Segment Information, Operations By Geographic Area And Customer Concentration

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information, Operations By Geographic Area And Customer Concentration

Segment Information, Operations by Geographic Area and Significant Customers

Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and is regularly evaluated by management, namely the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) of an organization, in order to determine operating and resource allocation decisions. By this definition, the Company operates in three specific business units: retail, commercial, and service provider. The retail business unit consists of high performance, dependable and easy-to-use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. The commercial business unit consists of business networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of Big IT. The service provider business unit consists of made-to-order and retail proven, whole home networking solutions sold to service providers for sale to their customers. Each business unit is managed by a Senior Vice President/General Manager. The Company believes this structure enables it to better focus its efforts on the Company’s core customer segments and allows it to be more nimble and opportunistic as a company overall.

In the first quarter of 2014, the CEO began temporarily serving as interim General Manager of the retail business unit due to the previous general manager's departure from the Company. As of March 30, 2014, the CEO continues to serve as interim general manager and will do so until a replacement is established.

The results of the reportable segments are derived directly from the Company’s management reporting system. The results are based on the Company’s method of internal reporting and are not necessarily in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management measures the performance of each segment based on several metrics, including contribution income. Segment contribution income includes all product line segment revenues less the related cost of sales, research and development and sales and marketing costs. Contribution income is used, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, each of the segments. Certain operating expenses are not allocated to segments because they are separately managed at the corporate level. These unallocated indirect costs include corporate costs, such as corporate research and development, general and administrative costs, stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of intangibles, acquisition-related integration costs, restructuring costs, litigation reserves and interest and other income, net. The Company does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information.

Financial information for each reportable segment and a reconciliation of segment contribution income to income before income taxes is as follows (in thousands, except percentage data):

	Three Months Ended
	March 30, 2014			March 31, 2013
Net revenues:
Retail	$	118,232		$	126,322
Commercial	78,863			70,851
Service provider	152,296			96,226
Total net revenues	349,391			293,399
Contribution income:
Retail	$	14,683		$	18,618
Retail contribution margin	12.4		%	14.7		%
Commercial	19,540			13,811
Commercial contribution margin	24.8		%	19.5		%
Service Provider	13,519			9,491
Service Provider contribution margin	8.9		%	9.9		%
Total segment contribution income	47,742			41,920
Corporate and unallocated costs	(13,756		)	(12,466		)
Amortization of intangible assets (1)	(4,390		)	(1,471		)
Stock-based compensation expense	(5,130		)	(3,590		)
Restructuring and other charges	(842		)	30
Acquisition-related expense	(8		)	(710		)
Litigation reserves, net	(117		)	(48		)
Interest income	57			149
Other (expense) income, net	(108		)	74
Income before income taxes	$	23,448		$	23,888

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(1) Amount excludes amortization expense related to patents within purchased intangible assets in costs of revenues.

The Company conducts business across three geographic regions: Americas, Europe, Middle-East and Africa (“EMEA”) and Asia Pacific ("APAC"). Net revenue by geography comprises gross revenue less such items as end-user customer rebates and other sales incentives deemed to be a reduction of net revenue per the authoritative guidance for revenue recognition, sales returns and price protection. For reporting purposes revenue is attributed to each geographic region based on the location of the customer. The following table shows net revenue by geography for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 30, 2014		March 31, 2013
United States	$	190,276	$	153,713
Americas (excluding U.S.)	4,503		2,963
United Kingdom	41,200		40,858
EMEA (excluding U.K.)	65,593		66,267
APAC	47,819		29,598
Total net revenue	$	349,391	$	293,399

Property and equipment by geographic location are as follows (in thousands):

	March 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
United States	$	9,802	$	10,273
Americas (excluding U.S.)	1,976		2,160
EMEA	903		914
China	11,561		11,905
APAC (excluding China)	1,763		1,942
	$	26,005	$	27,194

No single customer accounted for greater than 10% of net revenues in the three months ended March 30, 2014 and March 31, 2013.