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IDT CORP

For the period ended Oct 31, 2024. Filed Dec 10, 2024.

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Oct 31, 2024 · Filed Dec 10, 2024

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2024-04-30; filed 2024-06-10.

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

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2024-10-31; filed 2024-12-10.

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

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 106 previous paragraphs and 90 current paragraphs.

33 unchanged; 50 reworded; 7 added; 22 removed; 1 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 15 previous and 14 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

Added paragraphs (7)

Current report

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2024-03,Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), to improve the disclosures about an entity’s expenses including more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. At each interim and annual reporting period, entities will disclose in tabular format disaggregating information about prescribed categories underlying relevant income statement captions, as well as the total amount of selling expense and a description of the composition of its selling expense. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU for our fiscal year beginning on August 1, 2027. We are evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Current report

Technology and Development. Technology and development expense increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization expense, partially offset by a decrease in employee compensation.

Current report

Technology and Development. Technology and development expense increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to an increase in employee compensation.

Current report

*Revenues.*Revenues from IDT Digital Payments increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to increases in revenues from the direct-to-consumer and enterprise and wholesale channels, partially offset by a decrease in revenues from the retail channel.

Current report

As of October 31, 2024, there was an aggregate of $0.8 million in unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options and restricted stock, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting periods that end in fiscal 2028.
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Previous report

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07,Segment Reporting (Topic 280),*Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,*to improve the disclosures about reportable segments and add more detailed information about a reportable segment’s expenses. The amendments in the ASU require public entities to disclose on an annual and interim basis significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, or CODM, and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss, other segment items by reportable segment, the title and position of the CODM, and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measures of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. The ASU does not change the definition of a segment, the method for determining segments, the criteria for aggregating operating segments into reportable segments, or the current specifically enumerated segment expenses that are required to be disclosed. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU for our fiscal year beginning on August 1, 2024, and for interim periods beginning on August 1, 2025, applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented. We are evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Previous report

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2022-03,Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820),Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions, that clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The ASU also requires specific disclosures related to equity securities that are subject to contractual sales restrictions. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU prospectively on August 1, 2024. We are evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Previous report

From and after August 1, 2023, we include depreciation and amortization in “Direct cost of revenues” and “Selling, general and administrative” expense. Prior to August 1, 2023, depreciation and amortization was a separate caption in the consolidated statements of income. In addition, from and after August 1, 2023, we are reporting gross profit and gross margin percentage in our “Results of Operations” in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP.

Previous report

Depreciation and amortization expense included in our business segments was as follows:

Previous report

Technology and Development. Technology and development expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and consulting expense.

Previous report

Fintech’s other revenues increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily because of increases in IDT Financial Services’ revenues.

Previous report

Other Operating (Expense) Gains. In March 2024, we completed a portion of the integration of the Leaf Wallet platform into the BOSS Money app, including replacing the Leaf tradename with BOSS Money. The Leaf tradename balance of $0.1 million was written-off in the three months ended April 30, 2024. In the nine months ended April 30, 2023, Leaf received payments of $0.3 million from government grants for the development and commercialization of blockchain-backed financial technologies. In addition, in the nine months ended April 30, 2023, we determined that the requirements for a portion of the contingent consideration payments related to the Leaf acquisition would not be met. We recognized a gain of $1.6 million on the write-off of this contingent consideration payment obligation.

Previous report

net2phone derives a significant portion of its revenues from existing customers. Attracting new customers usually involves additional costs compared to retention of existing customers. If existing customers’ subscriptions and related usage decrease or are terminated, net2phone will need to spend more money to acquire new customers and still may not be able to maintain its existing level of revenues or profitability. In addition, net2phone needs to acquire new customers to increase its revenues. net2phone incurs significant sales and marketing expenses to acquire new customers. It is therefore expected that selling, general and administrative expense will remain a significant percentage of net2phone’s revenues for the foreseeable future.

Previous report

Technology and Development. Technology and development expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and depreciation and amortization expense.

