1. Business
CPI Card Group Inc., formerly known as CPI Holdings I, Inc. (which, together with its subsidiary companies, is referred to herein as “CPI” or the “Company”) is engaged in the design, production, data personalization, packaging and fulfillment of Financial Payment Cards which the Company defines as credit cards, debit cards and prepaid debit cards issued on the networks of the Payment Card Brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Interac (in Canada)) in the United States and Canada. The Company also is engaged in the design, production, data personalization, packaging and fulfillment of retail gift and loyalty cards (primarily in Europe and Canada).
As a producer and provider of services for Financial Payment Cards, each of the Company’s secure facilities must be certified by one or more of the Payment Card Brands and is therefore subject to specific requirements and conditions. Noncompliance with these requirements would prohibit the individual facilities of the Company from producing Financial Payment Cards for these entities’ payment card issuers.
The Company’s business consists of the following reportable segments: U.S. Debit and Credit, U.S. Prepaid Debit and U.K. Limited.
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U.S. Debit and Credit Segment. The U.S. Debit and Credit segment primarily produces Financial Payment Cards and provides integrated card services to card-issuing banks in the United States. Products manufactured by this segment primarily include EMV and non-EMV credit cards, debit cards and prepaid debit cards issued on the networks of the Payment Card Brands, Private Label Credit Cards, defined as credit cards that an individual merchant issues for exclusive use in its own stores, and that are not issued on the networks of the Payment Cards Brands, and instant issuance systems. This segment also provides a variety of integrated card services, including card personalization and fulfillment services and instant issuance services. The U.S. Debit and Credit segment operations are each certified by multiple global Payment Card Brands, and where required by the Company’s customers, certified to be in compliance with the standards of the PCI Security Standards Council. |
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U.S. Prepaid Debit Segment. The U.S. Prepaid Debit segment primarily provides integrated card services to prepaid debit card issuers in the United States. Services provided include tamper-evident security packaging services and card personalization and fulfillment services. This segment also produces Financial Payment Cards issued on the networks of the Payment Card Brands that are included in the tamper-evident security packages mentioned above. The U.S. Prepaid Debit segment operation is certified by multiple global Payment Card Brands, and is certified to be in compliance with the standards of the PCI Security Standards Council. |
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U.K. Limited Segment. The U.K. Limited segment primarily produces retail cards, such as gift and loyalty cards for customers in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. This segment also provides card personalization, packaging and fulfillment services. Neither of the Company’s operations in this segment is certified by any of the Payment Card Brands or to be in compliance with the standards of the PCI Security Standards Council, but are certified to be in compliance with International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) 27001 standards. |
The Company also has an operation in Ontario, Canada that provides EMV and Prepaid Debit Cards and card services in Canada, which is reflected in “Other”. See Note 18 “Segment Reporting”.
The Company sold its non-secure operation located in Nevada on January 12, 2015 (the “Nevada Sale”) under an asset purchase agreement for $5,000 in cash. The Nevada operation primarily produced retail gift cards that are not issued on the networks of the Payment Card Brands. Accordingly, the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2015, and Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 have been reclassified to present the Nevada operation as a discontinued operation. See Note 4 “Discontinued Operation and Disposition”.
In August 2015, the Company completed the shut-down and closure of its operation in Petersfield, United Kingdom. Petersfield primarily produced retail gift cards that are not issued on networks of the Payment Card Brands. In connection with the shut-down and closure of the Petersfield, United Kingdom operation, the Company accrued facility contract termination costs of $681 during the year ended December 31, 2015.
On August 17, 2015, the Company entered into a first lien credit agreement ("First Lien Credit Facility") with a syndicate of lenders providing for a $435,000 first lien term loan facility ("First Lien Term Loan") and a $40,000 revolving credit facility ("Revolving Credit Facility"). The Company used proceeds from the First Lien Credit Facility to pay off the outstanding balance on our previous credit facility of $158,420, and to redeem 62,140 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for an aggregate price of $276,688. See Note 10 “Long-Term Debt and Credit Facility” and Note 12 “Series A Preferred Stock”.
On October 15, 2015, the Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) issuing 15,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $10.00 per share. The net proceeds from the IPO, after issuance costs, were utilized to (i) redeem all of our remaining Series A Preferred Stock for a total redemption price of $11,877, (ii) repay $112,500 of the amount outstanding under the First Lien Term Loan (as defined herein), and (iii) terminate and settle all outstanding obligations due under the Phantom Stock Plan (as defined herein) of $13,268. The proceeds of the IPO were net of deferred offering expenses of $7,196 and are reflected in “Capital deficiency” in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit.