SWK Holdings Corp - FORM 10-Q - November 16, 2009

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2009

¨	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 000-27163

Kana Software, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

77-0435679

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

181 Constitution Drive

Menlo Park, California 94025

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (650) 614-8300

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x YES ¨ NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ¨ YES ¨ NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ YES x NO

On October 30, 2009, 41,215,041 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, were outstanding.

Kana Software, Inc.

Form 10-Q

Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

Table of Contents


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 (unaudited)	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)	5

	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	6

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	20

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	41

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	41

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	42

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	43

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	43

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	43

Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	43

Item 5.	Other Information	43

Item 6.	Exhibits	43

	Signatures	44

	Exhibit Index	45

	Certifications

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM I.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

KANA SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)


	September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008
	(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,784		$	6,988
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $138 and $217 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively		6,487			7,556
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,961			2,030

Total current assets		10,232			16,574
Restricted cash, long-term		305			751
Property and equipment, net		1,311			1,923
Goodwill		12,415			12,415
Acquired intangible assets, net		1,351			1,726
Other assets		77			428

Total assets	$	25,691		$	33,817


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Line of credit	$	3,560		$	6,000
Notes payable		985			1,821
Accounts payable		2,952			3,559
Accrued liabilities		7,521			5,143
Accrued restructuring		722			946
Deferred revenue		11,071			12,946

Total current liabilities		26,811			30,415
Deferred revenue, long-term		581			86
Accrued restructuring, long-term		54			234
Notes payable, long-term		—			13
Other long-term liabilities		400			479

Total liabilities		27,846			31,227

Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 41,215,041 and 41,212,791 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively		41			41
Additional paid-in capital		4,320,114			4,320,743
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(911	)		(684	)
Accumulated deficit		(4,321,399	)		(4,317,510	)

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		(2,155	)		2,590

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	25,691		$	33,817

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

KANA SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
	(unaudited)						(unaudited)
Revenues:
License fees	$	2,357		$	5,310		$	5,074		$	15,005
Services		10,411			11,344			30,499			36,587

Total revenues		12,768			16,654			35,573			51,592


Costs and expenses (1):
Cost of license fees		734			232			1,109			790
Cost of services		3,695			4,676			11,779			15,434
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		125			125			375			375
Sales and marketing		2,140			5,294			7,377			16,566
Research and development		3,014			3,408			10,063			10,168
General and administrative		2,310			2,608			7,025			8,433
Restructuring		536			1,064			1,341			582
Transaction costs		745			—			745			—
Legal settlement		1,000			—			1,000			—

Total costs and expenses		14,299			17,407			40,814			52,348

Loss from operations		(1,531	)		(753	)		(5,241	)		(756	)
Interest and other income (expense), net		(210	)		(91	)		(347	)		(258	)

Loss before income tax expense		(1,741	)		(844	)		(5,588	)		(1,014	)
Income tax expense		(31	)		(43	)		(57	)		(89	)

Net loss	$	(1,772	)	$	(887	)	$	(5,645	)	$	(1,103	)

Basic and diluted net loss per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.14	)	$	(0.03	)

Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share		41,215			41,212			41,215			41,212


(1) Stock-based compensation included in the expense line items:

Cost of services	$	74		$	71		$	224		$	256
Sales and marketing		103			160			317			500
Research and development		104			87			238			260
General and administrative		139			243			455			667

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

KANA SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2009			2008
	(unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(5,645	)	$	(1,103	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation		951			927
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		375			375
Stock-based compensation		1,234			1,683
Provision for doubtful accounts		9			7
Change in fair value of warrant liability		(41	)		—
Restructuring expense		542			302
Non-cash interest accretion		151			100
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		1,081			(2,370	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		420			641
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		1,473			814
Accrued restructuring		(946	)		(919	)
Deferred revenue		(1,550	)		(2,703	)

Net cash used in operating activities		(1,946	)		(2,246	)


Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(339	)		(1,159	)
Acquisition, net of cash acquired		—			85
Decrease in restricted cash		446			10

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		107			(1,064	)


Cash flows from financing activities:
(Repayments) borrowings on line of credit, net		(2,440	)		2,885
Borrowings on notes payable		1,179			—
Repayments on notes payable		(2,028	)		(2,162	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(3,289	)		723

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(76	)		(104	)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(5,204	)		(2,691	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		6,988			4,306

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,784		$	1,615

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Kana Software, Inc. and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

Kana Software, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “the Company” or “KANA”) was incorporated in July 1996 in California and reincorporated in Delaware in September 1999. KANA develops, markets, sells and supports customer communications software products. The Company sells its products primarily in North America, Europe and Asia, through its direct sales force and third party integrators.

Proposed Sale of Substantially All of the Company’s Assets

As discussed below under Note 11, “Subsequent Events,” on October 26, 2009, the Company entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Kay Technology Corp, Inc. (“Purchaser”), an affiliate of Accel-KKR Capital Partners III, L.P. (“Accel-KKR”). Pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company will sell substantially all of its assets to Purchaser and Purchaser will assume substantially all of the Company’s liabilities (the “Asset Sale”). If the Asset Sale is completed, the Company will be entitled to receive approximately $48.9 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

Liquidity/Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of September 30, 2009, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $4.3 billion and has experienced recurring losses. Historically, the Company has financed its operations through a combination of debt financings, proceeds from common stock offerings, and sales of its products. The Company expects to finance future cash needs primarily through sales of its products and from proceeds from equity or debt financings; however, it cannot be assured that such financings will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. The Company continues to take steps to lower the expenses related to cost of revenues, sales and marketing, and general and administrative areas of the Company.

Since 1997 the Company has incurred substantial costs to develop its products and to recruit, train and compensate personnel for its engineering, sales, marketing, client services, and administration departments. As a result, the Company has incurred substantial losses since inception. On September 30, 2009, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1.8 million and borrowings outstanding under a line of credit of $3.6 million due in June 2010 and borrowings outstanding under notes payable of $985,000 due in varying monthly installments through June 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2009, the Company had negative working capital of $5.5 million, excluding $11.1 million of deferred revenue, and stockholders’ deficit of $2.2 million. Losses from operations were $1.5 and $5.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Net cash used in operating activities was $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Based on the Company’s current revenue expectations for 2009 and 2010, it is unlikely that cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet the Company’s working capital and capital expenditure needs through September 30, 2010 without additional cash raised from debt or equity financing. If the Company does not meet its 2009 and 2010 revenue expectations, there may be doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not reflect any adjustments that might be required as a result of this uncertainty. The proposed Asset Sale discussed in Note 11 may also affect the liquidity and operating forecasts of the Company.

During the third quarter of 2009, the Company reduced headcount by 15 employees to reduce expenses. Additionally, during the second quarter of 2009 and the third quarter of 2008, the Company reduced headcount by 27 and 14 employees, respectively, to better align its cost structure with its revenues. The Company is continuing to find ways to lower costs without materially changing support for its customers. If the Company experiences lower than anticipated demand for its products, it will need to further reduce costs, issue equity securities or borrow money to meet its cash requirements. Any such equity issuances could be dilutive to the Company’s stockholders, and any equity or debt financings may be on unfavorable terms, if at all.

Subsequent Events

In Note 11 below, the Company’s management has evaluated and disclosed subsequent events from the balance sheet date of September 30, 2009 through November 13, 2009, the day before the date that these financial statements were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by KANA and reflect all normal, recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim financial information. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarter or for the entire year ending December 31, 2009. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted

under the rules and regulations of the SEC. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included herein should be read in conjunction with KANA’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in KANA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2009. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, provision for doubtful accounts, fair value of acquired intangible assets and goodwill, useful lives of property and equipment, income taxes, restructuring costs, and contingencies and litigation, among others. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Reclassification

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2008 presentation to conform to the 2009 presentation, none of which had an effect on net loss, total assets, or total stockholders’ equity.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying values of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to their relatively short maturities or payment terms. Based on prevailing borrowing rates for lines of credit and notes payable with similar terms, the carrying value of the Company’s line of credit and note payable obligations approximate fair value as of September 30, 2009.

Stock-based Compensation

Employee stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 related to stock options was $420,000 and $561,000, respectively and was $1.2 million and $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The estimated fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards, less expected forfeitures, is amortized over the awards’ vesting period on a straight-line basis.

Net Loss per Share

Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of outstanding shares of common stock. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of outstanding shares of common stock and, when dilutive, shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options and warrants deemed outstanding using the treasury stock method.

For each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase common stock in an aggregate of approximately 9,228,000 shares, and for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase common stock in an aggregate of approximately 10,984,000 shares, have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share as all such securities were anti-dilutive.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance for certain revenue arrangements that include software elements, to provide guidance for revenue arrangements that include both tangible products and software elements. Under this guidance, tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality are excluded from existing software revenue recognition guidance. In addition, hardware components of a tangible product containing software components are always excluded from the software revenue guidance. This guidance is effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the appropriate timing for the adoption of this guidance and its potential impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In October 2009, the FASB issued guidance for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements, which addresses the accounting for multiple-deliverable arrangements to enable vendors to account for products or services separately rather than as a combined unit. This guidance amends the criteria of revenue recognition for multiple-element arrangements, to establish a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable, based on vendor specific objective evidence, acceptable third party evidence, or estimates. This guidance also eliminates the residual method of allocation and requires that arrangement consideration be allocated at the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the relative selling price method. In addition, the disclosures required for

multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements are expanded. This guidance is effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the appropriate timing for the adoption of this guidance and its potential impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In June 2009, the FASB issued The FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”). The Codification became the single source for all authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB and has been applied to financial statements issued for the periods ended after September 15, 2009. The Codification does not change GAAP and will not have an effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In May 2009, the FASB issued guidance on subsequent events which established general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This guidance required the Company to disclose the date through which the Company has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for the date. This guidance was effective for interim periods which ended after June 15, 2009. See Note 1, “Kana Software, Inc. and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Subsequent Events,” for disclosure of the date to which subsequent events are disclosed and Note 11, “Subsequent Events,” for disclosure of subsequent events.

In April 2009, the FASB issued guidance about interim disclosures about fair value of financial instruments. The guidance requires an entity to provide disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim reporting periods. This guidance is applied prospectively and is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The new guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In June 2008, the FASB issued guidance about determining whether an instrument or embedded feature is indexed to an entity’s own stock. This is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is not permitted. It also provides a new two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify for accounting under derivative instruments and hedging activity rules. The adoption of this guidance in our first quarter of 2009 resulted in a decrease of $1.9 million to additional paid-in capital and a decrease to accumulated deficit of $1.8 million and an increase to accrued liabilities of $102,000 on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. There was no material impact on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows and net loss per share. See further analysis at Note 10.

In February 2008, the FASB issued guidance about deferring the effective date of fair value accounting for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), to fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after November 15, 2008. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In December 2007, the FASB issued guidance for business combinations which establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the goodwill acquired. The guidance also establishes disclosure requirements to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business combination. The guidance is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2008 and is to be applied prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after January 1, 2009. The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2009 and expects that it will have an impact on its accounting for future business combinations but the effect is dependent upon the acquisitions that are made in the future.

Note 2. Fair Value Measurement

The Company considers fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value are either observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability based on market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect a reporting entity’s pricing based on their own market assumptions. The Company utilizes the following three-level fair value hierarchy to establish the priorities of the inputs used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - instrument valuations are obtained from real-time quotes for transactions in active exchange markets involving identical assets.

Level 2 - instrument valuations are obtained from sources other than quoted market prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 - instrument valuations are obtained without observable market values and require a high level of judgment to determine the fair value.

The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2009 (in thousands):


	Fair Value at September 30, 2009
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Money market funds	$	117	$	117	$	—	$	—


Liabilities:
Warrant liability (see Note 10)	$	66	$	—	$	66	$	—

Note 3. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Purchased intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which is five years. The Company reported amortization expense on acquired intangible assets of $125,000 for each of the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and $375,000 for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The components of goodwill and other intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):


	September 30, 2009			December, 31 2008
Goodwill	$	12,415		$	12,415

Intangibles:
Customer relationships	$	2,650		$	2,650
Purchased technology		14,650			14,650
Less: accumulated amortization		(15,949	)		(15,574	)

Intangibles, net	$	1,351		$	1,726

The estimated future amortization expense of purchased intangible assets as of September 30, 2009 is as follows (in thousands):


Remainder of year ending December 31, 2009	$	125
Year ending December 31, 2010		500
Year ending December 31, 2011		500
Year ending December 31, 2012		226

Total	$	1,351

Note 4. Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

Stock Compensation Plans

The Company’s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the Broadbase Software, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, which the Company assumed pursuant to an acquisition, both expired in July 2009. As a result, there are no options available for grant under the Company’s stock compensation plans. Any replacement stock compensation plans will require shareholder approval.

Options are granted at an exercise price equivalent to the closing fair market value on the date of grant. All options are granted at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and have a term not greater than 10 years from the date of grant. Options are immediately exercisable when vested and generally vest monthly over four years.

The following table summarizes activities under all of the Company’s stock compensation plans, including the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and stock compensation plans assumed by the Company pursuant to the acquisition of certain companies, for the indicated periods:


	Options Outstanding
	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Balances, December 31, 2008	8,026,161		$	4.96
Options cancelled and forfeited	(743,925	)		3.10
Options exercised	(1,875	)		0.10		$	1
Options granted	51,500			0.74

Balances, March 31, 2009	7,331,861			5.12	7.22	$	4
Options cancelled and forfeited	(591,332	)		3.11
Options exercised	—			—		$	—
Options granted	—			—

Balances, June 30, 2009	6,740,529			5.29	6.36	$	6
Options cancelled and forfeited	(721,608	)		3.47
Options exercised	(375	)		0.68		$	—
Options granted	894,500			0.70

Balances, September 30, 2009	6,913,046			4.89	6.64	$	95

Options vested and exerciseable and expected to be vested and exerciseable at September 30, 2009	6,278,071		$	5.15	6.49	$	81
Options vested and exerciseable at September 30, 2009	5,237,343		$	5.84	6.06	$	31

At September 30, 2009, the Company had $1.6 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to stock options that will be recognized over the weighted average remaining period of 1.8 years. This amount excludes unrecognized stock-based compensation expense that relates to non-employee stock options, which cannot be estimated prior to the measurement date.

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options as of September 30, 2009:


	Options Outstanding				Options Vested and Exerciseable
Range of Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (inYears)	Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share		Number Exerciseable	Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
$0.10 - 1.15	993,388	9.36	$	0.72	306,948	$	0.72
1.22 - 2.42	988,308	5.64		1.62	788,613		1.65
2.57 - 2.81	141,812	7.92		2.65	103,543		2.65
2.95 - 2.95	2,591,858	6.53		2.95	2,404,593		2.95
3.00 - 3.13	1,078,792	6.99		3.09	686,580		3.09
3.22 - 14.41	1,013,607	5.25		5.19	841,785		5.57
16.55 - 735.00	105,281	0.79		141.14	105,281		141.14

Total	6,913,046	6.64	$	4.89	5,237,343	$	5.84

Employee stock-based compensation is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model for estimating the fair value of options granted under the Company’s equity incentive plans. The weighted average assumptions that were used to calculate the grant date fair value of the Company’s employee stock option grants for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2009		2008		2009		2008
Risk-free interest rate	1.89	%	3.14	%	1.86	%	2.72	%
Expected volatility	60	%	59	%	60	%	52	%
Expected life (in years)	4		5		4		5
Dividend yield	0	%	0	%	0	%	0	%

Risk-free interest rates for the options were taken from the Daily Federal Yield Curve Rates on the grant dates for the expected life of the options as published by the Federal Reserve.

The expected volatility of the stock options was based upon historical data and other relevant factors such as the Company’s changes in historical volatility and its capital structure in addition to mean reversion.

In the analysis of expected life the Company used an approach that determines the time from grant to exercise for options that have been exercised and adjusts this number for the expected time to exercise for options that have not yet been exercised. The expected time to exercise for options that have not yet been exercised is calculated from grant as the midpoint of contractual termination of the option and the later of measurement date or vesting date. All expected times are weighted by number of option shares in developing the expected life assumption.

The weighted-average fair value of options granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $0.33 per share.

The forfeiture rate of employee stock options for 2009 was calculated using the Company’s historical terminations data.

Note 5. Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and foreign currency translation adjustments. The total comprehensive losses during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Net loss	$	(1,772	)	$	(887	)	$	(5,645	)	$	(1,103	)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)		(110	)		192			(227	)		(73	)

Comprehensive loss	$	(1,882	)	$	(695	)	$	(5,872	)	$	(1,176	)

Note 6. Commitments and Contingencies

(a) Litigation

On October 16, 2009, the Company and RightNow Technologies, Inc. (“RightNow”) entered into an agreement to settle all legal disputes and release all claims between the two companies in connection with a lawsuit brought by RightNow in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court of Gallatin County, Montana on January 24, 2007 against KANA and four former employees of RightNow alleging violation of certain provisions of employment agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, and other claims. Under the general release and settlement agreement, KANA agreed to pay RightNow $1.0 million (the “settlement amount”) with $100,000 due within ten days of executing the settlement agreement and the remainder due over nine consecutive quarters beginning with the quarter commencing January 1, 2010 or sooner upon a change in control. KANA also provided RightNow with a subordinated security interest in its assets as collateral for the amounts payable to RightNow. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded a $1.0 million settlement accrual in connection with the settlement.

The underwriters for the Company’s initial public offering, Goldman Sachs & Co., Lehman Bros., Hambrecht & Quist LLC, Wit Soundview Capital Corp., as well as the Company and certain of the Company’s current and former officers were named as defendants in federal securities class action lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”). The cases allege violations of various securities laws by more than 300 issuers of stock, including the Company, and the underwriters for such issuers, on behalf of a class of plaintiffs who, in the Company’s case, purchased the Company’s stock between September 21, 1999 and December 6, 2000 in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. Specifically, the complaints allege that the underwriter defendants engaged in a scheme concerning sales of the Company’s and other issuers’ securities in the initial public offering and in the aftermarket. In July 2003, the Company decided to join a settlement negotiated by representatives of a coalition of issuers named as defendants in this action and their insurers. In April 2005, the court requested a modification to the original settlement arrangement which was approved by the Company. Although the Company believes that the plaintiffs’ claims had no merit, the Company decided to accept the settlement proposal to avoid the cost and distraction of continued litigation. The Company was a party to a global settlement with the plaintiffs that would have disposed of all claims against it with no admission of wrongdoing by the Company or any of its present or former officers or directors. The settlement agreement had been preliminarily approved by the District Court. However, while the settlement was awaiting final approval by the District Court, in December 2006, the Court of Appeals reversed the District Court’s determination that six focus cases could be certified as class actions. In April 2007, the Court of Appeals denied the plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing, but acknowledged that the District Court might certify a more limited class. At a September 26, 2007 status conference, the District Court approved a stipulation withdrawing the proposed settlement. On August 14, 2007, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in the six focus cases to test the sufficiency of their class allegations. On September 27, 2007, the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification in the six focus cases, which was withdrawn on October 10, 2008. On November 13, 2007, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, which the District Court denied in March 2008. Plaintiffs, the issuer defendants (including the Company) and underwriter defendants and the insurance carriers for the defendants have engaged in mediation and settlement negotiations. The parties have reached a settlement agreement, which was submitted to the District Court for preliminary approval on April 2, 2009. On June 10, 2009, the District Court granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement agreement. A hearing was held on September 10, 2009 to determine whether the proposed settlement should be granted final approval. On October 6, 2009, the district court granted final approval of the proposed settlement and directed the court clerk to close the consolidated action and all the individual actions that comprised the consolidated action, which includes the action against the Company. As part of this settlement, the Company’s insurance carrier has agreed to assume the Company’s entire payment obligation under the terms of the settlement. Several objectors to the settlement have filed notices of appeal, and there can be no guarantee that the appeals will not succeed in whole or in part. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to these claims. If the litigation continues against the Company following the appeal, the Company would continue to defend against this action vigorously.

In October 2007, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Ms. Vanessa Simmonds against certain of the underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering. The plaintiff alleges that the underwriters violated Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. section 78p(b), by engaging in short-swing trades, and seeks disgorgement of profits from the underwriters in amounts to be proven at trial. On February 25, 2008, Ms. Simmonds filed an amended complaint. The suit names the Company as a nominal defendant, contains no claims against the Company, and seeks no relief from the Company. This lawsuit is one of more than fifty similar actions filed in the same court. On July 25, 2008, the underwriter defendants in the various actions filed a joint motion to dismiss the complaints. In addition, certain issuer defendants filed a joint motion to dismiss the complaints. The parties entered into a stipulation, entered as an order by the Court that the Company was not required to answer or otherwise respond to the amended complaint. Accordingly, the Company did not join in the motions to dismiss. This matter was dismissed with prejudice on March 12, 2009. On April 10, 2009, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal of the District Court’s order, and thereafter the underwriter defendants filed a cross appeal to a portion of the District Court’s order that dismissed thirty (30) of the cases without prejudice following the moving issuers’ motion to dismiss. On May 22, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued an order granting the parties’ joint motion filed on May 22, 2009 to consolidate the 54 appeals and 30 cross-appeals, and on May 27, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued an order stating that the cases were not selected for inclusion in the mediation program. Under the current schedule, the briefing on the appeal will be completed on November 17, 2009. No date has been set for a hearing in the Ninth Circuit.

On September 2, 2009, the Company agreed to pay $45,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a former stockholder of the Company, KVO Capital Management, LLC (“KVO”) in connection with a lawsuit filed by KVO in Delaware Chancery Court on June 22, 2009, that sought to enjoin and postpone the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, which had been properly scheduled for July 15, 2009, and which the Company subsequently rescheduled to December 1, 2009, mooting KVO’s claims in the lawsuit. In exchange for the payment of attorneys’ fees and costs, KVO agreed to and an order was filed with the Delaware Chancery Court to dismiss the action with prejudice on October 7, 2009.

Other third parties have from time to time claimed, and others may claim in the future that the Company has infringed their past, current or future intellectual property rights. The Company has in the past been forced to litigate such claims. These claims, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, require expensive changes in the Company’s methods of doing business or could require the Company to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements, if available. As a result, these claims could harm our business.

The ultimate outcome of any litigation is uncertain, and either unfavorable or favorable outcomes could have a material negative impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, balance sheets and cash flows due to defense costs, and divert management resources.

b) Indemnification

Many of the Company’s software license agreements require the Company to indemnify its customers for any claim or finding of intellectual property infringement. KANA periodically receives notices from customers regarding patent license inquiries they have received which may or may not implicate these indemnity obligations. Any litigation, brought by others, or the Company could result in the expenditure of significant financial resources and the diversion of management’s time and efforts. In addition, litigation in which the Company is accused of infringement might cause product shipment delays, require KANA to develop alternative technology or require KANA to enter into royalty or license agreements, which might not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If a successful claim of infringement was made against the Company and it could not develop non-infringing technology or license the infringed or similar technology on a timely and cost-effective basis, the Company’s business could be significantly harmed. In prior periods, the Company incurred minimal costs related to such claims under such indemnifications provisions; accordingly, the amount of such obligations cannot be reasonably estimated. There were no outstanding claims of infringement at September 30, 2009.

As permitted by Delaware law, the Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer is, or was, serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has a director and officer insurance policy that limits its exposure and enables the Company to recover a portion of any such amounts. As a result of the Company’s insurance policy coverage, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is insignificant. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of September 30, 2009.

(c) Warranties

The Company generally provides a warranty for its software products and services to its customers. The Company’s products are generally warranted to perform substantially as described in the associated product documentation for a period of 90 days. The Company’s services are generally warranted to be performed consistent with industry standards for a period of 90 days from delivery. In the event there is a failure of such warranties, the Company generally is obligated to correct the product or service to conform to the warranty provision or, if the Company is unable to do so, the customer is entitled to seek a refund of the purchase price of the product or service. The Company has not provided for a warranty accrual as of September 30, 2009 or December 31, 2008 because, to date, the Company’s product warranty expense has not been significant. The Company assesses the need for a warranty reserve on a quarterly basis and there can be no guarantee that a warranty reserve will not become necessary in the future.

Note 7. Restructuring Costs

The following table provides a summary of restructuring activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands):


	Facilities			Severance and Related			Internal Use Software			Total
Restructuring accruals:
Accrual as of December 31, 2007	$	2,752		$	—		$	—		$	2,752
Restructuring expense, net of recovery		(418	)		737			263			582
Payments made		(1,273	)		(280	)		—			(1,553	)
Non-cash adjustment		—			—			(263	)		(263	)

Sublease payments received		353			—						353

Accrual as of September 30, 2008	$	1,414		$	457		$	—		$	1,871
Accrual as of December 31, 2008	$	1,180		$	—		$	—		$	1,180
Restructuring expense		311			1,030			—			1,341
Payments made		(1,212	)		(828	)		—			(2,040	)
Sublease payments received		295			—			—			295

Accrual as of September 30, 2009	$	574		$	202		$	—		$	776

In March 2008, the Company was notified by the subtenant of one of the facilities included in the restructuring accrual of the subtenant’s intent to lease additional space and extend its sublease through the end of the Company’s lease term. As a result of this agreement, the Company recorded a restructuring recovery of approximately $482,000. The agreement was executed in May 2008.

In July 2008, the Company implemented various cost reduction and restructuring activities to reduce operating costs. The expense related to this reduction in work force was approximately $737,000 and the expense related to ceasing use of two of the Company’s offices was approximately $64,000. Additionally, the Company expensed approximately $263,000 of capitalized costs related to an internal use software project that was abandoned.

In April 2009, the Company signed a Settlement and Release Agreement with RMJM Group, Inc. (“RMJM”), the sub landlord for one of the properties included in the restructuring accrual that provided for RMJM to draw down a letter of credit held by RMJM as collateral for the Company’s sublease from RMJM. The proceeds of the draw down and current cash deposit held by RMJM will be applied to all remaining lease payments and estimated additional operating costs for the remainder of the lease that expires in January 2010. The funds in excess of the remaining rent and estimated additional operating costs will be returned to the Company. The Company remains responsible for any additional charges over the estimate through the remaining lease term.

In April 2009, the Company implemented various cost reduction activities to reduce operating costs. The expense related to reduction in workforce was approximately $532,000 and the expense related to the Settlement and Release Agreement with RMJM was approximately $167,000. Additionally, in June 2009, the Company had another facility settlement for one of its European offices and the related expense was approximately $106,000. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recognized approximately $498,000 of expense related to a reduction in workforce and $38,000 of facilities related costs.

Note 8. Information About Geographic Areas

The Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by geographic region for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, the Company considers itself to be in a single industry segment: specifically the licensing and support of its software applications. Revenue classification is based upon customer location.

Geographic information on revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2009		2008		2009		2008
North America	$	10,185	$	12,536	$	27,491	$	39,126
Europe		2,355		3,938		7,391		11,552
Asia Pacific		228		180		691		914

Total	$	12,768	$	16,654	$	35,573	$	51,592

During the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, one customer accounted for 13% and 12% of total revenue, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, no customer accounted for greater than 10% of total revenues. As of September 30, 2009, one customer receivable represented approximately 26% of our gross accounts receivable.

