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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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Commission file number 000-23709
DoubleClick Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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111 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(212) 683-0001
(Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number,
including Area Code of Registrants Principal Executive
Offices)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
Common Stock $.001 par value
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers
pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of
registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether registrant is an accelerated
filer (as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 12b-2). Yes þ No o
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2004 was
approximately $944,701,203 (based on the last reported sale
price on the NASDAQ National Market on that date). As of
March 14, 2005 there were 126,047,183 shares of the
registrants common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Registrants Proxy Statement for the 2005
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is to be filed subsequent
to the date hereof, are incorporated by reference into
Part III.
DOUBLECLICK INC.
2004 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements relating to
future events and our future performance within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Stockholders are cautioned that such statements involve
risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are
based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and
projections about the industry and markets in which we operate
and managements beliefs and assumptions. Any statements
contained herein, including without limitation, statements to
the effect that we or our management believes,
expects, could, may,
estimates, will,
anticipates, plans, or similar
expressions that are not statements of historical fact should be
considered forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our
actual results and timing of certain events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not
limited to, those set forth under Risk Factors and
elsewhere in this report and in our other public filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is routine for
internal projections and expectations to change as the year or
each quarter in the year progresses, and therefore it should be
clearly understood that the internal projections and beliefs
upon which we base our expectations are made as of the date of
this Annual Report on Form 10-K and may change prior to the
end of each quarter or the year. While we may elect to update
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we do
not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise. The forward-looking statements and risk factors
discussed herein do not reflect the potential impact of any
mergers, acquisitions or dispositions.
PART I
Overview: We are a leading provider of products and
services used by advertising agencies, marketers and Web
publishers to plan, execute and analyze their marketing
programs. Combining technology and data expertise, our solutions
help our customers optimize their advertising and marketing
campaigns online and through direct mail. We offer a broad array
of technology and data products and services to our customers to
allow them to address the full range of the marketing processes,
from pre-campaign planning and testing, to execution,
measurement and campaign refinements.
In 2004, we derived our revenues from two business units:
TechSolutions and Data. Our TechSolutions business unit consists
of our Ad Management, Marketing Automation and Performics
divisions and our Data business unit consists of our Abacus and
Data Management divisions.
DoubleClick TechSolutions: DoubleClick TechSolutions
offers advertising agencies, marketers and Web publishers
industry-leading technology solutions for their marketing needs
in an increasingly multi-channel world. In 2004, DoubleClick
TechSolutions reported revenues of $196.3 million, an
increase of 11.9% from 2003.
Since the successful launch of our first technology product in
1997, DoubleClick TechSolutions has established a track record
of innovation and reliability. Solutions offered by our Ad
Management division primarily consist of the DART for Publishers
Service, the DART for Advertisers Service and the DART
Enterprise ad serving software product. Our Marketing Automation
products and services consist of our email products and services
based on our DARTmail Service and our Enterprise Marketing
Solutions, or EMS, business consisting of our campaign
management and marketing resource management products and
services. Our Perfomics division offers search engine marketing
and affiliate marketing solutions.
During 2004, we introduced several new enhancements and features
for our Ad Management and email products and services. In
particular, we released a new version of our reporting systems
for our Web-based Ad Management products and services to measure
the performance of online campaigns, a new inventory management
solution that gives Web publishers a more comprehensive picture
of ad inventory across their network, and a new version of our
media planning solution, MediaVisor. With respect to our email
business,
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we introduced real time messaging that is designed to
automatically deploy and deliver email messages in response to
consumer action. In addition, we combined our campaign
management and marketing resource management businesses into our
Enterprise Marketing Solutions business to provide customers
with a single platform to plan and manage their marketing
activity across all channels.
Our patented DART (Dynamic, Advertising, Reporting and
Targeting) ad management technology is the platform for many of
our TechSolutions products and services. The DART ad management
technology is a sophisticated targeting, reporting and delivery
tool, relied upon by our customers to measure campaign
performance and provide dynamic ad space inventory management.
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Ad Management Products and Services |
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DART for Publishers Service. Since January 1997, our DART
for Publishers Service has provided Web publishers with a
comprehensive solution for ad inventory management and ad
targeting, delivery and reporting. Deploying the DART ad
management technology through data centers all over the world,
the DART for Publishers Service offers the scalability,
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DART for Advertisers Service. The DART for Advertisers
Service, which also uses the DART ad management technology, is a
Web-based application that enables advertisers and their
agencies to increase their return on investment and to
streamline the ad management process through analytical
reporting. The DART for Advertisers Service offers campaign
planning, management and optimization to allow advertisers and
their agencies to simplify and control their online ad
campaigns, understand their customers and act quickly on
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DART Enterprise Software. DART Enterprise is an online
advertising and marketing management licensed software product
for Web publishers and marketers. This ad serving software
automates critical processes needed to run a successful online
marketing business, including sophisticated inventory and order
management, precision targeting, dynamic delivery, tracking and
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Additional Ad Management Products and Services. We also
offer DART Motif, which unites Macromedia Flash, a design
authoring tool for rich media ads, with our Ad Management
products, to reduce the steps and resources in the rich media
advertising process. In addition, we offer MediaVisor, a
Web-based workflow solution, that streamlines the entire media
planning, buying and tracking process for agencies and
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Marketing Automation Products and Services |
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Email. Our suite of email technology products includes
both the DARTmail Service, which is a Web-based application, and
a software product that we license to customers. Our email
products and services allow marketers and publishers to deliver
personalized email communications to their customers for the
purpose of building long-term, profitable relationships. We also
offer a Strategic Services team that provides clients strategic
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Enterprise Marketing Solutions. Our Enterprise Marketing
Solutions include our marketing resource management and campaign
management products and services. SmartPath marketing resource
management, our MRM offering, is an enterprise application that
helps marketers to plan, produce, execute and evaluate marketing
programs. Ensemble, our campaign management offering, is an
integrated software solution that helps customers to plan,
execute and manage multi-channel and multi-type direct marketing
campaigns. |
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Performics Products and Services |
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Search Engine Marketing Solution. Our search engine
marketing products and services provide technology and support
to customers to automate their paid placement, paid inclusion,
comparison shopping listings and natural search optimization
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Affiliate Marketing Solution. Our affiliate marketing
products and services help marketers manage, track and report on
their advertisements across multiple affiliate sites. In turn,
this allows Web publishers to monetize inventory through
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Our TechSolutions offerings are backed worldwide by our Global
Technical Services team, which offers service 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. Through our Global Technical Services
team, we provide our customers with a full range of support,
from pre-sale technical design and architecture to post-sale
implementation. We also provide comprehensive education and
consulting services that help our customers maximize the value
of our TechSolutions products and services. These consulting
services include providing strategic guidance and
recommendations, customizing and extending existing
TechSolutions products and services, integrating our products
and services into existing infrastructure and data assets and
training employees to use our products and services more
effectively.
DoubleClick Data: DoubleClick Data, which consists of our
Abacus and Data Management divisions, generated revenues of
$105.3 million in 2004, an increase of 9.8% from 2003.
Abacus revenues were up 2.5% over 2003 to $92.7 million.
Revenues in 2004 include $12.6 million of revenue from our
Data Management division, which we formed in June 2003 upon our
acquisition of Computer Strategy Coordinators, Inc., a data
management company.
Abacus is a leading provider of information products and
services to the direct marketing industry. Abacus services help
direct marketers, merchants and businesses to increase response
rates and profits from their direct mail marketing campaigns.
Abacus applies advanced statistical modeling techniques to
cooperative databases of consumer and business purchasing
behavior to help the Alliance members acquire and retain
customers. Based on this data modeling, Abacus identifies those
consumers or businesses most likely to purchase merchandise or
services from specific catalogs. Alliance members use this data
to reach identified consumers and businesses by direct mail.
Abacus is a blind cooperative alliance and only those members of
the Abacus Alliance that contribute transaction information into
the Abacus Alliance database are entitled to the full range of
Abacus services.
Core Abacus Products. Abacus has been primarily a
U.S. based merchant to consumer business. The Abacus
Alliance databases offer a combination of transactional,
geographic, demographic and behavioral profile data, enabling
marketers to gain a better understanding of consumer behaviors
and conduct more effective marketing campaigns. The key products
and services offered to Abacus Alliance members in the
U.S. include:
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Acquisition Solutions. Our acquisition solutions provide
customers with new prospect names ranked according to the
likelihood that the consumer will respond to a particular direct
marketing offer. The criteria for ranking include affinity,
recency, frequency, time of year and dollar amount of catalog
purchases. This service enables catalog companies to expand
their business base and offset consumer attrition. In addition,
we offer list optimization services that rank names on a direct
mail list according to likelihood of response and enable the
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Retention Solutions. Abacus retention solutions allow
customers to match Abacus Alliance data to their existing
customer information and model the resulting information. This
service offers our clients a ranking of the customers contained
in a clients housefile list according to their propensity
to respond. This service also allows clients to select only
optimal customers to mail, to reactivate older buyers, activate
inquiries, suppress low performing names, cross-sell and replace
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Business-to-Business Alliance. Abacus also maintains a
Business-to-Business Alliance in the U.S. which has over
one billion transactions and helps its members to improve their
direct mail targeting and customer segmentation. The
U.S. Business-to-Business Alliance allows its participants
to leverage the combined breadth of member transactional data
managed through a cooperative database. Unlike the Abacus core
business-to-consumer Alliance, which focuses on consumer catalog
purchase data, the Business-to-
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Business Alliance is designed for directly marketed
business-to-business products and services. In addition, in
November 2004, we launched a Business-to-Business Alliance in
the United Kingdom.
Abacus International. Abacus maintains Alliance databases
for direct marketers in the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan
and recently launched Alliances in France and Canada. In
addition, Abacus also maintains an Alliance database in Germany
through a joint venture with AZ Direct GmbH, a subsidiary of
Bertelsmann AG. Abacus international clients are provided
products and services similar to those offered in the U.S.
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Data Management Division |
Our Data Management division was formed in June 2003 following
our acquisition of Computer Strategy Coordinators, Inc. This
division offers direct marketers solutions for building and
managing customer marketing databases, tools to plan, execute
and measure multi-channel marketing campaigns, as well as list
processing and data hygiene products and services. Our Data
Management products and services enable clients to analyze their
customers purchasing behavior and preferences to make
better merchandising decisions and improve target marketing
communications. These products and services can help direct
marketers improve response rates to marketing campaigns,
increase frequency with which customers make purchases, enhance
the value of each order and improve customer loyalty over time.
Data Management also offers a multi-channel measurement tool as
well as strategic and analytical services.
See Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for
revenues and operating income (loss) attributable to our
segments and revenues and long-lived asset information by
geographic region.
Technology Infrastructure
Our technology infrastructure and operations are built to
deliver high availability, performance, security and
scalability. We built our systems environment with multiple
layers of redundancy to help us meet or exceed any service level
agreements with our customers. We utilize multiple hosting and
Internet service provider partners to maximize redundancy and
diversity.
Our systems management tools are designed to switch traffic from
one server to another, one data center to another and from one
Internet service provider to another seamlessly and efficiently.
We have built in horizontal scaling capabilities where
appropriate to help achieve increased scalability of our
systems. At the same time, the design helps us to minimize the
impact of the problems if they occur.
We have implemented tight change management processes to help
ensure the integrity of the production environment. We emphasize
the quality of service to our customers by employing internal as
well as external monitoring capabilities. We also provide
24 hour, seven days a week monitoring for our internal
technology environment and a problem resolution process and
escalation steps to handle problems we may encounter while
monitoring.
Sales and Marketing
We sell our products and services in the United States through a
sales and marketing organization that consisted of 506 employees
as of December 31, 2004. These employees are located at our
headquarters in New York and also are based in other North
American cities, primarily in Broomfield, Colorado, Chicago,
Illinois, Thornton, Colorado, Toronto, Canada and
San Mateo, California. We generally organize the sales
force for our Ad Management and Marketing Automation products
and services into two teams, one focused on agency and Web
publisher customer products and services and one focused on our
marketer customer products and services. In addition, our
Performics division has a separate sales force primarily focused
on selling its products and services.
Our sales force for our Abacus products and services is
generally organized into four teams, one dedicated to the
multi-channel retail, or business-to-consumer, segment, another
dedicated to the business-to-business segment and a third
dedicated to the retail segment, each of which focuses on
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DoubleClick products and services to existing customers. A
fourth team is dedicated to business development with new
customers. Our Data Management division is generally organized
into two teams. One team is focused on selling its products and
services to new and existing customers as well as other
DoubleClick products and services, in particular our Marketing
Automation products and services. Another team is dedicated to
the not-for-profit/publishing vertical that focuses on new
business development and account management for new and existing
customers.
We conduct comprehensive marketing programs and support our
direct sales efforts to actively promote the DoubleClick brand.
These programs include public relations, online advertisements,
print advertisements, Web advertising seminars, trade shows and
ongoing customer communications programs.
Our European operations are based out of our Irish subsidiary
located in Dublin, Ireland. Our Asian operations are run through
our branch office in Hong Kong. We sell most of our
TechSolutions products and services through our directly and
indirectly owned subsidiaries primarily located in Australia,
China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Spain and the United
Kingdom. In Japan, our technology products and services are sold
through DoubleClick Japan, of which we own approximately 15% of
the outstanding shares. We operate the international DoubleClick
Data business through indirect wholly owned subsidiaries located
in the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and France and through a
joint venture located in Germany of which we have a 50%
interest. Our international sales and marketing organization
consisted of 118 employees as of December 31, 2004. Please
see our discussion of the risks relating to our international
operations under Risk Factors beginning on
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See Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for
revenues and long-lived asset information by geographic region.
Corporate History
We were incorporated in Delaware on January 23, 1996 as
DoubleClick Incorporated, and changed our name to DoubleClick
Inc. on May 14, 1996.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange
Act, and, accordingly, file reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such
reports, proxy statements and other information can be read and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Securities and Exchange Commission at the Public Reference Room,
450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20549.
Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room
may be obtained by calling the Securities and Exchange
Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Securities and Exchange
Commission maintains a web site (http://www.sec.gov) that
contains material regarding issuers that file electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our Internet address is www.doubleclick.com. We make available
free of charge on our Internet Web Site our Annual Reports on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current
Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed
or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as
reasonably practicable after we electronically file such
material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.
Competition
The market for marketing technology and data products and
services is very competitive. We expect this competitive
environment to continue in several of our businesses due to low
barriers to entry. Competition may also increase as a result of
industry consolidation or the establishment of cooperative
relationships among parties.
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We believe that our ability to compete depends on many factors
both within and beyond our control, including the following:
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the timing and acceptance of new products and services and
enhancements to existing products and services developed either
by us or our competitors; |
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customer service and support efforts; |
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our ability to adapt, integrate and scale our technology and
products, and develop and introduce new technologies, as
customer needs change and grow; |
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sales and marketing efforts; |
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the features, ease of use, performance, price and reliability of
products and services developed either by us or our competitors;
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the relative impact of general economic and industry conditions
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TechSolutions Ad Management products and services compete
with providers of outsourced ad management services, ad serving
software and related services for the delivery of Web ads for
advertising agencies, marketers and Web publishers as well as
inhouse solutions. We also compete indirectly with providers of
other solutions for online advertising, such as providers of
paid search services.
Within Marketing Automation, our email delivery products and
services compete with other providers of email delivery and
inhouse solutions, including providers of email delivery
software and related services. We also face competition from
providers of enterprise software solutions for online and
offline campaign management as well as companies that facilitate
marketing automation. In addition, our Perfomics division
competes with companies that provide either performance based
marketing services or other technology solutions.
Data, through the Abacus division, competes with a broad range
of companies that provide information products and marketing
research services to the direct marketing industry. Data also
competes with direct marketing list providers, data aggregation
companies and providers of database marketing services.
We also face competition from large marketing services
providers, including service bureau solutions, that may offer
competing products and services as an extension of their other
offerings and, therefore, may provide customers with a more
integrated enterprise solution set. In addition, we compete with
point solution providers that may offer expertise in a
particular segment or solutions within a specialized market,
including providers of online advertising and email products and
services.
Privacy and Data Protection
We continue to be a leader in promoting consumers privacy
and understanding the technologies that our clients, marketers,
advertising agencies and data companies use to communicate with
their existing customers and to acquire new customers. Our Chief
Privacy Officer leads our privacy and data protection efforts.
Our privacy team focuses on ensuring that we are effectively
implementing our privacy policies and procedures and works with
our clients to institute and improve their privacy procedures,
while helping them to educate their customers about the privacy
issues applicable to them. In addition, our privacy team
actively participates in a number of industry privacy
organizations.
Seasonality and Cyclicality
We believe that our business is subject to seasonal
fluctuations. Advertisers generally place fewer advertisements
during the first and third calendar quarters of each year, which
directly affects our Ad Management business. We believe that our
email technology business may experience seasonal patterns
similar to those of the traditional direct marketing industry,
which typically generates lower revenues earlier in the calendar
year and higher revenues later in the year. Further, Internet
user traffic typically drops during the summer months, which
reduces the amount of online advertising. Online advertising as
well as the demand for performance based marketing services has,
in the past, peaked during the fourth quarter holiday season,
which affects our Performics and other TechSolutions businesses.
The direct marketing industry generally compiles more customer
data in the third calendar quarter, which directly affects our
Abacus business. Expenditures by direct marketers and
advertisers tend to vary in cycles that reflect overall economic
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budgeting and buying patterns. If these patterns continue our
revenue may be affected by these fluctuations. Our revenue has
in the past and may in the future be materially affected by a
decline in the economic prospects of our customers or in the
economy or our industry in general, which could alter our
current or prospective customers spending priorities or
budget cycles or extend our sales cycle.
Proprietary Rights
Our success and ability to effectively compete are substantially
dependent on the protection of our proprietary technologies and
our other intellectual property, which we protect through a
combination of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret,
unfair competition and contract law. In September 1999, the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued to us a patent that
covers our DART ad management technology. The term for this
patent expires in October 2016. We own other patents, and have
patent applications pending, for some of our technology and
related products and services.
We also have rights in the trademarks and service marks that we
use to market our products and services. These marks include,
among others, DOUBLECLICK®, DART®, DARTMAIL® and
ABACUSsm.
We have applied to register our trademarks in the United States
and internationally. We have received registrations for the
marks DOUBLECLICK®, DART®, DARTMAIL® and the
Abacus logo and have applied for registrations of others. We
cannot assure you that any of our current or future patent
applications or trademark or service mark applications will be
approved. In addition, we have licensed, and may license in the
future, our trademarks, trade dress and similar proprietary
rights to third parties.
In order to secure and protect our proprietary rights, we
generally enter into confidentiality, proprietary rights and
license agreements, as appropriate, with our employees,
consultants and business and technology partners, and generally
control access to and distribution of our technologies,
documentation and other proprietary information. Despite these
efforts, we cannot be certain that the steps we take to prevent
unauthorized use of our proprietary rights are sufficient to
prevent misappropriation of our products and services,
technologies or intellectual property, particularly in foreign
countries where laws or law enforcement practices may not
protect our proprietary or intellectual property rights as fully
as in the United States. In addition, we cannot assure you that
we will be able to adequately enforce the contractual
arrangements that we have entered into to protect our
proprietary technologies and intellectual property.
Third parties have asserted, and may in the future assert,
infringement claims against us, which could adversely affect the
value of our proprietary rights, our intellectual property and
our reputation. Such claims could subject us to significant
liability for damages, and we could be restricted from using our
intellectual property. Any claims asserted by third parties or
litigation instituted by third parties may also result in
limitations on our ability to use our intellectual property,
unless we enter into arrangements with third parties asserting
such claims, which may not be available on commercially
reasonable terms, if at all.
Product Development
During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
product development expenses were $46.5 million, $39.2 million
and $39.8 million, respectively. Those amounts represented
15.4%, 14.4%, and 13.3%, respectively, of revenue in each of
those years.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2004, we employed 1,541 persons,
including 624 in sales and marketing, 339 in engineering and
product development, 405 in technology operations, customer
support and consulting, and 173 in general administration. We
are not subject to any collective bargaining agreements and
believe that our relationships with our employees are good.
RISK FACTORS
The following important factors, among others, could cause our
actual operating results to differ materially from those
indicated or suggested by forward-looking statements made in
this Form 10-K or presented elsewhere by management from
time to time.
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Risks Relating to our Company and our Business
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Our review of strategic options may not be successful and
the outcome of this process is uncertain. |
On October 31, 2004, we announced that we had retained
Lazard Frères & Co. to explore strategic options
for the business in order to achieve greater shareholder value,
including a sale of part or all of our businesses,
recapitalization, extraordinary dividend, share repurchase or a
spin-off. We are uncertain as to what impact any particular
strategic option may have on our operating results or stock
price if accomplished or whether any transaction will even occur
as a result of this review. Other uncertainties and risks
relating to our review of strategic options include:
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the review of strategic options may disrupt our operations and
divert managements attention, which could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results
of operations; |
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the perceived uncertainties as to our future direction may
result in the loss of, or failure to attract, customers,
employees or business partners; |
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the process of reviewing strategic options may be more time
consuming and expensive than we currently anticipate; and |
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we may not be able to identify strategic options that are worth
pursuing. |
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We have a limited operating history in some of our
businesses and our future financial results may fluctuate, which
may cause our stock price to decline. |
We have a limited operating history with respect to some of our
businesses. An investor in our common stock must consider the
risks and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in
new and rapidly evolving industries, including companies that
provide marketing technology and data products and services. Our
risks include the ability to:
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achieve expected revenue rates or earnings; |
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manage our operations; |
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compete effectively in the marketplace; |
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develop and introduce new products and services; |
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continue to develop, upgrade and integrate our products and
services; |
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attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; |
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maintain our current, and develop new, relationships with
marketers, Web publishers and advertising agencies; and |
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anticipate and adapt to changing industry conditions. |
We also depend on the use of the Internet and direct mail for
advertising and marketing and as communications media, the
demand for advertising and marketing services in general, and on
general economic and industry conditions. We cannot assure you
that our business strategy will be successful or that we will
successfully address these risks. If we are unsuccessful in
addressing these risks, our revenues may fall short of our own
expectations or of the expectations of market analysts and
investors, which could negatively affect the price of our stock.
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We have had a history of losses and may have losses at
times in the future. |
Prior to 2003, we incurred net losses each year since inception,
including net losses of $117.9 million and
$265.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2002
and 2001, respectively. As of December 31, 2004 our
accumulated deficit was $612 million. Prior to 2003, we did
not achieve profitability on an annual basis and we may incur
operating losses at times in the future. We expect to continue
to incur significant operating and capital expenditures, which
may include obligations for facilities that currently constitute
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facilities. Periodically, we evaluate the expenses likely to be
incurred for these facilities, and where appropriate, have taken
restructuring charges with respect to these expenses. We cannot
assure you that there will not be additional restructuring
charges recognized with respect to our excess or idle
facilities, in particular with respect to our facility in
London, England where the office space is currently sublet for
only a portion of the remaining lease term. As a result of our
expenditures, we will need to generate significant revenue to
achieve profitability. Even if we do continue to achieve
profitability, we cannot assure you that we can sustain or
increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the
future. If revenue does not meet our expectations, or if
operating expenses exceed what we anticipate or cannot be
reduced accordingly, our business, results of operations and
financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.
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A decrease in expenditures by marketers, Web publishers
and advertising agencies or a downturn in the economy could
cause our revenues to decline significantly in any given
period. |
We derive, and expect to continue to derive for the foreseeable
future, a large portion of our revenue from products and
services we provide to marketers, Web publishers and advertising
agencies. Expenditures by marketers and advertisers tend to be
cyclical, reflecting overall economic conditions as well as
budgeting and buying patterns. In addition, the market for
online advertising has been characterized by declining prices
for advertisements and advertising spending across traditional
media, as well as the Internet, has fluctuated over the past few
years. In addition, from time to time, we have experienced an
increased risk of uncollectible receivables from customers and
the reduction of marketing and advertising budgets, especially
for online advertising and our contracts have been, at times,
subject to reduction, renegotiation and cancellation. We cannot
assure you that expenditures by direct marketers and advertisers
will not decline in any given period.
The number of ad impressions and emails delivered by DoubleClick
TechSolutions has, at times in the past, declined and may in the
future decline or fail to grow, which would adversely affect our
revenues. In addition, the prices that DoubleClick TechSolutions
can charge for its Ad Management products and services has
declined in recent years, and if these declines continue, it may
adversely affect our revenues. In addition, a decline in the
economic prospects of marketers or the economy in general would
also adversely impact the revenue outlook for our Marketing
Automation business and our search engine marketing and
affiliate marketing businesses. DoubleClick Data, which provides
products and services to direct marketers, may face similar
pressures. Some direct marketers may respond to economic
downturns by reducing the number of catalogs mailed, thereby
possibly reducing the demand for DoubleClick Datas
services, or by seeking price reductions for our products and
services. If direct marketing activities fail to grow or
decline, our revenues could be adversely affected.
We cannot assure you that reductions in marketing spending will
not occur or that marketing spending will not be diverted to
more traditional media or other online marketing products and
services. We cannot assure you that marketing budgets and
advertising spending in general or with respect to our offerings
in particular will increase, or not decrease, from current
levels. A decline in the economic prospects of marketers or the
economy in general could alter current or prospective
marketers spending priorities or increase the time it
takes to close a sale with a customer. As a result, our revenues
from marketing and advertising services may not increase or may
decline significantly in any given period.
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Disruption of our services due to unanticipated problems
or system failures could harm our business. |
Some of our TechSolutions and Data technologies reside in our
data centers in multiple locations in the United States and
abroad. Continued and uninterrupted performance of our
technology is critical to our success. Customers may become
dissatisfied by any system failure that interrupts our ability
to provide our services to them, including failures affecting
our ability to deliver advertisements without significant delay
to the viewer or our ability to deliver a customers online
marketing campaign. Sustained or repeated system failures would
reduce the attractiveness of our products and services to our
customers and could result in contract terminations or fee
rebates or credits, thereby reducing revenue, or could result in
damages from claims or litigation. Slower response time or
system failures may also result from straining the capacity of
our technology due to an increase in the volume of advertising
or emails delivered through our servers. To the
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extent that we do not effectively address any capacity
constraints or system failures, our business, results of
operations and financial condition could be materially and
adversely affected.
Our operations are dependent on our ability to protect our
computer systems against damage from natural disasters, fire,
power loss, water damage, telecommunications failures,
vandalism, computer viruses, unauthorized access to, or attacks
on, our systems, and other malicious acts, and similar adverse
events. In addition, interruptions in our products or services
could result from the failure of our telecommunications
providers to provide the necessary data communications capacity
in the time frame we require. Unanticipated problems affecting
our systems have from time to time in the past caused, and in
the future could cause, interruptions in the delivery of our
products and services. Our business, results of operations and
financial condition could be materially and adversely affected
by any damage or failure that interrupts, delays or destroys our
operations. Some of our data centers are located at facilities
provided by third parties and if these parties are unable to
adequately protect our data centers, our business, results of
operations and financial condition could be materially and
adversely affected.
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We do not have multi-year agreements or minimum usage
requirements with many of our customers and may be unable to
retain customers, attract new customers or replace departing
customers with customers that can provide comparable
revenues. |
Many of our contracts with our customers are short-term and do
not contain minimum usage commitments. We cannot assure you that
our customers will continue to use our products and services or
that we will be able to replace, in a timely or effective
manner, departing customers with new customers that generate
comparable revenues. Further, we cannot assure you that our
customers will continue to generate consistent amounts of
revenues over time. Our failure to develop and sustain long-term
relationships with our customers would materially and adversely
affect our results of operations.
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Industry shifts, continuing expansion of our products and
services and other changes may strain our managerial,
operational, financial and information system resources. |
In recent years, we have had to respond to significant changes
in our industry. As a result, we have experienced industry
shifts, continuing evolution of product and service offerings
and other changes that have increased the complexity of our
business and placed considerable demands on our managerial,
operational and financial resources. We continue to increase and
change the scope of our product and service offerings both
domestically and internationally and to deploy our resources in
accordance with changing business conditions and opportunities.
We have also grown through geographic expansion and as a result
have dispersed offices and operation centers that make it more
challenging to manage, operate and monitor our business and
operations. To continue to successfully implement our business
plan in our changing industry requires effective planning and
management processes. We expect that we will need to continue to
improve our financial and managerial controls and information
and reporting systems and procedures and will need to continue
to train and manage our workforce. Our inability to effectively
respond to these challenges could materially and adversely
affect our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
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We may not be able to generate profits from many of our
products and services. |
A significant part of our business model involves generating
revenue by providing marketing technology and data products and
services to marketers, Web publishers and advertising agencies.
The long term profit potential for our business model has not
yet been proven. The profitability of our business model is
subject to external and internal factors and our revenue outlook
is sensitive to downturns in the economy, including declines in
advertising and marketing budgets. The profit potential of our
business model is also subject to the acceptance of our products
and services by marketers, Web publishers and advertising
agencies. Intensive marketing and sales efforts may be necessary
to educate prospective customers regarding the uses and benefits
of, and to generate demand for, our products and services.
Enterprises may be reluctant or slow to adopt a new approach
that may replace existing techniques, or may feel that our
offerings fall short of their needs. If these outcomes occur, it
could have an adverse effect on the profit potential of our
business model.
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Misappropriation of confidential information could cause
us to lose customers or incur liability. |
We currently retain highly confidential information on behalf of
our customers in secure database servers. Although we observe
security measures throughout our operations, we cannot assure
you that we will be able to prevent unauthorized individuals
from gaining access to these database servers. Any unauthorized
access to our servers, or abuse by our employees, could result
in the theft of confidential customer information. If
confidential information is compromised, we could lose customers
or become subject to liability or litigation and our reputation
could be harmed, any of which could materially and adversely
affect our business and results of operations.
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Direct marketing, online advertising and related products
and services are competitive markets and we may not be able to
compete successfully. |
The market for marketing technology and data products and
services is very competitive. We expect this competition to
continue because there are low barriers to entry for several of
our businesses. Also, industry consolidation may lead to
stronger, better capitalized entities against which we must
compete. We expect that we will encounter additional competition
from new sources as we expand our product and service offerings.
