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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

 

 

 

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

 

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

 

Or

 

 

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

 

For the transition period from                  to                 

 

Commission File Number 000-27385

 

INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Indiana

 

35-1933097

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7601 Interactive Way
Indianapolis, Indiana 46278

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(317) 872-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

Indicate by checkmark 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  ý   No  o

 

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

 

The number of shares of common stock outstanding on July 31, 2003 was 15,636,983.

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 (unaudited) and December 31, 2002

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

Item 2.

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

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Footnotes.

 

Interactive Intelligence, Inc.

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

 

June 30,
2003

 

December 31,
2002

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

12,053

 

$

5,913

 

Short-term investments

 

3,091

 

9,331

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $184 in 2003 and $671 in 2002

 

7,104

 

9,047

 

Prepaid expenses

 

1,560

 

2,170

 

Other current assets

 

83

 

73

 

Total current assets

 

23,891

 

26,534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

7,012

 

7,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets, net

 

1,067

 

1,046

 

Total assets

 

$

31,970

 

$

35,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

4,625

 

$

3,203

 

Accrued compensation and related expenses

 

943

 

995

 

Deferred software revenues

 

9,288

 

12,102

 

Deferred services revenues

 

11,387

 

9,882

 

Total current liabilities

 

26,243

 

26,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock,  no par value;  10,000,000 authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 authorized; 15,601,647 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2003, 15,524,369 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2002

 

156

 

155

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

64,354

 

64,140

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

290

 

162

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(59,073

)

(55,473

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

5,727

 

8,984

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

31,970

 

$

35,166

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Interactive Intelligence, Inc.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

Three months ended
June 30,

 

Six months ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

$

5,772

 

$

7,704

 

$

14,393

 

$

15,296

 

Services

 

6,335

 

4,416

 

12,098

 

8,777

 

Total revenues

 

12,107

 

12,120

 

26,491

 

24,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of software

 

325

 

192

 

617

 

464

 

Costs of services

 

3,254

 

2,865

 

6,440

 

5,888

 

Sales and marketing

 

4,910

 

5,191

 

10,117

 

10,740

 

Research and development

 

3,472

 

3,712

 

6,967

 

7,618

 

General and administrative

 

1,356

 

1,381

 

2,812

 

2,878

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

2,690

 

682

 

3,138

 

682

 

Total costs and expenses

 

16,007

 

14,023

 

30,091

 

28,270

 

Operating loss

 

(3,900

)

(1,903

)

(3,600

)

(4,197

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income, net

 

43

 

104

 

96

 

233

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(3,857

)

(1,799

)

(3,504

)

(3,964

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes

 

43

 

60

 

96

 

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,900

)

$

(1,859

)

$

(3,600

)

$

(4,093

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(0.25

)

$

(0.12

)

$

(0.23

)

$

(0.27

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used to compute net loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

15,600

 

15,398

 

15,582

 

15,368

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Interactive Intelligence, Inc.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Six months ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,600

)

$

(4,093

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

2,447

 

2,570

 

Amortization of deferred stock-based compensation

 

46

 

66

 

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

 

539

 

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

2,900

 

682

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,943

 

182

 

Prepaid expenses

 

610

 

284

 

Other current assets

 

(10

)

104

 

Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

 

(1,478

)

(1,053

)

Accrued compensation and related expenses

 

(52

)

(125

)

Deferred software revenues

 

(2,814

)

(2,303

)

Deferred services revenues

 

1,505

 

616

 

Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

 

2,036

 

(3,070

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment, net

 

(2,412

)

(1,710

)

Purchases of available-for-sale investments

 

 

(9,121

)

Sales of available-for-sale investments

 

6,368

 

4,418

 

Change in other assets

 

(21

)

(86

)

Net cash provided (used) by investing activities

 

3,935

 

(6,499

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuances of common stock

 

167

 

248

 

Proceeds from stock options exercised

 

2

 

109

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

169

 

357

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

6,140

 

(9,212

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

5,913

 

14,503

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

12,053

 

$

5,291

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Interactive Intelligence, Inc

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

1.                   Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

 

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (“I3” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of software-based interaction management solutions designed to automate communications for contact centers, enterprises, and service providers. Based on an open, unified platform, the Interactive Intelligence product line was designed as a flexible and affordable alternative to traditional telecom solutions. The Company’s products provide a complete communications solution including PBX (private branch exchange), ACD (automated call distributor), IVR (interactive voice response), unified communications, and Internet and wireless functionality.  The Company currently derives substantially all of its revenues from licenses of its Interaction Center Platform products and related services.

 

Principal operations of the Company commenced during 1997.  Since then, the Company has established wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The Company also currently has branch offices in Japan, Korea, and Malaysia.  The Company’s products are marketed in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, the Asia/Pacific region, Australia, and South Africa.

 

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed, or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  In our opinion, the statements include all adjustments necessary  (which are of a normal and recurring nature) for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented.

 

The balance sheet at December 31, 2002 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

 

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2002, included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003.  Our results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for any other interim period or for a full fiscal year.

 

2.                   Net Loss Per Common Share

 

Basic net loss per share is calculated based on the weighted-average number of outstanding common shares.  Diluted net loss per share is calculated based on the weighted-average number of outstanding common shares plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares.  Potential common shares are composed of shares of common stock of the Company issuable on the exercise of stock options.  When potential common shares are dilutive, the treasury stock method is used to compute the common equivalent shares.  Under the treasury stock method, the assumed proceeds from the exercise of stock options are applied solely to the repurchase of common stock.

 

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The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,900

)

$

(1,859

)

$

(3,600

)

$

(4,093

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock

 

15,600

 

15,398

 

15,582

 

15,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

 

$

(0.25

)

$

(0.12

)

$

(0.23

)

$

(0.27

)

 

The Company’s calculation of diluted net loss per share excludes all potential common shares as the effect would be antidilutive.  Options to purchase 3,510,041 shares of common stock with exercise prices of $0.13 to $50.50 per share were outstanding as of June 30, 2003 and options to purchase 3,205,447 shares of common stock with exercise prices of $0.13 to $50.50 per share were outstanding as of June 30, 2002.

 

3.                   Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for its stock option plans in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS 123”) and uses the intrinsic value method under APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations.  The majority of options granted to employees under these plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.  The table included below illustrates the effect on the net loss and loss per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 to stock-based employee compensation.

 

(in thousands except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

Net loss, as reported

 

$

(3,900

)

$

(1,859

)

$

(3,600

)

$

(4,093

)

Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

 

(1,381

)

(1,339

)

(2,770

)

(2,806

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro forma net loss

 

$

(5,281

)

$

(3,198

)

$

(6,370

)

$

(6,899

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted - as reported

 

$

(0.25

)

$

(0.12

)

$

(0.23

)

$

(0.27

)

Basic and diluted - pro forma

 

$

(0.34

)

$

(0.21

)

$

(0.41

)

$

(0.45

)

 

4.                   Concentration of Credit Risk

 

One customer  represented approximately 10% of total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2003.

 

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5.                   Contingencies

 

In June 1999 and September 1999, the Company received letters from a competitor in the call center market claiming that the Company’s products utilize technologies pioneered and patented by that competitor.  The Company’s patent counsel has reviewed all of the patents listed in the letters.  Based on the advice of the Company’s patent counsel, the Company believes that its products do not infringe any of the patents listed in either letter.  The Company has discussed its conclusion with the competitor and has also discussed possible licensing of certain technologies from the competitor.  Although the Company has not heard from this competitor since early 2001, the Company cannot assure you that this matter can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that it will ultimately be able to enter into a licensing arrangement on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In June 2000 and October 2001, the Company received letters from a competitor in the outbound call center market claiming that the Company’s products utilize technologies pioneered and patented by the competitor.  Although the Company’s patent counsel has not determined the validity of these patents, the Company has discussed the possible licensing of certain technologies from the competitor.  Ownership of the technology has changed twice since the original letters.  The Company cannot assure you that these claims can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that it will be able to enter into licensing arrangements on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In July 2002, the Company received a letter from a consulting firm which has been retained by a telecommunication technology provider to develop and implement a licensing program based on the technology provider’s patents.  The consulting firm believes a licensing agreement between the Company and the technology provider is appropriate.  The Company’s patent counsel is in the process of reviewing the patents listed in the letter.  To date, the Company’s patent counsel has not determined the validity or applicability of these patents.  The Company has also discussed the possible licensing of the technology provider’s patents with the consulting firm.  The Company cannot assure you that this matter can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that it will be able to enter into a licensing arrangement on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In December 2002, the Company received a letter from one of its resellers requesting indemnification related to a request that it had received for indemnification from an end user that had received a letter from a third party indicating that the end user may be infringing patents held by the third party.  To date, the Company’s patent counsel has not determined the validity or the applicability of these patents as they relate to the Company’s products or whether the reseller is entitled to indemnification.  The Company cannot assure you that this claim for indemnification can be resolved favorably in a manner that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Other third parties have claimed or may in the future claim that our technology infringes their proprietary rights.
Infringement claims, even if without merit, can be time consuming and expensive to defend. A third party asserting infringement claims against us or our customers with respect to our current or future products may require us to enter into costly royalty arrangements or litigation, or otherwise materially adversely affect us.

 

In November 2002, the Company received a notification from the French government as a result of a tax audit that had been conducted encompassing the years 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.  This assessment claims various taxes are owed related to Value Added Tax (“VAT”) and corporation taxes in addition to what has previously been paid and accrued.  The assessment related to VAT is approximately 2.3 million Euros or approximately $2.6 million as of June 30, 2003 and the assessment related to corporation taxes is approximately 300,000 Euros or approximately $340,000 as of June 30, 2003.  Based primarily on advice from the Company’s tax counsel, the

 

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Company currently believes the possibility of the Company paying the assessment related to VAT to be remote and the assessment related to corporation taxes to be reasonably possible.  The Company is appealing the assessment, but cannot assure you this matter will be resolved without litigation, that it will not take several years to resolve, or that the Company will not have to pay some or all of the assessment.

 

From time to time, the Company is also involved in certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of conducting our business. While the ultimate liability pursuant to these actions cannot currently be determined, the Company believes these legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

6.                   Restructuring and Other Charges

 

In February 2003, the Company announced its plan to downsize and reorganize resources in Europe, the Middle East, and the African (“EMEA”) region.  The French office was significantly affected.  Of the 20 positions located in France, seven positions were transferred to other EMEA offices, eight positions have been eliminated, two positions remain to be eliminated and three positions remain in France.  For the three months ended June 30, 2003 and March 31, 2003, a total of $900,000 and $448,000, respectively was recognized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (“SFAS 146”) as restructuring and other charges.  Of the total amount, approximately $577,000 and $333,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2003 and March 31, 2003, respectively was related to severance and the remaining amount was related to professional and other fees.

 

The Company anticipates additional restructuring and other charges to be incurred in the second half of 2003 related to the termination of two employees in France and additional professional fees.  The Company anticipates the remaining charge in the second half of 2003 related to the EMEA reorganization to range from $100,000 to  $200,000.

 

Additionally, the Company moved its world-wide headquarters to a new building in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Effective April 1, 2003, all Indianapolis-based employees, equipment and furniture were relocated to the new facility.  The Company continues to owe lease payments on the previous headquarters through March 1, 2004.  The Company determined that the remaining lease payments on the previous headquarters, net of sublease income, qualified as an exit cost and was recognized in accordance with  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (“SFAS 146”) as restructuring and other charges.  For the three months ended June 30, 2003, a total of $1.6 million was recognized.  In addition, the Company wrote off approximately $220,000 in leasehold improvements related to the previous headquarters.  The Company does not anticipate any additional restructuring and other charges related to the relocation of its world-wide headquarters.

 

A summary of the beginning accrued restructuring and other charges, expensed amount, cash payments and the ending accrued restructuring and other charges is presented below.

 

 

 

French
Operations

 

Worldwide
Headquarters

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance at December 31, 2002

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Expensed amount

 

1,350,000

 

1,788,000

 

$

3,138,000

 

Payments

 

(900,000

)

(618,000

)

$

(1,518,000

)

Ending balance at June 30, 2003

 

$

450,000

 

$

1,170,000

 

$

1,620,000

 

 

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7.                   Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In April 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.  SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies accounting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133.  In particular, SFAS No. 149 clarifies under what circumstances a contract with an initial net investment meets the characteristics of a derivative and when a derivative contains a financing component that warrants special reporting in the statement of cash flows.  SFAS No. 149 is generally effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.  SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures in its statement of financial position certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.  It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within the scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances) because that financial instrument embodies an obligation of the issuer.  SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003.  This statement is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Forward-Looking Information

 

Certain statements in this Form 10-Q contain “forward-looking” information (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that involve risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by their use of such verbs as “expects,” “anticipates,” and “believes” or similar verbs or conjugations of such verbs. If any of our assumptions on which the statements are based prove incorrect or should unanticipated circumstances arise, our actual results could materially differ from those anticipated by such forward-looking statements. The differences could be caused by a number of factors or combination of factors, including, but not limited to, the “Factors Affecting Operating Results” described herein and the Risk Factors described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Form 10-K filing for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

Overview

 

     We commenced operations in October 1994. Through the end of 1996, we focused primarily on research and development activities. Our first product was released in March 1997. In 1997 and 1998, we expanded our operations to capitalize on the increased market demand for communications and interaction management software. We decided, at the expense of profitability, to continue investing significantly in research and development, and to accelerate our investments in marketing, services and sales operations. We had no revenue in 1996, and our total revenues were $1.6 million in 1997, $9.0 million in 1998, $19.1 million in 1999, $27.3 million in 2000, $47.9 million in 2001, $47.8 million in 2002 and $26.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. We cannot assure you that our revenues will grow in the future.

 

     We believe our investments in research and development and in marketing, services and sales operations will continue to be critical to any revenue growth we achieve. However, these investments have also significantly increased our operating costs and expenses, contributing to the net losses and operating losses that we have incurred in all quarters since our formation with the exception of the first quarter of

 

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2003. In addition, we are likely to continue to experience losses and negative cash flows from operations in future quarters. We cannot assure you when or if we will achieve profitability again or, if achieved, that we will be able to sustain profitability. Our operating results have varied significantly from quarter to quarter and may continue to do so in the future. As a result, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful, and you should not rely on them as an indication of our future performance.

 

     As of June 30, 2003 we had incurred approximately $2.7 million in charges related to the restructuring of our European operations (which was announced in February 2003) and relocation of our worldwide headquarters.  These charges related primarily to severance, professional services and ongoing lease obligations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

     We believe the accounting policies that are related to revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and contingencies are important to understanding our performance. These policies, which involve significant management judgment and estimates, and related procedures are described in detail below.

 

Sources of Revenues and Revenue Recognition Policy

     The Company generates software revenues from licensing the right to use its software products and generates services revenues from annual license fees, ongoing maintenance (post-contract technical support and unspecified product upgrades), educational services, and professional services.

     Our software license fees primarily originate from the marketing efforts of our resellers, who are authorized to place orders for software licenses with us on behalf of end-user customers. We share end-user customer software license fees with these resellers in varying percentages of our list price, according to the terms of their reseller agreements. In addition to generating software license fees indirectly through resellers, we also receive some software license fees from end-user customers that we contract with directly. Our software license agreements are either annually renewable or perpetual.

     For any revenues to be recognized from a software license agreement, the following criteria must be met:

      persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;

      the fee is fixed or determinable;

      collection is probable; and

      delivery has occurred.

     Delivery is further defined in certain software license agreements as delivery of the product master or first copy for non-cancelable product licensing arrangements under which the recipient, typically a reseller, has certain software distribution rights. For these licensing arrangements, the delivery criteria has been met when a binding order for a specified end-user customer is placed, as the reseller already possesses a product master copy and the Company has no further delivery obligations.

     Under our annually renewable license agreements, the initial reseller order or end-user contract includes both an initial license fee and an annual renewal fee. Upon meeting the revenue recognition criteria, we recognize a portion of the initial license fees under these annually renewable license agreements as software revenues ratably over the initial license period, which is generally twelve months.  Under our annually renewable license agreements, we also recognize annual renewal fees as services revenues ratably over the term of the initial license period, which is generally twelve months.  The allocation of the initial order between software revenues (initial license fees) and services revenues (annual renewal fees) is based on actual renewal fee rates.  After the initial license period, our end-user customers may renew their license agreement for an additional annual period by paying an additional annual renewal fee. If the annual renewal fee is not paid, the customer is no longer entitled to use the software and we may terminate its license agreement. Payment of the annual renewal fee also entitles the customer to ongoing maintenance (post-contract technical support and unspecified product upgrades) for the renewal period.  We recognize these additional annual renewal fees as services revenues ratably over the term of the renewal period, which is also generally twelve months.

 

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     Under our perpetual license agreements, the initial reseller order or end-user contract includes both an initial license fee and an annual maintenance fee. Upon meeting the revenue recognition criteria, we immediately recognize the entire amount of initial license fees under these perpetual license agreements as software revenues if sufficient vendor specific objective evidence exists to support allocating a portion of the total fee to the undelivered elements of the arrangement. If sufficient vendor specific objective evidence of the undelivered elements does not exist, we typically recognize the initial license fee ratably over the initial term, which is generally twelve months.

     Under our perpetual license agreements, we also recognize annual maintenance fees as services revenues ratably over the post-contract maintenance period, which is typically twelve months. Our end-user customers may renew their maintenance term for an additional one-year period by paying an additional maintenance fee. We recognize these additional maintenance fees as services revenues ratably over the term of the renewal period, which is also generally twelve months. Payment of the annual maintenance fee entitles the customer to ongoing maintenance (post-contract technical support and unspecified product upgrades).

     We share annual renewal fees and ongoing maintenance fees with those resellers who provide initial technical support to end-user customers according to the terms of their reseller agreements. When these revenues are shared with resellers, we typically receive between 50% and 70% of the amount charged by the reseller to the end-user customer.

     We also generate revenues from other services that we provide to our resellers and end-user customers. In addition to annual renewal fees and ongoing maintenance fees, services revenues include educational services and professional services. Revenues from educational services, which consist of training courses for resellers and end-user customers, and professional services, which include implementing and customizing our products for an end-user customer, are typically recognized as the related services are performed.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable

 

     We record our allowance for doubtful accounts for each reporting period based on a detailed analysis of our accounts receivable at the end of that period. In estimating the allowance for doubtful accounts, we primarily consider the age of the customer’s accounts receivable and also consider the creditworthiness of the customer, the economic conditions of the customer’s industry, and general economic conditions, among other factors. Should any of these factors change, the estimates made by us will also change, which could impact the level of our future allowance for doubtful accounts. Specifically, if the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, affecting their ability to make payments, increases to allowances for doubtful accounts may be required.

 

Historical Results of Operations

 

The following table presents certain financial data, derived from our unaudited statements of operations, as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated. The operating results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or for any future period.

 

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Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

48

%

64

%

54

%

64

%

Services

 

52

 

36

 

46

 

36

 

Total revenues

 

100

 

100

 

100

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of software

 

3

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

Costs of services

 

27

 

24

 

24

 

24

 

Sales and marketing

 

41

 

43

 

38

 

45

 

Research and development

 

29

 

31

 

26

 

32

 

General and administrative

 

11

 

11

 

11

 

12

 

Restructuring charges

 

22

 

6

 

12

 

3

 

Total costs and expenses

 

133

 

117

 

113

 

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

(33

)

(17

)

(13

)

(18

)

Interest income, net

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(33

)

(16

)

(13

)

(17

)

Income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

(33

)%

(16

)%

(13

)%

(17

)%

 

Revenues

 

     Our total revenues were  $12.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003.  Total revenues increased 10% from $24.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $26.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  Non-North American revenues remained constant at $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003 and decreased from $4.3 million to $4.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, respectively.  Our revenues are derived from software license fees and charges for services, including annual license fees and ongoing maintenance fees, education services, and professional services. The relative amount of services revenues in the 2003 periods increased compared to the 2002 periods primarily as a result of increased annual license and ongoing maintenance fees from our growing customer base.  The increase in total revenues for the six month period in 2003 compared to 2002 resulted from these higher services revenues being offset by slightly lower software revenues.

 

     Software.  Our software revenues decreased 25% from $7.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002, to $5.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003. Software revenues decreased 6% from $15.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $14.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.   We believe the decrease in software revenues resulted from a weak economic environment, causing many of our customers and prospective customers to delay and/or reduce their capital spending and related professional services.  We continue to expect the remainder of 2003 to be a challenging sales environment for capital investments.  Factors that could impact our software revenues and deferred software revenues in the remainder of 2003 compared to 2002 include whether we can increase the amount of our enterprise product licenses (e.g., Communité™ and Enterprise Interaction Center®), the license mix of perpetual compared to annually renewable licenses, and seasonality, which is typically weighted toward the end of a calendar year.

 

     Services.  Services revenues increased 43% from $4.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002, to $6.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003. Services revenues increased 38% from $8.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $12.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  The increase in services revenues in both 2003 periods was primarily due to an increase in annual license fees and ongoing maintenance fees, both of which are related to our growing installed base of end-user customers.  To a lesser extent, we also saw growth in revenues from professional services.  As we add more customers and focus on servicing our existing customer base, we believe we may be able to continue to grow our services revenues.

 

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Cost and Expenses

 

     Our total costs and expenses increased 14% from $14.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 to $16.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003.  Total costs and expenses increased 6% from $28.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 to $30.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  The increase for both periods related mainly to an increase in restructuring and other charges, which for the six month periods of 2002 compared to 2003 were partially offset by lower sales and marketing, and research and development expenses.

 

      Costs of Software.  Costs of software consist primarily of product royalties paid to third-parties for the use of their technologies in our products and, to a lesser extent, software packaging costs, which include product media, duplication and documentation. Costs of software increased from $192,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2002 to $325,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2003.  Costs of software increased from $464,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $617,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  This represents approximately 2% and 6% of software revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, respectively, and 3% and 4% for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, respectively. The slight dollar increase was primarily attributable to the recognition of product royalties related to software revenues we also recognized during the period.  Although software revenues decreased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 to June 30, 2003, costs of software increased because of the specific contracts and related royalties being recognized during the periods.

