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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

  x   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  

 

For the quarterly period ended January 31, 2003

 

OR

 

  ¨   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  

 

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

 

000-27071

(Commission File Number)

 


 

AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

77-0397905

(State of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

One Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, Ca 95113-2253

(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)

 

(408) 975-3900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

None

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 


 

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 x  No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x  No ¨

 

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of January 31, 2003 was 48,906,464.

 


 


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AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

 

INDEX

 

           

Page No.


Part I.

  

Financial Information

      

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements (unaudited)

      
    

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at January 31, 2003 and April 30, 2002

    

3

    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 31, 2003 and 2002

    

4

    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended January 31, 2003 and 2002

    

5

    

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

    

6

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    

13

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

    

36

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

    

37

Part II.

  

Other Information

      

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

    

37

Item 2.

  

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

    

38

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

    

38

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

    

38

Item 5.

  

Other Information

    

38

Item 6.

  

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

    

38

Signature and Certifications

    

39

Exhibit Index

    

41

 

 

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PART I— FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

January 31,

2003


    

April 30,

2002(1)


 

ASSETS

                 

Current assets:

                 

Cash and cash equivalents

  

$

149,460

 

  

$

123,374

 

Short-term investments

  

 

112,307

 

  

 

162,175

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,078 and $1,112 as of January 31, 2003 and April 30, 2002, respectively

  

 

8,813

 

  

 

6,538

 

Other current assets

  

 

8,082

 

  

 

8,052

 

    


  


Total current assets

  

 

278,662

 

  

 

300,139

 

Property and equipment, net

  

 

8,406

 

  

 

10,887

 

Other assets

  

 

3,978

 

  

 

8,038

 

    


  


    

$

291,046

 

  

$

319,064

 

    


  


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                 

Current liabilities:

                 

Accounts payable

  

$

2,614

 

  

$

5,113

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

  

 

14,211

 

  

 

14,120

 

Deferred revenue

  

 

13,597

 

  

 

13,200

 

    


  


Total current liabilities

  

 

30,422

 

  

 

32,433

 

Accrued restructuring, non-current

  

 

2,987

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  


    

 

33,409

 

  

 

32,433

 

    


  


Stockholders’ equity:

                 

Common Stock

  

 

49

 

  

 

48

 

Additional paid-in capital

  

 

515,172

 

  

 

512,349

 

Notes receivable from stockholders

  

 

(218

)

  

 

(249

)

Unearned stock compensation

  

 

(2,814

)

  

 

(4,004

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  

 

142

 

  

 

92

 

Accumulated deficit

  

 

(254,694

)

  

 

(221,605

)

    


  


Total stockholders’ equity

  

 

257,637

 

  

 

286,631

 

    


  


    

$

291,046

 

  

$

319,064

 

    


  



(1)   The April 30, 2002 consolidated balance sheet information has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.

 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Revenues:

                                   

License

  

$

7,324

 

  

$

9,914

 

  

$

21,792

 

  

$

38,984

 

Professional services and maintenance

  

 

10,554

 

  

 

8,133

 

  

 

29,613

 

  

 

23,596

 

    


  


  


  


Total revenues

  

 

17,878

 

  

 

18,047

 

  

 

51,405

 

  

 

62,580

 

    


  


  


  


Cost of revenues:

                                   

License

  

 

605

 

  

 

871

 

  

 

1,904

 

  

 

2,523

 

Professional services and maintenance

  

 

4,415

 

  

 

3,182

 

  

 

13,787

 

  

 

10,518

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

 

9

 

  

 

(63

)

  

 

37

 

  

 

(51

)

    


  


  


  


Total cost of revenues

  

 

5,029

 

  

 

3,990

 

  

 

15,728

 

  

 

12,990

 

    


  


  


  


Gross profit

  

 

12,849

 

  

 

14,057

 

  

 

35,677

 

  

 

49,590

 

    


  


  


  


Operating expenses:

                                   

Sales and marketing:

                                   

Other sales and marketing

  

 

9,752

 

  

 

12,852

 

  

 

32,141

 

  

 

42,208

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

 

751

 

  

 

(442

)

  

 

1,683

 

  

 

24

 

Research and development:

                                   

Other research and development

  

 

5,613

 

  

 

8,691

 

  

 

20,777

 

  

 

25,007

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

 

51

 

  

 

(266

)

  

 

175

 

  

 

(199

)

General and administrative:

                                   

Other general and administrative

  

 

1,825

 

  

 

1,375

 

  

 

5,203

 

  

 

5,425

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

 

27

 

  

 

95

 

  

 

101

 

  

 

(197

)

Acquired in-process technology

  

 

300

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

300

 

  

 

—  

 

Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets

  

 

—  

 

  

 

189

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

567

 

Merger related benefit

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(835

)

Restructuring and other charges

           

 

—  

 

  

 

7,836

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


  


Total operating expenses

  

 

18,319

 

  

 

22,494

 

  

 

68,216

 

  

 

72,000

 

    


  


  


  


Loss from operations

  

 

(5,470

)

  

 

(8,437

)

  

 

(32,539

)

  

 

(22,410

)

Interest and other income, net

  

 

1,196

 

  

 

2,213

 

  

 

3,863

 

  

 

8,280

 

Impairment of equity investments

  

 

(1,113

)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(3,673

)

  

 

(1,446

)

    


  


  


  


Loss before income taxes

  

 

(5,387

)

  

 

(6,224

)

  

 

(32,349

)

  

 

(15,576

)

Provision for income taxes

  

 

301

 

  

 

86

 

  

 

740

 

  

 

243

 

    


  


  


  


Net loss

  

$

(5,688

)

  

$

(6,310

)

  

$

(33,089

)

  

$

(15,819

)

    


  


  


  


Net loss per share:

                                   

Basic and diluted

  

$

(0.12

)

  

$

(0.13

)

  

$

(0.68

)

  

$

(0.33

)

    


  


  


  


Weighted average shares

  

 

48,591

 

  

 

47,664

 

  

 

48,383

 

  

 

47,270

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

Nine Months Ended

January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                 

Net loss

  

$

(33,089

)

  

$

(15,819

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

                 

Provision for doubtful accounts

  

 

100

 

  

 

399

 

Depreciation and amortization

  

 

5,982

 

  

 

7,661

 

Amortization of stock compensation (recovery)

  

 

1,996

 

  

 

(423

)

Acquired in-process technology

  

 

300

 

  

 

—  

 

Impairment of equity investments

  

 

3,673

 

  

 

1,446

 

Restructuring and other charges

  

 

7,836

 

  

 

—  

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities net of effect of business combination:

                 

Accounts receivable, net

  

 

(2,370

)

  

 

8,644

 

Other assets, current and non-current

  

 

(766

)

  

 

(1,757

)

Accounts payable

  

 

(2,526

)

  

 

(7,681

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

  

 

(1,979

)

  

 

(885

)

Deferred revenue

  

 

397

 

  

 

(5,781

)

    


  


Net cash used in operating activities

  

 

(20,446

)

  

 

(14,196

)

    


  


Cash flows from investing activities:

                 

Purchases of investments

  

 

(127,537

)

  

 

(267,515

)

Proceeds from maturities and sales of investments

  

 

177,455

 

  

 

250,587

 

Purchases of privately-held investments

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(150

)

Cash paid in business combination, net of cash acquired

  

 

(1,783

)

  

 

—  

 

Acquisition of property and equipment

  

 

(3,652

)

  

 

(6,177

)

    


  


Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  

 

44,483

 

  

 

(23,255

)

    


  


Cash flows from financing activities:

                 

Repayment of capital lease obligations

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(393

)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of repurchases

  

 

2,018

 

  

 

4,854

 

Repayment of notes receivable from stockholders

  

 

31

 

  

 

356

 

    


  


Net cash provided by financing activities

  

 

2,049

 

  

 

4,817

 

    


  


Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

  

 

26,086

 

  

 

(32,634

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  

 

123,374

 

  

 

139,917

 

    


  


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  

$

149,460

 

  

$

107,283

 

    


  


Non-cash investing and financing activities:

                 

Additions (reductions) in unearned stock compensation

  

$

806

 

  

$

(4,569

)

    


  


 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.    Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Agile Software Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Agile” or the “Company”) have been prepared by us and reflect all adjustments (all of which are normal and recurring in nature) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarter or for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2003. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included herein should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2002, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 26, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year balances in order to conform to the current period presentation. These classifications had no impact on previously reported net loss or cash flows.

 

2.    Concentrations of Credit Risk and Significant Customers

 

The following table shows the percentage of total revenue and accounts receivable generated by each of the three customers who accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue during the stated period:

 

    

% of Total Revenues


      
  

Three Months Ended

January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended

January 31,


    

% of Accounts

Receivable as of


            

January 31,

2003


    

April 30,

2002


  

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


         

Customer A

  

16%

    

—    

    

—    

    

    

14%

    

Customer B

  

10%

    

—    

    

11%

    

    

11%

    

Customer C

  

—    

    

11%

    

—    

    

    

—    

    

 

3.    Revenue Recognition

 

We recognize revenues in accordance with SOP 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” and SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain Transactions.”

 

We derive revenues from the license of software products under software license agreements and from the delivery of professional services and maintenance services. When contracts contain multiple elements, and vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all undelivered elements, we account for the delivered elements in accordance with the residual method prescribed by SOP 98-9. Multiple element arrangements generally include post-contract customer support (PCS or maintenance), software products, and in some cases, services. Vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value is generally determined by sales of the individual element or service to other customers, or with respect to PCS, through a renewal rate specified in the related arrangement or by sales of the element when sold separately.

 

License revenues are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the fee is fixed or determinable, collectibility is probable, and delivery of the software products have occurred. In addition, if the arrangement provides terms for customer acceptance of the software product, recognition of the revenue is deferred until expiration of the acceptance period. In the event we grant our customers the right to specified upgrades, recognition of the license revenue is deferred until delivery of the specified upgrade. If vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for the specified upgrade, then an amount equal to this fair value is deferred. If vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist, then recognition of the entire license fee is deferred until the delivery of the specified upgrade. In instances where vendor obligations remain, recognition of revenues is deferred until the obligation has been satisfied.

 

Revenues from professional services consist of consulting services and training. Consulting services are not considered essential to the functionality of the other elements of the arrangement and are accounted for as a separate element. Consulting services are recognized as the services are performed for time and materials contracts or upon achievement of stated milestones

 

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on fixed price contracts. A provision for estimated losses on fixed-price consulting services contracts is recognized in the period in which the loss becomes known. Training revenues are recognized as the services are performed.

 

Maintenance revenues are recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance contract, which is generally twelve months. Maintenance contracts include the right to unspecified upgrades on a when-and-if available basis, and ongoing support.

 

4.    Net Loss Per Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to holders of common stock for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, less unvested restricted common stock. Diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share because the calculation of diluted net loss per share excludes potential shares of common stock since their effect on net loss per share is anti-dilutive. Potential shares of common stock consist of unvested restricted common stock, incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and a warrant.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share for the periods indicated (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

    

Three Months Ended

January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended

January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Numerator:

                                   

Net loss

  

$

(5,688

)

  

$

(6,310

)

  

$

(33,089

)

  

$

(15,819

)

    


  


  


  


Denominator:

                                   

Weighted average shares

  

 

48,786

 

  

 

48,100

 

  

 

48,614

 

  

 

47,878

 

Weighted average unvested shares of Common Stock subject to repurchase

  

 

(195

)

  

 

(436

)

  

 

(231

)

  

 

(608

)

    


  


  


  


Denominator for basic and diluted calculation

  

 

48,591

 

  

 

47,664

 

  

 

48,383

 

  

 

47,270

 

    


  


  


  


Net loss per share:

                                   

Basic and diluted

  

$

(0.12

)

  

$

(0.13

)

  

$

(0.68

)

  

$

(0.33

)

    


  


  


  


 

The following table sets forth potential shares of common stock that are not included in the diluted net loss per share calculation above because to do so would be anti-dilutive as of the dates indicated below (in thousands):

 

    

As of January 31,


    

2003


  

2002


Warrant to purchase Common Stock

  

50

  

50

Unvested Common Stock subject to repurchase

  

240

  

411

Options to purchase Common Stock

  

16,350

  

11,075

    
  
    

16,640

  

11,536

    
  

 

In connection with the company’s voluntary stock option exchange program (Note 11), on November 19, 2001, options to purchase approximately 4 million shares were cancelled. The number of options as of January 31, 2002 reflect these cancellations. On May 31, 2002, options to purchase approximately 2.5 million shares were granted to employees to replace the shares cancelled on November 19, 2001. The number of stock options as of January 31, 2003 reflect these replacement grants, plus additional stock options granted in the normal course of business.

 

5.    Comprehensive Loss

 

Our comprehensive loss, which encompasses net loss and unrealized gains or losses on short-term investments classified as available-for-sale securities, is as follows:

 

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Three Months Ended

January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended

January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Net loss

  

$

(5,688

)

  

$

(6,310

)

  

$

(33,089

)

  

$

(15,819

)

Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale securities

  

 

(230

)

  

 

(436

)

  

 

50

 

  

 

190

 

    


  


  


  


Comprehensive loss

  

$

(5,918

)

  

$

(6,746

)

  

$

(33,039

)

  

$

(15,629

)

    


  


  


  


 

6.    Segment Information

 

We operate in a single business segment. Revenues from foreign customers were approximately 18% and 17% of total revenues during the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and approximately 23% and 14% of total revenues during the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Our international revenues were derived primarily from sales to customers located in Japan, Europe and Asia Pacific. Revenues are attributed to geographic locations based upon the location of the customer.

 

7.    Stock Compensation

 

Stock compensation expense is being recognized over the applicable vesting period of the options, generally five years, using the accelerated method of amortization prescribed by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 28. If a stock option is cancelled due to termination of employment, any excess amortization recorded using the accelerated method over what would have been amortized on a straight line basis is reversed in the period of cancellation, and classified as a recovery.

 

Stock compensation expense related to stock options granted to non-employees is recognized as earned, over the applicable vesting period of the options, using the accelerated method of amortization prescribed by FASB Interpretation No. 28. At each reporting date, we recalculate the value of the stock option using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and record changes in fair value for the vested portion of the option. As a result, the stock compensation expense fluctuates with the movement in the fair market value of our common stock.

 

During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, we terminated employment of individuals for whom we had recorded deferred stock compensation and had recognized related expense on unvested options using an accelerated method. Accordingly, during the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we reduced unearned stock compensation, which would have been amortized to future expense, of $264,000 and $1.9 million, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we reduced unearned compensation expense by $809,000 and $3.9 million, respectively.