We believe that our ability to compete depends on many factors
both within and beyond our control, including the following:
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the features, performance, price and reliability of products and
services offered either by us or our competitors; |
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the launch timing and market success of products and services
developed either by us or our competitors; |
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our ability to adapt, integrate and scale our products and
services, and to develop and introduce new products and services
and enhancements to existing products and services that respond
to market needs; |
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our ability to adapt to evolving technology and industry
standards; |
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our customer service and support efforts; |
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our sales and marketing efforts; and |
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the relative impact of general economic and industry conditions
on either us or our competitors. |
Some of our existing and potential competitors have longer
operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer
bases and significantly greater financial, technical and
marketing resources than do we. These factors could allow them
to compete more effectively than we can, including devoting
greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of
their products and services, engaging in more extensive research
and development, undertaking more far-reaching marketing
campaigns, adopting more aggressive pricing policies and making
more attractive offers to existing and potential employees,
strategic partners, marketers, Web publishers and advertising
agencies.
We cannot assure you that our competitors will not develop
products or services that are equal or superior to our products
and services or that achieve greater acceptance than our
products and services. In addition, current and potential
competitors have or may merge or have established or may
establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with
third parties to increase the ability of their products or
services to address the needs of our prospective marketer, Web
publisher and advertising agency customers. As a result, it is
possible that new competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire
significant market share. We also face competition from point
solution providers that may offer expertise in a particular
segment or solutions within a specialized market, including
providers of online advertising and email products and services.
Increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced
gross profits and loss of market share. We cannot assure you
that we will be able to compete successfully or that competitive
pressures will not materially and adversely affect our business,
results of operations or financial condition.
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Our quarterly operating results are subject to significant
fluctuations and you should not rely on them as an indication of
future operating performance. |
Our revenue and results of operations may fluctuate
significantly in the future as a result of a variety of factors,
many of which are beyond our control. These factors include:
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spending decisions by our customers and prospective customers; |
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downward pricing pressures from current and potential customers
and competitors for our products and services; |
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number and size of ad units per page on our customers Web
sites; |
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the timing and cost of new products or services by us or our
competitors; |
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variations in the levels of capital, operating expenditures and
other costs relating to our operations; |
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the size and timing of significant pre-tax charges, including
for goodwill impairment and the write-down of assets and
restructuring charges and credits, such as those relating to
idle or excess facilities and severance; |
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costs related to any acquisitions or dispositions of
technologies or businesses; |
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general seasonal and cyclical fluctuations; and |
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general economic, political and industry conditions. |
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We may not be able to manage our operational spending
properly which could adversely impact our business, results of
operations and financial condition. |
We may not be able to adjust spending quickly enough to offset
any unexpected revenue shortfall. Our expenses primarily include
upgrading and enhancing our ad management and email delivery
technology, expanding our product and service offerings,
marketing and supporting our products and services and
supporting our sales and marketing operations. If we have a
shortfall in revenue in relation to our expenses, or if our
expenses exceed our expectations, then our business, results of
operations and financial condition could be materially and
adversely affected.
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Seasonal trends may cause our operating results to
fluctuate. |
Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Advertisers
generally place fewer advertisements during the first and third
calendar quarters of each year, which directly affects our Ad
Management business. Further, Internet traffic typically drops
during the summer months, which reduces the amount of online
advertising. The direct marketing industry generally uses our
Abacus services more in the third calendar quarter based on
plans for holiday season mailings, which directly affects our
Data business. The email technology business may experience
seasonal patterns similar to the traditional direct marketing
industry, which typically generates lower revenues earlier in
the calendar year and higher revenues later in the year. In
addition, online advertising and the demand for performance
based marketing services provided by our Performics division
has, in the past, peaked during the fourth quarter holiday
season. As a result, we believe that period-to-period
comparisons of our results of operations may not be indicators
of future performance.
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We may not manage the integration of acquired companies
successfully or achieve desired results. |
As a part of our business strategy, we have in the past entered
into, and could in the future enter into, business combinations
and acquisitions. Business combinations and acquisitions are
accompanied by a number of risks, including:
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the difficulty of assimilating the operations and personnel of
the acquired companies; |
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the potential disruption of the ongoing businesses and
distraction of our management and the management of acquired
companies; |
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the difficulty of incorporating acquired technology and rights
into our products and services; |
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unanticipated expenses related to technology and other
integration; |
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difficulties in disposing of the excess or idle facilities of an
acquired company or business; |
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difficulties in maintaining uniform standards, controls,
procedures and policies; |
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the impairment of relationships with employees and customers as
a result of the integration of new management personnel; |
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the inability to develop new products and services that combine
our knowledge and resources and our acquired businesses or the
failure for a demand to develop for the combined companys
new products and services; |
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potential failure to achieve additional sales and enhance our
customer base through cross-marketing of the combined
companys products to new and existing customers; |
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potential litigation resulting from our business combinations or
acquisition activities; and |
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potential unknown liabilities associated with the acquired
businesses. |
We may not succeed in addressing these risks or other problems
encountered in connection with these business combinations and
acquisitions. If so, these risks and problems could disrupt our
ongoing business, distract our management and employees,
increase our expenses and adversely affect our results of
operations. Furthermore, we may incur debt or issue equity
securities to pay for any future acquisitions. The issuance of
equity securities could be dilutive to our existing stockholders.
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We may not be able to continue to grow through
acquisitions of or investments in other companies. |
Our business has expanded in part as a result of acquisitions or
investments in other companies, including our recent
acquisitions of SmartPath and Performics. We have recorded
goodwill in connection with a number of our acquired businesses,
including MessageMedia, FloNetwork, SmartPath and Performics. We
have in the past recognized impairment charges with respect to
the goodwill of some acquired businesses as a result of
significantly lower-than-expected revenues generated with
respect to acquired businesses and considerably reduced
estimates of future performance. If market conditions require,
we may in the future record additional impairments in the value
of our acquired businesses.
We may continue to acquire or make investments in other
complementary businesses, products, services or technologies as
a means to grow our business. From time to time we have had
discussions with other companies regarding our acquiring, or
investing in, their businesses, products, services or
technologies. We cannot assure you that we will be able to
identify other suitable acquisition or investment candidates.
Even if we do identify suitable candidates, we cannot assure you
that we will be able to make other acquisitions or investments
on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Even if we agree to
buy a company, technology or other assets, we cannot assure you
that we will be successful in consummating the purchase. If we
are unable to continue to expand through acquisitions, our
revenue may decline or fail to grow.
We are also minority investors in a few technology companies,
including DoubleClick Japan. Our investments have decreased in
value in the past, and may decrease in the future, as a result
of market volatility, and periodically, we have recorded charges
to earnings for all or a portion of the unrealized loss due
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to declines in market value considered to be other than
temporary. The market value of these investments may decline in
future periods due to the continued volatility in the stock
market in general or the market prices of securities of
technology companies in particular and we may be required to
record further charges to earnings as a result. Further, we
cannot assure you that we will be able to sell these securities
at or above our cost basis.
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We depend on third-party Internet, telecommunications and
technology providers for key aspects in the provision of our
products and services and any failure or interruption in the
products and services that third parties provide could disrupt
our business. |
We depend heavily on several third-party providers of Internet
and related telecommunication services, including hosting and
co-location facilities, as well as providers of technology
solutions, including software developed by third party vendors,
in delivering our products and services. In addition, we use
third party vendors to assist with product development, campaign
deployment and support services for some of our products and
services. These companies may not continue to provide services
or software to us without disruptions in service, at the current
cost or at all. Our Abacus division depends on data modeling
software licensed from SAS Institute Inc. We do not maintain a
long term agreement with this vendor and rely, in large measure,
upon our relationship with them.
If the products and services provided by these third-party
vendors are disrupted or not properly supported, our ability to
provide our products and services would be adversely impacted.
In addition, any financial or other difficulties our third party
providers face may have negative effects on our business, the
nature and extent of which we cannot predict. While we believe
our business relationships with our key vendors are good, a
material adverse impact on our business would occur if a supply
or license agreement with a key vendor is materially revised, is
not renewed or is terminated, or the supply of products or
services were insufficient or interrupted. The costs associated
with any transition to a new service provider could be
substantial, require us to reengineer our computer systems and
telecommunications infrastructure to accommodate a new service
provider and disrupt the services we provide to our customers.
This process could be both expensive and time consuming and
could damage our relationships with customers.
In addition, failure of our Internet and related
telecommunications providers to provide the data communications
capacity in the time frame we require could cause interruptions
in the services we provide. Unanticipated problems affecting our
computer and telecommunications systems in the future could
cause interruptions in the delivery of our services, causing a
loss of revenue and potential loss of customers.
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We are dependent on key personnel and on the retention and
recruiting of key personnel for our future success. |
Our future success depends to a significant extent on the
continued service of our key technical, sales and senior
management personnel. We do not have employment agreements with
these executives and do not maintain key person life insurance
on any of these executives. The loss of the services of one or
more of our key employees could significantly delay or prevent
the achievement of our product development and other business
objectives and could harm our business. Our future success also
depends on our continuing ability to attract, retain and
motivate highly skilled employees for key positions. While we
entered into retention agreements with our key employees,
including each of our named executive officers, in late 2004,
there can be no assurances that the retention agreements will
provide adequate incentives to retain these employees. There is
competition for qualified employees in our industry. We may not
be able to retain our key employees or attract, assimilate or
retain other highly qualified employees in the future, including
as a result of our review of strategic options.
We have from time to time in the past experienced, and we expect
to continue to experience from time to time in the future,
difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees with
appropriate qualifications for certain positions.
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Changes to financial accounting standards and new exchange
rules could make it more expensive to issue stock options
to employees, which will increase our compensation costs and may
cause us to change our business practices. |
We prepare our financial statements to conform with GAAP in the
United States of America. These accounting principles are
subject to interpretation by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board, the SEC and various other bodies. A change in
those policies could have a significant effect on our reported
results and may affect our reporting of transactions completed
before a change is announced. For example, we have used stock
options as a component of our employee compensation packages. We
believe that stock options directly motivate our employees to
maximize long-term stockholder value and, through the use of
vesting, encourage employees to remain with us. In December
2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a final
standard that requires us to record a charge to earnings for the
fair value of employee stock option grants. This standard will
be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after
June 15, 2005. We could adopt the standard in one of two
ways the modified prospective transition method or
the modified retrospective transition method, and we have not
concluded how we will adopt the new standard. In addition,
regulations implemented by The Nasdaq National Market generally
require stockholder approval for all stock option plans, which
could make it more difficult or expensive for us to grant stock
options to employees. We will, as a result of these changes,
incur increased compensation costs, which could be material and
we may change our equity compensation strategy or find it
difficult to attract, retain and motivate employees.
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We may be unable to introduce new or enhanced products and
services that meet our customers requirements. |
Our future success depends in part upon our ability to enhance
and integrate our existing products and to introduce new,
competitively priced products and solutions with features that
meet evolving customer requirements, all in a timely and
cost-effective manner. A number of factors, including the
following, could have a negative impact on the success of our
products and services:
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delays or difficulties in product acquisition, integration,
customization or development; |
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our competitors introduction of new products ahead of our
new products, or their introduction of superior or cheaper
products; |
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our customers development of inhouse solutions that could
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our failure to anticipate changes in customers
requirements. |
If we are unable to introduce new and enhanced products and
services effectively, our revenues may decline or may not grow
in accordance with our business model.
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If we fail to adequately protect our intellectual
property, we could lose our intellectual property rights or be
liable for damages to third parties. |
Our success and ability to effectively compete are substantially
dependent on the protection of our proprietary technologies,
patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and trade
secrets, which we protect through a combination of patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition and
contract law. We cannot assure you that any of our intellectual
property rights will be viable or of value in the future.
In September 1999, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
issued to us a patent that covers our DART ad serving and ad
management technology. We are currently seeking reissue of this
patent, which would limit the scope of the existing patent, and
this reissue proceeding is pending before the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office. The patent examiner has rejected our
reissue application and we are currently appealing this
rejection. We cannot assure you that this patent will be
reissued. If our patent is not reissued it could have a material
and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
results of operations. We own other patents, and have patent
applications pending for some of our other technology. We cannot
assure you that the patent
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applications that we have filed in the United States and
internationally will be issued or that patents issued or
acquired by us now or in the future will be valid and
enforceable or provide us with any meaningful protection.
We also have rights in the trademarks and service marks that we
use to market our products and services. These marks include
DOUBLECLICK®, DART®, DARTMAIL® and
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We have applied to register some of our trademarks and service
marks in the United States and internationally. We cannot assure
you that any of these current or future applications will be
approved. Even if these marks are registered, these marks may be
invalidated or successfully challenged by others. If our
trademarks or service marks are not registered because third
parties own these marks, our use of these marks will be
restricted unless we are able to enter into arrangements with
these parties, which may not be available on commercially
reasonable terms, if at all.
We also enter into confidentiality, assignments of proprietary
rights and license agreements, as appropriate, with our
employees, consultants and business and technology partners, and
generally control access to and distribution of our
technologies, documentation and other proprietary information.
Despite these efforts, we cannot be certain that the steps we
take to prevent unauthorized use of our intellectual property
rights are sufficient to prevent misappropriation of our
products and services or technologies, particularly in foreign
countries where laws or law enforcement practices may not
protect our intellectual property rights as fully as in the
United States. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be
able to adequately enforce the contractual arrangements that we
have entered into to protect our proprietary technologies and
intellectual property. If we lose our intellectual property
rights, this could have a material and adverse impact on our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
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If we face a claim of intellectual property infringement,
we may be liable for damages and be required to make changes to
our technology or business. |
Infringement claims may be asserted against us, which could
adversely affect our reputation and the value of our
intellectual property rights. From time to time we have been,
and we expect to continue to be, subject to claims or notices in
the ordinary course of our business, including assertions of
alleged infringement of the patents, trademarks and other
intellectual property rights of third parties by us or our
customers. We do not conduct exhaustive patent searches to
determine whether our technology infringes patents held by
others. In addition, the protection of proprietary rights in
Internet-related industries is inherently uncertain due to the
rapidly evolving technological environment. As such, there may
be numerous patent applications pending, many of which are
confidential during a large part of their prosecution, that
provide for technologies similar to ours.
Third party infringement claims and any resultant litigation
against us or our technology partners or providers, should it
occur, could subject us to significant liability for damages,
restrict us from using our or their technology or operating our
business generally, or require changes to be made to our
technology. Even if we prevail, litigation is time consuming and
expensive to defend and would result in the diversion of
managements time and attention.
Claims from third parties may also result in limitations on our
ability to use the intellectual property subject to these claims
unless we are able to enter into royalty, licensing or other
similar agreements with the third parties asserting these
claims. Such agreements, if required, may not be available on
terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to enter
into these types of agreements, we would be required to either
cease using the subject product or change the technology
underlying the applicable product. If a successful claim of
infringement is brought against us and we fail to develop
non-infringing technology as an alternative or to license the
infringed or similar technology on a timely and cost effective
basis, it could materially adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
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Our business may be materially adversely affected by
lawsuits related to privacy, data protection and our business
practices. |
We have been a defendant in several lawsuits and governmental
inquiries by the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys
general of several states alleging, among other things, that we
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and use Internet users personal information and that our
use of ad serving cookies violates various laws.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are recorded on the
computers of Internet users. Although the last of these
particular matters was resolved in 2002, we may in the future be
subject to additional claims or regulatory inquiries with
respect to our business practices. Class action litigation and
regulatory inquiries of these types are often expensive and time
consuming and their outcome may be uncertain.
Any additional claims or regulatory inquiries, whether
successful or not, could require us to devote significant
amounts of monetary or human resources to defend ourselves and
could harm our reputation. We may need to spend significant
amounts on our legal defense, senior management may be required
to divert their attention from other portions of our business,
new product launches may be deferred or canceled as a result of
any proceedings, and we may be required to make changes to our
present and planned products or services, any of which could
materially and adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations. If, as a result of any
proceedings, a judgment is rendered or a decree is entered
against us, it may materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations and harm our
reputation.
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Activities of our clients could damage our reputation or
give rise to legal claims against us. |
Our clients promotion of their products and services may
not comply with federal, state and local laws, including but not
limited to laws and regulations relating to the Internet.
Failure of our customers to comply with federal, state or local
laws or our policies could damage our reputation and adversely
affect our business, results of operations or financial
condition. We cannot predict whether our role in facilitating
our customers marketing activities would expose us to
liability under these laws. Any claims made against us could be
costly and time-consuming to defend. If we are exposed to this
kind of liability, we could be required to pay substantial fines
or penalties, redesign our business methods, discontinue some of
our services or otherwise expend resources to avoid liability.
We also may be held liable to third parties for the content in
the advertising and emails we deliver on behalf of our
customers. We may be held liable to third parties for content in
the advertising we serve if the music, artwork, text or other
content involved violates the copyright, trademark or other
intellectual property rights of such third parties or if the
content is defamatory, deceptive or otherwise violates
applicable laws or regulations. Any claims or counterclaims
could be time consuming, result in costly litigation or divert
managements attention.
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Our business may suffer if we are unable to effectively
manage our international operations. |
We have operations in a number of countries and have limited
experience in developing localized versions of our products and
services and in marketing, selling and distributing our products
and services internationally. We sell most of our TechSolutions
products and services through our directly and indirectly owned
subsidiaries primarily located in Australia, Canada, China,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Spain and the United
Kingdom. In Japan, we sell our technology products and services
through DoubleClick Japan, of which we own approximately 15%. In
addition, we develop and provide support for some of our
technology products and services in Canada, Europe and Asia. We
also operate the DoubleClick Data business in the United
Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Canada, France and, through a joint
venture, in Germany.
Our international operations are subject to other inherent
risks, including:
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uncertain demand for our products and services; |
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the impact of recessions in economies outside the United States; |
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changes in regulatory requirements; |
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more restrictive data protection regulation, which may vary by
country; |
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reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some
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potentially adverse tax consequences; |
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difficulties and costs of staffing, monitoring and managing
foreign operations; |
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cultural differences in the conduct of business; |
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political and economic instability; |
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fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and |
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seasonal fluctuations in Internet usage and marketing and
advertising spending. |
These risks may have a material and adverse impact on the
business, results of operations and financial condition of our
operations in a particular country and could result in a
decision by us to reduce or discontinue operations in that
country. The combined impact of these risks in each country may
also materially and adversely affect our business, results of
operations and financial condition as a whole.
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Our customers could experience unfavorable business
conditions that could adversely affect our business. |
Some of our customers have experienced, from time to time,
difficulty raising capital and supporting their current
operations and implementing their business plans, or may be
anticipating such difficulties and, therefore, may elect to
scale back the resources they devote to marketing in general and
our offerings in particular. These customers may not be able to
discharge their payment and other obligations to us. The
non-payment or late payment of amounts due to us from our
customers could negatively impact our financial condition. If
the current business environment for our customers worsens, our
business, results of operations and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected.
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Anti-takeover provisions in our charter, by-laws and
Delaware law may make it difficult for a third party to acquire
us. |
Some of the provisions of our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, our amended and restated by-laws and Delaware
law could, together or separately:
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discourage potential acquisition proposals; |
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delay or prevent a change in control; or |
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impede the ability of our stockholders to change the composition
of our board of directors in any one year. |
As a result, it could be more difficult for third parties to
acquire us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our
stockholders. Difficulty in acquiring us could, in turn, limit
the price that investors might be willing to pay for shares of
our common stock.
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Our stock price may experience price and volume
fluctuations, and this volatility could result in us becoming
subject to securities or other litigation, which is expensive
and could result in a diversion of resources. |
The market price of our common stock has fluctuated in the past
and is likely to continue to be highly volatile and subject to
wide fluctuations. In addition, the stock market has experienced
significant price and volume fluctuations. Investors may be
unable to resell their shares of our common stock at or above
their purchase price.
Additionally, in the past, following periods of volatility in
the market price of a particular companys securities,
securities class action litigation has often been brought
against that company. Many companies in our industry have been
subject to this type of litigation in the past. We may also
become involved in this type of litigation. Litigation is often
expensive and diverts managements attention and resources,
which could materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
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Future sales of our common stock may affect the market
price of our common stock. |
As of December 31, 2004, we had 125,699,982 shares of
common stock outstanding, excluding 20,297,263 shares
subject to options outstanding as of such date under our stock
option plans that are exercisable at prices ranging from $0.01
to $1,134.80 per share. We cannot predict the effect, if
any, that future sales of common stock or the availability of
shares of common stock for future sale will have on the market
price of our common stock prevailing from time to time. Sales of
substantial amounts of common stock, including shares issued
upon the exercise of stock options, or the perception that such
sales could occur, may materially reduce the market value for
our common stock.
Risks Related to Our Industry
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New laws and regulations or changing interpretations of
existing laws and regulations could harm our business. |
Governments in the U.S. and other countries have adopted laws
and regulations affecting important aspects of our business,
Internet commerce, such as Internet communications, electronic
contracting, privacy and data protection, taxation, advertising
and direct marketing.
Many countries, including the countries of the European Union,
have implemented more stringent data protection regulations than
those in the U.S. Our current policies and procedures may
not meet these more restrictive standards. The cost of such
compliance could be material, and we may not be able to comply
with the applicable regulations in a timely or cost-effective
manner.
Some countries, including the countries of the European Union,
require that Internet users be allowed to refuse to accept
cookies or other online tracking technologies. In addition, new
technologies may make it easier or less inconvenient for
Internet users to reject cookies or other online tracking
technologies. If a high percentage of Internet users refuse to
accept cookies or other online tracking technologies, or if
future laws require express consent for the use of cookies or
otherwise restrict our use of related Internet technologies,
Internet advertising and direct marketing may become more costly
and less effective, and the demand for our services may decrease.
In addition, the U.S. and many foreign countries have adopted
laws that restrict the transmission of unsolicited commercial
email. U.S. law requires senders of commercial electronic
mail messages to, among other things, identify their messages as
advertisements or solicitations and provide recipients a
mechanism to decline (opt out of) future commercial email from
the sender. The Federal Trade Commission is authorized to
regulate commercial email and may impose additional measures
such as labeling requirements or a national Do Not
E-Mail registry. The Federal Communications Commission is
authorized to regulate commercial messages sent specifically to
wireless devices and has adopted rules requiring senders to
obtain the express prior authorization of the addressee before
sending such messages. Other countries, including the countries
of the European Union, either require, or may in the future
require, senders to obtain recipients direct affirmative
consent before sending commercial email messages. Although our
email delivery is consent-based, we may be subjected to
increased liabilities and may be required to change our current
email practices in ways that make email communications less
effective or more costly.
Meanwhile, many areas of the law affecting the Internet remain
unsettled, and it can be difficult to determine whether and how
existing laws, such as those governing data protection, privacy,
intellectual property, financial services, content standards,
libel, data security and taxation, may be applied to
Internet-based businesses. Our business could be negatively
impacted by new applications or interpretations of existing laws
and regulations to direct marketing, the Internet or our other
lines of business.
Future laws and regulations could also have a material adverse
effect on our business. In particular, new consumer protection
requirements could impose significant, unanticipated compliance
costs and could make it inefficient or infeasible to operate
certain parts of our business. Governments in the U.S. and other
countries are considering new limitations and/ or requirements
with respect to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of
personal information for marketing purposes. The
U.S. Congress and several U.S. states are presently
considering legislation that, if enacted into law, could impose
substantial restrictions, including consumer
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notice and consent requirements, on our use of ad serving
cookies and other online tracking technologies and our
clients use of marketing data. Any legislation enacted or
regulation issued could dampen the growth and acceptance of our
industry in general and of our offerings in particular and could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. We are unable to predict
whether any particular proposal will pass, or the nature of the
limitations that may be imposed.
Any changes in applicable legal requirements may cause us to
change or discontinue an existing offering, business or business
model; cancel a proposed offering or new business; or incur
significant expenses or liability that materially and adversely
affect our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
We are a member of the Network Advertising Initiative, including
its Email Service Provider Coalition, the Privacy Alliance, and
the Direct Marketing Association, all industry self-regulatory
organizations. These organizations or similar organizations
might adopt additional, more burdensome guidelines, compliance
with which could materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
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If the delivery of Internet advertising on the Web, or the
delivery of our email messages, is limited or blocked, demand
for our products and services may decline. |
Our business may be adversely affected by the adoption by
computer users of technologies that harm the performance of our
products and services. For example, computer users may use
software designed to filter or prevent the delivery of emails or
Internet advertising, including pop-up and pop-under
advertisements; block, disable or remove cookies used by our ad
serving technologies; prevent or impair the operation of other
online tracking technologies; or misrepresent measurements of ad
penetration and effectiveness. We cannot assure you that the
proportion of computer users who employ these or other similar
technologies will not increase, thereby diminishing the efficacy
of our products and services. In the event that one or more of
these technologies became more widely adopted by computer users,
demand for our products and services would decline.
We also depend on our ability to deliver emails over the
Internet through Internet service providers and private
networks. Internet service providers are able to block messages
from reaching their users and we do not have agreements with any
Internet service providers to deliver emails to their customers.
As a result, we could experience temporary or permanent
blockages of our delivery of emails to their customers, which
would limit the effectiveness of email marketing. Some Internet
service providers also use proprietary technologies to handle
and deliver email. If Internet service providers or private
networks materially limit or block the delivery of our emails,
or if our technology fails to be compatible with their email
technologies, then our business, results of operations or
financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
In addition, the effectiveness of email marketing may decrease
as a result of increased consumer resistance to email marketing
in general.
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Direct marketers and advertisers may be reluctant to
devote a portion of their budgets to marketing technology and
data products and services or online advertising. |
Companies doing business on the Internet, including us, must
compete with traditional advertising media, including
television, radio, cable and print, for a share of
advertisers total marketing budgets. Potential customers
may be reluctant to devote a significant portion of their
marketing budget to online advertising or marketing technology
and data products and services if they perceive the Internet or
direct marketing to be a limited or ineffective marketing
medium. Any shift in marketing budgets away from marketing
technology and data products or services or online advertising
spending, or our offerings in particular, could materially and
adversely affect our business, results of operations or
financial condition. In addition, online advertising could lose
its appeal to those direct marketers and advertisers using the
Internet as a result of its ad performance relative to other
media.
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Our business may suffer if the Web experiences unexpected
interruptions or delays that may be caused by system
failures. |
Our success depends, in large part, upon the maintenance of the
Web infrastructure, such as a reliable network backbone with the
necessary speed, data capacity and security and timely
development of enabling products. We cannot assure you that the
Web infrastructure will effectively support the demands placed
on it as the Web continues to experience increased numbers of
users, frequency of use or increased bandwidth requirements of
users. Furthermore, the Web has experienced unexpected
interruptions and delays caused by system failures and computer
viruses and attacks. These interruptions and delays could impact
user traffic and the advertising agencies, marketers and Web
publishers using our products and services. In addition, a lack
of security over the Internet may cause Internet usage to
decline and could adversely impact our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
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The lack of appropriate measurement standards or tools may
cause us to lose customers or prevent us from charging a
sufficient amount for our products and services. |
Because many online marketing technology and data products and
services remain relatively new disciplines, there is often no
generally accepted methods or tools for measuring the efficacy
of online marketing and advertising as there are for advertising
in television, radio, cable and print. Therefore, many
advertisers may be reluctant to spend sizable portions of their
budget on online marketing and advertising until there exist
more widely accepted methods and tools that measure the efficacy
of their campaigns. In addition, direct marketers are often
unable to accurately measure campaign performance across all
response channels or identify which of their marketing
methodologies are driving customers to make purchases.
Therefore, our Data customers may not be able to assess the
effectiveness of our products and services and as a result, we
could lose customers, fail to attract new customers or existing
customer could reduce their use of our Data products and
services.
We could lose customers or fail to gain customers if our
products and services do not utilize the measuring methods and
tools that may become generally accepted. Further, new
measurement standards and tools could require us to change our
business and the means used to charge our customers, which could
result in a loss of customer revenues and adversely impact our
business, financial condition and results of operation.
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Our data business segment is dependent on the success of
the direct marketing industry for our future success. |
The future success of DoubleClick Data is dependent in large
part on the continued demand for our services from the direct
marketing industry, including the catalog industry, as well as
the continued willingness of catalog operators to contribute
their data to us. Most of our Abacus customers are large
consumer merchandise catalog operators in the United States,
with a number of operators in the United Kingdom. A significant
downturn in the direct marketing industry generally, including
the catalog industry, or withdrawal or diminished use of our
services by a substantial number of catalog operators from the
Abacus Alliances, would have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and results of operations. If
email marketing or electronic commerce, including the purchase
of merchandise and the exchange of information via the Internet
or other media, increases significantly in the future, companies
that now rely on catalogs or other direct marketing avenues to
market their products may reallocate resources toward these new
direct marketing channels and away from catalog-related
marketing or other direct marketing avenues, which could
adversely affect demand for some DoubleClick Data services. In
addition, the effectiveness of direct mail as a marketing tool
may decrease as a result of consumer saturation and increased
consumer resistance to direct mail in general.
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Increases in postal rates and paper prices could harm our
data business segment. |
The direct marketing activities of our Abacus Alliance customers
are adversely affected by postal rate increases, especially
increases that are imposed without sufficient advance notice to
allow adjustments to be made to marketing budgets. Higher postal
rates may result in fewer mailings of direct marketing materials,
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with a corresponding decline in the need for some of the direct
marketing services offered by us. Increased postal rates can
also lead to pressure from our customers to reduce our prices
for our services in order to offset any postal rate increase.
Higher paper prices may also cause catalog companies to conduct
fewer or smaller mailings which could cause a corresponding
decline in the need for our products and services. Our customers
may aggressively seek price reductions for our products and
services to offset any increased materials cost.
Our principal executive offices are currently located in a
leased facility in New York, New York. We lease office space in
Broomfield, Colorado, which was the headquarters for Abacus
before it was acquired by us and is now primarily used by
DoubleClick Data. We also lease office space in Louisville,
Colorado, which space was the headquarters of MessageMedia, Inc.
before it was acquired by us, and in London, England, which
space was used by our TechSolutions and Media businesses until
we fully vacated the space in 2002.
We own property in Thornton, Colorado consisting of
approximately 110,000 square feet, which is primarily used
by our DoubleClick TechSolutions and DoubleClick Data business
units and serves as our primary data center.
A summary of our significant leased office facilities is as
follows:
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New York, New York (headquarters)
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75,000 |
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Broomfield, Colorado(1)
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105,000 |
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Louisville, Colorado(1)
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75,000 |
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London, England(2)
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65,000 |
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We currently occupy most of the Broomfield facility and do not
occupy the Louisville facility. The Louisville office space is
currently sublet, but our obligations under the primary lease
exceed the income we are expected to receive from the subtenant.
The remaining obligations under the Louisville lease are
approximately $10 million, assuming that we do not receive
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We do not currently occupy the London facility. This office
space is currently sublet, however, some of this office space is
being sublet for a period less than the remaining lease term and
our subtenants have the right to terminate their subleases at
times in the future. Our total remaining obligation under this
lease is approximately $44 million, assuming that we do not
receive any sublease income during the lease term. We cannot
assure you that we will not incur additional expenses relating
to this facility. |
Periodically, we evaluate the expenses likely to be incurred for
our facilities, and where appropriate, have taken restructuring
charges with respect to these expenses. Our restructuring
reserves as of December 31, 2004 include the excess of
future lease commitments over the estimated sublease income
associated with our facilities in London and Louisville. Our
London reserve is based on our estimate of future sublease
income relative to the total remaining obligation and was
determined based on the weighted probability of various sublease
scenarios. We cannot assure you that there will not be
additional restructuring charges recognized with respect to our
excess or idle facilities. For future minimum lease payments and
sub rental income see Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
We also lease space for our domestic branch offices throughout
the United States and for our international offices throughout
Europe, Asia and Australia. We are continually evaluating our
facilities requirements.
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Item 3. |
Legal Proceedings |
In April 2002, a consolidated amended class action complaint
alleging violations of the federal securities laws in connection
with our follow-on offerings was filed in the United States
District Court for the Southern
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District of New York naming us, some of our officers and
directors and certain underwriters of our follow-on offerings as
defendants. We and some of our officers and directors are named
in the suit pursuant to Section 11 of the Securities Act of
1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 on the basis of the alleged failure to disclose the
underwriters alleged compensation and manipulative
practices. This action seeks, among other things, unspecified
damages and costs, including attorneys fees. Approximately
300 other issuers and their underwriters have had similar suits
filed against them, all of which are included in a single
coordinated proceeding in the Southern District of New York. In
October 2002, the action was dismissed against our officers and
directors without prejudice. However, claims against us remain.
In July 2002, we and the other issuers in the consolidated cases
filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to
state a claim, which was denied as to us in February 2003.
In June 2003, our Board of Directors conditionally approved a
proposed partial settlement with the plaintiffs in this matter.
In June 2004, an agreement of settlement was submitted to the
court for preliminary approval. The court granted the
preliminary approval motion on February 15, 2005, subject
to certain modifications. If the parties are able to agree upon
the required modifications, and such modifications are
acceptable to the court, notice will be given to all class
members of the settlement, a fairness hearing will
be held and if the court determines that the settlement is fair
to the class members, the settlement will be approved. There can
be no assurance that this proposed settlement will be approved
and implemented in its current form, or at all. Due to the
inherent uncertainties of litigation, we cannot accurately
predict the ultimate outcome of the litigation. An unfavorable
outcome in litigation could materially and adversely affect our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are defending a class action lawsuit filed in September 2003
in the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
and had been defending another class action lawsuit filed in
January 2004 in the Superior Court for the State of California
in San Joaquin County, California. Both cases allege, among
other things, deceptive business practices, fraud,
misrepresentation, invasion of privacy and right of association
relating to allegedly deceptive content of online advertisements
that plaintiffs assert we delivered to consumers, and seek,
among other things, injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive
damages and attorneys fees and costs. In April 2004, the
court in the California action entered an order dismissing
several claims against us. The parties have since entered into a
settlement agreement dismissing with prejudice the case on
behalf of the named plaintiffs only and dismissing without
prejudice all other class claims. Under the terms of the
settlement of the California case we are not required to make
any payments and no restraints are imposed on our business
practices. The settlement of the California case was approved by
the court on January 27, 2005. We believe the claims in the
Pennsylvania case are without merit and intend to defend this
action vigorously. However, due to the inherent uncertainties of
litigation, we cannot accurately predict the ultimate outcome of
this litigation. An unfavorable outcome in litigation could
materially and adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
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Item 4. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
No matter was submitted to a vote of our security holders during
the fourth quarter of 2004.
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Item 5. |
Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related
Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities |
Our common stock has been quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol DCLK since our initial public offering on
February 20, 1998. The following table sets forth, for the
periods indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of
the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
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8.28 |
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5.86 |
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7.84 |
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4.52 |
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12.81 |
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7.65 |
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12.23 |
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10.10 |
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12.30 |
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7.71 |
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13.00 |
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9.04 |
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11.00 |
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8.47 |
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5.70 |
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On December 31, 2004, the last sale price of our common
stock reported by the Nasdaq National Market was $7.78 per
share. On March 11, 2005, the last sale price of our common
stock reported by the Nasdaq National Market was $7.91 per
share. As of March 11, 2005, we had approximately
978 holders of record of our common stock.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital
stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any,
and do not expect to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable
future.
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Item 6. |
Selected Financial Data |
The selected consolidated financial data set forth below with
respect to our Consolidated Statement of Operations for each of
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and with
respect to our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003 has been derived from the
audited financial statements which are included elsewhere
herein. The selected consolidated data set forth with respect to
our Consolidated Statement of Operations for each of the periods
ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 and with respect to our
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2002, 2001,
and 2000 are derived from our financial statements which are not
included herein. The selected financial data set forth below
should be read in conjunction with, Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and the Consolidated Financial Statements and
the notes to those statements included elsewhere herein.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
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Revenues
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301,623 |
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271,337 |
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300,198 |
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$ |
405,647 |
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505,611 |
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5,592 |
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47,077 |
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72,103 |
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49,371 |
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98,385 |
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84,167 |
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2,389 |
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22,006 |
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12,851 |
|
|
|
(154,780 |
) |
|
|
(283,419 |
) |
|
|
(189,117 |
) |
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
|
40,717 |
|
|
|
17,957 |
|
|
|
(115,645 |
) |
|
|
(263,271 |
) |
|
|
(155,131 |
) |
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
37,510 |
|
|
|
16,918 |
|
|
|
(117,890 |
) |
|
|
(265,828 |
) |
|
|
(155,981 |
) |
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.29 |
) |
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.29 |
) |
Weighted average shares used in basic per share calculation
|
|
|
131,159 |
|
|
|
137,074 |
|
|
|
135,840 |
|
|
|
131,622 |
|
|
|
121,278 |
|
Weighted average shares used in diluted per share calculation
|
|
|
144,178 |
|
|
|
150,345 |
|
|
|
135,840 |
|
|
|
131,622 |
|
|
|
121,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2000 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$ |
385,029 |
|
|
$ |
345,170 |
|
|
$ |
369,373 |
|
|
$ |
406,640 |
|
|
$ |
562,510 |
|
Total assets
|
|
|
841,429 |
|
|
|
877,897 |
|
|
|
976,907 |
|
|
|
1,138,353 |
|
|
|
1,298,543 |
|
Convertible subordinated notes and other long term obligations(1)
|
|
|
155,570 |
|
|
|
162,046 |
|
|
|
229,399 |
|
|
|
266,114 |
|
|
|
265,609 |
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
580,364 |
|
|
|
640,347 |
|
|
|
610,562 |
|
|
|
703,323 |
|
|
|
817,057 |
|
|
|
(1) |
In June 2003, we issued $135.0 million principal amount of
Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023. These
proceeds, together with existing cash, were used to redeem in
July 2003 the remaining $154.8 million principal amount of
our outstanding 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
2006. (See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) |
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Item 7. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations |
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements relating to
future events and our future performance within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Stockholders are cautioned
that such statements involve risks and uncertainties. These
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations,
estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry and
markets in which we operate and managements beliefs and
assumptions. Any statements contained herein, including without
limitation, statements to the effect that we or our management
believes, expects, could,
may, estimates, will,
anticipates, plans or similar
expressions that are not statements of historical fact should be
considered forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our
actual results and timing of certain events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not
limited to, those set forth under Risk Factors and
elsewhere in this report and in our other public filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is routine for
internal projections and expectations to change as the year or
each quarter in the year progresses, and therefore it should be
clearly understood that the internal projections and beliefs
upon which we base our expectations are made as of the date of
this Annual Report on Form 10-K and may change prior to the
end of each quarter or the year. While we may elect to update
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we do
not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise. The forward looking statements and risk factors
discussed herein do not reflect the potential impact of any
mergers, acquisitions or dispositions.
Overview
We provide technology and data products and services that
advertising agencies, marketers and Web publishers use to
optimize their marketing programs and efficiently reach their
customers. We derive revenues from two business segments:
DoubleClick TechSolutions, which we refer to as our
TechSolutions segment, and DoubleClick Data, which we refer to
as our Data segment.
DoubleClick TechSolutions. TechSolutions includes
products and services from our Ad Management, Marketing
Automation and Performics divisions. Our Ad Management products
and services primarily consist of our DART for Publishers
Service, DART for Advertisers Service and DART Enterprise ad
serving product. Our Marketing Automation products and services
primarily consist of our email products based on our DARTmail
Service and our Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business
which consists of our campaign management and marketing resource
management, or MRM, products. Following the acquisition of
Performics Inc. in June 2004, we created a third division within
TechSolutions which offers search engine marketing and affiliate
marketing solutions. We generate our TechSolutions revenue
primarily from the delivery of advertising impressions and
emails, the sale and the installation of our licensed software
products as well as when transactions are generated through the
use of our Performics products.
DoubleClick Data. Data, which consists of our Abacus and
Data Management divisions, provides products and services
primarily to direct marketers. Abacus maintains the Abacus
Alliance database in the United States, which is a proprietary
database of consumer transactions used for target marketing
purposes, and maintains alliances in the United Kingdom,
Australia, Japan, France and through a joint venture, in
Germany. In the United States, we also offer a
Business-to-Business Alliance. In addition, we offer direct
marketers solutions for building and managing customer marketing
databases and other related products and services as part of our
Data Management division. We generate our Data revenue primarily
from the sale of consumer and business prospect lists, list
processing, database development and database management
services.
Recent Developments
On October 31, 2004, we announced that we retained Lazard
Freres & Co. to explore strategic options for the
business to achieve greater shareholder value. These options may
include a sale of part or all of our businesses,
recapitalization, extraordinary dividend, share repurchase or a
spin-off.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial
statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America. The preparation of these consolidated financial
statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and
assumptions, which management believes to be reasonable, based
on the information available. These estimates and assumptions
affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and
expenses, and related disclosure of contingent liabilities.
Variances in the estimates or assumptions used could yield
materially different accounting results. Described below are the
areas where we believe that the estimates, judgments or
assumptions that we have made, if different, would have yielded
the most significant differences in our financial statements.
Our restructuring reserves as of December 31, 2004 were
approximately $17.4 million, and consisted primarily of
reserves for our facilities in London, England and Louisville,
Colorado. The restructuring accrual associated with our
facilities represents the excess of future lease commitments
over estimated sublease income in locations where we have excess
or idle space. In most cases, subleases have been signed for the
entire term of these leases and our estimate of sublease income
is based on the agreed upon sublease rates. In facilities for
which we do not have a sublease signed for the entire term of
the lease, sublease assumptions are made with the assistance of
a real estate firm and are based on the current real estate
market conditions in the local markets where these facilities
are located. The most material estimate is associated with our
facility in London where the office space is currently sublet
for only a portion of the remaining lease term. The total
remaining obligation for this facility is approximately
$43.6 million. Our London reserve is based on our estimate
of future sublease income relative to the total remaining
obligation and was determined based on the weighted probability
of various future sublease scenarios. These scenarios resulted
in a weighted average sublease rate where for each $1.00 change
in this assumption, additional restructuring charges or credits
of approximately $0.3 million would be required. If market
conditions or other circumstances change, this information may
be updated and additional charges or credits may be required.
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Valuation of goodwill and other intangible assets |
We evaluate our goodwill for impairment annually, as well as
when an event triggering impairment may have occurred. We have
elected to perform our annual impairment analysis during the
fourth quarter of each fiscal year as of October 1st. In
accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,
we utilize a two-step process for impairment testing of
goodwill. The first step tests for impairment, while the second
step, if necessary, measures the impairment.
When it is determined that the carrying value of goodwill may be
impaired, management measures impairment based on projected
discounted cash flows, recent transactions involving similar
businesses and price/revenue multiples at which they were bought
and sold and price/revenue multiples of competitors.
We assess the recoverability of intangible assets held and used
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that future
cash flows, undiscounted and without interest charges, expected
to be generated by an assets disposition or use may not be
sufficient to support its carrying amount. If such undiscounted
cash flows are not sufficient to support the recorded value of
an intangible asset, an impairment loss is recognized to reduce
the carrying value of the intangible asset to its estimated fair
value. Intangible assets include patents, trademarks, customer
relationships, purchased technology and a covenant not to
compete.
In the third quarter of 2004, we initiated a valuation for our
Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business which consists
of our campaign management and marketing resource management
products. This valuation was performed with the assistance of a
third party to determine if the recorded balance of goodwill and
other intangible assets relating to this reporting unit was
recoverable. The recoverability of these assets was brought into
question as a result of the lower than expected revenues
generated to date and the reduced estimates of future
performance primarily associated with our campaign management
products. The outcome
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of this valuation resulted in an impairment charge of
$5.6 million being recorded during the quarter based on the
difference between the carrying value and the fair value of this
business. The impairment charge consisted of a write-down in
intangible assets of $4.1 million and goodwill of
$1.5 million.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we performed our annual
impairment test on our email, Performics and EMS reporting units
to determine if the goodwill associated with these reporting
units was impaired. Based on the results of the projected
discounted cash flows as well as price/revenue multiples of
competitors, the fair value of our reporting units were
determined to be in excess of their carrying values, and,
accordingly, no impairment charges were required. If our
forecasts and market multiples were significantly lower,
impairment charges might have been required.
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Advertiser credits and bad debt |
We record reductions to revenue for the estimated future credits
issuable to our customers in the event that solutions do not
meet contractual specifications. We follow this method because
we believe reasonably dependable estimates of such credits can
be made based on historical experience. If the actual amounts of
customer credits differ from our estimates, revisions to the
associated allowance may be required. We maintain an allowance
for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the
inability of our customers to make required payments. If the
financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate,
resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments,
additional allowances may be required in subsequent periods.
On October 31, 2004, we announced that we retained Lazard Freres
& Co. to explore strategic options for the business to
achieve greater shareholder value. In connection with this
initiative, we entered into retention agreements with key
employees, including each of our named executive officers, as
disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC
on December 13, 2004. Under the terms of the retention
agreements, the employees are entitled to receive a retention
bonus if they remain continuously employed through April 30,
2005 and a second retention bonus if the employee remains
continuously employed through January 31, 2006. Payment of these
retention bonuses will accelerate in full if we terminate the
employment of the employee without cause or if the employee
terminates his or her employment for good reason prior to
January 31, 2006. Additionally, if, while an employee is
employed by us, we complete the sale of our TechSolutions or
Data business segment, payment of the first retention bonus and
half of the second retention bonus will accelerate for the
employees of the applicable business segment, except for the
President of Data, whose retention bonuses will accelerate in
full.
We record compensation expense ratably over the service period
of each retention bonus. The service period of the first and
second retention bonuses are approximately five and fourteen
months, respectively. If the payment of these retention bonuses
accelerates, the remaining unamortized expense will be recorded
in the period such termination is made and/or sale is
consummated. Aggregate future payments in connection with these
retention bonuses may range up to $4.3 million, excluding
potential tax gross-up payments under the agreements.
Pursuant to SFAS 109, we record a valuation allowance to
the extent realization of our net deferred tax asset is not more
likely than not. For the years ended December 31, 2004 and
2003, we maintained a valuation allowance of approximately
$283.2 and $306.5 million, respectively, against certain
deferred tax assets that we believe, after considering all the
available objective evidence, both positive and negative,
historical and prospective, with greater weight given to
historical evidence, are not more likely than not expected to be
realized. We believe that our cumulative earnings deficit during
the latest three-year period coupled with uncertainty
surrounding the Companys future profitability provide
substantial negative evidence regarding the eventual
realizability of our deferred tax assets. In addition, the
outcome of our review of strategic options could have a material
impact on our financial position and future operating profit,
enhancing the uncertainty surrounding the realizability of our
net deferred tax assets. Continued improvement in our
profitability coupled
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with favorable clarity regarding our future financial position
once the review of our strategic options is concluded could
impact our determination as to whether a reduction, in whole or
part, of the valuation allowance is necessary in the future.
Such a conclusion to reverse the valuation allowance, in whole
or part, could be reached during the calendar year ending
December 31, 2005. Should such a reversal occur, the
associated reduction to the valuation allowance would be
recorded, in whole or part, as a reduction to income tax expense
and/or a reduction to goodwill and/or an increase to additional
paid-in capital.
Property and equipment is stated at cost and depreciated using
the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated life
of the asset or the lease term. We periodically review the
useful lives of our assets to confirm that such useful life
determination is appropriate. If we determine that the estimated
useful life of our assets needs to be adjusted to reflect
depreciation expense over the remaining time that the assets are
expected to remain in service, future income or losses will be
impacted in the subsequent periods after such a determination is
made.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board,
referred to as FASB, issued SFAS No. 123R,
Share-Based Payment, known as SFAS 123R, which
replaces SFAS No. 123, and supercedes APB Opinion
No. 25. SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to
employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
recognized in the financial statements based on their fair
values. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under
SFAS 123 will no longer be an alternative to financial
statement recognition. SFAS 123R is effective for periods
beginning after June 15, 2005. Early application of
SFAS 123R is encouraged, but not required. SFAS 123R
permits companies to adopt its requirements using either a
modified prospective method, or a modified
retrospective method. Under the modified
prospective method, compensation cost is recognized in the
financial statements beginning with the effective date, based on
the requirements of SFAS 123R for all share-based payments
granted after that date, and based on the requirements of
SFAS 123 for all unvested awards granted prior to the
effective date of SFAS 123R. Under the modified
retrospective method, the requirements are the same as
under the modified prospective method, but also
permits entities to restate financial statements of previous
periods based on proforma disclosures made in accordance with
SFAS 123. We will adopt SFAS 123R as of July 1,
2005; however, we have not yet determined which of the adoption
methods we will use. Based on stock options granted to employees
through December 31, 2004, we expect that the adoption of
SFAS 123R on July 1, 2005 will reduce both third
quarter 2005 and fourth quarter 2005 net income by
approximately $4.0 million or $0.03 per diluted share.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153,
Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB
Opinion No. 29. SFAS No. 153 requires that
exchanges of productive assets be accounted for at fair value
unless fair value cannot be reasonably determined or the
transaction lacks commercial substance. SFAS No. 153
is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in the
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2006 and is not expected
to have a material effect on our Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In November 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force, referred to as
EITF, reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 03-13,
Applying the Conditions in Paragraph 42 of
FAS 144 in Determining Whether to Report Discontinued
Operations, known as EITF 03-13. EITF 03-13
provides guidance for evaluating whether the criteria in
paragraph 42 of SFAS No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, have
been met for classifying as a discontinued operation a component
of an entity that either has been disposed of or is classified
as held for sale. To qualify as a discontinued operation,
paragraph 42 of SFAS No. 144 requires that cash
flows of the disposed component be eliminated from the
operations of the ongoing entity and that the ongoing entity not
have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of
the disposed component after the disposal transaction.
EITF 03-13 defines which cash flows are relevant for
assessing whether cash flows have been eliminated and it
provides a framework for evaluating what types of ongoing
involvement constitute significant continuing involvement. The
guidance contained in EITF 03-13 is
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effective for components of an enterprise that are either
disposed of or classified as held for sale in fiscal periods
beginning after December 15, 2004. EITF 03-13 may have
a material impact on our financial position or results of
operations in 2005 depending on the outcome of our review of
strategic options.
In October 2004, the FASB ratified the consensus reached by the
EITF with respect to EITF Issue No. 04-10,
Determining Whether to Aggregate Operating Segments That
Do Not Meet the Quantitative Thresholds, known as
EITF 04-10. EITF 04-10 clarifies the guidance in
paragraph 19 of SFAS No. 131, Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.
According to EITF 04-10, operating segments that do not
meet the quantitative thresholds can be aggregated under
paragraph 19 only if aggregation is consistent with the
objective and basic principle of SFAS No. 131, the
segments have similar economic characteristics, and the segments
share a majority of the aggregation criteria listed in items
(a)-(e) in paragraph 17 of SFAS No. 131. The FASB
staff is currently working on a FASB Staff Position, known as
FSP, to provide guidance in determining whether two or more
operating segments have similar economic characteristics. The
effective date of EITF 04-10 has been delayed in order to
coincide with the effective date of the anticipated FSP. We do
not foresee any significant changes in the reporting practices
used to report our segment information.
On September 30, 2004, the EITF confirmed their tentative
conclusion on EITF Issue No. 04-8, The Effect of
Contingently Convertible Debt on Diluted Earnings per
Share, known as EITF 04-8. EITF 04-8 requires
contingently convertible debt instruments to be included in
diluted earnings per share, if dilutive, regardless of whether a
market price contingency for the conversion of the debt into
common shares or any other contingent factor has been met. Prior
to this consensus, such instruments were excluded from the
calculation until one or more of the contingencies were met.
EITF 04-8 is effective for reporting periods ending after
December 15, 2004, and requires restatement of prior period
earnings per share amounts. We adopted EITF 04-8 during the
fourth quarter of 2004 and have restated prior period earnings
per share amounts and presented 2004 earnings per share amounts
based on the requirements of EITF 04-8. In 2004 and 2003,
diluted earnings per share amounts reflect our Zero Coupon
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023, which represented
10.3 million potential shares of common stock. In addition,
2003 dilutive earnings per share amounts include our 4.75%
Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006, which represent
3.8 million potential shares of common stock. These notes
were redeemed in July 2003. In 2002, diluted earnings per share
amounts excluded our 4.75% Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes
due 2006 since their inclusion would have had an antidilutive
effect. Due to the adoption of this pronouncement, full year
2004 and 2003 diluted earnings per share were reduced by $0.02
and $0.01, respectively.
Business Transactions
Acquisitions
On June 22, 2004, we completed our acquisition of
Performics Inc., a privately-held search engine marketing and
affiliate marketing company based in Chicago, Illinois for
approximately $58.2 million in cash. In addition, we will
pay the former shareholders of Performics an additional
$6.6 million during 2005 based on their attainment of
certain 2004 revenue objectives. Performics search engine
marketing solutions are designed to help clients automate their
paid placement, paid inclusion and comparison shopping listings
across multiple search providers and publishers. Performics also
provides the infrastructure for affiliate marketing, through
which marketers manage, track, and report on their offers across
multiple affiliate sites.
On March 19, 2004, we completed our acquisition of
SmartPath, Inc, a privately held marketing resource management,
or MRM, software company, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, for
approximately $24.1 million in cash.
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Computer Strategy Coordinators, Inc. |
On June 30, 2003, we completed our acquisition of Computer
Strategy Coordinators, Inc. a data management company known as
CSC and based in Schaumburg, Illinois. In the transaction, we
acquired all of the outstanding shares of CSC in exchange for
approximately $2.8 million in cash and the assumption of
certain indebtedness.
On November 4, 2002, we completed our acquisition of
Protagona plc, a campaign management software company based in
the United Kingdom. In the transaction, we acquired all the
outstanding shares of Protagona in exchange for approximately
$13.6 million in cash.
On June 26, 2002, we acquired the remaining 50% of the
Abacus Direct Europe B.V. joint venture that we did not
previously own from VNU Marketing Information Europe &
Asia B.V., an affiliate of Claritas (UK) Limited. The joint
venture was formed in November 1998 and provides
database-marketing services to the direct marketing industry,
primarily in the United Kingdom. Our investment in the joint
venture was previously accounted for under the equity method of
accounting. We acquired all the outstanding shares of Abacus
Direct Europe held by VNU in exchange for approximately
$3.7 million in cash and direct acquisition costs.
On January 18, 2002, we completed our acquisition of
MessageMedia, Inc., a provider of permission-based, email
marketing and messaging solutions. We acquired all the
outstanding shares, options and warrants of MessageMedia in
exchange for approximately one million shares of our common
stock valued at approximately $7.5 million, and stock
options and warrants to acquire our common stock valued at
approximately $0.2 million. In connection with the
acquisition, we loaned $2.0 million to MessageMedia to
satisfy MessageMedias operating requirements. The loan was
extinguished upon the closing of the acquisition and included as
a component of the purchase price. The purchase price, inclusive
of approximately $1.6 million of direct acquisition costs,
was approximately $11.3 million.
Divestitures
On December 26, 2002, we sold 45,049 shares of common
stock in DoubleClick Japan and received proceeds of
$14.3 million, reducing our ownership interest to 15.6%. As
a result of this transaction, we account for our remaining
31,271 shares in DoubleClick Japan under the equity method
of accounting. We have also retained one seat on DoubleClick
Japans board of directors.
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North American Media Business |
On July 10, 2002, we sold our North American Media business
to L90, Inc., which was renamed MaxWorldwide, Inc., in exchange
for 4.8 million shares in MaxWorldwide and
$5.0 million in cash. The 4.8 million shares
represented 16.1% of outstanding MaxWorldwide common stock and
were valued at approximately $3.1 million. Pursuant to the
merger agreement, we have the right to receive an additional
$6.0 million if, prior to July 10, 2005, MaxWorldwide
achieves EBITDA-positive results for two out of three
consecutive quarters. As a result of MaxWorldwides
repurchase of its common stock in 2002, our ownership percentage
in MaxWorldwide increased to 19.8%.
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On July 22, 2003, MaxWorldwide stockholders approved a
proposal to adopt a plan of liquidation and dissolution pursuant
to which it would dissolve and liquidate MaxWorldwide and its
subsidiaries. On July 31, 2003, MaxWorldwide completed the
sale of its MaxOnline division and the plan of liquidation and
dissolution became effective. As of August 1, 2003,
MaxWorldwide had adopted the liquidation basis of accounting and
therefore will not be reporting a statement of operations for
periods subsequent to July 31, 2003. As a result of these
events it is unlikely that MaxWorldwide will achieve the
financial milestones that would trigger our right to receive the
$6.0 million in contingent cash consideration discussed
above.
In its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2003, MaxWorldwide reported net assets in
liquidation of approximately $25.7 million. In the first
quarter of 2004, we recognized a gain of $2.4 million
relating to a distribution from MaxWorldwide of $0.50 per
share in connection with its plan of liquidation and dissolution.
On May 6, 2002, we sold our @plan research product line to
NetRatings, Inc., a provider of technology-driven Internet
audience information solutions for media and commerce, in
exchange for $12.0 million in cash and 505,739 shares
of NetRatings common stock valued at approximately
$6.1 million. We sold these shares in the fourth quarter of
2002 and the first quarter 2003.
On January 28, 2002, we completed the sale of our European
Media business to AdLINK Internet Media AG, a German provider of
Internet advertising solutions, in exchange for
$26.3 million and the assumption by AdLINK of liabilities
associated with our European Media business. Intercompany
liabilities in an amount equal to $4.3 million were settled
through a cash payment by AdLINK to us at the closing of the
transaction. Following the closing of the transaction described
above, United Internet AG, AdLINKs largest shareholder,
exercised its right to sell us 15% of the outstanding common
shares of AdLINK in exchange for $30.6 million. Pursuant to
our agreement with United Internet, the exercise of this right
caused our option to acquire an additional 21% of AdLINK common
shares from United Internet to vest. This option was only
exercisable if AdLINK achieved EBITDA-positive results for two
out of three consecutive fiscal quarters before
December 31, 2003. AdLINK did not achieve EBITDA positive
results during these periods, therefore the option expired
unexercised.
As the result of the transactions described above, we sold our
European Media business and received a 15% interest in AdLINK,
which represented approximately 3.9 million shares valued
at approximately $8.3 million. Our option to acquire an
additional 21% of the outstanding common shares of AdLINK from
United Internet also vested. We received $2.0 million as
partial reimbursement for our cash outlays related to the
acquisitions of, and payments with respect to, the minority
interests in certain of our European subsidiaries pursuant to
our agreement to sell our European Media business. As a result
of this transaction, we recognized a loss of approximately
$1.7 million, which has been included in Gain on sale
of businesses, net in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations.
On September 22, 2004, we sold our 15% interest in AdLINK
for $9.5 million to United Internet. As a result of the
sale, we recorded a gain of approximately $7.1 million and
no longer hold an equity interest in AdLINK.
Results of Operations
A summary of our financial results is as follows:
2004 compared to 2003
Revenue in 2004 was $301.6 million, an increase of 11.2%
compared to 2003. This increase was primarily due to the
acquisitions of Performics in June 2004, SmartPath in March
2004, CSC in June 2003, and organic growth from within our Data
segment and our email products and services. Revenues associated
with our
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Performics and SmartPath acquisitions were $17.7 million in
aggregate for 2004. Revenues associated with the former CSC were
$12.6 million compared to $5.5 million in 2003 as we
began recognizing revenue for this business in the third quarter
of 2003. Gross profit increased by 21.1% to $214.7 million
compared to 2003. Gross margin improved by almost 600 basis
points to 71.2%. These increases were driven primarily by the
addition of Performics and by margin expansion in our Ad
Management and email products and services.
Operating income was $22.0 million compared to
$12.9 million in 2003. Operating income improved due to the
increase in gross profit, partially offset by an increase in
operating expenses of $28.3 million or 17.2%. The increase
in operating expenses was primarily the result of the assumption
of headcount associated with our acquisitions of Performics,
SmartPath and CSC and the hiring of additional employees in our
TechSolutions and Data segments. These personnel-related
increases primarily occurred in our sales and marketing and
product development departments. The increase in operating
expenses was partially offset by reductions in depreciation
expense due to accelerated depreciation charges associated with
the relocation of our New York headquarters and the termination
of the lease for our facility in San Francisco in 2003. In
addition, operating expenses in 2004 included a
$5.6 million impairment charge associated with our
Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business and a
restructuring credit of $4.5 million relating to our
Louisville, Colorado facility while the prior year period
included a net restructuring credit of $9.1 million.
Net income in 2004 was $37.5 million, or $0.26 per
diluted share, as compared to net income of $16.9 million,
or $0.11 per diluted share, in 2003. Net income in 2004
benefited from a $7.1 million gain in connection with the
sale of our investment in AdLINK and a distribution from
MaxWorldwide of approximately $2.4 million in connection
with its plan of liquidation and dissolution. Net income in 2003
included a $4.4 million loss in connection with the
redemption of our 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes.
We expect revenue to increase in 2005 as a result of our
acquisition of Performics and organic growth in each of our
products. In addition, we expect operating income to increase in
2005 primarily due to operational improvements in our EMS and
Data Management businesses.
2003 compared to 2002
Revenue in 2003 was $271.3 million, which was a decline of
$28.9 million compared to 2002. This decrease was
attributable to the divestitures of our Media and Research
businesses in 2002 and weakness in our TechSolutions business
during the first half of the year, partially offset by
acquisition related growth from our then new Data Management
business and continued growth in our core Abacus business.