 

      Costs of Services.  Costs of services consist primarily of compensation expenses for technical support, education, and professional services personnel and other costs associated with supporting our resellers and end-user customers. Costs of services increased from $2.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002, to $3.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003.  Costs of services increased from $5.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $6.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  As a percentage of services revenues, cost of services represented 65% and 51% for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2003, respectively, and 67% and 53% for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003.  The dollar increase was primarily a result of increased services revenues and the need to continue to support the growing customer base.  The decrease of cost of services as a percent of services revenue was related to continued operating efficiencies being realized by our support, education, and professional services resources as our customer base grows.  While we anticipate that costs of services will increase as we add more customers and services our existing customer base, we also currently believe there is a continued opportunity for costs of services to slightly decline as a percentage of services revenues.

 

     Sales and Marketing.  Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of compensation expenses (including sales commissions), travel expenses, trade shows, telemarketing campaigns, public relations and other promotional expenses.  Sales and marketing expenses decreased from $5.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 to $4.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003.  This decrease was primarily the result of reduced sales commissions associated with lower software revenues.  Sales and marketing expenses decreased from $10.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $10.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  This decrease was primarily the result of reduced compensation and discretionary marketing expenditures following the implementation of our 2002 restructuring plans, and somewhat lower variable compensation expenses associated with lower software revenues.  We expect sales and marketing expenses in the remainder of 2003 to vary from 2002 primarily by variable compensation expenses.  We will add sales and marketing personnel and increase sales and marketing efforts if performance dictates and/or attractive opportunities present themselves in the remainder of 2003.

 

     Research and Development.  Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our developers and, to a lesser extent, third party efforts to develop new products and enhance existing products, including adapting our products for specific non-English languages and allowing our products to effectively run with alternative hardware configurations.  Research and development expenses decreased from $3.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 to $3.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003. Research and development expenses decreased from $7.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $7.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  The decrease was a result of the implementation of our 2002 and 2003 restructuring plans, shifting some resources from research and

 

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development to services, and slightly lower depreciation expense.  Currently, all costs related to research and development of our products are charged to research and development expense as incurred.

 

General and Administrative.  General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation for our administrative, financial, and information technology personnel, and a number of non-allocable costs, including bad debt, legal and other professional service fees. General and administrative expenses remained constant at $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003.  General and administrative expenses decreased slightly from $2.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  We believe our general and administrative expenses will remain constant or be slightly higher in the remainder of 2003 over 2002 due to increased costs from our new headquarters building.

 

     Restructuring and Other Charges. For the three months ended June 30, 2003, we incurred $2.7 million in restructuring and other charges related to the restructuring of our European operations and relocation of our worldwide headquarters.  In February 2003, the Company announced its plan to downsize and reorganize resources in Europe, the Middle East, and the African (“EMEA”) region.  The French office was significantly affected.  Of the 20 positions located in France, seven positions were transferred to other EMEA offices, eight positions have been eliminated, two positions remain to be eliminated and three positions remain in France.  For the three months ended June 30, 2003, a total of $900,000 was recognized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (“SFAS 146”) as restructuring and other charges.  Of the total amount, approximately $577,000 was related to severance and the remaining amount was related to professional and other fees.

 

     The Company anticipates additional restructuring and other charges to be incurred in the second half of 2003 related to the termination of the two remaining employees in France and additional professional fees.  The Company anticipates the remaining charge in the second half of 2003 related to the EMEA reorganization to range from $100,000 to $200,000.

 

     Additionally, the Company moved its world-wide headquarters to a new building in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Effective April 1, 2003, all Indianapolis-based employees, equipment and furniture were relocated to the new facility.  The Company continues to owe lease payments on the previous headquarters through March 1, 2004.  The Company determined that the remaining lease payments on the previous headquarters, net of sublease income, qualified as exit costs and were recognized in accordance with  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (“SFAS 146”) as restructuring and other charges.  For the three months ended June 30, 2003, a total of $1.6 million was recognized.  In addition, we wrote off approximately $220,000 in leasehold improvements related to the previous headquarters.

 

Interest income, net

 

     Interest income, net decreased from $104,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2002 to $43,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2003.  Interest income, net decreased from $233,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2002, to $96,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003.  Both decreases resulted from a combination of a decrease in interest rates and less invested cash.

 

Income taxes

 

     For U.S. corporate income tax purposes, we did not recognize a tax benefit related to U.S. federal or state income taxes during the three or six months ended June 30, 2002 or June 30, 2003 because of the uncertainty of eventually realizing the benefits of our operating losses. However, we did recognize tax expense related to our international operations of $60,000 and $43,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, respectively, and tax expense of $129,000 and $96,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, respectively.

 

As described in Note 5 of our Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we have received a notification from the French government as a result of a tax audit that had been conducted

 

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encompassing the years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.  The total assessment is approximately 2.6 million Euros or approximately $3.0 million.  We are appealing the assessment, but cannot assure you that this matter will be resolved without litigation, that it will not take several years to resolve or that we will not have to pay some or all of the assessment.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of June 30, 2003, we had cash and cash equivalents of $12.1 million, $3.1 million in short term investments and a working capital deficit of $2.4 million.  Excluding liabilities related to deferred revenues of $20.7 million from the working capital calculation, we have a working capital balance of $18.3 million.

 

Our operating activities resulted in a net cash inflow of $2.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2003, and a net cash outflow of $3.1 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2002. The net operating cash inflow for the first six months of 2003 was primarily the result of our net loss, offset by non-cash depreciation, a decrease in accounts receivable and restructuring and other charges.  The net operating cash outflow for the first six months of 2002 was primarily the result of our operating loss and a decrease in deferred revenues, partially offset by the non-cash depreciation amount.

 

Our investing activities have consisted primarily of capital expenditures for property and equipment and purchases and sales of investments. Our investing activities resulted in a $3.9 million inflow for the six month period ended June 30, 2003 and a $6.5 million outflow for the six month period ended June 30, 2002. The inflow for the first six months of 2003 was attributed to the net sale of available-for-sale investments, partially offset by capital expenditures for property and equipment. The net outflow for the first six months of 2002 was attributable to net purchases of available-for-sale investments and capital expenditures for property and equipment.  At June 30, 2003, except for some possible expenditures for subleasing the first floor of our world-wide headquarters and some additional leasehold improvements, we do not have any material commitments for future capital expenditures.

 

In April 2001, we entered into a non-cancelable operating lease agreement for a new, approximately 120,000 square foot corporate headquarters building that we moved into in April 2003.  Over the life of the 15 year lease, we are committed to expend approximately $35.1 million in rent payments.

 

As of April 2003, we had approximately 78,000 square feet of unused office facilities related to our prior headquarters and associated facilities which we continue to market for sublease.  As the overall sublease market is difficult and we have less than one year left on the substantial majority of these leases, we believe it is not probable that our sublease efforts will be successful.  The Company determined that the remaining lease payments on the previous headquarters, net of sublease income, qualified as exit costs and were recognized in accordance with  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (“SFAS 146”) as restructuring and other charges.  For the three months ended June 30, 2003, a total of $1.6 million was recognized.  In addition, we wrote off approximately $220,000 in leasehold improvements related to the relocation of our headquarters.

 

     For the six months ended June 30, 2003, we generated $169,000 from financing activities, which was entirely attributable to the issuance of common stock.  For the six months ended June 30, 2002 we generated $357,000, which was related to both the issuance of common stock and stock option exercises.

 

     We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. After that time, we may require additional funds to support our working capital requirements or for other corporate purposes, and we may seek to raise additional funds through public or private equity or debt financings or from other sources. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available at all or that, if available, it will be on terms favorable to us or that any additional financing will not dilute your ownership interest in the Company.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

     In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies accounting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133. In particular, SFAS No. 149 clarifies under what circumstances a contract with an initial net investment meets the characteristics of a derivative and when a derivative contains a financing component that warrants special reporting in the statement of cash flows. SFAS No. 149 is generally effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

 

     In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity. SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures in its statement of financial position certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within the scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances) because that financial instrument embodies an obligation of the issuer. SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. This statement is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

 

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Factors that may affect our future operating results are set forth below:

 

THE OVERALL ECONOMIC CLIMATE CONTINUES TO BE WEAK

 

Our products typically represent substantial capital commitments by customers, involving a potentially long sales cycle. As a result, customer purchase decisions may be significantly affected by a variety of factors, including general economic trends in the allocation of capital spending budgets for communication software, services and systems, lengthened sales cycles, customer approval processes, and market conditions, which have resulted in many of our customers delaying and/or reducing their capital spending related to information systems. If the economy continues to be weak, demand for our products could decrease, resulting in lower revenues.

 

WE HAVE HISTORICALLY INCURRED LOSSES AND WE MAY NOT SUSTAIN PROFITABILITY

 

Since inception, the first quarter of 2003 is the only quarter we have been profitable. We incurred net losses of $7.7 million, $11.0 million, and $15.1 million in 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively. At June 30, 2003, we had accumulated net losses since inception of $59.1 million. We intend to continue to make significant investments in our research and development, marketing, services and sales operations. These expenses could precede any revenues generated by this spending. As a result, we are likely to continue to experience losses and negative cash flow from operations in future quarters. 

 

OUR QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS HAVE VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY AND, IF SEVERAL FACTORS AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS CAUSE THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO SO, THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD BE AFFECTED

 

Our operating results have varied significantly from quarter to quarter and may continue to do so in the future depending on a number of factors affecting us or our industry, including many that are beyond our control. As a result, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful, and you should not rely on them as an indication of our future performance. In addition, our operating results in a future quarter or quarters may fall below expectations of securities analysts or investors and, as a result, the price of our common stock may fluctuate.

 

Because we do not know if or when our potential end-user customers will place orders and finalize licenses, and because it is difficult to predict the mix of annually renewable licenses and perpetual licenses in a quarter, we cannot accurately forecast our licensing activity, our revenues and our operating results for future quarters. We recognize revenues from different licenses over different periods on satisfaction of the requirements of relevant accounting literature, including AICPA Statement of Position 97-2, Statement of Position 98-9, SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 101, and all related AICPA Technical Practice Aids (5100.38 - 5100.76). As a result, our quarterly revenues and operating results depend on many factors, including the type of license, and the size, quantity and timing of orders received for our products during each quarter. If a large number of orders or several large orders do not occur or are deferred or delayed, our revenues in a quarter could be substantially reduced. This risk is heightened by the significant investment and executive level decision-making typically involved in our end-user customers’ decisions to license our products. Since a large portion of our operating expenses, including rent and salaries, is fixed and difficult to reduce or modify, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected if revenues do not meet our expectations.

 

Because of our limited number of products, changes in pricing policies and the timing of the development, announcement and sale of new or upgraded versions of our products are some of the additional factors that could cause our revenues and operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter.

 

WE HAVE A LENGTHY PRODUCT SALES CYCLE, WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED, AND MAY CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE, TO THE QUARTER-TO-QUARTER VARIABILITY OF OUR REVENUES AND OPERATING RESULTS, WHICH COULD AFFECT THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK

 

We have generally experienced a lengthy product sales cycle, averaging approximately six to nine months. The lengthy sales cycle is one of the factors that has caused, and may in the future continue to

 

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cause, our software revenues and operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter, which could affect the market price of our common stock. It also makes it difficult for us to forecast product license revenues. Because of the unique characteristics of our products, our prospective end-user customers’ decisions to license our products often require significant investment and executive level decision making. We believe that many companies currently are not aware of the benefits of interaction management software of the type we license or of our products and capabilities. For this reason, we must provide a significant level of education to prospective end-user customers about the use and benefits of our products, which can cause potential end-user customers to take many months to make these decisions. As a result, sales cycles for end-user customer orders vary substantially from customer to customer. Excessive delay in product sales could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

The length of the sales cycle for end-user customer orders depends on a number of other factors over which we have little or no control, including:

 

                       an end-user customer’s budgetary constraints;

                       the timing of an end-user customer’s budget cycles;

                       concerns by end-user customers about the introduction of new products by us or our competitors; and

                       downturns in general economic conditions, including reductions in demand for call center services.

 

In addition, the sales cycle for our products in international markets has been, and is expected to continue to be, longer than the sales cycle in the United States. The average sales cycle for our products may lengthen as we expand internationally.

 

OUR INABILITY TO MANAGE SUCCESSFULLY OUR INCREASINGLY COMPLEX THIRD PARTY RELATIONSHIPS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US

 

As the complexity of our product technology and our reseller and other third-party relationships have increased, the management of those relationships and the negotiation of contractual terms sufficient to protect our rights and limit our potential liabilities has become more complicated, and we expect this trend to continue in the future. As a result, our inability to successfully manage these relationships or negotiate sufficient contractual terms could have a material adverse effect on us.

 

WE FACE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES, WHICH MAY HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON US

 

The market for our software products is highly competitive and, because there are relatively low barriers to entry in the software market, we expect competition to increase significantly in the future. In addition, because our industry is new and evolving and characterized by rapid technological change, it is difficult for us to predict whether, when and by whom new competing technologies or new competitors may be introduced into our markets. Currently, our competition comes from several different market segments, including computer telephony platform developers, computer telephony applications software developers and telecommunications equipment vendors. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively against current and future competitors. In addition, increased competition or other competitive pressures may result in price reductions, reduced margins or loss of market share, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, customer service and other resources, greater name recognition and a larger installed base of customers than we do. As a result, these competitors may be able to respond to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements faster and more effectively than we can, or to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of products than we can. Current and potential competitors have established, and may in the future establish, cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties, including mergers or acquisitions, to increase the ability of their products

 

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to address the needs of our current or prospective end-user customers. If these competitors were to acquire significant market share, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GROW OUR BUSINESS IF WE DO NOT MAINTAIN SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR RESELLERS AND OEM PARTNERS AND CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SUCCESSFUL RESELLERS AND OEM PARTNERS

 

Our ability to achieve revenue growth in the future will depend in part on our success in maintaining successful relationships with our existing and future resellers and OEM partners and in recruiting and training additional resellers and OEM partners. We rely primarily on resellers to market and support our products and plan on continuing to rely heavily on such partners in the future. We are still developing our reseller and OEM distribution networks and may be unable to attract additional resellers with both voice and data expertise or appropriate OEM partners that will be able to market our products effectively and that will be qualified to provide timely and cost-effective customer support and service. We generally do not have long-term or exclusive agreements with our resellers or OEM partners, and the loss of specific larger resellers or OEM partners or a significant number of resellers or OEM partners could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

OUR MARKETS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE WHICH MAY CAUSE US TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND PREVENT US FROM ATTRACTING NEW CUSTOMERS

 

The market for our products is characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product introductions and enhancements, uncertain product life cycles and changing end-user customer demands. The introduction of products embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards could render existing products obsolete or unmarketable and cause us to incur significant development costs.

 

THE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS MAY BE IMPEDED WITHOUT INCREASED USE OF THE  INTERNET

 

The use of the Internet as a commercial marketplace is at an early stage of development. Demand and market acceptance for recently introduced products and services available over the Internet are still uncertain. In addition, governmental regulation of the Internet, such as imposing sales and other taxes, access charges, and pricing controls and inhibiting cross-border commerce, may reduce the use of the Internet by businesses for their electronic commerce and customer service needs. To date, governmental regulations have not materially restricted commercial use of the Internet. However, the legal and regulatory environment that pertains to the Internet is uncertain and may change. New regulations could reduce the use of the Internet by our end-user customers and, in turn, their customers. The lack of acceptance of the Internet as a forum for conducting business could reduce growth in demand for our products and limit the growth of our revenues.

 

OUR BUSINESS WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IF WEB-BASED ELECTRONIC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS ARE NOT WIDELY UTILIZED

 

Our products address a market for Web-based, interactive electronic business solutions. Therefore, our future success depends on the widespread adoption of the Web as a primary medium for commerce and business applications. The failure of this market to expand, or a delay in the development of this market, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. The Web has experienced, and is expected to continue to experience, significant user and traffic growth, which has, at times, caused user frustration with slow access and download times. The Web infrastructure may not be able to support the demands placed on it by the continued growth on which our success depends. Moreover, critical issues concerning the commercial use of the Web, such as security, reliability, cost, accessibility and quality of service, remain unresolved and may negatively affect the growth of Web use or the attractiveness of commerce and business communication over the Web. In addition, the Web could lose its

 

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viability due to delays in the development or adoption of new standards and protocols to handle increased activity or due to increased government regulation and taxation of Internet commerce.

 

A DECLINE IN MARKET ACCEPTANCE FOR MICROSOFT CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES ON WHICH OUR PRODUCTS RELY COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON US

 

Our products currently run only on Microsoft Windows operating systems. In addition, our products use other Microsoft Corporation technologies, including Microsoft Exchange Server® and Microsoft SQL Server®. A decline in market acceptance for Microsoft technologies or the increased acceptance of other server technologies could cause us to incur significant development costs and could have a material adverse effect on our ability to market our current products. Although we believe that Microsoft technologies will continue to be widely used by businesses, we cannot assure you that businesses will adopt these technologies as anticipated or will not in the future migrate to other computing technologies that we do not currently support. In addition, our products and technologies must continue to be compatible with new developments in Microsoft technologies.

 

OUR FUTURE BUSINESS PROSPECTS DEPEND IN PART ON OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR CURRENT PRODUCTS AND DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS

 

We believe that our future business prospects depend in large part on our ability to maintain and improve our current products and to develop new products on a timely basis. Our products will have to achieve market acceptance, maintain technological competitiveness and meet an expanding range of end-user customer requirements. As a result of the complexities inherent in our products, major new products and product enhancements require long development and testing periods. We may not be successful in developing and marketing, on a timely and cost effective basis, product enhancements or new products that respond to technological change, evolving industry standards or end-user customer requirements. We may also experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful development, introduction or marketing of product enhancements, and our new products and product enhancements may not achieve market acceptance. Significant delays in the general availability of new releases of our products or significant problems in the installation or implementation of new releases of our products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

SLOW GROWTH, OR A DECLINE IN DEMAND FOR INTERACTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OF THE TYPE WE LICENSE, COULD MATERIALLY ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS AND GROWTH PROSPECTS

 

If the demand for interaction management software of the type we license does not grow within each of our three targeted markets, our financial results and ability to grow our business could be materially adversely affected. All of our revenues have been generated from licenses of our Interaction Center Platform® software or complementary products, and related support, educational and professional services. We expect these products and services to account for the majority of our revenues for the foreseeable future. Although we believe demand for the functions performed by our products is high, the market for our products and services is still emerging. Further, our growth plans require us to successfully attract enterprise and service provider end-user customers in significantly larger numbers than we have historically achieved.

 

IF OUR END-USER CUSTOMERS DO NOT PERCEIVE OUR PRODUCTS OR THE RELATED SERVICES PROVIDED BY US OR OUR RESELLERS OR OEM PARTNERS TO BE EFFECTIVE OR OF HIGH QUALITY, OUR BRAND AND NAME RECOGNITION WILL SUFFER

 

We believe that establishing and maintaining brand and name recognition is critical for attracting, retaining and expanding end-user customers in our target markets. We also believe that the importance of reputation and name recognition will increase as competition in our market increases. Promotion and enhancement of our name will depend on the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising efforts and on our success in providing high-quality products and related services, neither of which can be assured. If our

 

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end-user customers do not perceive our products or related services to be effective or of high quality, our brand and name recognition would suffer which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

OUR SERVICES REVENUES ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR INSTALLED BASE OF CUSTOMERS

 

We have depended and will continue to depend on our installed customer base for additional future revenues from services, including annual license fees and ongoing maintenance fees. There can be no assurance that current installed customers will renew their licenses or pay ongoing maintenance fees in future periods. As a consequence, our operating results, cash flows and liquidity would likely be adversely affected. Our failure to obtain new customers or additional orders from existing customers could also materially affect our operating results.

 

ANY DECREASE IN OUR LICENSING ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN REDUCED SERVICES REVENUES IN FUTURE PERIODS

 

Our services revenues are generated primarily from annual license fees, ongoing maintenance (post-contract technical support and unspecified product upgrades), educational services, and professional services. A decrease in our services revenues could follow a decrease in our licenses revenues. Our ability to maintain or increase our services revenues depends in large part on our ability to increase our software licensing activity.

 

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO ADAPT OUR SOFTWARE IN A WAY THAT WILL PERMIT US TO SERVE LARGE, SINGLE-SITE END-USER CUSTOMERS, THE MARKETABILITY OF OUR PRODUCTS COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED

 

Our products cannot currently meet the communications needs of organizations with more than 500 users at a single call center location. As these organizations expand to include multiple locations, our products can be customized to increase the number of telephone lines, extensions and users. We will need to adapt our software to serve larger single-site organizations. Although we are currently developing and testing solutions that would enable our software to significantly increase the number of users that our products can serve at a single location, we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully introduce this technology into a currently available version of our products. Further, we may not be able to adapt our software in a timely or cost effective manner in a way that will permit us to serve these customers. This inability could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

OUR MAIN SUPPLIERS OF VOICE PROCESSING BOARDS MAY BECOME UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY US WITH VOICE PROCESSING BOARDS, REQUIRING US TO INTRODUCE A SUBSTITUTE SUPPLIER WHICH COULD PROVE DIFFICULT OR COSTLY

 

Dialogic Corporation and AcuLab plc are our primary suppliers of the voice processing boards that are used by a majority of our end-user customers for the operation of our products. If a majority of future end-user customers desire to utilize the voice processing boards to enable our products and these suppliers become unable or unwilling to continue to manufacture and supply these voice processing boards in the volume, price and technical specifications we require, then we would have to adapt our products to a substitute supplier. We may not be able to successfully introduce voice processing boards made by a substitute supplier into the available versions of our products. In addition, introducing a substitute supplier of voice processing boards could result in unforeseen additional product development or customization costs and could also introduce hardware and software operating or compatibility problems. We cannot assure you that these issues will not affect product shipments, will not be costly to correct, will not damage our reputation in the markets in which we operate, or will not have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

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WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ADEQUATELY, WHICH COULD ALLOW THIRD PARTIES TO COPY OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN AND USE OUR TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION

 

We regard our software products as proprietary. In an effort to protect our proprietary rights, we rely primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as patents, licensing and other agreements with consultants, suppliers, strategic and OEM partners, resellers and end-user customers, and employee and third-party non-disclosure agreements. These laws and agreements provide only limited protection of our proprietary rights. In addition, we have not signed agreements containing these types of protective provisions in every case, and the contractual provisions that are in place and the protection they provide vary and may not provide us with adequate protection in all circumstances. We currently hold three patents and have filed numerous other patent applications relating to technology embodied in our software products. We hold 17 U.S. trademark registrations and 26 foreign trademark registrations  and have numerous other trademark applications pending worldwide, as well as having common law rights in other trademarks and service marks. We hold one registered copyright. Because our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate, it may be possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain and use our technology without authorization. A third party could also develop similar technology independently. In addition, the laws of some countries in which we sell our products do not protect our software and intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Unauthorized copying, use or reverse engineering of our products could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

We license technology that is embedded in our products from others. If one or more of these licenses terminates or cannot be renewed on satisfactory terms, we would have to modify the affected products to use alternative technology or eliminate the affected product function, either of which could have a material adverse effect on us.