Previous report

Other Operating Gain. In the nine months ended April 30, 2024, we determined that the requirement for a contingent consideration payment related to an acquisition in a prior period would not be met. We recognized a gain of $0.1 million on the write-off of this contingent consideration payment obligation.

Previous report

*Revenues.*Revenues from IDT Digital Payments slightly increased in the three months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 primarily from an increase in revenues in the direct-to-consumer channel. Revenues from IDT Digital Payments decreased in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 primarily from the deterioration of a key international corridor that was particularly impactful to revenues in the wholesale channel, however, this corridor has not been a significant factor since the second quarter of fiscal 2024.

Previous report

Other Operating Expenses. Other operating expenses included $3.9 million in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2023 for the indemnification of one of our cable telephony customers related to patent infringement claims brought against the customer. On May 8, 2023, we and the customer agreed to a release from the indemnification agreement in exchange for $3.9 million. Also, in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2023, we increased the estimated fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration by $0.2 million.

Previous report

At April 30, 2024, there was an aggregate of $0.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to Mr. Pereira’s contingent bonus, which is expected to be recognized over the estimated period that we expect the milestones to be satisfied, which ends in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.

Previous report

At April 30, 2024, there was $0.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested DSUs under our equity incentive program adopted on November 30, 2022, which is being recognized on a graded vesting basis over the requisite service periods that end in February 2025. On February 21, 2024, the second vesting date under the program, in accordance with the program and based on certain elections made by grantees, we issued 53,706 shares of our Class B common stock for vested DSUs. Subject to continued full time employment or other services to us, the remaining 147,540 DSUs are scheduled to vest on February 25, 2025.

Previous report

We treat unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by IDT Payment Services, Inc. and IDT Payment Services of New York, LLC as substantially restricted and unavailable for other purposes. At April 30, 2024, “Cash and cash equivalents” in our consolidated balance sheet included an aggregate of $42.2 million held by IDT Payment Services, Inc. and IDT Payment Services of New York, LLC that was unavailable for other purposes.

Previous report

In April 2024, each of the EMI’s shareholders including us agreed to purchase additional shares of the EMI’s convertible preferred stock. We paid $0.3 million in May 2024 and we are committed to pay $0.2 million to purchase the additional shares.

Previous report

On April 6, 2023, in accordance with an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 5, 2023, the EMI merged with and into its subsidiary, with the subsidiary being the surviving corporation. Effective with the merger, among other things, the notes receivable from the EMI that we held with an aggregate principal and accrued interest of $4.0 million were converted into shares of the EMI’s convertible preferred stock. In addition, each of the EMI’s shareholders agreed to purchase additional shares of EMI’s convertible preferred stock, for which we paid $0.2 million in April 2023 and $0.7 million in May 2023 to purchase the additional shares.

Previous report

In January 2024, we acquired certain software and intellectual property for an online ordering platform for $0.1 million.

Previous report

In the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, we received proceeds from notes payable of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

Previous report

In the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, we repaid notes payable of $0.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively.

Previous report

In January 2024, the restrictions lapsed on the 0.5 million restricted shares of net2phone 2.0 Class B common stock that were granted in December 2020 to each of Howard S. Jonas and Shmuel Jonas, our Chief Executive Officer. In addition, in January 2024, Bill Pereira was granted 50,000 shares of net2phone 2.0 Class B common stock. We withheld a portion of these shares representing an aggregate of 4.5% of the outstanding shares of net2phone 2.0 with an aggregate fair value of $3.6 million to satisfy the grantees’ tax withholding obligations in connection with the lapsing of restrictions on restricted stock or the grant of shares.