Operating income improved by $167.6 million, as operating
expenses declined over 50% due to the absence of goodwill
impairment and restructuring charges recorded in 2002 and our
continued focus on cost control. Net income was
$16.9 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to
a net loss of $117.9 million, or $0.87 per diluted
share, in 2002. Net income in 2003 was negatively impacted by
$14.6 million in accelerated amortization of leasehold
improvements and furniture and fixtures associated with the
change in useful life of these assets relating to the relocation
of our New York headquarters and the termination of the lease
for our facility in San Francisco. These costs were
partially offset by a net restructuring credit of
$9.1 million relating to the reversal of a portion of our
real estate reserves.
Revenues, gross profit, and operating income (loss) by segment
are as follows (in thousands):
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For the Year Ended December 31, | |
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2004 vs. 2003 | |
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2003 vs. 2002 | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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Change | |
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Change | |
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% | |
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Revenue:
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TechSolutions
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$ |
196,295 |
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$ |
175,403 |
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$ |
187,155 |
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$ |
20,892 |
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11.9 |
% |
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$ |
(11,752 |
) |
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(6.3 |
)% |
Data
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105,328 |
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95,934 |
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83,349 |
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9,394 |
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9.8 |
% |
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12,585 |
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15.1 |
% |
Media
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32,660 |
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(32,660 |
) |
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Elimination(1)
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(2,966 |
) |
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2,966 |
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Total
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$ |
301,623 |
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$ |
271,337 |
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$ |
300,198 |
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$ |
30,286 |
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11.2 |
% |
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$ |
(28,861 |
) |
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(9.6 |
)% |
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35
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For the Year Ended December 31, | |
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2004 vs. 2003 | |
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2003 vs. 2002 | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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Change | |
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Change | |
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% | |
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Gross Profit:
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TechSolutions
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$ |
145,973 |
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$ |
111,250 |
|
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$ |
117,295 |
|
|
$ |
34,723 |
|
|
|
31.2 |
% |
|
$ |
(6,045 |
) |
|
|
(5.2 |
)% |
Data
|
|
|
68,691 |
|
|
|
65,956 |
|
|
|
59,788 |
|
|
|
2,735 |
|
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|
4.1 |
% |
|
|
6,168 |
|
|
|
10.3 |
% |
Media
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
9,659 |
|
|
|
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(9,659 |
) |
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|
Elimination(1)
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(324 |
) |
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324 |
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Total
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$ |
214,664 |
|
|
$ |
177,206 |
|
|
$ |
186,418 |
|
|
$ |
37,458 |
|
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21.1 |
% |
|
$ |
(9,212 |
) |
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(4.9 |
)% |
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For the Year Ended December 31, | |
|
2004 vs. 2003 | |
|
2003 vs. 2002 | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
Change | |
|
% | |
|
Change | |
|
% | |
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Operating Income/(Loss):
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|
TechSolutions
|
|
$ |
31,264 |
|
|
$ |
10,262 |
|
|
$ |
(45,572 |
) |
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$ |
21,002 |
|
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204.7 |
% |
|
$ |
55,834 |
|
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NMF |
|
Data
|
|
|
23,520 |
|
|
|
27,264 |
|
|
|
26,920 |
|
|
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(3,744 |
) |
|
|
(13.7 |
)% |
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|
344 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
% |
Media
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,775 |
) |
|
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|
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|
|
3,775 |
|
|
|
|
|
Elimination/ Corporate(1)
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|
(32,778 |
) |
|
|
(24,675 |
) |
|
|
(132,353 |
) |
|
|
(8,103 |
) |
|
|
(32.8 |
)% |
|
|
107,678 |
|
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NMF |
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Total
|
|
$ |
22,006 |
|
|
$ |
12,851 |
|
|
$ |
(154,780 |
) |
|
$ |
9,155 |
|
|
|
71.2 |
% |
|
$ |
167,631 |
|
|
|
NMF |
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|
(1) |
Adjustments to reconcile segment reporting to consolidated
results are included in Elimination and
Elimination/ Corporate. |
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DoubleClick TechSolutions |
TechSolutions revenue is derived from our Ad Management,
Marketing Automation, and Performics divisions. Our Ad
Management division derives its revenue primarily from the DART
for Publishers Service, the DART for Advertisers Service and the
DART Enterprise ad serving software product. Our Marketing
Automation division derives its revenue primarily from our
DARTmail service and related email products, and from our
Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business which consists
of our campaign management and marketing resource management, or
MRM, products. Following the acquisition of Performics Inc. in
June 2004, we created a third division within TechSolutions,
which offers search engine marketing and affiliate marketing
solutions. TechSolutions cost of revenue includes costs
associated with the delivery of advertisements and emails,
including Internet access costs, depreciation of the ad and
email delivery systems, the amortization of purchased technology
and facility- and personnel-related costs incurred to operate
and support our Ad Management, Marketing Automation and
Performics products and services.
2004 Compared to 2003
TechSolutions revenue increased by 11.9% to $196.3 million
for the year ended December 31, 2004 from
$175.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.
The increase in TechSolutions revenue was primarily attributable
to the acquisitions of Performics and SmartPath, as well as
organic growth from our email products and services. Ad
Management revenue declined slightly to $128.1 million
compared to the prior years $128.8 million. For the
year ended December 31, 2004, the increase in volumes for
our DART for Advertisers Service outpaced the decline in
effective price for this product. However, the increase in
revenue from our DART for Advertisers Service was slightly
outweighed by the declines in revenue from our DART for
Publishers Service, where volume increases did not compensate
for pricing declines. The blended effective price of both
products continued to decline as a result of aggressive client
retention practices and sustained competitive pressure.
Marketing Automation revenue increased 15.8% to
$54.0 million in 2004 compared to $46.6 million in
2003. This increase was primarily due to the acquisition of
SmartPath and volume-driven
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growth in our email products and services. Performics revenues
were $14.1 million for the year ended December 31,
2004 as we began recognizing revenue for this division in July
2004.
TechSolutions gross profit was $146.0 million, or 74.4% of
revenue for the year ended December 31, 2004, an increase
of $34.7 million compared to $111.3 million or 63.4%
of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2003. Gross
profits increased by 31.2% or by approximately 1100 basis
points as a percentage of revenue, primarily due to gross
profits associated with our acquisitions of Performics and
SmartPath and a decrease in cost of revenue associated with
depreciation, software maintenance, utility and rent expenses
and intangible amortization. Performics and SmartPath gross
profits were $14.1 million in aggregate for 2004 and
included intangible amortization relating to purchased
technology of $2.3 million. Excluding costs of
$3.6 million associated with Performics and SmartPath, cost
of revenue decreased $17.4 million. Depreciation expense
fell by approximately $10.1 million due to accelerated
depreciation charges associated with the relocation of our New
York headquarters and the termination of the lease for our
facility in San Francisco in 2003. In addition,
depreciation expense also benefited from the continued efficient
use of our existing hardware. Software maintenance costs
declined approximately $2.3 million due to the
renegotiation of software vendor contracts. Utility and rent
expenses decreased by approximately $1.5 million primarily
due to lower utility expenses resulting from the completion of
our data center relocation in June 2003 and the discontinuation
of redundant lease payments resulting from our New York office
move in November 2003. Intangible amortization declined as some
of our intangible assets reached the end of their amortizable
lives.
TechSolutions operating income was $31.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2004, an increase of 204.7% from
the $10.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2003.
This improvement was primarily the result of the increase in
gross profit, partially offset by an increase in operating
expenses of approximately $13.7 million. Personnel-related
costs increased by approximately $16.0 million mainly in
relation to the assumption of headcount associated with our
acquisitions of Performics and SmartPath as well as the hiring
of additional employees in our sales and marketing and product
development departments. This change in personnel-related costs
was net of a $1.5 million reserve reversal recorded in the
first quarter of 2004 relating to a prior acquisition. Operating
expenses in 2004 included an impairment charge for
$5.6 million relating to goodwill and other intangible
assets of our EMS business. In addition, professional fees,
marketing expenses and bad debt increased by $3.0 million,
$1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively. These
costs were offset by a decline in depreciation expense of
$11.5 million related to the relocation of our New York
headquarters and the termination of the lease for our facility
in San Francisco in 2003. In addition, amortization expense
decreased $1.4 million driven by certain of our other
intangible assets reaching the end of their amortizable lives
partially offset by the addition of acquired intangibles
associated with our acquisitions of Performics and SmartPath.
2003 Compared to 2002
TechSolutions revenue decreased by 6.3% to $175.4 million
for the year ended December 31, 2003 from
$187.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.
The decrease in TechSolutions revenue was primarily attributable
to declines in our Ad Management products and services,
partially offset by growth in our Marketing Automation products
and services. Ad Management revenue decreased by 12.5% to
$128.8 million in 2003 compared to 2002. The effective
price of our hosted Ad Management products decreased by
approximately 15.0%, net of aggregate beneficial foreign
currency fluctuations of $5.0 million. For the period,
volumes increased by approximately 6.1%. The decline in
effective price was primarily due to a change in product and
client mix as well as lower pricing for some renewals. The
change in client mix was driven by the acquisition of
higher-volume, lower-priced customers. Marketing Automation
revenue increased 16.8% to $46.6 million in 2003 compared
to 2002. These revenues consisted primarily of our email
products and services, which were $39.4 million in 2003, up
marginally compared to 2002. Effective prices within email
increased approximately 5.1% offset by declines in volume of
approximately 5.3%. The remainder of our revenue was generated
by campaign management, which was the result of an acquisition
in November 2002.
TechSolutions gross profit was $111.3 million or 63.4% of
revenue for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to
$117.3 million or 62.7% for the year ended
December 31, 2002. Gross profits declined primarily due to
the decline in revenues and an increase in depreciation expense
of $2.2 million, which was principally
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due to the relocation of our New York headquarters and the
termination of the lease for our facility in San Francisco.
These items were partially offset by a reduction in Internet
access costs of $4.1 million due to the renegotiation of
many of our contracts with our Internet service providers and
the absence of the restructuring charge of $4.4 million
that was incurred in 2002 relating to the relocation of our data
center from New York to Thornton, Colorado.
TechSolutions operating income was $10.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2003, an increase of
$55.8 million compared to the year ended December 31,
2002. This increase was a result of a reduction in operating
expenses of $61.8 million, partially offset by the
$6.0 million decline in gross profit. 2003 operating
expenses declined due to the absence of the $56.6 million
of goodwill impairment and restructuring charges incurred in
2002 as well as reductions in bad debt expense of approximately
$7.2 million. The reduction in bad debt reflects our
improved collection results. These costs were partially offset
by increases in depreciation expense of $5.2 million due to
the relocation of our New York headquarters and the termination
of the lease for our facility in San Francisco. Overall,
TechSolutions incurred $7.4 million in additional
depreciation expense associated with our real estate
transactions in 2003, of which $2.2 million was included as
a component of cost of revenue and $5.2 million as a
component of operating expenses.
We expect TechSolutions revenue to increase in 2005 as a result
of our acquisition of Performics and organic growth within each
of our products. In addition, we expect operating income to
increase in 2005 primarily due to operational improvements in
our EMS business.
DoubleClick Data revenue has historically been derived primarily
from our Abacus division, which provides acquisition solutions,
retention solutions and list optimization, as well as other
products and services to direct marketers in the Abacus
Alliances. As a result of our acquisition of CSC in June 2003,
we offer direct marketers solutions for building and managing
customer marketing databases and other related products and
services as part of our Data Management division. Data cost of
revenue includes expenses associated with maintaining and
updating the Abacus databases, facility- and personnel-related
expenses to operate and support our production equipment, the
amortization of purchased intangible assets, and subscriptions
to third party providers of lifestyle and demographic data that
are used to supplement our transactions based marketing
solutions.
2004 Compared to 2003
Data revenue increased 9.8% to $105.3 million for the year
ended December 31, 2004 from $95.9 million for the
year ended December 31, 2003. The increase in revenue was
attributable to the acquisition of CSC and organic growth from
our Abacus division. Abacus revenues increased 2.5% to
$92.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
compared to $90.4 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003. The year-over-year increase in Abacus
revenues was driven from continued growth in our
U.S. Business-to-Business and international Alliances,
which more than offset a slight year over year decline in
revenue from our U.S. Business-to-Consumer Alliance. Data
Management revenues were $12.6 million for the year ended
December 31, 2004 compared to $5.5 million for the
year ended December 31, 2003. We began recognizing revenue
for this business in the third quarter of 2003.
Data gross profit increased by 4.2% to $68.7 million, which
represented 65.2% of revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2004, compared to $66.0 million or 68.8%
of revenues in the prior year. The increase in gross profit was
primarily due to revenue growth in our Data Management division
and our international Alliances. Gross margin in 2004 was
negatively impacted primarily due to a higher percentage of the
segments sales being generated by our lower margin Data
Management division.
Data operating income decreased by 13.7% to $23.5 million
for the year ended December 31, 2004 from
$27.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.
This change was due to an increase in operating expenses of
$6.5 million partially offset by the increase in gross
profit of $2.7 million. Operating expenses included an
increase in personnel-related costs of approximately
$5.6 million primarily resulting from the assumption of
headcount as the result of our acquisition of CSC and the hiring
of additional employees to support both our
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Data Management division and our international Alliances. In
addition, amortization expense included as a component of
operating expenses increased by approximately $0.9 million.
These expenses are associated with intangible assets acquired in
connection with the CSC acquisition.
Data revenue increased 15.1% to $95.9 million for the year
ended December 31, 2003 compared to $83.3 million for
the year ended December 31, 2002. The increase is primarily
attributable to the acquisitions of the 50% of the Abacus Direct
Europe joint venture we did not previously own and CSC, and to
continued growth from our U.S. Business-to-Consumer
Alliance. Abacus revenues increased 12.8% to $90.4 million
in 2003 compared to $80.2 million in 2002. The increase in
revenue from our core Abacus products in the United States was
primarily due to increases in both the number of clients and
revenues per client. In addition, revenue increased as a result
of the introduction of new products.
Data gross profit increased $6.2 million to
$66.0 million or 68.8% of revenues compared to
$59.8 million or 71.7% of revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2002. Gross profits were driven by the
improvement in sales, partially offset by an increase in the
amortization of purchased technology associated with our
acquisition of CSC and production costs associated with this
lower margin business.
Data operating income increased marginally to $27.3 million
for the year ended December 31, 2003. This change was due
to an increase in gross profits of $6.2 million offset by
an increase in operating expenses of $5.8 million.
Operating expenses increased primarily due to additional
headcount assumed as a result of the Abacus Direct Europe and
CSC acquisitions. Average Data headcount increased 27.3% in 2003
compared to 2002. In addition, amortization expense associated
with intangible assets acquired in connection with these
acquisitions increased.
We anticipate Data revenue to increase in 2005 primarily as a
result of new product offerings and customer acquisition in the
Data Management division, growth from our Abacus Alliances in
the United States and United Kingdom, and our other
international businesses. We anticipate operating income to
increase in 2005 primarily due to operational improvements in
our Data Management division.
DoubleClick Media
Through a series of transactions in 2002, we sold our Media
businesses and therefore did not report a Media segment during
2003 and 2004. Our Media segment revenue was derived primarily
from the sale and delivery of advertising impressions through
third-party Web sites that comprised the DoubleClick Media
network. Media cost of revenue consisted primarily of service
fees paid to Web publishers for impressions delivered on our
network, and the costs of ad delivery and technology support
provided by TechSolutions.
Revenues recognized by the European, North American and
DoubleClick Japan Media businesses was approximately
$1.1 million, $20.8 million and $10.8 million,
respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2002.
Operating losses recognized by the European, North American and
DoubleClick Japan Media businesses was approximately
$0.7 million, $2.4 million and $0.7 million,
respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2002.
Operating Expenses
Operating costs and expenses were as follows (in thousands):
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2004 vs. 2003 | |
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2003 vs. 2002 | |
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Operating Expenses: |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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Change | |
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% | |
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Change | |
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% | |
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Sales and marketing
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$ |
104,029 |
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$ |
92,308 |
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$ |
101,527 |
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$ |
11,721 |
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12.7 |
% |
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$ |
(9,219 |
) |
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(9.1 |
)% |
General and administrative
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$ |
35,864 |
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$ |
36,063 |
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$ |
46,401 |
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$ |
(199 |
) |
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(0.6 |
)% |
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$ |
(10,338 |
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(22.3 |
)% |
Product development
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$ |
46,459 |
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$ |
39,180 |
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$ |
39,790 |
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$ |
7,279 |
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18.6 |
% |
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$ |
(610 |
) |
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(1.5 |
)% |
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Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation
and related benefits, sales commissions, general marketing
costs, advertising, bad debt expense and other operating
expenses associated with our sales and marketing departments.
Sales and marketing expenses increased by $11.7 million in
2004 compared to 2003 and increased as a percentage of revenue
to 34.5% from 34.0%. The increase was primarily attributable to
increases in personnel-related costs of $13.1 million,
marketing expenses of $3.5 million and bad debt expense of
$0.9 million, partially offset by decreases in depreciation
expense of approximately $6.9 million. Personnel-related
costs increased due to the assumption of headcount as a result
of our acquisitions of CSC, SmartPath and Performics and the
hiring of additional employees in our other businesses. The
change in personnel-related costs was net of a $1.5 million
reserve reversal recorded in the first quarter of 2004 relating
to a prior acquisition. Marketing expenses increased due to the
previously mentioned acquisitions and additional investment in
our core products. The increase in bad debt expense was
consistent with our year over year increase in revenues. The
decrease in depreciation expense was due to accelerated
depreciation charges associated with the relocation of our New
York headquarters and the termination of the lease for our
facility in San Francisco in 2003.
Sales and marketing expenses declined $9.2 million in 2003
compared to 2002, but remained flat at 34% as a percentage of
revenue. The decrease was primarily attributable to a reduction
of $7.6 million in bad debt expense due to improved
collection results and reductions in personnel-related costs of
$4.0 million as average sales and marketing headcount
decreased 8.5% in 2003 compared to 2002. Additionally, marketing
expenses decreased by $1.1 million. These decreases were
offset by a $4.7 million increase in depreciation expense
relating to the termination of real estate leases.
In 2005, we expect the absolute dollar amount of sales and
marketing expenses to increase due to the hiring of additional
employees, but to remain relatively flat as a percentage of
revenues due to anticipated higher revenues.
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General and administrative |
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of
compensation and related benefits, professional services and
other operating expenses associated with our executive, finance,
human resources, legal, facilities and administrative
departments. General and administrative expenses decreased
slightly to $35.9 million or 11.9% of revenue in 2004
compared to 13.3% of revenue in 2003. The decrease was primarily
attributable to increases in professional and outside service
fees of $3.3 million and personnel-related costs of
$3.0 million being more than offset by a decrease in
depreciation, utility costs and other miscellaneous costs of
$6.5 million. The increase in professional and outside
service fees is mainly related to strategic initiatives and the
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This increase
was inclusive of a $1.4 million insurance claim settlement
received during the third quarter of 2003. Personnel-related
costs increased due to the assumption of headcount as a result
of our acquisitions of CSC, SmartPath, and Performics. The
decrease in depreciation expense was due to accelerated
depreciation charges associated with the relocation of our New
York headquarters in 2003. In addition, we achieved utility cost
savings this year as a result of the reconfiguration of our
disaster recovery operations.
General and administrative expenses decreased $10.3 million
to 13.3% of revenue in 2003 compared to 15.5% in 2002. The
decrease was due to the decline in average general and
administrative headcount of 30.1% in 2003 compared to 2002,
resulting in a decrease of $5.6 million in
personnel-related costs. Cost savings initiatives during the
year resulted in reductions of $0.7 million in telephone
expenses and $0.7 million in outside service fees.
Professional fees decreased by $3.1 million in part due to
the receipt of an approximately $1.4 million insurance
claim settlement during the third quarter of 2003. These
decreases were offset by a $1.2 million increase in
depreciation expense relating to the termination of real estate
leases.
In 2005, we expect general and administrative expenses to
increase in absolute dollars due to retention payments and
professional fees relating to the strategic review announced on
October 31, 2004. However, we expect these costs to remain
flat as a percentage of revenues due to anticipated higher
revenues.
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Product development expenses consist primarily of compensation
and related benefits, consulting fees, and other operating
expenses associated with our product development departments.
Our product development departments perform research and
development, enhance and maintain existing products, and provide
quality assurance. Product development expenses increased by
$7.3 million to 15.4% of revenue for 2004 compared to 14.4%
of revenue in 2003. The increase was primarily due to increases
in personnel-related costs of $8.7 million that was
attributable to additional headcount assumed from our
acquisitions of CSC, SmartPath and Performics and the impact of
hiring additional employees in our TechSolutions segment. In
addition, professional and outside fees increased by
approximately $2.8 million due to consulting fees for new
product initiatives. These increases were partially offset by
decreases of $4.7 million in depreciation expense due to
accelerated depreciation charges associated with the relocation
of our New York headquarters in 2003.
Product development expenses were flat in 2003 compared to 2002,
but increased as a percentage of revenue to 14.4% from 13.3% in
2002. Product development expenses were impacted in 2003 by an
increase of $1.0 million in personnel-related expenses and
$0.5 million in depreciation expense relating to the
termination of real estate leases. These expenses were offset by
cost saving initiatives we employed during the year, which
resulted in reductions in computer expenses of $1.1 million
and outside services fees of $0.5 million.
We believe that ongoing investment in product development is
critical to the attainment of our strategic objectives. As such,
we expect product development expenses in 2005 to increase in
absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenues due to the
allocation of additional resources.
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Amortization of intangibles |
Amortization expense consists of the amortization of customer
relationships and a covenant not to compete. Amortization
expense was $5.2 million, $5.9 million and
$12.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. Amortization expense declined from
2002 to 2004 primarily due to certain intangible assets becoming
fully amortized. In 2004, these fully amortized assets were
partially offset by acquired intangible assets with respect to
the acquisitions of Performics and SmartPath.
We expect amortization of intangible assets to remain relatively
flat in 2005.
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Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets |
During the year ended December 31, 2004, we initiated a
valuation for our Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS,
business, which consists of our campaign management and
marketing resource management products. This valuation was
performed with the assistance of a third party to determine if
the recorded balance of goodwill and other intangible assets
relating to this reporting unit was recoverable. The
recoverability of these assets was brought into question as a
result of the lower than expected revenues generated to date and
the reduced estimates of future performance primarily associated
with our campaign management products. The fair market value of
the EMS reporting unit was determined based on projected
discounted cash flows and price/revenue multiples of competitors
in the EMS marketplace. The outcome of this valuation resulted
in an impairment charge of $5.6 million being recorded
during the third quarter of 2004 based on the difference between
the carrying value and the fair value of this business. The
impairment charge consisted of a write-down in intangible assets
of $4.1 million and goodwill of $1.5 million.
For the year ended December 31, 2003, we did not record any
impairment charges for our goodwill or intangible assets.
Goodwill and other impairments was $47.1 million for the
year ended December 31, 2002. In 2002 based on the
prolonged softness in the economy and the then current and
operational performance of our email reporting unit, we
initiated a third-party valuation of our email reporting unit to
determine whether the recorded balance of goodwill related to
this reporting unit was recoverable. The outcome of this
valuation resulted in an impairment charge of approximately
$43.8 million being recorded during the year. The fair
market value of the email reporting unit was determined based on
revenue projections, the then recent transactions involving
similar businesses and the price/revenue multiples at which they
were bought and sold,
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and the price/revenue multiples of our competitors in the email
marketplace at that time. In addition, we also determined that
the fair values of certain intangibles assets were considered
impaired. We recorded an impairment charge of $3.3 million
based on the difference between the carrying value and estimated
fair value of certain intangible assets associated with the
email reporting unit.
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Restructuring (credits) charges, net |
During the year ended December 31, 2004, we recorded a
restructuring credit of $4.5 million. This credit was due
to the reversal of a portion of our real estate reserve relating
to our facility in Louisville, Colorado. The reversal of the
reserve was due to the sublease of this property at rates in
excess of our previous estimate of sublease income. Of the
remaining $17.4 million in cash outlays relating to our
restructuring activities, we estimate we will pay approximately
$3.9 million in 2005 and $13.5 million in 2006 and
thereafter.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, we recorded
restructuring credits of approximately $16.5 million,
partially offset by restructuring charges of approximately
$7.4 million. This resulted in a net restructuring credit
of $9.1 million. This credit was due to the reversal of a
portion of our real estate reserve relating to our previous New
York headquarters and our San Francisco facility. The
reversal of the reserve was a result of final lease terminations
with respect to our New York headquarters and San Francisco
facility for which our reserve was in excess of our expected
payments. Total costs to terminate the lease associated with
these facilities were approximately $44.5 million and
$26.4 million, respectively, inclusive of broker
commissions and related costs. We anticipate average annual cash
rent savings of approximately $14 million during the period
that commenced in January 2004 and extending through January
2015 as a result of the New York and San Francisco lease
terminations.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, we took steps to
realign our sales, development, and administrative organization
and reduce corporate overhead to position us for profitable
growth in the future consistent with managements long-term
objectives. This involved the involuntary termination of
approximately 250 employees, primarily from our TechSolutions
division, as well as the closure of several offices and charges
for excess real estate space. As a consequence, we recorded a
charge of $98.4 million to operations during the year, of
which $94.0 million and $4.4 million have been
classified in operating expenses and cost of revenue,
respectively. The charge primarily related to the accrual of
future lease costs (net of estimated sublease income and
deferred rent liabilities previously accrued) of approximately
$77.0 million, the write-off of fixed assets situated in
closed or abandoned offices of approximately $15.7 million
and payments for severance of approximately $5.7 million.
The accrual for future lease costs and the write-off of fixed
assets were primarily related to our previous New York office.
These charges were driven by the abandonment of additional
space, reductions in the estimates of future sublease income, as
well as the lengthening of the time required to find a sublease
tenant. In addition, we moved our data center operations from
New York to our Thornton, Colorado facility. As a result, we
recorded a charge of $4.4 million to cost of revenue
relating to the write-off of certain fixed assets.
We will continue to review our sublease assumptions surrounding
our excess real estate, principally in London, England and may
incur additional restructuring credits or charges in 2005.
Non-Operating Expenses and Income Taxes
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Equity in losses of affiliates |
Equity in losses of affiliates was $1.3 million and
$2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2004 and
2003, respectively. In 2004, we recognized equity losses of
approximately $0.9 million from the equity investment in
our Abacus Deutschland joint venture and approximately
$0.4 million from our equity investment in DoubleClick
Japan. In 2003, we recognized equity losses of $2.0 million
from our equity investment in MaxWorldwide and $0.5 million
from our equity investment in DoubleClick Japan.
Equity in losses of affiliates was $0.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2002. In 2002, we recognized equity
income of $0.2 million relating to our 50% interest in the
Abacus Direct Europe joint venture and an equity loss of
approximately $0.5 million from our equity investment in
MaxWorldwide. Since
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the June 26, 2002 acquisition of the remaining 50% interest
of Abacus Direct Europe that we did not previously own, the
results of operations of Abacus Direct Europe have been
consolidated into our operations.
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Impairment of investments in affiliates |
We did not record impairment charges for any of our investments
in affiliates for the years ended December 31, 2004 and
2003.
Impairment of investments in affiliates was $14.1 million
for the year ended December 31, 2002. During the year ended
December 31, 2002, we determined that the carrying value of
certain of our investments, principally our cost-method
investments in AdLINK Internet Media AG and NetRatings, Inc. and
our equity-method investment in MaxWorldwide, Inc. were impaired
based on the continued decline in the fair market value of these
investments. As a result, we recorded impairment charges of
$11.7 million during the third quarter of 2002, which
represented the difference between our carrying value and the
estimated fair value of these investments. The estimated fair
values of our investments in AdLINK, NetRatings and MaxWorldwide
were determined based on the closing market price of their stock
on September 30, 2002. Additionally, it was determined that
DoubleClick Asia, a joint venture and a cost method investment,
would be liquidated and therefore had no continuing value. As a
consequence, we wrote-off our entire investment in DoubleClick
Asia and recognized an impairment charge of $2.4 million
during the third quarter of 2002.
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Gain on sale of investments in affiliates |
In the year ended December 31, 2004, we sold our
3,862,500 shares of AdLINK for an aggregate purchase price
of $9.5 million to United Internet AG, the majority
shareholder of AdLINK. As a result of the transaction, we
recorded a gain of $7.1 million and no longer hold an
equity interest in AdLINK.
We did not recognize any gains or losses on sales of investments
in affiliates during the year ended December 31, 2003.
Our gain on sale of investments in affiliates was
$7.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. The
gain was associated with the sale of our investment in
ValueClick and partial sales of our ownership interests in
DoubleClick Japan and NetRatings. In the fourth quarter of 2002,
we entered into a repurchase agreement with ValueClick whereby
ValueClick repurchased all of our remaining 7.9 million
shares for $21.3 million or approximately $2.70 per
share. We recognized a gain of $4.7 million from the sale
of the investment. In addition, in December 2002 we sold
45,049 shares of common stock in DoubleClick Japan, which
reduced our ownership interest at the time to 15.6%. We received
proceeds of $14.3 million and recognized a gain of
$3.1 million. Additionally, in the fourth quarter of 2002
we sold 402,011 shares of NetRatings and received proceeds
of approximately $2.5 million. We recognized an immaterial
gain on the sale of this investment.
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Gain on distribution from affiliate |
In the year ended December 31, 2004, we recognized a gain
of $2.4 million relating to a distribution from
MaxWorldwide in connection with its plan of liquidation and
dissolution. We still maintain a 19.8% interest in MaxWorldwide
and may receive additional distributions in future periods as a
result of the finalization of its plan of liquidation and
dissolution.
We did not recognize any gain or losses from affiliate
distributions during the years ended December 31, 2003 and
2002.
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Gain on sale of businesses, net |
We did not recognize any gains or losses on sales of businesses
during the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003.
Our gain on sale of businesses, net was $17.9 million for
the year ended December 31, 2002. The net gain primarily
consisted of gains on the sale of our North American Media
business and @plan research product
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line of $8.1 million and $12.3 million, respectively,
offset by a loss of $1.7 million recognized on sale of our
European Media business.
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Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt |
We did not recognize any gains or losses on early extinguishment
of debt during the year ended December 31, 2004.
On June 24, 2003, we called for redemption the remaining
$154.8 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of
our 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006. On
July 24, 2003, we redeemed these notes at a redemption
price equal to 102.036% of the aggregate principal
(approximately $158.0 million) plus accrued and unpaid
interest. The proceeds from the sale of the Zero Coupon
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023, together with existing
cash, were used towards this redemption. As a result of the
redemption, we recorded a loss of approximately
$4.4 million associated with the redemption premium and
write-off of deferred issuance costs during the second quarter
of 2003.
For the year ended December 31, 2002, we repurchased
$64.9 million of our then outstanding
4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 for
approximately $53.6 million in cash, inclusive of
$1.2 million of accrued interest payable. We wrote off
approximately $0.7 million in deferred issuance costs and
recognized a gain of approximately $11.9 million as the
result of the early retirement of this debt.
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For the Year Ended December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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(In thousands) | |
Interest Income
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$ |
10,939 |
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$ |
16,110 |
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$ |
25,715 |
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Interest Expense
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(1,416 |
) |
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(5,408 |
) |
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(10,838 |
) |
Other
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|
962 |
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1,361 |
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1,055 |
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$ |
10,485 |
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$ |
12,063 |
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$ |
15,932 |
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Interest and other, net was $10.5 million,
$12.1 million and $15.9 million for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In 2004,
interest income decreased by $5.2 million due to a decrease
of average total cash, which includes cash and cash equivalents,
investments in marketable securities and restricted cash, of
$178.2 million compared to the prior year period. Average
total cash decreased due to the purchases of our common stock
and the acquisitions of Performics and SmartPath. Interest
expense decreased due to the redemption in July 2003 of our
4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006.
In 2003, interest income decreased by $9.6 million due to a
combination of a decrease of average total cash, which includes
cash and cash equivalents, investments in marketable securities
and restricted cash, of $74.1 million compared to the prior
year and a decrease in the average interest rates. Average total
cash decreased primarily as a result of our lease termination
payments for our New York and San Francisco facilities.
Interest expense decreased due the redemption of our
4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 in July 2003.
Interest and other, net in future periods may fluctuate in
correlation with the average cash, investment, and debt balances
we maintain and as a result of changes in the market rates of
our investments.
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Provision for income taxes |
The provision for income taxes recorded for the year ended
December 31, 2004 of $3.2 million consists principally
of income taxes of $2.2 million on the earnings of certain
of our foreign subsidiaries, federal alternative minimum taxes
of $0.6 million and state and local taxes of
$0.4 million. The provision for income taxes recorded for
the year ended December 31, 2003 of $1.0 million
consists principally of income taxes of $2.7 million on the
earnings of our foreign subsidiaries, a Federal tax benefit of
$1.1 million related to the reversal of a reserve in
connection with the favorable resolution of certain tax matters
and $0.6 million of net
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state and local tax benefits relating principally to the receipt
of tax refunds. The provision for income taxes recorded for the
year ended December 31, 2002 of $4.8 million consists
principally of income taxes of $4.1 million on the earnings
of some of our foreign subsidiaries and gain on the sale of our
European Media business and $0.7 million of state and local
taxes. Except for certain foreign jurisdictions, the provision
for income taxes for all years presented does not reflect tax
benefits attributable to our net operating loss and other tax
carryforwards due to limitations and uncertainty surrounding our
prospective realization of such benefits.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources |
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For the Year Ended December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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$ |
63,484 |
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$ |
(15,082 |
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$ |
43,912 |
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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
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$ |
(25,452 |
) |
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$ |
99,636 |
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$ |
64,959 |
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Net cash used in financing activities
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$ |
(98,197 |
) |
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$ |
(31,285 |
) |
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$ |
(69,461 |
) |
In 2004, cash provided by operating activities was
$63.5 million, an increase of $78.6 million compared
to 2003. The increase was primarily a result of a decline in
lease termination payments, higher overall company net income
and stronger working capital. Lease termination payments were
$7.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
compared to $70.9 million in the prior year. Accrued
expenses decreased to $7.4 million in the year ended
December 31, 2004 compared to $22.6 million in the
prior year. The decreases in payments associated with accrued
expenses were primarily a result of additional restructuring
activities in 2003 compared to the same period in 2004.
In 2003, cash used in operating activities was
$15.1 million, a decrease of $59.0 million compared to
2002. The decrease was primarily due to restructuring payments
of approximately $70.9 million for lease terminations for
our New York and San Francisco facilities. In addition,
accrued expenses and other liabilities decreased
$22.6 million due to restructuring payments for abandoned
and excess space and the payment of other liabilities. These
items were offset by an increase in net income adjusted for
non-cash items and a decrease in gross accounts receivable due
to improved collections.
In 2002, cash provided by operating activities was
$43.9 million, resulting from our net loss of
$117.9 million, adjusted for non cash items and increases
in accrued expenses of $52.5 million partially offset by a
decline in accounts payable.
In 2005, we expect cash flow from operating activities to
increase due to the anticipated reduction in restructuring
payments and an anticipated increase in revenue and net income.
In 2004, cash used in investing activities was
$25.5 million, a change of $125.1 million compared to
2003. The change was primarily due to the net cash used in the
acquisitions of Performics and SmartPath of $72.0 million
and the decrease in the net proceeds from purchases and
maturities of investments in marketable securities of
$82.9 million. These cash flows were partially offset by
proceeds from the sale of our investment in AdLINK of
$9.5 million, a distribution from MaxWorldwide of
$2.4 million. In addition, there were positive movements in
restricted cash totaling $15.6 million associated with the
termination of the lease for our former New York lease
headquarters.
In 2003, cash provided by investing activities was
$99.6 million, an increase of $34.7 million compared
to 2002. The increase is primarily due to the proceeds from
investments in marketable securities of $541.4 million.
These proceeds were offset by purchases of marketable securities
of $409.0 million as well as capital expenditures of
$28.6 million, of which one-third of the costs were for the
leasehold improvements for our new headquarters in New York and
the majority of the remaining costs were for the replacement of
production and internal computing equipment.
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In 2002, cash provided by investing activities was
$65.0 million and consisted primarily from proceeds
received from the sale of businesses and investments in
affiliates of $54.9 million.
In 2005, capital expenditures are expected to be in excess of
$30.0 million and relate to the replacement of obsolete
equipment and to support anticipated volume expansion.
In 2004, cash used in financing activities was
$98.2 million, an increase of $66.9 million compared
to 2003. The change was due to the $98.8 million in cash
used for the purchase of approximately 13.0 million shares
of our common stock in 2004. The prior year period included cash
used of $158.0 million in the repurchase of our
4.75% Convertible Subordinated Bonds due 2006 partially
offset by proceeds of $132.0 million from the issuance of
our Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023
In 2003, cash used in financing activities was
$31.3 million, a decrease of $38.2 million compared to
2002. The decrease was a result of the redemption of the
4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 for
$156.0 million partially offset by the issuance of the Zero
Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 for
$132.0 million. Additionally, we used $8.9 million in
2003 for payments of capital lease obligations.
In 2002, cash used in financing activities was
$69.5 million and consisted primarily of the repurchase of
our 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 for
$53.6 million and payments under capital lease obligations
of $16.1 million.
In 2005, cash flow from financing activities may be impacted
based on the outcome of our review of strategic options.
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Deconsolidation of subsidiary |
Our cash and cash equivalents decreased $21.9 million as a
result of the deconsolidation of our subsidiary, DoubleClick
Japan. On December 26, 2002, we sold 45,049 shares of
common stock in DoubleClick Japan and reduced our ownership
interest to 15.6%. As a result of this transaction, we account
for our remaining 31,271 shares in DoubleClick Japan under
the equity method of accounting.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements |
We do not have transactions, arrangements or relationships with
special purpose entities, and we do not have any
off-balance sheet debt.
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Contractual obligations and commitments |
DoubleClicks contractual obligations as of
December 31, 2004, are as follows:
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One to | |
|
Three to | |
|
More Than | |
Contractual Obligations |
|
Total | |
|
One Year | |
|
Three Years | |
|
Five Years | |
|
Five Years | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Long-Term Debt Obligations(1)
|
|
$ |
135,000 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
135,000 |
|
Purchase Obligations
|
|
|
2,933 |
|
|
|
2,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Long-Term Obligations(2)
|
|
|
14,407 |
|
|
|
911 |
|
|
|
5,542 |
|
|
|
3,827 |
|
|
|
4,127 |
|
Operating Lease Obligations(3)
|
|
|
128,169 |
|
|
|
18,363 |
|
|
|
29,374 |
|
|
|
27,255 |
|
|
|
53,177 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
280,509 |
|
|
$ |
22,207 |
|
|
$ |
34,916 |
|
|
$ |
31,082 |
|
|
$ |
192,304 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
On or after July 15, 2008 we may redeem for cash some or
all of our Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023.
In addition, holders of the Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated
Notes due 2023 also have the right to require us to purchase
some or all of their notes for cash on July 15, 2008,
July 15, 2013 and July 15, 2018 (See Note 8 to
the Consolidated Financial Statements). |
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|
|
(2) |
Other long-term obligations consist primarily of restructuring
charges and excludes $6.2 million in aggregate of lease
incentive deferrals and deferred rent, which are amortized over
a fifteen year period. |
|
(3) |
Operating lease obligations primarily represent rental payments
for office facilities and are exclusive of any sublease income
associated with these facilities. As of December 31, 2004,
we had recorded restructuring reserves totaling approximately
$17.4 million relating to excess space at certain of these
facilities. Operating lease terms generally range from one to
fifteen years with early termination and renewal provisions
included in certain leases. |
As of December 31, 2004, we had $126.1 million of cash
and cash equivalents, $410.9 million in investments in
marketable securities consisting of government and corporate
debt securities and $15.3 million in restricted cash. As of
December 31, 2003, our principal commitments consisted of
$135.0 million principal amount of our Zero Coupon
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 and our obligations
under operating leases.
Although we have no material commitments for capital
expenditures, we continue to anticipate that our capital
expenditures and lease commitments will be a material use of our
cash resources consistent with the levels of our operations,
infrastructure and personnel.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and
investments in marketable securities will be sufficient to meet
our anticipated cash needs for working capital and capital
expenditures for at least the next 12 months.
Related Party Transactions
We maintain a 15.5% interest in DoubleClick Japan. On
December 26, 2002, we sold 45,049 shares of common
stock in DoubleClick Japan. As a result of this transaction, we
account for our remaining 31,271 shares in DoubleClick
Japan under the equity method of accounting. DoubleClick Japan
continues to sell our suite of DART technology products as part
of a long-term technology reseller agreement. Revenue recognized
through services provided to DoubleClick Japan was approximately
$3.4 million and $3.2 million for years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
In addition, we hold a 19.8% interest in MaxWorldwide. This
interest was acquired in July 2002 as a result of the sale of
our North American Media business. We recognized revenue of
approximately $2.2 million and $2.1 million for the
years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively,
relating to services provided to MaxWorldwide. In 2004, we did
not provide any services to MaxWorldwide as a result of the sale
of its MaxOnline division and its plan of liquidation and
dissolution.
In 2004, we sold our 15% interest in AdLINK to United Internet
AG, the majority shareholder of AdLINK. Prior to the sale, we
recognized revenue of approximately $1.4 million,
$2.7 million and $2.0 million during 2004, 2003, and
2002, respectively, relating to services provided to AdLINK.
|
|
Item 7A. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk |
Interest Rate Risk
The primary objective of our investment activities is to
preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields
without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this
objective, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents and
marketable securities in a variety of government and corporate
debt obligations and money market funds. As of December 31,
2004, our investments in marketable securities had a weighted
average time to maturity of 279 days.
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The following table presents the amounts of our financial
instruments that are subject to interest rate risk by expected
maturity and average interest rates as of December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year | |
|
One to Two | |
|
Two to | |
|
Five and |
|
|
|
|
or Less | |
|
Years | |
|
Five Years | |
|
Thereafter |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
126,135 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
126,135 |
|
Average interest rate
|
|
|
1.97 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed-rate investments in marketable securities
|
|
$ |
264,332 |
|
|
$ |
146,552 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
410,884 |
|
Average interest rate
|
|
|
1.79 |
% |
|
|
2.26 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
Convertible subordinated notes
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
135,000 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
126,254 |
|
Average interest rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2004, the current portion of restricted
cash was $3.6 million and the average interest rate
associated with this cash was 1.0% and the non-current portion
of restricted cash was $11.7 million with an average
interest rate of 1.7%. Restricted cash primarily represents
amounts placed in escrow relating to funds to cover office lease
security deposits and our automated clearinghouse payment
function.
We may redeem for cash some or all of the Zero Coupon
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023, at any time on or after
July 15, 2008. Holders of the Zero Coupon Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2023 also have the right to require us to
purchase some or all of their notes for cash on July 15,
2008, July 15, 2013 and July 15, 2018, at a price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Zero Coupon
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 being redeemed plus
accrued and unpaid liquidated damages, if any.
The Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 contain
an embedded derivative, the value of which as of
December 31, 2004 has been determined to be immaterial to
our consolidated financial position. For financial accounting
purposes, the ability of the holder to convert upon the
satisfaction of a trading price condition constitutes an
embedded derivative. Any changes in its value will be reflected
in our future income statements, in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. As of
December 31, 2004, we did not hold any other derivative
financial instruments.
Foreign Currency Risk
We transact business in various foreign countries and are thus
subject to exposure from adverse movements in foreign currency
exchange rates. This exposure is primarily related to revenue
and operating expenses denominated in European and Asian
currencies, as well as cash balances held in currencies other
than our functional currency and the functional currency of our
subsidiaries. For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003
and 2002, our international revenues were approximately
$55.6 million, $56.0 million and 68.9 million,
respectively. Revenues for 2004 and 2003 included beneficial
foreign currency movements of approximately $3.2 million
and $7.4 million, respectively, primarily due to the
strength of the Euro and British pound compared to the
U.S. dollar. The effect of foreign exchange rate
fluctuations on operations resulted in a gain of
$0.3 million for each of the years ended December 31,
2004 and 2003. For the year ended December 31, 2002, we
recognized a loss of $1.2 million.
To date we have not used financial instruments to hedge
operating activities denominated in foreign currencies. We
assess the need to utilize financial instruments to hedge
currency exposures on an ongoing basis. As of December 31,
2004 and 2003, we had $53.9 million and $56.5 million,
respectively, in cash and cash equivalents denominated in
foreign currencies.
Our international business is subject to risks typical of an
international business, including, but not limited to, differing
economic conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax
structures, other regulations and restrictions and foreign
exchange rate volatility. Accordingly, our future results could
be materially and adversely affected by changes in these or
other factors.
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|
|
Item 8. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
DOUBLECLICK INC.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
49
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
DoubleClick Inc.:
We have completed an integrated audit of DoubleClick Inc.s
2004 consolidated financial statements and of its internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004
and audits of its 2003 and 2002 consolidated financial
statements in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our
opinions, based on our audits, are presented below.
Consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in
the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of DoubleClick Inc. and its subsidiaries
at December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 2004 in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement
schedule listed in the accompanying index presents fairly, in
all material respects, the information set forth therein when
read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial
statements. These financial statements and financial statement
schedule are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and financial statement schedule based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit of financial statements includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, and evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
Internal control over financial reporting
Also, in our opinion, managements assessment, included in
Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that the Company
maintained effective internal control over financial reporting
as of December 31, 2004 based on criteria established in
Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by
the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO), is fairly stated, in all material respects,
based on those criteria. Furthermore, in our opinion, the
Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004,
based on criteria established in Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the COSO. The Companys
management is responsible for maintaining effective internal
control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our
responsibility is to express opinions on managements
assessment and on the effectiveness of the Companys
internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We
conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether effective internal control over
financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. An
audit of internal control over financial reporting includes
obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial
reporting, evaluating managements assessment, testing and
evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal
control, and performing such other procedures as we consider
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit
provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A companys
internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial
50
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the
companys assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
As described in Managements Report on Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting, management has excluded Performics
Inc. from its assessment of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2004 because it was acquired
by the Company in a purchase business combination during 2004.
We have also excluded Performics Inc. from our audit of internal
control over financial reporting. Performics Inc. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary whose total assets and total revenues
represent 13% and 5%, respectively, of the related consolidated
financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2004.
|
|
|
/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP |
|
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
|
|
New York, New York |
|
March 16, 2005 |
51
DOUBLECLICK INC.
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except share | |
|
|
amounts) | |
ASSETS |
CURRENT ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
126,135 |
|
|
$ |
183,484 |
|
Investments in marketable securities
|
|
|
264,332 |
|
|
|
151,898 |
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
3,635 |
|
|
|
16,328 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $10,051 and $7,519,
respectively
|
|
|
84,165 |
|
|
|
51,491 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
12,257 |
|
|
|
17,473 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
490,524 |
|
|
|
420,674 |
|
Investment in marketable securities
|
|
|
146,552 |
|
|
|
312,434 |
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
11,668 |
|
|
|
11,668 |
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
77,821 |
|
|
|
75,786 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
72,948 |
|
|
|
18,658 |
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
22,395 |
|
|
|
10,847 |
|
Investment in affiliates
|
|
|
5,772 |
|
|
|
13,422 |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
13,749 |
|
|
|
14,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
841,429 |
|
|
$ |
877,897 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
34,964 |
|
|
|
4,164 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
|
|
|
56,844 |
|
|
|
63,152 |
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
13,687 |
|
|
|
8,188 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
105,495 |
|
|
|
75,504 |
|
Convertible subordinated notes Zero Coupon, due 2023
|
|
|
135,000 |
|
|
|
135,000 |
|
Other long term liabilities
|
|
|
20,570 |
|
|
|
27,046 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
261,065 |
|
|
|
237,550 |
|
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 5,000,000 shares
authorized, none outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, par value $0.001; 400,000,000 shares
authorized, 140,564,907 and 139,329,875 shares issued,
respectively
|
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
139 |
|
Treasury stock, 14,864,925 and 1,846,170 shares,
respectively
|
|
|
(109,223 |
) |
|
|
(10,396 |
) |
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
1,294,510 |
|
|
|
1,287,775 |
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(612,013 |
) |
|
|
(649,523 |
) |
Other accumulated comprehensive income
|
|
|
6,949 |
|
|
|
12,352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
580,364 |
|
|
|
640,347 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$ |
841,429 |
|
|
$ |
877,897 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
52
DOUBLECLICK INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
301,623 |
|
|
$ |
271,337 |
|
|
$ |
300,198 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
86,959 |
|
|
|
94,131 |
|
|
|
109,406 |
|
Restructuring charge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost of revenue
|
|
|
86,959 |
|
|
|
94,131 |
|
|
|
113,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
214,664 |
|
|
|
177,206 |
|
|
|
186,418 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
104,029 |
|
|
|
92,308 |
|
|
|
101,527 |
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
35,864 |
|
|
|
36,063 |
|
|
|
46,401 |
|
|
Product development
|
|
|
46,459 |
|
|
|
39,180 |
|
|
|
39,790 |
|
|
Amortization of intangibles
|
|
|
5,228 |
|
|
|
5,896 |
|
|
|
12,392 |
|
|
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,077 |
|
|
Restructuring charge (credits), net
|
|
|
(4,514 |
) |
|
|
(9,092 |
) |
|
|
94,011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
192,658 |
|
|
|
164,355 |
|
|
|
341,198 |
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
|
22,006 |
|
|
|
12,851 |
|
|
|
(154,780 |
) |
Other income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in losses of affiliates
|
|
|
(1,299 |
) |
|
|
(2,551 |
) |
|
|
(331 |
) |
|
Impairment of investments in affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,147 |
) |
|
Gain on sale of investments in affiliates
|
|
|
7,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,880 |
|
|
Gain on distribution from affiliate
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sale of businesses, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,946 |
|
|
Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,406 |
) |
|
|
11,855 |
|
|
Interest and other, net
|
|
|
10,485 |
|
|
|
12,063 |
|
|
|
15,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income
|
|
|
18,711 |
|
|
|
5,106 |
|
|
|
39,135 |
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
|
40,717 |
|
|
|
17,957 |
|
|
|
(115,645 |
) |
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
3,207 |
|
|
|
1,039 |
|
|
|
4,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before minority interest
|
|
|
37,510 |
|
|
|
16,918 |
|
|
|
(120,439 |
) |
Minority interest in results of consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,549 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
37,510 |
|
|
$ |
16,918 |
|
|
$ |
(117,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
131,159 |
|
|
|
137,074 |
|
|
|
135,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in diluted net income (loss) per
share
|
|
|
144,178 |
|
|
|
150,345 |
|
|
|
135,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
53
DOUBLECLICK INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
37,510 |
|
|
$ |
16,918 |
|
|
$ |
(117,890 |
) |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and leasehold amortization
|
|
|
25,413 |
|
|
|
51,252 |
|
|
|
42,340 |
|
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
10,092 |
|
|
|
9,427 |
|
|
|
14,713 |
|
|
|
Equity in losses of affiliates
|
|
|
1,299 |
|
|
|
2,551 |
|
|
|
331 |
|
|
|
Impairment of investments in affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,147 |
|
|
|
Goodwill and other impairments
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,077 |
|
|
|
Restructuring credits, net
|
|
|
(4,514 |
) |
|
|
(9,092 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,406 |
|
|
|
(11,855 |
) |
|
|
Minority interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,549 |
) |
|
|
Gain on sale of businesses, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17,946 |
) |
|
|
Gain on distribution from affiliate
|
|
|
(2,400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sale of investment of affiliates, net
|
|
|
(7,125 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,880 |
) |
|
|
Other non-cash items
|
|
|
2,389 |
|
|
|
1,673 |
|
|
|
16,743 |
|
|
|
Provisions for bad debts and advertiser discounts
|
|
|
12,231 |
|
|
|
8,234 |
|
|
|
19,126 |
|
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effect
of acquisitions and dispositions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(25,272 |
) |
|
|
(9,134 |
) |
|
|
3,431 |
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
|
|
7,424 |
|
|
|
4,631 |
|
|
|
6,899 |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
14,319 |
|
|
|
(4,218 |
) |
|
|
(15,904 |
) |
|
|
|
Lease termination and related payments
|
|
|
(7,625 |
) |
|
|
(70,874 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
|
|
(7,388 |
) |
|
|
(22,619 |
) |
|
|
52,503 |
|
|
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
1,539 |
|
|
|
1,763 |
|
|
|
626 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
63,484 |
|
|
|
(15,082 |
) |
|
|
43,912 |
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of investments in marketable securities
|
|
|
(127,706 |
) |
|
|
(409,045 |
) |
|
|
(488,286 |
) |
|
Maturities of investments in marketable securities
|
|
|
177,155 |
|
|
|
541,367 |
|
|
|
522,734 |
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
12,693 |
|
|
|
(2,905 |
) |
|
|
(7,455 |
) |
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(26,295 |
) |
|
|
(28,580 |
) |
|
|
(12,113 |
) |
|
Acquisition of businesses and intangible assets, net of cash
acquired
|
|
|
(72,002 |
) |
|
|
(2,757 |
) |
|
|
(4,842 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale of investments of affiliates
|
|
|
9,519 |
|
|
|
656 |
|
|
|
37,994 |
|
|
Proceeds from distribution from affiliate
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of businesses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,927 |
|
|
Investment in affiliates
|
|
|
(1,216 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
|
|
(25,452 |
) |
|
|
99,636 |
|
|
|
64,959 |
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
|
|
|
4,305 |
|
|
|
5,038 |
|
|
|
5,713 |
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of convertible subordinated notes, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
131,963 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repurchase of convertible subordinated notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(157,952 |
) |
|
|
(53,578 |
) |
|
Purchases of treasury stock
|
|
|
(98,827 |
) |
|
|
(1,447 |
) |
|
|
(4,483 |
) |
|
Payments under capital lease obligations and notes payable
|
|
|
(3,675 |
) |
|
|
(8,887 |
) |
|
|
(16,113 |
) |
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(98,197 |
) |
|
|
(31,285 |
) |
|
|
(69,461 |
) |
DECONSOLIDATION OF SUBSIDIARY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(21,890 |
) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
2,816 |
|
|
|
6,544 |
|
|
|
6,640 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(57,349 |
) |
|
|
59,813 |
|
|
|
24,160 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
$ |
183,484 |
|
|
$ |
123,671 |
|
|
$ |
99,511 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
126,135 |
|
|
$ |
183,484 |
|
|
$ |
123,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
54
DOUBLECLICK INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Treasury Stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
|
Other | |
|
Total | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Paid-in | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Comprehensive | |
|
Stockholders | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Capital | |
|
Deficit | |
|
Income | |
|
Equity | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except share amounts) | |
Balance at January 1, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
134,799,135 |
|
|
$ |
135 |
|
|
|
(765,170 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,466 |
) |
|
$ |
1,265,953 |
|
|
$ |
(548,552 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,747 |
) |
|
$ |
703,323 |
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(117,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(117,890 |
) |
Cumulative foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,050 |
|
|
|
20,050 |
|
Unrealized loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,733 |
) |
|
|
(5,733 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(117,890 |
) |
|
|
14,317 |
|
|
|
(103,573 |
) |
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,000,240 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,709 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,710 |
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(915,500 |
) |
|
|
(4,483 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,483 |
) |
Issuance of common stock under 401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
256,253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,871 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,871 |
|
Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,623,591 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,567 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,569 |
|
Employee stock purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
175,166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,144 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,144 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
137,854,385 |
|
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
(1,680,670 |
) |
|
|
(8,949 |
) |
|
|
1,281,244 |
|
|
|
(666,441 |
) |
|
|
4,570 |
|
|
|
610,562 |
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,918 |
|
Cumulative foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,413 |
|
|
|
8,413 |
|
Unrealized loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(631 |
) |
|
|
(631 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,918 |
|
|
|
7,782 |
|
|
|
24,700 |
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(165,500 |
) |
|
|
(1,447 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,447 |
) |
Issuance of common stock under 401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
194,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,494 |
|
Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,129,768 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,371 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,372 |
|
Employee stock purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
151,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
139,329,875 |
|
|
|
139 |
|
|
|
(1,846,170 |
) |
|
|
(10,396 |
) |
|
|
1,287,775 |
|
|
|
(649,523 |
) |
|
|
12,352 |
|
|
|
640,347 |
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,510 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,510 |
|
Cumulative foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,375 |
|
|
|
3,375 |
|
Unrealized loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,778 |
) |
|
|
(8,778 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,510 |
|
|
|
(5,403 |
) |
|
|
32,107 |
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,018,755 |
) |
|
|
(98,827 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(98,827 |
) |
Tax benefit upon exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44 |
|
Issuance of common stock under 401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
298,206 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,389 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,390 |
|
Common shares issued upon exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
722,756 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,319 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,320 |
|
Employee stock purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
214,070 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
140,564,907 |
|
|
$ |
141 |
|
|
$ |
(14,864,925 |
) |
|
$ |
(109,223 |
) |
|
$ |
1,294,510 |
|
|
$ |
(612,013 |
) |
|
$ |
6,949 |
|
|
$ |
580,364 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
55
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004
|
|
NOTE 1 |
Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies |
DoubleClick is a leading provider of technology and data
products and services used by advertising agencies, marketers
and Web publishers and advertisers to plan, execute and analyze
their marketing programs. Combining technology and data
expertise, DoubleClicks solutions help its customers to
optimize their advertising and marketing campaigns online and
through direct mail. DoubleClick offers a broad array of
technology and data products and services to its customers to
allow them to address a full range of the marketing processes,
from pre-campaign planning and testing, to execution,
measurement and campaign refinements.
DoubleClick derives its revenues from two business segments:
TechSolutions and Data. DoubleClick TechSolutions includes its
Ad Management, Marketing Automation and Performics divisions.
DoubleClicks Ad Management division primarily consists of
the DART for Publishers Service, the DART for Advertisers
Service and the DART Enterprise ad serving software product.
DoubleClicks Marketing Automation division primarily
consists of email products based on DoubleClicks DARTmail
Service and its Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business
which consists of its campaign management and marketing resource
management, or MRM, products. Following the acquisition of
Performics Inc. in June 2004, DoubleClick created a third
division within TechSolutions which offers search engine
marketing and affiliate marketing solutions.
DoubleClick Data includes its Abacus and Data Management
divisions. Abacus utilizes the information contributed to the
proprietary Abacus database by Abacus Alliance members to make
direct marketing more effective for Abacus Alliance members and
other clients. Data Management offers direct marketers solutions
for building and managing customer marketing databases, tools to
plan, execute and measure multi-channel marketing campaigns, as
well as list processing and data hygiene products and services.
On October 31, 2004, DoubleClick announced that it retained
Lazard Freres & Co. to explore strategic options for the
business to achieve greater shareholder value. These options may
include a sale of part or all of its businesses,
recapitalization, extraordinary dividend, share repurchase or a
spin-off.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of DoubleClick, its wholly owned subsidiaries, and
subsidiaries over which it exercises a controlling financial
interest. All significant intercompany transactions and balances
have been eliminated. Investments in entities in which
DoubleClick does not have a controlling financial interest, but
over which it has significant influence are accounted for using
the equity method. Investments in which DoubleClick does not
have the ability to exercise significant influence are accounted
for using the cost method.
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, investments in marketable
securities and restricted cash |
Cash and cash equivalents represent cash and highly liquid
investments with a remaining contractual maturity at the date of
purchase of three months or less.
Marketable securities consist of investment grade government and
corporate debt securities and are classified as current or
non-current assets depending on their dates of maturity. As of
December 31, 2004, all marketable securities included in
non-current assets have maturities greater than one year.
DoubleClick classifies its investments in marketable securities
as available-for-sale. Accordingly, these investments are
carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported
as a separate component of stockholders equity.
DoubleClick recognizes gains and losses when these securities
are sold using the specific
56
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
identification method. DoubleClick has not recognized any
material gains or losses from the sale of its investments in
marketable securities.
Restricted cash primarily represents amounts placed in escrow
relating to funds used to cover office lease security deposits
and DoubleClicks automated clearinghouse payment function.
At December 31, 2004, cash and cash equivalents,
investments in marketable securities and restricted cash
consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Estimated | |
|
|
Cost | |
|
Loss | |
|
Gain | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
125,281 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
125,281 |
|
Money market and other cash accounts
|
|
|
854 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
854 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
126,135 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
126,135 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in marketable securities and restricted cash:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Governmental bonds and notes
|
|
$ |
186,997 |
|
|
|
(1,301 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
185,696 |
|
Corporate debt securities
|
|
|
242,203 |
|
|
|
(1,712 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
240,491 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
429,200 |
|
|
|
(3,013 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
426,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2003, cash and cash equivalents,
investments in marketable securities and restricted cash
consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Estimated | |
|
|
Cost | |
|
Loss | |
|
Gain | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
80,199 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
80,199 |
|
Money market and other cash accounts
|
|
|
103,285 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,285 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
183,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
183,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in marketable securities and restricted cash:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market and other cash accounts
|
|
$ |
15,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
15,200 |
|
Governmental bonds and notes
|
|
|
12,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105 |
|
|
|
12,394 |
|
Corporate debt securities
|
|
|
463,853 |
|
|
|
(427 |
) |
|
|
1,308 |
|
|
|
464,734 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
491,342 |
|
|
|
(427 |
) |
|
|
1,413 |
|
|
$ |
492,328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment is recorded at cost and depreciated using
the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated life
of the asset or the lease term. As required by SOP 98-1,
Accounting for Costs of Computer Software Developed or
Obtained for Internal Use, DoubleClick capitalizes certain
computer software developed or obtained for internal use.
