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Verint Systems Inc – ‘10-K’ for 1/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 3/28/18, at 5:51pm ET   ·   As of:  3/29/18   ·   For:  1/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1166388-18-13   ·   File #:  1-34807

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 3/29/18  Verint Systems Inc                10-K        1/31/18  157:18M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.53M 
 3: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML    103K 
 4: EX-10.14    Material Contract                                   HTML    123K 
 5: EX-10.22    Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 2: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML     81K 
 7: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     68K 
 8: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     52K 
 6: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     73K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     57K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     57K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     53K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     53K 
19: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     78K 
20: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    163K 
21: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     72K 
22: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    130K 
23: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     82K 
24: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    115K 
25: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    159K 
26: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    177K 
27: R9          Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     98K 
                Verint Systems Inc.                                              
28: R10         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments  HTML    116K 
                Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments               
29: R11         Business Combinations                               HTML    177K 
30: R12         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML    176K 
31: R13         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    149K 
32: R14         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML    163K 
                Information                                                      
33: R15         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    145K 
34: R16         Research and Development, Net                       HTML     74K 
35: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML    247K 
36: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    155K 
37: R19         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    141K 
38: R20         Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML    180K 
39: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    112K 
40: R22         Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML    150K 
                Information                                                      
41: R23         Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML    126K 
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited)                                          
42: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    255K 
                (Policies)                                                       
43: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     69K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                      
44: R26         Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     98K 
                Verint Systems Inc. (Tables)                                     
45: R27         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments  HTML    112K 
                Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments               
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R28         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML    140K 
47: R29         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML    173K 
48: R30         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    118K 
49: R31         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML    174K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
50: R32         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    139K 
51: R33         Research and Development, Net Research and          HTML     69K 
                Development, Net (Tables)                                        
52: R34         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)                  HTML    238K 
53: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    148K 
54: R36         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    136K 
55: R37         Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML    157K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R38         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     89K 
                Contingencies (Tables)                                           
57: R39         Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML    146K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
58: R40         Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML    122K 
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited) (Tables)                                 
59: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     52K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Recasting of                
                Prior Periods Segment Information (Details)                      
60: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     57K 
                Consolidation (Details)                                          
61: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     58K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Investments                 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     53K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Unbilled                    
                Accounts Receivable (Details)                                    
63: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     58K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies -                             
                Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details)                          
64: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     61K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Allowance for               
                Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                      
65: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     68K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Useful Lives;               
                Impairments (Details)                                            
66: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     52K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Segment                     
                Reporting (Details)                                              
67: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     60K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Revenue                     
                Recognition (Details)                                            
68: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     59K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Cost of                     
                Revenue; Capitalized Software Development                        
                (Details)                                                        
69: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     54K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Foreign                     
                Currency Gains and Losses (Details)                              
70: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     54K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Net Income                  
                (Loss) Per Share (Details)                                       
71: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     62K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Impact of Asu               
                No. 2016-16 (Details)                                            
72: R54         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     58K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Impact of Asu               
                No. 2014-09 (Details)                                            
73: R55         Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     91K 
                Verint Systems Inc. Net (Loss) Income Per Common                 
                Share Attributable to Verint Systems Inc. -                      
                Calculation (Details)                                            
74: R56         Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     61K 
                Verint Systems Inc. Net (Loss) Income Per Common                 
                Share Attributable to Verint Systems Inc. -                      
                Antidilutive Securities (Details)                                
75: R57         Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     57K 
                Verint Systems Inc. Net (Loss) Income Per Common                 
                Share Attributable to Verint Systems Inc. - Other                
                Details (Details)                                                
76: R58         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments  HTML     87K 
                Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments               
                (Details)                                                        
77: R59         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     78K 
                Ended January 31, 2018 - Summary (Details)                       
78: R60         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     94K 
                Ended January 31, 2018 - Purchase Price                          
                Allocations (Details)                                            
79: R61         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     70K 
                Ended January 31, 2018 - Intangible Assets Useful                
                Lives (Details)                                                  
80: R62         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     71K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Contact Solutions                       
                (Details)                                                        
81: R63         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     76K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Opinionlab (Details)                    
82: R64         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML    114K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Purchase Price                          
                Allocations (Details)                                            
83: R65         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     73K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Intangible Assets Useful                
                Lives (Details)                                                  
84: R66         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     78K 
                Ended January 31, 2016 - Summary (Details)                       
85: R67         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     94K 
                Ended January 31, 2016 - Purchase Price                          
                Allocations (Details)                                            
86: R68         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     70K 
                Ended January 31, 2016 - Intangible Asset Useful                 
                Lives (Details)                                                  
87: R69         Business Combinations Business Combinations -       HTML     66K 
                Other Business Combination Information (Details)                 
88: R70         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Intangible Assets  HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R71         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     58K 
