3/1/2022AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.AVID00008968418-KfalseCommon Stock, $0.01 par valueNasdaq Global Select Marketfalse75 Network DriveBurlingtonMassachusetts01803978640-67891-36254Delaware04-2977748☐☐☐☐00008968412022-03-012022-03-01

        

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2022

AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

1-36254

04-2977748

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

75 Network Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

978 640-6789

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

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Trading Symbol(s)

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Common Stock, $0.01 par value

AVID

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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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. ☐

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 1, 2022, Avid Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Press Release”). The full text of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The information contained in Item 2.02 is incorporated by reference herein.

Non-GAAP and Operational Measures. The attached Press Release includes financial measures that are not based on generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures, which are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, include the following: Non-GAAP Gross Margin, Non-GAAP Operating Expenses, Non-GAAP Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Non-GAAP Net Income, Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share, and Free Cash Flow.

•Non-GAAP Gross Margin is defined as GAAP gross margin, excluding amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation expense.

•Non-GAAP Operating Expenses are defined as GAAP operating expense excluding restructuring costs, stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets as well as other unusual items such as costs related to M&A related activity, efficiency program, transformation costs and COVID-19 related costs.

•Non-GAAP Operating Income is defined as GAAP operating income excluding restructuring costs, stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets as well as other unusual items such as costs related to M&A related activity, efficiency program, transformation costs and COVID-19 related costs.

•Adjusted EBITDA is defined as Non-GAAP operating income excluding depreciation expense.

•Adjusted EBITDA Margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by GAAP Net Revenues.

•Non-GAAP Net Income is defined as GAAP net income excluding restructuring costs, stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, loss on extinguishment of debt, gain on forgiveness of PPP loan, tax impact of Non-GAAP adjustments, as well as other unusual items such as costs related to M&A related activity, efficiency program, transformation costs and COVID-19 related costs.

•Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share is defined as Non-GAAP Net Income divided by weighted-average common shares outstanding.

•Free Cash Flow is defined as GAAP operating cash flow less capital expenditures.

Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP measures are contained in the tables accompanying the Press Release. The Press Release furnished herewith also includes forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures, including estimated Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share and Free Cash Flow for future periods. Reconciliations of these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures are not included in the Press Release furnished herewith due to the high variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections of some of the excluded information, together with some of the excluded information not being ascertainable or accessible at this time. As a result, the Company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure without unreasonable efforts.

These non-GAAP financial measures reflect how Avid manages its businesses internally. Avid’s Non-GAAP measures may vary from how other companies present non-GAAP measures. This non-GAAP information supplements, and is not intended to represent a measure of performance in accordance with, disclosures required by GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.

The Press Release furnished herewith also includes or references the operational metrics of Cloud-enabled software subscriptions, Recurring Revenue, LTM Recurring Revenue %, Annual Contract Value and Revenue Backlog. Definitions of these operational metrics appear below and are also included in the supplemental financial and operational data sheet available on our investor relations webpage at ir.avid.com.

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•Cloud-enabled software subscriptions as of the end of a quarter represent the number of paid subscription licenses under an active contract as of that date, excluding any licenses that may be receiving service under an active contract but that are not paid for at that time by the customer, whether due to a promotion, cancellation or otherwise. Starting in the third quarter of 2021, subscription counts include all paid and active seats under multi-seat licenses. For comparison purposes only, subscription counts for the quarters starting in the third quarter of 2020 were adjusted from previously published counts to reflect the addition of these seats under multi-seat licenses.

•Recurring Revenue is defined as the sum of subscription revenue, maintenance revenue and revenue under our long-term contractual agreements.

•LTM Recurring Revenue % is Recurring Revenue divided by Total Net Revenue for the most recent four quarters.

•Annual Contract Value is defined, as of a given date, as the sum of the following three components: (i) the annual value of all long-term contractual agreements in effect on such date, calculated by dividing the total value of each contract (excluding expected maintenance revenue included in (ii) below and expected subscription revenue included in (iii) below) divided by the total number of years of such contract, (ii) maintenance revenue for the quarter ended on such date, multiplied by four, and (iii) subscription revenue for the quarter ended on such date, multiplied by four.

•Revenue Backlog consists of firm orders received and includes both (i) orders where the customer has been invoiced in advance of our performance obligations being fulfilled and (ii) orders for future product deliveries or services that have not yet been invoiced by us.

In the third quarter of 2021, the Company adjusted its presentation of the operational metric Cloud-enabled software subscriptions when the Company discovered that certain multi-seat licenses had been counted as one subscription instead of the actual number of active and paid seats under the multi-seat license. There was no revenue impact due to this change to the operational metric.

For comparative purposes, the impact of this change on the number of Cloud-enabled software subscriptions was approximately 23,100 in the third quarter of 2021, 23,100 for the second quarter of 2021, 20,600 for the first quarter of 2021, 22,700 for the fourth quarter of 2020 and 18,800 for the third quarter of 2020. This change did not materially alter the trends or growth rates in Cloud-enabled software subscriptions because each quarter was understated by a similar amount relative to the total number of Could-enabled software subscriptions.

Limitation on Incorporation by Reference. The information furnished in Items 2.02 and 7.01, including the Press Release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. This Form 8-K, and the Press Release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 contain forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. Please refer to the cautionary notes in the Press Release regarding these forward-looking statements.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                   Exhibits.

Exhibit Number			Description
99.1			Press Release announcing financial results, dated March 1, 2022
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

			AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
			(Registrant)
Date: March 1, 2022			By: /s/ Kenneth Gayron Name: Kenneth Gayron   Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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