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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Cash Flow from Financing : $-2.09 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2012)


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What is Avistar Communications Cash Flow from Financing?

Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.

For the three months ended in Mar. 2012, Avistar Communications received $0.03 Mil more from issuing new shares than it paid to buy back shares. It received $0.00 Mil from issuing more debt. It paid $0.00 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It received $0.00 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $0.04 Mil on other financial activities. In all, Avistar Communications spent $0.02 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in Mar. 2012.


Avistar Communications Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications's Cash Flow from Financing can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Avistar Communications Cash Flow from Financing Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data
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Cash Flow from Financing
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Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
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Avistar Communications Cash Flow from Financing Calculation

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

Avistar Communications's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as:

Avistar Communications's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is:


Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2012 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-2.09 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Avistar Communications  (OTCPK:AVSR) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation

Cash from financing contains six items:

1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.

Avistar Communications's issuance of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $0.03 Mil.

2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

Avistar Communications's repurchase of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $0.00 Mil.

3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

Avistar Communications's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. Avistar Communications received $0.00 Mil from issuing more debt.

4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

Avistar Communications's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. Avistar Communications paid $0.00 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

Avistar Communications's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. Avistar Communications received $0.00 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders.

6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

Avistar Communications's other financing for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $-0.04 Mil. Avistar Communications spent $0.04 Mil on other financial activities.


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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

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1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402
Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.
Executives
R Stephen Heinrichs director, 10 percent owner 141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 10 percent owner 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Phlcorp Holding Llc 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Baldwin Enterprises, Inc. 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Robert P Latta director 650 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304

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