                and Goodwill - Intangible Assets by Reportable                   
                Segment (Details)                                                
90: R72         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     61K 
                and Goodwill - Amortization and Impairment                       
                (Details)                                                        
91: R73         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     67K 
                and Goodwill - Future Amortization of Intangible                 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
92: R74         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     66K 
                and Goodwill - Goodwill Reallocation (Details)                   
93: R75         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Goodwill           HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R76         Long-Term Debt - Summary (Details)                  HTML     82K 
95: R77         Long-Term Debt - 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes     HTML    110K 
                (Details)                                                        
96: R78         Long-Term Debt - Note Hedges and Warrants           HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R79         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Prior Credit        HTML     74K 
                Agreement - Summary (Details)                                    
98: R80         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Prior Credit        HTML     61K 
                Agreement - Interest Rate Details (Details)                      
99: R81         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - 2017 Credit         HTML     70K 
                Agreement - Summary (Details)                                    
100: R82         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - 2017 Credit         HTML     67K  
                Agreement - Interest Rate Details (Details)                      
101: R83         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Loss on Partial     HTML     56K  
                Early Retirement of 2017 Term Loans (Details)                    
102: R84         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Interest Rates      HTML     56K  
                (Details)                                                        
103: R85         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Debt Covenant       HTML     53K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R86         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Loss on Early       HTML     69K  
                Retirement of 2014 Term Loans (Details)                          
105: R87         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - 2017 Credit         HTML     60K  
                Agreement Issuance Costs (Details)                               
106: R88         Long-Term Debt - Future Amortization (Details)      HTML     76K  
107: R89         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Interest Expense    HTML     72K  
                (Details)                                                        
108: R90         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML    181K  
                Information (Details)                                            
109: R91         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity -         HTML     53K  
                Dividends on Common Stock (Details)                              
110: R92         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity - Share   HTML     52K  
                Repurchase Program (Details)                                     
111: R93         Stockholders' Equity - Treasury Stock (Details)     HTML     69K  
112: R94         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity -         HTML     84K  
                Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income               
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
113: R95         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity -         HTML     81K  
                Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other                    
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
114: R96         Research and Development, Net Research and          HTML     55K  
                Development, Net - R&D Expenses and Grants                       
                (Details)                                                        
115: R97         Research and Development, Net Research and          HTML     65K  
                Development, Net - Capitalized Software                          
                Development Costs (Details)                                      
116: R98         Income Taxes Income Taxes - Impact of 2017 Tax Act  HTML     70K  
                (Details)                                                        
117: R99         Income Taxes Income Taxes - Income (Loss) Before    HTML     58K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
118: R100        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Provision for Income    HTML     79K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
119: R101        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate      HTML     96K  
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
120: R102        Income Taxes Income Taxes - U.S. Tax Rates          HTML     56K  
                (Details)                                                        
121: R103        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Special Tax Rates       HTML     63K  
                (Details)                                                        
122: R104        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes   HTML    100K  
                (Details)                                                        
123: R105        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax     HTML     63K  
                Information (Details)                                            
124: R106        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Carryforwards           HTML     73K  
                (Details)                                                        
125: R107        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Foreign Withholding     HTML     52K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
126: R108        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Valuation Allowances    HTML     76K  
                (Details)                                                        
127: R109        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax        HTML     71K  
                Benefits (Details)                                               
128: R110        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax        HTML     63K  
                Benefits - Information (Details)                                 
129: R111        Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Table          HTML    101K  
                (Details)                                                        
130: R112        Fair Value Measurements - Contingent Consideration  HTML     75K  
                Table (Details)                                                  
131: R113        Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements -   HTML     68K  
                Option to Acquire Noncontrolling Interests                       
                (Details)                                                        
132: R114        Fair Value Measurements - Other Fair Value          HTML     61K  
                Disclosures (Details)                                            
133: R115        Derivative Financial Instruments - Assets and       HTML     83K  
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
134: R116        Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative         HTML     62K  
                Financial Instruments - Interest Rate Swap                       
                Agreement (Details)                                              
135: R117        Derivative Financial Instruments - Gains and        HTML     80K  
                Losses (Details)                                                 
136: R118        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     58K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                2017 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (Details)                    
137: R119        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     68K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Stock-Based Compensation - by Line Item (Details)                
138: R120        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -  HTML     72K  
                Stock-Based Compensation - by Classification                     
                (Details)                                                        
139: R121        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     96K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Restricted Stock Units (Details)                                 
140: R122        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     63K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Performance Restricted Stock Units (Details)                     
141: R123        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     80K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Stock Bonus Program (Details)                                    
142: R124        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     80K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Bonus Share Program (Details)                                    
143: R125        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     66K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Other Benefit Plans (Details)                                    
144: R126        Commitments and Contingencies - Rent Expense;       HTML     69K  
                Purchase Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Risk                  
                (Details)                                                        
145: R127        Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     91K  
                Contingencies - Operating and Capital Lease                      
                Commitments (Details)                                            
146: R128        Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     76K  
                Contingencies - Warranty Obligations (Details)                   
147: R129        Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     53K  
                Contingencies - Litigation (Details)                             
148: R130        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     52K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Reportable Operating                      
                Segments (Details)                                               
149: R131        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     77K  
                Information - Segment Revenue and Segment                        
                Contribution (Details)                                           
150: R132        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     74K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Reconciliation of Segment                 
                Contribution to Operating Income (Details)                       
151: R133        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     82K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Revenue and Long-Lived                    
                Assets by Geography (Details)                                    
152: R134        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     54K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Major Customers (Details)                 
153: R135        Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML     78K  
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited) - Quarterly Data (Details)               
154: R136        Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML     52K  
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
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