Previous report

In January 2024, we exchanged an aggregate of 192,433 shares of our Class B common stock with a value of $6.3 million for shares of NRS’ Class B common stock that were held by management employees of NRS representing an aggregate of 1.25% of NRS’ outstanding shares.
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Previous wording

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740),Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures as well as certain other amendments to income tax disclosures. Entities will be required on an annual basis to consistently categorize and provide greater disaggregation of rate reconciliation information and further disaggregate their income taxes paid. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU for our fiscal year beginning on August 1, 2025. The amendments in this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis, although retrospective application is permitted. We are evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Current wording

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740),Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures as well as certain other amendments to income tax disclosures. Entities will be required on an annual basis to consistently categorize and provide greater disaggregation of rate reconciliation information and further disaggregate their income taxes paid. We will adopt the amendments in this ASU for our fiscal year beginning on August 1, 2025. The amendments in this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis, although retrospective application is permitted. We are evaluating the impact that this ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Previous wording

As of April 30, 2024, we owned 94.0% of the outstanding shares of our subsidiary, net2phone 2.0, Inc., or net2phone 2.0, which owns and operates the net2phone segment, and 81.2% of the outstanding shares of National Retail Solutions, or NRS, and, on a fully diluted basis assuming all the vesting criteria related to various rights granted have been met and other assumptions, we would own 90.1% of net2phone 2.0 and 78.9% of NRS.

Current wording

As of October 31, 2024, we owned 94.0% of the outstanding shares of our subsidiary, net2phone 2.0, Inc., or net2phone 2.0, which owns and operates the net2phone segment, and 81.5% of the outstanding shares of National Retail Solutions, or NRS. On a fully diluted basis assuming all the vesting criteria related to various rights granted have been met, we would own 90.3% of the equity of net2phone 2.0 and 79.3% of NRS.

Previous wording

From and after February 1, 2024, we reclassified most of our technology and development expenses from “Selling, general and administrative” expense to a new “Technology and development” expense caption in the consolidated statements of income and reclassified an amount that was immaterial in all periods to “Direct cost of revenues.” “Technology and development” expense consists primarily of personnel-related expenses for employees involved in the research, design, development, and maintenance of both new and existing technology products and services, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation. “Technology and development” expense also includes costs for software licenses, subscription services, and other companywide technology tools dedicated for use by our technology and development teams. The costs of third-party contractors that support our technology and development are also included. “Technology and development” expense also includes the costs of product and engineering teams used to support the development of both internal infrastructure and internal-use software, to the extent such costs do not qualify for capitalization. The expenses reclassified to “Direct cost of revenues” are the costs of cloud computing arrangements hosted by a vendor in the production environment incurred by the net2phone segment and NRS, and net2phone’s colocation costs for data centers where net2phone is not fully operational in the cloud. Finally, depreciation and amortization of capitalized internal use software costs was reclassified from “Selling, general and administrative” expense to “Technology and development” expense.

Current wording

From and after February 1, 2024, we reclassified most of our technology and development expenses from “Selling, general and administrative” expense to a new “Technology and development” expense caption in the consolidated statements of income and reclassified an amount that was immaterial in all periods to “Direct cost of revenues.” The following table shows the amounts that were reclassified in the three months ended October 31, 2023 to conform to the current period’s presentation:

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Our results of operations discussion includes the following performance metrics:

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Our results of operations discussion include the following performance metrics:

Previous wording

NRS uses two key metrics to measure the size of its customer base: active POS terminals and payment processing accounts. Active POS terminals are the number of POS terminals that have completed at least one transaction in the calendar month. It excludes POS terminals that have not been fully installed by the end of the month. Payment processing accounts are NRS PAY accounts that can generate revenue. It excludes accounts that have been approved but not activated. NRS’ recurring revenue is NRS’ revenue in accordance with U.S. GAAP, excluding its revenue from POS terminal sales.

Current wording

NRS uses two key metrics to measure the size of its customer base: active POS terminals and payment processing accounts. Active POS terminals are the number of POS terminals that have completed at least one transaction in the calendar month. It excludes POS terminals that have not been fully installed by the end of the month. Payment processing accounts are accounts that can generate revenue. It excludes accounts that have been approved but not activated. NRS’ recurring revenue is NRS’ revenue in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP, excluding its revenue from POS terminal sales.