 

Amortization of employee and non-employee stock options, and recoveries due to cancellations were as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended

January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Amortization—employees

  

$

915

 

  

$

711

 

  

$

1,937

 

  

$

2,542

 

Amortization—non-employees

  

 

176

 

  

 

413

 

  

 

723

 

  

 

435

 

Recovery—employees

  

 

(253

)

  

 

(1,800

)

  

 

(664

)

  

 

(3,400

)

    


  


  


  


Net amortization (recovery)

  

$

838

 

  

$

(676

)

  

$

1,996

 

  

$

(423

)

    


  


  


  


 

8.    Short-term Investments

 

Our short-term investments are comprised of U.S., state, and municipal government obligations; corporate debt securities; and foreign debt securities. Investments with maturities of less than one year are considered short-term and are carried at fair value. All investments are held in the company’s name and custodies with one major financial institution. The specific identification method is used to determine the cost of securities. At January 31, 2003 and April 30, 2002, all of our

 

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investments were classified as short-term and available for sale. Unrealized gains and losses on these investments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value considered to be other than temporary are included in interest and other expense.

 

9.    Other Assets

 

Other assets include investments in equity instruments of privately held companies, which amounted to $3.5 million at April 30, 2002. These investments, accounted for using the cost method and consisting primarily of investments in a venture fund and preferred stock of a privately-held company, are reviewed each reporting period for declines considered other-than-temporary, and, if appropriate, written down to their estimated fair value.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we reduced the carrying amounts for these investments to their estimated fair value via charges to other income (expense). Those charges totaled $3.7 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. As of January 31, 2003, our balance of investments in equity instruments of privately-held companies had been written down to zero.

 

Other assets also include prepaid software license fees paid to third party software developers for technology integrated into our products or sold together with our products. These prepaid software license fees amounted to $3.0 million and $4.7 million as of January 31, 2003 and April 30, 2002, respectively. We evaluate the future realization of such costs quarterly and charges to operations any amounts that we deem unlikely to be fully realized through future sales of the related software products. Such prepaid software license fees are classified as current and noncurrent assets based upon estimated product release date.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2002, we determined that the carrying value of certain prepaid software license fees exceeded their net realizable value. The determination was based upon a revised forecast of future revenues prepared during the quarter showing lower than anticipated sales for the products in which the third party licensed software was embedded. Accordingly, a charge of approximately $2.7 million was included in the statement of operations under restructuring and other charges for the three months ended October 31, 2002 to reflect the write-down of the prepaid license fees to their estimated net realizable value.

 

10.    Restructuring

 

During the three months ended April 30, 2002, we restructured our operations in order to reduce expenses and align our operations and cost structure with existing market conditions. The actions taken included a reduction of approximately 15% of worldwide headcount, or 75 employees, across all functions. The restructuring charge incurred as a result of the actions taken included facility and lease costs related to the closure of certain excess facilities and activities that we exited.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2002, we recorded a restructuring charge of $7.8 million, which consisted of $4.6 million for the consolidation of excess leased space, $485,000 related to the write-down of excess fixed assets, and $2.7 million of charges related to the write down of additional prepaid software license fees used in our products.

 

The significant activity within and components of the restructuring and other charges as of January 31, 2003 are as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Accrual at

April 30,

2002


    

Restructuring Charge Nine Months

Ended

January 31,

2003


  

Non-cash

Charges


    

Cash Payments


    

Accrual at

January 31,

2003


Workforce reductions

  

$

1,982

    

$

—  

  

$

—  

 

  

$

(1,982

)

  

$

—  

Facilities costs

  

 

729

    

 

4,657

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(621

)

  

 

4,765

Equipment and other asset write-offs

  

 

—  

    

 

485

  

 

(485

)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    

    

  


  


  

Subtotal

  

 

2,711

    

 

5,142

  

 

(485

)

  

 

(2,603

)

  

 

4,765

Other charges—Prepaid license fees

  

 

—  

    

 

2,694

  

 

(2,694

)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    

    

  


  


  

Total

  

$

2,711

    

$

7,836

  

$

(3,179

)

  

$

(2,603

)

  

$

4,765

    

    

  


  


  

Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities

                                    

$

1,778

Included in accrued restructuring, non-current

                                    

 

2,987

                                      

                                      

$

4,765

                                      

 

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The remaining cash payments relating to facilities and leases are expected to be paid through March 2007.

 

Facilities costs of approximately $4.7 million that were included in the restructuring charge above generally represent lease commitment costs for office space that we no longer occupy. Also included in the restructuring charge during the three months ended October 31, 2002 is a reduction of estimated sublease income related to excess facilities identified in the three months ended April 30, 2002, due to further deterioration of the real estate market in the San Jose area.

 

Equipment and other write-offs of $485,000 related principally to write-off of excess fixed assets resulting from the restructuring plan.

 

Other charges of $2.7 million related to the impairment of certain prepaid software license fees for which we determined that the carrying value of the non-refundable prepaid license fees exceeded its net realizable value as a result of revised forecasts of future revenues showing lower than anticipated sales for the products in which the third party licensed software was embedded.

 

11.    Option Exchange Program

 

On October 18, 2001, we announced a voluntary stock option exchange program for our employees. Under the program, our option holders had the opportunity to cancel outstanding options with an exercise price in excess of $15.00 per share in exchange for new options to be granted at a future date that was at least six months and one day after the date of cancellation, which was November 19, 2001. The number of shares of common stock subject to the new options was equal to 75% of the number subject to the exchanged options. Under the exchange program, options to purchase 4.0 million shares of our common stock were tendered by employees and cancelled. On May 31, 2002, we issued options to purchase approximately 2.5 million shares of common stock to replace the tendered options. In addition, a certain number of employees terminated their employment in the intervening six months, and were not granted replacement options. The exercise price of each replacement option is $8.34 per share, which was the fair market value of our common stock on May 31, 2002, represented by the closing sale price on such date on the Nasdaq National Market. The replacement options have terms and conditions that are substantially the same as those of the canceled options. The exchange program did not result in any additional compensation charges or variable plan accounting. Members of our Board of Directors did not participate in this program.

 

12.    Litigation

 

On or around October 25, 2001, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of holders of Agile securities in the Southern District of New York against Agile Software Corporation, Bryan D. Stolle and Thomas P. Shanahan (collectively “Agile Defendants”) and others including underwriters Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank Securities. The case is now captioned In re Agile Software, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 01 CIV 9413 (SAS), related to In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92 (SAS).

 

On or about April 19, 2002, plaintiffs electronically served an amended complaint. The amended complaint is brought purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased our common stock from August 19, 1999 through December 6, 2000. It names as defendants the Agile Defendants; and several investment banking firms that served as underwriters of our initial public offering and secondary offering. The complaint alleges liability under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration statement for the offerings did not disclose that: (1) the underwriters had agreed to allow certain customers to purchase shares in the offerings in exchange for excess commissions paid to the underwriters; and (2) the underwriters had arranged for certain customers to purchase additional shares in the aftermarket at predetermined prices. The amended complaint also alleges that false analyst reports were issued. No specific damages are claimed.

 

We are aware that similar allegations have been made in other lawsuits filed in the Southern District of New York challenging over 300 other initial public offerings and secondary offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000. Those cases have been consolidated for pretrial purposes before the Honorable Judge Shira A. Scheindlin. On July 15, 2002, the Agile Defendants (as well as all other issuer defendants) filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On February 19, 2003, the Court ruled on the motions to dismiss. The Court denied the motions to dismiss claims under the Securities Act of 1933 in all but 10 of the cases. In the case involving us, these claims were dismissed as to the initial public offering, but not the secondary offering. The Court denied the motion to dismiss the claim under Section 10(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against us and 184 other issuer defendants, on the basis that the amended complaints in these cases alleged that the respective issuers had acquired companies or conducted follow-on offerings after their initial public offerings. As a consequence, the Court denied the motion to dismiss the Section 20(a) claims against the individual defendants. The motion to dismiss the Section 10(a) claims was

 

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granted with prejudice as to the individual defendants. We believe that the allegations against the Agile Defendants in the litigation are without merit, and intend to defend them vigorously.

 

We are also subject to various other claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

13.    Acquisition

 

On December 20, 2002, we acquired oneREV, Inc., a Delaware privately held corporation (“oneREV”) in a transaction accounted for as a purchase business combination. Purchase consideration was $1.7 million in cash in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of oneREV. In addition, we incurred $196,500 in acquisition expenses, including legal fees and other direct transaction costs resulting in an adjusted aggregate purchase price of $1.9 million.

 

The total acquisition price of $1.9 million was allocated to the assets acquired, including tangible and intangible assets, and liabilities assumed based upon the fair value of such assets and liabilities on the date of the acquisition. The total purchase price of the acquisition has been allocated to assets and liabilities based on management’s estimates of their fair value and an independent appraisal of certain intangible assets, with the excess costs over the net assets acquired allocated to goodwill. The aggregate purchase price was allocated as follows (in thousands):

 

Net tangible assets

  

$

82

In-process technology

  

 

300

Existing technology

  

 

700

Goodwill

  

 

840

    

    

$

1,922

    

 

The net tangible assets consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, property and equipment, accounts payable and other liabilities, and notes payable. The valuation of the intangible assets has been determined using management’s assumptions as to future revenue and a valuation report from an independent appraiser. The amount allocated to in-process technology was determined through established valuation techniques in the technology and software industries and were expensed upon acquisition because no future alternative uses existed for the technology. Research and development costs to bring the products acquired from oneREV to technological feasibility are not expected to be significant. The amount allocated to existing technology is being amortized over the estimated useful life of five years. The purchase price in excess of identified tangible and intangible assets is allocated to goodwill.

 

The amount of the purchase consideration was determined through arm’s-length negotiation. An affiliate of Mohr Davidow Ventures originally invested approximately $7,245,000 in oneREV as the major stockholder of oneREV, and received $1,335,937.40 as its portion of the purchase consideration upon the acquisition of oneREV by Agile, fifteen percent of which will be held in escrow for 180 days to satisfy any claims that Agile may have against oneREV for breach of representations and warranties made under the agreement. In addition, an affiliate of Mohr Davidow Ventures is the holder of 2,713,498 shares of common stock of Agile. Nancy Schoendorf, a general partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures, was a member of the Board of Directors of oneREV and is a member of the Board of Directors of Agile. Erik Straser, a general partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures, was a member of the board of directors of oneREV. Mr. Bryan D. Stolle, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Agile, originally invested approximately $100,000 in exchange for shares of preferred stock of oneREV, and was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of oneREV. Mr. Stolle received $18,749.98 as his portion of the purchase consideration upon the acquisition of oneREV by Agile, fifteen percent of which will be held in escrow for 180 days to satisfy any claims that Agile may have against oneREV of breach of representations and warranties made under the Agreement. Neither Ms. Schoendorf nor Mr. Stolle participated in negotiations concerning the amount of purchase consideration payable to oneREV stockholders.

 

Pro forma results (unaudited)

 

The following table presents the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated results of operations of the Company for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, combined with the results of operations of oneREV for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated results of operations gives effect to this acquisition as if it had occurred at the beginning of each period (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

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Three Months Ended January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Pro forma net revenue

  

$

17,915

 

  

$

18,047

 

  

$

51,477

 

  

$

62,583

 

Pro forma net loss

  

$

(6,785

)

  

$

(8,021

)

  

$

(36,634

)

  

$

(19,950

)

Pro forma net loss per share

  

$

(0.14

)

  

$

(0.17

)

  

$

(0.76

)

  

$

(0.42

)

Pro forma shares outstanding

  

 

48,613

 

  

 

47,697

 

  

 

48,412

 

  

 

47,303

 

 

These results are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of the actual operating results or financial position that would have occurred if the transaction had been consummated at the beginning of each period.

 

14.    Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

Effective May 1, 2002, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which establishes new accounting and reporting requirements for goodwill and other intangible assets. Under SFAS No. 142, our ability to amortize goodwill ceased effective May 1, 2002 and recorded goodwill will be tested for impairment as of April 30, 2003 by comparing the fair value of Agile Software Corporation, as determined by its implied market capitalization, to its consolidated carrying value including recorded goodwill. An impairment test is required to be performed at adoption of SFAS No. 142 and at least annually thereafter. Accordingly, on an ongoing basis (absent any impairment indicators), we expect to perform our impairment testing during the three months ended April 30 of each year, which is the fourth quarter of our fiscal year.

 

In connection with adopting SFAS No. 142, we also reassessed the useful lives and the classification of our identifiable intangible assets. Based upon this assessment, we reclassified $2.1 million of its intangible assets, representing acquired workforce, to goodwill and ceased amortization of such amounts. As of April 30, 2002, we had gross intangible assets of $2.2 million and related accumulated amortization of approximately $1.9 million. Prospectively, we will not record any amortization related to the intangible assets existing at April 30, 2002. Based on our initial impairment test, we determined that none of the recorded goodwill was impaired. Impairment adjustments recognized after adoption of SFAS No. 142, if any, are required to be recognized as operating expenses.

 

Actual results of operations for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002 and pro forma results of operations for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, had we applied the provisions of SFAS No. 142 in those periods, are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

    

Three Months Ended January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Net loss as reported

  

$

(5,688

)

  

$

(6,310

)

  

$

(33,089

)

  

$

(15,819

)

Add: amortization of goodwill and acquired workforce

  

 

—  

 

  

 

189

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

567

 

    


  


  


  


Pro forma net loss

  

$

(5,688

)

  

$

(6,121

)

  

$

(33,089

)

  

$

(15,252

)

    


  


  


  


Net loss per share as reported

  

$

(0.12

)

  

$

(0.13

)

  

$

(0.68

)

  

$

(0.33

)

    


  


  


  


Pro forma net loss per share

  

$

(0.12

)

  

$

(0.13

)

  

$

(0.68

)

  

$

(0.32

)

    


  


  


  


 

15.    Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” SFAS No. 144 supercedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of.” SFAS No. 144 applies to all long-lived assets (including discontinued operations) and consequently amends Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30. SFAS No. 144 develops one accounting model for long-lived assets that are to be disposed of by sale. SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets that are to be disposed of by sale be measured at the lower of book value or fair value less cost to sell. Additionally, SFAS No. 144 expands the scope of discontinued operations to include all components of an entity with operations that (1) can be distinguished from the rest of the entity and (2) will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the entity in a disposal transaction. SFAS No. 144 is effective for the Company for

 

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all financial statements issued in fiscal 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 144 did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

On July 29, 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.” SFAS No. 146 addresses significant issues relating to the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs associated with exit and disposal activities, including restructuring activities, and nullifies the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 94-3 (EITF 94-3), “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring.)” SFAS No. 146 requires that the initial liability for costs associated with exit and disposal activities be measured at fair value and prohibits the recognition of a liability based solely on an entity’s commitment to a plan, which, in turn, nullifies EITF 94-3. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. Retroactive application of FAS 146 is prohibited and, accordingly, liabilities recognized prior to the initial application of FAS 146 should continue to be accounted for in accordance with EITF 94-3 or other applicable preexisting guidance.