Geographic information on the Company’s long-lived assets (Property and Equipment, net, and Other Assets), based on physical location, is as follows (in thousands):


	September 30, 2009		December, 31 2008
United States	$	1,376	$	2,306
International (primarily Europe)		12		45

Total	$	1,388	$	2,351

Note 9. Line of Credit and Note Payable

(a) Line of Credit

On November 30, 2005, the Company established a banking relationship with Bridge Bank N.A. (“Bridge”) and entered into a Business Financing Agreement and Intellectual Property Security Agreement with Bridge under which the Company had access to a loan facility of $7.0 million. The Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with Bridge on March 28, 2008, which has been amended and under which the Company currently has access to a loan facility of $6.0 million (“March Loan Facility”). The March Loan Facility is a formula-based revolving line of credit based on 80% of eligible receivables subject to a sublimit of $2.5 million that is available for stand-by letters of credit, foreign exchange contracts or cash management products. Existing equipment advances under the line of credit were converted into a 33 month term loan on March 26, 2008 in the amount of $1.6 million. An additional $500,000 borrowed under the additional equipment financing provision was converted into a 36 month term loan on September 30, 2008. The total combined borrowing under the March Loan Facility and sublimits cannot exceed $6.0 million. The March Loan Facility is collateralized by all of the Company’s assets and expires June 30, 2010, at which time the entire balance under the formula-based line of credit will be due. Interest for the formula-based revolving line of credit, the existing equipment advances and the additional equipment financing accrues at the Wall Street Journal’s (“WSJ”) Prime Lending Rate (with a floor rate set at 4%) plus 2.50%, and was 6.50% as of September 30, 2009. The March Loan Facility contains certain restrictive covenants including, but not limited to, certain financial covenants such as maintaining profitability net of stock-based compensation and maintenance of certain key ratios. If the Company is not in compliance with the covenants of the March Loan Facility, Bridge has the right to declare an event of default and all of the outstanding balances owed under the March Loan Facility would become immediately due and payable.

On March 17, 2009, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Modification Agreement with Bridge that provided a one-time waiver for non-compliance with the financial covenants for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, and increased the interest rate to the WSJ Prime Lending Rate (with a floor rate of 4%) plus 2.50% until compliance with financial covenants can be shown.

On May 26, 2009, the Company entered into another Loan and Security Modification Agreement (“May Amendment”) with Bridge that provided a one-time waiver for non-compliance with the financial covenants for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and the month ended April 30, 2009. The May Amendment set the total loan facility amount to $6.0 million and extended the maturity date to June 30, 2010. As a requirement of the May Amendment, availability under the existing revolving line of credit was used to prepay all amounts outstanding under the existing term loans for equipment. Additionally, modifications were made to the existing restrictive covenants and certain covenants were added related to raising additional capital. In addition, the Company’s existing credit facilities prohibit the payment of cash or stock dividends on its capital stock without the lender’s prior written consent.

On July 30, 2009, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Modification Agreement to the March Loan Facility (“July Amendment”) that modified the March Loan Facility to provide for subordinated indebtedness of $1.0 million from Agility Capital, LLC (“Agility”).

As of September 30, 2009, the Company had $3.6 million outstanding under the March Loan Facility revolving credit line. The available balance of the March Loan Facility was lowered by the amount outstanding on the subordinated indebtedness from Agility and was also lowered by $116,000 which is used as collateral for a letter of credit related to a building lease, leaving an available balance of $1.3 million as of September 30, 2009. The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants as of September 30, 2009.

(b) Notes Payable

On July 30, 2009, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement (“Loan”) with Agility for $1.0 million. The Loan is repayable in equal monthly installments of $90,000 plus interest at 15% per year and is due on June 30, 2010 or upon a change of control of the Company, if that event occurs earlier. The Loan provides for a facility origination fee of $40,000 due on closing and a fee of $350,000 due on the maturity date or repayment date, whichever is earlier.

As of September 30, 2009, there was $985,000 classified as current portion of notes payable. The notes payable consist of three obligations: (1) a term loan for general working capital, which had an 11 month term, of which 9 months were remaining as of September 30, 2009, and an annual interest rate of 15%; and (2) a capital lease obligation for office furniture and equipment, which had a 5 year term, of which 9 months were remaining, and an annual interest rate of 8.58%; and (3) a short term financing for computer equipment, which has 3 monthly payments remaining, and an annual interest rate of 9%.

Note 10. Warrants

Effective January 1, 2009 the Company adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB eliminating an exemption to derivative treatment for certain financial instruments. As a result of adopting this guidance, warrants to purchase 1,914,586 of the Company’s common stock previously treated as equity pursuant to the derivative treatment exemption were no longer afforded equity treatment. These warrants have exercise prices ranging from $1.97 to $2.45 and expire in September 2010 and October 2010. Effective January 1, 2009, the Company reclassified the fair value of these common stock purchase warrants, from equity to liability status, as if these warrants were treated as a derivative liability since their date of issue. On January 1, 2009, the Company reclassified the effects of prior accounting for the warrants in the amount of $1.8 million from additional paid-in capital to accumulated deficit, and $108,000 from additional paid-in capital to warrant liability. The fair value of these common stock purchase warrants is included with accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The fair value decreased to $67,000 as of September 30, 2009. Accordingly, the Company recognized a $37,000 gain from the change in fair value of these warrants for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and a $41,000 gain from the change in fair value for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The fair value was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The assumptions that were used to calculate fair value as of January 1, 2009, and September 30, 2009 were as follows:


	Expiration Date
	September 2010		October 2010
Assumptions as of January 1, 2009:
Risk-free interest rate	2.27	%	2.27	%
Expected volatility	68	%	66	%
Expected life (in years)	1.75		1.83
Dividend yield	0	%	0	%

	Expiration Date
	September 2010		October 2010
Assumptions as of September 30, 2009:
Risk-free interest rate	1.34	%	1.34	%
Expected volatility	70	%	73	%
Expected life (in years)	1.00		1.08
Dividend yield	0	%	0	%

Note 11. Subsequent Events

On October 7, 2009, the action brought by KVO in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking to enjoin and postpone the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders was dismissed with prejudice in exchange for the Company’s payment of $45,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by KVO in connection with the lawsuit, as described in more detail above under Note 6 “Commitments and Contingencies – (a) Litigation.”

On October 26, 2009, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Purchaser. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, Purchaser, an affiliate of Accel-KKR, will buy substantially all of the Company’s assets and assume substantially all of the Company’s liabilities for a purchase price of approximately $48.9 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on closing net working capital, net indebtedness, transaction expenses and other adjustments set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The transaction is subject to specified closing conditions, including stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the Asset Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. If the proposed Asset Sale is completed, KANA’s current operating business, which includes software, services and licensing, will operate as a privately-held company under its current KANA brand. At that time, the OTC Bulletin Board-listed entity will be renamed and will continue to be publicly traded under a new trading symbol with the net cash proceeds from the transaction and more than $400 million of net operating loss (NOLs) carry-forwards. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, if the Asset Sale is not consummated, KANA may be required to pay Purchaser a termination fee of approximately $1.8 million under circumstances specified in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, and our beliefs and assumptions. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expects,” “intend,” “plan,” “will” and variations of these words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report and those related to the proposed sale of substantially all of our assets to Kay Technology Corp, Inc. Forward-looking statements that were believed to be true at the time made may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on May 15, 2009, and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

Overview

We offer an innovative approach to customer service with cost-effective solutions that enhance the quality of multi-channel customer interactions. Built on open standards for a high degree of adaptability and integration, our solutions intelligently automate the processes needed to successfully serve our clients’ customers, so that our clients can deliver higher value service at lower cost, increasing customer retention and loyalty. We provide an integrated solution that enables organizations to deliver consistent, managed service across all channels, including e-mail, chat, call centers and Web self-service, ensuring a consistent service experience across communication channels.

Our revenues are primarily derived from the sale of our software and related maintenance and support of the software. We also derive revenues from consulting, training and other services. Our products are generally installed by our customers using either a systems integrator, such as IBM or Accenture, or our professional services group. Our professional services group assists the integrators as subject matter experts and in some cases will act as the prime contractor for implementation of our software. We also rely on IBM and other systems integrators to recommend and install our software. This provides leverage in the selling phase, and also allows us to realize higher gross margins by selling primarily software licenses and support, which typically have higher margins than consulting and implementation services. In the past, we supplied specialists (who were subject matter experts) to work with IBM and other systems integrators. While we continue this practice, we are increasingly providing consulting and implementation services directly to our customers especially following our acquisition of eVergance. These services may be provided to our existing customers who would like us to review their implementations or to new customers who are not quite large enough to gain the interest of a large systems integrator to provide such services. However, in the case of most of the initial installations of our applications that are generally installed by our customers using a systems integrator; these services generally increase the cost of the project substantially and subject their purchase to more levels of required approvals and scrutiny of projected cost savings in their customer service and marketing departments. This contributes to the difficulty that we face in predicting the quarter in which sales to expected customers will occur and to the uncertainty of our future operating results. To the extent that significant sales occur earlier or later than anticipated, revenues for subsequent quarters may be lower or higher, respectively, than expected.

We have incurred substantial costs to develop our products and to recruit, train and compensate personnel for our engineering, sales, marketing, client services and administration departments. As a result, we have incurred substantial losses since inception. On September 30, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1.8 million. As of September 30, 2009, we had negative working capital of $5.5 million, excluding $11.1 million of deferred revenue, and stockholders’ deficit of $2.2 million. We recorded losses from operations of $1.5 million and $5.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, and losses from operations of $753,000 and $756,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. Net losses were $1.8 million and $5.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, and $887,000 and $1.1 million for the

three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. Net cash used in operating activities was $1.9 million and $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As of September 30, 2009, we had 183 full-time employees, a decrease from 229 employees at December 31, 2008 and a decrease from 220 employees at September 30, 2008.

Recent Developments

On October 26, 2009, we entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with Kay Technology Corp. Inc., or Purchaser, an affiliate of Accel-KKR Capital Partners III, L.P., or Accel-KKR. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, Purchaser will buy substantially all of our assets and assume substantially all of our liabilities for a purchase price of approximately $48.9 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on closing net working capital, net indebtedness, transaction expenses and other adjustments set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The transaction is subject to specified closing conditions, including stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the Asset Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. If the proposed Asset Sale is completed, our current operating business, which includes software, services and licensing, will operate as a privately-held company under our current KANA brand. At that time, the OTC Bulletin Board-listed entity will be renamed and will continue to be publicly traded under a new trading symbol with the net cash proceeds from the transaction and more than $400 million of net operating loss (NOLs) carry-forwards. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, if the Asset Sale is not consummated, we may be required to pay Purchaser a termination fee of approximately $1.8 million under circumstances specified in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

For additional information regarding potential risks and uncertainties associated with the proposed Asset Sale, please see “Risks Related to the Proposed Asset Sale” below.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. This forms the basis of judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. In some cases, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from our estimates.

We believe that our most critical accounting policies are those that require management to make difficult, subjective and complex judgments, and are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations. We believe the following critical accounting policies are used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements:

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revenue recognition;

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accounting for internal-use software;

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restructuring;

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goodwill and intangible assets;

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income taxes;

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contingencies and litigation; and

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stock-based compensation.

The critical accounting estimates associated with these policies are described in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2009. We believe there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Information with respect to Recent Accounting Pronouncements may be found in Note 1 to the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in “Part I. Financial Information — Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth selected data for the indicated periods. Percentages are expressed as a percentage of total revenues.


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2009		2008		2009		2008
	(unaudited)				(unaudited)
Revenues:
License fees	18	%	32	%	14	%	29	%
Services	82		68		86		71

Total revenues	100		100		100		100


Costs and expenses:
Cost of license fees	6		1		3		2
Cost of services	29		28		33		30
Amortization of acquired intangible assets	*		*		1		*
Sales and marketing	17		32		21		32
Research and development	24		20		28		20
General and administrative	18		16		20		16
Restructuring	4		6		4		1
Transaction costs	6		—		2		—
Legal settlement	8		—		3		—

Total costs and expenses	112		105		115		101

Loss from operations	(12	)	(5	)	(15	)	(1	)
Interest and other income (expense), net	(2	)	*		*		*

Loss before income tax expense	(14	)	(5	)	(16	)	(2	)
Income tax expense	*		*		*		*

Net loss	(14	)%	(5	)%	(16	)%	(2	)%

*	Less than 1%

Revenues

Total revenues decreased by 23% to $12.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $16.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, as a result of lower license and services revenues in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Total revenues decreased by 31% to $35.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $51.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, as a result of lower license and services revenues in 2009 compared to the same period in 2008.

License revenues include licensing fees only, and exclude associated support and consulting revenue. The majority of our licenses to customers are perpetual and associated revenues are recognized upon delivery provided that all revenue recognition criteria are met. License revenues decreased by 56% to $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $5.3 million for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in license revenues was primarily due to closing no large revenue transactions that exceeded $1.0 million in revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2009 while there were two large transactions included in license revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2008. License revenues decreased by 66% to $5.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $15.0 million for the same period in the prior year due to closing no large transactions that exceeded $1.0 million in revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 while there were five large transactions included in license revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. While we are focused on increasing license revenues, we are unable to predict such revenues from period to period with any degree of accuracy because, among other things, the market for our products is unpredictable and intensely competitive, and our sales cycle is long and unpredictable. The length of our sales cycle has increased in recent periods due to uncertain economic conditions.

Our services revenues consist of support revenues and professional services fees. Support revenues relate to providing customer support, product maintenance and updates to our customers. Support revenues are the largest component of services revenues. Professional services revenues relate to providing consulting, training and implementation services to our customers including enterprise on-demand. Services revenues decreased 8% to $10.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $11.3 million for the same period in 2008. Services revenues decreased 17% to $30.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $36.6 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease primarily resulted from lower consulting services as there were revenues from two large projects in the three months ended September 30, 2008 that did not recur in 2009. There was also a decrease in support revenues due to the sale of certain KANA products during 2008 and the effect of foreign exchange rates on foreign currency denominated deferred revenue. Additionally, certain support contracts did not renew during the quarter. Customers who purchase licenses frequently purchase support, consulting and training services, which usually occur subsequent to the license sales. Given the decrease in new license sales, revenues from these associated services also decreased.