Capitalized software is depreciated using the straight-line
method over the estimated life of the software, generally three
to five years.
57
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
|
|
|
Goodwill and other intangible assets |
DoubleClick records as goodwill the excess of purchase price
over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired.
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets, prescribes a two-step process for impairment
testing of goodwill, which is performed annually, as well as
when an event triggering impairment may have occurred. The first
step tests for impairment, while the second step, if necessary,
measures the impairment. DoubleClick has elected to perform its
annual analysis during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year as
of October 1st. See Note 6
Impairment of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.
Intangible assets include patents, trademarks, customer
relationships, purchased technology and a covenant not to
compete. Such intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line
basis over their estimated useful lives, which are generally two
to five years.
|
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets |
DoubleClick assesses the recoverability of long-lived assets,
including intangible assets, held and used whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that future cash flows,
undiscounted and without interest charges, expected to be
generated by an assets disposition or use may not be
sufficient to support its carrying amount. If such undiscounted
cash flows are not sufficient to support the recorded value of
assets, an impairment loss is recognized to reduce the carrying
value of long-lived assets to their estimated fair value.
DoubleClicks revenues are presented net of a provision for
advertiser credits, which is estimated and established in the
period in which services are provided. These credits are
generally issued in the event that solutions do not meet
contractual specifications. Actual results could differ from
these estimates.
TechSolutions. Revenues include fees earned from the use
of DoubleClicks Ad Management, Marketing Automation and
Performics products and services. Revenues derived from
DoubleClicks hosted, or Web-based, applications, including
the DART for Publishers Service, the DART for Advertisers
Service and DARTmail, are recognized in the period the
advertising impressions or emails are delivered, provided
collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
DART Service activation fees are deferred and recognized ratably
over the expected term of the customer relationship.
Performics search and affiliate marketing revenues are
recognized when a contract has been signed, services have been
rendered, the related fee is fixed and determinable, and
collection of the fee is reasonably assured. Performics revenues
are recorded on a net basis, exclusive of pass
through charges when acting as an agent on behalf of its
clients with respect to such costs.
For DoubleClicks licensed ad serving, campaign management
and marketing resource management software solutions, revenues
are recognized when product installation is complete, which
generally occurs when customers begin utilizing the product,
there is pervasive evidence of an arrangement, collection is
reasonably assured, the fee is fixed or determinable and
vendor-specific objective evidence exists to allocate the total
fees to all elements of the arrangement. A portion of the
initial ad serving software license fee is attributed to the
customers right to receive, at no additional charge,
software upgrades released during the subsequent twelve months.
Revenues attributable to software upgrades are deferred and
recognized ratably over the period covered by the software
license agreement, which is generally one year.
Revenues from consulting services are recognized as the services
are performed and customer-support revenues are deferred and
recognized ratably over the period covered by the customer
support agreement, which is generally one year.
58
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Data. Abacus provides services to its clients that result
in a deliverable product in the form of consumer and business
prospect lists. Revenues are recognized when the product is
shipped to the client, provided collection of the resulting
receivable is reasonably assured. Data Management provides list
processing, database development and database management
services. List processing revenues are recognized in the period
that the product is completed and delivered, provided that
collection is reasonably assured. Database development fees are
deferred and recognized ratably over the expected term of the
customer relationship. Database management revenues are
recognized as the services are provided.
Product development expenses consist primarily of compensation
and related benefits, consulting fees and other operating
expenses associated with product development departments. The
product development departments perform research and
development, enhance and maintain existing products and provide
quality assurance. Software development costs are required to be
capitalized when a products technological feasibility has
been established by completion of a working model of the product
and ending when a product is available for general release to
customers. To date, completion of a working model of
DoubleClicks products and general release have
substantially coincided. As a result, DoubleClick has not
capitalized any software development costs.
|
|
|
Issuance of stock by affiliates |
Changes in DoubleClicks interest in its affiliates arising
as the result of their issuance of common stock are recorded as
gains and losses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations,
except for any transactions that must be recorded directly to
equity in accordance with the provisions of
SAB No. 51, Accounting for Sales of Stock of a
Subsidiary.
DoubleClick expenses the cost of advertising and promoting its
services as incurred. Such costs are included in sales and
marketing in the consolidated statements of operations and
totaled $6.2 million, $2.8 million and
$3.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively.
DoubleClick uses the asset and liability method of accounting
for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and
liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences
attributable to the differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases and to tax loss and tax credit
carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured
using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in
the years in which those temporary differences are expected to
be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in results of
operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A
valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax
assets reported if, based on the weight of the available
evidence, it is not more likely than not that some portion or
all of the deferred tax assets will be realized.
The functional currencies of DoubleClicks foreign
subsidiaries are their respective local currencies. The
financial statements maintained in local currencies are
translated to United States dollars using period-end rates of
exchange for assets and liabilities and average rates during the
period for revenues, cost of revenues and expenses. Translation
gains and losses are accumulated as a separate component of
stockholders equity. Net gains and losses from foreign
currency transactions are included in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations and were not significant during the
periods presented.
59
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
|
|
|
Equity-based compensation |
DoubleClick accounts for its employee stock option plans under
the intrinsic value method, in accordance with the provisions of
Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees and related interpretations. Under APB
No. 25, generally no compensation expense is recorded when
the terms of the award are fixed and the exercise price of the
employee stock option equals or exceeds the fair value of the
underlying stock on the date of the grant. DoubleClick has
adopted the disclosure-only requirements of
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS 123), which allows
entities to continue to apply the provisions of APB No. 25
for transactions with employees and provide pro forma net income
and pro forma earnings per share disclosures for employee stock
grants made as if the fair value based method of accounting in
SFAS 123 had been applied to these transactions.
Had DoubleClick determined compensation expense of employee
stock options based on the estimated fair value of the stock
options at the grant date, consistent with the guidelines of
SFAS 123, DoubleClicks net income would have
decreased and net loss would have increased to the pro forma
amounts indicated below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
37,510 |
|
|
$ |
16,918 |
|
|
$ |
(117,890 |
) |
|
Pro forma per SFAS 123
|
|
$ |
11,529 |
|
|
$ |
(103,550 |
) |
|
$ |
(239,327 |
) |
Basic net income (loss) per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
0.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
Pro forma per SFAS 123
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
(0.76 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.76 |
) |
Diluted net income (loss) per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
Pro forma per SFAS 123
|
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
|
$ |
(0.76 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.76 |
) |
The per share weighted average fair value of options granted for
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 was $3.91,
$4.17 and $4.09, respectively, on the grant date with the
following weighted average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.34 |
% |
|
|
2.97 |
% |
|
|
3.82 |
% |
Expected life
|
|
|
5.0 years |
|
|
|
4.5 years |
|
|
|
4.5 years |
|
Volatility
|
|
|
65 |
% |
|
|
60 |
% |
|
|
70 |
% |
The pro forma impact of options on the net income (loss) for the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 is not
representative of the effects on net income (loss) for future
years, as future years will include the effects of additional
years of stock option grants.
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share |
Basic net income (loss) per share excludes the effect of
potentially dilutive securities and is computed by dividing the
net income (loss) available to shareholders by the
weighted-average number of shares outstanding for the reporting
period. Diluted net income (loss) per share adjusts this
calculation to reflect the
60
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
impact of outstanding convertible securities and stock options
to the extent that their inclusion would have a dilutive effect
on net income (loss) per share for the reporting period.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
37,510 |
|
|
$ |
16,918 |
|
|
$ |
(117,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average basic shares outstanding
|
|
|
131,159 |
|
|
|
137,074 |
|
|
|
135,840 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities: stock options
|
|
|
2,719 |
|
|
|
3,646 |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible subordinated notes Zero Coupon, due 2023
|
|
|
10,300 |
|
|
|
7,725 |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible subordinated notes 4.75% Coupon, due 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding
|
|
|
144,178 |
|
|
|
150,345 |
|
|
|
135,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
(0.87 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 outstanding options of
approximately 13.4 million, 12.0 million and
18.7 million, respectively, to purchase shares of common
stock were not included in the computation of diluted net income
(loss) per share because to do so would have had an antidilutive
effect for the periods presented. Similarly, the computation of
diluted net income (loss) per share at December 31, 2002,
excludes the effect of 3.8 million shares issuable upon
conversion of the 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
2006 since their inclusion would also have had an antidilutive
effect.
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|
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Concentrations of credit risk |
Financial instruments that potentially subject DoubleClick to
concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash
equivalents, investments in marketable securities and accounts
receivable.
Credit is extended to customers based on an evaluation of their
financial condition and collateral is not required. DoubleClick
performs ongoing credit assessments of its customers and
maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts.
DoubleClicks financial instruments consist of cash and
cash equivalents, investments in marketable securities,
restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued
expenses and convertible subordinated notes. At
December 31, 2004 and 2003 the fair value of these
instruments approximated their financial statement-carrying
amount with the exception of the convertible subordinated notes.
The Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 had an
estimated fair value of $126.3 million and
$138.7 million at December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years
financial statements to conform to current year presentation.
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New accounting pronouncements |
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R),
which replaces SFAS No. 123
(SFAS 123) and supercedes APB Opinion
No. 25. SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to
employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
recognized in the financial statements based on their fair
values. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under
SFAS 123 will no longer be an alternative to financial
statement recognition. SFAS 123R is effective for periods
beginning after June 15, 2005. Early application of
SFAS 123R is encouraged, but not required. SFAS 123R
permits companies to adopt its requirements using either a
modified prospective method, or a modified
retrospective method. Under the modified
prospective method, compensation cost is recognized in the
financial statements beginning with the effective date, based on
the requirements of SFAS 123R for all share-based payments
granted after that date, and based on the requirements of
SFAS 123 for all unvested awards granted prior to the
effective date of SFAS 123R. Under the modified
retrospective method, the requirements are the same as
under the modified prospective method, but also
permits entities to restate financial statements of previous
periods based on proforma disclosures made in accordance with
SFAS 123. DoubleClick will adopt SFAS 123R as of
July 1, 2005; however, DoubleClick has not yet determined
which of the adoption methods it will use. Based on stock
options granted to employees through December 31, 2004,
DoubleClick expects that the adoption of SFAS 123R on
July 1, 2005 will reduce both third quarter 2005 and fourth
quarter 2005 net income by approximately $4.0 million
or $0.03 per diluted share.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153,
Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB
Opinion No. 29. SFAS No. 153 requires that
exchanges of productive assets be accounted for at fair value
unless fair value cannot be reasonably determined or the
transaction lacks commercial substance. SFAS No. 153
is effective for nonmonetary assets exchanges occurring in the
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2006 and is not expected
to have a material effect on DoubleClicks Consolidated
Financial Statements.
In November 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force
(EITF) reached a consensus on EITF Issue
No. 03-13 (EITF 03-13), Applying the
Conditions in Paragraph 42 of SFAS 144 in Determining
Whether to Report Discontinued Operations. EITF 03-13
provides guidance for evaluating whether the criteria in
paragraph 42 of SFAS No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, have
been met for classifying as a discontinued operation, a
component of an entity that either has been disposed of or is
classified as held for sale. To qualify as a discontinued
operation, paragraph 42 of SFAS No. 144 requires
that cash flows of the disposed component be eliminated from the
operations of the ongoing entity and that the ongoing entity not
have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of
the disposed component after the disposal transaction.
EITF 03-13 defines which cash flows are relevant for
assessing whether cash flows have been eliminated and it
provides a framework for evaluating what types of ongoing
involvement constitute significant continuing involvement. The
guidance contained in EITF 03-13 is effective for
components of an enterprise that are either disposed of or
classified as held for sale in fiscal periods beginning after
December 15, 2004. EITF 03-13 may have a material
impact on DoubleClicks financial position or results of
operations in 2005 depending on the outcome of our review of
strategic options.
In October 2004, the FASB ratified the consensus reached by the
EITF with respect to EITF Issue No. 04-10
(EITF 04-10), Determining Whether to Aggregate
Operating Segments That Do Not Meet the Quantitative
Thresholds. EITF 04-10 clarifies the guidance in
paragraph 19 of SFAS No. 131, Disclosures
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.
According to EITF 04-10, operating segments that do not
meet the quantitative thresholds can be aggregated under
paragraph 19 only if aggregation is consistent with the
objective and basic principle of SFAS No. 131, the
segments have similar economic characteristics, and the segments
share a majority of the aggregation criteria listed in items
(a)-(e) in paragraph 17 of SFAS No. 131. The FASB
staff is currently working on a FASB Staff Position
(FSP) to provide guidance in determining whether two
or more operating segments have similar economic
characteristics. The effective date of EITF 04-10 has been
delayed in order to coincide with the effective date of the
anticipated FSP. DoubleClick does not foresee any significant
changes in the reporting practices used to report its segment
information.
On September 30, 2004, the EITF confirmed their tentative
conclusion on EITF Issue No. 04-8
(EITF 04-8), The Effect of Contingently
Convertible Debt on Diluted Earnings per Share.
EITF 04-8 requires contingently convertible debt
instruments to be included in diluted earnings per share, if
dilutive, regardless of whether a market price contingency for
the conversion of the debt into common shares or any other
contingent factor has been met. Prior to this consensus, such
instruments were excluded from the calculation until one or more
of the contingencies were met. EITF 04-8 is effective for
reporting periods ending after December 15, 2004, and
requires restatement of prior period earnings per share amounts.
DoubleClick adopted EITF 04-8 during the fourth quarter of
2004 and have restated prior period earnings per share amounts
and presented 2004 earnings per share amounts based upon the
requirements of EITF 04-8. In 2004 and 2003, diluted
earnings per share amounts reflect DoubleClicks Zero
Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023, which represent
10.3 million potential shares of common stock. In addition,
2003 dilutive earnings per share amounts include
DoubleClicks 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
2006, which represent 3.8 million potential shares of
common stock. These notes were redeemed in July 2003. In 2002,
diluted earnings per share amounts exclude DoubleClicks
4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 since their
inclusion would have had an antidilutive effect. Due to the
adoption of this pronouncement, full year 2004 and 2003 diluted
earnings per share were reduced by $0.02 and $0.01, respectively
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Change in Accounting Estimate |
Effective June 15, 2003, DoubleClick changed its estimate
of the useful lives of its furniture and fixtures and leasehold
improvements located at its former New York headquarters. The
average remaining useful life for these assets was reduced from
approximately two and twelve years for furniture and fixtures
and leasehold improvements, respectively, to six and one half
months for both asset types in order to recognize depreciation
expense over the remaining time that the assets were expected to
remain in service. The change was due to the relocation of
DoubleClicks New York headquarters in the fourth quarter
of 2003. On August 19, 2003, DoubleClick entered into a
Lease Termination Agreement to terminate the lease for its
facility located in San Francisco. As a result of this
lease termination, DoubleClick accelerated the amortization of
its leasehold improvements at this facility due to the change in
useful life of these assets. The average remaining useful life
of these assets was reduced from approximately nine years to one
month as DoubleClick vacated this facility on September 19,
2003. As a result of these changes for the New York and
San Francisco facilities, net income was reduced by
approximately $14.6 million, or $0.10 per diluted
share, for the year ended December 31, 2003. The
amortization of these assets is allocated over headcount and
therefore impacts cost of revenue, sales and marketing, general
and administrative and product development expenses.
Effective January 1, 2002, DoubleClick changed its estimate
of the useful lives of its production equipment and software.
The estimated useful life for these assets was extended from
three years to four years in order to recognize depreciation
expense over the remaining time that the assets are expected to
be in service. The change was based on an analysis performed by
DoubleClicks operations department. As a result of this
change, net loss was reduced by approximately $8.3 million,
or $0.06 per diluted share, for the year ended
December 31, 2002.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Note 2 Business Transactions
2004
On June 22, 2004, DoubleClick completed its acquisition of
Performics, a privately-held search engine marketing and
affiliate marketing company based in Chicago, Illinois for
approximately $58.2 million in cash. In addition,
DoubleClick will pay the former shareholders of Performics an
additional $6.6 million during 2005 based on their
attainment of certain 2004 revenue objectives. This payment was
accounted for as an adjustment to purchase price.
Performics search engine marketing solutions are designed
to help clients automate their paid placement, paid inclusion
and comparison shopping listings across multiple search
providers and publishers. Performics also provides the
infrastructure for affiliate marketing, through which marketers
manage, track, and report on their offers across multiple
affiliate sites. This acquisition enabled DoubleClick to offer
performance based marketing products and services.
The purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and
the liabilities assumed according to their fair value at the
date of acquisition as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
24.9 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
Other intangible assets
|
|
$ |
18.7 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
$ |
41.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
$ |
86.6 |
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
$ |
(21.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
64.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
On the basis of estimated fair values, approximately
$11.8 million of the purchase price has been allocated to
purchased technology and $6.9 million to customer
relationships. The purchased technology and the customer
relationships are being amortized on a straight-line basis over
three years based on each intangibles estimated useful
life. DoubleClick recorded approximately $41.6 million in
goodwill, which represents the remainder of the excess of the
purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. This
goodwill is not tax deductible and, in accordance with
SFAS No. 142, will be and has been periodically tested
for impairment.
The results of Performics operations were included in
DoubleClicks Consolidated Statement of Operations
beginning in the third quarter of 2004.
On March 19, 2004, DoubleClick completed its acquisition of
SmartPath, a privately-held marketing resource management, or
MRM, software company based in Raleigh, North Carolina for
approximately $24.1 million in cash. The SmartPath solution
added marketing planning and operational management solutions to
DoubleClicks existing offerings.
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
The purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and
the liabilities assumed according to their fair value at the
date of acquisition as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
3.2 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Other intangible assets
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
15.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
|
26.1 |
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
$ |
(2.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
24.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
On the basis of estimated fair values, approximately
$3.3 million of the purchase price has been allocated to
purchased technology, $1.4 million to customer
relationships and $2.4 million to a covenant not to
compete. The purchased technology and the customer relationships
are being amortized on a straight-line basis over three years
based on each intangibles estimated useful life. The
covenant not to compete is being amortized on a straight-line
basis over 15 months. DoubleClick recorded approximately
$15.7 million in goodwill, which represents the remainder
of the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net
assets acquired. This goodwill is not tax deductible and, in
accordance with SFAS No. 142, will be and has been
periodically tested for impairment. (See Note 6
Impairment of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets).
The results of SmartPaths operations were included in
DoubleClicks Consolidated Statement of Operations
beginning in the second quarter of 2004. In the third quarter of
2004, SmartPath was included as a component of
DoubleClicks Enterprise Marketing Solutions business.
2003
Computer Strategy Coordinators, Inc.
On June 30, 2003, DoubleClick completed its acquisition of
Computer Strategy Coordinators, Inc. (CSC), a data
management company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. This
acquisition enabled DoubleClick to strengthen the link between
its email and campaign management businesses with its data
businesses, to create a comprehensive and bundled solution. In
the transaction, DoubleClick acquired all of the outstanding
shares of CSC in exchange for approximately $2.8 million in
cash, inclusive of $0.4 million of direct acquisition
costs, and the assumption of certain indebtedness.
The purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and
the liabilities assumed according to their fair value at the
date of acquisition as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
2.2 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Other intangible assets
|
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
|
9.5 |
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
$ |
(6.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
2.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
On the basis of estimated fair values, approximately
$5.6 million of the purchase price has been allocated to
customer relationships and $1.2 million to purchased
technology. These intangibles are being amortized on a
straight-line basis over three years based on each
intangibles estimated useful life.
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DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
The results of operations of CSC were included in
DoubleClicks Consolidated Statement of Operations
beginning in the third quarter of 2003.
2002
Protagona
On November 4, 2002, DoubleClick completed its acquisition
of Protagona plc (Protagona), a campaign management
software company based in the United Kingdom. In the
transaction, DoubleClick acquired all the outstanding shares of
Protagona in exchange for approximately $13.6 million in
cash. This purchase price, which included approximately
$0.2 million in direct acquisition costs, has been
allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed
according to their fair values at the date of acquisition as
follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
14.7 |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
Other non-current assets
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
$ |
19.7 |
|
Current liabilities
|
|
$ |
(4.2 |
) |
Other non-current liabilities
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
$ |
(6.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
13.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
On the basis of estimated fair values, approximately
$2.5 million of the purchase price has been allocated to
acquired technology and $0.3 million to customer
relationships. These amounts are being amortized on a
straight-line basis over three and two years, respectively.
The results of operations for Protagona have been included in
DoubleClicks Consolidated Statements of Operations from
the date of acquisition.
Abacus Direct Europe
On June 26, 2002, DoubleClick acquired the remaining 50% of
the Abacus Direct Europe (Abacus Direct Europe)
joint venture that it did not previously own from VNU Marketing
Information Europe & Asia B.V, an affiliate of Claritas
(UK) Limited. The joint venture was formed in November 1998
and provides database-marketing services to the direct marketing
industry, primarily in the United Kingdom. The results of
operations for Abacus Direct Europe have been included in
DoubleClicks Consolidated Statements of Operations from
the date of acquisition. DoubleClicks investment in the
joint venture was previously accounted for under the equity
method of accounting. DoubleClick acquired all the outstanding
shares of Abacus Direct Europe held by VNU in exchange for
approximately $3.7 million in cash and direct acquisition
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
costs. The purchase price has been allocated to the assets
acquired and the liabilities assumed according to their fair
value at the date of acquisition as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
3.1 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
Other intangibles assets
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
$ |
8.0 |
|
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(3.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4.8 |
|
Less: proportionate share of net assets held through equity
investment
|
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
3.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Approximately $4.6 million of the purchase price has been
allocated to customer relationships and the Abacus UK Alliance
and customer database. These intangibles are being amortized on
a straight-line basis over two to five years based on each
intangibles estimated useful life.
MessageMedia
On January 18, 2002, DoubleClick completed its acquisition
of MessageMedia, Inc. (MessageMedia), a provider of
permission-based email marketing and messaging solutions. The
acquisition of MessageMedia allowed DoubleClick to expand its
suite of email product and service offerings as well as broaden
its client base.
DoubleClick acquired all the outstanding shares, options and
warrants of MessageMedia in exchange for approximately one
million shares of DoubleClick common stock valued at
approximately $7.5 million and stock options and warrants
to acquire DoubleClick common stock valued at approximately
$0.2 million. In connection with the acquisition,
DoubleClick loaned $2.0 million to MessageMedia to satisfy
MessageMedias operating requirements. The loan was
extinguished upon the closing of the acquisition and included as
a component of the purchase price. The purchase price, inclusive
of approximately $1.6 million of direct acquisition costs,
was approximately $11.3 million. The value of the
approximately one million shares of DoubleClick common stock
issued was determined based on the average market price of
DoubleClick common stock, as quoted on the NASDAQ National
Market, for the day immediately prior to, the day of, and the
day immediately after the number of shares due to MessageMedia
shareholders became irrevocably fixed pursuant to the agreement
under which MessageMedia was acquired. The MessageMedia options
and warrants assumed by DoubleClick as the result of this merger
converted into options and warrants to acquire approximately
120,000 shares of DoubleClick common stock and have been
valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
following weighted-average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.7 |
% |
Expected life (in years)
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
Volatility
|
|
|
100 |
% |
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
The aggregate purchase price of $11.3 million has been
allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed
according to their fair values at the date of acquisition as
follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
4.6 |
|
Other intangible assets
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
28.5 |
|
Other non-current assets
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
$ |
39.1 |
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
$ |
(27.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$ |
11.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Approximately $1.9 million of the purchase price has been
allocated to customer relationships and is being amortized on a
straight-line basis over two years. DoubleClick recorded
approximately $28.5 million in goodwill, which represents
the remainder of the excess of the purchase price over the fair
value of net assets acquired. This goodwill is not tax
deductible and, in accordance with SFAS No. 142, will
be and has been periodically tested for impairment. (See
Note 6 Impairment of Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets).
Assumed liabilities include costs accrued of approximately
$12.5 million for idle space at a facility in Louisville,
Colorado. As of December 31, 2004, approximately
$5.9 million has been paid. In the second quarter of 2003,
DoubleClick recorded additional reserves against this facility
of $1.7 million. In the third quarter of 2004, DoubleClick
subleased this property at rates in excess of its previous
estimate of sublease income and reversed $4.5 million of
this reserve as a restructuring credit.
The results of operations for MessageMedia have been included in
DoubleClicks Consolidated Statements of Operations from
the date of acquisition.
Divestitures
On December 26, 2002, DoubleClick sold 45,049 shares
of common stock in DoubleClick Japan and received proceeds of
$14.3 million, reducing its ownership interest from 38.2%
to 15.6%. DoubleClick also retained one seat on DoubleClick
Japans board of directors. As a result of this
transaction, DoubleClick accounts for its remaining
31,271 shares in DoubleClick Japan under the equity method
of accounting. See Note 3 Investments in
Affiliates.
Revenue recognized through services provided to DoubleClick
Japan was approximately $3.4 and $3.2 million during the
years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
|
|
|
North American Media Business |
On July 10, 2002, DoubleClick sold its North American Media
business to L90, Inc., which was renamed MaxWorldwide, Inc.
(MaxWorldwide), in exchange for 4.8 million
shares in MaxWorldwide and $5.0 million in cash. The
4.8 million shares represented 16.1% of outstanding
MaxWorldwide common stock and were valued at approximately
$3.1 million. Pursuant to the merger agreement, DoubleClick
has the right to receive an additional $6.0 million if,
prior to July 10, 2005, MaxWorldwide achieves
EBITDA-positive results for two out of three consecutive
quarters. EBITDA, as defined in the merger agreement, is
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization,
excluding certain non-recurring items. During the three months
ended September 30, 2002, December 31, 2002,
March 31, 2003, and June 30, 2003, and the one month
ended July 31, 2003, MaxWorldwide did not achieve
EBITDA-positive results. DoubleClick accounts
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
for this investment under the equity method of accounting and
reports its share of MaxWorldwides results on a 90-day lag.
On August 13, 2002, MaxWorldwide repurchased
5,596,972 shares of its common stock. As a result of this
repurchase, DoubleClicks ownership percentage increased to
19.8%.
On July 22, 2003, MaxWorldwide stockholders approved a
proposal to adopt a plan of liquidation and dissolution,
pursuant to which it would dissolve and liquidate MaxWorldwide
and its subsidiaries. On July 31, 2003, MaxWorldwide
completed the sale of its MaxOnline division and the plan of
liquidation and dissolution became effective. As of
August 1, 2003, MaxWorldwide has adopted the liquidation
basis of accounting and therefore will not be reporting a
statement of operations for periods subsequent to July 31,
2003. As a result of these events it is unlikely that
MaxWorldwide will achieve the financial milestones that would
trigger DoubleClicks right to receive the
$6.0 million in contingent cash consideration discussed
above. In its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2003, MaxWorldwide reported net assets
in liquidation of approximately $25.7 million. See
Note 3 Investments in Affiliates.
DoubleClick recognized revenue of approximately
$2.2 million and $2.1 million during the years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, relating to
services provided to MaxWorldwide.
On May 6, 2002, DoubleClick sold its @plan research product
line to NetRatings, Inc. (NetRatings), a provider of
technology-driven Internet audience information solutions for
media and commerce, in exchange for $12.0 million in cash
and 505,739 shares of NetRatings common stock valued at
approximately $6.1 million. DoubleClick sold the NetRatings
shares in the fourth quarter of 2002 and the first quarter of
2003.
On January 28, 2002, DoubleClick completed the sale of its
European Media business to AdLINK Internet Media AG
(AdLINK), a German provider of Internet advertising
solutions, in exchange for $26.3 million and the assumption
by AdLINK of liabilities associated with DoubleClicks
European Media business. Intercompany liabilities in an amount
equal to $4.3 million were settled through a cash payment
by AdLINK to DoubleClick at the closing of the transaction.
Following the closing of the transaction described above, United
Internet AG (United Internet), AdLINKs largest
shareholder, exercised its right to sell to DoubleClick 15% of
the outstanding common shares of AdLINK in exchange for
$30.6 million. Pursuant to its agreement with United
Internet, the exercise of this right caused DoubleClicks
option to acquire an additional 21% of AdLINK common shares for
United Internet to vest. This option was only exercisable if
AdLINK achieved EBITDA-positive results for two out of three
consecutive fiscal quarters before December 31, 2003.
AdLINK did not achieve EBITDA positive results during these
periods, therefore the option expired unexercised.
As a result of the transactions described above, DoubleClick
sold its European Media business and received a 15% interest in
AdLINK, which represented approximately 3.9 million shares
valued at approximately $8.3 million. DoubleClicks
option to acquire an additional 21% of the outstanding common
shares of AdLINK for United Internet also vested. DoubleClick
received $2.0 million as partial reimbursement for its cash
outlays related to the acquisitions of, and payments with
respect to, the minority interests in certain of its European
subsidiaries pursuant to its agreement to sell its European
Media business. See Note 3 Investments in
Affiliates.
69
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Revenue recognized from services provided to AdLINK prior to
their sale were approximately $1.4 million,
$2.7 million and $2.0 million during the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.
The following unaudited pro forma results of operations have
been prepared assuming that the acquisitions of Performics,
SmartPath, CSC, Protagona, Abacus Direct Europe and
MessageMedia, consummated during 2004, 2003 and 2002 and the
dispositions of a portion of its interest in DoubleClick Japan,
the European and North American Media businesses and the @plan
research product line completed during 2002, occurred at the
beginning of the respective periods presented. This pro forma
financial information should not be considered indicative of the
actual results that would have been achieved had the
acquisitions and dispositions been completed on the dates
indicated and does not purport to indicate results of operations
as of any future date or any future period.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share data) | |
Revenues
|
|
$ |
311,780 |
|
|
$ |
293,152 |
|
|
$ |
289,684 |
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
33,530 |
|
|
$ |
6,975 |
|
|
$ |
(143,770 |
) |
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(1.06 |
) |
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
0.23 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(1.06 |
) |
NOTE 3 Investment in Affiliates
DoubleClicks investments in affiliates at
December 31, 2004 and 2003 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
AdLINK Internet Media AG
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
7,578 |
|
DoubleClick Japan
|
|
|
5,492 |
|
|
|
5,844 |
|
Abacus Deutschland
|
|
|
280 |
|
|
|
|
|
MaxWorldwide, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,772 |
|
|
$ |
13,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, DoubleClicks
investments in MaxWorldwide and DoubleClick Japan represent
investments in publicly traded companies which are accounted
under the equity method of accounting. At December 30, 2004
and December 31, 2003, the fair value of these investments
was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
MaxWorldwide, Inc.
|
|
$ |
2,112 |
|
|
$ |
3,840 |
|
DoubleClick Japan
|
|
$ |
11,378 |
|
|
$ |
12,981 |
|
2004
In January 2004, DoubleClick commenced operations of Abacus
Deutschland, a joint venture with AZ Direct GmbH, a subsidiary
of Bertelsmann AG, a global media company. DoubleClick has a 50%
interest in the joint venture which has required investments to
date of approximately $1.2 million.