 

INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US

 

In June 1999 and September 1999, we received letters from a competitor in the call center market claiming that our products utilize technologies pioneered and patented by that competitor. Our patent counsel has reviewed all of the patents listed in the letters. Based on the advice of our patent counsel, we believe that our products do not infringe any of the patents listed in either letter. We have discussed our conclusion with the competitor and have also discussed possible licensing of certain technologies from the competitor. Although we have not heard from this competitor since early 2001, we cannot assure you that this matter can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that we will ultimately be able to enter into a licensing arrangement on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In June 2000 and October 2001, we received letters from a competitor in the outbound call center market claiming that our products utilize technologies pioneered and patented by the competitor. Although our patent counsel has not determined the validity of these patents, we have discussed the possible licensing of certain technologies from the competitor.  Ownership of the technology has changed twice since the original letters.  We cannot assure you that these claims can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that we will be able to enter into licensing arrangements on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In July 2002, we received a letter from a consulting firm which has been retained by a telecommunication technology provider to develop and implement a licensing program based on the technology provider’s patents. The consulting firm believes a licensing agreement between us and the technology provider is appropriate. Our patent counsel is in the process of reviewing the patents listed in the letter. To date, our patent counsel has not determined the validity or applicability of these patents. We have also discussed the possible licensing of the technology provider’s patents with the consulting firm. We cannot assure you that this matter can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that we will be able to enter into a licensing arrangement on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In December 2002, we received a letter from one of our resellers requesting indemnification related to a request that it had received for indemnification from an end user that had received a letter from a third party indicating that the end user may be infringing patents held by the third party. To date, our patent counsel has not determined the validity or the applicability of these patents as they relate to our products or

 

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whether the reseller is entitled to indemnification. We cannot assure you that this claim for indemnification can be resolved favorably in a manner that would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Other third parties have claimed or may in the future claim that our technology infringes their proprietary rights. As the number of software products in our target markets increases and the functionality of these products overlap, we believe that software developers may face infringement claims. For example, various patent rights have been asserted against interfaces between PBX hardware and computer network systems. Although we believe that our products do not infringe any of these patents because, among other reasons, our products are designed to replace PBXs and not to create such interfaces, if these patents were interpreted broadly, claims of infringement of these patents could have a material adverse affect on us.

 

Infringement claims, even if without merit, can be time consuming and expensive to defend. A third party asserting infringement claims against us or our customers with respect to our current or future products may require us to enter into costly royalty arrangements or litigation, or otherwise materially adversely affect us.

 

WE DEPEND ON KEY PERSONNEL AND WILL NEED TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT SKILLED PERSONNEL, FOR WHICH COMPETITION IS INTENSE, TO CONDUCT AND GROW OUR BUSINESS EFFECTIVELY

 

Our success depends in large part on the continued service of our key personnel, particularly Dr. Donald E. Brown, our Chief Executive Officer and principal stockholder. The loss of the services of Dr. Donald E. Brown or any key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We do not have key man life insurance on any of our employees. Our future success also depends on our ability to attract, train, assimilate and retain additional qualified personnel. Competition for persons with skills in the software industry is intense, particularly for those with relevant technical and/or sales experience. We cannot assure you that we will be able to retain our key employees or that we can attract, train, assimilate or retain other highly qualified personnel in the future.

 

Also, in connection with our effort to streamline operations, reduce costs and rationalize our staffing and structure, we had reductions in both 2001 and 2002 of our worldwide workforce of approximately 10% -12% each year. There were substantial costs associated with the workforce reductions related to severance and other employee-related costs, and our restructuring plans may still yield unanticipated consequences, such as attrition beyond our implemented reduction in workforce. As a result, our ability to respond to unexpected challenges may be impaired and we may be unable to take advantage of new opportunities. The reduction in workforce may reduce employee morale and may create concern among existing employees about job security, which may lead to increased turnover. These reductions in headcount may still subject us to the risk of litigation. In addition, recent trading levels of our common stock have decreased the value of the stock options granted to employees pursuant to our stock option plans. As a result of these factors, our remaining personnel may seek employment with larger, more established companies or companies they perceive as having less volatile stock prices.

 

WE MAY PURSUE ACQUISITIONS THAT BY THEIR NATURE PRESENT RISKS AND THAT MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL

 

In the future we may pursue additional acquisitions to diversify our product offerings and customer base or for other strategic purposes. We have no prior history of making material acquisitions and we cannot assure you that any future acquisitions will be successful. The following are some of the risks associated with acquisitions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations:

 

                       We cannot assure that any acquired businesses will achieve anticipated revenues, earnings or cash flow.

 

                       We may be unable to integrate acquired businesses successfully and realize anticipated economic, operational and other benefits in a timely manner, particularly if we acquire a

 

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business in a market in which we have limited or no current expertise, or with a corporate culture different from our own. If we are unable to integrate acquired businesses successfully, we could incur substantial costs and delays or other operational, technical or financial problems.

 

                       Acquisitions could disrupt our ongoing business, distract management, divert resources and make it difficult to maintain our current business standards, controls and procedures.

 

                       We may finance future acquisitions by issuing common stock for some or all of the purchase price. This could dilute the ownership interests of our stockholders. We may also incur additional debt or be required to recognize amortization expense related to other intangible assets purchased in future acquisitions.

 

                       We would be competing with other firms, many of which have greater financial and other resources, to acquire attractive companies. We believe this competition will increase, making it more difficult to acquire suitable companies on acceptable terms.

 

OUR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS INVOLVE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RISKS

 

Our international operations require significant management attention and financial resources to establish and operate, including hiring appropriate personnel and recruiting effective international resellers. Non-North American revenues accounted for 15%, 19%, 22%, and 25% of our total revenues  for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and for the years ended 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively. To date, our products have been licensed outside North America primarily in Western Europe, South Africa, and Australia. We also have marketing efforts in Japan, Korea, China and Central and South America. We intend to continue to emphasize our international operations and we may enter additional international markets. Revenues from international operations may be inadequate to cover the expenses of those operations. In addition to foreign currency fluctuation risks described in the next risk factor, other risks inherent in our international business activities, in the countries in which we have licensed our products to date and in those countries in which we operate and could expand into, generally could include the following:

 

                       economic and political instability;

 

                       unexpected changes in foreign regulatory requirements and laws;

 

                       tariffs and other trade barriers;

 

                       timing, cost and potential difficulty of adapting our software products to the local language in those foreign countries that do not use the alphabet that English uses, such as Japan, Korea and China;

 

                       lack of acceptance of our products in foreign countries;

 

                       longer sales cycles and accounts receivable payment cycles;

 

                       potentially adverse tax consequences;

 

                       restrictions on the repatriation of funds; and

 

                       increased government regulations related to increasing or reducing business activity in various countries.

