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Verint Systems Inc – ‘10-K’ for 1/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 3/27/19, at 6:09pm ET   ·   As of:  3/28/19   ·   For:  1/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1166388-19-13   ·   File #:  1-34807

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 3/28/19  Verint Systems Inc                10-K        1/31/19  164:20M

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   1.62M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     70K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     53K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     59K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     59K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     55K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     55K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     80K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    163K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     74K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    132K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     85K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    120K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    177K 
21: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    193K 
22: R9          Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition             HTML    252K 
23: R10         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML    100K 
                Verint Systems Inc.                                              
24: R11         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments  HTML    119K 
                Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments               
25: R12         Business Combinations                               HTML    212K 
26: R13         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML    171K 
27: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    148K 
28: R15         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML    167K 
                Information                                                      
29: R16         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    147K 
30: R17         Research and Development, Net                       HTML     76K 
31: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    243K 
32: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    156K 
33: R20         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    147K 
34: R21         Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML    185K 
35: R22         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     91K 
36: R23         Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML    152K 
                Information                                                      
37: R24         Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML    127K 
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited)                                          
38: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    301K 
                (Policies)                                                       
39: R26         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition -           HTML     85K 
                Significant Accounting Policy (Policies)                         
40: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML    230K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                      
41: R28         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)    HTML    293K 
42: R29         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML    100K 
                Verint Systems Inc. (Tables)                                     
43: R30         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments  HTML    114K 
                Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments               
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R31         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML    166K 
45: R32         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML    169K 
46: R33         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    118K 
47: R34         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML    178K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
48: R35         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    141K 
49: R36         Research and Development, Net Research and          HTML     71K 
                Development, Net (Tables)                                        
50: R37         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)                  HTML    238K 
51: R38         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    149K 
52: R39         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    139K 
53: R40         Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML    160K 
                (Tables)                                                         
54: R41         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     72K 
                Contingencies (Tables)                                           
55: R42         Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML    148K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
56: R43         Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML    124K 
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited) (Tables)                                 
57: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     59K 
                Consolidation (Details)                                          
58: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     60K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Investments                 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     58K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies -                             
                Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details)                          
60: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     63K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Allowance for               
                Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                      
61: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     70K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Useful Lives;               
                Impairments (Details)                                            
62: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     54K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Segment                     
                Reporting (Details)                                              
63: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     58K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Capitalized                 
                Software Development (Details)                                   
64: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     56K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Foreign                     
                Currency Gains and Losses (Details)                              
65: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     56K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Net Income                  
                (Loss) Per Share (Details)                                       
66: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     55K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Equity                      
                Investments (Details)                                            
67: R54         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     82K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Impact of Asu               
                No. 2016-18 (Details)                                            
68: R55         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     62K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Impact of Asu               
                No. 2016-02 (Details)                                            
69: R56         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Policy    HTML     54K 
                Information (Details)                                            
70: R57         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Warranty  HTML     63K 
                Period (Details)                                                 
71: R58         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition -           HTML     98K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
72: R59         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Contract  HTML     67K 
                Balances (Details)                                               
73: R60         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition -           HTML     58K 
                Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)                           