Revenues from domestic sales were $10.2 million and $12.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $27.5 million and $39.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Revenues from international sales were $2.6 million and $4.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $8.1 million and $12.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Our international revenues were derived from sales in Europe and Asia Pacific.

Costs and Expenses

Total cost of revenues decreased by 10% to $4.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $5.0 million for the same period in 2008. Total cost of revenues decreased by 20% to $13.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $16.6 million for the same period in 2008.

License Fees. Cost of license fees consists of third party software royalties, referral fees, and costs of documentation. Cost of license fees as a percentage of license revenues was 31% for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 4% for the same period in the prior year. Cost of license fees as a percentage of license revenues was 22% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 5% for the same period in the prior year. The absolute dollar amount and the cost of license fees as a percentage of license revenue increased significantly, due to third party royalties associated with a new product, fees associated with an enterprise license, and a one-time expense of third party royalties for both the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009. We expect that our cost of license fees as a percentage of revenues from license sales will vary based on changes in the mix of products we sell and the timing of upgrades and that cost of license fees will generally range from approximately 25% to 35% of license revenue. The projected range is higher than our historical ranges due the fact that we have new royalty agreements for our new product.

Services. Cost of services consists primarily of compensation and related expenses for our customer support, consulting and training and enterprise on-demand services organizations, and allocation of facility costs and system costs incurred in providing customer support. Cost of services decreased to 35% of services revenue, or $3.7 million, for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to 41% of services revenue, or $4.7 million, for the same period in 2008. Cost of services decreased to 39% of services revenue, or $11.8 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to 42% of services revenue, or $15.4 million, for the same period in 2008. Both the absolute dollar amount and percentage of services revenue of cost of services decreased in the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to the use of fewer outside consultants. As of September 30, 2009 and 2008, we had 61 and 66 employees, respectively, in the support, consulting, training and enterprise on-demand organizations. During the first quarter of 2009, there was an increase in headcount due to the transfer of seven employees from the sales organization who are now primarily performing consulting work on an hourly billable basis or performing customer support functions, which was offset by other headcount reductions.

Cost of services may increase or decrease depending on the demand for these services and the revenue mix of such services. The expenses may also be affected by the amount, type and valuation of stock options granted as well as the amount of stock options cancelled due to employees and consultants leaving the Company.

Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets. The amortization of acquired intangible assets recorded in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 related to $2.5 million of identifiable intangibles purchased in connection with the eVergance acquisition in June 2007. Acquired intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets (five years).

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for sales and marketing personnel and promotional expenditures, including public relations, advertising, trade shows and marketing materials. Sales and marketing expenses decreased by 60% to $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, from $5.3 million for the same period in 2008. Sales and marketing expenses decreased by 55% to $7.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, from $16.6 million for the same period in 2008. This was primarily due to lower compensation costs as a result of decreased headcount, lower commissions as a result of lower revenues and a reduction in our marketing programs. As of September 30, 2009, we had 26 employees in sales and marketing compared to 60 employees as of September 30, 2008, a decrease of 57%. The decrease was partially due to the transfer of seven employees to the consulting services organization as discussed above.

Sales and marketing expenses may increase or decrease, depending primarily on the amount of future revenues and our assessment of market opportunities and sales channels. The expenses may also be impacted by the amount, type and valuation of stock options granted as well as the amount of stock options cancelled due to employees and consultants leaving the Company.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for research and development employees and contractors and enhancement of existing products and quality assurance activities. Research and development expenses decreased by 12% to $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, from $3.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008. Research and development expenses decreased by 1% to $10.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $10.2 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in the prior year was attributable primarily to a reduction in the use of outside consultants as our new product was released on June 30, 2009 and was partially offset by an increase in the number of employees. As of September 30, 2009, we had 67 employees in research and development compared to 59 employees as of September 30, 2008, an increase of 14%.

Research and development expenses including related head count may increase or decrease, depending primarily on the amount of future revenues, customer needs, and our assessment of market demand. The expenses may also be impacted by the amount, type and valuation of stock options granted as well as the amount of stock options cancelled due to employees and consultants leaving the Company.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for finance, legal, human resources, corporate governance, and bad debt expense. Information technology and facilities costs are allocated among all operating departments. General and administrative expenses decreased by 11% to $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. General and administrative expenses decreased by 17% to $7.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease in expenses was primarily due to lower compensation and related costs as a result of a decrease in head count and lower bonuses offset by an increase in outside accounting fees and legal costs. As of September 30, 2009, we had 29 employees in general and administrative and information technology combined compared to 35 employees as of September 30, 2008, a 17% decrease.

General and administrative expenses may increase or decrease, depending primarily on the amount of future revenues and corporate infrastructure requirements including insurance, professional services, taxes, bad debt expense, and other administrative costs. The expenses may also be impacted by the amount, type and valuation of stock options granted as well as the amount of stock options cancelled due to employees and consultants leaving the Company.

Restructuring Expense. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 we recorded $536,000 of restructuring expense related to a reduction in workforce. During the three months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded $1.1 million of restructuring expense related to a reduction of workforce, the ceased use of two of our offices and the expense related to capitalized costs of an internal use software project that was abandoned. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded $1.3 million of restructuring expense related to a reduction of workforce and adjustment of facility costs for facilities previously included in the restructuring accrual. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded $582,000 of restructuring expense, which included $737,000 related to a reduction in workforce, $263,000 of capitalized costs related to an internal use software project that was abandoned and $64,000 related to ceasing use of two facilities, partially offset by a restructuring recovery of $482,000 as a result of the extension of a lease on one of our properties.

Transaction Costs. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 we recorded $745,000 of transaction costs related to the proposed Asset Sale to Purchaser.

Legal Settlement. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 we recorded a $1.0 million settlement accrual related to the settlement of the RightNow lawsuit.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Interest and other income (expense), net consists primarily of interest income, interest expense and the change in fair value of warrant liability. Interest income and other income consists primarily of interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and was approximately $1,000 and $4,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $6,000 and $20,000 for

the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The decrease in interest income related to lower interest rates and lower cash and cash equivalents balances in the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Interest expense and other expense relates primarily to interest expense on our line of credit and notes payable and was approximately $211,000 and $95,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $353,000 and $278,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 include a $37,000 and $41,000 decrease in the fair value of the warrant liability, respectively. Interest expense varies from period-to-period based on the timing of borrowings and repayments.

Provision for Income Taxes

We have a history of net losses on a consolidated basis from inception through September 30, 2009. Accordingly, we have recorded a valuation allowance for the full amount of our gross deferred tax assets, as the future realization of the tax benefit is not currently more likely than not. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, certain of our foreign subsidiaries were profitable, based upon application of our intercompany transfer pricing agreements, which resulted in us reporting income tax expense totaling approximately $31,000 and $43,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and approximately $57,000 and $89,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, in those foreign jurisdictions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2009, we had $1.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to $7.0 million in cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2008. As of September 30, 2009, we had negative working capital of $5.5 million, compared to negative working capital of $895,000 as of December 31, 2008. As of September 30, 2009, our current liabilities included $11.1 million of deferred revenue (primarily reflecting payments received for future maintenance services to be provided to our customers) which is not included in our working capital. The timing of accounts receivable collections can significantly impact our cash balance from quarter to quarter.

Primary Driver of Cash Flow

Our ability to generate cash in the future depends upon our success in generating sufficient sales transactions, especially new license transactions. Since our new license transactions are relatively small in number and are difficult to predict, we may not be able to generate new license transactions as anticipated in any particular future period. From time to time, changes in assets and liabilities, such as changes in levels of accounts receivable and accounts payable, may also affect our cash flows.

Operating Cash Flow

Our operating activities used $1.9 million of cash for the first nine months of 2009, which included a $5.6 million net loss, a $1.6 million decrease in deferred revenue and net payments of $946,000 against accrued restructuring partially offset by a $1.5 million increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, a $1.1 million decrease in accounts receivable and non-cash charges of $1.2 million for stock-based compensation expense and $951,000 of depreciation expense.

Our operating activities used $2.2 million of cash for the first nine months of 2008, which included a $1.1 million net loss, a $2.4 million increase in accounts receivable, a $2.7 million decrease in deferred revenue, net payments of $919,000 against accrued restructuring, partially offset by non-cash charges of $1.7 million for stock-based compensation expense and $927,000 of depreciation expense.

Investing Cash Flow

Our investing activities provided $107,000 of cash during the first nine months of 2009 primarily due to a decrease in restricted cash of $446,000 partially offset by purchases of property and equipment of $339,000. Our investing activities used $1.1 million of cash during the first nine months of 2008 primarily due to purchases of property and equipment.

Financing Cash Flow

Our financing activities used $3.3 million of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, which consisted of $2.4 million of net repayments on the line of credit and the repayment of $2.0 million on notes payable partially offset by new borrowings of $1.2 million. Our financing activities generated $723,000 of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which consisted of $2.9 million of net borrowings under the line of credit partially offset by the repayment of $2.2 million on notes payable.

Existence and Timing of Contractual Obligations

On November 30, 2005, we established a banking relationship with Bridge Bank N.A. (“Bridge”) and entered into a Business Financing Agreement and Intellectual Property Security Agreement with Bridge under which we had access to a loan facility of $7.0 million. On March 28, 2008, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with Bridge, which has

been amended and under which we currently have access to a loan facility of $6.0 million (“March Loan Facility”). The March Loan Facility is a formula based revolving line of credit that is limited to 80% of eligible receivables subject to a sublimit of $2.5 million that is available for stand-by letters of credit, foreign exchange contracts or cash management products. Existing equipment advances under our line of credit were converted into a 33 month term loan on March 26, 2008 in the amount of $1.6 million. An additional $500,000 borrowed under the additional equipment financing provision was converted into a 36 month term loan on September 30, 2008. The total combined borrowing under the March Loan Facility and sublimits cannot exceed $6.0 million. The March Loan Facility is collateralized by all of our assets and expires June 30, 2010 at which time the entire balance under the formula-based revolving line of credit will be due. Interest for the formula-based revolving line of credit, the existing equipment advances and the additional equipment financing accrues at the Wall Street Journal’s (“WSJ”) Prime Lending Rate (with a floor rate set at 4%) plus 2.50%, and was 6.50% as of September 30, 2009. The March Loan Facility contains certain restrictive covenants including but not limited to certain financial covenants such as maintaining profitability net of stock-based compensation and maintenance of certain key ratios. If we are not in compliance with the covenants of the March Loan Facility, Bridge has the right to declare an event of default and all of the outstanding balances owed under the March Loan Facility would become immediately due and payable.

On March 17, 2009, we entered into a Loan and Security Modification Agreement with Bridge that provided a one-time waiver for non-compliance with certain financial covenants for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, and increased the interest rate to the WSJ Prime Lending Rate (with a floor of 4%) plus 2.5% until compliance with financial covenants can be shown.

On May 26, 2009, we entered into another Loan and Security Modification Agreement (“May Amendment”) with Bridge that provided a one-time waiver for non-compliance with certain financial covenants for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and the month ended April 30, 2009. The May Amendment also set the total loan facility amount to $6.0 million and extended the maturity date to June 30, 2010. As a requirement of the May Amendment, availability under the existing revolving line of credit was used to prepay all amounts outstanding under the existing term loans for equipment. Additionally, modifications were made to the existing restrictive covenants and certain covenants were added related to raising additional capital.

On July 30, 2009, we entered into a Loan and Security Modification Agreement to the March Loan Facility (“July Amendment”) that modified the March Loan Facility to provide for subordinated indebtedness of $1.0 million from Agility Capital, LLC (“Agility”).

As of September 30, 2009, we had $3.6 million outstanding under the March Loan Facility revolving credit line. The available balance of the March Loan Facility was lowered by the amount outstanding on the subordinated indebtedness from Agility and was also lowered by $116,000 which is used as collateral for a letter of credit related to a building lease, leaving an available balance of $1.3 million as of September 30, 2009.

Our future payments due under debt and lease obligations and other contractual commitments as of September 30, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):


	Payments Due By Period
	Total			Less than 1 year			1-3 years			3-5 years		More than 5 years
Contractual obligations:
Line of credit (1)	$	3,560		$	3,560		$	—		$	—	$	—
Notes payable		985			985			—			—		—
Non-cancelable operating lease obligations (2)		1,704			1,494			210			—		—
Less: Sublease income (3)		(618	)		(462	)		(156	)		—		—
Other contractual obligations (4)		9,950			4,494			4,110			1,346		—

Total	$	15,581		$	10,071		$	4,164		$	1,346	$	—

(1)	Includes receivables-based loans under our revolving line of credit which matures in 2010 but which may be payable sooner if we experience a decrease in receivables.

(2)	Includes leases for properties included in the restructuring liability.

(3)	Includes subleases that are under contract as of September 30, 2009.

(4)	Represents payments on legal settlements, minimum payments to vendors for future royalty fees, marketing services, training services, consulting services, engineering services and sales events.

Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2009, we did not have any significant off-balance-sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

Outlook

We believe that based on our current revenue expectations for 2009 and 2010, it is unlikely that our cash and cash equivalents, including the $1 million loan closed on July 30, 2009, will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs through September 30, 2010 without additional cash raised through debt or equity financing. In addition, if we do not experience anticipated demand for our products, we may need to further reduce costs, in addition to securing additional financing to meet our cash requirements. We can give no assurances as to whether we will be able to implement cost reduction initiatives, increase revenues, or obtain debt or equity financing, in order to provide sufficient liquidity for us to continue as a going concern.

If adequate funds were not available on acceptable terms, our ability to achieve or sustain positive cash flows, maintain current operations, fund any potential expansion, take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance products or services, or otherwise respond to competitive pressures would be significantly limited. Our expectations as to our future cash flows and our future cash balances are subject to a number of assumptions, including anticipated increases in our revenues, improvements in general economic conditions and customer purchasing and payment patterns, many of which are beyond our control.

In addition, the proposed Asset Sale could impact our financing needs.

Risk Factors That Could Affect Future Results

We operate in a dynamic and rapidly changing business environment that involves substantial risks and uncertainty, including but not limited to the specific risks identified below. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, may become important factors that impair our business operations. Any of these risks could cause, or contribute to causing, our actual results to differ materially from expectations. Prospective and existing investors are strongly urged to carefully consider the various cautionary statements and risks set forth in this report and our other public filings.

Risks Related to the Proposed Asset Sale

If we fail to complete the Asset Sale, our business may be harmed.

We cannot assure you that the Asset Sale will be completed. The completion of the Asset Sale is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, including, among others, the requirement that we obtain stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the Asset Purchase Agreement and the requirement that we obtain certain required consents, including customer consents representing 93% of the aggregate maintenance revenue represented by all customer contracts requiring consent. In addition, Purchaser may terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement if we do not cure breaches, if any, of a material provision of the Asset Purchase Agreement within 30 days of notice of such breach. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet all of the closing conditions of the Asset Purchase Agreement. If we are unable to meet all of the closing conditions, Purchaser is not obligated to purchase our assets. We also cannot be sure that other circumstances, for example, a material adverse effect, will not arise that would allow Purchaser to terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement prior to closing. If the Asset Sale is not approved or does not close, our Board of Directors will be forced to evaluate other alternatives, which may be less favorable to us than the proposed Asset Sale. In order to continue as a going concern in this event, KANA would need to seek financing immediately, and such financing may not be available to it, or may be available on terms that are unfavorable, and are dilutive to existing stockholders. In addition, in 2010, KANA will be required to repay approximately $5,400,000 of outstanding indebtedness, and KANA does not anticipate that it will be able to repay such indebtedness unless it is able to secure new financing.

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, KANA will be required to pay a termination fee of $1,834,050 plus Purchaser’s out-of-pocket fees and expenses to the extent not previously reimbursed if, among other things, the Asset Purchase Agreement is terminated by Purchaser because the Asset Sale and the Asset Purchase Agreement are not approved and adopted by our stockholders, and prior to the Annual and Special Meeting or such termination, an acquisition proposal was made and not publicly withdrawn and within twelve months following such termination, KANA consummates an alternative acquisition (at any valuation) or enters into a definitive agreement for an alternative acquisition (and an alternative acquisition is subsequently consummated). In addition, we have agreed to reimburse Purchaser for all of its out-of-pocket fees and expenses in the event that, among other things, the Asset Purchase Agreement is terminated due to the failure to obtain stockholder approval of the Asset Sale.

As a result of our announcement of the Asset Sale, third parties may be unwilling to enter into material agreements with us. New or existing customers and business partners may prefer to enter into agreements with our competitors who have not expressed an intention to sell their business because customers and business partners may perceive that such new relationships are likely to be more stable. Our employees may become concerned about the future of the business and lose focus or seek other employment. If we fail to complete the Asset Sale, the failure to maintain existing business relationships or enter into new ones could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, if the Asset Sale is not consummated, our directors, executive officers and other employees will have expended extensive time and effort and will have experienced significant distractions from their work during the pendency of the transaction and we will have incurred significant transaction costs, in each case, without any commensurate benefit, which may have a material and adverse effect on our stock price and results of operations.

You are not guaranteed any of the proceeds from the Asset Sale.

The purchase price for the Asset Sale will be paid directly to KANA and KANA could spend or invest the net proceeds from the Asset Sale in ways with which our stockholders may not agree. The investment of these proceeds may not yield a favorable return and may not benefit from KANA’s net operating losses.

We will be a very small public company with a large cash balance.

Once the Asset Sale is completed, we will remain a publicly traded company and will continue to be subject to SEC rules and regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As a result, we will continue to incur additional ongoing operating expenses and we cannot assure how much of the cash proceeds, if any, will ultimately be distributed to stockholders.

Our ability to execute our strategy following the Asset Sale depends on our ability to recruit and retain qualified management and/or advisors.

We do not anticipate that we will retain any of our current management employees following the closing of the Asset Sale, and our ability to execute our strategy following the closing of the asset purchase requires that we recruit personnel with experience in identifying attractive acquisition candidates and executing acquisition transactions.

We may make acquisitions that may not prove successful.

We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates at prices we consider appropriate. If we do identify an appropriate acquisition candidate, we may not be able to successfully and satisfactorily negotiate the terms of the acquisition. The integration of acquisitions involves a number of risks and presents financial, managerial and operational challenges.

We may not be able to consummate a business combination within the required time frame, in which case we, may be required to dissolve and liquidate our assets.

If we are unable to complete a business combination within the six months following the closing of the Asset Sale, our stockholders could vote to dissolve and liquidate our assets. If our stockholders vote to liquidate, we cannot provide any assurance as to the per share liquidation distribution because of our general and administrative expenses, the anticipated costs associated with seeking a business combination and any claims of our creditors. According, if we liquidate or dissolve, you may receive less than the current trading price of our common stock.

A significant portion of our working capital could be expended in pursuing business combinations that are not consummated.

It is anticipated that the investigation of each specific acquisition target and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents, and other instruments will require substantial time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys and others. In addition, we may opt to make down payments or pay exclusivity or similar fees in connection with structuring and negotiating a business combination. If a decision is made not to complete a specific business combination, the costs incurred up to that point in connection with the abandoned transaction, potentially including down payments or exclusivity or similar fees, will not be recoverable. Furthermore, even if an agreement is reached relating to a specific acquisition target, we may fail to consummate the transaction for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred, which could materially and adversely affect our subsequent attempts to locate and combine with another business.

We may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a business combination or to fund the operations and growth of an acquisition target.

In connection with the capital requirements that will be required for any particular business combination, if the proceeds from the Asset Sale prove to be insufficient for a proposed acquisition, we may be required to seek additional financing through the issuance of equity or debt securities or other financing arrangements. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to consummate a particular business combination, we may be compelled to restructure or abandon that particular business combination and seek alternative acquisition targets. In addition, if we complete a business combination, we may require additional financing to fund the operations or growth of acquisition target. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of our combined business or businesses.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

Current uncertainty in global economic conditions makes it particularly difficult to predict demand and other related matters and makes it more likely that our actual results could differ materially from expectations.

Our operations and performance depend on worldwide economic conditions, which have deteriorated significantly in the United States and other countries, and may remain depressed for the foreseeable future. These conditions make it difficult for our customers and potential customers to accurately forecast and plan future business activities, and could cause our customers and potential customers to slow or reduce spending on our products and services. Furthermore, during challenging economic times, our customers may face issues gaining timely access to sufficient credit, which could impact their willingness to make purchases or their ability to make timely payments to us. If that were to occur, we may experience decreased sales, be required to increase our allowance for doubtful accounts and our days sales outstanding could be negatively impacted. We cannot predict the timing, strength or duration of any economic slowdown or subsequent economic recovery, worldwide, in the United States, or in our industry. These and other economic factors could have a material adverse effect on demand for our products and services, on our ability to predict future operating results, and on our financial condition and operating results.

In periods of worsening economic conditions, our exposure to credit risk and payment delinquencies on our accounts receivable significantly increases.

A substantial majority of our outstanding accounts receivables are not covered by collateral. In addition, our standard terms and conditions permit payment within a specified number of days following the receipt of our product. While we have procedures to monitor and limit exposure to credit risk on our receivables, there can be no assurance such procedures will effectively limit our credit risk and avoid losses. As economic conditions deteriorate, certain of our customers have faced and may face liquidity concerns and have delayed and may delay or may be unable to satisfy their payment obligations, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

We have a history of losses and may not be able to generate sufficient revenues to achieve and maintain profitability.

Since we began operations in 1997, our revenues have not been sufficient to support our operations, and we have incurred substantial operating losses every year. As of September 30, 2009, our accumulated deficit was approximately $4.3 billion, which includes approximately $2.7 billion related to goodwill impairment charges. Our stockholders’ deficit at September 30, 2009 was $2.2 million. We continue to commit a substantial investment of resources to sales, product marketing and developing new products and enhancements, and we will need to increase our revenues to achieve profitability and positive cash flows. Our expectations as to when we can achieve positive cash flows, and as to our future cash balances, are subject to a number of assumptions, including assumptions regarding improvements in general economic conditions and customer purchasing and payment patterns, many of which are beyond our control. Our history of losses has previously caused some of our potential customers to question our viability, which has in turn hampered our ability to sell some of our products. Additionally, our revenues have been affected by the current downturn in economic conditions, both generally and in our market. As a result of these conditions, we have experienced and expect to continue to experience difficulties in attracting new customers, which means that, even if sales of our products and services grow, we may continue to experience losses, which may cause the price of our stock to decline.

Our ability to continue as a going concern is at risk.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an opinion on our December 31, 2008 consolidated financial statements that states that the consolidated financial statements were prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern and further states that our recurring losses from operations, negative working capital, negative cash flow from operations and accumulated deficit raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The global economic downturn created a substantially more difficult business environment in 2008 and thus far in 2009, affecting our liquidity and operating performance. If our revenues do not improve and we are unable to reduce operating expenses sufficiently and we do not obtain additional financing, we may become unable to pay our operating expenses on a timely basis due to a lack of sufficient liquidity. We can give no assurances as to whether we will be able to implement cost reduction initiatives, increase revenues, or obtain debt or equity financing, in order to provide sufficient liquidity for us to continue as a going concern.

The relatively large size of many of our expected license transactions could contribute to our failure to meet expected sales in any given quarter and could materially harm our operating results.

Our revenues and results of operations may fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors. Our revenues are especially subject to fluctuation because they depend on the completion of relatively large orders for our products and related services. The average size of our license transactions is generally large relative to our total revenues in any quarter, particularly as we have focused on larger enterprise customers, on licensing our more comprehensive integrated products, and have involved systems integrators in our sales process. If sales expected from a specific customer in a particular quarter are not realized in that quarter, we are unlikely to be able to generate revenue from alternate sources in time to compensate for the shortfall. Fluctuations in our results of operations may be due to a number of additional factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to retain and increase our customer base, changes in our pricing policies or those of our competitors, the timing and success of new product introductions by us or our competitors, the sales cycle for our products, our fixed expenses, the purchasing and budgeting cycles of our clients, and the decline in general economic, industry and market conditions.

This dependence on large orders makes our revenues and operating results more likely to vary from quarter to quarter, and more difficult to predict, because the loss of any particular large order is significant. In recent periods, we have experienced increases in the length of a typical sales cycle. This trend may add to the uncertainty of our future operating results and reduce our ability to anticipate our future revenues. Moreover, to the extent that significant sales occur earlier than anticipated, revenues for subsequent quarters may be lower than expected. As a result, our operating results could suffer if any large orders are delayed or canceled in any future period. In part as a result of this aspect of our business, our quarterly revenues and operating results may fluctuate in future periods and we may fail to meet the expectations of investors and public market analysts, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

We may not be able to forecast our revenues accurately because our products have a long and variable sales cycle and we rely on systems integrators for sales.

The long sales cycle for our products may cause license revenues and operating results to vary significantly from period to period. To date, the sales cycle for most of our product sales has taken anywhere from 6 to 9 months. Our sales cycle typically requires pre-purchase evaluation by a significant number of individuals within our customers’ organizations. Along with third parties that often jointly market our software with us, we invest significant amount of time and resources educating and providing information to prospective customers regarding the use and benefits of our products. Many of our customers evaluate our software slowly and deliberately, depending on the specific technical capabilities of the customer, the size of the deployment, the complexity of the customer’s network environment, and the quantity of hardware and the degree of hardware configuration necessary to deploy our products.

Furthermore, we rely to a significant extent on systems integrators to identify, influence and manage large transactions with customers, and we expect this trend to continue as our industry consolidates. Selling our products in conjunction with our systems integrators who incorporate our products into their offerings can involve a particularly long and unpredictable sales cycle, as it typically takes more time for the prospective customer to evaluate proposals from multiple vendors. In addition, when systems integrators propose the use of our products to their customers, it is typically part of a larger project, which can require additional levels of customer approvals. We have little or no control over the sales cycle of an integrator-led transaction or our customers’ budgetary constraints and internal decision-making and acceptance processes.

As a result of increasingly long sales cycles, we have faced increased difficulty in predicting our operating results for any given period, and have experienced significant unanticipated fluctuations in our revenues from period to period. Any failure to achieve anticipated revenues for a period could cause our stock price to decline.

If we fail to generate sufficient revenues to support our business and require additional financing, failure to obtain such financing would affect our ability to maintain our operations and to grow our business, and the terms of any financing we obtain may impair the rights of our existing stockholders.

If we fail to generate sufficient revenues to support our business, we may need to seek additional financing to fund our operations or growth. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders would be reduced and the securities we issue might have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our current stockholders. Moreover, because of current volatility in the global capital markets and among financial institutions, including a tightening in the capital and credit markets, if we were to seek funding from the capital or credit markets, we may not be able to secure funding on terms acceptable to us or at all. If adequate funds were not available on acceptable terms, our ability to achieve or sustain positive cash flows, maintain current operations, fund any potential expansion, take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance products or services, or otherwise respond to competitive pressures would be significantly limited. Furthermore, any failure to raise sufficient capital in a timely fashion could prevent us from growing or pursuing our strategies or cause us to limit our operations and cause potential customers to question our financial viability. We had cash and

cash equivalents of $1.8 million at September 30, 2009, and as of such date, had contractual commitments of $10.1 million due during the next twelve months. It is possible that our cash position could decrease over the next few quarters and some customers could become increasingly concerned about our cash situation and our ongoing ability to update and maintain our products. This could significantly harm our sales efforts.

Our cash and cash equivalents could be adversely affected if the financial institutions in which we hold our cash and cash equivalents fail.