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45), “Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” FIN 45 requires that a liability be recorded in the guarantor’s balance sheet upon issuance of a guarantee. In addition, FIN 45 requires disclosures about the guarantees that an entity has issued, including a reconciliation of changes in the entity’s product warranty liabilities. The initial recognition and initial measurement provisions of FIN 45 are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002, irrespective of the guarantor’s fiscal year-end. The disclosure requirements of FIN 45 are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods ending after December 15, 2002. The Company believes that the adoption of this standard will have no material impact on its financial statements.

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, Transition and Disclosure.” SFAS No. 148 provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair market value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. SFAS No. 148 also requires that disclosures of the pro forma effect of using the fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation be displayed more prominently and in a tabular format. Additional, SFAS No. 148 requires disclosure of the pro forma effect in interim financial statements. The transition and annual disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 148 are effective for fiscal years ended after December 15,2002. The interim disclosure requirements are effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2002. The Company believes that the adoption of this standard will have no material impact on its financial statements.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” This interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements,” addresses consolidation by business enterprises of variable interest entities that possess certain characteristics. The Interpretation requires that if a business enterprise has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities, and results of the activities of the variable interest entity must be included in the consolidated financial statements with those of the business enterprise. This Interpretation applies immediately to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and to variable interest entities in which an enterprise obtains an interest after that date. We do not have any ownership in any variable interest entities as of January 31, 2003. We will apply the consolidation requirement of FIN 46 in future periods if we should own any interest in any variable interest entity.

 

ITEM 2.     MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The information in this discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. For example, words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “strategy,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results and the timing of certain events may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those discussed in “Other Factors Affecting Operating Results” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below, as well as the section included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 26, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange Commission entitled “Other Factors Affecting Operating Results.” The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.

 

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Overview

 

We develop and market product lifecycle management solutions to help companies work internally and with their suppliers and customers to build better, more profitable products faster. We believe that our products reduce time-to-volume and cost of goods sold and improve customer responsiveness and product quality. Our solutions manage the system of record for a company’s products and provide business applications for critical communication and collaboration about the product record among manufacturers, outsourced manufacturing providers, suppliers and customers. Our products help companies manage complex supply chains, as well as globally dispersed engineering, manufacturing, sales and distribution functions. We were founded in March 1995 and in June 1996 we began selling our first products and delivering related services. We currently license our products in the United States through our direct sales force, and in Japan, Europe and Asia-Pacific both through our direct sales force and distributors. International revenues have been growing as we have expanded our international sales force. Revenues from customers located outside of North America were approximately 18% of total revenues during the three months ended January 31, 2003 compared to 17% of total revenues during the three months ended January 31, 2002, and 23% of total revenues during the nine months ended January 31, 2003 compared to 14% of total revenues during the nine months ended January 31, 2002. The increase in revenue from foreign customers as a percentage of total revenues was due primarily to increases in sales to customers located in Japan, and to a lesser extent, Europe.

 

Customers who license our software products receive a license for our application servers, one or more user licenses, and adapters provided by third parties to connect with the customers’ other existing enterprise systems. Our customers generally purchase a limited number of user licenses at the time of the initial license of the software products and may purchase additional user licenses as needed. Customers may purchase implementation services from us. These professional services are provided on a fixed-price or time-and-materials basis and may also be provided by third-party consulting organizations. We also offer fee-based training services to our customers.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2002, we recorded a restructuring charge of $7.8 million, which consisted of $4.6 million primarily for the consolidation of excess facilities, $485,000 to write down excess fixed assets, and $2.7 million to write down additional prepaid software license fees relating to third-party software used in our products. This was in addition to the restructuring charge of $6.3 million we recorded during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. As a result of this restructuring, our operating expenses have been reduced by more than $7 million per quarter.

 

We have incurred quarterly and annual losses in each of the years since we were formed and although we have reduced expenses in an effort to reach profitability, we expect to continue to incur quarterly and annual losses in the near term. We incurred losses of $5.7 million and $6.3 million in the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We had an accumulated deficit of approximately $254.7 million as of January 31, 2003. We expect to continue to incur significant sales and marketing, research and development, general and administrative expenses and stock compensation expenses, resulting in continued operating losses in the near term. Accordingly, in order to achieve profitability, we will need to increase our revenues or reduce our operating costs further.

 

Option Exchange Program

 

On October 18, 2001, we announced a voluntary stock option exchange program for our employees. Under the program, our option holders had the opportunity to cancel outstanding options with an exercise price in excess of $15.00 per share in exchange for new options to be granted at a future date that was at least six months and one day after the date of cancellation, which was November 19, 2001. The number of shares of common stock subject to the new options was equal to 75% of the number subject to the exchanged options. Under the exchange program, options for 4.0 million shares of our common stock were tendered by our employees and cancelled. On May 31, 2002, we issued options to purchase approximately 2.5 million shares of common stock to replace the tendered options. In addition, a certain number of employees terminated their employment in the intervening six months, and were not granted replacement options. The exercise price of each replacement option is $8.34 per share, which was the fair market value of our common stock on May 31, 2002, represented by the closing sale price on such date on the NASDAQ National Market. The replacement options have terms and conditions that are substantially the same as those of the cancelled options. The exchange program did not result in any additional compensation charges or variable plan accounting. Members of our Board of Directors did not participate in this program.

 

Acquisition

 

On December 20, 2002, we acquired oneREV, Inc., a Delaware privately held corporation (“oneREV”) in a transaction accounted for as a purchase business combination. Purchase consideration was $1.7 million in cash in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of oneREV. In addition, we incurred $196,500 in acquisition expenses, including legal fees and other direct transaction costs resulting in an adjusted aggregate purchase price of $1.9 million.

 

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The total acquisition price of $1.9 million was allocated to the assets acquired, including tangible and intangible assets, and liabilities assumed based upon the fair value of such assets and liabilities on the date of the acquisition. The total purchase cost of the acquisition has been allocated to assets and liabilities based on management’s estimates of their fair value and an independent appraisal of certain intangible assets, with the excess costs over the net assets acquired allocated to goodwill. The aggregate purchase price was allocated as follows (in thousands):

 

Net tangible assets

  

$

82

In-process technology

  

 

300

Existing technology

  

 

700

Goodwill

  

 

840

    

    

$

1,922

    

 

The net tangible assets consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, property and equipment, accounts payable and other liabilities, and notes payable. The valuation of the intangible assets has been determined using management’s assumptions as to future revenue and a valuation report from an independent appraiser. The amount allocated to in-process technology was determined through established valuation techniques in the technology and software industries and were expensed upon acquisition because no future alternative uses existed for the technology. Research and development costs to bring the products acquired from oneREV to technological feasibility are not expected to be significant. The amount allocated to existing technology is being amortized over the estimated useful life of five years. The purchase price in excess of identified tangible and intangible assets is allocated to goodwill.

 

The amount of the purchase consideration was determined through arm’s-length negotiation. An affiliate of Mohr Davidow Ventures originally invested approximately $7,245,000 in oneREV as the major stockholder of oneREV, and received $1,335,937.40 as its portion of the purchase consideration upon the acquisition of oneREV by Agile, fifteen percent of which will be held in escrow for 180 days to satisfy any claims that Agile may have against oneREV for breach of representations and warranties made under the agreement. In addition, an affiliate of Mohr Davidow Ventures is the holder of 2,713,498 shares of common stock of Agile. Nancy Schoendorf, a general partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures, was a member of the Board of Directors of oneREV and is a member of the Board of Directors of Agile. Erik Straser, a general partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures, was a member of the board of directors of oneREV. Mr. Bryan D. Stolle, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Agile, originally invested approximately $100,000 in exchange for shares of preferred stock of oneREV, and was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of oneREV. Mr. Stolle received $18,749.98 as his portion of the purchase consideration upon the acquisition of oneREV by Agile, fifteen percent of which will be held in escrow for 180 days to satisfy any claims that Agile may have against oneREV of breach of representations and warranties made under the Agreement. Neither Ms. Schoendorf nor Mr. Stolle participated in negotiations concerning the amount of purchase consideration payable to oneREV stockholders.

 

Use of Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

 

We have prepared our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principals generally accepted in the United States. In preparing our financial statements, we make estimates, assumptions and judgments that can have a significant impact on our reported revenues, loss from operations, and net loss, as well as on the value of certain assets on our balance sheet. These estimates, assumptions and judgments about future events and their effects on our results cannot be determined with certainty, and are made based upon our historical experience and on other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates may change as new events occur or additional information is obtained, and we may periodically be faced with uncertainties, the outcomes of which are not within our control and may not be known for a prolonged period of time. The discussion and analysis of our results of operations and financial condition are based upon these statements. While there are a number of accounting policies, methods and estimates affecting our financial statements, areas that are particularly significant include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts and sales returns, investments, prepaid software license fees restructuring reserves, and stock options and warrants, which are described below. We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and understanding of our financial condition and results of operations. A critical accounting policy is one that is both material to the presentation of our financial statements and requires us to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments that could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations. They may require us to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time of the estimate, and different estimates that we could have used, or changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur, may have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

In addition to the estimates and assumptions that we use to prepare our historical financial statements, we monitor our sales pipeline in order to estimate the timing and amount of future revenues. If we are unable to properly estimate the timing and amount of revenues, our future operations could be significantly impacted. Our sales pipeline may not consistently result in revenues in a particular period, as the data upon which the assumptions and estimates were made by management may change. For example, the current economic slowdown has resulted in reduced information technology spending that has caused customers to delay and reduce purchasing decisions. Accordingly, it has been more difficult and has taken longer to close contracts with customers, the size of the transactions have decreased, and many of our license contracts are signed in the last weeks of the quarter, making it difficult for us to forecast revenues for the quarter. These factors have resulted in difficulty

 

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adjusting spending to respond to variations in revenue growth during the quarter, all of which has adversely affected our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We recognize revenue in accordance with Statement of Position, or SOP 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” and SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain Transactions.” We recognize license revenues when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the fee is fixed or determinable, collectibility is reasonably assured, delivery of the product has occurred and the customer has accepted the product (including the expiration of an acceptance period) if the terms of the contract include an acceptance requirement. In the event that we grant a customer the right to specified upgrades and vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for such upgrades, we defer license revenue in an amount equal to this fair value until we have delivered the specified upgrade. If vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist, then we defer recognition of the entire license fee until we deliver the specified upgrade. If professional services are essential to the functionality of the other elements of the arrangement, we defer recognition of revenue until we have satisfied our professional services obligations. To date, professional services have not been essential to the functionality of the other elements, and thus have been accounted for separately.

 

We consider a non-cancelable agreement signed by us and the customer to be evidence of an arrangement. Delivery is considered to occur when media containing the licensed programs is provided to a common carrier, or the customer is given electronic access to the licensed software. Our typical end user license agreements do not contain acceptance clauses. We consider the fee to be fixed or determinable if the fee is not subject to refund or adjustment. If the fee is not fixed or determinable, we recognize revenue as the amounts become due and payable. Reasonable assurance of collection is based upon our assessment of the customer’s financial condition through review of their current financial statements or credit reports. For follow-on sales to existing customers, prior payment history is also used to evaluate probability of collection. If we determine that collection is not reasonably assured, we defer the revenue and recognize the revenue upon cash collection.

 

When our software licenses contain multiple elements, we allocate revenue to each element based on the relative fair values of the elements. Multiple element arrangements generally include post-contract support (PCS or maintenance), software products, and in some cases, other professional services. Revenue from multiple-element arrangements is allocated to undelivered elements of the arrangement, such as PCS, based on the relative fair values of the elements specific to us. Our determination of fair value of each element in multi-element arrangements is based on vendor-specific objective evidence, which is generally determined by sales of the individual element to third parties or by reference to a renewal rate specified in the related arrangement.

 

Where vendor-specific objective evidence of fair-value exists for all undelivered elements, but evidence does not exist for one or more delivered elements, we account for the delivered elements in accordance with the Residual Method prescribed by SOP 98-9. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee is recognized as revenue. In most cases, the bundled multiple elements include PCS and the software product. In such cases, when vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all of the undelivered elements (most commonly PCS), the residual or remaining amount is recognized as revenue and the PCS is recognized ratably over the PCS term, which is typically 12 months.

 

Revenues from professional services consist of training and implementation services. Training revenues are recognized as the services are performed. Professional services are not considered essential to the functionality of the other elements of the arrangement and are accounted for as a separate element. Professional services are recognized as the services are performed for time and materials contracts or upon achievement of milestones on fixed price contracts. A provision for estimated losses on fixed-price professional services contracts is recognized in the period in which the loss becomes known.

 

A customer typically prepays maintenance revenues for the first 12 months and the related maintenance revenues are recognized ratably monthly over the term of the maintenance contract, which is generally 12 months. Maintenance contracts include the right to unspecified upgrades on a when-and-if available basis, and ongoing support.

 

Deferred revenues include amounts received from customers for which revenue has not yet been recognized that generally results from deferred maintenance, consulting or training services not yet rendered and license revenue deferred until all requirements under SOP 97-2 are met. Deferred revenue is recognized upon delivery of our products, as services are rendered, or as other requirements requiring deferral under SOP 97-2 are satisfied.

 

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Sales Returns

 

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts and a sales return allowance at amounts we estimate to be sufficient to provide adequate protection against losses resulting from collecting less than full payment on our receivables and for sales returns. A considerable amount of judgment is required when we assess the realization of accounts receivables, including assessing the probability of collection and the current credit-worthiness of each customer. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, an additional provision for doubtful accounts may be required. We provide an allowance for estimated returns at the time we deliver product, based upon our historical level of returns.

 

Investments

 

We have in the past invested in equity instruments of privately held companies for business and strategic purposes, although we are not currently pursuing any of these investments. These investments are included in other long-term assets and are accounted for under the cost method when ownership is less than 20% and we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over operations. For these investments, we regularly review the assumptions underlying the operating performance and cash flow forecasts in assessing the carrying values. We identify and record impairment losses when events and circumstances indicate that such assets might be impaired.

 

During the three months ended July 31, 2002 and 2001 and the three months ended January 31, 2003, we determined that such investments had incurred a decline in value that was other-than-temporary based upon specific triggering events and, accordingly, we reduced the carrying amounts of these investments to estimated fair value by a charge to other income (expense) of $2.6 million, $1.4 million, and $1.1 million in each of the three months ended July 31, 2002, and 2001, and January 31, 2003, respectively. At January 31, 2003, the carrying value of our private equity investments has been written down to zero.