74: R61         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Contract  HTML     59K 
                Asset and Liability Rollforward (Details)                        
75: R62         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition -           HTML     59K 
                Remaining Performance Obligations (Details)                      
76: R63         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Costs to  HTML     69K 
                Obtain and Fulfill Contracts (Details)                           
77: R64         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Asu No.   HTML    107K 
                2014-09 Adoption Balance Sheet (Details)                         
78: R65         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Impact    HTML     78K 
                of Adoption - Additional Information (Details)                   
79: R66         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Current   HTML    107K 
                Period Balance Sheet - Impact of Adoption                        
                (Details)                                                        
80: R67         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Current   HTML     91K 
                Period Statement of Operations - Impact of                       
                Adoption (Details)                                               
81: R68         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     93K 
                Verint Systems Inc. Net Income (Loss) Per Common                 
                Share Attributable to Verint Systems Inc. -                      
                Calculation (Details)                                            
82: R69         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     63K 
                Verint Systems Inc. Net Income (Loss) Per Common                 
                Share Attributable to Verint Systems Inc. -                      
                Antidilutive Securities (Details)                                
83: R70         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     59K 
                Verint Systems Inc. Net Income (Loss) Per Common                 
                Share Attributable to Verint Systems Inc. - Other                
                Details (Details)                                                
84: R71         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments  HTML     89K 
                Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments               
                (Details)                                                        
85: R72         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML    102K 
                Ended January 31, 2019 - Foresee (Details)                       
86: R73         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     84K 
                Ended January 31, 2019 - Other Acquisitions                      
                (Details)                                                        
87: R74         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML    114K 
                Ended January 31, 2019 - Purchase Price                          
                Allocations (Details)                                            
88: R75         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     80K 
                Ended January 13, 2019 - Intangible Assets Useful                
                Lives (Details)                                                  
89: R76         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     80K 
                Ended January 31, 2018 - Summary (Details)                       
90: R77         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     96K 
                Ended January 31, 2018 - Purchase Price                          
                Allocations (Details)                                            
91: R78         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     73K 
                Ended January 31, 2018 - Intangible Assets Useful                
                Lives (Details)                                                  
92: R79         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     85K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Contact Solutions                       
                (Details)                                                        
93: R80         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     78K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Opinionlab (Details)                    
94: R81         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML    116K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Purchase Price                          
                Allocations (Details)                                            
95: R82         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     75K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Intangible Assets Useful                
                Lives (Details)                                                  
96: R83         Business Combinations Business Combinations - Year  HTML     56K 
                Ended January 31, 2017 - Transaction and Related                 
                Costs (Details)                                                  
97: R84         Business Combinations Business Combinations -       HTML     68K 
                Other Business Combination Information (Details)                 
98: R85         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Intangible Assets  HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
99: R86         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     60K 
                and Goodwill - Intangible Assets by Reportable                   
                Segment (Details)                                                
100: R87         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     61K  
                and Goodwill - Amortization and Impairment                       
                (Details)                                                        
101: R88         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     69K  
                and Goodwill - Future Amortization of Intangible                 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
102: R89         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     54K  
                and Goodwill - Reporting Units (Details)                         
103: R90         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Goodwill           HTML     80K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R91         Long-Term Debt - Summary (Details)                  HTML     84K  
105: R92         Long-Term Debt - 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes     HTML    112K  
                (Details)                                                        
106: R93         Long-Term Debt - Note Hedges and Warrants           HTML     67K  
                (Details)                                                        
107: R94         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Prior Credit        HTML     76K  
                Agreement - Summary (Details)                                    
108: R95         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Prior Credit        HTML     63K  
                Agreement - Interest Rate Details (Details)                      
109: R96         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - 2017 Credit         HTML     72K  
                Agreement - Summary (Details)                                    
110: R97         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - 2017 Credit         HTML     73K  
                Agreement - Interest Rate Details (Details)                      
111: R98         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Loss on Partial     HTML     58K  
                Early Retirement of 2017 Term Loans (Details)                    
112: R99         Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Interest Rates      HTML     58K  
                (Details)                                                        
113: R100        Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Debt Covenant       HTML     55K  
                (Details)                                                        
114: R101        Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Loss on Early       HTML     71K  
                Retirement of 2014 Term Loans (Details)                          
115: R102        Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - 2017 Credit         HTML     62K  
                Agreement Issuance Costs (Details)                               
116: R103        Long-Term Debt - Future Amortization (Details)      HTML     78K  
117: R104        Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt - Interest Expense    HTML     74K  
                (Details)                                                        
