October 26, 2006 8K DOC


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

October 26, 2006
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


8X8, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
000-21783
77-0142404
 (State of other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 (Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3151 Jay Street
Santa Clara, CA    95054

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(408) 727-1885
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 26, 2006, 8x8, Inc. ("8x8") announced its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. A copy of 8x8's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

99.1    Press Release dated October 26, 2006






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 26, 2006

  8X8, INC.

  By:   /s/ Daniel Weirich
 
         Daniel Weirich
         Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Secretary








INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit

Description

 99.1 *

Press release dated October 26, 2006

*    Also provided in PDF format as a courtesy.






October 26, 2006 8K Exhibit 99.1

 

8x8 Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2007 Results

Company reports 2nd highest revenue quarter ever and
52% improvement in net loss over prior quarter

SANTA CLARA, Calif., -- October 26, 2006 -- 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), provider of Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone communications services, today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006.

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 increased to $13.2 million, compared to $7.1 million for the same period of fiscal 2006 and $12.3 million for the previous quarter. The net loss for the quarter was $2.7 million, or ($0.04) per share, compared to a net loss of $5.7 million, or ($0.09) per share, for the previous quarter and $5.6 million or ($0.10) per share for the same period last year. Total revenues for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were $25.5 million and $13.1 million, respectively. Net loss for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 was $8.5 million, or ($0.14) per share, and $10.7 million, or ($0.20) per share, respectively. The Company's cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled $14.5 million at September 30, 2006.

The net loss, which improved by 52% from the previous quarter, includes approximately $548K of employee stock-based compensation expense due to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R) (or FAS 123R). Excluding the impact of stock option expenses, the second quarter non-GAAP net loss was approximately $2.2 million.

"We are excited to see the Packet8 business nearing the turning point for cash flow and profitability, in line with our forecast of obtaining positive monthly cash flow during the quarter ending March 31, 2007," said Bryan R. Martin, 8x8's Chairman and CEO. "The September quarter was the second best quarter ever in the history of the Company with sales totaling $13.2M, exceeded only by the quarter ending December 31, 1997, almost 9 years ago, when 8x8 posted total revenues of $15.1M from communication product sales."

"Our focus on the business space with Virtual Office affords 8x8 a sustainable and attractive business model. This is evidenced by our gross margins, which grew strongly to 52% for the quarter, and the decreasing customer churn we are seeing due to this segment of our service," continued Mr. Martin. "We are pleased that our IP communication services have evolved to a point where they are yielding more than 50% gross margins. We continue to hear from our customers how much they value and appreciate our services, and we are eager to continue the growth of our financials, our technologies, and our IP communications services."

8x8 will host a conference call today at 9:00AM (Eastern time zone) to discuss its 2nd fiscal quarter results. The event and replays of the call can be accessed from the events page of 8x8's corporate website at http://www.8x8.com.

About 8x8, Inc.

8x8, Inc. offers the Packet8 (http://www.packet8.net/) VoIP (voice over internet protocol) telephone and videophone communications service and the Packet8 Virtual Office service. For additional company information, visit 8x8's web site at http://www.8x8.com/.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to reporting our preliminary estimate of financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, we are also providing with this press release non-GAAP net income information. In preparing our non-GAAP information, we have excluded, where applicable, stock compensation (a non-cash charge). Because of the non-cash nature of these charges, we believe that excluding them provides both management and investors with additional insight into our current operations, the trends affecting the Company and the Company's marketplace performance. In particular, management finds it useful to exclude the non-cash charges in order to more readily correlate the Company's operating activities with the Company's ability to generate cash from operations. Accordingly, management uses these non-GAAP measures, along with the comparable GAAP information, in evaluating our historical performance and in planning our future business activities. The additional non-GAAP financial information we present should be considered in conjunction with, and not as a substitute for, our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company, including statements about future events based on current expectations, potential product development efforts, near and long-term objectives, potential new business, strategies, organization changes, changing markets, future business performance and outlook. Such statements are predictions only, and actual events or results could differ materially from those made in any forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those projected in any such forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, customer acceptance and demand for our VoIP products and services, the reliability of our services, the prices for our services, customer renewal rates, customer acquisition costs, actions by our competitors, including price reductions for their telephone services, potential federal and state regulatory actions, compliance costs, potential warranty claims and product defects, our needs for and the availability of adequate working capital, our ability to innovate technologically, the timely supply of products by our contract manufacturers, potential future intellectual property infringement claims that could adversely affect our business and operating results, and our ability to retain our listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as well as other reports that 8x8, Inc. files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and 8x8, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