 

Prepaid Software License Fees

 

Prepaid software license fees are paid to third party software developers under development arrangements for technology integrated into or sold with our products. We amortize the prepaid license fees to cost of revenues based either upon the actual number of units of the related product that we ship or net revenue earned on the related product, over the period of the agreement with the third party developer or the expected life of the software product, depending upon the terms of the respective development contract. Management evaluates the future realization of such costs quarterly and charges to operations any amounts that management deems unlikely to be fully realized through future sales of the related software product, or changes in our planned use of the technology. Such costs are classified as current and noncurrent assets based upon estimated product release date. We have recorded impairment charges for these prepaid software license fees in the past and to the extent that events or circumstances cause our assumptions concerning future sales of the related software product to change, additional charges may be required which could be material.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2002, we determined that the carrying value of certain prepaid software license fees exceeded their net realizable value as a result of a revised forecast of future revenues prepared during the quarter showing lower than anticipated sales for the products in which the third party licensed software was embedded, and accordingly, we recorded $2.7 million of charges related to the write-down of prepaid software licenses fees. See note 10 to our consolidated financial statements.

 

Restructuring Reserves

 

In each of the three months ended April 30, 2002 and October 31, 2002, we announced worldwide restructurings and established reserves for severance and other associated costs incurred as a result of our reduction in personnel and against outstanding future estimated lease commitments for properties that we vacated. These future estimated lease commitments include rent, and utilities that have been reduced by estimated sublease income. These estimates will be reviewed and revised quarterly and may result in an increase to restructuring expense should we not be able to lease the properties in a reasonable period or at a rate significantly different than estimated.

 

Stock Options and Warrants

 

In connection with certain employee and consultant stock option grants, we have recorded unearned stock compensation totaling $36.2 million through January 31, 2003, of which $2.8 million remains to be amortized. For employees, unearned stock compensation represents the difference between the option price and the deemed fair value of our common stock on the date of grant and is reported as unearned stock compensation, a component of stockholders’ equity. Unearned stock compensation is amortized through charges to operations over the vesting period of the options, which is generally five years, using the accelerated method of amortization as described in Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Interpretation No. 28. Stock compensation expense, less recoveries, for employees and consultants was $838,000 and ($676,000) for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $2.0 million and ($423,000) for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

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Stock compensation expense related to stock options granted to consultants is recognized as earned, over the applicable vesting period of the options, using the accelerated method of amortization prescribed by FASB Interpretation No. 28. At each reporting date, we recalculate the value of the stock option using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and record changes in fair value for the vested portion of the option. As a result, the stock compensation expense fluctuates with the movement in the fair market value of our common stock. Amortization of stock compensation for consultants was $176,000 and $413,000 for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $723,000 and $435,000 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data for the periods indicated, expressed as a percentage of total revenues:

 

    

Three Months Ended January 31,


    

Nine Months Ended January 31,


 
    

2003


    

2002


    

2003


    

2002


 

Revenues:

                           

License

  

41

%

  

55

%

  

42

%

  

62

%

Professional services and maintenance

  

59

 

  

45

 

  

58

 

  

38

 

    

  

  

  

Total revenues

  

100

 

  

100

 

  

100

 

  

100

 

    

  

  

  

Cost of revenues:

                           

License

  

3

 

  

5

 

  

4

 

  

4

 

Professional services and maintenance

  

25

 

  

18

 

  

27

 

  

17

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

—  

 

  

(1

)

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

    

  

  

  

Total cost of revenues

  

28

 

  

22

 

  

31

 

  

21

 

    

  

  

  

Gross profit

  

72

 

  

78

 

  

69

 

  

79

 

    

  

  

  

Operating expenses:

                           

Sales and marketing:

                           

Other sales and marketing

  

55

 

  

71

 

  

63

 

  

67

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

4

 

  

(2

)

  

3

 

  

—  

 

Research and development:

                           

Other research and development

  

31

 

  

48

 

  

40

 

  

40

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

—  

 

  

(1

)

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

General and administrative:

                           

Other general and administrative

  

10

 

  

8

 

  

10

 

  

9

 

Stock compensation (recovery)

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

Acquired in-process technology

  

2

 

  

—  

 

  

1

 

  

—  

 

Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets

  

—  

 

  

1

 

  

—  

 

  

1

 

Merger related benefit

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

(1

)

Restructuring and other charges

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

15

 

  

—  

 

    

  

  

  

Total operating expenses

  

102

 

  

125

 

  

132

 

  

116

 

    

  

  

  

Loss from operations

  

(30

)

  

(47

)

  

(63

)

  

(37

)

Interest and other income, net

  

7

 

  

12

 

  

8

 

  

13

 

Impairment of equity investments

  

(6

)

  

—  

 

  

(7

)

  

(2

)

    

  

  

  

Loss before income taxes

  

(29

)

  

(35

)

  

(62

)

  

(26

)

Provision for income taxes

  

2

 

  

—  

 

  

1

 

  

—  

 

    

  

  

  

Net loss

  

(31

)%

  

(35

)%

  

(63

)%

  

(26

)%

    

  

  

  

 

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Three Months Ended January 31, 2003 and 2002

 

Revenues

 

Due to economic difficulties, we have experienced a decrease in license revenues year over year; therefore, a larger percentage of our revenues during fiscal 2003 have been derived from professional services and maintenance revenues than during fiscal 2002, which in general have lower gross margins than do license revenues. If in the future our license revenues improve, we would expect gross margins to improve as well.

 

Our total revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2003 were $17.9 million, representing a decrease of $169,000, or 1%, from the revenues of $18.0 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. We had two customers that accounted for 16% and 10% respectively of our total revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2003. We had another customer that accounted for 11% of our total revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2002. Revenues from foreign customers were approximately 18% of total revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2003, compared to 17% for the three months ended January 31, 2002. The increase in revenue from foreign customers as a percentage of total revenues was primarily due to increased sales to customers located in Japan, and to a lesser extent, Europe.

 

License Revenues.    Our license revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2003 were $7.3 million, representing a decrease of $2.6 million, or 26%, from the license revenues of $9.9 million in the three months ended January 31, 2002. License revenues as a percentage of total revenues were 41% and 55% for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in license revenues in absolute dollars and as a percentage of total revenues was due to a lower number of license sales transactions resulting from the economic slowdown and significant decline in information technology spending that has impacted our license sales during most of fiscal 2002 and 2003. The current economic slowdown and reduction in technology spending may continue to impact our business for the next fiscal quarter and beyond.

 

Professional Services and Maintenance Revenues.    Our professional services and maintenance revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2003 were $10.6 million, representing an increase of $2.4 million, or 30%, from the professional services and maintenance revenues of $8.1 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. Professional services and maintenance revenues as a percentage of total revenues were 59% and 45% for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in professional services and maintenance revenues in absolute dollars was due primarily to a larger number of maintenance contract renewals on our larger customer base, and, to a lesser extent, to an increase in our consulting services. The increase in professional services and maintenance revenues as a percentage of total revenues is principally due to the reduced levels of license revenues. We expect that professional services and maintenance revenues will remain at current levels on an absolute basis as the rate of maintenance contract renewals slows as the growth in our customer base has slowed during fiscal 2002 and 2003. Due to the current economic environment, we believe that we may be unable to maintain historical maintenance contract renewal rates and may also experience reductions in size of contract renewals.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of License Revenues.    Our cost of license revenues includes license fees due to third parties for integrated technology, the cost of manuals and product documentation, production media used to deliver our products and packaging costs.

 

Cost of license revenues, excluding stock compensation, was $605,000 for the three months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $266,000, or 31%, from the cost of license revenues of $871,000 for the three months ended January 31, 2002. Cost of license revenues as a percentage of license revenues was 8% and 9% for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in cost of license revenues in absolute dollars was primarily due to a decrease in our license revenues, resulting in a decrease in license fees paid to third parties on third-party software integrated into our products. We expect the cost of license revenues in absolute dollars to track with the increase or decrease in our overall license revenues. The decrease in cost of license revenues as a percentage of license revenues was due to a lower component of third party software embedded in the mix of products shipped this quarter. Although new and future versions of our product suite may include more embedded third party software than prior versions, we expect the cost of license revenue as a percentage of license revenue to remain at current levels as a result of the decrease in license revenues as a percentage of total revenues.

 

Cost of Professional Services and Maintenance Revenues.    Our cost of professional services and maintenance revenues includes salaries and related expenses for our implementation and training services organizations, costs of third parties contracted to provide implementation services to customers and an allocation of our overhead expenses, including rent, information technology and other overhead expenses. Cost of professional services and maintenance revenues also includes maintenance and upgrade fees paid to third parties for technology embedded in software upgrades provided to our customers that have current maintenance contracts with us.

 

Cost of professional services and maintenance revenues, excluding stock compensation, was $4.4 million for the three months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $1.2 million, or 39%, from the cost of professional services and maintenance revenues of $3.2 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. Cost of professional services and

 

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maintenance revenues as a percentage of professional services and maintenance revenues was 42% and 39% for both the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in cost of professional services and maintenance revenues in absolute dollars and as a percentage of professional services and maintenance revenues was primarily due to higher costs of third parties contracted to provide implementation services, and to a lesser degree, higher upgrade and support fees payable to third party integrated software providers as our customer base upgrades to the next version of our product suite. We expect that the cost of professional services and maintenance revenues in absolute dollars and as a percentage of professional services to remain stable over the next fiscal quarter.

 

Operating Expenses

 

We classify all charges to operating expense categories based on the nature of the expenditures. Although each category includes expenses that are unique to the category type, there are common recurring expenditures that are typically included in all operating expenses categories, such as salaries, employee benefits, incentive compensation, bonuses, travel costs, telephone, communication, rent and allocated facilities costs and professional fees. The sales and marketing category of operating expenses includes additional expenditures specific to the marketing group, such as public relations and advertising, trade shows, marketing collateral materials, and customer user group meetings, as well as expenditures specific to the sales group, such as commissions. To date, all software development costs in research and development have been expensed as incurred. Also included in our operating expenses is the amortization of stock compensation, that is included in each of the sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative categories.

 

Sales and Marketing.    Sales and marketing expenses, excluding stock compensation, were $9.8 million for the three months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $3.1 million, or 24%, from the sales and marketing expenses of $12.9 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues, excluding stock compensation, were 55% and 71% during the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in sales and marketing expenses on an absolute basis, and as a percentage of revenues, reflect reduced personnel-related expenses, including commissions, and travel expenses, as a result of our lower headcount after our restructuring program announced in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. In addition, we reduced our marketing programs in our ongoing efforts to reduce costs. We anticipate that our sales and marketing expenses will remain at current levels over the next quarter.

 

Research and Development.    Research and development expenses, excluding stock compensation, were $5.6 million for the three months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $3.1 million, or 35%, from the research and development expenses of $8.7 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues, excluding stock compensation, were 31% and 48% during the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in research and development expenses on an absolute basis, and as a percentage of revenues, was the result of lower outside consulting and lower personnel and facilities costs resulting from our shift to new offshore development centers in India, Hong Kong and China. We anticipate that research and development expenses will remain at these levels over the next quarter.

 

General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses, excluding stock compensation, were $1.8 million for the three months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $450,000, or 33%, from the general and administrative expenses of $1.4 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues, excluding stock compensation, were 10% and 8% during the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses in absolute dollars, and as a percentage of revenues, was due primarily to higher personnel related costs for additions to management, and increased professional fees in response to meeting new and enhanced compliance and regulatory requirements. We expect that general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue will remain at current levels over the remainder of the fiscal year.

 

Amortization of Stock Compensation.    We recognized amortization of stock compensation, net of recoveries, of approximately $838,000 and $(676,000) for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Amortization of stock compensation includes both the amortization of deferred employee stock compensation, and options to consultants, offset by credits associated with the impact of the reversal of accelerated amortization on cancelled options held by terminated employees.

 

Acquired In-Process Technology.    We recognized $300,000 in expenses related to in-process acquired research and development (“IPRD”) associated with the acquisition of oneREV, Inc. At the date of the acquisition, the projects associated with the IPRD efforts had not yet reached technological feasibility and the IPRD had no alternative future uses. We used an independent third-party source to calculate the amount allocated to IPRD. In calculating IPRD, the independent third party used established valuation techniques accepted in the high technology industry. This calculation gave consideration to relevant market size and growth factors, expected industry trends, the anticipated nature and timing of new product introductions by us

 

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and our competitors, individual product sales cycles, and the estimated lives of each of the products derived from the underlying technology. The value of the IPRD reflects the relative value and contribution of the acquired research and development. We gave consideration to the stage of completion, the complexity of the work completed to date, the difficulty of completing the remaining development, costs already incurred, and the expected cost to complete the project in determining the value assigned to IPRD.

 

Amortization of Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets.    We implemented the provisions of SFAS No. 142 as of May 1, 2002. As a result of our implementation of SFAS No. 142, remaining intangible assets, consisting of acquired workforce in place, were reclassified to goodwill. We did not record any amortization in the three months ended January 31, 2003, and will not record amortization of goodwill prospectively. Instead, the remaining goodwill will be subject to periodic tests for impairment. Amortization of goodwill and intangibles was $189,000 for the three months ended January 31, 2002, relating to intangible assets in place during the period that have since been reclassified to goodwill and will no longer be amortized. In connection with the acquisition of oneREV during the three months ended January 31, 2003, we recorded $700,000 in developed technology, which will be amortized over its estimated useful life of five years. We recorded approximately $19,000 in amortization expense during the three months ended January 31, 2003 related to the developed technology.

 

Interest and other income, net.    Interest and other income, net was $1.2 million for the three months ended January 31, 2003 compared to $2.2 million for the three months ended January 31, 2002. This decrease in interest income was due principally to lower interest rates on lower average cash and investment balances.

 

Impairment of Equity Investments.    During the three months ended January 31, 2003 we determined that certain investments that we had made in privately held companies and a venture fund had declined in value that was other-than-temporary and, accordingly, we reduced their carrying amounts to estimated fair value by a charge to other income (expense) of $1.1 million in the three months ended January 31, 2003. This determination was made upon receiving notification on December 31, 2002, from the general partner of the limited partnership in which we had invested, that the general partner had written down the value of the investment in the privately held companies as a result of the current financial condition of such companies.

 

Provision for Income Taxes.    During the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we incurred income tax expense of $301,000 and $86,000, respectively, primarily attributable to revenues generated in our international subsidiaries. We incurred net operating losses for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002. We have recorded a valuation allowance for the full amount of the net deferred tax assets, including our net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits, as sufficient uncertainty exists regarding our ability to realize the deferred tax assets balance.

 

Nine Months Ended January 31, 2003 and 2002

 

Revenues

 

Our total revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 were $51.4 million, representing a decrease of $11.2 million, or 18%, from the revenues of $62.6 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2002. We had one customer that accounted for 11% of our total revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2003. We had no customers that represented 10% or more of our total revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Revenues from foreign customers were approximately 23% of total revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, and approximately 14% of total revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. The increase in revenue from foreign customers as a percentage of total revenues was primarily due to increased sales to customers located in Japan, and to a lesser extent, Europe.

 

License Revenues.    Our license revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 were $21.8 million, representing a decrease of $17.2 million, or 44%, from the license revenues of $39.0 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. License revenues as a percentage of total revenues were 42% and 62% for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in license revenues in absolute dollars and as a percentage of total revenues was due to lower average sales prices and a lower number of license sales transactions resulting from the economic slowdown and significant decline in information technology spending that has impacted our license sales during most of fiscal 2002 and 2003.

 

Professional Services and Maintenance Revenues.    Our professional services and maintenance revenues for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 were $29.6 million, representing an increase of $6.0 million, or 26%, from the professional services and maintenance revenues of $23.6 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Professional services and maintenance revenues as a percentage of total revenues were 58% and 38% for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in professional services and maintenance revenues in absolute dollars was primarily due to a larger number of maintenance contract renewals on our larger customer base, and, to a lesser extent, to an increase in our consulting services. The increase in professional services and maintenance revenues as a percentage of total revenues is principally due to the reduced levels of license revenues.

 

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Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of License Revenues.    Cost of license revenues, excluding stock compensation, was $1.9 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $619,000, or 25%, from the cost of license revenues of $2.5 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Cost of license revenues as a percentage of license revenues was 9% and 6% for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in cost of license revenues in absolute dollars was primarily due to a decrease in our license revenues, resulting in a decrease in license fees paid to third parties on third-party software integrated into our products. The increase in cost of license revenues as a percentage of license revenues is due to a higher component of third party software embedded in our new products.

 

Cost of Professional Services and Maintenance Revenues.    Cost of professional services and maintenance revenues, excluding stock compensation, was $13.8 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $3.3 million, or 31%, from the cost of professional services and maintenance revenues of $10.5 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Cost of professional services and maintenance revenues as a percentage of professional services and maintenance revenues was 47% and 45% for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in cost of professional services and maintenance revenues in absolute dollars and as a percentage of professional services and maintenance revenues was primarily due to higher upgrade and support fees payable to third party integrated software providers as our customer base upgrades to the next version of our product suite, higher costs of third parties contracted to provide implementation services, and to a lesser extent, increased personnel and higher fixed costs necessary to support our increased customer base.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Sales and Marketing.    Sales and marketing expenses, excluding stock compensation, were $32.1 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $10.1 million, or 24%, from the sales and marketing expenses of $42.2 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues, excluding stock compensation, were 63% and 67% during the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in sales and marketing expenses on an absolute basis and as a percentage of total revenues reflects reduced personnel-related expenses, including commissions, and travel expenses.

 

Research and Development.    Research and development expenses, excluding stock compensation, were $20.8 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $4.2 million, or 17%, from the research and development expenses of $25.0 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues, excluding stock compensation, were 40% for both the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002. The decrease in research and development expenses on an absolute basis is the result of lower outside consulting and lower costs resulting from our shift to new offshore development centers in India, Hong Kong and China.

 

General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses, excluding stock compensation, were $5.2 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $222,000, or 4%, from the general and administrative expenses of $5.4 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues, excluding stock compensation, were 10% and 9% during the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in general and administrative expenses in absolute dollars was primarily due to lower bad debt expenses, and lower compensation expenses and less use of outside consulting as a result of our reduction in discretionary spending.

 

Amortization of Stock Compensation.    We recognized amortization of stock compensation of approximately $2.0 million and ($423,000) for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Amortization of stock compensation includes both the amortization of deferred employee stock compensation, and options to consultants, offset by credits associated with the impact of the reversal of accelerated amortization on cancelled options held by terminated employees.

 

Acquired In-Process Technology.    We recognized $300,000 in expenses related to IPRD associated with the acquisition of oneREV, Inc. At the date of the acquisition, the projects associated with the IPRD efforts had not yet reached technological feasibility and the IPRD had no alternative future uses. We used an independent third-party source to calculate the amount allocated to IPRD. In calculating IPRD, the independent third party used established valuation techniques accepted in the high technology industry. This calculation gave consideration to relevant market size and growth factors, expected industry trends, the anticipated nature and timing of new product introductions by us and our competitors, individual product sales cycles, and the estimated lives of each of the products derived from the underlying technology. The value of the IPRD reflects the relative value and contribution of the acquired research and development. We gave consideration to the stage of completion, the complexity of the work completed to date, the difficulty of completing the remaining development, costs already incurred, and the expected cost to complete the project in determining the value assigned to IPRD.

 

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Amortization of Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets.    We implemented the provision of SFAS No. 142 as of May 1, 2002. As a result of our implementation of the provisions included in SFAS No. 142, remaining intangible assets, consisting of acquired workforce, were reclassified to goodwill. We did not record any amortization in the nine months ended January 31, 2003, and will not record amortization of goodwill prospectively. Instead, the remaining goodwill will be subject to periodic tests for impairment. Amortization of goodwill and intangible assets was $567,000 for the nine months ended January 31, 2002, relating to intangible assets in place during the period that have since been reclassified to goodwill and are no longer amortized. In connection with the acquisition of oneREV during the three months ended January 31, 2003, we recorded $700,000 in developed technology, which will be amortized over its estimated useful life of five years. We recorded approximately $19,000 in amortization expense during the three months ended January 31, 2003 related to the developed technology.

 

Merger related benefit.    In the three months ended April 30, 2001, we accrued $5.0 million for financial advisory and professional fees resulting from a terminated merger with a third party. The accrual was management’s best estimate of its obligation for such fees at the time. As of July 31, 2001, we had incurred actual costs of $4.2 million and we had no remaining liability related to the terminated merger. As a result, we recorded a reduction of merger related expenses of $835,000 in the nine months ended January 31, 2002, which was included in the statement of operations.

 

Restructuring and Other Charges.    During the three months ended October 31, 2002, we recorded a restructuring charge of $7.8 million, which consisted of $4.6 million for the consolidation of excess facilities, $485,000 to write-down excess fixed assets, and $2.7 million to write down additional prepaid software license fees for third party software used in our products.

 

Interest and other income, net.    Interest and other income, net was $3.9 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 compared to $8.3 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. This decrease in interest income was principally due to lower interest rates on lower average cash and investment balances.

 

Impairment of Equity Investments.    During the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we determined that certain investments that we had made in privately held companies had declined in value that was other-than-temporary, based upon the current financial condition of such companies, and, accordingly, we reduced their carrying amounts to estimated fair value by a charge to other income (expense) of $3.7 million and $1.4 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Provision for Income Taxes.    During the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we incurred income tax expense of $740,000 and $243,000, respectively, primarily attributable to revenues generated in our international subsidiaries. We incurred net operating losses for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and January 31, 2002. Management has recorded a valuation allowance for the full amount of the net deferred tax assets, including our net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits, as sufficient uncertainty exists regarding our ability to realize the deferred tax asset balance.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of January 31, 2003, we had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $261.8 million, a decrease of $23.8 million from the cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held as of April 30, 2002. Our working capital at January 31, 2003 was $248.2 million.

 

As of January 31, 2003, our days sales outstanding (DSO) was 45 days. However, we believe that this is unusually low, as a result of strong cash collections, and the high level of maintenance renewal revenues, which are generally prepaid, as a percentage of total revenues, in the three months ended January 31, 2003. We expect that days sales outstanding will increase to our historical range of 65 to 75 days if license revenues increase as a percentage of total revenues.

 

Our operating activities used cash of $20.4 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and $14.2 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Net cash used in operating activities in the nine months ended January 31, 2003 was primarily due to the net loss (less non-cash expenses), increases in accounts receivable and other assets and decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses, partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue. Net cash used in operating activities in the nine months ended January 31, 2002 was primarily due to the net loss (less non-cash expenses) and an increase in other assets and decreases in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and deferred revenue partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable.

 

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Investing activities provided cash of $44.5 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and used cash of $23.3 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Net cash provided by investing activities in the nine months ended January 31, 2003 consisted primarily of net maturities of marketable investments, partially offset by purchases of property and equipment and the cash paid to acquire oneREV, Inc. Purchases of property and equipment were approximately $3.7 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2003. Net cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended January 31, 2002 consisted primarily of net purchases of marketable investments and purchases of property and equipment. Purchases of property and equipment were approximately $6.2 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2002.

 

Financing activities provided cash of $2.0 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and $4.8 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2002. Net cash was provided in both the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002 primarily from the sale of common stock under employee stock option plans.

 

We anticipate that our operating expenses, particularly research and development and sales and marketing expenses, as well as planned capital expenditures, will constitute a continued use of our cash resources. In addition, we may utilize cash resources to fund acquisitions of investments in complementary businesses, technologies or product lines. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and our anticipated cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our working capital and operating resource expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August, 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” SFAS No. 144 supercedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of.” SFAS No. 144 applies to all long-lived assets (including discontinued operations) and consequently amends Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30. SFAS No. 144 develops one accounting model for long-lived assets that are to be disposed of by sale. SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets that are to be disposed of by sale be measured at the lower of book value or fair value less cost to sell. Additionally, SFAS No. 144 expands the scope of discontinued operations to include all components of an entity with operations that (1) can be distinguished from the rest of the entity and (2) will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the entity in a disposal transaction. SFAS No. 144 is effective for the Company for all financial statements issued in fiscal 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 144 did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

On July 29, 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.” SFAS No. 146 addresses significant issues relating to the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs associated with exit and disposal activities, including restructuring activities, and nullifies the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 94-3 (EITF 94-3), “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring.)” SFAS No. 146 requires that the initial liability for costs associated with exit and disposal activities be measured at fair value and prohibits the recognition of a liability based solely on an entity’s commitment to a plan, which, in turn, nullifies EITF 94-3. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. Retroactive application of FAS 146 is prohibited and, accordingly, liabilities recognized prior to the initial application of FAS 146 should continue to be accounted for in accordance with EITF 94-3 or other applicable preexisting guidance.

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45), “Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” FIN 45 requires that a liability be recorded in the guarantor’s balance sheet upon issuance of a guarantee. In addition, FIN 45 requires disclosures about the guarantees that an entity has issued, including a reconciliation of changes in the entity’s product warranty liabilities. The initial recognition and initial measurement provisions of FIN 45 are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002, irrespective of the guarantor’s fiscal year-end. The disclosure requirements of FIN 45 are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods ending after December 15, 2002. The Company believes that the adoption of this standard will have no material impact on its financial statements.

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, Transition and Disclosure.” SFAS No. 148 provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair market value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. SFAS No. 148 also requires that disclosures of the pro forma effect of using the fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation be displayed more prominently and in a tabular format. Additional, SFAS No. 148 requires disclosure of the pro forma effect in interim financial statements. The transition and annual disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 148 are effective for fiscal years ended after December 15, 2002.

 

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The interim disclosure requirements are effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2002. The Company believes that the adoption of this standard will have no material impact on its financial statements.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” This interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements,” addresses consolidation by business enterprises of variable interest entities that possess certain characteristics. The Interpretation requires that if a business enterprise has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities, and results of the activities of the variable interest entity must be included in the consolidated financial statements with those of the business enterprise. This Interpretation applies immediately to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and to variable interest entities in which an enterprise obtains an interest after that date. We do not have any ownership in any variable interest entities as of January 31, 2003. We will apply the consolidation requirement of FIN 46 in future periods if we should own any interest in any variable interest entity.

 

Other Factors Affecting Operating Results

 

In addition to other information set forth in this report, the following risk factors should be carefully considered in evaluating our business because these factors may have a significant impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We Have a History of Losses, We Expect to Incur Losses in the Future and We May Not Achieve or Maintain Profitability

 

Since inception, we have funded our business primarily through selling our stock, not from cash generated from our business. We have incurred quarterly and annual losses in each of the years since we were formed and we expect to continue to incur quarterly and annual losses in the near term. We incurred losses of $5.7 million and $6.3 million for the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. As of January 31, 2003, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $254.7 million. We expect to continue to incur significant sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses, as well as substantial non-cash costs relating to the amortization of intangible assets and stock compensation which will contribute to our net losses. We will need to generate increases in revenues to achieve and maintain profitability, and we may not be able to do so. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future.

 

Our Quarterly Operating Results Fluctuate and Are Difficult to Predict, and if Our Future Results Are Below the Expectations of Public Market Analysts or Investors, the Price of Our Common Stock May Decline

 

Our quarterly operating results have varied significantly in the past and are likely to vary significantly in the future, which makes it difficult for us to predict our future operating results. This quarter-to-quarter fluctuation is due to a number of factors, including the following:

 

    fluctuations in demand for product lifecycle management software;

 

    size and timing of sales and installations of our products;

 

    changes in management of our sales force organization;

 

    entry of new competitors into our market, or the announcement of new products or product enhancements by competitors;

 

    our ability to successfully expand our direct sales force and our international sales organization;

 

    changes in our sales force incentives;

 

    unexpected delays in developing or introducing new and enhanced products;

 

    unexpected decline in purchases by our existing customers, including purchases of additional licenses and maintenance contracts;

 

    delays in our customers’ orders due to their priorities;

 

    variability in the mix of our license and professional services revenues;

 

    our ability to accurately price fixed-priced professional services projects;

 

    variability in the mix of professional services that we perform versus those performed for our customers by others; and

 

    our ability to establish and maintain relationships with our third-party implementation partners.

 

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Furthermore, we typically receive and fulfill most of our orders within the same quarter, with the substantial majority of our orders typically received in the last month of each fiscal quarter. Recently, because declining economic conditions have caused our customers to delay and reduce spending on information technology, our sales cycle has lengthened and orders are being pushed to the very end of the quarter. As a result, we may not learn of revenue shortfalls until late in a fiscal quarter, after which it is too late to adjust expenses for that quarter.