118: R105        Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML    186K  
                Information (Details)                                            
119: R106        Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity -         HTML     55K  
                Dividends on Common Stock (Details)                              
120: R107        Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity - Share   HTML     54K  
                Repurchase Program (Details)                                     
121: R108        Stockholders' Equity - Treasury Stock (Details)     HTML     64K  
122: R109        Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity -         HTML     86K  
                Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income               
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
123: R110        Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity -         HTML     83K  
                Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other                    
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
124: R111        Research and Development, Net Research and          HTML     57K  
                Development, Net - R&D Expenses and Grants                       
                (Details)                                                        
125: R112        Research and Development, Net Research and          HTML     67K  
                Development, Net - Capitalized Software                          
                Development Costs (Details)                                      
126: R113        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Income (Loss) Before    HTML     60K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
127: R114        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Provision for Income    HTML     81K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
128: R115        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate      HTML     96K  
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
129: R116        Income Taxes Income Taxes - U.S. Tax Rates          HTML     58K  
                (Details)                                                        
130: R117        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Special Tax Rates       HTML     65K  
                (Details)                                                        
131: R118        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes   HTML    106K  
                (Details)                                                        
132: R119        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax     HTML     62K  
                Information (Details)                                            
133: R120        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Carryforwards           HTML     68K  
                (Details)                                                        
134: R121        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Foreign Withholding     HTML     54K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
135: R122        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Valuation Allowances    HTML     78K  
                (Details)                                                        
136: R123        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax        HTML     73K  
                Benefits (Details)                                               
137: R124        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax        HTML     65K  
                Benefits - Information (Details)                                 
138: R125        Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Table          HTML     96K  
                (Details)                                                        
139: R126        Fair Value Measurements - Contingent Consideration  HTML     77K  
                Table (Details)                                                  
140: R127        Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements -   HTML     64K  
                Option to Acquire Noncontrolling Interests                       
                (Details)                                                        
141: R128        Fair Value Measurements - Other Fair Value          HTML     63K  
                Disclosures (Details)                                            
142: R129        Derivative Financial Instruments - Assets and       HTML     84K  
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
143: R130        Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative         HTML     77K  
                Financial Instruments - Interest Rate Swap                       
                Agreements (Details)                                             
144: R131        Derivative Financial Instruments - Gains and        HTML     83K  
                Losses (Details)                                                 
145: R132        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     60K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                2017 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (Details)                    
146: R133        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     70K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Stock-Based Compensation - by Line Item (Details)                
147: R134        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -  HTML     75K  
                Stock-Based Compensation - by Classification                     
                (Details)                                                        
148: R135        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     90K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Restricted Stock Units (Details)                                 
149: R136        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     65K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Performance Restricted Stock Units (Details)                     
150: R137        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     93K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Stock Bonus Program (Details)                                    
151: R138        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     85K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Bonus Share Program (Details)                                    
152: R139        Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans    HTML     68K  
                Stock-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Plans -               
                Other Benefit Plans (Details)                                    
153: R140        Commitments and Contingencies - Rent Expense;       HTML     71K  
                Purchase Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Risk                  
                (Details)                                                        
154: R141        Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     93K  
                Contingencies - Operating and Capital Lease                      
                Commitments (Details)                                            
155: R142        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     54K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Reportable Operating                      
                Segments (Details)                                               
156: R143        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     79K  
                Information - Segment Revenue and Segment                        
                Contribution (Details)                                           
157: R144        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     76K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Reconciliation of Segment                 
                Contribution to Operating Income (Details)                       
158: R145        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     84K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Revenue and Long-Lived                    
                Assets by Geography (Details)                                    
159: R146        Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer       HTML     56K  
                Information Segment, Geographic, and Significant                 
                Customer Information - Major Customers (Details)                 
160: R147        Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML     80K  
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited) - Quarterly Data (Details)               
161: R148        Selected Quarterly Financial Information            HTML     54K  
                (Unaudited) Selected Quarterly Financial                         
                Information (Unaudited) - Unusual Items (Details)                
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