Our cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. We maintain the cash and cash equivalents with reputable major financial institutions. Deposits with these banks exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits or similar limits in foreign jurisdictions. While we monitor daily the cash balances in the operating accounts and adjust the balances as appropriate, these balances could be impacted if one or more of the financial institutions with which we deposit fails or is subject to other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets. To date we have experienced no loss or lack of access to our invested cash or cash equivalents; however, we can provide no assurance that access to our invested cash and cash equivalents will not be impacted by adverse conditions in the financial and credit markets.

Our business relies heavily on customer service solutions, and these solutions may not gain market acceptance.

We have made customer service solutions our main focus and, have allocated a significant portion of our research and development and marketing resources to the development and promotion of such products. If these products are not accepted by potential customers, our business would be materially adversely affected. For our current business model to succeed, we believe that we will need to convince new and existing customers of the merits of purchasing our customer service solutions over traditional CRM solutions and competitors’ customer service solutions. Many of these customers have previously invested substantial resources in adopting and implementing their existing CRM products, whether such products are ours or are those of our competitors. We may be unable to convince customers and potential customers of the benefits of purchasing substantial new software packages that provide our specific customer service capabilities. If our strategy of offering customer service solutions fails, we may not be able to sell sufficient quantities of our product offerings to generate significant license revenues, and our business could be harmed.

Our expenses are generally fixed and we will not be able to reduce these expenses quickly if we fail to meet our revenue expectations.

Most of our expenses, such as employee compensation, are relatively fixed in the short term. Other expenses like leases are fixed and are more long term. Moreover, our forecast is based, in part, upon our expectations regarding future revenue levels. As a result, in any particular quarter our total revenues can be below expectation and we could not proportionately reduce operating expenses for that quarter. Accordingly, such a revenue shortfall would have a disproportionate negative effect on our expected operating results for that quarter.

If we fail to grow our customer base or generate repeat business, our operating results could be harmed.

Our business model generally depends on the sale of our products to new customers as well as on expanded use of our products within our customers’ organizations. If we fail to grow our customer base or generate repeat and expanded business from our current and future customers, our business and operating results will be seriously harmed. In some cases, our customers initially make a limited purchase of our products and services for pilot programs. These customers may not purchase additional licenses to expand their use of our products. If these customers do not successfully develop and deploy initial applications based on our products, they may choose not to purchase deployment licenses or additional development licenses. In addition, as we introduce new versions of our products, new product lines or new product features, our current customers might not require the additional functionality we offer and might not ultimately license these products. Furthermore, because the total amount of maintenance and support fees we receive in any period depends in large part on the size and number of licenses that we have previously sold, any downturn in our software license revenues would negatively affect our future services revenue. Also, if customers elect not to renew their support agreements, our services revenue could decline significantly. If customers are unable to pay for their current products or are unwilling to purchase additional products, our revenues would decline. Additionally, a substantial percentage of our sales come from repeat customers. If a significant existing customer or a group of existing customers decide not to repeat business with us, our revenues would decline and our business would be harmed.

We face substantial competition and may not be able to compete effectively.

The market for our products and services is intensely competitive, evolving, and subject to rapid technological change. From time to time, our competitors reduce the prices of their products and services (substantially in certain cases) to obtain new customers. Competitive pressures could make it difficult for us to acquire and retain customers and could require us to reduce the price of our products. Any such changes would likely reduce margins and could adversely affect operating results.

Our customers’ requirements and the technology available to satisfy those requirements are continually changing. Therefore, we must be able to respond to these changes in order to remain competitive. Changes in our products may also make it more difficult for our sales force to sell effectively. In addition, changes in customers’ demand for the specific products, product features and services of other companies may result in our products becoming uncompetitive. We expect the intensity of competition to increase in the future. Furthermore, we could lose market share if our competitors introduce new competitive products, add new functionality, acquire competitive products, reduce prices or form strategic alliances with other companies. We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors, and competitive pressures may seriously harm our business.

Our competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of products and services offered. We currently face competition with our products from systems designed in-house and by our competitors. We expect that these systems will continue to be a major source of competition for the foreseeable future. Our primary competitors for electronic CRM platforms are larger, more established companies such as Oracle. We also face competition from Chordiant Software, Salesforce.com, Consona, eGain, RightNow, Inquira and Pegasystems with respect to specific applications we offer. We may face increased competition upon introduction of new products or upgrades from competitors, or if we expand our product line through acquisition of complementary businesses or otherwise. As we have combined and enhanced our product lines to offer a more comprehensive software solution, we are increasingly competing with large, established providers of customer management and communication solutions as well as other competitors. Our combined product line may not be sufficient to successfully compete with the product offerings available from these companies, which could slow our growth and harm our business.

Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources, significantly greater name recognition and a larger installed base of customers than we have. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards or client requirements or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can. In addition, many of our competitors have well-established relationships with our current and potential customers and have extensive knowledge of our industry. We may lose potential customers to competitors for various reasons, including the ability or willingness of competitors to offer lower prices and other incentives that we cannot match. It is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. We also expect that competition will increase as a result of recent industry consolidations, as well as anticipated future consolidations.

We rely on marketing, technology and distribution relationships for the sale, installation and support of our products that may generally be terminated at any time, and if our current and future relationships are not successful, our growth might be limited.

We rely on marketing and technology relationships with a variety of companies, including systems integrators and consulting firms that, among other things, generate leads for the sale of our products and provide our customers with implementation and ongoing support. If we cannot maintain successful marketing and technology relationships or if we fail to enter into such additional relationships, we could have difficulty expanding the sales of our products and our growth might be limited.

A portion of our revenues depends on leads generated by systems integrators and their recommendations of our products. If systems integrators do not successfully market our products, our operating results will be materially harmed. In addition, many of our direct sales are to customers that will be relying on systems integrators to implement our products, and if systems integrators are not familiar with our technology or able to successfully implement our products, our operating results will be materially harmed. We expect to continue increasing our leverage of systems integrators as indirect sales channels and, if this strategy is successful, our dependence on the efforts of these third parties for revenue growth and customer service will remain high. Our reliance on third parties for these functions has reduced our control over such activities and reduced our ability to perform such functions internally. If we come to rely primarily on a single systems integrator that subsequently terminates its relationship with us, becomes insolvent or is acquired by another company with which we have no relationship, or decides not to provide implementation services related to our products, we may not be able to internally generate sufficient revenues or increase the revenues generated by our other systems integrator relationships to offset the resulting lost revenues. Furthermore, systems integrators typically suggest our solution in combination with other products and services, some of which may compete with our solution. Systems integrators are not required to promote any fixed quantities of our products, are not bound to promote our products exclusively and may act as indirect sales channels for our competitors. If systems integrators choose not to promote our products or if they develop, market or recommend software applications that compete with our products, our business will be harmed.

In addition to relying on systems integrators to recommend our products, we also rely on systems integrators and other third-party resellers to install and support our products. If the companies providing these services fail to implement our products successfully for our customers, the customer may be unable to complete implementation on the schedule that it had anticipated and we may have increased customer dissatisfaction or difficulty making future sales as a result. We might not be able to maintain our relationships with systems integrators and other indirect sales channel partners and enter into additional relationships that will provide timely and cost-effective customer support and service. If we cannot maintain successful relationships with our indirect sales channel partners, we might have difficulty expanding the sales of our products and our growth could be limited. In addition, if such third parties do not provide the support our customers need, we may be required to hire subcontractors to provide these professional services. Increased use of subcontractors would harm our margins because it costs us more to hire subcontractors to perform these services than it would to provide the services ourselves.

Because certain customers account for a substantial portion of our revenues, the loss of a significant customer could cause a substantial decline in our revenues.

During the three months ended September 30, 2009, one customer represented 13% of our total revenues and during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, no customer represented 10% or more of our total revenues. During the three months ended September 30, 2008, one customer accounted for 12% of total revenues. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, no customer represented 10% or more of our total revenues. However, if we lose a number of major customers, or if contracts are delayed or cancelled or we do not contract with new major customers, our revenues and net loss would be adversely affected. In addition, customers that have accounted for significant revenues in the past may not generate revenues in any future period, and our failure to obtain new significant customers or additional orders from existing customers could materially affect our operating results.

We may not receive significant revenues from our current research and development efforts for several years, if at all.

Developing and localizing software is expensive and the investment in product development often involves a long payback cycle. We have and expect to continue making significant investments in software research and development and related product opportunities. Enhancing our products and pursuing new product developments require high levels of expenditures for research and development that could adversely affect our operating results if not offset by revenue increases. We believe that we must continue to dedicate a significant amount of resources to our research and development efforts to maintain our competitive position. However, we do not expect to receive significant revenues from these investments for several years, if at all.

If our cost reduction and restructuring efforts are ineffective, our revenues and profitability may be hurt.

During the three months ended September 30, 2009 we implemented a reduction in workforce and recorded $498,000 of expense related to this activity, as well as $38,000 of facilities related costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we implemented various cost reduction and restructuring activities, including a reduction in workforce, to reduce operating costs. The expense related to the reductions in work force was approximately $1.0 million and the expense related to two office closing settlements was approximately $311,000. We also implemented various cost reduction and restructuring activities to reduce operating costs during the year ended December 31, 2008. The expense related to this reduction in work force was approximately $737,000 and expense related to ceasing use of two of our offices was approximately $64,000. During the year ended December 31, 2008 we also wrote off approximately $263,000 of capitalized costs related to an internal use software project that was abandoned. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2008 we recorded a restructuring recovery of $482,000 as a result of the extension of a sublease on one of the properties in our restructuring accrual. These cost reduction and restructuring activities may not produce the full efficiencies and benefits we expect or the efficiencies and benefits might be delayed. There can be no assurance that these efforts, as well as any potential future cost reduction and restructuring activities, will not adversely affect our business, operations or customer perceptions, or result in additional future charges.

We may be unable to hire and retain the skilled personnel necessary to develop and grow our business.

We rely on the continued service of our senior management and other key employees and the hiring of new qualified employees. In the software industry, there is substantial and continuous competition for highly skilled business, product development, technical and other personnel. Given the concern over our long-term financial strength, we may not be successful in recruiting and integrating new personnel and retaining and motivating existing personnel, which could lead to increased turnover and reduce our ability to meet the needs of our current and future customers. Because our stock price declined drastically in recent years, and has not experienced any sustained recovery from the decline, stock-based compensation, including options to purchase our common stock, may have diminished the effectiveness as employee hiring and retention devices. If we are unable to retain qualified personnel, we could face disruptions to operations, loss of key information, expertise or know-how and unanticipated additional recruitment and training costs. If employee turnover increases, our ability to provide customer service and execute our strategy would be negatively affected.

For example, our ability to increase revenues in the future depends considerably upon our success in training and retaining effective direct sales personnel and the success of our direct sales force. We might not be successful in these efforts. Our products and services require sophisticated sales efforts. We have experienced significant turnover in our sales force including domestic senior sales management, and may experience further turnover in future periods. It generally takes a new salesperson nine or more months to become productive, and they may not be able to generate new sales. Our business will be harmed if we fail to retain qualified sales personnel, or if newly hired salespeople fail to develop the necessary sales skills or develop these skills more slowly than anticipated. Additionally, we continue to need to recruit experienced developers as a result of our back-shoring initiative.

If we fail to respond to changing customer preferences in our market, demand for our products and our ability to enhance our revenues will suffer.

If we do not continue to improve our products and develop new products that keep pace with competitive product introductions and technological developments, satisfy diverse and rapidly evolving customer requirements, and achieve market acceptance, we might be unable to attract new customers. Our industry is characterized by rapid and substantial developments in the technologies and products that enjoy widespread acceptance among prospective and existing customers. The development of proprietary technology and necessary service enhancements entails significant technical and business risks and requires substantial expenditures and lead-time. We might not be successful in marketing and supporting our products or developing and marketing other product enhancements and new products that respond to technological advances and market changes, on a timely or cost-effective basis. In addition, even if these products are developed and released, they might not achieve market acceptance. We have experienced delays in releasing new products and product enhancements in the past and could experience similar delays in the future. These delays or problems in the installation or implementation of our new releases could cause us to lose customers.

Our failure to manage multiple technologies and technological change could reduce demand for our products.

Rapidly changing technology and operating systems, changes in customer requirements, and evolving industry standards might impede market acceptance of our products. Our products are designed based upon currently prevailing technology to work on a variety of hardware and software platforms used by our customers. However, our software may not operate correctly on evolving versions of hardware and software platforms, programming languages, database environments and other systems that our customers use. If new technologies emerge that are incompatible with our products, or if competing products emerge that are based on new technologies or new industry standards and that perform better or cost less than our products, our key products could become obsolete and our existing and potential customers could seek alternatives to our products. We must constantly modify and improve our products to keep pace with changes made to these platforms and to database systems and other back-office applications and Internet-related applications. Furthermore, software adapters are necessary to integrate our products with other systems and data sources used by our customers. We must develop and update these adapters to reflect changes to these systems and data sources in order to maintain the functionality provided by our products. As a result, uncertainties related to the timing and nature of new product announcements, introductions or modifications by vendors of operating systems, databases, CRM software, Web servers and other enterprise and Internet-based applications could delay our product development, increase our product development expense or cause customers to delay evaluation, purchase and deployment of our analytics products. If we fail to modify or improve our products in response to evolving industry standards, our products could rapidly become obsolete.

Our success depends upon our ability to develop new products and enhance our existing products on a timely basis.

The challenges of developing new products and enhancements require us to commit a substantial investment of resources to development, and we might not be able to develop or introduce new products on a timely or cost-effective basis, or at all, which could be exploited by our competitors and lead potential customers to choose alternative products. To be competitive, we must develop and introduce on a timely basis new products and product enhancements for companies with significant e-business customer interactions needs. Our ability to deliver competitive products may be negatively affected by the diversion of resources to development of our suite of products, and responding to changes in competitive products and in the demands of our customers. If we experience product delays in the future, we may face:

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customer dissatisfaction;

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cancellation of orders and license agreements;

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negative publicity;

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loss of revenues; and

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slower market acceptance.

