warrants to acquire common stock of Edgewater (the "Edgewater Selling Stakeholders") on the Edgewater Acquisition Date. The cash payment was funded through our ~~existing~~then-existing credit facility. We ~~have~~had previously agreed to pay the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders an additional $30 million of cash, $15 million of which iswas to be paid six months from the Edgewater Acquisition Date and the other $15 million of which iswas to be paid as early as nine months from the Edgewater Acquisition Date and no later than 18 months from the Edgewater Acquisition Date (the exact timing of which ~~will~~would depend on the amount of revenue generated from the sales of Edgewater products in 2018) (the "Edgewater Deferred Consideration").

On February 15, 2019, we and the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders agreed to reduce the amount of Edgewater Deferred Consideration from $30 million to $21.9 million and agreed that all such deferred consideration would be payable on March 8, 2019. We paid the Edgewater Selling Stakeholders $21.9 million on March 8, 2019 and recorded the reduction to the Edgewater Deferred Consideration of $8.1 million in Other income, net, in our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

The Edgewater Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of Edgewater have been included in our consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to the Edgewater Acquisition Date.

~~GENBAND~~Litigation Settlement

On ~~October 27, 2017~~April 22, 2019, we and Metaswitch agreed to a binding mediator's proposal that resolves the six previously disclosed lawsuits between the Company and Metaswitch (the ~~"Merger Date"~~"Lawsuits")~~, Sonus Networks, Inc. ("Sonus") consummated an acquisition as specified in an~~. We and Metaswitch signed a Settlement and Cross-License Agreement ~~and Plan of Merger~~on May 29, 2019 (the ~~“Merger Agreement”~~"Royalty Agreement") with Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc. ("NewCo") and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, GENBAND Holdings Company, GENBAND Inc. and GENBAND II, INC. (collectively, "GENBAND") such that, following a series of mergers (collectively, the "Merger"), Sonus and GENBAND each became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NewCo.

. Pursuant to the ~~Merger~~terms of the Royalty Agreement, ~~NewCo issued 50.9~~Metaswitch agreed to pay us an aggregate amount of $63.0 million, ~~shares~~which included cash payments of $37.5 million during the second quarter of 2019 and $25.5 million payable in three installments annually, beginning June 26, 2020, with such installment payments accruing interest at a rate of 4% per year. As part of the Royalty Agreement, we and Metaswitch (i) have released the other from all claims and liabilities; (ii) have licensed each party's existing patent portfolio to the ~~GENBAND equity holders, with~~other party; and (iii) have requested the ~~number~~applicable courts to dismiss the Lawsuits. We received $37.5 million of ~~shares issued~~aggregate payments from Metaswitch in the ~~aggregate to the GENBAND equity holders equal to the number~~second quarter of ~~shares~~2019 and recorded notes receivable for future payments of ~~Sonus common stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing date~~$25.5 million, comprised of ~~the Merger, such that former stockholders of Sonus would own approximately 50%,~~$8.5 million in Other current assets and former shareholders of GENBAND and the two related holding companies would own approximately 50%, of the shares of NewCo common stock issued and outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Merger.

~~The Merger has been accounted for as a business combination and the financial results of GENBAND have been included~~$17.0 million in Other assets in our condensed consolidated ~~financial statements beginning on~~balance sheet at September 30, 2019. We recorded the ~~Merger Date. As a result,~~$63.0 million gain in Other income, net, in our ~~2018 financial results are not comparable to our 2017 financial results.~~

~~On November 28, 2017,~~condensed consolidated statement of operations for the ~~Company changed its name to "Ribbon Communications Inc."~~

nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Financial Overview

Financial Results

We reported income from operations of approximately $3 million and a loss from operations of approximately $8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and earnings from operations of approximately $4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. We reported losses from operations of approximately $41 million and $67 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and $20 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively.

Our revenue was approximately $138 million and $152 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and $75 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. Our revenue was approximately $402 million and $411 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and $184 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively.

Our gross profit was approximately $79 million and $82 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and $55 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017. Our gross profit was approximately $213 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and $125 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.respectively. Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue ("total gross margin") was approximately 57% and 54% in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our gross profit was approximately $216 million and ~~73%~~$213 million in the ~~three~~nine months ended September 30, ~~2017.~~2019 and 2018, respectively. Our ~~total~~ gross margin was approximately 54% and 52% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and 68% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively.

Our operating expenses were approximately $76 million and $90 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and $51 million in~~respectively. Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, ~~2017. Our operating expenses were~~2019 included approximately ~~$279~~$2 million ~~in the nine months ended September 30, 2018~~of acquisition- and ~~$144~~integration-related expense and approximately $2 million ~~in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~of restructuring and related expense. Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2018 included approximately $6 million of acquisition- and integration-related expense and ~~approximately~~ $2 million of restructuring and related expense.

Our operating expenses were approximately $257 million and $279 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 included approximately $7 million of acquisition- and integration-related expense and approximately $16 million of restructuring and related expense. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 included approximately $14 million of acquisition- and ~~integration related~~integration-related expense and approximately $15 million of restructuring ~~expense. Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 included acquisition-~~ and integration-related expense of less than $2 million. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 included approximately $6 million of acquisition-related expense and $1 million of restructuringrelated expense.

We recorded stock-based compensation expense of approximately $2 million and $3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and $4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. We recorded stock-based compensation expense of approximately $8 million and $7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and $11 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. These amounts are included as components of both Cost of revenue and Operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

See "Results of Operations" in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") for a discussion of the changes in our revenue and expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the three and ~~2017.~~nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Restructuring and Cost Reduction Initiatives

In June 2019, we implemented a restructuring plan to further streamline our global footprint, improve our operations and enhance our customer delivery (the "2019 Restructuring Initiative"). The 2019 Restructuring Initiative includes facility consolidations, refinement of our research and development activities, and a reduction in workforce. In connection with this initiative, we expect to reduce our focus on hardware and appliance-based development over time and to increase our development focus on software virtualization, functional simplicity and important customer requirements. The facility consolidations under the 2019 Restructuring Initiative (the "Facilities Initiative") include a consolidation of our North Texas sites into a single campus, housing engineering, customer training and support, and administrative functions, as well as a reduction or elimination of certain excess and duplicative facilities worldwide. In addition, we intend to substantially consolidate our global software laboratories and server farms into two lower cost North American sites. We estimate that the 2019 Restructuring Initiative will reduce our cost footprint by approximately $25 million on an annualized basis once complete and that we will realize approximately $10 million of savings in 2019. However, we intend to reinvest our savings toward our software development efforts. We expect that the actions under the Facilities Initiative will be completed at the end of 2020. In connection with the 2019 Restructuring Initiative, we recorded restructuring expense and accrued approximately $8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, comprised of approximately $2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and approximately $6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019. The amount recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2019 was comprised of approximately $1 million for severance and related costs for approximately 20 employees and approximately $1 million for variable and other facilities-related costs. The amount recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily for severance and related costs for approximately 110 employees. We expect that nearly all of this amount will be paid by the end of 2019. We estimate that we will record nominal additional restructuring expense related to severance and related costs under the 2019 Restructuring Initiative in the remainder of 2019. We may incur additional future expense if we are unable to sublease other locations included in the Facilities Initiative.

Accelerated rent amortization is recognized from the date that we commence the plan to fully or partially vacate a facility, for which there is no intent or ability to enter into a sublease, through the final vacate date. We recorded approximately $1 million and $4 million of accelerated rent amortization in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, as components of Restructuring and related expense. We continue to evaluate our properties included in the Facilities Initiative

for accelerated amortization and/or right-of-use asset impairment.

In connection with the Merger, we implemented a restructuring plan in the fourth quarter of 2017 to eliminate certain redundant positions and facilities within the combined companies (the "Merger Restructuring Initiative"). ~~Accordingly,~~In connection with this initiative, we recorded restructuring and related expense of approximately $9$5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, comprised of ~~restructuring~~nominal expense in the ~~fourth quarter of 2017~~three months ended June 30, 2019 and approximately $5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily for severance and related ~~to the Merger Restructuring Initiative.~~costs for approximately 40 employees. We recorded approximately $14 million of restructuring and related expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 in connection with this initiative, comprised of approximately $2 million, $5 million and $7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2018, ~~$5 million in the three months ended~~ June 30, 2018 and ~~$7 million in the three months ended~~ March 31, ~~2018.~~2018, respectively. The amounts recorded in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 were primarily for severance and related costs. We ~~believe that~~anticipate recording nominal future expense in connection with this initiative as we continue to combine the ~~payments~~two businesses and benefit from operational synergies.

In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, which was effective for us on January 1, 2019, we wrote off the remaining restructuring accrual related to facilities under ASC 842. We expect that the amount accrued at September 30, 2018 will be completed in 2018. We anticipate that we will record approximately $1 million of restructuring expense in connection with the Merger Restructuring Initiative in the fourth quarter of 2018. We believe that the payments related to this expected additional future expense will be completed by early 2019.

We assumed GENBAND's restructuring liability aggregating approximately $4 million at the Merger Date (the "GENBAND Restructuring Initiative"), primarily related to headcount reductions. We recorded approximately $1 million of expense in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 20182019 for changes in estimated costs previously accrued. These adjustments were equally related to personnel and facilities costs. We do not expect to record additional expense in connection with this initiative except for adjustments for changes in estimated costs. We expect that the payments related to this assumed liability will be completed by the end of 2018.

In connection with the 2016 acquisition of Taqua, LLC ("Taqua"), we implemented a restructuring plan in the third quarter of 2016 to eliminate certain redundant positions within the then-combined companies. On October 24, 2016, the Audit Committee of our Board (the "Audit Committee") approved a broader Taqua restructuring plan related to headcount and redundant facilities (collectively, the "Taqua Restructuring Initiative"). In connection with this initiative, we recorded approximately $2 million of restructuring expense in the aggregate, including nominal expense recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2018 and less than $1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, for severance and related costs and estimated costs related to the elimination of redundant facilities, including adjustments recorded for changes in cost estimates for the planned restructuring activities. The actions under the Taqua Restructuring Initiative have been implemented and accordingly, we do not expect to record additional expense in connection with this initiative. The amounts accrued for severance and related costs were fully paid by the end of the third quarter of 2017. We expect that the amounts accrued for facilities costs will be paid by the end of ~~2018.~~the first half of 2020.