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The trends and comparisons between periods for the number of active POS terminals, NRS PAY accounts, seats served, recurring revenue, and subscription revenue are used in the analysis of NRS’ or net2phone’s revenues and direct cost of revenues and are strong indications of the top-line growth and performance of the business.

Current wording

The trends and comparisons between periods for the number of active POS terminals, payment processing accounts, seats served, recurring revenue, and subscription revenue are used in the analysis of NRS’ or net2phone’s revenues and direct cost of revenues and are strong indications of the top-line growth and performance of the business.

Previous wording

Minutes of use is a nonfinancial metric that measures aggregate customer usage during a reporting period. Minutes of use is an important factor in BOSS Revolution Calling’s and IDT Global’s revenue recognition since satisfaction of our performance obligation occurs when the customer uses our service. Minutes of use trends and comparisons between periods are used in the analysis of revenues and direct cost of revenues.

Current wording

Minutes of use is a nonfinancial metric that measures aggregate customer usage during a reporting period. Minutes of use is an important factor in BOSS Revolution’s and IDT Global’s revenue recognition since satisfaction of our performance obligation occurs when the customer uses our service. Minutes of use trends and comparisons between periods are used in the analysis of revenues and direct cost of revenues.

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Three and Nine Months Ended April 30, 2024 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended April 30, 2023

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Three Months Ended October 31, 2024 Compared to Three Months Ended October 31, 2023

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NRS, which represented 8.6% and 6.0% of our total revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 8.4% and 6.1% of our total revenues in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is an operator of a nationwide POS network providing independent retailers with store management software, electronic payment processing, and other ancillary merchant services. NRS’ POS platform provides marketers with digital out-of-home advertising and transaction data.

Current wording

NRS, which represented 9.8% and 8.0% of our total revenues in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is an operator of a nationwide POS network providing independent retailers with store management software, electronic payment processing, and other ancillary merchant services. NRS’ POS platform provides marketers with digital out-of-home advertising and transaction data.

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*Revenues.*Revenues increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 driven primarily by revenue growth from NRS’ merchant services, as well as the expansion of NRS’ POS network.

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*Revenues.*Revenues increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 driven primarily by revenue growth from NRS’ merchant services, as well as the expansion of NRS’ POS network.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to the increase in the direct costs of NRS’ POS terminal sales.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to the decrease in the direct costs of NRS’ POS terminal sales.

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in sales commissions, employee compensation, and bad debt expense. As a percentage of NRS’ revenue, NRS’ selling, general and administrative expense decreased to 60.9% from 64.1% in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and increased to 59.4% from 57.6% in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Current wording

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to increases in sales commissions, employee compensation, legal fees, marketing expense, and bad debt expense. As a percentage of NRS’ revenue, NRS’ selling, general and administrative expense increased to 62.6% from 56.7% in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Technology and Development. Technology and development expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and depreciation and amortization expense.

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Technology and Development. Technology and development expense increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and depreciation and amortization expense, partially offset by a decrease in consulting expense.

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Fintech, which represented 10.5% and 7.3% of our total revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 9.6% and 6.6% of our total revenues in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is comprised of: (i) BOSS Money, a provider of international money remittance and related value/payment transfer services; and (ii) other, significantly smaller, financial services businesses, including Leaf Global Fintech Corporation, or Leaf, a provider of digital wallet services in emerging markets, a variable interest entity, or VIE, that operates money transfer businesses, and IDT Financial Services Limited, or IDT Financial Services, our Gibraltar-based bank.

Current wording

Fintech, which represented 12.0% and 8.8% of our total revenues in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is comprised of: (i) BOSS Money, a provider of international money remittance and related value/payment transfer services; and (ii) other, significantly smaller, financial services businesses, including a variable interest entity, or VIE, that processes disbursement payments, and IDT Financial Services Limited, or IDT Financial Services, our Gibraltar-based bank.