 

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FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VALUE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES COULD RESULT IN LOSSES

 

Our international revenues are generally denominated in U.S. Dollars with the exception of some European resellers and end-user customers located in countries who have adopted the Euro as their official currency. Our international expenses are generally denominated in local foreign currencies. Although foreign currency translation gains and losses have been immaterial to date, fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. Dollar and other currencies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations, and particularly on our operating margins. To date, we have minimally sought to hedge the risks associated with fluctuations in exchange rates, but we may more actively undertake to do so in the future. Any hedging techniques we implement in the future may not be successful. Exchange rate fluctuations could also make our products more expensive than competitive products not subject to these fluctuations, which could adversely affect our revenues and profitability in international markets.

 

OUR PRODUCTS COULD HAVE DEFECTS FOR WHICH WE ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE AND WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF REVENUE, INCREASED COSTS OR LOSS OF OUR CREDIBILITY OR DELAY IN ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET

 

Our products, including components supplied by others, may contain errors or defects, especially when first introduced or when new versions are released. Despite internal product testing, we have in the past discovered software errors in some of our products after their introduction. Errors in new products or releases could be found after commencement of commercial shipments, and this could result in additional development costs, diversion of technical and other resources from our other development efforts, or the loss of credibility with current or future end-user customers. This could result in a loss of revenue or delay in market acceptance of our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Our license agreements with our end-user customers typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential product liability and some contract claims. However, not all of these agreements contain these types of provisions and, where present, these provisions vary as to their terms and may not be effective under the laws of some jurisdictions. A product liability, warranty, or other claim brought against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Because our solution currently consists of our software running on a Windows NT® server and voice processing boards, it is inherently more prone to performance interruptions for our end-user customers than traditional non-software based products. Performance interruptions at our end-user customer sites, most of which currently do not have back-up systems, could affect demand for our products or give rise to claims against us.

 

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE FINANCING TO IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGY

 

Successful implementation of our strategy may require continued access to capital. If we do not generate sufficient cash from operations, our growth could be limited unless we are able to obtain capital through additional debt or equity financings. We cannot assure you that debt or equity financings will be available as required for acquisitions or other needs. Even if financing is available, it may not be on terms that are favorable to us or sufficient for our needs. If we are unable to obtain sufficient financing, we may be unable to fully implement our growth strategy.

 

OUR STOCK PRICE HAS BEEN AND COULD CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY VOLATILE

 

Our stock price has been and could continue to be highly volatile due to a number of factors, including:

 

                       actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;

 

                       announcements by us, our competitors or our end-user customers;

 

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                       changes in financial estimates of securities analysts or investors regarding us, our industry, our competitors or our end-user customers;

 

                       technological innovations by others;

 

                       the operating and stock price performance of other comparable companies or of our competitors or end-user customers;

 

                       the low number of our shares typically traded in any trading session;

 

                       the availability for future sale, or sales, of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market; and

 

                       general market or economic conditions.

 

This risk may be heightened because our industry is new and evolving, characterized by rapid technological change and susceptible to the introduction of new competing technologies or competitors.

 

In addition, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have particularly affected the trading prices of equity securities of many technology companies, including us. These price and volume fluctuations often have been unrelated to the operating performance of the affected companies. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against that company. This type of litigation, regardless of the outcome, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

REGULATORY CHANGES MADE TO GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES OR CORPORATE

GOVERNANCE MATTERS MAY IMPACT OUR BUSINESS

 

Revisions to generally accepted accounting principles will require us to review our accounting and financial reporting procedures in order to ensure continued compliance with required policies. From time to time, such changes may have a short-term impact in the reporting that we do, and these changes may impact market perception of our financial condition.

 

                       Pending or new legislation may lead to an increase in our costs related to audits in particular and regulatory compliance generally;

 

                       Pending or new legislation may force us to seek other service providers for non-audit-related services, which may raise costs; and

 

                       Changes in the legal climate may lead to additional liability fears which may result in increased insurance costs.

 

WE ARE SUBECT TO THE RISK OF TERRORISM, INCLUDING THE RESULTING POSSIBLE DISRUPTIONS IN BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND LOSS OF BUSINESS

 

Our business can be affected by the disruptions caused by terrorist activities. Terrorist acts can create disruptions in our ordinary business activities, including, but not limited to communications, business travel, and the availability of key personnel and physical assets. Additionally, terrorist acts may cause uncertainty about business continuity and the effectiveness of our disaster recovery plans and the disaster recovery plans of our suppliers and resellers, and may adversely affect the confidence and behavior of our customers, employees, suppliers, and resellers.

 

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WE CANNOT PREDICT EVERY EVENT AND CIRCUMSTANCE THAT MAY IMPACT OUR BUSINESS AND, THEREFORE, THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES DISCUSSED ABOVE MAY NOT BE THE ONLY ONES YOU SHOULD CONSIDER

 

The risks and uncertainties discussed above are in addition to those that apply to most businesses generally. In addition, as we continue to grow our business, we may encounter other risks of which we are not aware at this time. These additional risks may cause serious damage to our business in the future, the impact of which we cannot estimate at this time.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

We develop products in the United States and sell licenses in North America, Europe, the Asia/Pacific region, South Africa, and Central and South America. As a result, our financial results could be affected by various factors, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in foreign markets. As most sales are currently made in U.S. dollars, a strengthening of the dollar could make our products less competitive in foreign markets.  Additionally, as our business matures in foreign markets, we may offer our products and services in certain local currencies.  As a result, we will be subject to foreign currency fluctuations which may have an adverse affect on the company.

 

We manage our interest rate risk by maintaining an investment portfolio with debt instruments of high credit quality and relatively short average maturities. We also manage interest rate risk by maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalent balances such that we are typically able to hold our investments to maturity.

 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

 

     We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.  We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2003 pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act.  Based on that evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

     There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2003 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

See Note 5 of our Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of various legal issues and contingencies.

 

We are also subject to ordinary and routine claims, lawsuits and proceedings incidental to our business, none of which is expected to be material to our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

 

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

We held our annual meeting of shareholders on May 15, 2003.  At that meeting, our shareholders reelected Samuel F. Hulbert, Ph.D. and Randall L. Tobias as Directors of the Company to each serve a three year term and until his successor is elected and has qualified.  The final results of the votes taken at the meeting were as follows:

 

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Votes
For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Abstentions

Election of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel F. Hulbert, Ph.D.

 

13,871,976

 

553,419

 

 

Randall L. Tobias

 

13,871,526

 

553,869

 

 

 

In addition, the following directors continue in office until the annual meeting of shareholders in the year indicated:

 

John R. Gibbs

 

2004

(Mr. Gibbs has since resigned from the Board; see Item 5)

 

 

William E. McWhirter

 

2004

Donald E. Brown, M.D.

 

2005

Robert A. Compton

 

2005

 

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Effective May 30, 2003, John R. Gibbs resigned from our Board of Directors, but he continues to serve as our Vice President of Corporate Development.

 

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

 

(a)   Exhibits

 

31.1  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

31.2  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

32.1 Certification of Donald E. Brown, M.D., CEO, pursuant to 18 U.S. C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

32.2 Certification of Keith A. Midkiff, CFO, pursuant to 18 U.S. C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

(b)   Reports on Form 8-K

 

1.  On April 22, 2003, the Company furnished, not filed, a Form 8-K attaching a press release describing its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.

 

2.  On May 30, 2003, the Company filed a Form 8-K announcing that the Company had dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants and that the Company had retained KPMG LLP as such independent public accountants.

 

3.  On June 13, 2003, the Company filed a Form 8-K announcing that Ernst & Young LLP had been dismissed as the independent auditors for the Interactive Intelligence, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan and that KPMG LLP had been retained as such independent auditors.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

 

Interactive Intelligence, Inc.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: August 14, 2003

 

By  /s/ Keith A. Midkiff

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith A. Midkiff

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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