In the first quarter of 2004, DoubleClick recognized a gain of
$2.4 million relating to a distribution from MaxWorldwide
in connection with its plan of liquidation and dissolution.
DoubleClick still maintains a 19.8%
70
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
interest in MaxWorldwide and may receive additional
distributions in future periods as a result of the finalization
of its plan of liquidation and dissolution.
On September 22, 2004, DoubleClick sold its 15% interest in
AdLINK Internet Media AG for $9.5 million to United
Internet AG. As a result of the sale, DoubleClick recorded a
gain of approximately $7.1 million and no longer holds an
equity interest in AdLINK.
For the year ended December 31, 2004, DoubleClick recorded
an equity loss of $1.3 million. This loss consisted of
approximately $0.9 million from DoubleClicks equity
investment in Abacus Deutschland and approximately
$0.4 million from DoubleClicks equity investment in
DoubleClick Japan.
2003
During the first quarter of 2003, DoubleClick sold its remaining
investment in NetRatings and received proceeds of approximately
$0.6 million. The gain recognized on the sale of this
investment was not material.
For the year ended December 31, 2003, DoubleClick recorded
an equity loss of $2.5 million. This loss consisted of
approximately $2.0 million from DoubleClicks equity
investment in MaxWorldwide and approximately $0.5 million
from DoubleClicks equity investment in DoubleClick Japan.
2002
In the third quarter of 2002, DoubleClick determined that the
carrying value of certain of its investments, principally its
cost-method investments in AdLINK and NetRatings and its
equity-method investment in MaxWorldwide were impaired based on
the continued decline in the fair market value of these
investments. As a result, DoubleClick recorded an impairment
charge of $11.7 million, which represented the difference
between DoubleClicks carrying value and the estimated fair
value of these investments. The estimated fair values of
DoubleClicks investments in AdLINK, NetRatings and
MaxWorldwide, were determined based on the closing market price
of their stock on September 30, 2002. Additionally, it was
determined that DoubleClick Asia, a joint venture and a cost
method investment, would be liquidated and therefore had no
continuing value. As a consequence, DoubleClick wrote-off its
entire investment in DoubleClick Asia and recognized an
impairment charge of $2.4 million. These charges have been
included in Impairment of investments in affiliates
on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
In the fourth quarter of 2002, DoubleClick sold certain of its
investments in affiliates and recorded a gain of approximately
$7.9 million. The gain was associated with the sale
DoubleClicks investment in ValueClick and partial sales of
its ownership interests in DoubleClick Japan and NetRatings. In
the fourth quarter of 2002, DoubleClick entered into a
repurchase agreement with ValueClick whereby ValueClick
repurchased all of DoubleClicks remaining 7.9 million
shares for $21.3 million or approximately $2.70 per
share. DoubleClick recognized a gain of $4.7 million from
the sale of the investment. In addition, in December 2002
DoubleClick sold 45,049 shares of common stock in
DoubleClick Japan and reduced its ownership interest to 15.6%.
DoubleClick received proceeds of $14.3 million and
recognized a gain of $3.1 million. Additionally, in the
fourth quarter of 2002 DoubleClick sold 402,011 shares of
NetRatings and received proceeds of approximately
$2.5 million. DoubleClick recognized an immaterial gain on
the sale of this investment.
For the year ended December 31, 2002, DoubleClick recorded
an equity loss of $0.3 million. This loss consisted of
approximately $0.5 million from DoubleClick equity
investment in MaxWorldwide, partially offset by equity income of
$0.2 million relating to DoubleClicks 50% interest in
the Abacus Direct Europe joint venture. Since the June 26,
2002 acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in Abacus Direct
Europe that DoubleClick did not previously own, the results of
operations of Abacus Direct Europe have been consolidated into
DoubleClicks operations. See Note 2
Business Transactions.
71
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
NOTE 4 Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for year ended
December 31, 2004 are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
18,658 |
|
Acquisition of SmartPath
|
|
|
15,719 |
|
Acquisition of Performics
|
|
|
41,627 |
|
Impairment charge (See Note 6)
|
|
|
(1,506 |
) |
Tax adjustment related to prior year acquisitions
|
|
|
(1,550 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
72,948 |
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill at December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 by
reporting unit consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Email
|
|
$ |
17,108 |
|
|
$ |
18,658 |
|
Performics
|
|
|
41,627 |
|
|
|
|
|
EMS
|
|
|
14,213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
72,948 |
|
|
$ |
18,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The email, Performics and EMS reporting units are all part of
DoubleClicks TechSolutions segment.
|
|
NOTE 5 |
Intangible Assets |
Intangible assets consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
| |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
Average | |
|
Gross | |
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
|
Amortization | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Period | |
|
Amount | |
|
Amortization | |
|
Net | |
|
Net | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Patents and trademarks
|
|
|
36 months |
|
|
$ |
2,084 |
|
|
$ |
(2,084 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
|
31 months |
|
|
|
34,525 |
|
|
|
(24,808 |
) |
|
$ |
9,717 |
|
|
|
6,105 |
|
Purchased technology and other
|
|
|
37 months |
|
|
|
22,044 |
|
|
|
(10,326 |
) |
|
$ |
11,718 |
|
|
|
4,742 |
|
Covenant not to compete
|
|
|
15 months |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
(1,440 |
) |
|
$ |
960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 months |
|
|
$ |
61,053 |
|
|
$ |
(38,658 |
) |
|
$ |
22,395 |
|
|
$ |
10,847 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization expense was $10.1 million, $9.4 million
and $14.7 million for the years ended December 31,
2004, 2003 and 2002 respectively. For the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, $4.9 million,
$3.5 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of
amortization expense relating to purchased technology has been
included as a component of cost of revenue in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
Based on the balance of intangible assets at December 31,
2004, the annual amortization expense for each of the succeeding
three fiscal years is estimated to be $10.5 million,
$8.4 million and $3.5 million in 2005, 2006 and 2007,
respectively.
72
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
In 2004, DoubleClick recorded an impairment charge of
$4.1 million relating to intangible assets of its
Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business. See
Note 6 Impairment of Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets
NOTE 6 Impairment of Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets
In 2004, DoubleClick initiated a valuation for its Enterprise
Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business, which consists of its
campaign management and marketing resource management products.
This valuation was performed with the assistance of a third
party to determine if the recorded balances of goodwill and
other intangible assets relating to this reporting unit were
recoverable. The recoverability of these assets was brought into
question as a result of the lower than expected revenues
generated to date and the reduced estimates of future
performance primarily from DoubleClicks campaign
management products. The fair market value of the EMS reporting
unit was determined based on projected discounted cash flows and
price/revenue multiples of competitors in the EMS marketplace.
The outcome of this valuation resulted in an impairment charge
of $5.6 million being recorded during the quarter based on
the difference between the carrying value and the fair market
value of this business. The impairment charge consisted of a
write-down in goodwill of $1.5 million and intangible
assets of $4.1 million. The conclusion regarding the
recognition of this charge was made in connection with the
preparation of the financial statements for the third quarter of
2004.
There were no such charges in 2003 based upon the results of
DoubleClicks annual goodwill impairment test.
In 2002, based on the prolonged softness in the economy and the
then current and projected operational performance of
DoubleClicks email reporting unit, DoubleClick initiated a
third-party valuation of its email reporting unit to determine
whether the recorded balance of goodwill related to this
reporting unit was recoverable. The outcome of this valuation
resulted in an impairment charge of approximately
$43.8 million being recorded during the third quarter of
2002. The fair market value of the email reporting unit was
determined based on revenue projections, then recent
transactions involving similar businesses and the price/revenue
multiples at which they were bought and sold and the then
price/revenue multiples of our competitors in the email
marketplace. In addition, DoubleClick determined that the fair
value of certain intangible assets was considered impaired.
DoubleClick recorded an impairment charge of $3.3 million
based on the difference between the carrying value and estimated
fair value of certain intangible assets also associated with the
email reporting unit.
NOTE 7 Property and Equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
Estimated | |
|
| |
|
|
Useful Life | |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Computer equipment and purchased software
|
|
|
1-3 years |
|
|
$ |
210,514 |
|
|
$ |
191,886 |
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
5 years |
|
|
|
7,183 |
|
|
|
8,913 |
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
1-15 years |
|
|
|
10,624 |
|
|
|
10,388 |
|
Building and building improvements
|
|
|
20-40 years |
|
|
|
26,723 |
|
|
|
26,723 |
|
Land
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,050 |
|
|
|
3,050 |
|
Capital work-in-progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,359 |
|
|
|
169 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259,453 |
|
|
|
241,129 |
|
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(181,632 |
) |
|
|
(165,343 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
77,821 |
|
|
$ |
75,786 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and
equipment was approximately $25.4 million,
$51.3 million and $42.3 million in 2004, 2003 and
2002, respectively.
|
|
NOTE 8 |
Accounts Payable |
Accounts payable consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Accounts payable trade
|
|
$ |
6,606 |
|
|
$ |
4,164 |
|
Accounts payable site payments
|
|
|
28,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
34,964 |
|
|
$ |
4,164 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site payments represent amounts owed to Web sites in connection
with search engine and affiliate marketing advertising campaigns
managed by our Performics division on behalf of our advertiser
clients. Site payments are remitted to the applicable Web sites
only upon collection of the underlying receivable due from our
advertiser clients. The net accounts receivable balance
associated with our Performics business was $27.9 million
as of December 31, 2004.
|
|
NOTE 9 |
Convertible Subordinated Debt |
On June 23, 2003, DoubleClick issued $135.0 million
aggregate principal amount of Zero Coupon Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2023 (the Zero Coupon Notes)
in a private offering. The Zero Coupon Notes do not bear
interest and have a zero yield to maturity. The Zero Coupon
Notes are convertible under certain circumstances into
DoubleClick common stock at a conversion price of approximately
$13.12 per share, which would result in an aggregate of
approximately 10.3 million shares, subject to adjustment
upon the occurrence of specified events. Each $1,000 principal
amount of the Zero Coupon Notes will initially be convertible
into 76.2311 shares of DoubleClick common stock prior to
July 15, 2023 if the sale price of DoubleClicks
common stock issuable upon conversion of the Zero Coupon Notes
reaches a specified threshold for a defined period of time, if
specified corporate transactions have occurred or if DoubleClick
calls the Zero Coupon Notes for redemption. The specified
thresholds for conversion prior to the maturity date are
(a) during any calendar quarter, the last reported sale
price of DoubleClicks common stock for at least 20 trading
days in the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last
trading day of the previous calendar quarter is greater than or
equal to 120% of the applicable conversion price on that 30th
trading day and (b) subject to certain exceptions, during
the five business day period following any five consecutive
trading day period, the trading price per $1,000 principal
amount of Zero Coupon Notes for each of the five consecutive
trading days is less than 98% of the product of the last
reported sale price of DoubleClicks common stock and the
conversion rate (initially 76.2311) on each such day. As of
December 31, 2004, these thresholds had not been met.
The Zero Coupon Notes are DoubleClicks general unsecured
obligations and are subordinated in right of payment to all of
its existing and future senior debt. DoubleClick may not redeem
the Zero Coupon Notes prior to July 15, 2008. DoubleClick
may be required to repurchase any or all of the Zero Coupon
Notes upon a change of control or a termination of trading.
DoubleClick may redeem for cash some or all of the Zero Coupon
Notes at any time on or after July 15, 2008. Holders of the
Zero Coupon Notes also have the right to require DoubleClick to
purchase some or all of their notes for cash on July 15,
2008, July 15, 2013 and July 15, 2018, at a price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Zero Coupon Notes
being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid liquidated damages, if
any.
74
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
DoubleClick received net proceeds of approximately
$131.5 million and incurred issuance costs of approximately
$3.5 million. The issuance costs are amortized from the
date of issuance through July 15, 2008 and are included as
a component of other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
The Zero Coupon Notes contain an embedded derivative, the fair
value of which as of December 31, 2004 has been determined
to be immaterial to our consolidated financial position. For
financial accounting purposes, the ability of the holder to
convert upon the satisfaction of a trading price condition
constitutes an embedded derivative. Any significant changes in
its value will be reflected in our future income statements, in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities.
|
|
NOTE 10 |
Stockholders Equity |
DoubleClicks Certificate of Incorporation authorizes
400,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock
and authorizes 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
Pursuant to a 1997 stockholders agreement, certain holders of
common stock are subject to restrictions on transfer and also
have certain piggyback and demand registration
rights which, with certain exceptions, require DoubleClick to
use its best efforts to include in any of DoubleClicks
registration statements any shares requested to be so included.
Further, DoubleClick will pay all expenses directly incurred on
its behalf in connection with such registration.
In November 2003, the Board of Directors authorized a stock
repurchase program that permitted the repurchase of up to
$100 million of outstanding DoubleClick common stock on an
ongoing basis. The repurchase program could be suspended or
discontinued at anytime. Any repurchased shares will be
available for use in connection with its stock plans and for
other corporate purposes. During the years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003, DoubleClick purchased
13,018,755 and 165,500 shares of its common stock at an
average price of $7.59 and $8.74 per share, respectively.
This program was completed in August 2004.
In September 2001, the Board of Directors authorized a stock
repurchase program that permitted the repurchase of up to
$100 million of outstanding DoubleClick common stock or
convertible subordinated notes over a one-year period. During
the year ended December 31, 2001, DoubleClick purchased
765,000 shares of its common stock at an average price of
$5.84 per share. In the third quarter of 2002, DoubleClick
purchased 915,500 shares of its common stock at an average
price of $4.90 per share.
|
|
|
Employee stock purchase plan |
Under the DoubleClick 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
ESPP), which became effective on April 3, 2000,
participating employees may purchase shares of DoubleClick
common stock at 85% of its fair market value at the beginning or
end of an offering period, whichever is lower, through payroll
deductions in an amount not to exceed 10% of an employees
base compensation. For the years ended December 31, 2004
and 2003, DoubleClick issued 214,070 and 151,172 shares,
respectively, pursuant to its ESPP. An additional
3,730,230 shares were reserved for issuance at
December 31, 2004.
In connection with its acquisition of @plan in February 2001,
DoubleClick assumed 99,495 stock purchase warrants. These
warrants each represent the right to purchase, until
May 26, 2006, one share of DoubleClick common stock at an
exercise price of $28.14 per share. As of December 31,
2004, none of these warrants had been exercised.
75
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
In connection with its acquisition of FloNetwork in April 2001,
DoubleClick assumed 7,452 stock purchase warrants. These
warrants each represent the right to purchase, until
September 22, 2007, one share of DoubleClick common stock
at an exercise price of $27.13 per share. As of
December 31, 2004, none of these warrants had been
exercised.
At December 31, 2004, DoubleClick had 106,947 stock
purchase warrants outstanding with a weighted-average exercise
price of $28.07 per share. At December 31, 2004, the
weighted-average remaining contractual life of these warrants
was approximately 1.5 years.
The 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the 1997 Plan or the
Plan) was adopted by the Board of Directors on
November 7, 1997 and was subsequently approved by the
stockholders.
Under the 1997 Plan, 39,948,152 shares of common stock have
been authorized for the issuance of incentive and nonqualified
stock options as of December 31, 2004. In addition,
9,718,559 shares of common stock are available for future
grants under the 1997 Plan as of December 31, 2004. The
number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the
1997 Plan automatically increases on the first trading day of
each calendar year, by an amount equal to three percent (3%) of
the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on the
last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar year, or
such lesser amount as may be determined by DoubleClicks
Board of Directors, provided that no such increase will exceed
2,400,000 shares.
Generally, options granted under the Plan vest ratably over a
period of three to four years from the date of grant and expire
seven years from the date of grant and terminate, to the
extent unvested, on the date of termination, and to the extent
vested, generally at the end of the six-month period following
the termination of employment. To the extent that an option
grant permits the exercise of unvested shares and is subject to
repurchase by DoubleClick upon an employees termination of
service, those unvested shares of common stock that are
subsequently repurchased by DoubleClick, whether at the exercise
price or issue paid per share, will be added to the reserve of
common stock available for issuance under the 1997 Plan, unless
otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. In no event,
however, may any one participant in the 1997 Plan receive option
grants or direct stock issuances for more than
1,500,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate per
calendar year.
In October 1999, DoubleClick implemented the 1999 Non-Officer
Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to which 750,000 shares of
common stock have been authorized for issuance. As of
December 31, 2004, no shares had been issued under this
plan.
76
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
A summary of the stock option activity for the three years ended
December 31, 2004 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
Number of | |
|
Average Exercise | |
|
|
Options | |
|
Price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Balance at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
23,949,461 |
|
|
$ |
33.46 |
|
|
Options granted
|
|
|
6,151,677 |
|
|
|
7.03 |
|
|
Options exercised
|
|
|
(1,623,591 |
) |
|
|
2.81 |
|
|
Options canceled
|
|
|
(9,769,856 |
) |
|
|
47.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
18,707,691 |
|
|
|
24.17 |
|
|
Options granted
|
|
|
5,454,723 |
|
|
|
8.68 |
|
|
Options exercised
|
|
|
(1,129,768 |
) |
|
|
3.87 |
|
|
Options canceled
|
|
|
(4,448,677 |
) |
|
|
50.67 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
18,583,969 |
|
|
|
14.52 |
|
|
Options granted
|
|
|
4,114,300 |
|
|
|
6.67 |
|
|
Options exercised
|
|
|
(722,756 |
) |
|
|
4.59 |
|
|
Options canceled
|
|
|
(1,678,250 |
) |
|
|
16.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
20,297,263 |
|
|
$ |
13.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
12,091,560 |
|
|
$ |
17.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available for future grants
|
|
|
9,718,559 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All stock options granted in 2004, 2003 and 2002 were granted
with exercise prices at fair market value at the date of grant.
The following table summarizes information about stock options
outstanding at December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding | |
|
Options Exercisable | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number | |
|
Remaining | |
|
Average | |
|
Number | |
|
Average | |
|
|
Outstanding | |
|
Contractual | |
|
Exercise | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Exercise | |
Actual Range of Exercise Prices |
|
at 12/31/04 | |
|
Life | |
|
Price | |
|
at 12/31/04 | |
|
Price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
0.01 |
|
|
- |
|
|
2.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,158,240 |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
|
1,158,240 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
2.01 |
|
|
- |
|
|
9.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
12,145,144 |
|
|
|
5.6 |
|
|
$ |
6.86 |
|
|
|
5,123,155 |
|
|
$ |
6.90 |
|
|
9.01 |
|
|
- |
|
|
14.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,308,183 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
$ |
11.25 |
|
|
|
3,124,469 |
|
|
$ |
11.35 |
|
|
14.01 |
|
|
- |
|
|
50.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,749,303 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
$ |
27.25 |
|
|
|
1,749,303 |
|
|
$ |
27.25 |
|
|
50.01 |
|
|
- |
|
|
124.56 |
|
|
|
|
|
917,847 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
$ |
90.57 |
|
|
|
917,847 |
|
|
$ |
90.57 |
|
|
124.57 |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,134.80 |
|
|
|
|
|
18,546 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
$ |
212.28 |
|
|
|
18,546 |
|
|
$ |
212.28 |
|
In the third quarter of 2004, DoubleClick recorded a
restructuring credit of $4.5 million. This credit was due
to the reversal of a portion of DoubleClicks real estate
reserve for its facility in Louisville, Colorado. The reversal
of the reserve was due to the sublease of this property at rates
in excess of DoubleClicks previous estimate of sublease
income. Cash paid during 2004 with respect to previously accrued
restructuring charges was approximately $12.1 million. In
the first quarter of 2004, $7.6 million was paid for the
final lease
77
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
termination payment relating to DoubleClicks former New
York headquarters. The remaining $4.5 million of cash paid
in 2004 related to payments for lease and other exit costs in
Louisville, Colorado and New York.
The restructuring accrual as of December 31, 2004 of
approximately $17.4 million consists primarily of
DoubleClicks facilities in London, England and Louisville,
Colorado. The restructuring accrual associated with
DoubleClicks facilities represents the excess of future
lease commitments over estimated sublease income in locations
where DoubleClick has excess or idle space. In most cases,
subleases have been signed for the entire term of these leases
and DoubleClicks estimate of sublease income is based on
the agreed upon sublease rates. In facilities for which
DoubleClick does not have a sublease signed for the entire term
of the lease, sublease assumptions are made with the assistance
of a real estate firm and are based on the current real estate
market conditions in the local markets where these facilities
are located. Should market conditions or other circumstances
change, this information may be updated and restructuring
charges or credits may be required.
As of December 31, 2004, approximately $3.9 million
and $13.5 million remained accrued in Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities and Other
long-term liabilities, respectively on the Consolidated
Balance Sheet. These amounts related wholly to future lease
costs.
In the second quarter of 2003, DoubleClick recorded a net
restructuring credit of $6.9 million, which related to real
estate items. This credit resulted from a $14.3 million
reversal of a portion of the reserve relating to
DoubleClicks New York headquarters, partially offset by
$7.4 million in additional charges primarily relating to
DoubleClicks facilities in San Francisco and London.
The reversal of the reserve was the result of final lease
terminations with respect to DoubleClicks New York
headquarters for which the reserve was in excess of expected
payments.
During the third quarter of 2003, DoubleClick recorded a net
restructuring credit of $2.2 million. This resulted from a
net credit from its New York headquarters of approximately
$1.5 million and the termination of the remainder of
DoubleClicks lease in San Francisco, which resulted
in a credit of approximately $0.7 million. The net credit
associated with DoubleClicks New York headquarters
consisted of certain exit costs of $2.5 million partially
offset by the reversal of a deferred rent liability of
approximately $1.5 million, all of which were required to
be recorded in the third quarter in accordance with
SFAS No. 146. In addition, approximately
$2.5 million of reserves were reversed as the result of
favorable settlements of other real estate related items
relating to DoubleClicks New York headquarters which
occurred during the third quarter. The net credit associated
with DoubleClicks San Francisco facility resulted
from the estimated restructuring reserve for this facility being
in excess of the actual payments made in connection with the
lease termination.
Total costs to terminate the lease associated with
DoubleClicks previous New York headquarters and
San Francisco facility were approximately
$44.5 million and $26.4 million, respectively,
inclusive of broker commissions and related costs. The remaining
restructuring accrual at December 31, 2003 consists of
approximately $8.2 million of payments to be made pursuant
to the termination agreement in connection with
DoubleClicks previous New York headquarters and
$24.8 million relating to other facilities, primarily
Louisville, Colorado and London, England. The accrual associated
with these other facilities represents the excess of future
lease commitments over estimated sublease income, if any. These
accruals were based on an analysis performed with the assistance
of a real estate firm and are based on the current real estate
market conditions in the local markets where these facilities
are located.
As of December 31, 2003, approximately $12.0 million
and $21.0 million remained accrued in Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities and Other
long-term liabilities, respectively. These amounts are
inclusive of $13.6 million of other real estate reserves,
which were reclassed into this accrual during the third
78
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
quarter of 2003. These reserves were primarily recorded in
connection with certain business combinations that were
consummated in prior periods.
During 2002, DoubleClick took additional steps to realign its
sales, development and administrative organization and reduce
corporate overhead to position itself for profitable growth in
the future consistent with its long-term objectives. This
involved the involuntary termination of approximately 250
employees, primarily from its TechSolutions division, as well as
charges for excess real estate space and the closure of several
offices. As a consequence, DoubleClick recorded a charge of
$98.4 million to operations during the year, of which
$94.0 million and $4.4 million have been classified in
operating expenses and cost of revenue, respectively. The charge
primarily related to the accrual of future lease costs (net of
estimated sublease income and deferred rent liabilities
previously accrued) of approximately $77.0 million, the
write-off of fixed assets situated in closed or abandoned
offices of approximately $15.7 million and payments for
severance of approximately $5.7 million. The accrual for
future lease costs and the write-off of fixed assets were
primarily related to its New York office. These charges were
driven by the abandonment of additional space, reductions in the
estimates of future sublease income, as well as the lengthening
of the time required to find a sublease tenant. In addition,
DoubleClick decided to move its data center operations from New
York to its Thornton, Colorado facility. As a result,
DoubleClick recorded a charge of $4.4 million to cost of
revenue relating to the write-off of related fixed assets. As of
December 31, 2002, approximately $36.1 million and
$71.0 million remained accrued in Accrued expenses
and other current liabilities and Other long-term
liabilities, respectively.
The following table sets forth a summary of the costs and
related charges for DoubleClicks restructuring charges and
the balance of the restructuring reserves established:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Write-Offs & | |
|
|
|
|
Severance | |
|
Other Exit Costs | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
2002-2004 Restructuring
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2002
|
|
$ |
915 |
|
|
$ |
48,706 |
|
|
$ |
49,621 |
|
|
Restructuring charge
|
|
|
5,718 |
|
|
|
92,667 |
|
|
|
98,385 |
|
|
Cash expenditures
|
|
|
(6,277 |
) |
|
|
(13,540 |
) |
|
|
(19,817 |
) |
|
Reversal of deferred rent liability
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,440 |
|
|
|
2,440 |
|
|
Non cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23,515 |
) |
|
|
(23,515 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
356 |
|
|
|
106,758 |
|
|
|
107,114 |
|
|
Cash expenditures
|
|
|
(356 |
) |
|
|
(78,970 |
) |
|
|
(79,326 |
) |
|
Reclass of other real estate reserves
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,586 |
|
|
|
13,586 |
|
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,444 |
|
|
|
7,444 |
|
|
Restructuring credits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,536 |
) |
|
|
(16,536 |
) |
|
Effect of foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
695 |
|
|
|
695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
32,977 |
|
|
$ |
32,977 |
|
|
Restructuring credits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,514 |
) |
|
|
(4,514 |
) |
|
Cash expenditures
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,107 |
) |
|
|
(12,107 |
) |
|
Effect of foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,018 |
|
|
|
1,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
17,374 |
|
|
$ |
17,374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes consisted of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
U.S.
|
|
$ |
30,643 |
|
|
$ |
12,605 |
|
|
$ |
(92,965 |
) |
Foreign
|
|
|
10,074 |
|
|
|
5,352 |
|
|
|
(22,680 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
40,717 |
|
|
$ |
17,957 |
|
|
$ |
(115,645 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The provision for income taxes consisted of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Current tax provision (benefit):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$ |
599 |
|
|
$ |
(1,134 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
State and local
|
|
|
391 |
|
|
|
(550 |
) |
|
|
681 |
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
2,358 |
|
|
|
2,885 |
|
|
|
4,113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current tax provision
|
|
$ |
3,348 |
|
|
$ |
1,201 |
|
|
$ |
4,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax provision (benefit):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
State and local
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
(162 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax provision (benefit)
|
|
$ |
(141 |
) |
|
$ |
(162 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
$ |
3,207 |
|
|
$ |
1,039 |
|
|
$ |
4,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed
by applying the federal statutory income tax rate as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Tax at U.S. Federal income tax rate
|
|
$ |
14,251 |
|
|
$ |
6,285 |
|
|
$ |
(40,476 |
) |
State taxes, net of federal income tax effect
|
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
(358 |
) |
|
|
443 |
|
Domestic valuation allowance
|
|
|
(10,537 |
) |
|
|
(5,464 |
) |
|
|
20,717 |
|
Federal tax reserves
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,134 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Foreign operations
|
|
|
(1,309 |
) |
|
|
849 |
|
|
|
8,349 |
|
Domestic nondeductible goodwill
|
|
|
527 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,206 |
|
Other
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
861 |
|
|
|
(445 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
$ |
3,207 |
|
|
$ |
1,039 |
|
|
$ |
4,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
80
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that
give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and
liabilities at December 31, 2004 and 2003 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
$ |
12,118 |
|
|
$ |
27,045 |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
7,742 |
|
|
|
6,476 |
|
|
Net operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards
|
|
|
259,192 |
|
|
|
259,789 |
|
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
3,335 |
|
|
|
10,100 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,426 |
|
|
|
3,233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
283,813 |
|
|
|
306,643 |
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(283,202 |
) |
|
|
(306,481 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
$ |
611 |
|
|
$ |
162 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended December 31, 2004, DoubleClick recorded
a valuation allowance against those net deferred tax assets that
DoubleClick believes, after considering all the available
objective evidence, both positive and negative, historical and
prospective, with greater weight given to historical evidence,
are not more likely than not expected to be realized.
Deferred taxes have not been provided on the cumulative
undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries because such
amounts are intended to be reinvested indefinitely. Should a
repatriation of foreign earnings occur, DoubleClick does not
expect that such remittance would have a significant effect on
its consolidated financial statements.
DoubleClick is currently undergoing several foreign and state
tax audits. While the outcome of such tax audits is uncertain,
DoubleClick believes that adequate amounts of tax and interest
have been provided for any adjustments that are expected to
result.
At December 31, 2004, DoubleClick had domestic and foreign
net operating loss carryforwards of approximately
$577.3 million. The federal net operating loss carryforward
was $520.0 million. Approximately $337.2 million of
these net operating loss carryforwards relate to the exercise of
employee stock options and any tax benefit derived there from,
when realized, will be accounted for as a credit to additional
paid-in-capital rather than a reduction to the income tax
provision. Approximately $59.4 million of net operating
loss carryforwards were acquired in various corporate
acquisitions and any tax benefit derived there from, when
realized, will be accounted for as a credit to goodwill or other
acquired intangible assets rather than a reduction to the income
tax provision. In addition, DoubleClick had $39.9 million
of capital loss carryforwards and $4.9 million of tax
credit carryforwards. The federal net operating loss and
research tax credit carryforwards expire in various years
beginning in 2010, while the capital loss carryforwards expire
in various years beginning in 2006. The utilization of a portion
of the net operating loss, capital loss, and research tax credit
carryforwards may be subject to limitation under
U.S. federal income tax laws.