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*Revenues.*Revenues from BOSS Money increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily because of increased transaction volume in BOSS Money’s retail and digital channels. BOSS Money continues to benefit from cross-marketing to BOSS Revolution Calling customers, the expansion of its retail agent network, and enhanced user-experience within the BOSS Money and BOSS Calling apps.

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*Revenues.*Revenues from BOSS Money increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily because of increased transaction volume in BOSS Money’s digital and retail channels. BOSS Money continues to benefit from cross-marketing to BOSS Revolution customers and the expansion of its retail agent network.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in BOSS Money’s and IDT Financial Services’ direct cost of revenues, which reflected the increase in revenues.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to an increase in BOSS Money’s direct cost of revenues, which reflected the increase in BOSS Money’s revenue.

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in debit and credit card processing charges, employee compensation, bank fees, and marketing expense. The increase in card processing charges was the result of increased credit and debit card transactions through our BOSS Money app and other digital channels. As a percentage of Fintech’s revenue, Fintech’s selling, general and administrative expense decreased to 48.4% from 55.2% in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and decreased to 50.8% from 54.3% in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Current wording

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to increases in debit and credit card processing charges, employee compensation, and bank fees. The increase in card processing charges was the result of increased credit and debit card transactions through our BOSS Money app and other digital channels. As a percentage of Fintech’s revenue, Fintech’s selling, general and administrative expense decreased to 43.3% from 53.3% in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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The net2phone segment, which represented 6.9% and 6.2% of our total revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 6.8% and 5.7% of our total revenues in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is comprised of net2phone’s integrated cloud communications and contact center services.

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The net2phone segment, which represented 7.0% and 6.6% of our total revenues in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is comprised of net2phone’s integrated cloud communications and contact center services.

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*Revenues.*net2phone’s revenues increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 driven primarily by the growth in subscription revenue in the U.S. and Latin American markets, which reflected the increase in seats served at April 30, 2024 compared to April 30, 2023.

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*Revenues.*net2phone’s revenues increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 driven primarily by the growth in subscription revenue primarily in the U.S. and Mexico, which reflected the increase in seats served at October 31, 2024 compared to October 31, 2023.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to the increase in revenues, with the largest increase in the U.S. markets. net2phone’s focus on mid-sized businesses, multi-channel strategies, and localized offerings generated revenue growth that exceeded the increase in direct cost of revenues.

Current wording

Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to the increase in revenues, with the largest increase in the U.S. market. net2phone’s focus on mid-sized businesses, multi-channel strategies, and localized offerings generated revenue growth that exceeded the increase in direct cost of revenues.

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in employee compensation and sales commissions. As a percentage of net2phone’s revenues, net2phone’s selling, general and administrative expense decreased to 63.1% from 67.7% in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and decreased to 64.7% from 68.7% in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Current wording

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to decreases in marketing expense, employee compensation, and consulting expense, partially offset by an increase in sales commissions. As a percentage of net2phone’s revenues, net2phone’s selling, general and administrative expense decreased to 60.8% from 66.6% in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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The Traditional Communications segment, which represented 74.0% and 80.5% of our total revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 75.2% and 81.6% of our total revenues in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, includes: (i) IDT Digital Payments, which enables customers to transfer airtime and bundles of airtime, messaging, and data to international and domestic mobile accounts; (ii) BOSS Revolution Calling, an international long-distance calling service marketed primarily to immigrant communities in the United States and Canada; and (iii) IDT Global, a wholesale provider of international voice and SMS termination and outsourced traffic management solutions to telecoms worldwide. Traditional Communications also includes other small businesses and offerings including early-stage business initiatives and mature businesses in harvest mode.

Current wording

The Traditional Communications segment, which represented 71.2% and 76.6% of our total revenues in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, includes: (i) IDT Digital Payments, which enables customers to transfer airtime and bundles of airtime, messaging, and data to international and domestic mobile accounts; (ii) BOSS Revolution, an international long-distance calling service marketed primarily to immigrant communities in the United States and Canada; and (iii) IDT Global, a wholesale provider of international voice and SMS termination and outsourced traffic management solutions to telecoms worldwide. Traditional Communications also includes other small businesses and offerings including early-stage business initiatives and mature businesses in harvest mode.

Previous wording

Traditional Communications’ most significant revenue streams are from IDT Digital Payments, BOSS Revolution Calling, and IDT Global. IDT Digital Payments and BOSS Revolution Calling are sold directly to consumers and through distributors and retailers. We receive payments for BOSS Revolution Calling, traditional calling cards, and IDT Digital Payments prior to providing the services. We recognize the revenue when services are provided to the customer. Traditional Communications’ revenues tend to be somewhat seasonal, with the second fiscal quarter (which contains Christmas and New Year’s Day) and the fourth fiscal quarter (which contains Mother’s Day and Father’s Day) typically showing higher minute volumes.

Current wording

Traditional Communications’ most significant revenue streams are from IDT Digital Payments, BOSS Revolution, and IDT Global. IDT Digital Payments and BOSS Revolution are sold directly to consumers and through distributors and retailers. We receive payments for BOSS Revolution, traditional calling cards, and IDT Digital Payments prior to providing the services. We recognize the revenue when services are provided to the customer. Traditional Communications’ revenues tend to be somewhat seasonal, with the second fiscal quarter (which contains Christmas and New Year’s Day) and the fourth fiscal quarter (which contains Mother’s Day and Father’s Day) typically showing higher minute volumes.

Previous wording

Revenues and minutes of use from BOSS Revolution Calling decreased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023. BOSS Revolution Calling continues to be impacted by persistent, market-wide trends, including the proliferation of unlimited calling plans offered by wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators, and the increasing penetration of free and paid over-the-top voice, video conferencing, and messaging services.

Current wording

Revenues and minutes of use from BOSS Revolution decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024. BOSS Revolution continues to be impacted by persistent, market-wide trends, including the proliferation of unlimited calling plans offered by wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators, and the increasing penetration of free and paid over-the-top voice, video conferencing, and messaging services.

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Revenues and minutes of use from IDT Global decreased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 as communications globally continued to transition away from international voice calling. This trend was accelerated by the impact of COVID-19 as business communications shifted from calling to video conferencing and other collaboration platforms. We expect that IDT Global will continue to be adversely impacted by these trends, and minutes of use and revenues will likely continue to decline from quarter-to-quarter, as we seek to maximize economics rather than necessarily sustain minutes of use or revenues.

Current wording

Revenues from IDT Global slightly increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024. Minutes of use from IDT Global slightly decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024. IDT Global’s revenues and minutes of use generally decline each fiscal quarter as communications globally continue to transition away from international voice calling. This trend was accelerated by the impact of COVID-19 as business communications shifted from calling to video conferencing and other collaboration platforms. We expect that IDT Global will continue to be adversely impacted by these trends, and minutes of use and revenues will likely continue to decline from quarter-to-quarter, as we seek to maximize economics rather than necessarily sustain minutes of use or revenues.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues decreased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to the decreases in minutes of use and revenues.

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Direct Cost of Revenues. Direct cost of revenues decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to the decrease in BOSS Revolution’s minutes of use and direct cost of revenues.

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in the three months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 primarily due to increases in stock-based compensation, marketing expense, and employee compensation, partially offset by decreases in sales commissions, postage and printing expense, and debit and credit card processing charges. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 primarily due to decreases in sales commissions, employee compensation, and debit and credit card processing charges, partially offset by an increase in stock-based compensation. As a percentage of Traditional Communications’ revenue, Traditional Communications’ selling, general and administrative expense increased to 10.2% from 9.0% in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and increased to 9.6% from 8.9% in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to decreases in sales commissions and employee compensation, partially offset by increases in marketing expense and stock-based compensation. As a percentage of Traditional Communications’ revenue, Traditional Communications’ selling, general and administrative expense increased to 9.1% from 8.9% in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Technology and Development. Technology and development expense decreased in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 primarily due to decreases in depreciation and amortization and software license and maintenance expense.