On July 25, 2016, we announced a program (the "2016 Restructuring Initiative") to further accelerate our investment in new technologies as the communications industry migrates to a cloud-based architecture and to pursue new strategic initiatives, such as new products and an expanded go-to-market footprint in selected geographies and discrete vertical markets. We have recorded an aggregate of approximately $2 million of restructuring expense in connection with this initiative, primarily for severance and related costs. The amounts accrued for severance and related costs were fully paid by the end of the third quarter of 2017. We expect that the amounts accrued for facilities will be paid by the end of October 2019.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience, knowledge of current conditions and beliefs of what could occur in the future given available information. We consider the following accounting policies to be both those most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and those that require the most subjective ~~judgment.~~judgment: revenue recognition, valuation of inventory, loss contingencies and reserves, stock-based compensation, business combinations, goodwill and intangible assets, accounting for leases and accounting for income taxes. If actual results differ significantly from management's estimates and projections, there could be a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements. ~~The~~With the exception of our lease accounting policy below, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies that we believe are the most critical include revenue recognition, valuation of inventory, loss contingencies and reserves, stock-based compensation, business combinations, goodwill and intangible assets, and accounting for income taxes.from December 31, 2018 through September 30, 2019.

Leases.Effective January 1, ~~2018,~~2019, we adopted ~~Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 606,~~ ~~Revenue from Contracts with Customers~~ ~~("ASC 606" or the "New Revenue Standard"), the new standard on revenue from contracts with customers, which codified~~ Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") ~~2014-09, Revenue from Contracts~~2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) Section A - Leases: Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASU 2016-02"), the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") new standard on accounting for leases. ASU 2016-02 introduces a lessee model that brings most leases onto the balance sheet and eliminates the current GAAP requirement for an entity to use bright-line tests in determining lease classification. We must determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. A contract is determined to contain a lease component if the arrangement provides us with ~~Customers ("ASU 2014-09"). Accordingly,~~a right to control the use of an identified asset. Lease agreements may include lease and non-lease components. In such instances for all classes of underlying assets, we ~~have updated our significant accounting policy~~do not separate lease and non-lease components but instead account for the entire arrangement under leasing guidance. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on ~~revenue recognition as described below.~~the balance sheet and lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

~~Revenue Recognition~~.Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are initially measured based on the present value of the future minimum fixed lease payments (i.e., fixed payments in the lease contract) over the lease term at the commencement date. As many of our leases do not have a readily determinable implicit rate, we typically use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future minimum fixed lease payments. We ~~account~~calculate our incremental borrowing rate to reflect the interest rate that we would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment over a similar term and consider our historical borrowing activities and market data from entities with comparable credit ratings in this determination. The measurement of the right-of-use asset also includes any lease payments made prior to the commencement date (excluding any lease incentives) and initial direct costs incurred. We assessed our right-of-use assets for ~~revenue in accordance with ASC 606, which we adopted on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method.~~impairment as of September 30, 2019 and determined no impairment has occurred.

~~We derive revenue from two primary sources: software~~Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease and ~~non-software products, and services. Software and non-software product revenue is generated from sales of our software with proprietary hardware that functions together to deliver~~we incorporate such options in the products' essential functionality. Software and hardware are also sold on a standalone basis. Services include customer support (software updates and technical support), consulting, design services, installation services and training. A typical contract includes both product and services. Generally, contracts with customers contain multiple performance obligations. For these contracts,lease term when we ~~account for individual performance obligations separately if they are distinct. The transaction price is allocated to~~have the separate performance obligations on a relative standalone selling price basis. Standalone selling prices ("SSP") are typically estimated based on observable transactions when these services are sold on a standalone basis.

~~The software licenses typically provide a perpetual~~unilateral right to ~~use~~make such an election and it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. In making this determination, we consider our ~~software. We also sell term-based software licenses that expire~~prior renewal and Software-as-as-Service ("SaaS")-based software which are referred to as subscription arrangements. We do not customize our software nor are installation services required, as the customer has a right to utilize internal resources or a third-party service company. The softwaretermination history and hardware are delivered before related services are provided and are functional without professional services or customer support. We have concluded that our software licenses are functional intellectual property that are distinct, as the user can benefit from the software on its own. The product revenue is typically recognized upon transfer of control or when the software is made available for download, as this is the point that the userplanned usage of the ~~software can direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the functional intellectual property. We do not~~assets under lease, incorporating expected market conditions.

~~recognize software revenue related~~

For restructuring events that involve lease assets and liabilities, we apply lease reassessment and modification guidance and evaluate the right-of-use assets for potential impairment. If we plan to ~~the renewal~~exit all or distinct portions of ~~subscription software licenses earlier than the beginning of the subscription period. Hardware product is generally sold with software to provide the customer solution.~~

~~Service revenue includes revenue from customer support and other professional services. We offer warranties on our products. Certain of our warranties are considered to be assurance-type in nature~~a facility and do not ~~cover anything beyond ensuring that~~have the ~~product is functioning as intended. Based on~~ability or intent to sublease, we will accelerate the guidance in ASC 606, assurance-type warranties do not represent separate performance obligations. We also sell separately-priced maintenance service contracts which qualify as service-type warranties and represent separate performance obligations.amortization of each of these lease components through the vacate date. The ~~Company does not allow and has no history of accepting product returns.~~

Customer support includes software updates on a when-and-if-available basis, telephone support, integrated web-based support and bug fixes or patches. We sell our customer support contracts at a percentage of list or net product price related to the support. Customer support revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the customer support agreement, which is typically one year.

Our professional services include consulting, technical support, resident engineer services, design services and installation services. Because control transfers over time, revenue is recognized based on progress toward completion of the performance obligation. The method to measure progress toward completion requires judgment and is based on the nature of the products or services to be provided. We generally use the input method to measure progress for our contracts because we believe it best depicts the transfer of assets to the customer which occurs as we incur costs for the contracts. Under the cost-to-cost measure of progress, the progress toward completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date to the total estimated costs at completion of the performance obligation. When the measure of progress is based upon expended labor, progress toward completion is measured as the ratio of labor time expended to date versus the total estimated labor time required to complete the performance obligation. Revenueaccelerated amortization is recorded ~~proportionally as costs are incurred or as labor is expended. Costs to fulfill these obligations include internal labor as well as subcontractor costs.~~

~~We offer customer training courses, for which the related revenue is typically recognized as the training services are performed.~~

Our contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to the customer. Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately versus together may require significant judgment.

Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. In instances where SSP is not directly observable, such as when we do not sell the product or service separately, we determine the SSP using information that may include market conditions and other observable inputs. We typically have more than one SSP for individual products and services due to the stratification of those products and services by customers and circumstances. In these instances, the Company may use information such as the size of the customer and geographic region in determining the SSP.

~~Goodwill.~~ Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at least annually or if indicators of potential impairment exist. Our annual testing for impairment of goodwill is completed as of November 30. We operate as a ~~single operating segment with one reporting unit~~component of Restructuring and ~~consequently evaluate goodwill for impairment based on an evaluation~~related expense in our condensed consolidated statements of the fair value of our company as a whole. We performed our step one assessments for 2017, 2016 and 2015 and determined that our market capitalization was significantly in excess of our carrying value. Subsequent to December 31, 2017, and as of March 31, 2018, our market capitalization had declined to a value less than our book value. However, as of the end of our second and third quarters of 2018, our market capitalization was in excess of our carrying value. Weoperations. Related variable lease expenses will continue to ~~monitor our market capitalization~~be expensed as incurred through the vacate date, at which time we will reassess the liability balance to ensure it appropriately reflects the remaining liability associated with the premises and ~~assess~~record a liability for the ~~recoverability of our goodwill as facts and circumstances warrant.~~estimated future variable lease costs.

For a further discussion of our other critical accounting policies and estimates, please refer to our Annual Report on Form ~~10-K~~10-K/A for the ~~fiscal~~ year ended December 31, 2017. With the exception of our revenue recognition policy and the discussion of goodwill, both above, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies from December 31, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Results of Operations

Three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018

Revenue. Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 was as follows (in millions, except percentages):


	Three months ended				Increase from prior year				Three months ended				Increase (decrease) from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Product	$	77.3	$	44.1	$	33.2	75.2	%	$	61.2	$	77.3	$	(16.1	)	(20.9	)%
Service	75.2		30.5		44.7		146.4	%	76.5		75.2		1.3			1.8	%
Total revenue	$	152.5	$	74.6	$	77.9	104.3	%	$	137.7	$	152.5	$	(14.8	)	(9.7	)%



	Nine months ended				Increase from prior year				Nine months ended				Increase (decrease) from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Product	$	191.9	$	98.3	$	93.6	95.2	%	$	180.7	$	191.9	$	(11.2	)	(5.9	)%
Service	219.1		85.4		133.7		156.4	%	221.3		219.1		2.2			1.0	%
Total revenue	$	411.0	$	183.7	$	227.3	123.7	%	$	402.0	$	411.0	$	(9.0	)	(2.2	)%

~~Product~~Our product revenue is generated from sales of software with attached appliances, software licenses and software subscription fees. Certain of our products may be included in more than one of our solutions (i.e., session solutions, network transformation solutions, and applications and security solutions), depending upon the configuration of the individual customer solutions sold. Our software with attached appliances and software license revenues are primarily comprised of our media gateway, call controller, signaling, virtual mobile core and management (i.e., analytics, assurance, billing, etc.) products. Our software subscription fees revenue is primarily comprised of sales of our ~~network transformation, security~~UC-related (i.e., application server, media server, etc.), Kandy Cloud and ~~applications solutions.~~Ribbon Protect products. Each of our solutions portfolios addresses both the service provider and enterprise markets and are sold through both our direct sales program and from indirect sales through our channel partner program.