 

Moreover, recent adverse economic conditions in the United States, particularly those related to the technology industry, may increase the likelihood that customers will unexpectedly delay or cancel orders causing us to fail to achieve anticipated revenues for the quarter. A number of technology companies, particularly software companies that, like Agile, sell enterprise-wide software solutions, have recently announced that adverse economic conditions have negatively affected their business and results of operations. Any revenue shortfall below our expectations could have an immediate and significant adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

If, in response to market pressures or other demands, we introduce new pricing structures for our existing products, we could experience customer dissatisfaction and loss of sales. In addition, we could introduce products that are sold in a manner different from how we currently market our products, or we could recognize revenue differently than under our current accounting policies. Depending on the manner in which we sell existing or future products, this could have the effect of extending the length of time over which we recognize revenues. Furthermore, our quarterly revenues could be significantly affected based on how applicable accounting standards are amended or interpreted over time.

 

In addition, we have accounted for options to purchase common stock granted to consultants under variable plan accounting. The expenses associated with these options may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter through fiscal 2006 if the price of our stock fluctuates and could cause our operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter.

 

Due to these and other factors, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as indicators of our future performance. It is possible that in some future periods our results of operations may be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors. If this occurs, the price of our common stock may decline.

 

The Impact of Changes in Global Economic Conditions on Our Customers May Cause Us to Fail to Meet Expectations of Analysts, Which Would Negatively Impact the Price of Our Stock

 

Our operating results can vary significantly based upon the impact of changes in global economic conditions on our customers, and our business has been adversely affected by the economic slowdown the industry is currently facing. More specifically, the macro-economic environment that we are facing in fiscal 2003 is more uncertain than in recent periods and has materially and adversely affected us and our operating results, and this uncertainty is expected to continue into fiscal 2004. The revenue growth and profitability of our business depends on the overall demand for enterprise-level software services, particularly in the areas in which we compete. Because our sales are primarily to major corporate customers whose businesses fluctuate with general economic and business conditions, a softening of demand for computer software caused by a weakening economy may result in decreased revenues and lower growth rates. We may be especially prone to this weakening demand as a result of the relatively large license transactions that we have historically entered into with our customers. Customers are deferring and may continue to defer or reconsider purchasing products as a result of the downturn in the general economy and reduction in information technology spending, particularly for high-cost license transactions. We expect this economic slowdown to continue to adversely impact our business for at least the new few quarters and possibly significantly longer. In addition, as a result of these economic difficulties, we may continue to experience longer sales cycles, lower average selling prices and reduced bookings and revenues.

 

Due to the Difficult Economic Climate, Our Customers May Experience Financial Difficulties and May Represent a Credit Risk

 

With the slowdown in global economic growth over the past year, especially in the U.S. technology markets, and the uncertainty over the prospects for near-term economic growth, some of our customers may experience financial difficulties and may represent a credit risk to us. We may have difficulty recovering accounts receivable, customers may seek protection under the bankruptcy laws, and we may incur greater operating expenses. In addition, we previously expanded our customer base to include licenses to small emerging growth companies. Many of these companies have limited operating histories, are operating at a loss and have limited access to capital. Some of these customers may represent a credit risk. If our customers experience financial difficulties or fail to experience commercial success, we may have difficulty collecting on our accounts.

 

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As a Result of the Difficult Economic Conditions, We Have Implemented Restructuring and Workforce Reductions, Which May Adversely Affect the Morale and Performance of Our Personnel and Our Ability to Hire New Personnel

 

In connection with our efforts to streamline operations, reduce costs and bring staffing and structure in line with current demand for our products, we implemented a restructuring of our company during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 and reduced our workforce and reduced capital expenditures. We recorded a further restructuring charge in the three months ended October 31, 2003 as a result of our consolidation of excess facilities, write-down of excess fixed assets and write down of certain prepaid software license fees, and may implement further restructurings or work force reductions in future periods. Our restructuring may yield unanticipated consequences, such as attrition beyond our planned reduction in workforce and loss of employee moral and decreased performance. In addition, the recent trading levels of our stock have decreased the value of our stock options granted to employees under our stock option plan. As a result of these factors, our remaining personnel may seek employment with larger, more established companies or companies that they perceive as having less volatile stock prices. Continuity of personnel can be a very important factor in the sales and implementation of our products and completion of our research and development efforts.

 

If We Engage in Further Cost-Cutting or Workforce Reductions, We May Be Unable to Successfully Implement New Products or Enhancements or Upgrades to Our Products

 

We expect to continue to introduce new and enhanced products, and our future financial performance will depend on customer acceptance of our new products and any upgrades or enhancements that we may make to our products. However, if our recent efforts to streamline operations and reduce costs and workforce are insufficient to bring our structure in line with current demand for our products, we may be forced to make additional workforce reductions. These reductions could impact our research and development and engineering activities, which may slow our development of new or enhanced products, or may render us unable to deliver functionality requested by our customers. We may be unable to successfully introduce new or enhanced products, and may lose customer satisfaction, which could impact our reputation and future sales of our products.

 

A Decline in Revenues May Have a Disproportionate Impact on Operating Results and Require Reductions in Our Operating Expense Levels

 

Because expense levels are relatively fixed in the near term for a given quarter and are based in part on expectations of our future revenues, any decline in our revenues to a level that is below our expectations would have a disproportionately adverse impact on our operating results for that quarter. If revenues decline significantly, we may be required to incur restructuring charges in connection with efforts to contain and reduce costs.

 

We May Not Achieve Anticipated Revenues if the Introduction and Customer Acceptance of Our Products or Any Upgrades or Enhancements to Our Products Is Unsuccessful

 

Our future financial performance will depend on customer acceptance of our products and any upgrades or enhancements that we may make to our products in the future, including products that we may introduce from companies or technology that we acquire. We have generated substantially all of our revenues from licenses and services related to current and prior versions of our product suite. We believe that revenues from our products, together with revenues from maintenance and support contracts from our products and prior versions of our suite, will account for a substantial portion of our revenues for the foreseeable future. As a result, if our software does not achieve and maintain widespread market acceptance, if we are unable to ship or implement any upgrades or enhancements when planned, or if the introduction of upgrades or enhancements causes customers to defer orders for our existing products, we may not achieve anticipated revenues. In addition, if our competitors release new products that are superior to our products, demand for our products may not accelerate and could decline.

 

We May Not Achieve Anticipated Revenues if Large Software and Service Orders Expected in a Quarter Are Not Placed or Are Delayed

 

Although we license our software to numerous customers in any quarter, we expect that revenues from large orders will continue to account for a large percentage of our total revenues in future quarters. The timing of large orders has become more unpredictable, and if any large order anticipated for a particular quarter is not realized or is delayed to a subsequent quarter, we may experience an unplanned shortfall in revenues, which could significantly and adversely affect our operating results.

 

We May Experience Pricing or Similar Pressure on Sales of Our Products In Order to Meet Competitive Situations

 

We have recently experienced some pricing pressure on sales of our products, where competitors have offered sales of licenses at much lower cost in exchange for customer purchases of maintenance or other services from the competitor. In some situations, we believe, competitors may have offered initial sales of licenses at no cost in order to establish a relationship with the customer. We

 

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expect that these pressures will continue, particularly with the constraint in the capital budgets for purchases of enterprise software that our customers are operating under. In order to remain competitive, and retain or expand our market share, and to expand into new industries, we may have to meet some of these demands for lower prices on our license fees, and offer initial licenses at low, or even no cost, to the customer. This could cause our license fees to be lower than expected, result in negative impact to our profit margins, and depress our revenues. All of this could cause us to fail to meet analyst’s expectations for our revenue for the period, which could cause our stock price to fall. If we do not respond to these pressures, we could lose customers, fail to expand our customer base, and fail to expand into new markets and industries.

 

We Depend on Licensed Technology and the Loss or Inability to Maintain These Technology Licenses Could Result in Increased Cost or Delays in Sales of Our Products

 

We license technology on a non-exclusive basis from several businesses for use with our products, including licenses from Actuate Corporation for reporting capability, Cimmetry Systems Inc. for our viewers, and BEA Systems for embedded software for our application server. In addition, we license software from Centric Software for design integration adapters and from ProductFactory for program execution software, as well as from several other providers. We anticipate that we will continue to license technology from third parties in the future. Some of the software we license from third parties would be difficult to replace. This software may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. The loss or inability to maintain any of these technology licenses could result in delays in the licensing of our products until equivalent technology, if available, is identified, licensed and integrated. In addition, the effective implementation of our products depends upon the successful operation of third-party licensed products in conjunction with our products, and therefore any undetected errors in these licensed products may prevent the implementation or impair the functionality of products, delay new product introductions and/or injure our reputation. The increased use of third-party software could require us to enter into license agreements with third parties, which could result in higher royalty payments and a loss of product differentiation and lower product gross margins.

 

If We Do Not Sell Additional Licenses or Enhanced Versions or Upgrades of Our Products to Existing Customers, We May Not Achieve Revenue Growth

 

The size of a new customer’s initial order is relatively small and may include a limited number of user licenses. In subsequent orders, customers often add user licenses or additional products designed for specific functions, such as the AML Server targeted at manufacturers. In order to grow revenues, we depend on sales of additional user licenses to our existing customers as well as sales of new licenses to new customers. Therefore, it is important that our customers are satisfied with their initial product implementations and that they believe that expanded use of the product they purchased will provide them with additional benefits. Customers could choose not to purchase any new products or expand the use of our products. If we do not increase sales to existing customers, we may not be able to achieve revenue growth.

 

If We Do Not Establish and Maintain Relationships With Key Partners, We May Encounter Difficulty in Providing Implementation and Customer Support of Our Products

 

We rely on our relationships with consulting and integration partners to implement our software, provide customer support services and endorse our products during the evaluation stage of the sales cycle. Currently, a limited number of companies provide implementation services for our products. We expect to increasingly rely on these types of partners in the future. These companies are not contractually obligated to continue to provide implementation services for us or to otherwise promote our products. Although we seek to develop and maintain relationships with these types of service providers, they may have similar or more established relationships with our competitors. If these service providers do not increase this segment of their business, or reduce or discontinue their relationships with us or their support of our products, our business could be harmed. We will need to develop new third party relationships if sales of our products increase and our current partners cannot fulfill all of our needs for implementation and customer support services. Without these third parties, we would have to expand our services organization to increase the consulting and professional services that we provide to our customers and divert resources from other areas of our business. If we are required to expand our professional services capabilities, we may not be able to do so on a timely basis.

 

We are implementing larger deployments of our products together with third parties. If we are not successful with these joint deployments, we may incur increased costs and customer dissatisfaction and may not achieve increased sales and market acceptance of our products.

 

To meet customer demand, we might have to outsource services to more costly independent contractors and other third parties. In addition, if our implementation partners do not adequately perform implementation services, our customers could become dissatisfied with our products. In order to avoid dissatisfaction, we may need to provide supplemental implementation services

 

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at no additional cost to customers. Although we could experience an increase in services revenues if our service partners are not successful, services revenues have lower gross margins than license revenues. We could also experience delays in recognition of license revenue if customer implementation projects fall behind schedule.

 

Our Variable Sales Cycle Makes it Difficult For Us to Predict When or if Sales Will Be Made

 

Our products have an unpredictable sales cycle that contributes to the uncertainty of our future operating results. With the recent economic uncertainties facing our customers, and the decline in the business that they face, our sales cycle has lengthened. Customers are taking longer to evaluate our product, and orders have been delayed or postponed, and in some cases cancelled. Our collaborative manufacturing commerce software is a new category of products, and customers often view the purchase of our products as a significant and strategic decision. As a result, intensive marketing and sales efforts may be necessary to educate prospective customers regarding the uses and benefits of our products. Customers may take time to evaluate our products, and with the reduction in overall information technology spending and reduced budgets faced by many of our customers, we are finding that the evaluation period and sales cycle of our products has lengthened further. The sale of our products may be subject to delays due to the lengthy internal budgeting, approval and evaluation processes of our customers. We may expend significant sales and marketing expenses during this evaluation period before the customer places an order with us. Customers may initially purchase a smaller number of user licenses before expanding the order to allow a greater number of users to benefit from the application. Larger customers may purchase our products as part of multiple simultaneous purchasing decisions, which may result in additional unplanned administrative processing and other delays in our product sales. If sales forecasted from a specific customer for a particular quarter are not realized, we may experience an unplanned shortfall in revenues. As a result, we have only a limited ability to forecast the timing and size of sales of our products.

 

Our Efforts to Expand Sales of Our Products to Other Industries May Not Succeed

 

We have historically sold our products primarily to companies in the electronics and life sciences industries. We intend to market products to customers in additional industries, including automotive and consumer packaged goods. Although we have targeted enterprises in other markets as potential customers, these potential customers may not be as willing to purchase our products as our customers in the electronics and medical device industries have been. If we are unable to expand into other industries and markets, we may be unable to maintain or increase sales of our software, adversely impacting revenue growth and operating performance.

 

The Market For Our Products Is Still Developing and Customers May Not Accept Our Products

 

The market for software products that allow companies to collaborate with suppliers on product information and change is still developing. Companies have not traditionally automated collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions like we offer throughout the supply chain. We cannot be certain that this market will continue to develop and grow or that companies will elect to utilize our products rather than attempt to develop applications internally or through other sources. Companies that have already invested substantial resources in other methods of sharing product information during the manufacturing and supply process may be reluctant to adopt a new approach that may replace, limit or compete with their existing systems or methods. We expect that we will continue to need to pursue intensive marketing and sales efforts to educate prospective customers about the uses and benefits of our products. Therefore, demand for and market acceptance of our products will be subject to a high level of uncertainty.

 

Competition Among Providers of Software Enabling Collaboration in a Manufacturing Supply Chain May Increase, Which Could Cause Us to Reduce Prices, and Result in Reduced Gross Margins or Loss of Market Share

 

The market for products that enable companies to interactively manage and share information relating to the manufacture and supply of products is highly fragmented, rapidly changing and increasingly competitive. We expect competition to continue to intensify, which could result in price reductions for our products, reduced margins and loss of market share. Competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of the products and services offered. We face potential competition from in-house development efforts by potential customers or partners, vendors of software designed for management of engineering information, and developers of general purpose groupware software addressing only limited technology components involved in managing data generated by changes to the engineering process. We also face potential competition from providers of enterprise resource planning software and supply-chain software.

 

Many of our actual or potential competitors have a number of significant advantages over us, including:

 

    longer operating histories;

 

    significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources;

 

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    significantly greater name recognition and a larger installed base of customers; and

 

    well-established relationships with our actual and potential customers as well as with systems integrators and other vendors and service providers.

 

These competitors may also be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, or to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products, than we can. Some of our actual or potential competitors may also bundle their products in a manner that may discourage potential customers from purchasing our products. Accordingly, we may not be able to maintain or expand our sales if competition increases and we are unable to respond effectively.

