Business Description, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Business Description:

ClearOne, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “ClearOne” or the “Company”), is a global company that designs, develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming and digital signage solutions for audio and visual communications. The performance and simplicity of its advanced comprehensive solutions offer unprecedented levels of functionality, reliability and scalability.

Basis of Presentation:

The fiscal year for ClearOne is the 12 months ending on December 31^st. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ClearOne and its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

These accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and are not audited. Certain information and footnote disclosures that are usually included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) have been either condensed or omitted in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. The accompanying consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and the statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full-year period. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014.

Significant Accounting Policies:

The significant accounting policies were described in Note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. There have been no changes to these policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 that are of significance or potential significance to the Company.

Warranty Costs – The Company accrues for warranty costs based on estimated warranty return rates and estimated costs to repair. Factors that affect the Company’s warranty liability include the number of units sold, historical and anticipated rates of warranty returns, and repair cost. The Company reviews the adequacy of its recorded warranty accrual on a quarterly basis.

The details of changes in the Company’s warranty accrual are as follows:



	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Balance at the beginning of year	$	338		$	385
Warranty accruals/additions	374			433
Warranty usage	(383		)	(480		)
Balance at end of period	$	329		$	338

Earnings Per Share – The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share:



	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Numerator:
Net income	$	1,646	$	1,663	$	3,070	$	3,438
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	9,198,730		9,027,764		9,182,875		9,090,903
Dilutive common stock equivalents using treasury stock method	408,914		379,177		433,003		394,905
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	9,607,644		9,406,941		9,615,878		9,485,808

Basic earnings per common share	$	0.18	$	0.18	$	0.33	$	0.38
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.17	$	0.18	$	0.32	$	0.36

Weighted average options outstanding	923,424		1,143,283		955,606		1,131,403
Anti-dilutive options not included in the computations	276,459		167,845		169,306		157,197