The ~~increase~~decrease in product revenue in the three months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the three months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily the result of the inclusion of GENBAND's and Edgewater's product revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2018, coupled with approximately $5 million of higher revenue from sales of certain of our SBC/GSX 9000-related products and our SGX/Signaling products. These increases were partially offset by approximately $8 million ofdue to lower sales of ~~certain of our SBC products, primarily our SBC 5000, SBC 7000 and SBC Swe products.~~

software with attached appliances. The ~~increase~~decrease in product revenue in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily the result of ~~the inclusion~~approximately $23 million of ~~GENBAND's~~lower revenue from software with attached appliances, partially offset by approximately $12 million of higher sales of our software licenses and ~~Edgewater's product revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.~~subscriptions.

~~Approximately~~Revenue from indirect sales through our channel partner program was approximately 35% and 34% of our product revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~was from indirect sales through our channel partner program, compared with approximately 24% in the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. Approximately 38% and 22% of our product revenue ~~in the nine months ended September 30, 2018~~ was ~~from indirect sales through our channel partner program, compared with approximately 29% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase in the percentage of product revenue~~ from indirect sales through our channel partner program in the ~~three~~nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~compared to~~respectively. The increase in revenue from indirect sales through our channel partner program as a percentage of product revenue in both the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same prior year periods was primarily

attributable to the ~~inclusion~~acquisition of ~~Edgewater's~~Edgewater, which has historically recognized a higher percentage of revenue ~~in our results since the Edgewater Acquisition Date.~~from indirect sales.

Our product revenue from sales to enterprise customers was approximately 29% and 31% of our product revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~compared with approximately 22% in the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. Our product revenue from sales to enterprise customers was approximately 26% and 20% of our product revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~compared with approximately 24% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. These sales were made both through our direct sales team and indirect sales channel partners. The increase in ~~the percentage of product~~ revenue from sales to enterprise customers as a percentage of product revenue in the ~~three~~nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018 ~~compared~~was primarily due to the ~~three months ended September 30, 2017 was primarily attributable~~acquisition of Edgewater, which has historically recognized a higher percentage of revenue from sales to ~~the inclusion of Edgewater's revenue in our results since the Edgewater Acquisition Date, coupled with improved demand for our~~ enterprise ~~products.~~customers.

The timing of the completion of customer projects and revenue recognition criteria satisfaction ~~and customer payments~~ may cause our product revenue to fluctuate from one period to the next.

Service revenue is primarily comprised of ~~hardware~~appliance and software maintenance and support (“maintenance revenue”) and network design, installation and other professional services (“professional services revenue”).

Service revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 was comprised of the following (in millions, except percentages):


	Three months ended				Increase from prior year				Three months ended				Increase (decrease) from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Maintenance	$	60.2	$	24.3	$	35.9	148.0	%	$	58.9	$	60.2	$	(1.3	)	(2.1	)%
Professional services	15.0		6.2		8.8		140.3	%	17.6		15.0		2.6			17.1	%
	$	75.2	$	30.5	$	44.7	146.4	%	$	76.5	$	75.2	$	1.3		1.8	%



	Nine months ended				Increase from prior year				Nine months ended				Increase (decrease) from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Maintenance	$	174.3	$	69.2	$	105.1	151.9	%	$	173.0	$	174.3	$	(1.3	)	(0.7	)%
Professional services	44.8		16.2		28.6		176.0	%	48.3		44.8		3.5			7.8	%
	$	219.1	$	85.4	$	133.7	156.4	%	$	221.3	$	219.1	$	2.2		1.0	%

Our ~~maintenance~~service revenue ~~increased~~was relatively flat in both the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared ~~with~~to the ~~three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,~~same prior year periods, primarily due to industry consolidation and the ~~inclusion~~resulting pricing pressure, offset by the sale of ~~GENBAND's~~new software products under maintenance ~~revenue in the current year periods.~~

The increase in our professional services revenue in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared with the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 was primarily due to the inclusion of professional services revenue attributable to GENBAND in the current year periods.

~~The timing of the completion of customer projects, customer payments and maintenance contract renewals may cause our service revenue to fluctuate from one period to the next.~~support.

The following customers contributed 10% or more of our revenue in ~~at least one of~~ the ~~three- or nine-month periods~~three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017:~~2018:


	Three months ended		Nine months ended		Three months ended		Nine months ended
Customer	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2017	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2017	September 30, 2019	September 30, 2018	September 30, 2019	September 30, 2018
AT&T Inc.					16%	12%	12%	10%
Verizon Communications Inc.	13%	16%	15%	15%	15%	13%	17%	15%
AT&T Inc.	12%	11%	10%	10%

Revenue earned from customers domiciled outside the United States was approximately 36% and 39% of revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and approximately ~~25% of revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2017. Revenue earned from customers domiciled outside the United States was approximately~~40% and 43% of revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and approximately 29% of revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. Due to the timing of project completions, we expect that the domestic and international components as a percentage of revenue may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to ~~year and accordingly, historical data may not be indicative of future periods.~~year.

Our deferred product revenue was approximately ~~$10~~$5 million and $14 million at September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~$22 million at~~ December 31, ~~2017.~~2018, respectively. Our deferred service revenue was approximately ~~$88~~$97 million and $108 million at September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~$93 million at~~ December 31, ~~2017.~~2018, respectively. Our deferred revenue balance may fluctuate because of the timing of revenue recognition,

customer payments, maintenance contract renewals, contractual billing rights and maintenance revenue deferrals included in multiple element arrangements.

We expect that our ~~product revenue in 2018 will increase significantly compared with 2017 levels, primarily due to our acquisition of GENBAND.~~

We expect that our service revenue in 2018 will increase compared with 2017 levels due to the inclusion of GENBAND service revenue and the continued organic growth of our installed customer base. However, we expect to continue to encounter ongoing industry pricing pressure, third-party competition and legacy network product decommissioning.

~~Overall, we expect that~~ total revenue in 2019 will decrease slightly compared with our 2018 ~~will be significantly higher than our 2017~~ total ~~revenue due to the inclusion of GENBAND for a full year in 2018 and the inclusion of Edgewater beginning August 3, 2018.~~

In connection with the purchase price allocation to record our acquisition of GENBAND, we were required to record at fair value the assumed deferred revenue, resulting in a reduction of approximately $50 million to the assumed deferred revenue and future recognizable revenue. We recognized approximately $4 million less revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $19 million less revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 than GENBAND would have recognized in the same periods had the Merger not occurred. We expect to recognize approximately $3 million less revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018 than GENBAND would have recognized in the same period had the Merger not occurred. We expect that these purchase accounting-related reductions to future revenue will continue through 2020, primarily impacting future service revenue.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, which, among other things, clarified the implementation of the new revenue guidance and delayed the adoption by one year, to January 1, 2018. Had we continued to recognize revenue under ASC 605, we would have recognized approximately $8 million less revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2018 and approximately $9 million less revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Cost of Revenue/Gross Margin. Our cost of revenue consists primarily of amounts paid to third-party manufacturers for purchased materials and services, royalties and manufacturing and ~~professional~~ services personnel and related ~~costs, and provision for inventory obsolescence.~~costs. Our cost of revenue and gross margins for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 were as follows (in millions, except percentages):


	Three months ended						Increase from prior year				Three months ended						Decrease from prior year
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			$		%		September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018			$			%
Cost of revenue
Product	$	38.9		$	9.7		$	29.2	300.6	%	$	31.5		$	38.9		$	(7.4	)	(19.1	)%
Service	31.3			10.4			20.9		202.1	%	27.3			31.3			(4.0		)	(12.9	)%
Total cost of revenue	$	70.2		$	20.1		$	50.1	249.7	%	$	58.8		$	70.2		$	(11.4	)	(16.3	)%
Gross margin
Product	49.7		%	78.0		%					48.5		%	49.7		%
Service	58.3		%	66.0		%					64.3		%	58.3		%
Total gross margin	53.9		%	73.1		%					57.3		%	53.9		%



	Nine months ended						Increase from prior year				Nine months ended						Decrease from prior year
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017			$		%		September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018			$			%
Cost of revenue
Product	$	102.2		$	28.7		$	73.5	255.4	%	$	101.1		$	102.2		$	(1.1	)	(1.1	)%
Service	96.2			30.3			65.9		217.7	%	84.8			96.2			(11.4		)	(11.9	)%
Total cost of revenue	$	198.4		$	59.0		$	139.4	236.1	%	$	185.9		$	198.4		$	(12.5	)	(6.3	)%
Gross margin
Product	46.8		%	70.8		%					44.1		%	46.8		%
Service	56.1		%	64.5		%					61.7		%	56.1		%
Total gross margin	51.7		%	67.9		%					53.8		%	51.7		%

The decrease in product gross margin in the three months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the three months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was ~~equally~~primarily attributable to the impact of our lower product revenue on our fixed costs, which decreased our product gross margin by approximately three percentage points. This decrease was partially offset by our lower direct material costs resulting from the higher software content of our current sales as a percentage of total product revenue, coupled with the impact of our restructuring and ~~customer mix and the inclusion of both GENBAND's and Edgewater's costs~~cost reduction initiatives, which increased our product gross margin in the ~~current year quarter, including higher amortization expense for intangible assets arising from these acquisitions.~~aggregate by approximately two percentage points. Our purchases of materials and components were approximately $15 million and $21 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The decrease in product gross margin in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to ~~the inclusion of both GENBAND's~~product and ~~Edgewater's costs in the current year period coupled with higher amortization expense for intangible assets arising from these acquisitions,~~customer mix, which decreased our product gross margin by approximately ~~fourteen~~three percentage ~~points,~~points. Our purchases of materials and ~~product and customer mix, which~~

~~decreased our product gross margin by~~components were approximately ~~ten percentage points.~~

~~The decrease~~$52 million in service gross margin in the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended September 30, 2017 was primarily due to the inclusion of GENBAND's expenses in the current year quarter, which decreased our service gross margin by approximately six percentage points, and higher costs in connection with supporting our supply depots, which decreased our service gross margin by approximately two percentage points.

~~The decrease in service gross margin in~~both the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018 compared with~~2019 and 2018.

We expect that our future purchases of materials and components will decrease as a result of the increase in software content of our products, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of revenue.