 

We May Experience Difficulties in Introducing New Products and Upgrades Which Could Result in Negative Publicity, Loss of Sales, Delay in Market Acceptance or Customer Dissatisfaction

 

Our future financial performance depends on our successful and timely development, introduction and market acceptance of new and enhanced products, including products that we may introduce using technology that we may acquire from other companies. The life cycles of our products are difficult to predict because the market for our products is characterized by rapid technological change, changing customer needs and evolving industry standards. The introduction of products or computer systems employing new technologies and emerging industry standards could render our existing products obsolete and unmarketable. For example, portions of our software are written in the Java computer programming language. If a new software language becomes standard in our industry or is considered more robust, we may need to rewrite portions of our products in another computer language in order to remain competitive. The introduction of enhancements to our suite of products may also cause customers to defer orders for our existing products. We may experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful development, introduction or marketing of new or enhanced products in the future. In addition, those products may not meet the requirements of the marketplace and achieve market acceptance.

 

We expect to add new products to our supply chain applications by acquisition or internal development and by developing enhancements to our existing products. We have in the past experienced delays in the planned release dates of our software products and upgrades, and we have discovered software defects in new products after their introduction. New products or upgrades may not be released according to schedule, or may contain defects when released. Either situation could result in negative publicity, loss of sales, delay in market acceptance of our products or customer claims against us.

 

We May Experience Customer Dissatisfaction and Lost Sales if Our Products Do Not Scale to Accommodate Substantial Increases in the Number of Users

 

Our strategy requires that our software be highly scalable, or able to accommodate substantial increases in the number of users. If our customers cannot successfully implement large-scale deployments, or if they determine that our products cannot accommodate large-scale deployments, we could experience customer dissatisfaction and find it more difficult to obtain new customers or to sell additional products to our existing customers.

 

The Market Price of our Common Stock Has Been and May Continue to Be Volatile, Which Could Result in Substantial Losses for Individual Security Holders

 

The market price for our common stock has been, and is likely to continue to be, highly volatile. For the nine months ended January 31, 2003, the high and low closing sales prices of our common stock were $9.14 and $5.11, respectively. Our stock price is subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following, some of which will be beyond our control:

 

    actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly results of operations;

 

    announcements of technological innovations, increased cost of operations or new products or services by us or our competitors;

 

    changes in financial estimates by securities analysts;

 

    conditions or trends in the Internet and/or software industries;

 

    changes in the economic performance and/or market valuations of other providers of collaborative supply chain software;

 

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    volatility in the stock markets, particularly with respect to Internet and software stocks, and decreases in the availability of capital for Internet-related businesses;

 

    announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;

 

    additions or departures of key personnel; and

 

    pending and potential litigation.

 

In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of their securities, many companies have been the subject of securities class action litigation. If, in addition to the pending litigation discussed elsewhere in which we are currently involved, we are involved in any additional securities class action suits, it could result in further, significant costs and diversion of our management’s attention and resources, and could cause the prices of our securities to fall.

 

We Expect to Make Additional Future Acquisitions to Remain Competitive, and Our Business Could be Adversely Affected as a Result of These Acquisitions

 

As part of our business strategy, we may in the future seek to acquire or invest in additional businesses, joint venture arrangements, products or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our business, augment our market coverage, enhance our technical capabilities or that may otherwise offer growth opportunities. For example, we recently acquired oneREV, Inc. We may encounter risks to our business during our integration of acquisitions including:

 

    difficulties in assimilation of acquired personnel, operations, technologies or products;

 

    unanticipated costs associated with acquisitions. For example, in fiscal 2001 we recorded a $55.2 million impairment charge relating to goodwill and other intangible assets as a result of management’s decision in February 2001 to discontinue the further development of the products acquired in the DMI acquisition;

 

    diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns;

 

    adverse effects on our existing business relationships with our customers or the customers of any acquisitions we make; and

 

    inability to retain employees of acquisitions we make.

 

If we are unable to fully integrate an acquired business, product or technology or train, retain and motivate personnel from the acquired business, we may not receive the intended benefits of that acquisition. Future acquisitions could cause us to issue dilutive equity securities, incur debt or contingent liabilities, amortize goodwill and other intangibles, write off in-process research and development and other acquisition-related expenses that could seriously harm our financial condition and operating results.

 

Recent volatility in the stock markets has made it more difficult to value acquired businesses where the consideration payable as the purchase price is stock. We may reach agreement to buy another company using our stock as consideration. Thereafter, prior to closing the acquisition the relative values of the capital stock of the acquired company could change, causing the purchase price to increase. As a result, in periods of market volatility as we are experiencing, acquisitions are difficult to complete, and we may be unable to complete beneficial acquisitions of complementary businesses or technologies at an acceptable price.

 

Implementation of Our Products By Large Customers May Be Complex and Customers Could Become Dissatisfied if the Implementation Proves Difficult, Costly or Time-Consuming

 

Our products must integrate with many existing computer systems and software programs used by our customers. Integrating with many other computer systems and software programs can be complex, time consuming and expensive, causing delays in the deployment of our products. Because we are one of the first companies to offer products designed for collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions, many customers will be facing these integration issues for the first time in the context of collaborating with supply chain partners. Customers could become dissatisfied with our products if implementations prove to be difficult, costly or time-consuming, resulting in reduced sales, decreased revenues and damage to our reputation.

 

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We Currently Perform Some of Our Implementations on a Fixed-Price Basis, Which Could Cause Us to Incur More Costs Than We Expect

 

In the past, and occasionally in the future, we have or may charge customers a fixed fee for installation services. At the time of a product sale and prior to agreeing to an installation price, we estimate the amount of work involved for a particular installation project. We have at times in the past underestimated and may in the future underestimate the amount of time or resources required to install our products, resulting in installation costs that are in excess of the fees charged to our customers for the work performed. If we do not correctly estimate the amount of time or resources required for a large number of installations, our gross margins could decline, adversely impacting our operating results.

 

Market Acceptance of New Platforms and Operating Environments May Require Us to Develop and Maintain Compatible Product Lines

 

Although our software products can be licensed for use with a variety of popular industry standard relational database management system platforms, there may be future or existing platforms that achieve popularity in the marketplace that may not be architecturally compatible with our software product design. Moreover, future or existing user interfaces that achieve popularity within the business application marketplace may or may not be architecturally compatible with our current software product design. Developing and maintaining consistent software product performance characteristics across all of these combinations could place a significant strain on our resources and software product release schedules which could adversely affect revenue and results of operations. If we are unable to maintain software performance across accepted platforms and operating environments, or to achieve market acceptance of user interfaces that we support or adapt to popular new user interfaces that we do not support, our sales and revenues may be adversely affected.

 

We May Not Be Able to Increase Sales of Our Products if We Do Not Expand Our Direct Sales Organization

 

We sell our products primarily through our direct sales force. Our ability to increase our sales will depend on our ability to recruit, train and retain top quality sales people with the advanced sales skills and technical knowledge we need. Competition for qualified personnel remains intense in our industry. In addition, it takes time for our new sales personnel to become productive, particularly our senior sales and services personnel, who could take up to nine months to become fully productive. We have recently reorganized our sales organization and hired several new senior sales personnel. Recent volatility in our stock price could decrease our ability to hire and retain qualified personnel. If we are unable to hire or retain qualified sales personnel, or if newly hired personnel fail to develop the necessary skills or reach productivity more slowly than anticipated, it would be more difficult for us to sell our products, and we may experience a shortfall in revenues.

 

Terrorist Attacks Against the United States and Related U.S. Military Action Could Adversely Affect Our Business

 

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and resulting military actions and future developments occurring in connection with these events including, without limitation, possible war with or other military actions in Iraq or Korea, as well as any actual or threatened future terrorist attacks against the United States or other countries, may adversely affect our business. Although it is difficult to predict the effect of these world events, they could cause:

 

    a further softening of U.S. and foreign economies that could cause sales of our products and services to decline;

 

    the reduced ability to do business in the ordinary course as it is customarily conducted, resulting from a variety of factors, including changes or disruptions in movement and sourcing of materials, goods and components or the possible interruption in the flow of information or monies;

 

    a lengthening of our sales cycles and implementations, which might result from a number of factors, including among others changes in security measures for passenger air travel and reductions in available commercial flights which may make it more difficult for our sales force to schedule face-to-face meetings with prospects and to negotiate and consummate transactions;

 

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    general uncertainty in the capital markets that could make it more difficult for us to raise debt or equity financing in the future; and

 

    possible reductions, delays or postponements, if any, in capital expenditures as a result of changes in priorities and approval processes.

 

These outcomes, and other unforeseen outcomes of these world events, would adversely affect our revenues, results of operations and financial condition.

 

If We Are Unable to Timely Expand Our International Operations, We May Not Achieve Anticipated Revenue Growth

 

We believe that expansion of our international operations will be necessary for our future success, and a key aspect to our business strategy has been and is to expand our sales and support organizations internationally. Therefore, we believe that we will need to commit additional significant resources to expand our international operations. We employ sales professionals in Europe and the Asia-Pacific market. If we are unable to successfully expand further in these international markets on a timely basis, we may not be able to achieve anticipated revenue growth. This expansion may be more difficult or take longer than we anticipate, and we may not be able to successfully market, sell, deliver and support our products internationally.

 

Our international expansion will subject us to a number of risks associated with international business activities. These risks include:

 

    difficulty in providing customer support for our software in multiple time zones;

 

    the need to develop our software in multiple foreign languages;

 

    longer sales cycles associated with educating foreign customers on the benefits of using our products;

 

    greater difficulty and longer time in collecting accounts receivable from customers located abroad;

 

    political and economic instability, particularly in Asia;

 

    difficulties in enforcing agreements through foreign legal systems; and

 

    unexpected changes in regulatory requirements that may limit our ability to export our software or sell into particular jurisdictions or impose multiple conflicting tax laws and regulations.

 

To date, most of our revenues have been denominated in United States dollars. If we experience an increase in the portion of our revenues denominated in foreign currencies, we may incur greater risks in currency fluctuations, particularly since we translate our foreign currency revenues once at the end of each quarter. In the future, our international revenues could be denominated in the Euro, the currency of the European Union. The Euro is an untested currency and may be subject to economic risks that are not currently contemplated. We currently do not engage in foreign exchange hedging activities, and therefore our international revenues and expenses are currently subject to the risks of foreign currency fluctuations.

 

We Have Shifted Some of Our Development Activities to China, Hong Kong and India, Which May Subject Us to Increased Difficulty Protecting Our Intellectual Property Assets

 

Although we intend to rely on patents, copyrights, trademark and trade secret laws in China, Hong Kong and India, where we have recently established development organizations to supplement our research and development activities in the United States, the laws of these foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States and it may be more difficult to monitor the use of our intellectual property in these locations, or monitor and control the activities of our employees located in these locations as effectively as if we had continued to conduct all of our research and development in the United States. Our competitors may be able to legitimately ascertain non-patented proprietary technology embedded in our products. If this occurs, we may not be able to prevent the development of technology substantially similar to ours.

 

Therefore, despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property in our foreign locations, we may be ineffective in controlling access to our intellectual property, and a third party could develop products similar to ours. In addition, the governments in these locations could be subject to political, social or economic instability, that could result in nationalization of industries, or appropriation of technology. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate.

 

If the Establishment of Our Development Centers in India, Hong Kong or China is More Costly Than We Expect, Our Operating Results Will Suffer

 

As part of our planned expansion of our research and development and customer service and support functions, we are establishing facilities in India, Hong Kong and China. If we are unable to establish these facilities in a timely manner, we may not be able to maintain research and development activities while decreasing operating expenses, as planned. If our expansion proves more costly than we anticipate or we incur greater ongoing costs than we expect, our operating results would be adversely affected. If we do not realize expected cost savings, our margins may be negatively impacted and our operating results may suffer.

 

Changes in the Political, Social and Economic Environment in India, China or Hong Kong May Affect our Financial Performance

 

We have moved certain of our research and development activities, as well as some of our customer support activities, to India, China and Hong Kong. Our financial performance may be affected by changes in the political, social and economic environment in these regions. The role of the central and local governments in the Indian and Chinese economy is significant. Policies toward economic liberalization, and laws and policies affecting technology companies, foreign investment, currency convertibility, currency exchange rates and other matters could change, resulting in greater restrictions on our ability to do

 

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business and operate our facilities in China, Hong Kong and India. Any imposition of surcharges or any increase in tax rates could hurt our operating results. The Chinese or Indian governments could revoke, terminate or suspend our license for national security and similar reasons without compensation to us. If the government of China or the government of India were to take any of these actions, we would be prevented from conducting all or part of our business. Any failure on our part to comply with governmental regulations could result in the loss of our ability to develop our products and provide customer support in China, Hong Kong or India, could result in increased costs to us, and could limit our ability to own and protect our intellectual property.

 

Both China and India have from time to time experienced instances of civil unrest and hostilities. Confrontations have occurred between the military and civilians. Events of this nature could influence the local economy, result in nationalization of foreign-owned operations such as ours, and could negatively affect our ability to operate our facilities abroad.

 

Legislative Actions, Higher Insurance Costs and Potential New Accounting Pronouncements are Likely to Cause our General and Administrative Expenses to Increase and Impact our Future Financial Position and Results of Operations

 

In order to comply with the newly adopted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as proposed changes to listing standards by Nasdaq, and proposed accounting changes by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we may be required to hire additional personnel and utilize additional outside legal, accounting and advisory services, all of which will cause our general and administrative costs to increase. Insurers are also likely to increase premiums as a result of the high claims rates incurred over the past year, and so our premiums for our various insurance policies, including our directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, are likely to increase. Proposed changes in the accounting rules, including legislative and other proposals to account for employee stock options as a compensation expense among others, could materially increase the expenses that we report under generally accepted accounting principles and adversely affect our operating results.

 

Defects in Our Software Products Could Diminish Demand For Our Products

 

Our software products are complex and may contain errors that may be detected at any point in the life of the product. We have in the past discovered software errors in certain of our products and as a result have experienced delays in shipment of products during the period required to correct these errors. We cannot be sure that, despite testing by us, our implementation partners and our current and potential customers, errors will not be found in new products or releases after shipment, resulting in loss of revenue, delay in market acceptance and sales, diversion of development resources, injury to our reputation or increased service and warranty costs.

 

Further, our products are generally used in systems with other vendors’ products, and as a result, our products must integrate successfully with these existing systems. System errors, whether caused by our products or those of another vendor, could adversely affect the market acceptance of our products, and any necessary revisions could cause us to incur significant expenses.