Furthermore, delays in bringing new products or enhancements to market can result, for example, from loss of institutional knowledge through reductions in force, or the existence of defects in new products or their enhancements.

Failure to license necessary third-party software incorporated in our products could cause delays or reductions in our sales.

We license third-party software that we incorporate into our products. These licenses may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Some of this technology would be difficult to replace. The loss of any of these licenses could result in delays or reductions of our applications until we identify, license and integrate, or develop equivalent software. If we are required to enter into license agreements with third parties for replacement technology, we could face higher royalty payments and our products may lose certain attributes or features. In the future, we might need to license other software to enhance our products and meet evolving customer needs. If we are unable to do this, we could experience reduced demand for our products.

Defects in third-party products associated with our products could impair our products’ functionality and injure our reputation.

The effective implementation of our products depends upon the successful operation of third-party products in conjunction with our products. Any undetected defects in these third-party products could prevent the implementation or impair the functionality of our products, delay new product introductions or injure our reputation.

Given that our stock price is near its historical low, we may be subject to takeover overtures that will divert the attention of our management and Board, and require us to incur expenses for outside advisors.

Given that our stock price is near its historical low, we may be subject to takeover overtures. Evaluating and addressing these overtures would require the time and attention of our management and Board, divert them from their focus on our business, and require us to incur additional expenses on outside legal, financial and other advisors, all of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCBB.

Our common stock was delisted from The NASDAQ Stock Market effective at the opening of business on October 17, 2005. From October 17, 2005 to December 4, 2006, our common stock was quoted on the “Pink Sheets” and since December 5, 2006, our common stock has been quoted on Over the Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”). The OTCBB is generally considered less efficient than The NASDAQ Stock Market. Quotation of our common stock on the OTCBB may reduce the liquidity of our securities, limit the number of investors who trade in our securities, result in a lower stock price and larger spread in the bid and ask prices for shares of our common stock and could have an adverse effect on us. Additionally, we may become subject to the SEC rules that affect “penny stocks,” which are stocks below $5.00 per share that are not quoted on The NASDAQ Stock Market. These SEC rules would make it more difficult for brokers to find buyers for our securities and could lower the net sales prices that our stockholders are able to obtain. If our price of common stock remains low, we may not be able to raise equity capital.

Our listing on the OTCBB and the declines in our stock price may greatly impair our ability to raise additional necessary capital through equity or debt financing, and significantly increase the dilution to our current stockholders caused by any issuance of equity in financing or other transactions. The price at which we would issue shares in such transactions is generally based on the market price of our common stock and a decline in the stock price could result in our need to issue a greater number of shares to raise a given amount of funding.

In addition, because our common stock is not listed on a principal national exchange, we are subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, which imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell low-priced securities to persons other than established customers and institutional accredited investors. For transactions covered by this rule, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. Consequently, the rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and affect the ability of holders to sell their shares of our common stock in the secondary market. Moreover, investors may be less interested in purchasing low-priced securities because the brokerage commissions, as a percentage of the total transaction value, tend to be higher for such securities, and some investment funds will not invest in low-priced securities (other than those which focus on small-capitalization companies or low-priced securities).

Our stock price has been highly volatile and has experienced a significant decline, and may continue to be volatile and decline.

The trading price of our common stock has fluctuated widely in the past and we expect that it will continue to do so in the future, as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside our control, such as:

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price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market;

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the impact of announcements related to the effects of the global economic downturn and programs intended to address it;

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variations in our actual and anticipated operating results;

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changes in our earnings estimates by analysts;

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the volatility inherent in stock prices within the emerging sector within which we conduct business; and

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the volume of trading in our common stock, including sales of substantial amounts of common stock issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants.

In addition, stock markets in general have, and particularly The NASDAQ Stock Market and the OTCBB have, experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of many technology and computer software companies, particularly Internet-related companies. Such fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. Securities class action litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.

Since becoming a publicly traded security listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market in September 1999, our common stock has reached a sales price high of $1,698.10 per share and a sales price low of $0.46 per share. Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCBB and the last reported sales price of our shares on October 31, 2009 was $0.79 per share.

Our pending patents may never be issued and, even if issued, may provide little protection.

Our success and ability to compete depend upon the protection of our software and other proprietary technology rights. We currently have five issued U.S. patents, three of which expire in 2018 and two of which expire in 2020, and multiple U.S. patent applications pending relating to our software. None of our technology is patented outside of the United States. It is possible that:

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our pending patent applications may not result in the issuance of patents;

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any issued patents may not be broad enough to protect our proprietary rights;

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any issued patents could be successfully challenged by one or more third parties, which could result in our loss of the right to prevent others from exploiting the inventions claimed in those patents;

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current and future competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate our products or design around any of our patents; and

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effective patent protection may not be available in every country in which we do business.

We rely upon trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets to protect our proprietary rights, which may not be sufficient to protect our intellectual property.

In addition to patents, we rely on a combination of laws, such as copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, and contractual restrictions, such as confidentiality agreements and licenses, to establish and protect our proprietary rights. However, despite the precautions that we have taken:

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laws and contractual restrictions may not be sufficient to prevent misappropriation of our technology or deter others from developing similar technologies;

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current federal laws that prohibit software copying provide only limited protection from software “pirates,” and effective trademark, copyright and trade secret protection may be unavailable or limited in foreign countries;

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other companies may claim common law trademark rights based upon state or foreign laws that precede the federal registration of our marks; and

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policing unauthorized use of our products and trademarks is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and we may be unable to determine the extent of this unauthorized use.

Also, the laws of some other countries in which we market our products may offer little or no effective protection of our proprietary technology. Consequently, we may be unable to prevent our proprietary technology from being exploited abroad, which could diminish international sales or require costly efforts to protect our technology. Reverse engineering, unauthorized copying or other misappropriation of our proprietary technology could enable third parties to benefit from our technology without paying us for it, which would significantly harm our business.

We may become involved in litigation over proprietary rights, which could be costly and time consuming.

The software industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents, trademarks and copyrights and by frequent litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights, and our technologies may not be able to withstand any third-party claims or rights against their use. Some of our competitors in the market for customer communications software may have filed or may intend to file patent applications covering aspects of their technology that they may claim our technology infringes. Such competitors could make a claim of infringement against us with respect to our products and technology. Additionally, third parties may currently have, or may eventually be issued, patents upon which our current or future products or technology infringe and any of these third parties might make a claim of infringement against us. For example, during 2006 and 2007, we were involved in litigation brought by Polaris IP, LLC against us and certain of our customers that claimed that certain of our products violate patents held by them.

As we grow, the possibility of intellectual property rights claims against us increases. We may not be able to withstand any third-party claims and regardless of the merits of the claim, any intellectual property claims could be inherently uncertain, time-consuming and expensive to litigate or settle. Many of our software license agreements require us to indemnify our customers from any claim or finding of intellectual property infringement. We periodically receive notices from customers regarding patent license inquiries they have received which may or may not implicate our indemnity obligations. Any litigation, brought by others, or us could result in the expenditure of significant financial resources and the diversion of management’s time and efforts. In addition, litigation in which we are accused of infringement might cause product shipment delays, require us to develop alternative technology or require us to enter into royalty or license agreements, which might not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If an infringement claim is made against us, we may not be able to develop non-infringing technology or license the infringing or similar technology on a timely and cost-effective basis. As a result, our business could be significantly harmed.

We may face liability claims that could result in unexpected costs and damages to our reputation.

Our licenses with customers generally contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential product liability claims, such as disclaimers of warranties and limitations on liability for special, consequential and incidental damages. In addition, our license agreements generally limit the amounts recoverable for damages to the amounts paid by the licensee to us for the product or service giving rise to the damages. However, some domestic and international jurisdictions may not enforce these contractual limitations on liability. We may be subject to claims based on errors in our software or mistakes in performing our services including claims relating to damages to our customers’ internal systems. A product liability claim could divert the attention of our management and key personnel, could be expensive to defend and could result in adverse settlements and judgments.

We may face higher costs and lost sales if our software contains errors.

We face the possibility of higher costs as a result of the complexity of our products and the potential for undetected errors. Due to the critical nature of many of our products and services, errors could be particularly problematic. In the past, we have discovered software errors in some of our products after their introduction. We only have a few “beta” customers that test new features and functionality of our software before we make these features and functionalities generally available to our customers. If we are not able to detect and correct errors in our products or releases before commencing commercial shipments, we could face:

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loss of or delay in revenues expected from new products and an immediate and significant loss of market share;

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loss of existing customers that upgrade to new products and of new customers;

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failure to achieve market acceptance;

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diversion of development resources;

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injury to our reputation;

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increased service and warranty costs;

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legal actions by customers; and

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increased insurance costs.

Any of the foregoing potential results of errors in our software could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our security could be breached, which could damage our reputation and deter customers from using our services.

We must protect our computer systems and network from physical break-ins, security breaches, and other disruptive problems caused by the Internet or other users. Computer break-ins could jeopardize the security of information stored in and transmitted through our computer systems and network, which could adversely affect our ability to retain or attract customers, damage our reputation, and subject us to litigation. We have been in the past, and could be in the future, subject to denial of service, vandalism, and other attacks on our systems by Internet hackers. Although we intend to continue to implement security technology and establish operational procedures to prevent break-ins, damage and failures, these security measures may fail. Our insurance coverage in certain circumstances may be insufficient to cover losses that may result from such events.

We have significant international sales and are subject to risks associated with operating in international markets.

A substantial proportion of our revenues are generated from sales outside North America, exposing us to additional financial and operational risks. Sales outside North America represented 20% and 23% of our total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Sales outside North America represented 25%, 25% and 32% of our total revenues for 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. We have established offices in the United States, Europe and Japan. Sales outside North America could increase as a percentage of total revenues as we attempt to expand our international operations. In addition to the additional costs and uncertainties of being subject to international laws and regulations, international operations require significant management attention and financial resources, as well as additional support personnel. To the extent our international operations grow, we will also need to, among other things, expand our international sales channel management and support organizations and develop relationships with international service providers and additional distributors and systems integrators. International operations are subject to many inherent risks, including:

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political, social and economic instability, including conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere abroad, terrorist attacks and security concerns in general;

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adverse changes in tariffs, duties, price controls and other protectionist laws and business practices that favor local competitors;

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fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

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longer collection periods and difficulties in collecting receivables from foreign entities;

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exposure to different legal standards and burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws, including employment, tax, privacy and data protection laws and regulations;

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reduced protection for our intellectual property in some countries;

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increases in tax rates;

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greater seasonal fluctuations in business activity;

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expenses associated with localizing products for foreign countries, including translation into foreign languages;

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difficulty and cost of staffing and managing international operations; and

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import and export license requirements and restrictions of the United States and each other country in which we operate.

We believe that international sales will continue to represent a significant portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Any of these factors may adversely affect our future international sales and, consequently, affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may suffer foreign exchange rate losses.

Our international revenues and expenses are denominated in local currency. Therefore, a weakening of the U.S. dollar to other currencies could make our products more costly to sell in foreign markets and could negatively affect our operating results and cash flows. The volatility of foreign currencies in certain regions, most notably the Japanese yen, European Union euro and British pound have had, and may in the future have, a harmful effect on our revenue or operating results. To the extent the international component of our revenues grows, our results of operations will become more sensitive to foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

If we acquire companies, products, or technologies, we may face risks associated with those acquisitions.

In June 2007, we acquired all of the membership interests of eVergance. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of the eVergance acquisition or any other acquisition or investment. For example, since our inception, we have recorded $2.7 billion of impairment charges for the cost of goodwill obtained from acquisitions. If we acquire another company, we will likely face risks, uncertainties and disruptions associated with the integration process, including, among other things, difficulties in the integration of the operations, technologies and services of the acquired company, the diversion of our management’s attention from other business concerns, the potential loss of key employees of the acquired businesses, and the failure of the acquired businesses, products or technologies to generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs. If we fail to successfully integrate other companies that we may acquire, our business could be harmed. Also, acquisitions, including the acquisition of eVergance, can expose us to liabilities and risks facing the company we acquire, such as lawsuits or claims against us that are unknown at the time of the acquisition. Furthermore, we may have to incur debt or issue equity securities to pay for any additional future acquisitions or investments, the issuance of which could be dilutive to our existing stockholders. In addition, our operating results may suffer because of acquisition-related costs or amortization expenses or charges relating to acquired goodwill and other intangible assets. These factors could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

Compliance with regulations governing public company corporate governance and reporting will result in additional costs.

Our continuing preparation for and implementation of various corporate governance reforms and enhanced disclosure laws and regulations adopted in recent years requires us to incur significant additional accounting and legal costs. We are subject to accounting disclosures required by laws and regulations adopted in connection with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). In particular, we are required to provide a report on our internal control over financial reporting and an auditors’ attestation with respect to our internal control over financial reporting required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Any unanticipated difficulties in preparing for and implementing these and other corporate governance and reporting reforms could result in material delays in compliance or significantly increase our costs. Any failure to timely prepare for and implement the reforms required by new laws and regulations could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

We have adopted anti-takeover defenses that could delay or prevent an acquisition of the Company.

Our Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Without any further vote or action on the part of the stockholders, the Board of Directors has the authority to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions of the preferred stock. This preferred stock, if issued, might have preference over and harm the rights of the holders of common stock. Although the ability to issue this preferred stock provides us with flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, it can also be used to make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We currently have no plans to issue preferred stock. Similarly, we have established a stockholder rights plan that is intended to protect our ability to utilize our net operating losses and which would also make it difficult for a third party to acquire a significant number of shares of our common stock.

Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and equity compensation plans include provisions that may deter an unsolicited offer to purchase us. These provisions, coupled with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, may delay or impede a merger, tender offer or proxy contest. Furthermore, our Board of Directors is divided into three classes, only one of which is elected each year. In addition, directors are only removable by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all classes of voting stock. These factors may further delay or prevent a change of control of us.

Risks Related to Our Industry

Future regulation of the Internet may slow our growth, resulting in decreased demand for our products and services and increased costs of doing business.

State, federal and foreign regulators could adopt laws and regulations that impose additional burdens on companies that conduct business online. These laws and regulations could discourage communication by e-mail or other web-based communications, particularly targeted e-mail of the type facilitated by our products, which could reduce demand for our products and services.

The growth and development of the market for online services may prompt calls for more stringent consumer protection laws or laws that may inhibit the use of Internet-based communications or the information contained in these communications. The adoption of any additional laws or regulations may decrease the expansion of the Internet. A decline in the growth of the Internet, particularly as it relates to online communication, could decrease demand for our products and services and increase our costs of doing business, or otherwise harm our business. Any new legislation or regulations, application of laws and regulations from jurisdictions whose laws do not currently apply to our business, or application of existing laws and regulations to the Internet and other online services could increase our costs and harm our growth.

The imposition of sales and other taxes on products sold by our customers over the Internet could have a negative effect on online commerce and the demand for our products and services.

The imposition of new sales or other taxes could limit the growth of Internet commerce generally and, as a result, the demand for our products and services. Federal legislation that limits the imposition of state and local taxes on Internet-related sales will expire on November 1, 2014. Congress may choose to modify this legislation or to allow it to expire, in which case state and local governments would be free to impose taxes on electronically purchased goods. We believe that most companies that sell products over the Internet do not currently collect sales or other taxes on shipments of their products into states or foreign countries where they are not physically present. However, one or more states or foreign countries may seek to impose sales or other tax collection obligations on out-of-jurisdiction companies that engage in e-commerce within their jurisdiction. A successful assertion by one or more states or foreign countries that companies that engage in e-commerce within their jurisdiction should collect sales or other taxes on the sale of their products over the Internet, even though not physically in the state or country, could indirectly reduce demand for our products.

Privacy concerns relating to the Internet are increasing, which could result in legislation that negatively affects our business in reduced sales of our products.

Businesses using our products capture information regarding their customers when those customers contact them on-line with customer service inquiries. Privacy concerns could cause visitors to resist providing the personal data necessary to allow our customers to use our software products most effectively. More importantly, even the perception of privacy concerns, whether or not valid, may indirectly inhibit market acceptance of our products. In addition, legislative or regulatory requirements may heighten these concerns if businesses must notify website users that the data captured after visiting certain websites may be used by marketing entities to unilaterally direct product promotion and advertising to that user. If consumer privacy concerns are not adequately resolved, our business could be harmed. Government regulation that limits our customers’ use of this information could reduce the demand for our products. A number of jurisdictions have adopted, or are considering adopting, laws that restrict the use of customer information from Internet applications. The European Union has required that its member states adopt legislation that imposes restrictions on the collection and use of personal data, and that limits the transfer of personally identifiable data to countries that do not impose equivalent restrictions. In the United States, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act was enacted in October 1998. This legislation directs the Federal Trade Commission to regulate the collection of data from children on commercial websites. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission has investigated the privacy practices of businesses that collect information on the Internet. These and other privacy-related initiatives could reduce demand for some of the Internet applications with which our products operate, and could restrict the use of these products in some e-commerce applications. This could, in turn, reduce demand for these products.

The success of our products depends on the continued growth and acceptance of the Internet as a business and communications tool, and the related expansion of the Internet infrastructure.

The future success of our products depends upon the continued and widespread adoption of the Internet as a primary medium for commerce, communication and business applications. Our business growth would be impeded if the performance or perception of the Internet was harmed by security problems such as “viruses,” “worms” and other malicious programs, reliability issues arising from outages and damage to Internet infrastructure, delays in development or adoption of new standards and protocols to handle increased demands of Internet activity, increased costs, decreased accessibility and quality of service, or increased government regulation and taxation of Internet activity.

The Internet 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. If Internet activity grows faster than Internet infrastructure or if the Internet infrastructure is otherwise unable to support the demands placed on it, our business growth may be adversely affected.

General economic conditions could adversely affect our customers’ ability or willingness to purchase our products, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Our customers consist of large and small companies in nearly all industry sectors and geographies. Potential new clients or existing clients could defer purchases of our products because of unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, such as rising interest rates, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, industry or national economic downturns, industry purchasing patterns, and other factors. Our ability to grow revenues may be adversely affected by unfavorable economic conditions.

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

We develop products in the United States and sell these products in North America, Europe, and Asia. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, revenues from customers outside of the United States approximated 20% and 23% of total revenues, respectively. In the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, revenues from customers outside of the United States as a percentage of total revenues approximated 25%, 25% and 32%, respectively. Generally, our sales are made in the local currency of our customers. As a result, our financial results and cash flows could be affected by factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in foreign markets. We rarely use derivative instruments to hedge against foreign exchange risk. As such, we are exposed to market risk from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, principally from the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Euro and the British pound. We manage exposure to variability in foreign currency exchange rates primarily due to the fact that liabilities and assets, as well as revenues and expenses, are denominated in the local currency. However, different durations in our funding obligations and assets may expose us to the risk of foreign exchange rate fluctuations. We have not entered into any derivative instrument transactions to manage this risk. Based on our overall foreign currency rate exposure at September 30, 2009, we do not believe that a hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency rates would materially adversely affect our financial position or results of operations. Based on our overall debt position at September 30, 2009, we do not believe that a hypothetical 10% change in interest rates would materially adversely affect our financial position or results of operations. We do not consider our cash equivalents to be subject to interest rate risk due to their short maturities.

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Interim Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

In connection with the preparation of this report, our management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2009.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 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

On October 16, 2009, we entered into an agreement with RightNow Technologies, Inc. (“RightNow”) to settle all legal disputes and release all claims between us in connection with a lawsuit brought by RightNow in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court of Gallatin County, Montana on January 24, 2007 against us and four former employees of RightNow alleging violation of certain provisions of employment agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, and other claims. Under the general release and settlement agreement, we agreed to pay RightNow the $1.0 million with $100,000 due within ten days of executing the settlement agreement and the remainder due over nine consecutive quarters beginning with the quarter commencing January 1, 2010 or sooner upon a change in control. We also provided RightNow with a subordinated security interest in our assets as collateral for the amounts payable to RightNow. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded a $1.0 million settlement accrual in connection with the settlement.

The underwriters for our initial public offering, Goldman Sachs & Co., Lehman Bros., Hambrecht & Quist LLC, Wit Soundview Capital Corp., as well as us and certain of our current and former officers were named as defendants in federal securities class action lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”). The cases allege violations of various securities laws by more than 300 issuers of stock, including us, and the underwriters for such issuers, on behalf of a class of plaintiffs who, in our case, purchased our stock between September 21, 1999 and December 6, 2000 in connection with our initial public offering. Specifically, the complaints allege that the underwriter defendants engaged in a scheme concerning sales of our and other issuers’ securities in the initial public offering and in the aftermarket. In July 2003, we decided to join a settlement negotiated by representatives of a coalition of issuers named as defendants in this action and their insurers. In April 2005, the court requested a modification to the original settlement arrangement which was approved by us. Although we believed that the plaintiffs’ claims had no merit, we had decided to accept the settlement proposal to avoid the cost and distraction of continued litigation. We were a party to a global settlement with the plaintiffs that would have disposed of all claims against it with no admission of wrongdoing by us or any of its present or former officers or directors. The settlement agreement had been preliminarily approved by the District Court. However, while the settlement was awaiting final approval by the District Court, in December 2006, the Court of Appeals reversed the District Court’s determination that six focus cases could be certified as class actions. In April 2007, the Court of Appeals denied the plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing, but acknowledged that the District Court might certify a more limited class. At a September 26, 2007 status conference, the District Court approved a stipulation withdrawing the proposed settlement. On August 14, 2007, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in the six focus cases to test the sufficiency of their class allegations. On September 27, 2007, the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification in the six focus cases, which was withdrawn on October 10, 2008. On November 13, 2007, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, which the District Court denied in March 2008. Plaintiffs, the issuer defendants (including us) and underwriter defendants and the insurance carriers for the defendants have engaged in mediation and settlement negotiations. The parties have reached a settlement agreement, which was submitted to the District Court for preliminary approval on April 2, 2009. On June 10, 2009, the District Court granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement agreement. A hearing was held on September 10, 2009 to determine whether the proposed settlement should be granted final approval. On October 6, 2009, the district court granted final approval of the proposed settlement and directed the court clerk to close the consolidated action and all the individual actions that comprised the consolidated action, which includes the action against us. As part of this settlement, our insurance carrier has agreed to assume our entire payment obligation under the terms of the settlement. Several objectors to the settlement have filed notices of appeal, and there can be no guarantee that the appeals will not succeed in whole or in part. We believe that we have a meritorious defense to these claims. If litigation continues against us following the appeal, we would continue to defend against this action vigorously.

In October 2007, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Ms. Vanessa Simmonds against certain of the underwriters of our initial public offering. The plaintiff alleges that the underwriters violated Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. section 78p(b), by engaging in short-swing trades, and seeks disgorgement of profits from the underwriters in amounts to be proven at trial. On February 25, 2008, Ms. Simmonds filed an amended complaint. The suit names us as a nominal defendant, contains no claims against us, and seeks no relief from us. This lawsuit is one of more than fifty similar actions filed in the same court. On July 25, 2008, the underwriter defendants in the various actions filed a joint motion to dismiss the complaints. In addition, certain issuer defendants filed a joint motion to dismiss the complaints. The parties entered into a stipulation, entered as an order by the Court, that we are not required to answer or otherwise respond to the amended complaint. Accordingly, we did not join in the motions to dismiss. This matter was dismissed with prejudice on March 12, 2009. On April 10, 2009, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal of the District Court’s order, and thereafter the underwriter defendants filed a cross appeal to a portion of the District Court’s order that dismissed thirty (30) of the cases without prejudice following the moving issuers’ motion to dismiss. On May 22, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued an order granting the parties’ joint motion filed on May 22, 2009 to consolidate the 54 appeals and 30 cross-appeals, and on May 27, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued an order stating that the cases were not selected for inclusion in the mediation program. Under the current schedule, the briefing on the appeal will be completed on November 17, 2009. No date has been set for a hearing in the Ninth Circuit.

On September 2, 2009, we agreed to pay $45,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a former stockholder, KVO Capital Management, LLC (“KVO”) in connection with a lawsuit filed by KVO in Delaware Chancery Court on June 22, 2009, that sought to enjoin and postpone the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, which had been properly scheduled for July 15, 2009, and which we subsequently rescheduled to December 1, 2009, mooting KVO’s claims in the lawsuit. In exchange for the payment of attorneys’ fees and costs, KVO agreed to and an order was filed with the Delaware Chancery Court to dismiss the action with prejudice on October 7, 2009.

Other third parties have from time to time claimed, and others may claim in the future that we have infringed their past, current or future intellectual property rights. We have in the past been forced to litigate such claims. These claims, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, require expensive changes in our methods of doing business or could require us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements, if available. As a result, these claims could harm our business.

The ultimate outcome of any litigation is uncertain, and either unfavorable or favorable outcomes could have a material negative impact on our results of operations, consolidated balance sheets and cash flows due to defense costs, and divert management resources.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS.

Information regarding risk factors appears in “Part I. Financial Information — Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and is incorporated herein by reference, and in “Part I. – Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit Description

Incorporated by Reference

Provided
Herewith

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing
Date

2.1

Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 26, 2009 by and among Kana Software, Inc. and Kay Technology Corp, Inc.

8-K

000-27163

2.1

10/27/09

3.1

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Kana Software, Inc. as currently in effect

8-K

000-27163

3.1

10/27/09

10.1

Amendment to Stock Purchase Warrants dated October 26, 2009 by and among Kana Software, Inc., NightWatch Capital Partners LP, NightWatch Capital Partners II, LP and RHP Master Fund, Ltd.

8-K

000-27163

10.1

10/27/09

10.2

Form of Voting Agreement executed by directors and officers of KANA Software, Inc.

8-K

000-27163

99.2

10/27/09

10.3

Voting Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated October 26, 2009 by and between Kay Technology Corp., Inc. and Double Black Diamond Offshore Ltd. and Carlson Capital, L.P

8-K

000-27163

99.3

10/27/09

10.4

General Release and Settlement Agreement dated October 16, 2009 between Kana Software, Inc. and RightNow Technologies, Inc.

31.01

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.02

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.01

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

32.02

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

These certifications accompany KANA’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q; they are not deemed “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of KANA under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any filings.

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.

November 16, 2009

Kana Software, Inc.

/s/ MICHAEL S. FIELDS

Michael S. Fields

Chairman of the Board of Directors and

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JAY A. JONES

Jay A. Jones

Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Incorporated by Reference

Provided
Herewith

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing
Date

2.1

Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 26, 2009 by and among Kana Software, Inc. and Kay Technology Corp, Inc.

8-K

000-27163

2.1

10/27/09

3.1

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Kana Software, Inc. as currently in effect

8-K

000-27163

3.1

10/27/09

10.1

Amendment to Stock Purchase Warrants dated October 26, 2009 by and among Kana Software, Inc., NightWatch Capital Partners LP, NightWatch Capital Partners II, LP and RHP Master Fund, Ltd.

8-K

000-27163

10.1

10/27/09

10.2

Form of Voting Agreement executed by directors and officers of KANA Software, Inc.

8-K

000-27163

99.2

10/27/09

10.3

Voting Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated October 26, 2009 by and between Kay Technology Corp., Inc. and Double Black Diamond Offshore Ltd. and Carlson Capital, L.P

8-K

000-27163

99.3

10/27/09

10.4

General Release and Settlement Agreement dated October 16, 2009 between Kana Software, Inc. and RightNow Technologies, Inc.

31.01

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.02

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.01

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

32.02

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

Large Accelerated Filer

Accelerated Filer

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting Company