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Technology and Development. Technology and development expense decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily due to decreases in depreciation and amortization expense, employee compensation, and software license and maintenance expense.

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Severance Expense. In the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, Traditional Communications incurred severance expense of $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively, and in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, Traditional Communications incurred severance expense of $1.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

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Severance Expense. In the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, Traditional Communications incurred severance expense of $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

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General and Administrative. Corporate general and administrative expense was substantially unchanged in the three months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 primarily because increases in audit and accounting fees and employee compensation were mostly offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expense. Corporate general and administrative expense increased in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 primarily because of increases in audit and accounting fees and employee compensation. As a percentage of our consolidated revenues, Corporate general and administrative expense was 0.8% and 0.8% in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 0.9% and 0.7% in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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General and Administrative. Corporate general and administrative expense increased in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 primarily because of an increase in audit and accounting fees, partially offset by a decrease in employee compensation. As a percentage of our consolidated revenues, Corporate general and administrative expense was 0.9% in both the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023.

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Other Operating Expense, net. As discussed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report, we (as well as other defendants) were named in a class action on behalf of the stockholders of our former subsidiary, Straight Path Communications Inc., or Straight Path. We incurred legal fees of $3.2 million and $1.0 million in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $5.9 million and $5.1 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to this action. Also, we recorded offsetting gains from insurance claims for this matter of nil and $0.4 million in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $2.9 million and $3.3 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. On October 3, 2023, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismissed all claims against us, and found that, contrary to the plaintiffs’ allegations, the class suffered no damages. The plaintiffs will have 30 days from entry of the final order to file an appeal.

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Other Operating Gain, net. As discussed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report, we (as well as other defendants) were named in a class action on behalf of the stockholders of our former subsidiary, Straight Path Communications Inc., or Straight Path. We incurred legal fees of nil and $0.2 million in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to this action. Also, we recorded offsetting gains from insurance claims for this matter of nil and $0.7 million in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. In fiscal 2024, we received the final payment from our insurance policy for these claims. On October 3, 2023, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismissed all claims against us, and found that, contrary to the plaintiffs’ allegations, the class suffered no damages. The plaintiffs will have 30 days from entry of the final order to file an appeal.

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Stock-Based Compensation Expense. Total stock-based compensation expense included in consolidated selling, general and administrative expense and technology and development expense was $2.1 million and $1.7 million in the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $5.4 million and $3.5 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increases in stock-based compensation expense were primarily due to certain equity grants to Bill Pereira, our President and Chief Operating Officer, in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, including deferred stock units, or DSUs, that, upon vesting, represent the right to receive shares of our Class B common stock, and shares of Class B common stock of net2phone 2.0, as well as a contingent bonus subject to the completion of certain financial milestones that may be paid, at Mr. Pereira’s option, in either shares of the Company’s Class B common stock or cash.

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Stock-Based Compensation Expense. Total stock-based compensation expense included in consolidated selling, general and administrative expense and technology and development expense was $0.9 million and $0.8 million in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase in stock-based compensation expense was primarily due to certain equity grants to Bill Pereira, our President and Chief Operating Officer, in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, including a contingent bonus subject to the completion of certain financial milestones that may be paid, at Mr. Pereira’s option, in either shares of our Class B common stock or cash. The increase in stock-based compensation expense was partially offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expense from the grant of deferred stock units, or DSUs, that, upon vesting, will entitle the grantees to receive shares of our Class B common stock. As of October 31, 2024, there was $1.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested DSUs, which is being recognized on a graded vesting basis over the requisite service periods that end in October 2027.

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Effective as of June 30, 2022, restricted shares of NRS’ Class B common stock were granted to certain NRS employees. The restrictions on the shares lapse in three installments, the first was on June 1, 2024, and the others are June 1, 2026 and June 1, 2027. The estimated fair value of the restricted shares on the grant date was $3.3 million, which is being recognized over the vesting period. At April 30, 2024, unrecognized compensation cost related to NRS’ non-vested Class B common stock was an aggregate of $2.1 million. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period that ends in fiscal 2027.