81
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
|
|
NOTE 13 |
Additional Financial Information |
Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$ |
686 |
|
|
$ |
7,254 |
|
|
$ |
11,972 |
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
$ |
2,995 |
|
|
$ |
1,274 |
|
|
$ |
1,418 |
|
The following summarizes the components of interest and other,
net:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Interest income
|
|
$ |
10,939 |
|
|
$ |
16,110 |
|
|
$ |
25,715 |
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(1,416 |
) |
|
|
(5,408 |
) |
|
|
(10,838 |
) |
Other, net
|
|
|
962 |
|
|
|
1,361 |
|
|
|
1,055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
10,485 |
|
|
$ |
12,063 |
|
|
$ |
15,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DoubleClick has a defined contribution plan offered to all
eligible employees and is qualified under section 401(k) of
the Internal Revenue Code. Participating employees may
contribute a percentage of their salary to the plan. Employee
contributions are invested at the direction of the employee in
one or more funds. In addition, DoubleClick partially matches
employee contributions with DoubleClick common stock. The value
of these contributions was $2.4 million, $1.5 million
and $1.9 million during the years ended December 31,
2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
|
|
NOTE 15 |
Commitments and Contingencies |
DoubleClick leases facilities under operating leases expiring at
various dates through 2028. DoubleClick also subleases
facilities under operating leasing expiring at various dates
through 2011. The future minimum lease payments and the sub
rental income under these leases are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating | |
|
Sub Rental | |
Years Ending December 31, |
|
Leases | |
|
Income | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2005
|
|
$ |
18,363 |
|
|
$ |
(8,794 |
) |
2006
|
|
|
15,421 |
|
|
|
(8,206 |
) |
2007
|
|
|
13,953 |
|
|
|
(8,091 |
) |
2008
|
|
|
13,543 |
|
|
|
(8,029 |
) |
2009
|
|
|
13,712 |
|
|
|
(8,042 |
) |
Thereafter
|
|
|
53,177 |
|
|
|
(11,696 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
$ |
128,169 |
|
|
$ |
(52,858 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003
and 2002 was $9.7 million, $10.2 million, and
$11.6 million, respectively.
82
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Operating lease obligations primarily represent rental payments
for office facilities. At December 31, 2004, DoubleClick
has recorded restructuring reserves totaling approximately
$17.4 million relating to excess and abandoned space at
certain facilities. Such amounts are included in the table above.
In addition, DoubleClick had outstanding standby letters of
credit of approximately $6.6 million at December 31,
2004. These letters of credit collateralize DoubleClicks
obligations to third parties under certain operating leases.
In April 2002, a consolidated amended class action complaint
alleging violation of the federal securities laws in connection
with DoubleClicks follow-on offerings was filed in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York naming as defendants DoubleClick, some of its officers and
directors and certain underwriters of DoubleClicks
follow-on offerings. Approximately 300 other issuers and their
underwriters have had similar suits filed against them, all of
which are included in a single coordinated proceeding in the
Southern District of New York. In October 2002, the action was
dismissed against the named officers and directors without
prejudice. However, claims against DoubleClick remain. In July
2002, DoubleClick and the other issuers in the consolidated
cases filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint for failure
to state a claim, which was denied as to DoubleClick in February
2003.
In September 2003, DoubleClicks Board of Directors
conditionally approved a proposed partial settlement with the
plaintiffs in this matter. In September 2004, an agreement of
settlement was submitted to the court for preliminary approval.
The court granted the preliminary approval motion on
February 15, 2005, subject to certain modifications. If the
parties are able to agree upon the required modifications, and
such modifications are acceptable to the court, notice will be
given to all class members of the settlement, a
fairness hearing will be held and if the court
determines that the settlement is fair to the class members, the
settlement will be approved. There can be no assurance that this
proposed settlement will be approved and implemented in its
current form, or at all. If this settlement is not finalized,
DoubleClick intends to dispute these allegations and defend this
lawsuit vigorously.
DoubleClick is defending a class action lawsuit filed in
September 2003 in the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, and had been defending another class action
lawsuit filed in January 2004 in the Superior Court for the
State of California in San Joaquin County, California. Both
these cases allege among other things, deceptive business
practices, fraud, misrepresentation, invasion of privacy and
right of association relating to allegedly deceptive content of
online advertisement that plaintiffs assert we delivered to
consumers and seek among other things, injunctive relief,
compensatory and punitive damages and attorneys fees and
costs. In April 2004, the court in the California action entered
an order dismissing several claims against DoubleClick. The
parties have since entered into a settlement agreement
dismissing with prejudice the case on behalf of the named
plaintiffs only and dismissing without prejudice all the class
claims. Under the terms of the settlement of the California case
DoubleClick is not required to make any payments and no
restraints are imposed on its business practices. The settlement
of the California case was approved by the court on
January 27, 2005. DoubleClick believes the claims in the
Pennsylvania case are without merit and intends to defend these
actions vigorously.
NOTE 16 Segment Reporting
DoubleClick is organized into two segments: TechSolutions and
Data. Our TechSolutions business unit consists of our Ad
Management, Marketing Automation and Performics divisions and
our Data business unit consists of our Abacus and Data
Management divisions. During 2002, through a series of
transactions, DoubleClick divested of its media businesses and
no longer reports a DoubleClick Media segment. In December 2003,
DoubleClick changed its measure of segment profit or loss from
gross profit to operating
83
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
income (loss). As a result, DoubleClick has adjusted its prior
period segment disclosures to conform to this new measurement.
Adjustments to reconcile segment reporting to consolidated
results are included in corporate. Corporate
represents the results of operations of DoubleClicks
unallocated corporate overhead and restructuring charges
(credits) that are non-segment specific. The accounting
policies of DoubleClicks segments are the same as those
described in the summary of significant accounting policies in
Note 1.
Revenues and operating income (loss) by segment are as follows
(in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
TechSolutions | |
|
Data | |
|
Corporate | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue from external customers
|
|
$ |
196,295 |
|
|
$ |
105,328 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
301,623 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$ |
24,277 |
|
|
$ |
8,935 |
|
|
$ |
2,293 |
|
|
$ |
35,505 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
|
|
$ |
5,592 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
5,592 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring credits
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(4,514 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,514 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$ |
31,264 |
|
|
$ |
23,520 |
|
|
$ |
(32,778 |
) |
|
$ |
22,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
18,711 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
40,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
TechSolutions | |
|
Data | |
|
Corporate | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue from external customers
|
|
$ |
175,403 |
|
|
$ |
95,934 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
271,337 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$ |
45,689 |
|
|
$ |
8,662 |
|
|
$ |
6,328 |
|
|
$ |
60,679 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring credits, net
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(9,092 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,092 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$ |
10,262 |
|
|
$ |
27,264 |
|
|
$ |
(24,675 |
) |
|
$ |
12,851 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,106 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
TechSolutions | |
|
Data | |
|
Media | |
|
Corporate | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
187,155 |
|
|
$ |
83,349 |
|
|
$ |
32,660 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
303,164 |
|
Intersegment elimination
|
|
$ |
(2,603 |
) |
|
$ |
(363 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(2,966 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue from external customers
|
|
$ |
184,552 |
|
|
$ |
82,986 |
|
|
$ |
32,660 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
300,198 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$ |
42,357 |
|
|
$ |
6,028 |
|
|
$ |
832 |
|
|
$ |
7,836 |
|
|
$ |
57,053 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
|
|
$ |
47,077 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
47,077 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
$ |
9,478 |
|
|
$ |
553 |
|
|
$ |
1,388 |
|
|
$ |
86,966 |
|
|
$ |
98,385 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$ |
(45,572 |
) |
|
$ |
26,920 |
|
|
$ |
(3,775 |
) |
|
$ |
(132,353 |
) |
|
$ |
(154,780 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
39,135 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(115,645 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Revenues and long-lived assets by region are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues | |
|
Long-Lived Assets | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
United States
|
|
$ |
246,034 |
|
|
$ |
215,379 |
|
|
$ |
231,310 |
|
|
$ |
152,439 |
|
|
$ |
81,512 |
|
International
|
|
|
55,589 |
|
|
|
55,958 |
|
|
|
68,888 |
|
|
|
34,474 |
|
|
|
38,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
301,623 |
|
|
$ |
271,337 |
|
|
$ |
300,198 |
|
|
$ |
186,913 |
|
|
$ |
119,699 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note 17 Quarterly Results of Operations
(Unaudited)
The following table sets forth certain unaudited consolidated
quarterly statement of operations data for the eight quarters
ended December 31, 2004. This information is unaudited, but
in the opinion of management, it has been prepared substantially
on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial
statements appearing elsewhere in this report, and all necessary
adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments,
have been included in the amounts stated below to state fairly
the unaudited consolidated quarterly results of operations. The
consolidated quarterly data should be read in conjunction with
our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to
such statements appearing elsewhere in this report. The results
of operations for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations for any future period.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income | |
|
Net Income | |
|
|
|
Average | |
|
Average | |
|
Basic Net | |
|
Diluted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) From | |
|
Before | |
|
|
|
Shares | |
|
Shares | |
|
Income Per | |
|
Net Income | |
Quarter Ended |
|
Revenues | |
|
Gross Profit | |
|
Operations | |
|
Income Taxes | |
|
Net Income | |
|
Basic | |
|
Diluted | |
|
Share | |
|
Per Share | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31
|
|
$ |
83,469 |
|
|
$ |
62,423 |
|
|
$ |
9,167 |
|
|
$ |
10,785 |
|
|
$ |
10,572 |
|
|
|
125,632 |
|
|
|
138,505 |
|
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
September 30
|
|
|
80,954 |
|
|
|
59,435 |
|
|
|
7,431 |
|
|
|
16,903 |
|
|
|
15,364 |
|
|
|
127,080 |
|
|
|
138,889 |
|
|
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
0.11 |
|
June 30
|
|
|
69,153 |
|
|
|
47,324 |
|
|
|
2,778 |
|
|
|
4,711 |
|
|
|
3,881 |
|
|
|
134,824 |
|
|
|
147,936 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
March 31
|
|
|
68,047 |
|
|
|
45,482 |
|
|
|
2,630 |
|
|
|
8,318 |
|
|
|
7,693 |
|
|
|
137,099 |
|
|
|
151,384 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31
|
|
$ |
72,937 |
|
|
$ |
48,584 |
|
|
$ |
643 |
|
|
$ |
3,471 |
|
|
$ |
3,841 |
|
|
|
137,571 |
|
|
|
151,634 |
|
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
September 30
|
|
|
74,790 |
|
|
|
49,407 |
|
|
|
3,748 |
|
|
|
7,113 |
|
|
|
6,340 |
|
|
|
137,366 |
|
|
|
152,651 |
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|
0.05 |
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|
|
0.04 |
|
June 30
|
|
|
63,556 |
|
|
|
41,108 |
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|
|
8,999 |
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|
|
6,134 |
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|
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5,831 |
|
|
|
136,922 |
|
|
|
154,534 |
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|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
March 31
|
|
|
60,054 |
|
|
|
38,107 |
|
|
|
(539 |
) |
|
|
1,239 |
|
|
|
906 |
|
|
|
136,437 |
|
|
|
142,560 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
The following paragraphs disclose charges or credits that
DoubleClick believes materially affected its quarterly results
during 2004 and 2003:
In the third quarter of 2004, DoubleClick recorded a gain of
$7.1 million from the sale of its 15% interest in AdLINK
Internet AG (See Note 3 Investments in
Affiliates) and a restructuring credit of
$4.5 million relating to its Louisville, Colorado facility
(See Note 11 Restructuring). These
gains were offset by a $5.6 million impairment charge
relating to goodwill and intangible assets associated with its
Enterprise Marketing Solutions, or EMS, business (See
Note 6 Impairment of Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets).
In the first quarter of 2004, net income included a distribution
from MaxWorldwide, Inc. of $2.4 million in connection with
its plan of liquidation and dissolution (See
Note 3 Investments in Affiliates)
and the reversal of a $1.5 million reserve relating to a
prior acquisition.
In the fourth quarter of 2003, DoubleClick recorded
$5.4 million in additional depreciation expense related to
the acceleration of the amortization of leasehold improvements
and furniture and fixtures at its New York office due to the
change in useful life of these assets (See
Note 1 Description of Business and
85
DOUBLECLICK INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2004
Significant Accounting Policies). These charges were
partially offset by the reversal of a $1.3 million reserve
relating to the favorable resolution of certain tax matters (See
Note 12 Income Taxes).
In the third quarter of 2003, DoubleClick recorded
$8.3 million in additional depreciation expense related to
the acceleration of the amortization of leasehold improvements
and furniture and fixtures at its New York and
San Francisco offices due to the change in useful life of
these assets (See Note 1 Description of
Business and Significant Accounting Policies). These costs
were partially offset by a net restructuring credit of
$2.2 million relating to the reversal of a portion of the
real estate reserve for its New York and San Francisco
facilities (See Note 11
Restructuring) and the receipt of $1.4 million
in connection with an insurance claim settlement.
In the second quarter of 2003, DoubleClick recorded a net
restructuring credit of $6.9 million, which resulted from a
$14.3 million reversal of the real estate reserve for its
New York facility partially offset by $7.4 million in
additional restructuring charges in connection with its other
facilities (See Note 11
Restructuring). In addition, DoubleClick recognized
a loss of $4.4 million associated with the redemption of
its 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 (See
Note 9 Convertible Subordinated
Debt).
86
SCHEDULE II
DOUBLECLICK INC.
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
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Additions | |
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Balance at | |
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Charged | |
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Balance at | |
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Beginning | |
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to Costs and | |
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Other | |
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End of | |
Description |
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of Period | |
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Expenses | |
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Adjustments(1) | |
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Deductions | |
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Period | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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(In thousands) | |
2004:
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|
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|
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|
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Allowances deducted from accounts receivable:
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|
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Allowance for doubtful accounts
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$ |
4,151 |
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$ |
1,519 |
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|
$ |
1,147 |
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|
$ |
(681 |
) |
|
$ |
6,136 |
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|
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Allowances for advertiser credits
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3,368 |
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10,712 |
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(10,165 |
) |
|
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3,915 |
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Total
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$ |
7,519 |
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|
$ |
12,231 |
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|
$ |
1,147 |
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|
$ |
(10,846 |
) |
|
$ |
10,051 |
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
2003:
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowances deducted from accounts receivable:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
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|
$ |
8,180 |
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|
$ |
517 |
|
|
$ |
60 |
|
|
$ |
(4,606 |
) |
|
$ |
4,151 |
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|
|
Allowances for advertiser credits
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|
5,524 |
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|
|
7,717 |
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|
|
135 |
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|
|
(10,008 |
) |
|
|
3,368 |
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|
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Total
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$ |
13,704 |
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|
$ |
8,234 |
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|
$ |
195 |
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|
$ |
(14,614 |
) |
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$ |
7,519 |
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2002:
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|
|
|
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Allowances deducted from accounts receivable:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
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$ |
9,819 |
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|
$ |
8,122 |
|
|
$ |
(2,753 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,008 |
) |
|
$ |
8,180 |
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|
|
Allowances for advertiser credits
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11,760 |
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|
|
11,004 |
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|
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(2,488 |
) |
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(14,752 |
) |
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5,524 |
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Total
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$ |
21,579 |
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$ |
19,126 |
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|
$ |
(5,241 |
) |
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$ |
(21,760 |
) |
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$ |
13,704 |
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(1) |
Other adjustments represent amounts assumed in purchase
accounting of business combinations and amounts transferred as a
result of business divestitures. |
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Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
Not Applicable.
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Item 9A. |
Controls and Procedures |
Conclusions Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive
officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness
of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of
December 31, 2004. The term disclosure controls and
procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other
procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that
we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in
the SECs rules and forms. Disclosure controls and
procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
a company in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the
companys management, including its principal executive and
principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management
recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well
designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies
its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of
possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our
disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2004,
the our chief executive officer and chief financial officer
concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and
procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
No change in our internal control over financial reporting
occurred during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2004
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal
control over financial reporting is defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a
process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal
executive and principal financial officers and effected by our
board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures
that:
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(1) Pertain to the maintenance of records that in
reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions
and dispositions of the assets of the Company; |
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(2) Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the Company; and |
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(3) Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of the Companys assets that could have a material effect
on the financial statements. |
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004.
In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set
forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework.
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Based on our assessment, we concluded that, as of
December 31, 2004, our internal control over financial
reporting is effective based on those criteria.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an
audit report, which appears under Item 8, on our assessment
of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting.
(c) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange
Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended December 31,
2004 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Item 9B. |
Other Information. |
None.
89
PART III
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Item 10. |
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant |
Incorporated by reference from the information in our proxy
statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within
120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this report
relates.
We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our officers,
including our principal executive, financial and accounting
officers, and our directors and employees. We have posted the
Code of Ethics on our Internet Web site at www.doubleclick.com
under the Governance section of the About
DoubleClick webpage. We intend to make all required
disclosures concerning any amendments to, or waivers from, our
Code of Ethics on our Internet Web site.
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Item 11. |
Executive Compensation |
Incorporated by reference from the information in our proxy
statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within
120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this report
relates.
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Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
Incorporated by reference from the information in our proxy
statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within
120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this report
relates.
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Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
Incorporated by reference from the information in our proxy
statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within
120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this report
relates.
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Item 14. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
Incorporated by reference from the information in our proxy
statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within
120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this report
relates.
90
PART IV
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Item 15. |
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
(a) 1. Financial Statements.
The financial statements as set forth under Item 8 of this
report are incorporated by reference.
2. Financial Statement Schedules.
The financial statement schedule as set forth in Item 8 of
this report is incorporated by reference.
(b) Exhibits.
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Number | |
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Description |
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2 |
.1 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of
June 13, 1999, by and among Registrant, Atlanta Merger
Corp. and Abacus Direct Corporation (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 2.1 of Registrants Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 17, 1999). |
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2 |
.2 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of
July 12, 1999, among Registrant, NJ Merger Corporation and
NetGravity, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1
of Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
July 22, 1999). |
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2 |
.3 |
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Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Shares, dated as of
December 17, 1999, between Registrant and the Sellers
listed on Appendix 1 thereto (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.1 of Registrants Current Report on
Form 8-K dated January 12, 2000). |
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2 |
.4 |
|
Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization, dated as of November 17, 2000, by and among
DoubleClick Inc., Atlas Merger Sub, Inc., Atlas Acquisition
Corp. and @plan.inc, including annexes thereto but excluding any
schedules (Incorporated by reference to @plan.incs Current
Report on Form 8-K, dated November 20, 2000). |
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2 |
.5 |
|
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of
Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 22,
2001, by and among DoubleClick Inc., Atlas Merger Sub, Inc.,
Atlas Acquisition Corp. and @plan.inc, as amended, including
annexes thereto but excluding any schedules (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1.2 of Registrants Current
Report on Form 8-K/ A, dated January 22, 2001). |
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2 |
.8 |
|
Business Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2001,
by and among DoubleClick Inc., several of its European
subsidiaries, Channon Management Limited, AdLINK Internet Media
AG, several of its European subsidiaries, and United Internet AG
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 21, 2001). |
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2 |
.9 |
|
Option Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2001, by and
among DoubleClick Inc., Channon Management Limited, and United
Internet AG (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 21, 2001). |
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2 |
.10 |
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 29, 2002, by
and among MaxWorldwide, Inc., L90, Inc., the Registrant,
DoubleClick Media Inc., Picasso Media Acquisition, Inc. and Lion
Merger Sub, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2
of Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
July 11, 2002). |
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3 |
.1 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrants
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
number 333-67459)). |
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3 |
.1(a) |
|
Certificate of Amendment of Registrants Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.01 of Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000). |
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3 |
.1(b) |
|
Certificate of Correction of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(a)
of Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999). |
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3 |
.2 |
|
Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.5 of Registrants Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Registration Statement
No. 333-42323)). |
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4 |
.1 |
|
Specimen common stock certificate (Incorporated by reference to
Registration Statement No. 333-42323). |
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Number | |
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Description |
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4 |
.2 |
|
Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2003, between Registrant
and the Bank of New York, as trustee, including the form of Zero
Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 attached as
Exhibit A thereto (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 of Registrants Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 24, 2003. |
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4 |
.3 |
|
Registration Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2003, by and
among Registrant and the Initial Purchasers (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Registrants Current
Report on Form 8-K dated June 24, 2003). |
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10 |
.1 |
|
1996 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of Registration Statement No. 333-42323). |
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10 |
.2 |
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Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrants Quarterly
Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.3 |
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Amended and Restated 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Quarterly Report for the quarter ended
June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.4 |
|
DoubleClick Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Registrants Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003). |
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10 |
.5 |
|
Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 4, 1997
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Registration
Statement No. 333-42323). |
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10 |
.6 |
|
Agreement of Lease, dated as of January 26, 1999 (the
New York Lease), between John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company, as Owner and Landlord, and DoubleClick, as
Tenant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1999). |
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10 |
.7 |
|
Lease, dated March 2, 2000, by and between LNR-Lennar
Brannan Street, LLC and DoubleClick Inc., as amended
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of
Registrants Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002). |
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10 |
.8 |
|
Lease Termination Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2003,
between LNR-Lennar Brannan Street, LLC and DoubleClick Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
August 26, 2003). |
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10 |
.9 |
|
Lease, dated May 22, 1998, between Western States Ventures,
LLC and Abacus Direct Corporation, for office space in
Broomfield, CO (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9
of Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1999). |
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10 |
.10 |
|
First Amendment to the New York Lease, dated January 26,
1999, by and between John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company,
as Owner and Landlord, and DoubleClick, as Tenant (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Registrants Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10 |
.11 |
|
Second Amendment to the New York Lease, dated December 28,
1999, by and between John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company,
as Owner and Landlord, and DoubleClick, as Tenant (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of Registrants Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10 |
.12 |
|
Third Amendment to the New York Lease and Partial Surrender
Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2003, by and between 450
Westside Partners, L.L.C. (as successor-in-interest to John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company) and DoubleClick Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of DoubleClick
Inc.s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2003). |
|
10 |
.13 |
|
Fourth Amendment to the New York Lease and Surrender Agreement,
dated as of July 16, 2003, by and between 450 Westside
Partners, L.L.C. (as successor-in-interest to John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Company) and DoubleClick Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2003). |
|
10 |
.14 |
|
Agreement of Lease, dated as of July 1, 2003, between 111
Chelsea LLC and DoubleClick Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.5 of Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.15 |
|
Severance Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2003, between
DoubleClick Inc. and John Healy (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 of Registrants Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003). |
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Number | |
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Description |
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|
10 |
.16 |
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 13, 2004, by and
among DoubleClick Inc., Sherlock Subsidiary, Inc., Performics
Inc. and James Crouthamel (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004). |
|
10 |
.17 |
|
Master License Agreement between DoubleClick Inc. (as successor
to Abacus Direct Corporation) and SAS Institute Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004). |
|
10 |
.18 |
|
Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Kevin P.
Ryan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
|
10 |
.19 |
|
Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Mok Choe
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
|
10 |
.20 |
|
Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Bruce
Dalziel (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
|
10 |
.21 |
|
Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Brian M.
Rainey (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
|
10 |
.22 |
|
Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and David S.
Rosenblatt (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
|
10 |
.23* |
|
Description of Compensation Arrangements for Certain Executive
Officers. |
|
10 |
.24* |
|
Description of Compensation Arrangements with Non-Employee
Directors. |
|
10 |
.25* |
|
Severance Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004, between
DoubleClick Inc. and Peter Krainik. |
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21 |
.1* |
|
Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
|
23 |
.1* |
|
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
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31 |
.1* |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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31 |
.2* |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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32 |
.1* |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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32 |
.2* |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Management contract and compensatory plan or arrangement
required to be filed as an Exhibit pursuant to Item 15(b)
of Form 10-K. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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Kevin P. Ryan |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
March 16, 2005
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/ KEVIN P. RYAN
(Kevin
P. Ryan) |
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
and Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ BRUCE DALZIEL
(Bruce
Dalziel) |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ CORY DOUGLAS
(Cory
Douglas) |
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(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ KEVIN J.
OCONNOR
(Kevin
J. OConnor) |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ DWIGHT A. MERRIMAN
(Dwight
A. Merriman) |
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Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ DAVID N. STROHM
(David
N. Strohm) |
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Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ MARK E. NUNNELLY
(Mark
E. Nunnelly) |
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Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ W. GRANT
GREGORY
(W. Grant
Gregory) |
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Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ DON PEPPERS
(Don
Peppers) |
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Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
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/s/ THOMAS S. MURPHY
(Thomas
S. Murphy) |
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Director |
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March 16, 2005 |
94
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Number | |
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Description |
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2 |
.1 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of
June 13, 1999, by and among Registrant, Atlanta Merger
Corp. and Abacus Direct Corporation (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 2.1 of Registrants Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 17, 1999). |
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2 |
.2 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of
July 12, 1999, among Registrant, NJ Merger Corporation and
NetGravity, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1
of Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
July 22, 1999). |
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2 |
.3 |
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Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Shares, dated as of
December 17, 1999, between Registrant and the Sellers
listed on Appendix 1 thereto (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.1 of Registrants Current Report on
Form 8-K dated January 12, 2000). |
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2 |
.4 |
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Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization, dated as of November 17, 2000, by and among
DoubleClick Inc., Atlas Merger Sub, Inc., Atlas Acquisition
Corp. and @plan.inc, including annexes thereto but excluding any
schedules (Incorporated by reference to @plan.incs Current
Report on Form 8-K, dated November 20, 2000). |
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2 |
.5 |
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Amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of
Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 22,
2001, by and among DoubleClick Inc., Atlas Merger Sub, Inc.,
Atlas Acquisition Corp. and @plan.inc, as amended, including
annexes thereto but excluding any schedules (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1.2 of Registrants Current
Report on Form 8-K/ A, dated January 22, 2001). |
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2 |
.8 |
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Business Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2001,
by and among DoubleClick Inc., several of its European
subsidiaries, Channon Management Limited, AdLINK Internet Media
AG, several of its European subsidiaries, and United Internet AG
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 21, 2001). |
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2 |
.9 |
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Option Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2001, by and
among DoubleClick Inc., Channon Management Limited, and United
Internet AG (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 21, 2001). |
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2 |
.10 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 29, 2002, by
and among MaxWorldwide, Inc., L90, Inc., the Registrant,
DoubleClick Media Inc., Picasso Media Acquisition, Inc. and Lion
Merger Sub, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2
of Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
July 11, 2002). |
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3 |
.1 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrants
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
number 333-67459)). |
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3 |
.1(a) |
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Certificate of Amendment of Registrants Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.01 of Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000). |
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3 |
.1(b) |
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Certificate of Correction of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(a)
of Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999). |
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3 |
.2 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.5 of Registrants Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Registration Statement
No. 333-42323)). |
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4 |
.1 |
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Specimen common stock certificate (Incorporated by reference to
Registration Statement No. 333-42323). |
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4 |
.2 |
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Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2003, between Registrant
and the Bank of New York, as trustee, including the form of Zero
Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 attached as
Exhibit A thereto (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 of Registrants Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 24, 2003. |
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4 |
.3 |
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Registration Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2003, by and
among Registrant and the Initial Purchasers (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Registrants Current
Report on Form 8-K dated June 24, 2003). |
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10 |
.1 |
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1996 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of Registration Statement No. 333-42323). |
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10 |
.2 |
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Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrants Quarterly
Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2003). |
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Number | |
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Description |
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10 |
.3 |
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Amended and Restated 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Quarterly Report for the quarter ended
June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.4 |
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DoubleClick Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Registrants Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003). |
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10 |
.5 |
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Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 4, 1997
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Registration
Statement No. 333-42323). |
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10 |
.6 |
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Agreement of Lease, dated as of January 26, 1999 (the
New York Lease), between John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company, as Owner and Landlord, and DoubleClick, as
Tenant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1999). |
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10 |
.7 |
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Lease, dated March 2, 2000, by and between LNR-Lennar
Brannan Street, LLC and DoubleClick Inc., as amended
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of
Registrants Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002). |
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10 |
.8 |
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Lease Termination Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2003,
between LNR-Lennar Brannan Street, LLC and DoubleClick Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated
August 26, 2003). |
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10 |
.9 |
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Lease, dated May 22, 1998, between Western States Ventures,
LLC and Abacus Direct Corporation, for office space in
Broomfield, CO (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9
of Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999). |
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10 |
.10 |
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First Amendment to the New York Lease, dated January 26,
1999, by and between John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company,
as Owner and Landlord, and DoubleClick, as Tenant (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Registrants Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10 |
.11 |
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Second Amendment to the New York Lease, dated December 28,
1999, by and between John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company,
as Owner and Landlord, and DoubleClick, as Tenant (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of Registrants Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10 |
.12 |
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Third Amendment to the New York Lease and Partial Surrender
Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2003, by and between 450
Westside Partners, L.L.C. (as successor-in-interest to John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company) and DoubleClick Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of DoubleClick
Inc.s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.13 |
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Fourth Amendment to the New York Lease and Surrender Agreement,
dated as of July 16, 2003, by and between 450 Westside
Partners, L.L.C. (as successor-in-interest to John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Company) and DoubleClick Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.14 |
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Agreement of Lease, dated as of July 1, 2003, between 111
Chelsea LLC and DoubleClick Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.5 of Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003). |
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10 |
.15 |
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Severance Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2003, between
DoubleClick Inc. and John Healy (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 of Registrants Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003). |
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10 |
.16 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 13, 2004, by and
among DoubleClick Inc., Sherlock Subsidiary, Inc., Performics
Inc. and James Crouthamel (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004). |
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10 |
.17 |
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Master License Agreement between DoubleClick Inc. (as successor
to Abacus Direct Corporation) and SAS Institute Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004). |
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10 |
.18 |
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Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Kevin P.
Ryan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
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10 |
.19 |
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Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Mok Choe
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
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Number | |
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Description |
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10 |
.20 |
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Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Bruce
Dalziel (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
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10 |
.21 |
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Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and Brian M.
Rainey (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
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10 |
.22 |
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Retention Agreement by and between DoubleClick Inc. and David S.
Rosenblatt (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 13, 2004). |
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10 |
.23* |
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Description of Compensation Arrangements for Certain Executive
Officers. |
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10 |
.24* |
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Description of Compensation Arrangements for Non-Employee
Directors. |
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10 |
.25* |
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Severance Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004, between
DoubleClick Inc. and Peter Krainik. |
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21 |
.1* |
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Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
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23 |
.1* |
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
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31 |
.1* |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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31 |
.2* |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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32 |
.1* |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
|
32 |
.2* |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Management contract and compensatory plan or arrangement
required to be filed as an Exhibit pursuant to Item 15(b)
of Form 10-K. |