The increase in service gross margin in both the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same prior year periods was primarily due to ~~the inclusion of GENBAND's expenses in the current year period, which decreased~~lower direct costs resulting largely from our ~~service gross margin by approximately seven percentage points,~~restructuring and ~~higher costs in connection with supporting our supply depots, which decreased our service gross margin by approximately two percentage points.~~

~~Our service~~ cost ~~of revenue is relatively fixed in advance of any particular quarter and therefore, changes in service revenue will typically have a significant impact on service gross margin.~~reduction initiatives.

We believe that our total gross margin will ~~decrease~~increase in ~~2018~~2019 compared with ~~2017~~2018, primarily due ~~primarily~~ to the ~~inclusion~~expected higher software content as a percentage of ~~amortization expense for acquired intangible assets arising from~~our total revenue, coupled with the ~~GENBAND acquisition.~~impact of our restructuring and integration cost

reduction initiatives.

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related personnel expenses and prototype costs for the design, development, testing and enhancement of our products. Research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 were as follows (in millions, except percentages):


					Increase from prior year								Decrease from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Three months ended	$	34.4	$	20.8	$	13.6	65.4	%	$	34.2	$	34.4	$	(0.2	)	(0.5	)%
Nine months ended	$	109.1	$	61.1	$	48.0	78.6	%	$	105.5	$	109.1	$	(3.6	)	(3.3	)%

The ~~increase~~slight decrease in research and development expenses in the three months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the three months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to ~~approximately $6 million of higher employee-related expenses, approximately $3 million of higher infrastructure-related expenses (i.e., facilities and information technology services),~~ approximately $1 million of ~~higher product development~~lower employee-related expenses, ~~(i.e., third-party development, prototype and test equipment costs) and~~partially offset by net increases in other research and development expenses aggregating ~~approximately $4~~slightly less than $1 million. ~~These increases were primarily attributable to the inclusion of GENBAND's costs in the three months ended September 30, 2018.~~

The ~~increase~~decrease in research and development ~~expense~~expenses in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to approximately ~~$23~~$4 million of ~~higher~~lower employee-related expenses, approximately $11 million of higher product development expenses, approximately $11 million of higher infrastructure-related expenses and net increases in other research and development expenses aggregating approximately $3 million. These increases were primarily attributable to the inclusion of GENBAND's costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.expenses.

Some aspects of our research and development efforts require significant short-term expenditures, the timing of which may cause significant variability in our expenses. We believe that rapid technological innovation is critical to our long-term success, and we are tailoring our investments to meet the requirements of our customers and market. We believe that our research and development expenses in 2019 will ~~increase compared with 2017 levels due to the full year impact~~benefit from our ongoing restructuring and cost savings initiatives, partially offset by our increased investment in ~~2018 of GENBAND's costs~~our software solutions and ~~to a lesser extent,~~ the impact of Edgewater's ~~costs~~research and development expenses for the ~~period since the Edgewater Acquisition Date, partially offset by cost reductions resulting from our restructuring initiatives.~~full year 2019.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of salaries and related personnel costs, commissions, travel and entertainment expenses, promotions, customer trial and evaluations inventory and other marketing and sales support expenses. Sales and marketing expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 were as follows (in millions, except percentages):


					Increase from prior year								Decrease from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Three months ended	$	31.5	$	17.5	$	14.0	80.4	%	$	28.2	$	31.5	$	(3.3	)	(10.4	)%
Nine months ended	$	94.2	$	47.9	$	46.3	96.8	%	$	87.2	$	94.2	$	(7.0	)	(7.4	)%

The ~~increase~~decrease in sales and marketing expenses in the three months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the three months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to approximately ~~$10~~$3 million of ~~higher~~lower employee-related expenses, ~~approximately $2 million of higher infrastructure-related expenses and approximately $2 million of higher amortization expense in connection with~~reflecting the impact on headcount from our ~~acquired intangible assets. These increases were primarily attributable to the inclusion of GENBAND's costs in the three months ended September 30, 2018.~~cost reduction initiatives.

The ~~increase~~decrease in sales and marketing expenses in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to approximately ~~$33 million of higher employee-related expenses, approximately~~ $6 million of ~~higher infrastructure-related~~lower employee-related expenses, ~~approximately $6 million of higher amortization expense in connection with~~reflecting the impact on headcount from our acquired intangible assets and approximately $1 million of net increases in other sales and marketing expenses. These increases were primarily attributable to the inclusion of GENBAND's costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.cost reduction initiatives.

We believe that our sales and marketing expenses will ~~increase~~decrease in ~~2018~~2019 compared with ~~2017 levels due to~~2018, as we expect the inclusion of Edgewater's sales and marketing expenses for the full year ~~impact of the inclusion of GENBAND in 2018 and to a lesser extent, the impact of Edgewater's costs for the period since the Edgewater Acquisition Date, partially~~2019 will be offset by ~~reductions resulting~~cost savings from our ~~recent~~ongoing restructuring and cost savings initiatives.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related personnel costs for executive and administrative personnel, ~~recruiting expenses~~ and audit, legal and other professional fees. General and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 were as follows (in millions, except percentages):


					Increase from prior year								Decrease from prior year
	September 30, 2018		September 30, 2017		$		%		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		$			%
Three months ended	$	15.9	$	10.8	$	5.1	47.2	%	$	9.7	$	15.9	$	(6.2	)	(39.3	)%
Nine months ended	$	46.6	$	28.0	$	18.6	66.4	%	$	40.8	$	46.6	$	(5.8	)	(12.3	)%

The ~~increase~~decrease in general and administrative expenses in the three months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the three months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to approximately $5 million of ~~higher professional fees (i.e., legal, audit~~lower litigation and ~~outside services),~~related net expenses and approximately $2 million of ~~higher~~lower employee-related expenses and approximately $1 million of higher infrastructure-related expense. These increases were partially offset by the absence in the current year quarter of approximately $2 million of expense in the incurred three months ended September 30, 2017 for potential fines in connection with the then-ongoing SEC inquiry and approximately $1 million of net decreases in other general and administrative expenses. The increase in our professional fees included approximately $3 million of fees related to ongoing litigation with one of our competitors. These increases were primarily attributable to the inclusion of GENBAND's costs in the three months ended September 30, 2018.

The ~~increase~~decrease in general and administrative expenses in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 compared with the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily attributable to approximately ~~$10~~$4 million of ~~higher professional fees, approximately $8 million of higher~~lower employee-related expenses and approximately $2$3 million of ~~higher infrastructure-related expense.~~lower professional fees (i.e., legal, audit and outside services). These ~~increases~~amounts were partially offset by ~~net decreases in other general and administrative expenses aggregating~~ approximately ~~$1 million. The increase in our professional fees included approximately $6~~$3 million of ~~fees related to ongoing litigation with one of our competitors. These increases were primarily attributable to the inclusion of GENBAND's costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.~~higher net expense from litigation.

We believe that our general and administrative expenses will ~~increase~~decrease in ~~2018~~2019 compared with ~~2017,~~2018, primarily due to ~~the full year impact of GENBAND's costs in 2018~~savings from our restructuring and ~~to a lesser extent, the impact of Edgewater's costs for the period since the Edgewater Acquisition Date, partially offset by reductions in connection~~cost savings initiatives combined with ~~our recent restructuring initiatives.~~

lower litigation costs.

Acquisition- and Integration-Related Expenses. Acquisition- and integration-related expenses include those expenses related to acquisitions that we would otherwise not have ~~incurred otherwise.~~incurred. Acquisition-related expenses include professional and services fees, such as legal, audit, consulting, paying agent and other fees, and expenses related to cash payments to certain former executives of ~~the~~ acquired businesses in connection with their employment agreements. Integration-related expenses represent incremental costs related to combining ~~companies,~~the Company's systems and processes with those of acquired businesses, such as third-party consulting and other ~~services needed to merge the separate companies' systems and processes.~~ third-party services.

We recorded ~~approximately $6 million of~~ acquisition- and integration-related expenses of approximately $2 million and $7 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The amount recorded in the three months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was comprised of approximately $1 million of integration-related expense and ~~approximately $14~~slightly less than $1 million of acquisition-related expense for professional and services fees. The amount recorded in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 was comprised of approximately $4 million of integration-related expense and approximately $3 million of acquisition-related expense for professional and services fees. The acquisition-related expense in both the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019 was primarily related to our ~~acquisitions~~acquisition of ~~GENBAND~~Anova.

We recorded acquisition- and integration-related expense of approximately $6 million and $14 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, related to the Merger and the Edgewater Acquisition, as well as nominal amounts related to acquisitive activities. The amount recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2018 was comprised of approximately $3 million of acquisition-related ~~expense~~expenses primarily related to the Merger and the Edgewater Acquisition and approximately $3 million of integration-related expense related to the Merger. The amount recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was comprised of approximately $7 million of acquisition-related expense primarily related to the Merger and the Edgewater Acquisition and approximately $7 million of integration-related expense related to the Merger.

We recorded approximately $2 million of acquisition- and integration-related expense in the three months ended September 30, 2017 related to our then-pending merger with GENBAND, primarily comprised of legal, investment banking and accounting fees. We recorded approximately $6 million of acquisition- and integration-related expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily related to our then-proposed merger with GENBAND for legal, investment, banking and accounting fees.

We estimate that we will incur approximately $2 million of additional acquisition- and integration-related expense ~~of approximately $3 million~~ in the ~~fourth quarter~~remainder of ~~2018. This estimate includes additional integration-related expense in connection with the Merger and acquisition-related expense in connection with the Edgewater Acquisition.~~2019.

Restructuring and Related Expense. We have been committed to streamlining operations and reducing operating costs by closing and consolidating certain facilities and reducing our worldwide workforce. Please see the additional discussion of our restructuring initiatives in the "Restructuring and Cost Reduction Initiatives" section of the Overview of this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

We recorded restructuring and related expense of approximately $2 million and $16 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019, respectively. We recorded restructuring and related expense of approximately $2 million and $15 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, ~~primarily in connection with our Merger Restructuring Initiative for severance and related costs.~~

We recorded restructuring expense aggregating approximately $1 million related to our Taqua Restructuring Initiative and our 2016 Restructuring Initiative in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The amount related to the Taqua Restructuring Initiative was primarily related to the abandonment of a portion of the former Taqua San Jose, California facility. The amount related to the 2016 Restructuring Initiative represented severance and related costs. We did not record restructuring expense in the three months ended September 30, 2017.respectively.