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Effective as of June 30, 2022, restricted shares of NRS’ Class B common stock were granted to certain NRS employees. The restrictions on the shares lapse in three installments, the first was on June 1, 2024, and the others are June 1, 2026 and June 1, 2027. As of October 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation cost related to NRS’ non-vested Class B common stock was an aggregate of $1.8 million. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period that ends in fiscal 2027.

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Provision for Income Taxes. The change in income tax expense in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar periods in fiscal 2023 was primarily due to differences in the amount of taxable income earned in the various taxing jurisdictions.

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Provision for Income Taxes. The change in income tax expense in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 was primarily due to differences in the amount of taxable income earned in the various taxing jurisdictions.

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Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. The change in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the three months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 was primarily due to the change in the amount attributable to the noncontrolling interests in Sochitel UK Ltd., partially offset by the changes in the amounts attributable to the noncontrolling interests in NRS and the VIE. The change in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2023 was primarily due to changes in amounts attributable to the noncontrolling interests in Sochitel UK Ltd. and net2phone 2.0, partially offset by the changes in the amounts attributable to the noncontrolling interests in NRS and the VIE.

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Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. The change in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the three months ended October 31, 2024 compared to the similar period in fiscal 2024 was primarily due to increases in net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests in net2phone 2.0, NRS, and the VIE, partially offset by a decrease in net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests in Sochitel.

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At April 30, 2024, we had cash, cash equivalents, debt securities, and current equity investments of $174.0 million and working capital (current assets in excess of current liabilities) of $130.7 million.

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At October 31, 2024, we had cash, cash equivalents, debt securities, and current equity investments of $180.4 million and working capital (current assets in excess of current liabilities) of $161.9 million.

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Our cash flow from operations varies significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results and the timing of operating cash receipts and payments, specifically trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable.

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Our cash flow from operations varies significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results and the timing of operating cash receipts and payments, generally trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities to $0.2 million from $14.8 million in the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, predominantly reflects the timing of our payments to cover anticipated BOSS Money disbursement prefunding.

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Gross trade accounts receivable increased to $45.7 million at April 30, 2024 from $37.7 million at July 31, 2023 primarily due to amounts billed in the nine months ended April 30, 2024 that were greater than collections during the period, partially offset by changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

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Gross trade accounts receivable decreased to $48.2 million at October 31, 2024 from $48.6 million at July 31, 2024 primarily due to collections in the three months ended October 31, 2024 that were greater than amounts billed during the period, as well as from changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

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Deferred revenue arises from sales of prepaid products and varies from period to period depending on the mix and the timing of revenues. Deferred revenue decreased to $32.1 million at April 30, 2024 from $35.3 million at July 31, 2023 primarily due to decreases in the BOSS Revolution Calling and IDT Digital Payments deferred revenue balances.

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Deferred revenue arises from sales of prepaid products and varies from period to period depending on the mix and the timing of revenues. Deferred revenue decreased to $29.3 million at October 31, 2024 from $30.4 million at July 31, 2024 primarily due to decreases in the BOSS Revolution’s and traditional calling cards’ deferred revenue balances.

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Customer deposit liabilities at IDT Financial Services decreased to $83.7 million at April 30, 2024 from $86.5 million at July 31, 2023. Our restricted cash and cash equivalents included $84.5 million and $87.3 million at April 30, 2024 and July 31, 2023, respectively, held by the bank.

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Customer funds deposits liabilities increased to $95.0 million at October 31, 2024 from $91.9 million at July 31, 2024. Our restricted cash and cash equivalents included an aggregate of $95.0 million and $90.7 million at October 31, 2024 and July 31, 2024, respectively, held by IDT Financial Services and our VIE for these customer funds.

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The following table shows the amounts that were reclassified in the three and nine months ended April 30, 2023 to conform to the current year’s presentation: