NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS



Statements in this report which are not purely historical facts or which
necessarily depend upon future events, including statements about trends,
uncertainties, hopes, beliefs, anticipations, expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies for the future, may be forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from the events or results described in the
forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties related to how
privacy and data security law mandates may affect demand for Zix's products,
business disruptions, uncertainty and market instability stemming from the
COVID-19 pandemic as well as governmental actions related thereto, and those
risks additionally described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2019. Any of these risk factors could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition or financial results and
reduce the value of an investment in our securities. We may not succeed in
addressing these and other risks associated with an investment in our
securities, with our business and with our achieving any forward-looking
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available
to us on the date the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview





Zix® is a leading provider of cloud email security, productivity and compliance
solutions. Trusted by the nation's most influential institutions in healthcare,
finance and government, Zix delivers a superior experience and easy-to-use
solutions for email encryption and data loss prevention ("DLP"), advanced threat
protection and archiving. As a leading provider of cloud-based cybersecurity,
compliance, and productivity solutions for businesses of all sizes, we are
focused on the protection of business communication, enabling our customers to
better secure data and meet compliance needs. We serve organizations in many
industries, with particular emphasis on the healthcare (including multiple major
hospitals and several Blue Cross Blue Shield plans), financial services
(including several U.S. Banks), and insurance and government (including
divisions of the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC")) sectors.

Our email encryption and DLP capabilities enable the secure exchange of email
that includes sensitive information. Through a comprehensive secure messaging
service, called Email Encryption (formerly ZixEncrypt), we allow an enterprise
to use policy-driven rules to determine which email messages should be sent
securely or quarantined for review to comply with regulations or company-defined
policies.

The main differentiation for Email Encryption in the marketplace is our
exceptional ease of use. The best example of this is our ability to provide
transparent delivery of encrypted email. Most email encryption solutions are
focused on the sender. They typically introduce an added burden on recipients,
often requiring additional user authentication with the creation of a new user
identity and password. We designed our solution to alleviate the recipient's
burden by enabling the delivery of encrypted email automatically and
transparently. Zix enables transparent delivery through (1) The Directory
(formerly ZixDirectory®), the world's largest email encryption community which
is designed to share identities of our tens of millions of members, (2) Zix's
patented Best Method of Delivery®, which is designed to deliver email in the
most secure, most convenient method possible for the recipient, and (3) Email
Encryption, which automatically encrypts and decrypts messages with sensitive
content. The result is secure, transparent encrypted email, such that secure
email can be exchanged without any impact to administrators or extra steps for
both senders and recipients. Our Email Encryption also addresses a business's
greatest source of data loss - corporate email- with an easy, straightforward
DLP approach. By focusing strictly on the risks of email, Email Encryption
simplifies DLP in comparison to other DLP solutions by decreasing complexity and
cost, reducing deployment time from months to hours and minimizing impact on
customer resources and workflow. In addition, Zix offers a convenient experience
for both employees interacting with our solution and administrators managing the
system.

Our Email Encryption solution enables DLP capabilities for email by combining
proven policy and content scanning capabilities with quarantine functionality.
The quarantine system and its intuitive interface allow administrators to
(1) easily define policies and create custom lexicons for quarantining email
messages, (2) conveniently manage quarantined messages using flexible searching
and filtering options, (3) release or delete individual or multiple quarantined
messages with one click, (4) review reports that monitor quarantine activities
and trends and (5) automate custom notifications informing employees of
quarantined messages.

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Email Encryption from Zix also provides greater visibility into an
organization's data risks in email by capturing data in outbound emails and
highlighting violations that trigger policy filters to encrypt or quarantine.
Through our interactive, real-time interface, companies can monitor their
greatest vulnerabilities, generate reports for business executives and train
employees about the sensitivity of their company's data.

The solution is available as a hosted solution, as a multi-tenant solution, or as a physical or virtual on-premises appliance.



In March 2017, Zix acquired Greenview Data, Inc. ("Greenview"), an email
security company. Zix's acquisition of Greenview addresses increasing buyer
demand for email security bundles by adding advanced threat protection,
antivirus, anti-spam and archiving capabilities to its industry-leading email
encryption. Greenview was a good fit for Zix's business based on its employees'
expertise in email security and its emphasis on customer success, which align
with Zix's reputation for delivering industry-leading solutions and a superior
experience.

Through the acquisition of Greenview, Zix launched two new solutions in April
2017 - ZixProtectSM and ZixArchiveSM. ZixProtect is now called Advanced Email
Threat Protection while ZixArchive is called Information Archive. Advanced Email
Threat Protection defends organizations from zero-day malware, ransomware,
phishing, CEO fraud, W-2 phishing attacks, spam and viruses in email with
multi-layer filtering techniques. Accuracy in protecting organizations from
email threats is increased further with automated traffic analysis, machine
learning and real-time threat analysis. The solution is available as a
cloud-based service in a variety of bundles. Information Archive (formerly
ZixArchive) is a low-cost, cloud-based email retention solution that easily
enables user retrieval, compliance and eDiscovery. Available as a standalone or
add-on solution for other products, Zix's Information Archive includes
policy-based retention, automatic indexing and flexible search capabilities for
audit and legal requirements. With on-demand access through the cloud,
organizations can conveniently share messages with employees, auditors and
outside consultants or legal counsel, as well as revoke access when needed.

In April 2018, Zix acquired Erado, a unified archiving company. Erado
strengthened Zix's comprehensive archiving solutions with unified archiving,
supervision, security, and messaging solutions for customers that demand bundled
services. Erado's long standing focus on helping its customers comply with FINRA
and SEC regulations helped further strengthen Zix's offerings for customers with
compliance requirements. This acquisition also expanded Zix's cloud-based email
archiving capabilities into more than 50 content channels, including social
media, instant message, mobile, web, audio and video.

On February 20, 2019, Zix acquired AppRiver, a leading provider of cloud-based
cybersecurity solutions for Small and Medium Businesses ("SMB"). The combined
company creates one of the leading cloud based security solutions providers,
particularly for the small and mid-size enterprise market. This acquisition
further strengthened that alignment by bolstering our security offerings,
expanding our go-to-market channels, and providing a stronger cloud platform to
drive even more value for our customers and partners. In addition, we now can
directly offer Microsoft's substantial catalog of productivity and Microsoft
Office 365 cloud email solutions.

On May 7, 2019, Zix acquired DeliverySlip, expanding our portfolio with additional email encryption, e-signatures, and secure file sharing solutions.



Our business operations and service offerings are supported by the ZixData
Center™, which is PCI DSS 3.2 certified for applicable services, SOC2 accredited
and SOC 3 certified. The operations of the ZixData Center are independently
audited annually to maintain AICPA SOC3 certification in the areas of security,
confidentiality, integrity and availability. Auditors also produce a SOC2 report
on the effectiveness of operational controls used over the audit period.

Our company was incorporated as a corporation in Texas in 1988. Originally named
Amtech Corporation, we changed our name to ZixIt® Corporation in 1999 when we
entered the encrypted email market. In 2002, we became Zix Corporation, and in
2017, the Company rebranded to Zix.



Impacts of COVID-19



In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel
strain of the coronavirus ("COVID-19") to be a pandemic. The pandemic has
resulted in significant, unpredictable, and rapidly changing impacts on the
United States and global economies. The COVID-19 crisis and government responses
have included limiting the operations of non-essential businesses and may result
in long-term harm or permanent closures impacting our customers and our vendors.
While COVID-19 had a minimal impact to our first and second quarter 2020
financial results, Zix has taken steps to insure the resilience of our company,
while protecting the email security of our customers and the health of our
employees, including the following actions:

• Offering healthy email checks and evaluating other efficiency solutions

for our customers;

• Working with partners and customers to provide more flexible billing


        schedules;


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• Moving over 95% of our employees to remote work arrangements while

maintaining the integrity of our data center operations and providing

continued phenomenal support for our customers;

• Maintaining effective governance and internal controls in a remote work

environment;

• Implementing a reduction in force of approximately 6%, completed through

both voluntary and involuntary separation;

• Slowing our hiring plans, and reducing planned travel and conference

expenses;

• Continued review and adjustment of other operating expenses for potential


        savings, including reduction of excess capacities in our network data
        centers;


We have continued to provide our cloud email security, productivity and
compliance solutions services to our customers and vendors during this ongoing
pandemic. The full extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
Company's operational and financial performance is currently uncertain and will
depend on many factors outside the Company's control, including, without
limitation, the timing, extent, trajectory and duration of the pandemic, the
development and availability of effective treatments and vaccines, the
imposition of protective public safety measures, and the impact of the pandemic
on the global economy and demand for consumer products. See the additional risk
factor included in Part II - Item 1A of this quarterly report.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates





     The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
requires the Company's management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the amounts reported in the Company's condensed consolidated financial
statements and accompanying notes. These estimates and assumptions take into
account historical and forward-looking factors that the Company believes are
reasonable, including but not limited to the potential impacts arising from the
recent COVID-19 and public and private sector policies and initiatives aimed at
reducing its transmission. As the extent and duration of the impacts of COVID-19
remain unclear, the Company's estimates and assumptions may evolve as conditions
change. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions.
Critical accounting policies and estimates are defined as those that are both
most important to the portrayal of the Company's financial condition and results
and require management's most subjective judgments. Actual results could differ
from these estimates and assumptions. Critical accounting policies and estimates
are defined as those that are both most important to the portrayal of the
Company's financial condition and results and require management's most
subjective judgments.



We describe our significant accounting policies in Note 2, Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies, of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019. We discuss our Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2019.

Results of Operations

Second Quarter 2020 Summary of Operations

Financial

• Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, was $53.3 million, compared


        with $45.9 million for the same period in 2019, representing a 16%
        increase.

• Gross margin for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, was $25.1 million (or

47% of revenues), compared with $25.6 million (or 56% of revenues) for the

comparable period in 2019. The period over period margin decline as a

percentage of revenues is attributable to the effect of the increasing


        percentage of revenue associated with AppRiver sales of Microsoft
        Office365 and hosted exchange products.

• Net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, was $1.9 million, compared

with net loss of $3.7 million in the comparable period in 2019.

• Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the quarter ended June

30, 2020, was $4.1 million, compared with net loss attributable to common

shareholders of $7.1 million in the comparable period in 2019. The

Company's net loss attributable to common shareholders includes a deemed


        and accrued dividend to preferred shareholders of $2.2 million and $3.4
        million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 and 2019,
        respectively.

• Net loss per diluted share was $0.08 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020,


        compared with a net loss of $0.13 in the comparable period in 2019.


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    •   Ending cash and cash equivalents were $14.1 million on June 30, 2020,
        compared with $11.3 million on June 30, 2019, and $13.3 million on
        December 31, 2019.


Operations

• Total billings for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, were $52.1 million,

compared with $46.3 million for the same period in 2019, representing a

13% increase.




    •   The annual recurring revenue value of our customer subscriptions as of
        June 30, 2020, was $215.9 million, compared with $193.7 million for the
        same period in 2019, representing an increase of $22.2 million.

• Net cash provided by operations in the six months ended June 30, 2020, was

$9.1 million, compared with $1.3 million provided by operations for the

same period in 2019, representing a $7.8 million increase.

• As of June 30, 2020, backlog was $85.0 million, compared with $91.4

million as of June 30, 2019, representing a 7% decrease.

Revenues

Our Company provides subscription-based services. The following table sets forth the quarter-over-quarter comparison of the Company's revenues:





                                                                  3-month Variance                                                 6-month Variance
                          Three Months Ended June 30,               2020 vs. 2020             Six Months Ended June 30,              2020 vs. 2019
(in thousands)             2020                 2019               $              %              2020              2019             $              %
Revenues              $       53,337       $       45,916     $     7,421            16 %   $      105,771       $  75,215     $    30,556            41 %




The increase in revenue was primarily related to AppRiver growth of $6.5 million
and $28.5 million to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.
AppRiver's contribution to our first six months 2019 revenue was impacted by the
February 20, 2019, acquisition date, contributing $27.2 million and $38.1
million in revenue to the three and six months ended June 30, 2019,
respectively. As our Company continues to integrate our sales teams and product
offerings to a single secure cloud platform, distinguishing revenue between
AppRiver and legacy Zix sales is expected to become less meaningful. We are
growing our revenue with continued success in our subscription-based business
model with both steady additions to the subscriber base and a high rate of
existing customer renewals and the realization of previously contracted revenue
in our backlog. In the first six months of 2020, we categorized our revenue in
the following core industry verticals: 20% healthcare, 18% financial services,
3% government, and 59% as other. In the first six months of 2019, excluding our
AppRiver and Erado sales, we categorized our revenue in the following core
industry verticals: 47% healthcare, 28% financial services, 8% government sector
and 17% as other.

Annual Recurring Revenue

We measure the health of our subscriber base by the growth of our Annual
Recurring Revenue ("ARR"), which is defined as the aggregate annualized contract
value attributable to recurring revenue contracts at the end of the applicable
reporting period. We calculate ARR by determining the annual or monthly revenue
of subscription agreements that are active as of the end of the applicable
period and multiplying by 1 or 12. ARR aids us in determining to what extent
individual customer relationships, considered in the aggregate, are growing or
declining in financial magnitude. ARR is summarized in the table below:



                                                            Variance
                               As of June 30,            2020 vs. 2020
(in thousands)               2020          2019            $          %
Annual Recurring Revenue   $ 215,914     $ 193,715     $  22,199       11 %


Backlog

Our end-user order backlog is comprised of contractually binding agreements that
we expect to amortize into revenue as the services are performed. The timing of
revenue is affected by both the length of time required to deploy a service and
the length of the service contract.

As of June 30, 2020, total backlog was $85.0 million, and we expect
approximately 72% of the total backlog, or approximately $61.5 million, to be
recognized as revenue during the next twelve months. As of June 30, 2020, the
backlog was comprised of the following elements: $43.0 million of deferred
revenue that has been billed and paid, $12.4 million billed but unpaid, and
approximately $29.6 million of unbilled contracts. The backlog at June 30, 2020,
was 7% lower than the $91.4 million backlog at the

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end of the second quarter 2019, and 5% lower than the ending backlog of $89.4
million at December 31, 2019. Our decrease in backlog is the result of timing of
our customer contracts and our continued trend toward monthly subscriptions.

Cost of Revenues



The following table sets forth the quarter-over-quarter comparison of the cost
of revenues:



                                                                   3-month Variance                                                    6-month Variance
                           Three Months Ended June 30,               2020 vs. 2020               Six Months Ended June 30,               2020 vs. 2019
(in thousands)              2020                 2019               $              %             2020                2019               $              %
Cost of revenues       $       28,258       $       20,304     $     7,954            39 %   $      54,337       $      31,443     $    22,894            73 %




Cost of revenues is comprised of costs related to operating and maintaining the
ZixData Center, a field deployment team, customer service and support, Microsoft
fees associated with the resale of Microsoft Office365 and hosted exchange
products, and the amortization of Company-owned, customer-based computer
appliances. The increases in 2020 compared to 2019 reflected in the table above
resulted primarily from revenue increases from Microsoft Office365 and hosted
exchange products which are associated with lower profit margins. We expect our
costs of revenue to remain at higher levels than we have historically incurred.
We additionally incurred increases in depreciation, amortization, average
headcount and other expenses.

Research and Development Expenses

The following table sets forth the quarter-over-quarter comparison of our research and development expenses:





                                                                       3-month Variance                                                      6-month Variance
                              Three Months Ended June 30,                2020 vs. 2020                Six Months Ended June 30,                2020 vs. 2019
(in thousands)                 2020                2019               $                 %              2020                2019              $               %
Research and development
expenses                   $       5,820       $       5,311     $       509                10 %   $      11,206       $      9,458     $     1,748              18 %




Research and development expenses consist primarily of salary, benefits, and
stock-based compensation for our development staff, independent development
contractor expenses, and other direct and indirect costs associated with
enhancing our existing products and services and developing new products and
services. The increase in 2020 compared to 2019 reflected in the table above
resulted primarily from amortization of previously capitalized internal use
software due to project completions. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, we
incurred increases in headcount expense as compared to the same period 2019
attributable to our AppRiver acquisition in February 2019.

Selling and Marketing Expenses

The following table sets forth the quarter-over-quarter comparison of our selling and marketing expenses:





                                                                   3-month Variance                                                    6-month Variance
                           Three Months Ended June 30,               2020 vs. 2019               Six Months Ended June 30,               2020 vs. 2019
(in thousands)              2020                 2019              $               %             2020                2019               $              %
Selling and
marketing expenses     $       14,458       $       14,077     $     381               3 %   $      28,799       $      24,011     $     4,788            20 %




Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of salary, commissions, travel,
stock-based compensation and employee benefits for selling and marketing
personnel as well as costs associated with promotional activities and
advertising. The increase in the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to
the same period in 2019, was due primarily to increases in commission and
headcount expense, offset by COVID-19 related reductions in travel. In addition
to the items noted above, our six-month increase in spending is attributable to
the amortization of intangible assets acquired in our acquisition of AppRiver.

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General and Administrative Expenses

The following table sets forth the quarter-over-quarter comparison of our general and administrative expenses:





                                                                        3-month Variance                                                      6-month Variance
                                Three Months Ended June 30,              2020 vs. 2019                 Six Months Ended June 30,               2020 vs. 2019
(in thousands)                   2020                2019               $              %               2020                2019               $              %
General and administrative
expenses                     $       4,758       $       7,795     $    (3,037 )          (39 )%   $      10,446       $      18,125     $    (7,679 )          (42 )%




General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salary and bonuses,
travel, stock-based compensation and benefits for administrative and executive
personnel as well as fees for professional services and other general corporate
activities. The decrease in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020,
compared with the same periods in 2019 resulted primarily from reduction in
acquisition and integration costs associated with our acquisitions of AppRiver
and of DeliverySlip, in February 2019 and May 2019, respectively. During the
second quarter 2020 the Company also incurred COVID-19 related reductions in
headcount and travel expense, offset by an increase to stock-based compensation
costs related to accelerated equity award vesting with voluntary terminations.

Other Income (Expense)



Our other income (expense) consists primarily of interest expense associated
with our debt. In February 2019, we entered into a credit agreement with a
syndicate of lenders and SunTrust Bank. During the three and six months ended
June 30, 2020, we recorded interest expense of $2.5 million and $5.1 million,
respectively associated with this debt. At June 30, 2020, our outstanding debt
balance was $185.8 million based on a weighted effective interest rate of 5.34%
for the three months ended June 30, 2020. See above Note 7 "Long-term Debt" for
additional information regarding our debt.