Although we have eliminated positions as part of our restructuring initiatives, we continue to hire in certain ~~other~~ areas that we believe are important to our future growth. Restructuring and related expense is reported separately in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Interest ~~Income (Expense),~~Expense, Net. Interest income and interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~2017~~2018 were as follows (in millions, except percentages):


	Three months ended					Increase (decrease) from prior year					Three months ended						Increase (decrease) from prior year
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017		$			%		September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018			$			%
Interest income	$	0.1		$	0.3	$	(0.2	)	(75.1	)%	$	0.3		$	0.1		$	0.2		200.0	%
Interest expense	(1.5		)	—		1.5			100.0	%	(1.0		)	(1.5		)	(0.5		)	(33.3	)%
	$	(1.4	)	$	0.3	$	1.7		646.2	%	$	(0.7	)	$	(1.4	)	$	(0.7	)	(50.0	)%



	Nine months ended					Increase (decrease) from prior year					Nine months ended						Increase from prior year
	September 30, 2018			September 30, 2017		$			%		September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018			$		%
Interest income	$	0.2		$	0.8	$	(0.6	)	(68.8	)%	$	0.3		$	0.2		$	0.1	50.0	%
Interest expense	(3.0		)	—		3.0			100.0	%	(3.7		)	(3.0		)	0.7		23.3	%
	$	(2.8	)	$	0.8	$	3.6		456.7	%	$	(3.4	)	$	(2.8	)	$	0.6	21.4	%

Interest income ~~for all periods consisted~~in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily represents interest earned on the outstanding note receivable from Metaswitch in accordance with terms of the recently settled litigation. Interest expense in the three months ended September 30, 2019 primarily related to revolver and term borrowings under the New Credit Facility. Interest expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily related to borrowings under our Credit Facility and the promissory note issued to certain of GENBAND's equity holders in connection with the Merger.

Interest income in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 represents interest earned on our cash equivalents and marketable ~~securities and investments.~~securities. Interest expense in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily comprised of interest on the outstanding revolving credit facility balance and our long-term debt payable to a related party, amortization of debt issuance costs in connection with our credit facility and interest on capital lease obligations. ~~Interest~~

Other Income (Expense), Net. We recorded a gain of $63 million from the settlement of litigation with Metaswitch in the three months ended June 30, 2019 and a gain of approximately $8 million from the reduction of deferred purchase consideration in connection with the Edgewater Acquisition in the three months ended March 31, 2019. These gains were the primary components of our other income (expense), net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Our other expense, innet, for both the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2017~~2018 was primarily comprised of expense related to ~~the amortization of debt issuance costs in connection with our then-existing revolving credit facility and interest on capital lease obligations.~~foreign currency translation.

Income Taxes. We recorded provisions for income taxes of approximately $6 million and $3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, ~~and approximately $1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~respectively. These amounts reflect our estimates of the effective rates expected to be applicable for the respective full fiscal years, adjusted for any discrete events, which are recorded in the period that they occur. Our tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 includes approximately $600,000 of net benefit related to discrete items, primarily a benefit resulting from the release of approximately $800,000 of valuation allowance in connection with the acquisition of Edgewater. These estimates are reevaluated each quarter based on our estimated tax rate for the full fiscal year. The estimated ~~amounts recorded~~effective rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 do not include any expense or benefit for our domestic or Ireland ~~losses, as~~operations, since we ~~have~~ concluded that a valuation allowance ~~on any domestic or Ireland benefit is required.~~was required for both jurisdictions.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act"). The Tax Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to: reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%; requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries; generally eliminating U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; requiring a current inclusion in U.S. federal taxable income of certain earnings (the Global Intangible Low-taxed Income ("GILTI")) of controlled foreign corporations; eliminating the corporate alternative minimum tax ("AMT") and changing how existing AMT credits can be realized; creating the base erosion anti-abuse tax ("BEAT"); creating a new limitation on deductible interest expense; changing rules related to uses and limitations of net operating loss carryforwards created in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017; providing a tax deduction for foreign derived intangible income ("FDII"); and changing rules related to deductibility of compensation for certain officers.

The impact of certain effects of the Tax Act was provisionally recognized in the period in which the new legislation was enacted per guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, which allows for a measurement period to complete the accounting for certain elements of the tax reform. We had previously provided for a provisional impact related to remeasured deferred tax assets based on the new federal income tax rate of 21%. We had also previously provided for the provisional impact related to the Tax Act's change to the federal NOL and AMT carryovers. The total estimated impact of approximately $5 million was reflected in our net loss and increased the tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017. We recorded a nominal adjustment in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to reduce the benefit of the provisional impact relating to the change in our deferred tax assets as a result of the new federal tax rate of 21%. We will continue to refine our calculations as additional analysis is completed and expect to complete the accounting for the impact of the Tax Act within the measurement period. We cannot currently predict with certainty how the Tax Act will affect our financial position or results of operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial position, changes in financial position, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Contractual Obligations

There have been no material changes, outside of the ordinary course of business, to our contractual obligations as previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows are summarized as follows (in millions):

Nine months ended
September 30,
2018 September 30,
2017 Change
Net loss $ (75.0 ) $ (19.5 ) $ (55.5 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities 56.4
23.6
32.8
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (5.0 ) 4.9
(9.9 )
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $ (23.6 ) $ 9.0
$ (32.6 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities $ (33.4 ) $ 10.5
$ (43.9 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $ 36.2
$ (0.5 ) $ 36.7



	Nine months ended
	September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018			Change
Net income (loss)	$	20.3		$	(75.0	)	$	95.3
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities	51.3			56.4			(5.1		)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities	(49.0		)	(5.0		)	(44.0		)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	22.6		$	(23.6	)	$	46.2
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(1.3	)	$	(33.4	)	$	32.1
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	$	(24.7	)	$	36.2		$	(60.9	)

Our cash ~~cash equivalents, and short- and long-term investments totaled~~was approximately ~~$43~~$40 million at September 30, ~~2018~~2019. Our cash, cash equivalents and ~~$83~~marketable securities totaled approximately $51 million at December 31, ~~2017.~~2018. We had cash held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries aggregating approximately $7$9 million and $11 million at September 30, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~$14 million at~~ December 31, ~~2017.~~2018, respectively. If we elected to repatriate all of the funds held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries as of September 30, ~~2018,~~2019, we do not believe that the amounts of potential withholding taxes that would arise from the repatriation would have a material effect on our liquidity.

On the Merger Date and in connection with the Merger, we assumed GENBAND's Senior Secured Credit Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (the "Prior Credit Agreement"), which had outstanding borrowings and letters of credit totaling approximately $18 million and $3 million, respectively, and an average interest rate of 4.67%. GENBAND had entered into the Prior Credit Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB") effective July 1, 2016. The Prior Credit Agreement had a maturity date of July 1, 2019 and provided for revolving loans, including letters of credit and swingline loans, not to exceed $50 million in total, with potential further increases of up to $75 million available for a total revolving line of credit of up to $125 million.

On December 21, 2017, we entered into a Senior Secured Credit Agreement ~~(as amended, the~~(the “Credit Facility”) with Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"), which refinanced the ~~Prior Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility includes $100 million of commitments,~~prior credit agreement with SVB that the full amount of which is available for revolving loans, a $15 million sublimit that is available for letters of credit and a $15 million sublimit that is available for swingline loans. The Credit Facility is scheduled to matureCompany had assumed in ~~December 2021, subject to a springing maturity if, on or before July 14, 2020,~~connection with the existing promissory note for approximately $23 million issued to certain of GENBAND's equity holders (the "Promissory Note") is not converted or extended to March 2022 or later. The Credit Facility includes procedures for additional financial institutions to become lenders, or for any existing lender to increase its commitment under the facility, subject to an available increase of $50 million for all incremental commitments under the Credit Facility without amendment.Merger. On June 24, 2018, we amended the Credit Facility to, among other things, permit the Edgewater Acquisition and related transactions. At December 31, 2018, we had an outstanding debt balance of $55 million at an average interest rate of 5.96% and approximately $3 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 1.75% under the Credit Facility. We were in compliance with all covenants of the Credit Facility at December 31, 2018.

On April 29, 2019, we entered into a syndicated, amended and restated Credit Facility (the "New Credit Facility") with SVB, as lead agent. The New Credit Facility provides for a $50 million term loan facility that was advanced in full on April 29, 2019, and a $100 million revolving line of credit. The New Credit Facility also includes procedures for additional financial institutions to become syndicate lenders, or for any existing lender to increase its commitment under either the term loan facility or the revolving loan facility, subject to an aggregate increase of $75 million for all incremental commitments under the New Credit Facility. The New Credit Facility is scheduled to mature in 2024. At September 30, 2019, we had an outstanding term loan debt balance of approximately $49 million, an outstanding revolving line of credit balance of approximately $34 million, with a combined weighted average interest rate of 3.76%, and approximately $3 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 1.50%.

The indebtedness and other obligations under the New Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by us and ~~GENBAND US LLC, our wholly-owned domestic subsidiary (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and~~ each of our other material U.S. domestic ~~subsidiaries.~~subsidiaries (collectively, the "Guarantors"). The New Credit ~~Agreement~~Facility is secured by first-priority liens on substantially all of our assets.

The New Credit Facility requires periodic interest payments on outstanding borrowings under the facility until maturity. We may prepay all revolving loans under the New Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty (other than customary LIBOR breakage costs), subject to certain notice requirements.

Revolving loans under the New Credit Facility bear interest at our option at either the Eurodollar (LIBOR) rate plus a margin ranging from ~~2.50%~~1.50% to 3.00% per year or the base rate (the highest of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, or the prime rate announced from time to time in The Wall Street Journal) plus a margin ranging from ~~1.50%~~0.50% to 2.00% per year (such margins being referred to as the “Applicable Margin”). The Applicable Margin varies depending on our consolidated leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility). The base rate and the LIBOR rate are each subject to a zero percent floor.