 

If We Become Subject to Product Liability Litigation, It Could Be Time Consuming and Costly to Defend

 

Since our products are used for mission critical applications in the supply chain, errors, defects or other performance problems could result in financial or other damages to our customers. For example, our products are designed to communicate information relating to changes in product specifications during the manufacturing process. If a supplier or other participant receives inaccurate or erroneous data, it is possible that it could claim it incurred damages based on its reliance on that data. Although our license agreements generally contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to product liability litigation, existing or future laws or unfavorable judicial decisions could negate such limitation of liability provisions. Product liability litigation, even if unsuccessful, would be time-consuming and costly to defend and could harm our business.

 

We Are the Target of a Securities Class Action Complaint and are at Risk of Securities Class Action Litigation, Which Could Result in Substantial Costs and Divert Management Attention and Resources

 

On or around October 25, 2001, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of holders of Agile securities in the Southern District of New York against Agile Software Corporation, Bryan D. Stolle and Thomas P. Shanahan (collectively “Agile Defendants”) and others including underwriters Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank Securities. The case is now captioned In re Agile Software, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 01 CIV 9413 (SAS), related to In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92 (SAS).

 

On or about April 19, 2002, plaintiffs electronically served an amended complaint. The amended complaint is brought purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased our common stock from August 19, 1999 through December 6, 2000. It names as defendants the Agile Defendants; and several investment banking firms that served as underwriters of our initial

 

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public offering and secondary offering. The complaint alleges liability under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration statement for the offerings did not disclose that: (1) the underwriters had agreed to allow certain customers to purchase shares in the offerings in exchange for excess commissions paid to the underwriters; and (2) the underwriters had arranged for certain customers to purchase additional shares in the aftermarket at predetermined prices. The amended complaint also alleges that false analyst reports were issued. No specific damages are claimed.

 

We are aware that similar allegations have been made in other lawsuits filed in the Southern District of New York challenging over 300 other initial public offerings and secondary offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000. Those cases have been consolidated for pretrial purposes before the Honorable Judge Shira A. Scheindlin. On July 15, 2002, the Agile Defendants (as well as all other issuer defendants) filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On February 19, 2003, the Court ruled on the motions to dismiss. The Court denied the motions to dismiss claims under the Securities Act of 1933 in all but 10 of the cases. In the case involving us, these claims were dismissed as to the initial public offering, but not the secondary offering. The Court denied the motion to dismiss the claim under Section 10(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against us and 184 other issuer defendants, on the basis that the amended complaints in these cases alleged that the respective issuers had acquired companies or conducted follow-on offerings after their initial public offerings. As a consequence, the Court denied the motion to dismiss the Section 20(a) claims against the individual defendants. The motion to dismiss the Section 10(a) claims was granted with prejudice as to the individual defendants. We believe that the allegations against the Agile Defendants in the litigation are without merit, and intends to defend them vigorously, however, securities class action litigation can be protracted to defend or settle, could result in substantial costs against us and divert our management’s attention and resources, which could seriously harm our business

 

If We Are Unable to Protect Our Intellectual Property We May Lose a Valuable Asset, Experience Reduced Market Share or Incur Costly Litigation to Protect Our Rights

 

Our success and ability to compete depend upon our proprietary technology, including our brand and logo and the technology underlying our products. We rely on patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright laws to protect our intellectual property. Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property, a third party could copy or otherwise obtain our software or other proprietary information without authorization, or could develop software competitive to ours. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate and our competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate our products or design around patents that may be issued to us or our other intellectual property. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States, and we expect that it will become more difficult to monitor the use of our products if we increase our international presence.

 

We may have to resort to litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our patents, trade secrets or know-how or to determine their scope, validity or enforceability. Enforcing or defending our proprietary technology is expensive, could cause the diversion of our resources, and may not prove successful. Our protective measures may prove inadequate to protect our proprietary rights, and any failure to enforce or protect our rights could cause us to lose a valuable asset.

 

We May Be Subject to Intellectual Property Infringement Claims That, With or Without Merit, Could Be Costly to Defend or Settle

 

We may from time to time be subject to claims of infringement of other parties’ proprietary rights or claims that our own intellectual property rights are invalid. There has been a substantial amount of litigation in the software and Internet industries regarding intellectual property rights. It is possible that, in the future, third parties may claim that we or our current or potential future products infringe their intellectual property. We expect that software product developers and providers of electronic commerce solutions will increasingly be subject to infringement claims as the number of products and competitors in our industry segment grows and the functionality of products in industry segments overlaps. Any infringement claims made against us, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, cause product shipment delays or negative publicity. In addition, if our products were found to infringe a third party’s proprietary rights, we could be required to enter into royalty or licensing agreements in order to continue to be able to sell our products. Royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us or acceptable at all.

 

We Rely on Third Parties to Manage System and Network Environments for Hosted Customers

 

We rely on third parties to manage system and network environments running our products and related solutions for customers requiring hosting. Services provided by these third parties include managing the hosted servers, maintaining communications lines and managing network data centers, which are the locations where the Agile solutions reside. Since the hosting of the Agile solutions for certain customers will depend on these third parties, it is possible that these third parties may not be able to

 

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meet our and our customers’ service level requirements. Dissatisfaction or problems with our service or the service of the third parties that host our solutions or delays or interruptions or other problems with service due to mechanical failure, human error, security breaches, power loss and other facility failures, natural disasters, sabotage, vandalism, or other similar events could result in a reduction of business generated by the hosted environment. In the event that we choose to use alternative hosting sources, this may result in a temporary degradation of the service level for hosting services that may be unacceptable to our customers.

 

If Our Professional Services Revenues Continues to Increase As a Percentage of Total Revenues, Our Gross Margins Could Decrease, Adversely Affecting Our Operating Results

 

We realize lower margins on professional services revenues than on license revenues. As a result, if, as has happened recently, professional services revenues increase as a percentage of total revenue, or, if we increase our use of third parties to provide such services, our gross margins may continue to decline, or remain at current levels, and our operating results may be adversely affected.

 

Detection and Correction of Errors in Our Software May Become More Difficult, Our Costs May Increase, The Introduction of New Products May Slow, and We May Incur More Costly Performance and Warranty Claims

 

Our software programs, like all software programs generally, may contain a number of undetected errors despite internal and third party testing. Increased complexity of the software and more sophisticated expectations of customers may result in higher costs to correct such errors and delay the introduction of new products or enhancements in the marketplace.

 

In addition, product software errors could result in claims from our customers that our software directly or indirectly caused them substantial harm, and subject us to product liability, performance and/or warranty claims. Although most of our agreements contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential liability claims, these provisions could be invalidated by unfavorable judicial decisions or by federal, state, local or foreign laws or regulations. Our insurance may be inadequate to protect us and cover the amount of these claims. If a claim against us were to be successful, we might be required to incur significant expense and pay substantial damages. Even if we were to prevail, the accompanying publicity could adversely impact the demand for our products.

 

If Requirements Relating to Accounting Treatment For Employee Stock Options Are Changed, We May Be Forced to Change Our Business Practices

 

We currently account for the issuance of stock options under APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” If proposals currently under consideration by accounting standards organizations and governmental authorities are adopted, we may be required to treat the value of the stock options granted to employees as a compensation expense. As a result, we could decide to reduce the number of stock options granted to employees or to grant options to fewer employees. This could affect our ability to retain existing employees and attract qualified candidates, and increase the cash compensation we would have to pay to them. In addition, such a change could have a negative effect on our earnings.

 

It Has Become and May Continue to Be Increasingly Difficult and Expensive to Obtain and Maintain Liability Insurance

 

We contract for insurance to cover a variety of potential risks and liabilities, including product liability risks and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. In the current market, insurance coverage is becoming more restrictive, the premiums have increased substantially, particularly for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, and when insurance coverage is offered, the deductible for which we are responsible are in some cases increasing. It may become more difficult to maintain insurance coverage at historical levels, or if such coverage is available, the cost to obtain or maintain it may increase substantially. This may result in our being forced to bear the burden of an increased portion of risks for which we have traditionally been covered by insurance, which could negatively impact our results of operations.

 

Provisions Contained in Our Charter Documents May Delay or Prevent a Change in Our Control

 

Provisions of our Delaware certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if a change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions also may prevent changes in our management. We are subject to the provision of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which restricts certain business combinations with interested stockholders. The combination of these provisions may inhibit a non-negotiated merger or other business combination.

 

We Have Adopted Certain Anti-Takeover Measures That May Make it More Difficult For a Third Party to Acquire Us

 

Our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences and privileges of those shares without any further vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of shares of preferred stock, while potentially providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and for other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We have no present intentions to issue shares of preferred stock. Further, in March 2001, our board of directors adopted a preferred stock purchase rights plan intended to guard against certain takeover tactics. The adoption of this plan was not in response to any proposal to acquire us, and the board is not aware of any such effort. The existence of this plan could also have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. In addition, certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, which could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Foreign Currency Risk

 

We develop products in the United States and Asia, and market our products in North America, and to a growing extent in Europe and Asia. As a result, our financial results could be affected by factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in foreign markets, and there is no assurance that exchange rate fluctuations will not harm our business in the future. Because nearly all of our revenue is currently denominated in U.S. dollars, an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies could make our products less competitive in foreign markets. Although we will continue to monitor our exposure to currency fluctuations, and, where appropriate, may use financial hedging techniques in the future to minimize the effect of these fluctuations. We are not currently engaged in any financial hedging transactions.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

Our interest income is sensitive to changes in the general level of U.S. interest rates, particularly since the majority of our investments are in short-term instruments. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximize the income we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. Some of the securities that we have invested in may be subject to market risk. This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the investment to fluctuate. For example, if we hold a security that was issued with a fixed interest rate at the then-prevailing rate and the prevailing interest rate later rises, the principal amount of our investment will probably decline. To minimize this risk, we maintain the majority of our portfolio of cash in money market funds and short-term investments classified as available for sale. In general, money market funds and short-term investments are not subject to market risk because the interest paid on such funds fluctuates with the prevailing interest rate.

 

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The table below represents principal (or notional) amounts and related weighted-average interest rates by year of maturity of our investment portfolio.

 

(in thousands, except interest rates)

  

Maturing within 12 months


      

Thereafter


  

Total


 

Cash equivalents

  

$

74,693

 

    

  

$

74,693

 

Average interest rate

  

 

1.42

%

    

  

 

1.42

%

Investments

  

$

112,307

 

    

  

$

112,307

 

Average interest rate

  

 

2.23

%

    

  

 

2.23

%

Total investment securities

  

$

187,000

 

    

  

$

187,000

 

 

Other Investments

 

We invest in equity instruments of privately held companies for business and strategic purposes. These investments are included in other long-term assets and are accounted for under the cost method when ownership is less than 20% and we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over operations. For these investments, we regularly review the assumptions underlying the operating performance and cash flow forecasts in assessing the carrying values. We identify and record impairment losses when events and circumstances indicate that such assets might be impaired.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, we reduced the carrying amounts for these investments to estimated fair value via charges to other income (expense). Those charges were $3.7 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. As of January 31, 2003, our balance of investments in equity instruments of privately held companies had been written down to zero.

 

ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-14(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, to their knowledge and belief, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

There have been no significant changes (including corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses) in our internal controls or to our knowledge in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the Evaluation Date.

 

PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

On or around October 25, 2001, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of holders of Agile securities in the Southern District of New York against Agile Software Corporation, Bryan D. Stolle and Thomas P. Shanahan (collectively “Agile Defendants”) and others including underwriters Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank Securities. The case is now captioned In re Agile Software, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 01 CIV 9413 (SAS), related to In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92 (SAS).

 

On or about April 19, 2002, plaintiffs electronically served an amended complaint. The amended complaint is brought purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased our common stock from August 19, 1999 through December 6, 2000. It names as defendants the Agile Defendants; and several investment banking firms that served as underwriters of our initial public offering and secondary offering. The complaint alleges liability under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration statement for the offerings did not disclose that: (1) the underwriters had agreed to allow certain customers to purchase shares in the offerings in exchange for excess commissions paid to the underwriters; and (2) the underwriters had arranged for certain customers to purchase additional shares in the aftermarket at predetermined prices. The amended complaint also alleges that false analyst reports were issued. No specific damages are claimed.

 

We are aware that similar allegations have been made in other lawsuits filed in the Southern District of New York challenging over 300 other initial public offerings and secondary offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000. Those cases have been consolidated for pretrial purposes before the Honorable Judge Shira A. Scheindlin. On July 15, 2002, the Agile Defendants (as

 

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well as all other issuer defendants) filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On February 19, 2003, the Court ruled on the motions to dismiss. The Court denied the motions to dismiss claims under the Securities Act of 1933 in all but 10 of the cases. In the case involving us, these claims were dismissed as to the initial public offering, but not the secondary offering. The Court denied the motion to dismiss the claim under Section 10(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against us and 184 other issuer defendants, on the basis that the amended complaints in these cases alleged that the respective issuers had acquired companies or conducted follow-on offerings after their initial public offerings. As a consequence, the Court denied the motion to dismiss the Section 20(a) claims against the individual defendants. The motion to dismiss the Section 10(a) claims was granted with prejudice as to the individual defendants. We believe that the allegations against the Agile Defendants in the litigation are without merit, and intends to defend them vigorously.

 

We are also subject to various other claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

ITEM 2.    CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.    DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.    OTHER INFORMATION.

 

Not applicable

 

ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

 

(a)    Exhibits.

 

See the Exhibit Index included on page 41.

 

(b)    Reports on Form 8-K

 

8-K filed on December 16, 2002 regarding the acquisition of oneREV, Inc. by Agile Software Corporation.

 

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AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

Date:    March 14, 2003

     

AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION

           

/s/    CAROLYN V. AVER


           

Carolyn V. Aver

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Bryan D. Stolle, certify that:

 

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Agile Software Corporation;

 

2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

  (a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

  (b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

  (c)   presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 

  (a)   all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

  (b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.    I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date:    March 14, 2003

     

/s/    BRYAN D. STOLLE


           

Bryan D. Stolle

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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I, Carolyn V. Aver, certify that:

 

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Agile Software Corporation;

 

2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

  (a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

  (b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

  (c)   presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 

  (a)   all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

  (b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.    I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date:    March 14, 2003

     

/s/    CAROLYN V. AVER


           

Carolyn V. Aver

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.


  

Description


  3.1

  

Certificate of Incorporation of Agile Software Corporation, as amended to date.(1)

  3.2

  

Certificate of Elimination and Certificate of Amendment.(1)

  3.3

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Agile Software Corporation.(2)

  4.1

  

Specimen Common Stock Certificate.(1)

99.1

  

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

99.2

  

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


(1)   Incorporated by reference to Agile’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-81387), declared effective on August 19, 1999.
(2)   Incorporated by reference to Agile’s Current Report on Form 8-K (file No. 000-27071), filed on April 26, 2001.

 

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