NOTE: 8x8, the 8x8 logo, Packet8, the Packet8 logo, Packet8 Virtual Office and Packet8 Softalk are trademarks of 8x8, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT:
Joan Citelli
(408) 687-4320
jcitelli@8x8.com








8x8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited)


                                                                                         
                                                Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
                                                  September 30,         September 30,
                                               --------------------  --------------------
                                                 2006       2005       2006       2005
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Service revenues............................. $  11,332  $   5,719  $  21,209  $  10,715
Product revenues.............................     1,916      1,344      4,310      2,353
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
          Total revenues.....................    13,248      7,063     25,519     13,068
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------

Operating expenses:
  Cost of service revenues (1)...............     5,015      2,795      9,777      4,864
  Cost of product revenues (1)...............     1,354      2,537      4,282      4,642
  Research and development (1)...............     1,293      1,446      2,653      2,770
  Selling, general and administrative (1)....     8,498      6,042     17,703     11,907
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
          Total operating expenses...........    16,160     12,820     34,415     24,183
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Loss from operations.........................    (2,912)    (5,757)    (8,896)   (11,115)
Other income, net............................       184        189        427        411
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net loss..................................... $  (2,728) $  (5,568) $  (8,469) $ (10,704)
                                               =========  =========  =========  =========

Net loss per share:
   Basic and diluted......................... $   (0.04) $   (0.10) $   (0.14) $   (0.20)


Weighted average number of shares:
   Basic and diluted.........................    61,329     53,871     61,233     53,847

(1) Effective April 1, 2006, 8x8, Inc. adopted FAS 123(R), "Share-Based Payment," and uses the modified prospective method to value its share-based payments. Accordingly, for the three and six months ended September 30, 2006, stock compensation was accounted for under FAS 123(R) while for the three and six months ended September 30, 2005, stock compensation was accounted for under APB 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees." The amounts in the tables above include stock compensation as follows:


  Cost of service revenues .................. $      21  $      --  $      63  $      --
  Cost of product revenues ..................         5         --         11         --
  Research and development ..................       137         --        312         --
  Selling, general and administrative .......       385         --        825         --
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Total stock compensation..................... $     548  $      --  $   1,211  $      --
                                               =========  =========  =========  =========








8x8, Inc.
NON-GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited)

                                                                                         
                                                Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
                                                  September 30,         September 30,
                                               --------------------  --------------------
                                                 2006       2005       2006       2005
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
GAAP net loss to non-GAAP net loss
reconciliation:

GAAP net loss................................ $  (2,728) $  (5,568) $  (8,469) $ (10,704)
Stock compensation (1).......................       548         --      1,211         --
                                               ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
  Non-GAAP net loss.......................... $  (2,180) $  (5,568) $  (7,258) $ (10,704)
                                               =========  =========  =========  =========

Net loss per share:
   Basic and diluted......................... $   (0.04) $   (0.10) $   (0.12) $   (0.20)


Weighted average number of shares:
   Basic and diluted.........................    61,329     53,871     61,233     53,847

(1) Effective April 1, 2006, 8x8, Inc. adopted FAS 123(R), "Share-Based Payment," and uses the modified prospective method to value its share-based payments. Accordingly, for the three and six months ended September 30, 2006, stock compensation was accounted for under FAS 123(R) while for the three and six months ended September 30, 2005, stock compensation was accounted for under APB 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees."






8x8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, unaudited)

                                                                                  
                                                    September 30,     March 31,
                                                         2006            2006
                                                    --------------  --------------
ASSETS                                                                            
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents....................... $        5,253  $        6,259
  Short-term investments..........................          8,237          12,726
  Accounts receivable, net........................          1,092             776
  Inventory.......................................          3,641           1,738
  Other current assets............................          2,053           2,316
                                                    --------------  --------------
          Total current assets....................         20,276          23,815
Long-term investments.............................            998           3,972
Property and equipment, net.......................          3,151           3,071
Other assets......................................            260             262
                                                    --------------  --------------
                                                   $       24,685  $       31,120
                                                    ==============  ==============

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                              
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable................................ $        5,627  $        4,907
  Accrued compensation............................            739             937
  Accrued warranty................................            303             301
  Deferred revenue................................          2,000           2,493
  Other accrued liabilities.......................          2,824           2,319
                                                    --------------  --------------
          Total current liabilities...............         11,493          10,957
                                                    --------------  --------------

Other liabilities.................................            176              70
                                                    --------------  --------------

Total stockholders' equity........................         13,016          20,093
                                                    --------------  --------------
                                                   $       24,685  $       31,120
                                                    ==============  ==============