We are charged a commitment fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.40% per year on the daily amount of the unused portions of the commitments under the Credit Facility. Additionally, with respect to all letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility, we are charged a fronting fee of 0.125% per year and an outstanding letter of credit fee equal to the Applicable Margin for base rate loans ranging from 1.50% to 2.00% times the amount of the outstanding letters of credit.

The New Credit Facility requires compliance with certain financial covenants, ofincluding a minimum consolidated quick ratio, minimum consolidated ~~interest~~fixed cover charge coverage ratio and maximum consolidated leverage ratio, all of which are defined in the New Credit Facility and tested on a quarterly basis. We were in compliance with all covenants of the New Credit Facility at September 30, 2019.

In addition, the New Credit Facility contains various covenants that, among other restrictions, limit our and our subsidiaries’ ability to enter into certain types of transactions, including, but not limited to: incurring or assuming ~~indebtedness,~~indebtedness; granting or assuming liens; making acquisitions or engaging in ~~mergers,~~mergers; making ~~investments, repurchasing equity~~dividend and ~~paying dividends,~~certain other restricted payments; making investments; selling or otherwise transferring ~~assets,~~assets; engaging in transactions with affiliates; entering into sale and leaseback transactions; entering into burdensome agreements; changing the nature of our ~~business~~business; modifying our organizational documents; and amending or making prepayments on certain junior debt. ~~We were in compliance with all covenants of the Credit Facility at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.~~

On December 21, 2017, concurrently with the completion of the Credit Facility, we repaid in full all outstanding amounts under the Prior Credit Agreement and terminated the agreement. We did not incur any early termination penalties in connection with the termination of the Prior Credit Agreement.

At September 30, 2018, we had an outstanding debt balance of $58 million at an average interest rate of 5.26% and approximately $3 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 1.75% under the Credit Facility. At December 31, 2017, we had an outstanding debt balance of $20 million at an average interest rate of 4.51% and approximately $3 million of outstanding letters of credit at an average interest rate of 2.00% under the Credit Facility.

In connection with the Merger, on October 27, 2017, we issued ~~the Promissory Note~~a promissory note for approximately $23 million to certain of GENBAND's equity ~~holders.~~holders (the "Promissory Note"). The Promissory Note ~~does~~did not amortize and the principal thereon iswas payable in full on the third anniversary of its execution. Interest on the promissory note iswas payable quarterly in arrears and ~~accrues~~accrued at a rate of 7.5% per year for the first six months after issuance, and thereafter at a rate of 10% per year. Interest that iswas not paid on the interest payment date ~~will increase~~increased the principal amount of the Promissory Note. The failure to make any payment under the Promissory Note when due and, with respect to payment of any interest, the continuation of such failure for a period of thirty days thereafter, ~~constitutes~~constituted an event of default under the Promissory Note. If an event of default ~~occurs~~occurred under the Promissory Note, the payees ~~may~~could declare the entire balance of the Promissory Note due and payable (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest) within five business days of the payees' notification to the Company of such acceleration. Interest that was not paid on the interest payment date increased the principal amount of the Promissory Note. At December 31, 2018, the Promissory Note balance was $24.1 million, comprised of $22.5 million of principal plus $1.6 million of interest converted to principal. On April 29, 2019, concurrently with the closing of the New Credit Facility as discussed above, we repaid in full all outstanding amounts under the Promissory Note, totaling $24.7 million and comprised of $22.5 million of principal plus $2.2 million of interest converted to principal. We did not incur any early termination penalties in connection with this repayment.

In the second quarter of 2019, our Board of Directors (the "Board") approved a stock repurchase program pursuant to which we may repurchase up to $75 million of the Company's common stock prior to April 18, 2021. Repurchases under the program may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, with the amount and timing of repurchases depending on the market conditions and corporate discretion. This program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be extended, modified, suspended or discontinued at any time at the Board's discretion. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we repurchased and retired 1.0 million shares of our common stock for a total purchase price of $4.5 million, including transaction fees. No shares were repurchased under this program during the three months ended September 30, 2019.

Our operating activities provided approximately $23 million of cash and used approximately $24 million of cash in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Cash provided by operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily the result of our net income, lower accounts receivable and inventory, and our non-cash operating expenses. These amounts were partially offset by higher other operating assets and lower accounts payable, accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities, and deferred revenue balances, coupled with the reduction in the Edgewater Deferred Consideration. The increase in other operating assets was primarily due to the note receivable arising from the litigation settlement with Metaswitch. The decrease in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities was primarily related to employee compensation and related costs and lower deferred purchase consideration. During the second quarter of 2019, we received approximately $37 million of cash from Metaswitch, which represents the first payment in accordance with the litigation settlement agreement. Our lower accounts receivable primarily reflected typical mid-year seasonality. Our net income, adjusted for non-cash operating activities, provided approximately $9$72 million of cash in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017.~~2019.

Cash used in operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily the result of our net loss, lower accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities, accounts payable and deferred revenue. These amounts were partially offset by lower accounts receivable, other operating assets and inventory, coupled with our non-cash operating expenses. The decrease in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities was primarily related to employee compensation and related costs ~~including payments in connection with our company-wide cash bonus program,~~ and our previously recorded restructuring initiatives, coupled with lower accruals for taxes and professional ~~fees and taxes.~~fees. Our lower accounts receivable primarily reflected ~~collections on sales made in the prior year and our focused collection efforts.~~typical mid-year seasonality. Our net loss, adjusted for non-cash operating activities, used approximately $19 million of ~~cash.~~

~~Cash provided by operating activities~~cash in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017 was primarily~~2018.

Our investing activities used approximately $1 million of cash in the ~~result~~nine months ended September 30, 2019, comprised of ~~our non-cash operating expenses, lower accounts receivable~~approximately $8 million of investments in property and ~~inventory, and higher deferred revenue. These amounts were~~equipment, partially offset by our net loss, lower accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities, and higher other operating assets. Our lower accounts receivable primarily reflected our focused collection efforts. The decrease in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities was primarily related to employee compensation and related costs, including payments made in connection with our company-wide cash bonus program and sales commissions, as well as payments made in connection with our previously

~~recorded restructuring initiatives. Our net loss, adjusted for non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation, provided~~the maturity of approximately $4$7 million of ~~cash.~~marketable securities.

Our investing activities used approximately $33 million of cash in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, comprised of approximately $46 million of cash, net of cash acquired, paid as purchase consideration to acquire Edgewater and approximately $6 million of investments in property and equipment. These amounts were partially offset by the sale and maturity of marketable securities aggregating approximately $19 million.

Our ~~investing~~financing activities ~~provided~~used approximately ~~$11~~$25 million of cash in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2017, primarily~~2019. We repaid outstanding borrowings of approximately $131 million under the New Credit Facility, comprised of $130 million for borrowings under the revolving line of credit and approximately ~~$13~~$1 million for borrowings under the term loan. We also repaid approximately $25 million on the note to certain of the former GENBAND equity holders and the deferred purchase consideration of approximately $22 million to the selling Edgewater shareholders. We spent slightly under $5 million to repurchase and retire shares of our common stock on the open market and used approximately $1 million to pay withholding obligations related to the net share settlement of restricted stock awards upon vesting. Our borrowings under the New Credit Facility totaled $159 million, comprised of $109 million of ~~net maturities~~borrowings under the revolving line of ~~marketable securities~~credit and ~~less than $1~~$50 million of ~~cash~~term loan debt under the New Credit Facility. Cash proceeds from the sale of ~~intangible assets. These amounts were partially offset by approximately $3 million of investments in property~~our common stock under our ESPP and ~~equipment.~~from option exercises totaled slightly less than $1 million.

Our financing activities provided approximately $36 million of cash in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. We borrowed approximately $143 million and repaid approximately $105 million under the Credit Facility in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. We used approximately $1 million in the aggregate for debt issuance costs and payments on our ~~capital~~finance lease obligations and slightly less than $1 million to pay withholding obligations related to the net share settlement of restricted stock awards upon vesting.

Our financing activities used approximately $1 million of cash in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily comprised of approximately $2 million used to pay withholding obligations related to the net share settlement of restricted stock awards upon vesting, partially offset by approximately $1 million in the aggregate of proceeds from the sale of our common stock in connection with our Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") and stock option exercises.

Based on our current expectations, we believe our current cash ~~cash equivalents, marketable debt securities, long-term investments~~ and available borrowings under the New Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least twelve ~~months, including future deferred consideration payments in connection with~~months. However, the ~~Edgewater Acquisition. The~~ rate at which we ~~will produce or~~ consume cash ~~will be~~is dependent on the cash needs of our future operations, including changes in working capital, which will, in turn, be directly affected by the levels of demand for our products, the timing and rate of expansion of our business, the resources we devote to developing our products and any litigation settlements.operations. We anticipate devoting substantial capital resources to continue our research and development efforts, to maintain our sales, support and marketing, to complete merger-related integration activities and for other general corporate activities. However, it is difficult to predict future liquidity requirements with ~~certainty. See Note 15~~certainty, and our cash and available borrowings under the New Credit Facility may not be sufficient to meet our ~~condensed consolidated financial statements for a description of~~future needs, which would require us to refinance our ~~other contingencies.~~debt and/or obtain additional financing. We may not be able to refinance our debt or obtain additional financing on favorable terms or at all.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

~~In May 2014,~~Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted the Financial Accounting ~~Standards Board~~Standard Board's ("FASB") ~~issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, its~~ new standard on revenue from contracts with customers, along with additional ASUs which, among other things, clarified the implementation of the new revenue guidance and delayed the adoption by one year, to January 1, 2018. The New Revenue Standard outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the revenue model is that an entity recognizes 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. In applying the revenue model to contracts within its scope, an entity identifies the contract(s) with a customer, identifies the performance obligations in the contract, determines the transaction price, allocates the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and recognizes revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Effective January 1, 2018, we adopted the New Revenue Standard using the modified retrospective option and have identified the necessary changes to our policies, processes, systems and controls. Under the modified retrospective method, we are applying the New Revenue Standard to all contracts not yet completed as of January 1, 2018, recognizing in beginning Accumulated deficit an adjustment for the cumulative effect of the change and providing additional disclosures comparing results to those as if we were still following the previous accounting standards. Underleases, Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") ~~605, we concluded we did not have VSOE~~842, Leases ("ASC 842"). ASC 842 replaced existing lease accounting rules with a comprehensive lease measurement and recognition standard and expanded disclosure requirements. ASC 842 requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and eliminates the current GAAP requirement for ~~certain elements~~an entity to use bright-line tests in ~~software bundled arrangements,~~determining lease classification.

We elected to use the alternative transition method, which ~~resulted in revenue being recognized ratably over~~allows entities to initially apply ASC 842 at the ~~longest performance period. The majority~~adoption date with no subsequent adjustments to prior period lease costs for comparability. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition ~~adjustments related to these arrangements.~~ guidance, which provided that a company need not reassess whether expired or existing contracts contained a lease, the lease classification of expired or existing leases, and the amount of initial direct costs for existing leases.

In connection with the adoption of ASC ~~606,~~842, we recorded additional lease assets of approximately $44 million and additional lease liabilities of approximately $48 million as of January 1, ~~2018,~~2019. The difference between the ~~Company recorded an adjustment to decrease Accumulated~~additional lease

~~deficit by approximately $12 million~~assets and ~~capitalized~~lease liabilities, net of the deferred tax impact, was due to the absorption of related balances into the right-of-use assets, such as deferred rent. The adoption of this standard had no impact on our condensed consolidated statements of operations or of cash flows.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("ASU 2016-13"), which adds an impairment model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under ASU 2016-13, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the FASB believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. In April and May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments ("ASU 2019-04") and ASU 2019-05 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief ("ASU 2019-05"), respectively. ASU 2019-04 provides transition relief for entities adopting ASU 2016-13 and ASU 2019-05 clarifies certain ~~commission costs resulting directly~~aspects of the accounting for credit losses, hedging activities and financial instruments in connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2019-04 and ASU 2019-05 are effective with the adoption of ASU 2016-13, which is effective for us beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. We continue to assess the potential impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-13 and related amendments and currently do not believe it will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU 2018-07"), which expands the scope of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation ("ASC 718"), to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from ~~securing contracts which were previously expensed.~~both nonemployees and employees. As a result, most of the guidance in ASC 718 associated with employee share-based payments, including most of its requirements related to classification and measurement, applies to nonemployee share-based payment arrangements.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02,Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("ASU 2018-02"), which amends ASC 220, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income, to allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax ~~Cuts and Jobs~~ Act and requires entities to provide certain disclosures regarding stranded tax effects. ~~ASU 2018-02 is effective for us beginning January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted.~~ We ~~are currently assessing~~did not elect to reclassify the ~~potential impact~~income tax effects of the ~~adoption~~Tax Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to accumulated deficit.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory ("ASU ~~2018-02~~2016-16"), which removes the prohibition in ASC 740, Income Taxes, against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory.

In addition, the FASB has issued the following accounting pronouncements, none of which we believe will have a material impact on our consolidated financial ~~statements.~~statements:

~~In May 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-09,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting~~ ("ASU 2017-09"), which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements such that an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. ASU 2017-09 became effective for us beginning January 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. The adoption of ASU 2017-09 did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

~~In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07,~~ ~~Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Post Retirement Benefit Cost~~ ("ASU 2017-07"). ASU 2017-07 amends the requirements in ASC 715 to require entities to disaggregate the current-service-cost component from the other components of net benefit cost (the "other components") and include it with other current compensation costs for related employees, present the other components elsewhere in the income statement and outside of income from operations if such a subtotal is presented and disclose the income statement lines that contain the other components if they are not presented on appropriately described separate lines. ASU 2017-07 became effective for us beginning January 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. The adoption of ASU 2017-07 did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

~~In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15,~~ ~~Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments~~ ("ASU 2016-15"), which adds or clarifies guidance on eight cash flow issues, including debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or certain other debt instruments, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, distributions received from equity method investees, beneficial interests in securitization transactions and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. ASU 2016-15 became effective for us beginning January 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. Entities must apply the guidance retrospectively to all periods presented but may apply it prospectively from the earliest date practicable if retrospective application would be impracticable. The adoption of ASU 2016-15 did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

~~Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842~~, which provided additional clarification and implementation guidance. We have elected to use the alternative transition method as described in ASU 2018-11, which allows entities to initially apply ASU 2016-02 at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, with no subsequent adjustments to prior period lease costs for comparability. We have essentially completed the lease assessment phase of implementation and are currently reviewing the contracts within our lease portfolio in order to quantify the impact of adoption on our consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019. We expect to quantify such amounts to be recognized on the balance sheet by the end of the fourth quarter of 2018. We are currently reviewing our leases to identify those that would be impacted by the adoption of ASU 2016-02 and related clarification guidance and determining the impact on our consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, such amounts to be recognized on the balance sheet have yet to be determined.

~~In addition, the FASB has issued the following accounting pronouncements, none of which we believe will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements:~~

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans (“ASU 2018-14”), which amends ASC 715, Compensation - Retirement Benefits ~~(“ASC 715”)~~, to add, remove and clarify disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. ASU 2018-14 is effective for us beginning January 1, 2020.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”), which changes the fair value measurement requirements of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement ~~(“ASC 820”)~~. ASU 2018-13 is effective for us beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting.

~~In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting~~ ~~("ASU 2018-07"), which expands the scope of ASC 718,~~ ~~Compensation - Stock Compensation~~ ("ASC 718"), to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from both nonemployees and employees. As a result, most of the guidance in ASC 718 associated with employee share-based payments, including most of its requirements related to classification and measurement, applies to nonemployee share-based payment arrangements. ASU 2018-07 is effective for us beginning January 1, 2019, although early adoption is permitted.

~~In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16,~~ ~~Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory~~ ~~("ASU 2016-16"), which removes the prohibition in ASC 740,~~ ~~Income Taxes,~~ against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. ASU 2016-16 is effective for us beginning January 1, 2019 for both interim and annual reporting periods.

~~In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13,~~ ~~Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instrument~~s ("ASU 2016-13"), which adds an impairment model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under ASU 2016-13, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the FASB believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for us beginning January 1, 2020 for both interim and annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to a variety of market risks, including changes in interest rates affecting the return on our investments and foreign currency fluctuations. We do not believe that a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates would have a materially different impact from what was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form ~~10-K~~10-K/A, for the year ended December 31, ~~2017.~~

2018.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, ~~2018.~~2019.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

~~We fully cooperated~~On November 8, 2018, Ron Miller, a purported stockholder of ours, filed a Class Action Complaint (the "Miller Complaint") in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the "Massachusetts District Court") against us and three of our former officers, Raymond P. Dolan, Mark T. Greenquist and Michael Swade (collectively, the "Defendants"), claiming to represent a class of purchasers of Sonus common stock during the period from January 8, 2015 through March 24, 2015 and alleging violations of the federal securities laws. Similar to a previous complaint entitled Sousa et al. vs. Sonus Networks, Inc. et al., which was dismissed with prejudice by an ~~SEC inquiry regarding~~order dated June 6, 2017, the ~~development and issuance of Sonus’~~Miller Complaint claims that the Defendants made misleading forward-looking statements concerning Sonus' expected fiscal first quarter of 2015 ~~revenue and earnings guidance. We reached~~financial performance, which statements were also the subject of an ~~agreement with the SEC to resolve this matter and on~~ August 7, 2018 ~~the SEC issued a~~Securities and Exchange Commission Cease and Desist Order, ~~(the “Order”). As part of the Order, the~~whose findings ~~of which~~ we neither admitted ~~or denied, we agreed~~nor denied. The Miller plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages.

After the Miller Complaint was filed, several parties filed and briefed motions seeking to ~~pay~~be selected by the Massachusetts District Court to serve as a ~~$1.9 million civil penalty and agreed not to violate the securities laws~~Lead Plaintiff in the ~~future. We recorded $1.9 million in~~action. On June 21, 2019, the ~~year ended December 31, 2017, for potential fines in connection with this investigation~~Massachusetts District Court appointed a group as Lead Plaintiffs and ~~have paid such amount~~the Lead Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on July 19, 2019. On August 30, 2019, the Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Miller Complaint and, on October 4, 2019, the Lead Plaintiffs filed an opposition to the ~~SEC.~~

Wemotion to dismiss. The Defendants are involved in five lawsuits with Metaswitch Networks Ltd., Metaswitch Networks Corp. and Metaswitch Inc. (collectively, “Metaswitch”). In all five of the lawsuits, we are the plaintiff and, in three of the lawsuits, we are a counterclaim defendant. On January 21, 2014, GENBAND and our indirectly-owned subsidiary, GENBAND US LLC, filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, alleging that Metaswitch infringed certain patents owned by GENBAND. Following unsuccessful mediation, a trial took place andexpected to reply to such opposition on January 15, 2016 the jury awarded $8.2 million in past royalty damages to GENBAND, which neither GENBAND nor the Company has recorded. On September 29, 2016, the district court confirmed the jury verdict following motions from both parties. On March 22, 2018, the district court entered final judgment awarding GENBAND $8.9 million in royalties for damages through January 15, 2016 at rates set by the district court, excluding pre- and post-judgment interest and costs. On April 10, 2018, the clerk of the district court set the awarded costs at $0.4 million. On April 19, 2018, Metaswitch filed a notice of appeal on the judgment with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and Metaswitch filed its appeal brief on July 6, 2018.

On April 18, 2018, Sonus filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, alleging that Metaswitch is continuing to infringe the patents from the first lawsuit above through sales of Metaswitch's allegedly "redesigned" products. This suit seeks a finding that Metaswitch's infringement is willful. This suit also alleges false advertising and seeks damages resulting from allegedly false and misleading statements Metaswitch made regarding the first lawsuit. The district court has set trial for September 9,or before November 1, 2019.

Through Sonus and GENBAND US LLC, we are involved as plaintiff and counterclaim defendant in a lawsuit with Metaswitch regarding claims that Metaswitch misappropriated trade secrets of GENBAND. This case is pending in state court in Dallas County, Texas, and stems from claims originally brought in a patent lawsuit between GENBAND and Metaswitch. The state court action was filed on March 28, 2017. Metaswitch filed its answer on April 21, 2017, in which it asserted counterclaims against GENBAND. On July 11, 2018, Metaswitch filed its fifth amended answer and counterclaims against GENBAND. The Texas state court has set a special setting for a trial for this case on April 22, 2019.