Provision for Income Taxes



The provision for income taxes was a $570 thousand and $1.0 million benefit for
the three-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and a $1.4
million and $2.2 million benefit for each of the six months ended June 30, 2020
and 2019, respectively. The operating losses incurred by the Company's U.S.
operations in past years and the resulting net operating losses for U.S. Federal
income tax purposes are subject to a $22.9 million reserve because of the
uncertainty of future taxable income levels sufficient to utilize our net
operating losses and credits. Our June 30, 2020, provision benefit of $1.4
million includes $1.2 million in deferred taxes and a $337 thousand tax benefit
related to the return of federal Alternative Minimum Tax credits, offset by $73
thousand in state taxes then payable based on gross revenues. Our June 30, 2019,
provision benefit of $2.2 million includes $2.0 million in deferred taxes and a
$170 thousand benefit related to the return of federal Alternative Minimum Tax
credits.

No tax penalty-related charges were accrued or recognized for the three-month
periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. Additionally, we have not taken a tax
position that would have a material effect on our financial statements or our
effective tax rate for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020. We are
currently subject to a three year statute of limitations by major tax
jurisdictions.

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At June 30, 2020, the Company partially reserved its U.S. net deferred tax
assets due to the uncertainty of future taxable income being sufficient to
utilize net loss carryforwards prior to their expiration, as noted above. The
Company did not reserve $37.8 million of its U.S. net deferred tax assets. The
majority of this unreserved portion related to $32.9 million in U.S. net
operating losses ("NOLs") because we believe the Company will generate
sufficient taxable income in future years to utilize these NOLs prior to their
expiration. The remaining balance consists of $4.2 million relating to temporary
differences between GAAP and tax-related expense and $628 thousand relating to
U.S. state income tax credits and net operating loss carryovers.

Any reduction to the $22.9 million valuation allowance related to our deferred
tax asset would be based on an assessment of future utilization following
accounting guidance, which relies largely on historical earnings. Using this
methodology, and updating the future taxable earnings estimates based on first
and second quarter 2020 actual earnings, the Company believes the deferred tax
asset allowance as of December 31, 2019, will remain unchanged at December 31,
2020. For this reason, the Company has recognized its first and second quarter
2020 federal deferred tax provision in full. If in future periods we conclude
our future U.S. federal taxable estimate established at the end of the year will
exceed the prior year estimate, the Company will offset its federal deferred tax
provision by reducing its valuation allowance by an equal amount, thereby
eliminating from its deferred tax provision federal taxes from the Company's
financial statements. Significant judgment is required in determining any
valuation allowance recorded against the deferred tax asset. In assessing the
need for such an allowance, we consider all available evidence, including past
operating results, estimates of future taxable income, and the feasibility of
tax planning strategies. The Company will continue to reevaluate the need for
its valuation allowance each quarter, following the same assessment methodology
described above. An increase or decrease to our valuation allowance could have a
significant impact on operating results for each period during which it becomes
more likely than not that an additional portion of our deferred tax assets will
or will not be realized.

We have determined that utilization of existing net operating losses against
future taxable income is not currently subject to limitation by Section 382 of
the Internal Revenue Code. Future ownership changes, however, may limit the
Company's ability to fully utilize its existing net operating loss carryforwards
against future taxable income. The Company currently has U.S federal net
operating loss carryforwards of approximately $239 million which begin to expire
in 2021.

Net Income (Loss)

Our net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2020, of $1.9 million was an
improvement of $1.8 million compared to our net loss of $3.7 million for the
same period last year. The improvement in our net loss was primarily due to
revenue growth and the completion of prior year acquisition and integration
related costs associated with our AppRiver purchase, offset by current year
increases in our costs of revenues, research and development, and selling and
marketing activities.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview



Based on our performance over the last four quarters and current expectations,
including our assessment of the COVID-19 potential impact to our Company, we
believe our cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations, and
availability under our $25 million Revolving Facility (under which $8 million
was drawn as of June 30, 2020. Therefore the undrawn balance of $17 million was
available to fund working capital and for other general corporate purposes,
including the financing of permitted acquisitions, investments, and restricted
payments, subject to the conditions contained in the Credit Agreement) will
satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditure requirements, investment
requirements, contractual obligations, commitments, and other liquidity
requirements associated with our operations through at least the next twelve
months. We plan for and measure our liquidity and capital resources through an
annual budgeting process and quarterly reviews, and we will continue to monitor
our position to protect our Company against uncertainties related to the
COVID-19 crisis. During the first six months of 2020, net cash provided by
operations was $9.1 million, an increase of $7.8 million compared with the $1.3
million of net cash provided by operations in the first six months of 2019. This
year over year improvement is attributable to increased spending in the prior
year associated with due diligence, banking and other fees associated with our
AppRiver acquisition in February 2019. At June 30, 2020, our cash and cash
equivalents totaled $14.1 million, an increase of $708 thousand from the
December 31, 2019 balance, and we had outstanding debt of $185.8 million.

Sources and Uses of Cash Summary





                                                        Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)                                            2020              2019
Net cash provided by operations                       $      9,120       $  

1,313


Net cash used in investing activities                 $     (9,316 )     $  (287,781 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   $        956       $   270,763




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Our primary source of liquidity from our operations is the collection of revenue
in advance from our customers and collection of accounts receivable from our
customers, net of the timing of payments to our vendors and service providers.

Our investing activities in the first six months 2020 consisted of $9.3 million
for capital expenditures, which includes $7.3 million in capitalized
internal-use software and $2.0 million for computer and networking equipment.
Our investing activities in the first six months of 2019 consisted of $283.2
million, net of cash acquired, used in the acquisitions of AppRiver and
DeliverySlip, and $4.5 million for capital expenditures, which include $3.0
million in capitalized internal-use software, and $1.5 million for computer and
networking equipment.

Financing activities in the first six months of 2020 include $6.0 million drawn
from our Revolving Facility and $334 thousand received from the exercise of
stock options. We used $2.6 million to repurchase common stock related to the
tax impact of vesting restricted awards, $1.1 million for contingent
consideration payment associated with our acquisition of Erado, $925 thousand
for principle payments of our long-term debt, and $746 thousand for payments on
our finance leases. Cash received from financing activities in the first six
months of 2019 includes $178.6 million, net of issuance costs, incurred as debt,
$96.6 million, net of issuance costs, raised through the private purchase of
preferred stock, and $180 thousand received from the exercise of stock options.
The proceeds from our debt and preferred stock issuance were used to fund our
AppRiver acquisition in February 2019 and our DeliverySlip acquisition in May
2019. In addition to these items, we used $1.8 million to repurchase common
stock related to the tax impact of vesting restricted awards, and $1.5 million
for contingent consideration payments associated with our acquisitions of
Greenview and Erado. We also used $770 thousand for payments on our finance
leases and $438 thousand for principle payments of our long-term debt.

Options of Zix Common Stock



We have significant stock options outstanding that are currently vested. There
is no assurance that any of these options will be exercised; therefore, the
extent of future cash inflow from additional option activity is not certain. The
following table summarizes the options that were outstanding as of June 30,
2020. The vested shares are a subset of the outstanding shares. The value of the
shares is the number of shares multiplied by the exercise price for each share.



                                                       Summary of Outstanding Options
                                                   Total Value of       Vested Options
                                                    Outstanding          (included in        Total Value of
                                 Outstanding          Options            outstanding         Vested Options
Exercise Price Range               Options         (In thousands)          options)          (In thousands)
$2.00 - $3.49                         180,000                  481              180,000                  481
$3.50 - $4.99                         462,010                1,754              455,760                1,730
$8.00 - $9.50                         100,000                  803                6,250                   50
Total                                 742,010     $          3,038              642,010     $          2,261



Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

Contractual Obligations, Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

We have not entered into any material, non-cancelable purchase commitments at June 30, 2020.



We have severance agreements with certain employees which would require the
Company to pay approximately $5.1 million if all such employees were terminated
from employment with our Company following a triggering event (e.g., change of
control) as defined in the severance agreements.

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