Through Sonus, we are involved as plaintiff and counterclaim defendant in two patent infringement lawsuits with Metaswitch asserting a total of ten patents that came into the Company from Sonus. Sonus filed these two lawsuits in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division on March 8, 2018. Metaswitch filed its answers on May 15, 2018, in which it asserted counterclaims against Sonus, including alleged infringement by the Company and Sonus of a total of ten patents. The district court has set trials for these two cases to occur on February 18, 2020 and June 15, 2020.

At this time, it is not possible to predict the outcome of the litigation matters with Metaswitch, but we do not expect the results of any of these actions to have a material adverse effect on our business or consolidated financial statements.

In addition, we are often a party to disputes and legal proceedings that we consider routine and incidental to our business. Management does not expect the results of any of these actions to have a material effect on our business or ~~results of operations.~~consolidated financial statements.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business faces significant risks and uncertainties, which may have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations, and you should carefully consider them. There have been no material changes in the nine months ended September 30, ~~2018~~2019 to the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form ~~10-K~~10-K/A for the year ended December 31, ~~2017.~~2018, with the exception of the risk factor below.

Increases in tariffs, trade restrictions or taxes on our products could have an adverse impact on our operations.

We manufacture certain of our appliance products and purchase a portion of our raw materials and components from suppliers in Mexico, China and other foreign countries. The commerce we conduct in the international marketplace makes us subject to tariffs, trade restrictions and other taxes when the raw materials or components we purchase, and the products we ship, cross international borders. Import tariffs and/or other mandates imposed by the current presidential administration could potentially lead to retaliatory actions by affected countries, resulting in “trade wars,” and could significantly increase the prices on raw materials, the manufacturing of our equipment, and/or increased costs for goods imported into the United States, all of which are critical to our business. Any such tariffs could reduce customer demand for our products if our customers have to pay

increased prices for our products as a result of such tariffs. In addition, tariff increases may have a similar impact on other suppliers and certain other customers, which could increase the negative impact on our operating results or future cash flows.

Although we have not experienced a significant resulting increase in our manufacturing costs, if we were to do so, this eventually could make our products less competitive than those of our competitors whose imports are not subject to these tariffs. In addition, the U.S. administration has threatened to impose tariffs on all products imported from both Mexico and China. If this were to occur, we may not be able to mitigate the impacts of these tariffs and our business, results of operations and financial position could be materially adversely affected. Products we sell into certain foreign markets could also become subject to similar retaliatory tariffs, making the products we sell uncompetitive to similar products not subject to such import tariffs. Further changes in U.S. trade policies, tariffs, taxes, export restrictions or other trade barriers, or restrictions on raw materials or components, may limit our ability to manufacture products, increase our manufacturing costs, decrease our profit margins, reduce the competitiveness of our products, or inhibit our ability to sell products or purchase raw materials or components, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by us for the periods indicated:

Period
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)

Average
Price Paid
per Share

Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs

Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that May
Yet be Purchased Under
the Plans or Programs
July 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018 —
$ —
—
$ —
August 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018 925
$ 7.52
—
$ —
September 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018 15,832
$ 6.82
—
$ —
Total 16,757
$ 6.86
—
$ —



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (3)
July 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019	—	$	—	—	$	70,463,973
August 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019	379	$	5.26	—	$	70,463,973
September 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019	122	$	5.63	—	$	70,463,973
Total	501	$	5.35	—	$	70,463,973

(1) Upon vesting of restricted stock awards, certain of our employees ~~are permitted to return~~surrender to us a portion of the newly vested shares of common stock to satisfy the tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with such vesting. During the third quarter of ~~2018, 16,757~~2019, 501 shares of restricted stock were returned to us by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising in connection with vesting of restricted stock, which shares are included in this column.

(2) On May 2, 2019, we announced a stock repurchase program, under which our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $75 million of our common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions prior to April 18, 2021 (the "Repurchase Program"). We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock under the program during the third quarter of 2019. At September 30, 2019, we had $70.5 million remaining under the Repurchase Program for future repurchases. The timing and amount of any shares repurchased will be determined by our management based on its evaluation of market conditions and other factors. We may elect to implement a 10b5-1 repurchase program, which would permit shares to be repurchased when we might otherwise be precluded from doing so under insider trading laws. The Repurchase Program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The Repurchase Program is being funded using our working capital.

(3) Represents amounts available for repurchases under the Repurchase Program.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
~~10.1~~3.1	*	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K12B, filed October 30, 2017 with the SEC).
3.2		Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 28, 2017 with the SEC).
3.3		Amended and Restated ~~2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.~~
~~10.2~~		~~Edgewater Networks, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Option Plan, effective as~~By-Laws of ~~April 8, 2010~~the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit ~~99.1~~3.3 to the Registrant's ~~Registration Statement~~Annual Report on Form ~~S-8,~~10-K, filed ~~August 6,~~March 8, 2018 with the SEC).
10.1	*	Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Award Agreement under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan.
10.2	*	Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan.
10.3	*	~~Amendment to~~Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Time-Based Vesting) under the ~~Edgewater Networks, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002~~2019 Incentive Award Plan.
10.4	*	Form of Restricted Stock ~~Option Plan, dated December 7, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to~~Unit Award Agreement (Performance-Based Vesting) under the ~~Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed August 6, 2018 with the SEC).~~2019 Incentive Award Plan.
31.1	*	Certificate of Ribbon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	*	Certificate of Ribbon Communications Inc. Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	#	Certificate of Ribbon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	#	Certificate of Ribbon Communications Inc. Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase


*	Filed herewith.


#	Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



Date: October 31, ~~2018~~2019	RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.


By:	/s/ Daryl E. Raiford
	Daryl E. Raiford Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)



Fair value of consideration transferred:
Cash consideration:
Repayment of GENBAND long-term debt and accrued interest, related party	$	47,973
Payment of GENBAND management fees due to majority shareholder	10,302
Less cash acquired	(15,324		)
Net cash consideration	42,951
Fair value of Sonus stock issued	413,982
Promissory note issued to GENBAND equity holders	22,500
Fair value of total consideration	$	479,433

Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Current assets, net of cash acquired	$	99,126
Property and equipment	16,770
Intangible assets:
In-process research and development	5,600
Developed technology	129,000
Customer relationships	101,300
Trade names	900
Goodwill	285,825
Other noncurrent assets	6,732
Revolving credit facility	(17,930		)
Deferred revenue	(32,390		)
Other current liabilities	(80,023		)
Deferred revenue, net of current	(6,804		)
Other long-term liabilities	(28,673		)
	$	479,433



	Three months ended September 30, 2017			Nine months ended September 30, 2017

Revenue	$	147,608		$	419,749
Net loss	$	(22,148	)	$	(105,666	)
Loss per share	$	(0.22	)	$	(1.04	)



	September 30, 2018
	Amortized cost		Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses			Fair value
Cash equivalents	$	427	$	—	$	—		$	427

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes	$	3,997	$	—	$	(17	)	$	3,980
Corporate debt securities	3,317		—		(13		)	3,304
	$	7,314	$	—	$	(30	)	$	7,284



	December 31, 2017
	Amortized cost		Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses			Fair value
Cash equivalents	$	1,254	$	—	$	—		$	1,254

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes	$	4,091	$	—	$	(19	)	$	4,072
Corporate debt securities	8,048		—		(31		)	8,017
Certificates of deposit	5,135		—		—			5,135
	$	17,274	$	—	$	(50	)	$	17,224
Investments
U.S. government agency notes	$	3,992	$	—	$	(28	)	$	3,964
Corporate debt securities	3,908		—		(24		)	3,884
Certificates of deposit	1,183		—		—			1,183
	$	9,083	$	—	$	(52	)	$	9,031



			Fair value measurements at September 30, 2018 using:
	Total carrying value at September 30, 2018		Quoted prices in active markets (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Cash equivalents	$	427	$	427	$	—	$	—

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency notes	$	3,980	$	—	$	3,980	$	—
Corporate debt securities	3,304		—		3,304		—
	$	7,284	$	—	$	7,284	$	—



Years ending December 31,
Remainder of 2018	$	12,003
2019	47,411
2020	46,552
2021	40,571
2022	34,156
Thereafter	82,700
	$	263,393




Balance at January 1	2018			2017
Goodwill	$	338,822		$	52,499
Accumulated impairment losses	(3,106		)	(3,106		)
	335,716			49,393
Acquisition of Edgewater	46,777			—
Purchase accounting adjustments - acquisition of Taqua, LLC	—			498
Balance at September 30	$	382,493		$	49,891

Balance at September 30
Goodwill	$	385,599		$	52,997
Accumulated impairment losses	(3,106		)	(3,106		)
	$	382,493		$	49,891



	Balance at January 1, 2018		Initiatives charged to expense		Adjustments for changes in estimate			Cash payments			Balance at September 30, 2018
Severance	$	7,595	$	14,121	$	(5	)	$	(18,928	)	$	2,783
Facilities	—		193		—			(70		)	123
	$	7,595	$	14,314	$	(5	)	$	(18,998	)	$	2,906



Three months ended September 30, 2017	Product revenue		Service revenue (maintenance)		Service revenue (professional services)		Total revenue
United States	$	35,126	$	16,745	$	4,263	$	56,134
Europe, Middle East and Africa	3,072		2,960		272		6,304
Japan	3,376		2,489		1,552		7,417
Other Asia Pacific	1,771		992		47		2,810
Other	775		1,070		119		1,964
	$	44,120	$	24,256	$	6,253	$	74,629



Nine months ended September 30, 2017	Product revenue		Service revenue (maintenance)		Service revenue (professional services)		Total revenue
United States	$	72,123	$	48,502	$	10,116	$	130,741
Europe, Middle East and Africa	10,295		8,006		1,456		19,757
Japan	8,569		7,536		3,768		19,873
Other Asia Pacific	4,180		2,920		383		7,483
Other	3,138		2,234		504		5,876
	$	98,305	$	69,198	$	16,227	$	183,730